It wasn't an apple that hit Newton.

"Which country are you talking about? How could it possibly abolish the death penalty?"

Lavoisier, whose side job is as a lawyer, has a rather professional focus. She finds this very strange—if there is no death penalty, how are criminals who commit serious crimes dealt with?

"Who knows? They're probably just some countries that have nothing better to do."

Li Cheng reached out and helped Lavoisier up from the sofa: "I can't talk anymore, I need to rest early, I have to work a night shift."

"Staring Class?"

"Yes, to prevent prisoners from escaping, we have to keep a close eye on the key entrances and exits. Isn't that a good analogy?"

......

The hotel's interior is very well-equipped. The first floor can be used to store large luggage, items, or livestock, while the second and third floors are guest rooms. A long corridor with a clear view outside connects all the room doors and stairs.

Li Cheng's room was on the third floor. Compared to jumping out of the window, a high-risk, low-reward activity, going out through the door and taking the stairs was undoubtedly the best option.

Agnes also chose to go through the door.

In the dead of night, when everyone else was fast asleep, Agnes managed to stay rationally awake, thanks to the lingering heat of her buttocks and her resentment towards a certain bastard.

After changing her clothes and shoes, she tiptoed to the living room. After confirming that there was no movement in Li Cheng's room, she untied the wooden bar that was fastened and silently opened the door that symbolized freedom.

The whole process went exceptionally smoothly, so smoothly that she was overjoyed.

"Heh, idiot."

The moment Agnes stepped out of the room, she began to despise herself inwardly: "Knowing that I often run away from home, she doesn't even take precautions. She doesn't even think of running away while sleeping. If it were me, I would definitely make that stupid silver-haired woman sleep with me to keep an eye on me."

"At the very least, I would have thought of putting a lock on it, but they didn't even use a chain. It's such a waste of all the effort I put into it."

Although the feeling of being coerced into obedience was novel and even exciting for the first time, it didn't mean Agnes liked that feeling—or rather, decent people generally don't like being controlled; freedom and unrestraint are what most people yearn for.

But perhaps because it was too dark, or perhaps because she was too focused on her ears, Agnes hadn't noticed the dark figure in the corridor until the figure turned around and spoke to her.

"Hello, beautiful lady."

Li Cheng leaned against the corridor railing and greeted him warmly, as if he were talking to a good friend: "You're out admiring the moon too? Unfortunately, the moon is a bit dim tonight."

Agnes: !!

Admiring the stunned expression on the child's face, Li Cheng nodded with satisfaction.

Behind this dashing entrance, however, he was standing alone in the corridor in the middle of the night, staring at the moon in the cold wind, almost to the point of questioning his existence—so being a villain is really not a job for humans, just posing for the protagonist to come to your door is exhausting!

Moreover, waiting wasn't enough; he also had to endure psychological pressure. Although he guessed that Agnes, the professional sneakerhead, would want to run away, he worried that if she accidentally fell asleep, wouldn't his behavior seem rather silly?

Fortunately, Li Cheng's sting operation was very successful, and he caught a big fish.

"Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night?"

Agnes snapped out of her daze, unable to comprehend the words.

Shouldn't I be asking you that?

Li Cheng stared at the unsuspecting brat in front of him: "Why are you out so late? Don't you know that staying up too late at night is bad for your physical development? If a brat like you doesn't sleep properly, not only will you be a child forever, but you'll also cause your future husband to be looked down upon as a lolicon all the time, you bastard!"

"It sounds so detailed..."

"That's not the point—the point is that since you dared to run away, you should have known the consequences, right?"

as a result of......?

Agnes was startled and instinctively covered her back with her small hands. Although children have amazing recovery ability and the marks on their bodies had healed, the beating she received during the day still left an indelible impression on her mind.

"That's right, this is it."

Li Cheng smiled and nodded, then took half a step forward and dragged this naughty child who wouldn't sleep in the middle of the night back to her room in one go. He then pressed her onto his lap and gave her another good spanking.

"Trying to run away, huh?"

"You're not sleeping at night, are you?"

"Are you secretly cursing me in your heart, huh?"

After a good beating, Agnes's little bottom, which had finally recovered, became red and swollen again, and she lay on the bed sobbing, "Waaah..."

However, compared to mere physical harm, the psychological blow hurt her more—this was the first time this brat had encountered a sting operation; there had never been a scoundrel like Li Cheng who deliberately set her up just to beat her up.

"Stop crying, get some rest, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow."

After saying that, Li Cheng took out a sturdy brass padlock in front of Agnes, went to the living room, and carefully locked the bedroom door from the inside. Then, humming a little tune, he went back to his room and went to bed to rest, completely satisfied.

"Waaah—"

Agnes cried even louder.

Chapter 249 The Red Hound

The next day, at seven o'clock.

The soft, comforting sunlight of late winter streamed through the window, illuminating Agnes, who was curled up in her soft bedding, her sleeping face sometimes clenching her teeth, sometimes beaming with smugness, as if she were having a beautiful dream about revenge.

Knock knock knock—

A knock sounded on the door, followed by calls urging people to get up.

"Time to get up, the sun's already shining on your bottom."

"Just five more minutes of sleep..."

Agnes rolled over and replied unconsciously.

As soon as she said that, the urging from outside the door stopped, and the person really didn't appear on time until five minutes later.

"Five minutes are up."

"Then I'll sleep for another five minutes..."

Agnes frowned slightly, then changed her mind and said, "No, half an hour will do."

Although Li Cheng's set wake-up time was very humane, Agnes had stayed up until midnight last night trying to escape, and after being beaten, she was so angry that she couldn't sleep for a long time, which made it impossible for the usually energetic Agnes to get up.

That being said, this time the owner of the voice did not leave, but instead chose to kick the door open and bring in a "Good Kid Corrector" that was about 40cm long, 7cm wide, and 2cm thick. This successfully made Agnes wake up and realize that she was not in a home where she could do whatever she wanted.

"I remember telling you last night that if you don't get up today, you'll get a spanking, right?"

Li Cheng smiled as he slowly approached the figure on the bed.

Agnes: ? ! !

Agnes's remarkably resilient little bottom was once again stained with several red marks, and her unfortunate day officially began from this moment.

Firstly, due to the lack of maids, she had to do many things herself, such as changing clothes and washing up—that was manageable, but the real problem was that this brat couldn't even braid her hair. If you knew how she could run away from home all the time with such poor self-care skills, you'd understand why she was always running away from home.

They wanted Lavoisier to replace her, but Lavoisier replied that her hair had always been naturally draped over her shoulders since she was a child, and she never wore braids.

Low emotional intelligence: Too lazy to braid hair.

High emotional intelligence: Prefers and likes natural hairstyles.

Therefore, Li Cheng had no choice but to personally braid the braids of this naughty child.

Why do you know how to tie your hair?

Agnes was having a moment of existential crisis. That bastard Li Cheng had actually braided her hair himself from behind. Even if he knew how, shouldn't he have just said, "Find your own way," or "Then just leave it on"?

"Don't ask so many questions, I'm already being kind by giving you the injection."

Li Cheng squinted and divided the long brown hair in his hand into three strands, then tied them into a thick braid. Although his skill was not superb, it was still usable.

The braiding was just a side issue; the plan to correct the mischievous child's behavior continued as usual.

After spending time together and conducting some interrogation, Li Cheng discovered that Agnes had quite a few bad habits. The simplest one was that she liked to leave a couple of bites of everything she ate.

He could understand picky eating as long as it didn't disrupt the balance of the diet. After all, everyone's tastes are different, and if you have the means, not eating green peppers isn't a big deal; you can just not buy them. But Agnes deliberately leaving a couple of bites was pure waste of food.

There are many more examples like this. It would be a waste of time to not pay attention in class. It's purely out of interest that I study for a while, and when I'm bored, I just put it aside and try to slack off.

These are just the categories of bad habits; there's also the category of truly unruly children.

For example, talking back to the tutor, teasing the maid, and running away from home are considered minor offenses. There was even an incident where he set fire to a small warehouse, but luckily someone discovered it and stopped him in time.

Despite her grotesque appearance, the brown-haired young lady became docile after being thoroughly beaten several times by Li Cheng.

On the one hand, there is a "Good Child Corrector" about 40cm long, 7cm wide, and 2cm thick to help her become obedient; on the other hand, after all, this only requires enduring for a few days, which is somewhat similar to college military training - if you have to do this for a lifetime, 99% of people will not be willing, but they can still endure it in the short term.

Agnes: Endure, endure, it will pass soon anyway.

Correcting bad habits, assigning ladylike lessons, and imposing minor punishments for misbehavior—the plan to correct the mischievous child's behavior when bored is implemented step by step.

And so, three days passed quickly.

......

Three days later at noon.

After lunch, Li Cheng called out to Agnes, who was about to go back to her room for a nap.

He first waved for the other person to sit on the sofa before asking, "What do you like?"

"what?"

Agnes asked in bewilderment.

I asked you what you like.

Li Cheng sat opposite her and explained with a smile, "I'm planning to give you a gift."

As the saying goes, education is a carrot and a stick. He meant well and intended to offer some carrots, but Agnes' first reaction to this seemingly pie-in-the-sky good thing was not ecstasy, but rather... could it be some kind of conspiracy?

Is this yet another scheme to deliberately lure me into a trap? Are they finding out what I like first, and then intentionally using that to attack and punish me?

There was nothing she could do; she was terrified of being caught fishing. In just three days, she was caught more than once.

Seeing the brown-haired young lady's suspicious attitude, Li Cheng's lips twitched, and he had no choice but to explain further: "You've performed well these past two days, and you've completed all the tasks required. This is a reward—I told you, I'm very fair."

Although she was still a little suspicious, in Agnes's dictionary, there was no reason not to accept a gift that was offered to her; she was not the kind of shy little girl who was embarrassed to accept gifts.

But the problem is—how can we squeeze the most money out of this bastard?

Offering something ridiculously expensive will definitely be rejected, and might even result in a beating; but ordinary items won't cost much and won't provoke retaliation.

The mischievous child fell into deep thought.

Just as Agnes was racking her brains, Li Cheng's voice rang out slowly: "There's nothing to be ashamed of, you deserve it."

She's not embarrassed at all! She just doesn't know what to buy!