Dream or Not: A Devil or An Angel

Chapter 43: Compensation

The woman who slapped Alina was in her thirties. She wore fancy clothes and looked anxious. She pointed at Alina and scolded, "How dare you take my son away? He is the treasure of the Shen Family. How could you give him this junk food? Can you afford it if he gets diarrhea?"

"Who are you? What's wrong with you?" Just after Alina finished her words, Harrison threw down his kebabs and called out to the woman, "Mom."

Mom... Alina's eyes widened, 'Is she the mother of the little boy?' Then she realized that she had no reason to hit her, even if she was his mother.

Then Alina stood up and said in a cold voice, "Mrs. Shen, you hit me out of no reason. Don't you think you should give me an explanation?"

Mrs. Shen touched her son's head tenderly, and glanced at Alina arrogantly and disdainfully. Then she said, "Well, I'm Mrs. Shen. This is the best explanation!"

Hearing that, Harrison pulled his mother's hand and said, "Mom, I ran out on my own. It has nothing to do with sister!"

"Sister?" Mrs. Shen changed her tone and scolded her son, "You call her sister when you don't know who she is and why she approached you. She may not want to be your sister, but a stepmother!"

'Isn't this Mrs. Shen crazy? Why does she take everyone as her enemy?'

"Auntie, Harrison is not there. You..." A boy ran over panting. When he saw the little boy beside his aunt, he was relieved. Soon he noticed the girl standing opposite his aunt.

Their eyes met. It was Alaina!

'Isn't this Leo?'

"Mrs. Shen, I don't know what you are talking about. Your son and I met by chance today, and we decided to play together. If you don't believe me, you can ask Harrison." Alina was sure that Mrs. Shen regarded her as someone else.

Seeing this, Leo hastily stood in front of Mrs. Shen and said to Alina, "Alaina, I apologize on behalf of my aunt. She was badly hurt before. She didn't mean it. Please forgive her."

Then he turned to Mrs. Shen and said, "Auntie, this is my classmate. She doesn't know uncle at all. You are too nervous."

"Are you serious? Is it true that she has no bad intentions in approaching Harrison?"

"It's true, auntie. She is my classmate. She is only 16 years old. She is still in grade one in high school."

Mrs. Shen finally believed that she had slapped the wrong person. She suddenly became a gentle and polite lady. "Young lady, I'm sorry. How do you want me to compensate you?"

Alina touched her face and said lightly, "Since Mrs. Shen is so sincere, please compensate me with a few hundred thousand dollars. I don't have a bank card. Just give me cash."

Leo was stunned and looked at Alina in a daze.

Mrs. Shen didn't expect that after she apologized, she really asked her for compensation, and the amount she asked for was huge.

How could be a slap worth so much money?

She had hit others before. Every time they heard that she was Mrs. Shen, they would avoid making trouble for themselves. This was the first time she had met someone who didn't respect her and really wanted her to pay for it.

Mrs. Shen responded with a forced smile, "Little girl, a few hundred thousand dollars are not a small sum." "Yeah, I know. If you think it's too expensive, you can let me hit you back," replied Alina.

"Sister! Please don't hit my mother!" Although Harrison thought that it was wrong for her mother to hit Alina, he still spoke for her after hearing that Alina would hit back her mother.

"Your mother hit me first."

"I know, but..." Harrison didn't know what to say. Alina had accompanied him the whole morning and taken good care of him along the way. They had a good time.

Dissatisfied, Leo looked at the girl and said, "Alaina, my aunt didn't do it on purpose..."

"I don't know whether she did it on purpose or not. I just know she hit me and is willing to make compensation. I accept her compensation. Is there anything wrong?"

Leo was stunned by her question.

Seeing this, Mrs. Shen said arrogantly, "Well, you just want money. I will give it to you, but I don't have so much cash with me. How about a check?"

"I'm not in a hurry. You don't have to give me the cash now. After you get ready, you can give it to Leo and ask him to bring it to school." Then, Alina sat down and continued to eat the barbecue.

Mrs. Shen was extremely irritated by Alina's attitude. She suppressed her anger and said to her nephew and son, "Leo, Harrison, let's go!"

After they went far away, Alina looked at their backs. She hated those people who pretended to be insane and hit others at will. Couldn't she sincerely make an apology? Did she think everyone deserved to be hit by her?

Her good mood was ruined by Mrs. Shen's slap.

After eating the barbecue, Alina was not in the mood to continue to have fun. She was going to another place.

Then she went to the city library. When she arrived there, she ran into two women who had a fight with each other for a seat. That disgusted her.

Alina returned home sulkily.

"Dad, I'm back." It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, but Eric was at home.

Eric, who was reading a magazine, looked up at Alina and asked in a casual tone, "Where did you go?"

"I went to the amusement park first and then the library. Why did Dad come back so early today?"

"I have an appointment with Mr. Gu of the police station today. We were going to go fishing after dinner, but he left early. I was bored fishing alone, so I came back."

Alina asked carefully, "Dad, how is it going? Will I be put into jail?"

Eric laughed and said, "You don't have to worry about anything. I'm here, so I won't let you go to jail. You don't need to worry about that. I'll deal with it for you."

"Thank you, Dad. You are always the best!"

Hearing this, Eric burst into laughter, "Ha ha..."

"What are you talking about? Why are you laughing so happily?" Wendy walked to them with a smile.

Eric just smiled and said nothing.

Alaina drew back, smiled and said, "Nothing, Mom. I got sweaty after playing all day. I'm going to take a shower."

Seeing her daughter walking backwards, Wendy said with concern, "Okay, look ahead. Don't fall!"

On the second floor, when Alina passed by Sheffield's room, she slowed down and looked at the door. She wondered whether he was in it.

Now she realized that compared with the slap, his dislike of her was nothing.

She was no longer mad at him.

Back to her room, Alina took a shower and dried her hair. When she turned off the hair dryer, she heard the faint sound of the chair rubbing the ground from the next door.

It seemed that Sheffield was in his room!

She put away the hair dryer and took out a small box from the pocket. Inside was a gift she bought to him.

She knocked on the door. When Sheffield heard a knock on the door, he raised his voice and said, "Come in."

Seeing that it was Alina, Sheffield stopped and then continued to play his game as if nothing had happened.

When Alina wondered whether she should disturb him when he was playing a game, she heard 'game over' coming from the console.