Susie looked at Mitch with her bright eyes.

"Wow, Micky understands this already, so impressive!" Susie praised.

So Mitch felt the spring breeze on his face and felt extremely comfortable in his heart.

Behind Yama Palace, Clara whispered to Kellen, "How does it feel like Mr. Dubin was being gaslighting'd by our daughter?"

Kellen was practicing, and he opened his eyes upon hearing the words.

"Is that so?" He stood up, leaning slightly forward, but Clara didn't feel the slightest touch of Kellen coming closer to her.

"Well, how can you say it's gaslighting..." Kellen said, "Susie is sincerely complimenting people."

What bad intentions could Susie have?

It was just to save face for her, to please him and make him happy.

Clara said, "Is that so..."

While speaking, I turned around and my lips accidentally brushed against Kellen's face.

Kellen raised an eyebrow and smirked, "Hmm?"

Clara: "..."

Kellen: "What happened?"

Clara looked at him with a disgusted expression and said, "You know what? Right now, you're just like that someone who played the role of a sleazy CEO, very greasy!"

Kellen: "..."

He held Clara's head tightly, feeling heartbroken, and turned her around. "Go ahead and continue eating your melon."

At this moment, Mitch was wearing a look of detachment, as if he had seen through the world. His voice was calm as he said,

"The teenage girl in her prime always liked to live in her own imagination. Perhaps she didn't originally like it that much, but through self-indoctrination, dislike could also turn into liking."

"This was an internal factor."

"External factors: Brett put in a lot of effort, first by showing his orphan identity. He was introverted and had a difficult life, having been humiliated by others. How pitiful he was, which made Marie sympathize with him."

"Then, there came another hero saving the beauty."

"Then they engineered coincidental encounters, intentionally or unintentionally, making each other feel that he also liked her, and that they were destined to be together."

Without saccharin, create saccharin by yourself.

"Final move: Share the secret."

Once people share a secret, an invisible bond of intimacy is formed.

Overall, it can be said that:

First, evoke sympathy from the girl. Then, become a hero to save her, generating admiration and dependence. Next, create a chance encounter to manufacture fate, allowing the girl to imagine scenarios. Finally, deliver the fatal blow: reveal one's secret.

He told me all the secrets that concerned his own life, so he must have been sincere to me.

Even an adult woman, let alone a thirteen-year-old girl, may not be able to stay calm under this planned and deliberate hunting.

Marie was just a middle school girl, it was difficult for her to have the rationality and clarity of an adult.

Even though he had reached this point, Brett was still guarding the girl, binding her with an evil ghost, using her to protect his sister from disasters, and even using her life when necessary.

The poor girl knew nothing, not even in death would she realize that she had been used. She still believed that he was the person she loved the most, her beloved, and she died without any complaints.

Susie realized, "So that's how it was."

Love can be calculated, just like solving a problem with my older brother. First, a few conditions are given, and in the end, a conclusion is reached...

I calculated step by step, and suddenly I felt scared.

Susie shook her head like a grown-up and said, "Ah, love brain is no good!"

Mitch's face turned serious. "Hmm, remember, never fall in love with your brain! It's better to have excess body fat than a brain tumor."

Susie: "Remembered!"

Marie weakly retorted, "I am not love-struck... I am really different from him, I feel like I have always been clear-headed, we were making plans for the future..."

Susie waved her hand and said, "It's no use talking about it now, Marie. Did you ever think about how your parents and loved ones would feel when you died so suddenly?"

Marie was taken aback, evidently just starting to think about her parents.

Susie whispered, "Isn't this just love brain?"

"If I were to tell you that you were already dead, but had only one chance to say goodbye, who would you want to bid farewell to?"

Marie stared blankly into space, remaining silent for a long time.

Only one chance...

At this moment, what came to her mind was not Brett, but her parents.

Mom and dad worked very hard and could rarely spend time with her.

Many times, she would wait alone, feeling lonely. The most anticipated time was around 8 o'clock at night because that was when her parents would come home.

She really loved her parents.

She had a lot of things she didn't tell her parents.

She wanted to tell her mom and dad that she didn't blame them at all, she loved them very much...

Marie burst into tears and said, "I want to see my mom and dad..."