Chapter 431

Zayne knew the answer before he asked the question. As such, he replied to his boss
professionally, “Noted.” All the residents of Salem City were shocked to see how quickly the clear skies
gave way to a sudden downpour of rain. Sage was just as confused too. She was still in the cafe of the
racecourse discussing the details of the racecourse when the lights suddenly flickered for a moment
and then popped. The manager immediately rushed through the rain and into the cafe. He explained to
Sage that the sudden malfunction was because of the monthly reparations of the racecourse’s
electrical grid and the sudden storm that caused the workers to stop the reparations due to health
hazards. As such, the electricity would only be back on after the storm resides. Sage remained calm
and told the manager to prioritize the health and safety of their workers first. Yoel also chimed in,
“Safety first!” After he said that, a small nimble person darted up the ladder in the corner of the room.
Of course, it was Melody who had darted up the ladder and is now currently tip-toeing on the highest
rung, trying to reach a bird’s nest on the top of the bookshelf. The ladder was slightly swaying from the
motion and looked like it was about to collapse.

Yoel saw her and immediately rushed up to the ladder to steady it with his hand. He looked at Melody
and asked, “Kid, what are you doing?”

Melody took the bird’s nest off of the bookshelf and looked straight into Yoel’s eyes. Melody only then
realized that the bird’s nest was made up of plastic and the birds were sewn into the nest. The birds
were so lively that they seemed to be real birds when seen from afar. Melody pursed her lips together
and said, “I thought it was real.”

“It looks a little like you,” said Melody as she looked at Yoel.

Yoel was rendered speechless by her recklessness, he could only reply oddly, “I don’t care if it looks
like me or not, all I know is that you should get down from there, right now!” Melody looked seriously at
Yoel and said, “I’m the type of kid that only listens to advice and not commands. It doesn’t matter if you
intimidate me or scold me, I wouldn’t comply.”



Yoel didn’t know what to say to her.

Without looking up from her phone, Sage said, “Melody, get down from there now if you don’t want your
ass to get whooped.” “Okay,” said Melody and immediately got down the ladder. However, it might have
been because of Sage’s words that caused an incident. Melody was in a hurry to get down from the
ladder and her foot slipped on a rung and she fell. Her arms immediately extended out to try and catch
anything that might break her fall. Of course, the closest person to her was Yoel and she dove headfirst
toward him.

The next thing Yoel felt was his jaw colliding with her head. After the strong impact, he could even see
stars around his eyes. Even if he was already quite dizzy from the collision, his hand still held on to
Melody tightly.

The sudden commotion alarmed Sage. When Sage finally turned around, she saw Melody clinging onto
Yoel tightly, laughing maniacally. Yoel took a good few seconds until he could finally recover and asked
Melody, “Were you born in the year of the monkey? Why do you like to cling onto things?” “How did you
know that?” asked Melody. Sage walked towards them and saw Melody’s hand around Yoel’s neck and
her legs coiled around his waist, dangling on him like a monkey dangling on a tree branch. She
immediately ordered Emilly, “Get down, right now!” Sage was the only person that Melody feared.
When she heard her say that, she immediately jumped off of Yoel.

The next thing Melody knew, her ear was being pulled by Sage and towards the corner of the room.

“Ahhhh, it hurts,” complained Melody. Yoel rubbed his jaw – which was still slightly aching – and felt the
warmth of the Melody earlier which caused his ears to go red. He pursed his lips and berated himself
for the intrusive thoughts in his mind.


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