Chapter 200

The gang of children had looked at James with hostility.

Meanwhile, James had panicked and seemed to realize his mistake. He had immediately thrown the strawberries on the ground and explained weakly, "We didn't do anything… We didn't steal those strawberries."

"You stole our strawberries! My father owns this strawberry field. You plucked them without his permission, so you're a thief!"

The leader of the group of boys had been very angry. He had waved a stick around, looking as if he had been about to hit James.

It had seemed as if the group of boys were about to attack James and Susanne. The latter had seemed terrified. She had trembled and held a corner of James' shirt.

"What are we going to do, James?"

"It'll be fine." Despite his words, James had actually been very scared. There had been five boys in front of them. Moreover, they had looked bigger than James.

As such, he wouldn't have been able to fight them.

However, he had figured that he would be able to escape if