Chapter 1605 - 1647: Protection

Suddenly, the servant lost her balance completely, her body lunged forward, and the tray she was holding slipped from her hand, sending the plates along with the pastries inside flying towards the two children sitting on the carpet.

"Ah!" As the servant exclaimed in surprise, Mabel Quinn and Daniel Harris noticed the situation, but due to the distance from the children, Mabel could only manage to stand up while Daniel’s movements were slightly quicker. However, wanting to intercept the tray and the flying plates and pastries was still too late.

At this moment, Levi Harris had also raised his eyes, and as he watched the flying objects, his whole body stiffened. Instinctively, he knew he had to quickly dodge, but his body felt immovable, and scenes flashed before his eyes—scenes of his mother getting angry at him and throwing things at him.

No... don’t throw... he’s not a bad child, he’s not!

As he instinctively tried to use his hand to block, a figure suddenly appeared beside him, embracing him, and at once, his head was engulfed in a small but comforting warmth.

Who was it? Who was holding him?

This thought flashed through his mind, then he heard the sound of objects hitting the ground. Following that, he heard the woman known as Auntie Quinn shouting, "Harper... Harper!"

Harper... he knew, the girl who had wanted to play with him just now was Harper.

"It doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t hurt... Harper will protect you."

A voice came near his ear, so close it felt surreal, making him feel incredulous.

By then, Mabel Quinn had already rushed to her daughter’s side, anxiously checking her condition. Earlier, she had seen with her own eyes a small plate hit her daughter’s body. Fortunately, other items fell beside the two children and didn’t hit them directly.

"Does it hurt? Come here, let Mommy take a look." Mabel pulled her daughter close and began to examine her by lifting her clothes.

In an instant, Levi felt a sudden emptiness, as if the warm feeling he had just experienced abruptly disappeared.

Daniel Harris also approached his son, having seen a plate initially headed to hit his own son. However, because little Harper abruptly protected little Levi, the plate ended up hitting Ivy instead.

"You need to properly thank Harper, you know? It was she who protected you just now," Daniel said.

Levi looked at Harper with a dazed expression. Was she the one protecting him? But why did she protect him? Clearly, when she wanted to play with him earlier, he had refused her, hadn’t he?

She should be disliking him.

Noticing his gaze, Harper turned her head and looked towards Levi, giving him a big smile, "Harper doesn’t hurt, brother doesn’t hurt... hurts fly away..." The little one automatically treated Levi as her brother.

In that instant, her smile seemed dazzling to him. Pursing his lips, Levi suddenly spoke, "I’m not brother; I’m Levi Harris."

Upon those words leaving his mouth, Daniel was taken aback at that moment, not expecting his son to willingly speak to Ivy?