CHAPTER 87: CHAPTER 87: ARLO, YOU ARE REALLY DONE...

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Seys Family.

Arlo Seys was on the balcony drinking coffee when he received a call from Dawn Sutherland.

"Arlo, there’s something..." As soon as the call connected, Dawn started stammering a bit.

"Just say it straight, what’s up? Brother Dawn."

"Ariel had some trouble on the Scenic Hill forum... check it out yourself." Dawn sighed, sounding a bit worried.

Arlo’s hand paused with the coffee cup, then he turned and went back inside. He opened his laptop and logged onto the Scenic Hill forum.

"At your birthday party, a little incident between Valeria Johnson and Ariel was filmed and posted on the forum, sparking heated discussion."

Dawn’s voice came through the phone again. Arlo held the phone with one hand and scrolled through the forum posts with the other.

The more he read the comments, the darker his expression became. In the end, Arlo only said in a low voice, "I got it." Then he hung up on Dawn.

After hanging up, Arlo’s fingers moved over the computer, his eyes flickering with a cold light.

Ten minutes later, when the computer screen showed a message that the post was temporarily unavailable, a slight smile spread on his lips.

Just after he finished resolving the issue, Dawn’s call came in.

"Arlo, was it you?"

Arlo replied calmly, "The student council has the responsibility to handle forum topics that escalate to personal attacks, to maintain campus peace and provide students with a worry-free learning environment."

"..." On the other end, Dawn rubbed his forehead.

But Arlo, since you thought of using the student council’s authority to protect every student, why not handle it openly as the student council president? You’re a forum moderator, couldn’t you just delete the post?

You hacked the post...

Dawn thought for a moment and added, "What if that person posts similar things again? Are you going to hack every time they post once?"

Arlo said coolly, "No, I conveniently hacked their account. Plus, I found their IP, and I’ll use my forum moderator account to ban that account’s posts."

"Arlo, I feel like right now you really seem like the sweetest and most touching boyfriend protecting his girlfriend..."

Arlo paused, then spoke with a slightly unnatural tension, "You’re overthinking it, I’m purely doing it because it’s my responsibility as student council president! Ariel is a student of Scenic Hill, and such unfounded rumors escalating to personal attacks should be banned by me as a forum moderator."

Dawn chuckled lightly, "How are you so sure Ariel didn’t target Valeria Johnson? Unfounded rumors? Arlo, you’re really going to get yourself in trouble."

Arlo paused, "Brother Dawn, you’re overthinking it."

"Arlo, if you really end up with Ariel, how should we address each other? Should you call me Brother Dawn like Ariel, or should I call Ariel ’sister-in-law’?"

"...Second, have you been learning bad habits from third?"

On the other end of the phone, Dawn chuckled and teased, "Boss Seys, I wish that in this youthful feast, you find a love that is etched into your soul."

Arlo’s response was the sound of him ruthlessly hanging up the call on Dawn.

Dawn smiled lightly with a hint of nonchalance as he looked at his phone.

Arlo, you’re dodging my topics so tsundere-like, aren’t you really getting into trouble?

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During the seven-day October holiday, Ariel Morris never felt that a holiday could be so torturous, only because whenever there was a holiday, she wouldn’t get to see Arlo Seys. Even though she had all sorts of ways to chase her dream guy, there was nowhere to use them!

At home, Ariel likes to pass the time by reading books or surfing the internet. While browsing the web, she inadvertently saw a beautiful phrase that struck deep in her heart.

The phrase was: Exquisite dice of red beans, do you know the longing carved into the bones?