Chapter 135: ASK HIM YOURSELF.

Chapter 135: 135: ASK HIM YOURSELF.

"What?! You got expelled?!"

June had done a good job of hiding the fact from his family for at least a few days. He had been staying at home, lying that he had returned to get some rest before going back to school.

But finally, he decided to let them know while they were having dinner. They had pestered him enough about getting back to school that he finally broke the news to them.

"What the hell did you do to get expelled?!" Mrs. En asked.

"Did you burn down the principal’s office?" Mr. En asked.

"Or throw your classmates into the dungeon?" Mrs. En inquired.

"Or did you perhaps... kill someone?!"

"...."

June was speechless. "Do I look like a villain to you all or something?!"

Grey leaned closer as he asked, "I mean, you’ve always been troublesome..."

"Shut up," June snapped. "This time, I didn’t do anything. Rather, I was wronged." He insisted.

"Eh? What happened?" Mrs. En was curious. "What did they do to my little boy?"

June sighed. He guessed he didn’t need to tell them the full details, so he basically explained that the authorities hated his guts for questioning their unfair treatment of him at the competition. And so, they decided to throw him out.

After he was done, Mrs. En leaned closer to him with a smile, patting him on the hair. "Don’t worry, you did nothing wrong, my little boy. You never do. I blame those jerks for being mean to my little boy."

Mr. En nodded. "Yes. Those jerks bullied my boy. Don’t worry, what do you want? Should we sue the school for bullying or something? We’ll make sure they pay and apologize to you on their knees."

June was speechless as he stared at his parents. He hadn’t expected them to defend him like that. He was pretty much problematic, so he had expected them to blame him. But hearing them take his side nevertheless softened his heart.

"So... you don’t blame me?" June blinked.

"Why would we? We’re happy as long as our little boy is." Mrs. En smiled, patting his hair.

"You’re not disappointed that I won’t be at the prestigious Academy...? What about all the promotion you’ve done for me? Won’t you be embarrassed?"

Mr. En shook his head. "Nah, that’s by the way. The Academy wasn’t even that good anyway. There are better ones. So don’t worry too much about it. Okay?"

"As long as you’re not causing more trouble, I guess that’s fine." Grey smiled as he folded his arms.

Lucas cleared his throat as he said, "Yeah. Being a Guide isn’t even worth it. So you can just come and join my company. I’ll take care of you better."

June didn’t know if he should feel touched or not, but he smiled as he said, "Whatever," folding his arms and rolling his eyes. He couldn’t show that he was moved.

"And now that you’ve been expelled, I think we should also throw another party," Mr. En said.

"Yes, yes! That’s a good idea. Throw another grand party and invite dignified guests again and make it trend across platforms," Mrs. En agreed.

"...."

June and his brothers stared at their parents in shock.

"And why would you do that...?" June asked. "Why would you want to broadcast my downfall to the whole world?"

"No, silly. It’s not a downfall. It’s an opportunity to showcase my sparkling son, who will prove that the Arcadia Academy isn’t all that."

Mrs. En nodded. "Yes. Good for publication."

"Ma, Pa..." June stared at them as they both smiled.

"Don’t worry, we won’t do that at all. We’ll let you rest," they promised.

June nodded. "That’s better."

Immediately, Mrs. En said, "Maybe a house party would be nice, with a huge banner that reads, ’CONGRATULATIONS ON GETTING EXPELLED’—what do you think?"

June cast them another glare as they both smiled.

"Joking," Mrs. En said with a smile as Mr. En nodded along.

"Just joking."

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Ryan was in his classroom, the Guide classroom, flipping through the pages of the book he was reading.

They had a test coming up, so he had some notes to cover. And while he read through them, he turned around to look at the empty seat where June used to sit.

He couldn’t help but miss him. It had been days since he was "expelled" from the Academy, yet it already felt like months. He missed the sight of him sleeping on his table or coming to tell him about the new BL manhwa he had found or something.

He simply missed his chaotic energy that matched his own.

Ryan looked up at Finn, who was sitting at the corner of the classroom, studying. Finn also looked up, and their eyes met.

Immediately, Finn looked down and continued reading.

Ryan bit his lower lip, shook his head, and turned back to continue reading. But immediately, murmurs filled the classroom. Everyone was gushing over something, and when Ryan looked up, Simon and his gang were standing right before him.

"What?" Ryan casually asked, his eyes moving from Simon to Kael, who was standing beside him.

"How’s June doing?" Simon asked.

Ryan adjusted his glasses. "You have his contact. And the two of you are childhood friends. You should know."

Simon cleared his throat as he said, "He’s not replying to my messages..."

Ryan raised his eyebrows with a sigh. "Maybe you can go and check on him at home or something." He shrugged. "But he’s fine. At least the last time I checked on him, he was," he explained.

Simon slowly nodded. "Okay, then... When you speak to him again, tell him to reply to my messages..." He turned and walked off.

The students were still murmuring and gushing as Simon left with his gang, but Kael stayed behind.

Kael stood there, staring down at Ryan as their eyes met.

"Anything else?" Ryan asked.

"I want to speak to you," Kael casually said, keeping a cool demeanor as he added, "A moment will do."

Ryan sighed. "Speak. I’m listening."

Kael raised an eyebrow as he stared down at him. "It’s private."

"How private? I don’t remember having anything private with you?" Ryan casually replied as Kael leaned closer, placing a hand over the table.

"As private as a kiss."

Ryan didn’t need any more words from him. He instantly got to his feet and walked off.

"Let’s go."

Kael casually smiled as he turned and followed behind, leaving the whole class in a frenzy.