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Chapter 2

Author: Another Spring
The next morning, I walked on with my feet and pants covered in mud.

I took the first bus I could find and borrowed a charger from the bus driver.

I had not returned home all night.

There were more than a hundred texts in my family group chat.

Nate sent photos of the night sky, my parents sent gift vouchers, and Gwen shared photos of her cooking.

The only text that was directed to me was from my company.

[You don’t have to come to work for the next few days. This work assignment will last ten years. You should spend the remaining time with your family. We’ll depart in two days as scheduled.]

I stood in front of my house for a really long time.

I had five theme park tickets in my pocket.

This was the gift I wanted to give my family for Thanksgiving, which I had saved up for by working overtime for a month.

Initially, I wanted to go with them, but there was no point in that anymore.

I kept my own ticket and slipped the remaining four tickets under the door.

The next second, the door opened.

Nate grabbed my hand and dragged me in. Gwen poured a huge bucket of cold water on me.

I was completely drenched as I fell to the floor.

Nate yelled excitedly, “I bet he’ll cry!”

Gwen snorted.

“I bet he’ll throw a tantrum.”

My parents were bent over in laughter as they saw how pathetic I looked.

“Look at Oliver’s reaction! The loser has to take three flicks on the forehead.”

The four of them stared at me.

I did not cry or throw a tantrum. Instead, I stifled the pain from my bleeding knee and stood up.

I held my hand against Nate’s forehead.

“All of you have lost. All three of you are getting three flicks on the forehead each.”

Nate shut his eyes and screamed.

Gwen pushed me aside.

“Oliver, what are you doing?!”

My parents protected Nate as though he were their most precious treasure.

“Don’t take it so seriously. We were just joking around! You’re the only one who takes this seriously.”

I had not planned to flick him on his forehead.

I just wanted to see how they would react if it was Nate on the receiving end instead of me.

I had my answer.

The four tickets fell next to their feet. They were drenched and torn into pieces from being stepped on.

Nate followed my gaze.

He thought I did that because of the tickets, so he was furious.

“It’s just a few tickets! Mom and Dad took me there before anyway. Why are you acting like it’s such a big deal?

“You’re a sore loser!”

My hand froze midair.

I had always striven to be like Nate to make my parents happy.

Last month, when they said they wanted to go to the theme park together as a family, I took it to heart.

It seemed that they had already gone without me.

It felt like I was not really a part of this family.

My parents frowned and said, “You scared Nate! Apologize to him!”

Gwen stepped forward and said softly, “Oliver, our engagement is in two days. It won’t look good if you have a falling out with your family.”

It sounded like she was saying that for my own good, but I knew that she was on Nate’s side.

The whole situation felt ridiculous to me as I stared at these four people.

Before, I had planned to talk with Gwen and call off the engagement.

However, I changed my mind. I wanted to make this engagement the biggest prank on my family.

I grabbed my shirt and apologized to Nate.

“I’m sorry. It was my fault.”

He smiled.

“Hmph! That’s more like it!”

He turned around and chuckled at my parents and Gwen.

“The engagement party will be the greatest prank I’ll ever pull!

“Just wait and see.”

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