Chapter 388 A Misunderstanding
The moment everyone saw Randolph raise his hand and strike Branden, they were all shocked. It seemed that a highly professional research expert would lose his life.
Feeling danger approaching, Branden looked up, his sharp gaze fiercely landing on Randolph. That look was truly terrifying. Randolph had never been afraid of anyone. However, he never expected to be scared by a young man’s gaze.
His hand froze in mid-air, hesitating to strike down.
Catherine stood by the side, observing the scene with great interest. Seeing Randolph being frightened, she stepped forward, grabbed his hand in mid-air, and glanced at Branden.
“Dr. Dunn, he is my boyfriend, Branden Duncan!”
This time, it was Randolph’s turn to be surprised. He widened his eyes to observe Branden and then furrowed his brow. “Miss… Well, Catherine, he is… Branden Duncan? It sounds familiar!”
Randolph originally wanted to make an unfriendly comment about Branden. In his opinion, Catherine was highly noble and honorable. He never expected that one day she would have a boyfriend. He didn’t believe there would be anyone worthy of her. She was like a goddess, pure and sacred, not to be profaned!
When Randolph pronounced the words “Branden Duncan,” he felt a strong sense of familiarity, as if he had heard it somewhere before. He repeated it several times, finally getting a clue, and suddenly looked up.
“The Duncans of Casier?”
Catherine nodded. After receiving the confirmation, Randolph suddenly became a little nervous. He pulled Catherine to a corner and murmured,” Miss Swann, how did you get involved with the Duncans?”
The Duncans of Casier were an ancient and mysterious aristocratic family. The outside world only knew that the Duncans were wealthy, but they had no idea of the extent of their power. In the entire Zerwick, no one could compare to the Duncans’ influence.
Randolph happened to know a little about them. Despite being busy farming all day, he was often tricked into reporting to his superiors for research projects. He had seen a big shot before, someone from a collateral branch of the Duncans in Casier.
Even a collateral branch was powerful, not to mention the heir of the Duncans.
Randolph had only heard some rumors about the mysterious young master of the Duncans and had never seen him in real life.
Randolph didn’t expect the first meeting to be so shocking! Initially, he wanted to advise his teacher not to be deceived by this pretty boy’s appearance and lose herself. But after knowing that the man was Branden, he felt that the term “pretty boy” was inappropriate.
After all, the Duncans were powerful and influential.
Seeing Catherine remaining silent, Randolph wore a concerned expression and said, “Miss Swann, the Duncans are not as simple as they seem. They are dangerous. If you think you can be carefree here, you’re mistaken!”
Catherine didn’t know how to explain to Randolph all of a sudden.
“Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing!”
Randolph was stubborn and sometimes inflexible in dealing with people’s relationships, but he genuinely cared for Catherine.
Hearing Catherine’s light-hearted response, Randolph didn’t want to say much. Since his teacher said she had a strategy, he shouldn’t argue with her.
Randolph would never do anything to offend his teacher. Catherine’s introduction soothed Branden’s mood. After knowing the close relationship between Randolph and Catherine, he no longer cared about the offense Randolph had caused.
When Catherine approached, Branden reached out and held her hand, leading her to sit down. Considerately, he handed Catherine a fork and said, “Let’s eat.”
Seeing that her glass of milk was empty, Branden took the glass and said, “I’ll pour you some milk!”
Watching him go upstairs, Catherine wondered if she should tell him to give her less of what she didn’t like to drink.
Under normal circumstances, Catherine would hold a Coke instead of a glass of milk she didn’t like. But Branden always found ways to replace the unhealthy food around her. He never said it was unhealthy, never forcing her to quit it. He would silently replace it with food that was relatively beneficial to her health.
Randolph watched Catherine eat the pancakes and quietly asked, “Did he make them?”
Catherine naturally knew who “he” referred to.
While chewing on the pancakes, Catherine mumbled, “Yeah!”
“Well, that’s not bad!” Randolph muttered and nodded his head. After knowing Catherine for so many years, he had never seen her enter a kitchen, so it was obvious that she didn’t make them herself.
As for the other three little rascals, he could tell who was punishing them just by looking at their bruised and swollen faces.
“Miss Swann, did you beat up those three little rascals?” Randolph asked. Catherine glanced at the Duncans’ Shadow Guards, who were squatting in the corner and reflecting on their mistakes and nodded in response.
“Good job!” Randolph exclaimed happily, slapping his thigh. He had woken up early to check if the two troublemakers had caused any trouble, but they were not in their dormitory, which worried him.
He knew that those two mischievous boys must have been targeting his teacher. Catherine always preferred to keep a low profile and didn’t want people to know her true identity. After all, even if it were revealed, no one would believe that this world- renowned scientist was a young girl.
To prevent Catherine’s identity from being exposed, Randolph hurriedly rushed to the courtyard, never expecting to witness such a shocking scene. What surprised him even more was that Catherine had already dealt with the troublemakers.
Feeling the anger in his heart dissipate, Randolph was happy. It was all because of these little rascals that he had been so anxious.
The three people in the corner had been paying attention to the situation. When they saw Randolph clapping his thigh, Paxton couldn’t help but ask, “What did you two do to offend Dr. Dunn? Why is he so gleeful?”
Paxton initially thought that Cory was reliable. But to his surprise, Cory just turned his face away and refused to answer.
He then shifted his gaze to Carlo, who was covering his face, looking embarrassed. “Paxton, let’s not talk about it. It’s all because of Aaron’s misjudgment. This is a misunderstanding!”
Cory thought to himself, ” Misunderstanding my ass! How could I have known that such a mysterious courtyard housed our future lady of the house?”
Seeing Randolph’s nervousness, he thought there must be some hidden secret. But now… What else could he say? The only one he could blame was himself!
