The raise of Maureen Smith and her Good Luck System-Chapter 34 - He couldn’t believe

It was thrown away without even opening it.

Did the dormitory aunt not deliver it to your sister?”

Chris stared at the kraft paper at the bottom of the box which was already damp from the dirt in the trash can.

Picking it up was out of the question now, as the dirty water must have soaked the gift inside.

Suppressing his frustration, he finally calmed down a bit, let go of the box, and immediately rushed towards the dormitory management office – Yes, that must be it.

The dormitory manager must have failed to deliver it to Maureen.

As he rushed over, before he even spoke, the aunt at the window looked up and recognized him.

“Eh, it’s you.

Don’t come asking me if I didn’t deliver it to that girl.

I personally handed it to her when she returned last night, for this I didn’t even change my shift!”

Chris propped himself against the window, unbelieving,

“Then how could it end up in the trash can?!

It was thrown away without even opening it!”

“The girl herself threw it away!

She took it from me, didn’t even look at it, and discarded it after walking down a few steps.”

After the aunt finished, she looked suspiciously at Chris,

“Are you not her brother?

She said that if you come to deliver something again in the future, no matter what it is, it will be refused.”

Chris was almost beside himself in anger,

“How could I possibly not be her brother?!”

The aunt replied, “If you’re her brother why isn’t she accepting your things?!

You better leave, don’t lurk underneath the girls’ dormitory, and I advise you to focus on your studies—”

The aunt glanced at the name tag on Chris’s chest,

“You’re only in the first grade, and you are already chasing after a beautiful senior.

She’s in her third year with lots of studies, when would she have time for you?

I, as someone who’s been there, am warning you, this is futile!” Chris:

” Chris, felt a ball of anger in his chest that he had nowhere to vent.

Apart from his annoyance after the setback, there was also the embarrassment of his two friends seeing that his gift had been discarded.

Moreover, there was also a bit of inexplicable annoyance mixed with fear.

He stomped off.

His two friends quickly caught up with him, one of them said,

“Your sister has a stubborn temper, she’s been running away from home for so long now?

If you ask me, what does this have to do with you?

Don’t worry about it, staying at school isn’t a big deal and she can’t possibly not come back for the holidays.

Oh right, isn’t your mom’s birthday coming up?

This will give her a good excuse to come home.”

“You’re the one who’s stubborn!” Chris said in irritation,

“If you don’t understand my family’s situation, don’t talk nonsense!”

This wasn’t a simple case of running away from home anymore, Maureen was breaking off relations with them!

Before, there had never been a time when he felt so helpless even after giving gifts and trying to please her continuously.

This was a first.

The other friend consoled,

“I also think that you shouldn’t worry.

Your sister will be fine after a while.

I always fight with my sister and the worst time was when she flew abroad following an argument, but we are still family, right?

After some time, when she cools down, everything will be alright.”

Chris stopped walking and rubbed his forehead,

“You guys don’t understand, my family situation is really complicated.

The relationship between my sister and me…

it’s not the same as the one you have with your sister.”

There had been a lot of blank spaces in between him and Maureen over the years, but many things had happened in the last two years.

During this time, without Maureen at home, the scenes from these two years often involuntarily flashed through Chris’s mind.

His room was the closest to Maureen’s.

A few times, while he had fallen asleep on the floor in front of the sofa after playing games late into the night, he found that Maureen would come in, take a stool, and reach for a blanket from the top of the wardrobe.

She would then meticulously cover him with it.

Chris woke up twice in the middle of the night, pulling Maureen to play video games with him.

Maureen was reluctant, claiming she had school the next day.

Chris, in his special threatening and persuading tone, promised to guide him.

Maureen being unable to refuse him, finally agreed.

The duo locked the door, put on headphones and turned down the volume as if they were up to some mischief deep into the night.

Every time the “game over” screen appeared, bathed in shimmering blue light, they would simultaneously hang their heads in loss.

If they succeeded in clearing a level, they would be so excited that they would try to suppress their laughter and high-five each other.

Chris, at 14, understood that Maureen was trying to fit in, which was why he was trying to win him over.

Initially, he was a bit resistant to this.

But there was usually nobody at home.

His older brothers were engrossed in their careers, and Bianca attended interest classes.

He had no other playmates except for Maureen, who had recently moved to the city.

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They spent the most time together.

So, slowly, Chris started becoming accustomed to hanging out with Maureen.

In fact, after turning 14, he gradually stopped constantly following Bianca around and the first thing he did after coming home from school was to look for Maureen.

Last summer, he and Maureen found a kitten curled up under a car in the parking lot of their villa area.

There were many things Bianca was allergic to, like cat fur and peanuts, so they didn’t keep pets at home.

The duo couldn’t bring the kitten home either, but they were worried that the two-month-old kitty would be cooked alive in the blazing summer heat.

So, they ordered a tent, cat food, cat bowl, and litter box online and took the little kitten to a shady place in the back of their housing complex.

They kept it there for two months.

After the summer holiday, the kitten had grown up, nimble and energetic, and not looking feeble anymore.

Maureen arranged for an adoptive family online.

The day before school started, they covertly sent the kitty over.

Looking back now, the memories were still clear.

It was a very hot day.