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00:00A riot broke out in the suburbs, when my mother secretly left me at the edge of it.
00:06My crying caught the attention of the winning side.
00:10They walked over with their guns raised, and one of them pressed a pistol right against my forehead.
00:18She's so cute.
00:21How about taking her home with us?
00:23Since then, I have 109 brothers in my family.
00:26At home, I'm the princess, but in high school, things were not so good.
00:31Valeria Rossi, a rich student, has me cornered in the washroom, with her lackeys flanking her.
00:37You're just a low-income student, so why are you still putting on airs around us?
00:43Polluting the air has consequences.
00:46She beat my legs with a hot curling iron that was still plugged in, burning my skin into black and
00:51torn flesh.
00:51The more I screamed, the wilder and more thrilled Valeria became.
00:54The pain was so intense, that I broke free from Valeria's thoughts, and dragged her down the stairs with me.
01:02When I wake up, Marcella Grego, Dean of Students, berates me angrily.
01:08All Valeria did was beat you up.
01:10When someone talks trash and puts their hands on you, you ought to be asking what you did wrong.
01:15How dare you plot revenge against her instead?
01:18Summon your guardian here right away, or forget about leaving.
01:23All of my hair stands on Uft as soon as I hear the command.
01:26My guardians, 109 brothers, none of them are ordinary people, and I've been leading a normal life for more than
01:33a dozen years, in order not to cause them any trouble.
01:40But if trouble shows up at my door, then I can't help it.
01:45Are you sure you want to meet my guardians, Miss Grego?
01:51As soon as the words left my mouth, a heavy slap hit me in the face.
01:55I was instantly knocked to the ground.
01:57How dare you lay a hand on my daughter, you little bitch!
02:02You get your guardians over here right now and apologize to us!
02:07Valeria Rossi's mother, Mrs. Rossi, whose eyes were burning with a vicious rage.
02:12Mrs. Rossi, you can rest assured that the school will handle this matter with the utmost severity.
02:19There will be no leniency whatsoever.
02:22She then turned and yelled in my face,
02:26Bianca Crawford, look at what you've done to Valeria!
02:30Valeria and her thugs trapped me in the restroom.
02:35They took a hot curling iron and seared my legs with it.
02:39That's why I...
02:40She's lying!
02:41I was just walking by
02:43when she suddenly went crazy and pushed me down the stairs.
02:48She's just jealous of our wealth.
02:50To helly wealth.
02:51She's had it out for me for ages.
02:56No, it's not like that!
02:58Shut up!
02:59Bianca, the facts speak for themselves.
03:02You attacked her on purpose.
03:04She yanked me out of the nurse's office.
03:07Then, she roughly fished out my phone
03:09and slapped it against my face with a sharp smack.
03:13I don't want to hear another word of nonsense from you.
03:18Call your brothers right now
03:20and tell them to get over here and pay up.
03:26As I held the phone
03:28and stared at all the names in my contact list,
03:31I still couldn't bring myself to make the call
03:34while I indeed had 109 brothers.
03:37The eldest, Enzo Crawford,
03:41was the dawn of the family.
03:50My third brother, Luca Crawford,
03:53ran an arms smuggling operation.
03:57My 78th brother, Kieran Crawford,
04:01operated underground casinos.
04:04Sure, they were always slipping me black bank cards
04:08and patting me on the head.
04:10Bianca, don't go looking for trouble.
04:13But if trouble finds you,
04:15you come straight to us.
04:17If anyone lays a finger on you,
04:20I will wipe out her entire family.
04:24That's right.
04:26If anyone dares mess with you,
04:29I'll come at them with twin blades swinging.
04:34However, every last one of them
04:37was on Norberg's most wanted list.
04:44If the police involved,
04:46my brothers are definitely going to be in trouble.
04:49I couldn't drag them into this.
04:52Mrs. Griot,
04:53my brothers are all working out of state,
04:55like really far.
04:59There's no way they can come.
05:01Can I just write an apology letter?
05:04Say I'm sorry?
05:05Or take detention instead?
05:07Just please don't call them, okay?
05:11They're working out of state.
05:13It's no wonder you turned out
05:15to be such a shameless brat.
05:16And they can't come.
05:18That won't do.
05:20You think a kid like you
05:21can afford Valeria's medical bills?
05:24And compensation for emotional damages?
05:26How much I can...
05:28Miss Grieca,
05:30here's $500,000,
05:33my donation to the school.
05:35I'm not asking for much.
05:37Just have Bianca's brothers apologize
05:39and make things right.
05:40Otherwise,
05:41I'm going straight to the police
05:43to report her for assault.
05:45Once she's got a record,
05:46she can forget about
05:48ever getting into college.
05:51Miss Grieca's eyes lit up.
05:55She turned to me and solemnly said,
05:58Bianca,
05:59did you hear that?
06:00Either you call your brothers
06:02right now
06:03to come pay up
06:04and apologize,
06:05or you get a criminal record
06:07and kiss college goodbye.
06:09The words criminal record
06:11hit me like a needle
06:13stabbing straight into my brain.
06:15I couldn't have a criminal record
06:17as I looked at the bank card
06:20and Mrs. Grieca's snobbish,
06:22ugly face.
06:24Tears suddenly welled up in my eyes.
06:27With trembling fingers,
06:28I finally turned on my phone.
06:31Miss Gressie,
06:32don't call the police.
06:34I'll call my brother.
06:36I tapped the name
06:37at the top of my contact list,
06:39Enzo.
06:40He could pretend
06:42to be an ordinary person
06:43and get through this
06:45without any trouble.
06:46The call connected
06:48the instant I dialed.
07:01I didn't know
07:02what Enzo was doing,
07:03but I could vaguely hear
07:05rustling sounds
07:06from the receiver.
07:08What's up?
07:10Bianca?
07:12Enzo,
07:13Mrs. Grieci wants you
07:14to come over to the school.
07:20Go to your school.
07:22You won another award,
07:23didn't you?
07:25This is the first time
07:26you've ever asked me
07:27to pick up a certificate for you.
07:29Hold on.
07:30I'm coming right now.
07:32Wait, no.
07:33I was about to say
07:35that it wasn't that
07:36when a crisp gun shosh
07:37suddenly rang out
07:38from the other end of the line.
07:40I froze on the spot.
07:42Memories from when I was a child
07:43came flooding back
07:44in an instant.
07:46Enzo would come home
07:46with blood on his sleeve
07:47every time,
07:48yet he'd lie
07:49and tell me
07:49that it was just ketchup.
07:50The words on the tip
07:51of my tongue
07:52turned into something
07:53else entirely.
07:55I...
07:56It's nothing.
07:57I can pick
07:58the certificate myself.
08:00Carry on with
08:01whatever you're doing.
08:02I'm hanging up now.
08:03Hearing this,
08:04Mrs. Greco
08:05immediately rushed over,
08:07grabbed my phone,
08:08and said into it,
08:09So you're
08:10Bianca's
08:11trash brother.
08:14Miss Greco
08:15quickly realized
08:16that I had already
08:17hung up the phone
08:18before she could grab it.
08:19There was no one
08:20on the other end
08:21to listen to her.
08:23Just as she was about
08:24to call back,
08:25I snatched the phone away.
08:29You've gone
08:30and made a mess
08:31this big,
08:32and you're still
08:33trying to keep it
08:34from your family?
08:35My husband
08:36is the new
08:37Hano in this town.
08:38He's got connections
08:39in the police department.
08:40You mess with Valeria,
08:42and we'll make
08:43your whole family
08:44of noblies
08:44disappear in a heartbeat.
08:46My brother
08:47really can't come.
08:49I'm sorry,
08:50Valeria,
08:51I was wrong.
08:52Just don't call
08:53the police,
08:54okay?
08:55Now you're
08:55trying to bargain.
08:56Give me your phone.
09:01I'll talk
09:02to your brother
09:02myself.
09:07However,
09:07before she could
09:08even make that call,
09:09the phone battery
09:10died and the screen
09:10went black.
09:11Mrs. Rossi angrily
09:12slammed the phone
09:13onto the ground.
09:14Since that's the case,
09:15fine.
09:15Let's just call
09:16the police.
09:17Hearing that,
09:18my whole body
09:18tensed up and tears
09:20streamed down
09:20my face uncontrollably.
09:22Please,
09:22don't call police.
09:23Please,
09:24I'll apologize
09:25and make it up
09:25to Valeria.
09:26Just please
09:26don't call the police,
09:28okay?
09:28Valeria's face
09:29finally twisted
09:30into a smirk.
09:31She stopped
09:32Mrs. Rossi
09:32and said in a raised voice,
09:34All right, fine,
09:35but a public apology
09:36isn't enough.
09:36You will slap yourself
09:37in front of the whole school
09:38and you will continue
09:39until I am satisfied.
09:42Fine.
09:44The humiliation cut deep,
09:45but it was all worth it
09:46so long as my brothers
09:48weren't dragged into this.
09:49I got a call from Bianca.
09:50She won the award
09:51at school.
09:52She used to only let us know
09:53after she'd already
09:54brought the trophy home.
09:55Does that mean
09:55we can actually go
09:56to her award ceremony
09:57this time?
09:58Great.
09:58Let's head to the school
09:59right now.
10:03Postpone the nuclear
10:04submarine development
10:04program meeting.
10:06I'm going to go surprise
10:07my little sister.
10:08Right after the call,
10:09my brothers piled
10:09into Enzo's Rolls Royce
10:11and sped off
10:11toward my school.
10:12Right at that moment,
10:13Ms. Greco was hauling me
10:14off to the school auditorium.
10:16The crowd below
10:17was a dense sea of heads
10:19shifting restlessly.
10:20I hear that Bianca's family
10:22is dirt poor.
10:23How spiteful of her.
10:25She's just jealous
10:26that Valeria's rich.
10:27Every cruel word
10:28cut deep
10:29right down to the bone.
10:31Valeria is in a wheelchair
10:33playing the victim.
10:35Mrs. Rossi's furious shout
10:37came booming over.
10:38Apologize to my daughter!
10:40Slap yourself now!
10:43It was out of resentment
10:44that I pushed Valeria
10:45down the stairs.
10:47I was jealous of her.
10:49I am a worthless
10:50piece of trash.
10:51My voice echoed
10:52across the hall,
10:53each word feeling
10:54like a knife slicing
10:55through my throat.
10:56Pushed to the front
10:57in her wheelchair
10:57by a few classmates,
10:59Valeria looked on smugly
11:00as I knelt there apologizing.
11:01Her eyes alight
11:02with sheer exhilaration.
11:03As I wrapped up
11:04my apology,
11:05I slowly started
11:06slapping myself.
11:07The first slap
11:08left my cheek
11:08with a sharp sting.
11:09Next came the second slap.
11:12The third,
11:13the fourth,
11:14with each one,
11:15my cheek went from numb
11:16to searing pain.
11:18Blood trickled down
11:19from my lips.
11:21No one noticed
11:22that a luxurious Royce
11:24had pulled up
11:24at the school's main gate.
11:30My four brothers
11:31stepped out of the car
11:33one after another.
11:34Enzo straightened
11:35his clothes,
11:35his face beaming
11:37with pride.
11:38Kendron checked himself
11:39in the mirror
11:40to make sure
11:40his hair was perfect.
11:42Luca gently adjusted
11:44his gold-rimmed glasses.
11:46Stella put on
11:46his military cap.
11:49So this is Bianca's school.
11:52Finally,
11:52we get to celebrate
11:53for our little princess.
11:56I hope Bianca
11:57will be happy to see us.
11:58Let's hurry in!
12:01Hold on.
12:02Let's at least ask
12:03where the award ceremony is.
12:04Enzo walked up
12:05to the security guard
12:06and asked where the school
12:07usually holds
12:08its award ceremonies.
12:09The guard pointed
12:10to the school auditorium.
12:12The school auditorium.
12:13All the students
12:14are there.
12:15With the exact answer,
12:16Enzo smiled slightly.
12:18Bianca,
12:19we're coming.
12:20My brothers were heading
12:22toward the school auditorium
12:23where I was.
12:25Meanwhile,
12:26inside the auditorium,
12:27I was still slapping myself.
12:29The 50th slap.
12:31The 80th.
12:33Finally,
12:34Valeria smiled
12:34with satisfaction.
12:36Well, well, well.
12:38It seems our dear
12:39Bianca has truly
12:40learned her lesson.
12:41Let's forgive her.
12:43Greco looked at Mrs. Rossi,
12:45her eyes full of flattery.
12:47Mrs. Rossi,
12:48what do you think?
12:50My daughter might be satisfied,
12:51but since we're all here,
12:54let's make it a round number.
12:56Make it a hundred slaps.
12:58As you wish.
13:00Greco turned to me,
13:01her fagging smile gone,
13:03replaced by a cold, stern look.
13:05Did you hear that, Bianca?
13:08Keep going.
13:09Don't stop until you've hit a hundred.
13:11My hand trembled.
13:13My face was already covered in blood.
13:16But I didn't dare stop.
13:18I couldn't let them call the police.
13:20I couldn't let them hurt my brothers.
13:23Amidst the mocking laughter from the crowd,
13:25I kept slapping myself.
13:27I slapped until my vision started to blur.
13:30And through the haze,
13:31I saw the doors of the auditorium
13:33suddenly kicked open.
13:34I saw my four brothers' tall figures
13:36appear at the entrance,
13:38silhouetted against the light.
13:41My brothers really did arrive.
13:43But by the time they arrived,
13:45the punishment ceremony was already over.
13:47Looks like we're late.
13:49The award ceremony's already over.
13:51That's okay.
13:51We can wait for her at the school gate.
13:53We've got all the presents
13:55for our little princess ready anyway.
13:57My brothers turned and walked
13:58towards the main gate.
14:00I had already made it back to the classroom.
14:04Valeria was in front of me.
14:07Some people are just born poor.
14:10Do you think a simple apology is enough?
14:16From now on,
14:17you are my doggy.
14:18When you see me,
14:19address me as master,
14:21understand?
14:22Humiliated,
14:23I bit my lip hard.
14:25Instead of replying,
14:26I quietly walked back to my seat.
14:28There.
14:30I pulled out a wet wipe
14:31and scrubbed hard
14:32at the red words
14:33painted on my desk.
14:34But the paint had already
14:36silted into the grain of the wood.
14:38The more I scrubbed,
14:39the more it smeared,
14:40like one ugly scar after another.
14:44All day long,
14:45I was surrounded by malice.
14:49The moment the final bell rang,
14:51I could no longer take it
14:53and fled the room.
14:54My four brothers were waiting
14:56for me at the school gate.
14:57But I had no idea.
15:03I didn't dare to go
15:04through the main entrance.
15:06I slipped out
15:07through the side gate instead.
15:09But I'd only gone a few steps
15:11when Valeria and her three lacquets
15:13blocked the entrance.
15:15Valeria stood from her wheelchair
15:17and stretched her limbs a little
15:19before walking toward me.
15:22Didn't you say you'd be my doggy?
15:25I haven't even left yet.
15:27And you're already running off.
15:30Are you messing with me, Bianca?
15:32I'm just kidding.
15:33You're doing something.
15:34Whether I send for you or not,
15:36you'll follow behind me
15:38like a good dog.
15:39Valerie pulled out her phone
15:41and aimed the camera
15:42at my wretched face.
15:44Come on, apologize again.
15:46Say I'm a trash bitch
15:48and I shouldn't have forgotten
15:49to be Mrs. Valeria's lap fog.
15:53I bit my lip and didn't move.
15:55That only spurred Valeria on
15:57and she launched right into
15:58a fresh round of torment.
16:00They poured ice-cold
16:01minisual water over my head
16:02to rate my soaked school U-inform
16:04and ground cigarette butt
16:06has hardly across my face.
16:08Valeria held up her phone,
16:10laughing with unhinged glee.
16:12Come on, smile and say thank you, Valeria,
16:15for teaching a lesson.
16:17Or should I call the police
16:18and have your shameful brother
16:20take a nice little trip
16:22down to the station for a chat?
16:24My mind went blank
16:25with a deafening buzz.
16:27I stared at her in disbelief.
16:30Did Valeria actually know
16:32that my brothers were mafias?
16:34I didn't dare risk it.
16:36All I could do
16:37was stand there shaking,
16:39my voice rasping
16:40as I echoed her words back to him.
16:43Thank you, Valeria,
16:45for teaching me a lesson.
16:47Only after I had said it
16:48dozens of times
16:49did Valeria finally smile
16:51in satisfaction.
16:51She then kicked me
16:52and walked off.
16:54See?
16:54If you'd just behaved
16:56this well from the start,
16:57none of this would have happened.
17:00From now on,
17:01you wait for me here
17:02after school every day.
17:03Go on.
17:05Whatever I say,
17:06you do it.
17:08Yes, master.
17:10Valeria left with her laddies.
17:12In an instant,
17:13I was the only one
17:14left in the alley.
17:15After a long moment,
17:17I slowly crouched.
17:18On the ground
17:19lay a soaked math test,
17:21the bright red 100
17:22gearing harshly
17:23against the mess.
17:24Fighting back tears
17:25with everything I had,
17:26I reached out
17:27to pick my books
17:28and papers up
17:29from the muddy water.
17:30But the moment I looked up,
17:32I saw five men
17:33standing at the entrance
17:34of the alley.
17:35At the front was Enzo,
17:36and behind him
17:37stood four more
17:37of my brothers.
17:38Their faces
17:39were as dark as thunder.
17:41After a long silence,
17:43Enzo crouched
17:44and gently wiped the blood
17:45from my face
17:46with his fingers.
17:47Who did this?
17:51I turned my face away,
17:53unable to meet the fury
17:55burning in his eyes,
17:56and murmured,
17:57No one.
18:00I just fell.
18:02You fell?
18:05Kieran snatched up
18:06the math tux book
18:07from the muddy water
18:08and pointed at the filthy
18:09shoe prints covering it.
18:11This is from a fall!
18:13This was stomped
18:14on purpose!
18:15Luca pushed up
18:16his glasses,
18:17the gaze behind the lenses
18:18as sharp as a blade.
18:20Bianca,
18:21just tell us.
18:22Even if you told us
18:23to blow up the whole city,
18:24we'd risk our lives
18:26to take every last
18:26one of them down.
18:28But I bit down
18:28hard on my lip.
18:30I couldn't say it.
18:32Mrs. Rossi had money
18:34and power,
18:35and Valeria had said
18:36that even the police
18:37answered to her family.
18:38My brothers were
18:39all wanted fugitives.
18:41I couldn't drag them
18:42into this
18:43and send them to prison.
18:45I shook my head stubbornly,
18:47even as tears
18:48I refused to let fall
18:49pulled in my eyes.
18:50The seconds dragged on.
18:53Finally,
18:53Enzo gently
18:54took my ice-cold hand,
18:56his grip firm
18:57despite its softness.
18:59Bianca,
18:59do you remember
19:00when you were five years old
19:02and that fat kid
19:03from the next street
19:04stole your candy?
19:06You went home
19:07and cried all night.
19:09The next day,
19:10his whole family
19:11moved away.
19:15We're no saints,
19:16but our family
19:18has one rule.
19:19Anyone who lays
19:20a hand on you
19:21is dead.
19:22The wind in the alley
19:24died in an instant.
19:25I watched as my brothers
19:27silently surrounded me,
19:29their eyes burning
19:30with barely restrained
19:31fury and heartache.
19:32All the grievances,
19:34fear,
19:35and humiliation
19:35of the past few days
19:37came crashing
19:38through my frayed nerves
19:39at once.
19:42Enzo!
19:43I threw myself
19:44into his arms
19:45and burst into
19:46violent sobs,
19:47choking out everything
19:48between ragged breaths.
19:51It was Valeria.
19:52Her dad is
19:53Antonio Rossi
19:54and he owns the mines.
19:55Valeria says,
19:56not to see her family
19:57owns the whole of Norberg.
19:59She bullies me every day
20:00and she even recorded
20:02a video today.
20:03The brand new phone
20:04in Kieran's hand
20:05let out a sharp crack.
20:07He had crushed
20:08the screen
20:09with his bare grip.
20:10The nerve
20:11of a mere mine owner.
20:13That bastard,
20:14Antonio.
20:15When I put him
20:16in power back
20:17in the day,
20:18he was still
20:19groveling at my feet.
20:21This is
20:22outright rebellion.
20:24How dare
20:24he lay a hand
20:25on Bianca?
20:26My brother's
20:27furious curses
20:28rose one after another
20:29as I listened
20:30in stunned confusion.
20:31Enzo, however,
20:33just gently
20:33patted my back.
20:34Then,
20:35he pulled out
20:36his phone
20:36and dialed a number.
20:39Tell everyone
20:40to drop what they're doing
20:41and assemble in Norberg
20:42within the hour.
20:44Bianca's been hurt.
20:46The next morning,
20:48Enzo told me
20:49to go to school
20:49as usual.
20:50I nodded
20:51and went alone.
20:52As expected,
20:54at the school gate,
20:56Valeria was already
20:57waiting beside
20:58Mrs. Rossi's
20:59flashy luxury car.
21:00The moment she saw me,
21:02she raised her voice
21:03deliberately.
21:05Well,
21:06well,
21:06well.
21:07If it isn't the doggy
21:08who was on her knees,
21:10slapping.
21:11But before she could
21:12finish speaking,
21:14I walked right past
21:15her calmly,
21:16as if she were
21:17nothing but air.
21:19Valeria froze,
21:20stunned.
21:22Bianca!
21:23Humiliation flaring
21:25into rage,
21:25she lunged forward
21:26and grabbed my backpack.
21:28Did I say you could leave?
21:30Yesterday's lesson
21:31didn't stick, huh?
21:32You worthless piece of trash!
21:35She raised her hand,
21:36ready to slap me
21:37across the face.
21:38I'll teach you
21:39some goddamn manners!
21:40But remembering
21:41Enzo's words,
21:42I felt a surge of confidence
21:43I'd never known before.
21:45A second later,
21:46I seized her wrist
21:46in midair,
21:47my grip like iron.
21:49Staring into her startled eyes,
21:51I said emphatically
21:52in a cold voice.
21:54I said,
21:55let go.
21:56You little bitch!
21:57Have you lost your mind?
22:00Beside her,
22:01Mrs. Rossi stormed out
22:02of the car
22:02and shoved me hard.
22:04You miserable bitch!
22:05Still haven't learned
22:06your lesson,
22:07have you?
22:09Mrs. Rossi grabbed me
22:10by the collar,
22:11spit flying into my face.
22:13I'm gonna kill you today
22:15if it's the last thing I do!
22:17But the next moment,
22:18a deafening roar
22:19came from the sky.
22:20Dozens of helicopters
22:22suddenly hovered
22:23over the school,
22:23a dark swarm
22:24blotting out the sky.
22:26Then came the heavy,
22:27grinding rumber
22:28of tank treads
22:28crushing over asphalt.
22:30Three dark green tanks,
22:31their cannons aimed
22:32squarely at the school gate,
22:34and a swarm of reporters
22:35armed with cameras
22:36and microphones
22:37surged forward,
22:39their flashers erupting
22:40into a blinding storm
22:41of light.
22:42Then,
22:43from the armored helicopters,
22:44figures began
22:45dropping down in waves.
22:46My brothers emerged
22:47from every corner,
22:48converging into
22:49an impenetrable
22:50wall of bodies,
22:51surrounding me completely.
22:52Then,
22:53right before
22:53Mrs. Rossi's
22:54petrified eyes,
22:56Bianzo's voice
22:56thundered,
22:57crashing across
22:58Morham like a storm.
23:00You dare touch
23:01Bianca again,
23:02try me.
23:03A deathly silence
23:05fell over the school gate.
23:06Mrs. Rossi's hand
23:08froze mid-air,
23:09still gripping my collar.
23:11The rage on her face
23:12was extinguished
23:13in an instant,
23:14replaced by sheer terror
23:15and bewilderment.
23:16I looked at my brothers
23:17before me.
23:18Some were business
23:19magnals in sharp suits,
23:21radiating power and prestige.
23:23Others were covered
23:24in tattoos,
23:25exuding a lethal aura.
23:26A few even wore
23:27crisp military uniforms,
23:29with gleaming
23:29general stars
23:30on their shoulders.
23:32They stood there
23:32in silence,
23:33but their gazes
23:34were fixed on Mrs.
23:35Rosa,
23:36like blades.
23:37Enzo slowly
23:38stepped forward.
23:39With every step he took,
23:41Mrs. Rossi stumbled backward,
23:43as if pushed
23:44by an invisible force.
23:45However,
23:46Enzo simply
23:47walked up to me
23:48and gently brushed
23:49Mrs. Rossi's hand
23:50off my collar.
23:51The gesture was as casual
23:53as clicking away
23:54a speck of dust.
23:55Mrs. Rossi,
23:57your husband
23:58own a mine,
23:59right?
24:00His voice
24:01made Mrs. Rossi
24:02tremble all over.
24:05Right.
24:06My husband has a mine.
24:07Behind her,
24:08Kieran let out
24:09a cold laugh.
24:10That shady
24:11rare earth operation
24:12with incomplete permits.
24:14That mine.
24:14Luca pushed up
24:15his gold-rimmed glasses
24:17and added leisurely.
24:19There were three
24:20workplace deaths
24:21that you swept
24:22under the rel last year.
24:23And not a single
24:25worker's family
24:26got more than
24:26$200,000
24:28in compensation.
24:29Mrs. Rossi
24:30instantly turned
24:31as white as a sheet.
24:33How do you know that?
24:35That doesn't matter.
24:37All you need to know
24:39is that your family's
24:40mine is gone.
24:42As of now.
24:44What?
24:46His voice
24:46made Mrs. Rossi
24:48tremble all over.
24:49What are you
24:50talking about?
24:51My husband
24:52owns the biggest
24:53mine in the
24:54entire city!
24:55But the next second,
24:57her phone rang.
24:58The caller ID
24:59showed it was
25:00her husband.
25:02She nervously
25:03put the phone
25:03to her ear
25:04and a furious roar
25:05came from the
25:06other end.
25:07My mind
25:08was bankrupt
25:09by a major
25:10family.
25:10They said it's
25:11because you
25:12and Valeria
25:12offended someone
25:13you shouldn't
25:14have.
25:14What the hell
25:15did you do?
25:17The hand
25:18holding the phone
25:19began to tremble.
25:20How is that
25:21possible?
25:23How could this
25:24happen?
25:27Just then,
25:28Ms. Graco
25:28burst out of
25:29the school gates.
25:30Even faced
25:31with that show
25:32of power,
25:33she still
25:34tried to cover
25:34for her meal
25:35ticket.
25:36Sir,
25:36Bianca has
25:37repeatedly
25:38refused to
25:39mend her ways.
25:40Ms. Greco,
25:41last year you
25:42accepted $200,000
25:43in sponsorship
25:44funds from the
25:45Rossi family.
25:46In exchange,
25:47you helped
25:47Valeria alter
25:48her final exam
25:49scores and
25:50buried a
25:51bullying incident.
25:52Would you like
25:52me to pull up
25:53the transfer records
25:53and play the
25:54recordings right
25:54now?
25:55Mrs. Greco's
25:56face turned
25:57ashen in an
25:58instant.
25:59How do you
25:59know that?
26:00Who are you?
26:01Kirvan let
26:02out a cold
26:03laugh.
26:04Who we are,
26:05you're not
26:05worthy of
26:06knowing.
26:07From the
26:07moment you
26:08dared to
26:08hurt Bianca,
26:09everything you
26:10have is
26:11over.
26:13Greco couldn't
26:14believe what
26:14she was hearing.
26:15She turned
26:15to Mrs. Rossi
26:16with a desperate
26:17look for help.
26:18Mrs. Rossi,
26:19help me!
26:19If these
26:20things get
26:20exposed,
26:21I'll lose
26:22my job!
26:22Help you!
26:23With what?
26:24The Rossi
26:25family is
26:25bankrupt!
26:28Valeria's
26:29eyes widened
26:30in disbelief.
26:32Mom,
26:33what are you
26:33saying?
26:34You're
26:34telling me
26:35our family
26:35is bankrupt?
26:36Have you
26:37lost your
26:37mind?
26:40Valeria,
26:41it was your
26:42father himself
26:42who called.
26:44Our family
26:45is no longer
26:46wealthy.
26:48This statement
26:49immediately set
26:50off an uproar
26:51around them.
26:51First was
26:52Greco,
26:53whose face
26:53turned pale.
26:55Once the
26:55Rossi family
26:56went bankrupt,
26:57she would
26:58have no
26:58protection left.
26:59The dirty
26:59things she'd
27:00done at
27:00school were
27:01enough to
27:01send her
27:02to prison.
27:03Miss
27:03Greco's
27:04legs gave
27:04out,
27:05and she
27:05collapsed to
27:06the ground
27:07in a heap.
27:07The classmates
27:08who used
27:09flatter
27:09Valeria all
27:10changed their
27:11expressions.
27:30were there.
27:49The
27:50people
27:51were
27:51dead.
27:51The
27:53people
27:54don't
27:55deserve to
27:55breathe.
27:56nan am now look she a poor person too and n i bet she can't even afford tuition anymore
28:03she'll probably have to drop out valeria broke down
28:07no that's not true i'm not poor our family hasn't gone bankrupt then
28:13she grabbed mrs rosie's hand mom it must be a scam call let's go back and ask dad in person
28:21even if the sun rises from the west our family couldn't possibly be bankrupt but as valeria
28:27tried to pull her mother toward their luxury car two uniformed officers blocked their way
28:32excuse me ladies your family is under investigation for massive debt this vehicle has been seized
28:39in that moment valeria's expression turned dark she and mrs rosie turned to look at me and my
28:45brothers beside me taking in their military uniforms their suits their tanks their helicopters
28:51and then it finally hit them they had offended the gods who practically ruled this country
28:59before valeria could say anything else she and mrs rossi were taken away by the police for
29:05questioning due to their involvement in financial crimes as for greco the school immediately slapped
29:11a termination notice in her face and she was also taken away by the police for corruption
29:16sheltered behind enzoan i was shielded from all prying eyes without saying another word my brothers
29:23closed in around me and escorted me through the deathly silent crowd i was bundled into the lead
29:29rolls-royce the car pulled away smoothly i heard enzo answer a call his tone ice cold within two hours
29:35i
29:35want the rossini name erased from this city and greco throw the book at her even after she gets out
29:42i'll have her on the national blacklist no one in the industry will ever touch her again i listen to
29:47him pull strings like gods flipping the world upside down with just a few words and finally
29:53i couldn't help but ask in a trembling voice enzo what exactly do you do enzo didn't answer me
30:02directly instead he took me to the family estate where my brothers were already waiting inside
30:09standing before me enzo pointed at luca and said bianca luca is a special advisory consultant to the
30:17supreme court and the head of the criminal law reformation committee stella is the commander
30:23of the eastern military region and is currently leading the development of nuclear submarines
30:29kaivin controls the capital chain of the five major international banks and the largest underground
30:35bank in the country one by one enzo went on to introduce every single one of my 109 brothers
30:41some worked in financial associations some in the international aviation bureau some in the police
30:47department finally he looked at me his tone steady and firm bianca we own this country every industry
30:56every string no one touches you no one touches us my brain had turned into complete mush wait so that
31:06means
31:07my brothers are safe you won't go to jail at that enzo laughed and the rest of my brothers joined
31:14in
31:15prison they ran the prisons
31:19hell they ran the whole damn country
31:23just then luca stepped forward and placed a thick stack of documents on my lap bianca this is a list
31:29of
31:29all the assets we've bought for you ever since you were born every single one of us has put away
31:35money
31:35for you on each of your birthdays right now your personal trust fund has about this much in it with
31:42trembling hands i flipped open the first page and stared at the impolably long string of zeros
31:49my hands shook so badly that i nearly dropped the file on the floor enzo took the papers away and
31:55softly
31:55stroked my head we originally planned to tell you all of this after you finished your sat and turned 18
32:02years old but now that someone has bullied you right under our noses we can't keep hiding it from you
32:09any longer bianca from this day forward you don't have to put up with anything or anyone ever again
32:16even if the sky falls you have 109 brothers to hold it up for you from that day on i
32:25lived a double life
32:26during the day i was just an ordinary high school student buried in books and cramming for the set
32:34at night different brothers took turns teaching me combat finance law inco analysis and more
32:42i discovered that i actually enjoyed all of it on the day of the sat my brothers showed up a
32:49motorcade
32:49a chaotic mix of rolls royces military jeeps and limited edition supercars stretched from our front
32:55door all the way to the exam venue reporters who had caught wind of the spectacle swarmed over aiming
33:01their cameras and microphones at enzo we're just an ordinary family cheering on our younger sister the
33:09reporters looked at the tank its cannon polished to a gleaming shine and fell into stunned silence
33:16the exam hall was so quiet that i could hear my own heartbeat
33:23my pen flew across the page as i answered question after question there's one thing i've always believed
33:30deep down my future's gonna be bright because i've got 109 brothers who've got my back
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