Head counselor Phillip tried to ignore the quad group playing games at the last row but he knew he had to assert dominance when he saw other students following their lead. He darted his eyes looking for a scapegoat. He was still afraid of confronting Jade Thompson and he couldn't report his failure to Wendy Thompson else she might not pay the remaining money.
His eyes landed on Jayden Lincoln who was peeking at Jade Thompson. He was very tall about 6.4 ft which made his average look seem much more worse.
Jayden Lincoln was the unfavoured son of the Lincolns.
He lost his mother during childbirth and his father was assassinated on the same day. He got kidnapped by the assassins and was dumped in a dumpster from which he went to orphanage. He only returned to the Lincoln family 7 years ago.
He was the perfect target to vent his frustration.
' You! Camper Jayden! Stand up.' He bellowed.
Jayden was stunned. What did he do?
' Demoness, Master Colère is bullying your Lincoln guy.' Tyler says to Jade.
Jayden's ears perked up.when he hears his name.
' Let him fight for himself. That annoying guy won't learn anything till they break his head. I will stay here and play dead. Focus on the game, if we lose you'll all lose your head. Besides I'm a holy child, I won't argue with my teacher.' Jade says as she continues playing her game. These people are so naive, who could bully the ultimate big boss?
Jayden was amused and so were the other three guys.
' Do you think you are here to play? You are here to reform your destructive behaviour. You should always know your level in life. What are you doing peeking at girls? Do you think Camper Jade Thompson is your class? Don't go lusting after swan meat when you're a toad. How dare you look at me that way? Lower your eyes, you unruly thing.' Head Counselor Phillip says as he throws a marker at Jayden. It hits his glasses and they instantly shatter showing how much force was used to throw the marker.
Jade suddenly felt a splitting headache and an image flashed through her head.
A young boy about 11 years wearing period style clothes was kneeling and about three obese woman were whipping him.
She heard voices flash through her head.
' How dare you peek at the princess?'
'You filthy slave.'
' Lusting after swan meat!'
Jade felt anger rushing through her and she banged the table ( for real this time, no pre-weakening) and it broke into two.
She jumped through tables and stood in front of the head counselor delivering a heavy punch to his face.
' How dare you hit him? Who do you think you are?' Jade questioned.
The Head Counselor was shocked and so where the others.
One has to know that the reason the other campers behaved themselves in front of the Head Counselor was because of his vast connections to prominent institutions, competitions and schools. If one's family wasn't extremely strong, he could limit and destroy future academic prospectives.
Even Jayden was more shocked.
The last person who stood up for him was...
Why did she?
Meanwhile in Jade's head
System Jade sat up when she saw a strange image flash in the huge screen and she heard the voices.
She could swear the kneeling guy looked like Jayden Lincoln but she couldn't be sure yet. She had to find the connection between, Jade, Jayden, her, the vision and the countdown.
' Did you really just hit me?' Mr Phillip couldn't believe it.
' I hit you and I'll hit you again, what will you do? Report me? Go ahead, I'm curious to see if Madam Phillip will let you use her connections when she finds out you are fooling around with Miss Molly and even have a child that is older than your marriage.' Jade says with a sneer.
Mr Phillip turned pale.
' How.. How ..' He stammered.
' Don't bother asking how I know? Now you can go back and report to Wendy Thompson that Jade Thompson is not to be messed with and tell her I know the two people she has sent. I have dealt with one and I will deal with the other.
And here me loud and clear, Jayden Lincoln is my person. If you mess with him , you mess with me.' Jade says as she grabs Jayden's hand and walked away. Tyler, Justin and Matt follows.
Meanwhile, outside.
' Does the head of really have an illegitimate child?'
' Forget that, I think he relies on his wife for everything.'
' Who is Wendy Thompson?'
' Now I remember. The Thompson family is a family in D City. Wendy Thompson seems to be Camper Jade's stepmother.'
' Doesn't that mean that The Head Counselor was paid to make things difficult for Camper Jade?'
' Wow, the head counselor is a first class hypocrite. A reformation camp with a Defective behaviour.
The head counselor left quickly in embarrassment.
Meanwhile,
' I brought the first aid kit.' Justin says.
' You do it. I'm afraid I might strangle his neck in anger.' Jade replies trying to suppress the anger that she was so confused about. Why the hell is getting worked up over a total stranger?
Jayden looked her with undescribable emotions.
' Thank you. Why did you help me?' He asks I'm a low husky voice.
' Shut up! Who helped you? You were just like a fish stranded on a beach 3cm away from the ocean but too cowardly to move. It was an eyesore so I intervened, besides the next time I see you like that, I'll beat you up badly.'
Jade got angrier the more she thought about it.
She must have made a mistake. There's no way that the most powerful person in the book couldn't protect themself. This person must be a secret antagonist perhaps eying the power and wealth of the main leads.
Wait! At the point she stopped at there seemed to be an introduction of a villain that was familiar. Could it be this guy?
She felt like she could faint from anger. She had wasted time and effort on the wrong person.
Unknowingly her anger was misinterpreted by the others as concern.
Jayden was exceptionally touched. He felt stupid! How could he doubt Jane's daughter?
Just like her mother, she was standing up for him. He swore silently to always protect her. This was the debt he owed Jane King.
Meanwhile System Jade was still pondering over the connection when a change occurred in the screen. She pressed the mission icon. It was completed.
' Suspicion level: 0% Mission Completed
Rewards: +1 beauty, +1 intelligence, +1 stamina, +1 strength,30 minutes mind reading, 50 points and +6 months in your life span. And you have received a bonus martial arts manual you can download in your body system.' She says in surprise.
Jade's complexion improved. At least this villain in the making wasn't a complete White-eyed wolf*
But still she had to break any connection with him. What if the mysterious person attacked her because of him.
' Listen, I know you are wondering why I have been interested in you lately.' She says.
Jayden sat up. He was also curious.
Tyler Justin and Matt saw it was their cue to leave so they left the two alone in the tent.
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White-eyed wolf* An ungrateful person.