Reborn: The Tyrant's Obsession-Chapter 101: He is unexpectedly so tender

Kade’s hair looked like a drought had passed over it, and patches of scalp gleamed under the light like a barren battlefield.

His alluring peach blossom eyes were covered in dark circles.

Unlike Adrian’s ’elegant’ dark circles that enhanced his beauty, Kade’s dark circles made him resemble a panda. His face had shrunken and his eyes were red.

And as he halted mid stairs after spotting Adrian, he looked no less than a traumatized raccoon.

Ella was too stunned, ’’This... What happened to you?" She couldn’t hold the question back.

When he heard that voice, Kade’s gaze snapped in her direction.

And his face turned red. For a moment, he seemed to have forgotten Adrian’s presence as he turned his trembling finger towards Ella, ’’You dare... You actually dare...’’

Ella blinked at him innocently, ’’What did I do?"

Kade descended the stairs quickly, ready to skip the steps and jump past the four steps to reach towards Ella.

But his movements were obstructed when a long hand reached over and grabbed the back of his collar.

Adrian held Kade by his collar while Kade swung his legs forward.

The scene—

Ella slapped a hand over her mouth, but a traitorous "Pfft!" still escaped, quickly snowballing into uncontrollable giggles.

—was just too comical.

Ji Yan and the Butler were visibly turning blue from the effort of holding back their laughter, their faces twisted in the most unnatural expressions of seriousness.

"Brother, don’t hold me back today. I... need... to... even it out with her. You can’t be biased..."

"Behave.’’

From Ella’s perspective, Adrian put him down on the floor and scowled at him as if he was a misbehaving puppy.

Forget puppy... Even sweet Riri was never handled by Adrian like this.

’’Brother, you are saying this because you don’t know what she did to me...’’

Ella’s eyelid twitched.

"She is so evil that one cannot know her true colors if I don’t step up to reveal it today!"

"Heh~ There there, Third Young Master, I haven’t even stepped up to defend myself and you are already dead set on maligning my name.’’

Ella sauntered forward, ’’What did I do for you to accuse me in such a manner?"

In this life, she had worked hard to build a good image in front of Old Madam King. But with this guy spouting such nonsense, won’t all her hard work be for nothing?

What if the old lady thought that her own grandson was definitely more credible than her?

"You are acting like you don’t know it now? See this!" Kade stepped forward and shoved his phone in Ella’s hand.

Hmm? Did she really do something to this guy and forgot about it?

Doubting herself just a little, Ella glanced at the mail on Kade’s phone.

It displayed Kade’s marks:

[History: 0]

"See that? It’s all caused by you...!"

Ella frowned, ’’Wait... Wait!" she threw his phone back at him, ready to snap.

But from the corner of her eyes, Ella noticed the old butler’s smiling eyes. She almost tripped.

’’Cough...’’

"What? Got no words to defend yourself now?" Kade looked at her in disdain.

Ella lowered her head, her fingers clutching the hem of her sleeve tightly.

When she looked up again, the corners of her eyes shimmered delicately, as if tears would spill at any second, ’’Classmate Kade, please don’t blame me for being curious. But I just don’t see how I should be blamed for your incompetence.’’

Kade was initially stunned when he saw her teary-eyed. He almost wondered if he went too far.

But then, in the next moment, the evil girl opened her mouth and he cursed under his breath.

Bloody white lotus!

’’You... You...’’ Kade pointed his finger towards her but suddenly a shadow loomed over him.

At some point, Adrian had come to stand in front of Ella, his gaze darker than the night skies.

Kade’s bottom lips wobbled, ’’Brother... She made me fail in this test...’’ Had he not copied her answers and had she not let him copy his answers so blatantly, he would not have gotten such a result.

’’No.’’

’’Brother, I swear I am not lying...’’

"Your incompetence did,’’ Adrian calmly uttered.

K.O.

Kade staggered a few steps back, his heart bleeding internally.

The old butler came to support him, ’’Third Young Master, you should rest a little. Then you can focus on your studies better.’’

"That’s right,’’ Ji Yan also chimed in to protect the poor thing.

With the way Kade was going against Ella, he was just poking a certain dragon’s inverse scale while being completely clueless about it.

The drama was over and Kade reluctantly left for his room even though he stopped a few times to look at Ella grievously.

However when his eyes met with Adrian’s icy gaze, he turned around and left without looking back.

Adrian turned around to look at Ella.

Ella was ready to defend herself in this matter.

But Adrian said nothing.

He merely raised his hand and smoothed it gently over Ella’s hair, the gesture so unexpectedly tender that Ella’s mind glitched.

The scene declared one thing in neon subtitles: [You have suffered. Don’t be scared anymore. My brother is the culprit.]

The butler: "_"

Ji Yan: "_"

...

Later that night, Ella dimmed the lights in the room and scrolled through the pictures of Riri that Rin had sent over to her.

Before they came to the main mansion, Ella left Riri in Rin’s care. She had not seen any pets in the main mansion in her previous life so she was skeptical about bringing Riri along lest it caused the Old Madam some discomfort.

After watching a couple of photos of Riri being pampered and coddled by everyone, Ella set a series of alarms on her phone.

She would have to go to her dorm tomorrow to pick up her stuff before classes. So no matter, she needed to get up early to make it in time. She locked her phone and put it on the bedside table.

Lying on the bed, Ella glanced at the ceiling.

What an eventful day... But despite the ups and downs, she at least managed to change the course of her interaction with Grandma King in this life ahead.

Gradually, Ella drifted into her dream land.

’Creak’

A soft sound at the door.

Ella’s breathing evened out, lost in dreams, unaware that someone had quietly entered her room.