Chapter 247
Canella lifted one corner of her mouth and placed the cigarette back between her lips.
Seeing that, Han Ji-hyuk and I exchanged glances.
‘Hey. This is…’
‘No need to even think about it. She’s not it.’
Han Ji-hyuk, reading my expression, gave a slight nod.
‘Let’s go.’
‘Yeah.’
At least this wasn’t a wasted trip.
If I hadn’t overheard this conversation, I would have happily hired Canella.
‘That would’ve been a disaster. Phew.’
The old saying is true—you can read the depths of water, but not the depths of a person’s heart.
I shook my head slightly and turned to leave the alley when the thin woman suddenly shouted.
“Hey, you! I said apologize!”
Then—tap tap tap!—I heard hurried footsteps.
“How dare you ignore an adult speaking to you, you rude little—!”
Grab!
The thin woman’s strong grip seized my shoulder, yanking me back forcefully.
Ugh!
Forget the conversation—what kind of adult does this to a ten-year-old?
“You!”
Han Ji-hyuk frowned sharply and grabbed the woman’s wrist, prying her hand off my shoulder with force.
“Ah! What the hell?!”
“Who laid hands on who first, huh!”
Han Ji-hyuk threw her hand aside, but the woman immediately shoved him back.
“Ugh, seriously.”
Han Ji-hyuk looked utterly irritated, but he held himself back.
If the capital’s guards happened to show up now, it would be too easy for them to misinterpret the situation.
Watching him suppress his anger and hold back, I was beyond exasperated.
‘Ah, if we let this go any further, we’re just being pushovers.’
I felt my temper flare.
I stared straight at the thin woman and spoke.
“You’re the one who should apologize. You grabbed me without permission and shoved my companion. If you apologize, I’ll be gracious enough to forgive you.”
“What? Ha, what is this crazy little brat saying? Are you serious?”
“Step aside.”
It was Canella’s voice.
With a flick of her wrist, she tossed her cigarette onto the ground and stepped past the thin woman toward me.
Her gait was loose and confident—exuding a certain delinquent aura.
She leaned down slightly toward me and let out a short laugh.
Tap, tap.
She lightly flicked her fingers against my cheek, her tone syrupy yet mocking.
“Kid, is that how you talk to an adult? You’re such a bad little girl. So rude, so arrogant.”
“……”
“And you know, I really hate arrogant kids.”
I simply stared at Canella as she smirked at me.
Since I didn’t react, her confidence only grew.
She must have thought I was intimidated by her demeanor.
“……”
“I’ll teach you how to apologize to an adult properly—like this.”
As she said this, Canella grabbed the back of my head and shoved me downward.
With force.
My head was pushed down sharply.
“Hey! What the hell do you think you’re doing?!”
Han Ji-hyuk shouted in alarm, immediately grabbing Canella’s wrist and yanking her hand away from me.
Just then, Canella let out a dramatic, high-pitched scream—
“Eek! Why are you doing this to me?!”
At that moment, a deep male voice came from behind.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
I turned around to see that, at some point, a crowd had gathered.
And they weren’t just any random bystanders.
They all had rough faces—guys who looked like they belonged in a gang.
Big, burly men with auras that screamed they weren’t on the right side of society.
Even just passing them in a carriage, I would have assumed they lived outside the law.
Canella clutched her wrist where Han Ji-hyuk had grabbed her, breathing heavily—almost as if she was sobbing.
Then, in a pitifully sweet and delicate voice, she called out to them.
“Hic… Why are you only coming now, my dear brothers~!”
Oh, hell no.
So that’s why she was hanging around smoking here—she was waiting for them.
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