Reborn with My Genius Husband-Chapter 60: Quincy the Puppy Owes Me a Puppy Bark
RING RING... The sudden sound of her phone ringing startled Holly Winslow. She picked it up and saw it was a call from Mortimer Quincy. For some reason, she felt a little guilty. "Hello, Mortimer."
Hearing her voice, Mortimer Quincy raised an eyebrow. "What kind of trouble did you get into, wifey?" His tone was a little lazy.
Holly Winslow, who had been found out: "..."
"I didn’t get into any trouble. I’m practicing square dancing with Anna and the others."
Mortimer Quincy raised an eyebrow again but didn’t press her. "Want to come out and relax for an hour?"
Holly Winslow remembered he had mentioned treating Pantheon and the guys to an all-night gaming session and asked excitedly, "To play games?"
Hearing the words "play games," Anna Willow and Iris Kensington got the same excited look as Holly Winslow. The three of them used to sneak off to internet cafes for team games all the time. After Holly stopped going, they stopped bringing it up.
"Yeah, just for an hour. I’ll wait for you guys at the entrance to the complex." Mortimer Quincy emphasized the "one hour" part.
Holly Winslow hung up and took Anna Willow and Iris Kensington to the complex entrance. Mortimer Quincy, Zeke Zane, Pantheon, and another boy they didn’t know were there.
A five-person team wouldn’t work, so they could only start a custom room for a 4v3 match.
Pantheon, naively thinking that only Holly Winslow was any good at games, volunteered to have Mortimer Quincy join the team with the three girls.
The in-game character "Sylvia," who had just poked his head out, was instantly sniped and killed by "The Eldest Miss of the Willow Family."
Pantheon: "???"
’Can I cuss right now?’
Zeke Zane gave him a speechless look. "Useless." He then turned his attention back to the game.
Less than a minute later: "The Eldest Miss of the Willow Family" killed "Brother Alden."
Zeke Zane: "..."
Anna Willow whistled cockily at them like a rogue. "I’m ranked third on this server, little bros. Don’t mess with your big sis."
Pantheon: "..."
Zeke Zane: "..."
It was hard to believe those words came out of the mouth of such a cute-looking girl.
Holly Winslow laughed unkindly. Zeke Zane and Anna Willow had actually met because of this game.
’Their fates are so similar.’
Then, her attention returned to the game. She saw an enemy player crouching behind a cargo container, aiming at her with a scope. She quickly pressed a key.
"Ms. Summers is badass" killed "Kiki."
The other classmate, Chase Hawkins: "..."
At Holly Winslow’s slick move, he opened his mouth to let out a curse. "I..." Before the "f-word" could come out, Pantheon clapped a hand over his mouth.
’Can’t afford to curse at her.’
’That’s Mortimer Quincy’s girlfriend.’
To keep the peace, he placated Chase Hawkins, "Go easy on them. They’re all girls."
Chase Hawkins: "..."
The round was over in just three minutes. Anna Willow sighed. "That was boring. Holly, how about we do online matchmaking instead?"
Iris Kensington nodded. "I didn’t even get a single kill."
Pantheon: "..."
Zeke Zane: "..."
Chase Hawkins: "..."
The three of them, feeling scorned, were overcome with a sense of "insult."
Holly Winslow also thought it was boring. An idea struck her, and she looked at Mortimer Quincy. "Mortimer, you team up with them. And no holding back."
Hearing this, Mortimer Quincy had a bad feeling. He looked at Holly Winslow’s little face for a few seconds before nodding. They started another round.
Holly Winslow knew Mortimer Quincy was very good, so she told Anna Willow and Iris Kensington to hold their positions and not move.
Anna Willow’s scope was trained on Brother Alden’s position, but he was hiding and wouldn’t come out. She kicked Iris Kensington lightly, signaling for her to go out and bait the enemy.
Iris Kensington made an "OK" sign.
Holly Winslow aimed her sights below her own building. She knew Mortimer Quincy all too well. That guy loved launching sneak attacks, killing people in their own territory.
Hiding in the shadows, Mortimer Quincy saw Iris Kensington come out and immediately suspected a trap. He was just about to tell the others to hold their positions when he saw that Brother Alden was dead.
Zeke Zane ground his back teeth. He glanced in Anna Willow’s direction and cursed inwardly.
’Fuck.’
Just then, Anna Willow gestured a "three" to Holly Winslow. Holly got the signal, quickly pulled out a grenade, and threw it toward the three o’clock position. "Kiki" died.
Chase Hawkins: "..."
Iris Kensington signaled a "one" to Anna Willow. Anna immediately took aim. A few seconds later, "Sylvia" was dead.
Pantheon: "..." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
Only Mortimer Quincy was left. Holly Winslow gestured to Anna Willow and Iris Kensington, telling them to pay close attention to the area below the building.
The next second, "Ginger Yates" was dead.
Holly Winslow and Anna Willow didn’t even see Mortimer Quincy. The next second, Anna Willow was dead too.
Holly Winslow immediately spun around. Just as she expected, that guy Mortimer Quincy had run into their territory.
’So sneaky!’
She quickly typed on her keyboard, sending a message: "You shoot and see what happens."
Mortimer Quincy: "..."
’His own wifey was like this every time. First, she tells him not to hold back, but when he’s really about to kill her, she says, "You shoot and see what happens."’
’He could guarantee that if he shot and killed her, she’d give him the cold shoulder for the next month.’
"Ms. Summers is badass" killed "Qm."
Holly Winslow happily stuck her tongue out at Mortimer Quincy and said smugly, "Yay! Quincy the Puppy, you lost! You owe me a puppy bark."
This was a rule between the two of them: whoever lost a game had to bark like a puppy.
The others: "..."
’That nickname, Quincy the Puppy, is certainly... special.’
Mortimer Quincy: "..."
’Back then, he’d only agreed to this penalty because he was overcome with lust.’
’He had never won.’
They played three more rounds after that, and Holly Winslow’s team won every time.
Although Mortimer Quincy held back every time, Pantheon and the other two were genuinely terrible.
When the hour was almost up, Mortimer Quincy said a word to Pantheon and the others, then took Holly Winslow and her two friends back.
「The Winslow Residence」
Holly Winslow had just sat down on the sofa when she heard Mortimer Quincy say, "Holly, show me the math formulas you copied."
Holly Winslow: "..."
’I don’t want this husband anymore.’
She opened her school bag, took out her math notebook, and handed it to him. Mortimer Quincy sat up straight and began flipping through it seriously.
Anna Willow and Iris Kensington exchanged a look. For some reason, they felt the oppressive atmosphere of a teacher giving a lecture.
Suddenly, Mortimer Quincy pointed at the notebook, his tone slightly stern. "Holly, you copied this part wrong. It’s A+B, not A-B. Copy the sum of two angles formulas again five times."
Holly Winslow glanced at it. She had indeed made a mistake, probably from copying too quickly. She nodded obediently. "Okay."
A few minutes later, Mortimer Quincy finished checking. He turned to look at Holly Winslow. "Holly, recite the half-angle formulas."
Anna Willow and Iris Kensington: "..."
’What did the half-angle formulas even look like again?’
’sin? cos?’
Holly Winslow recited, "sin(A/2) = √((1-cosA)/2)..."
This quizzing session, with one person asking and the other reciting, went on for over ten minutes. Finally, Mortimer Quincy let Holly Winslow off, satisfied.
He glanced at Anna Willow and Iris Kensington, then raised an eyebrow at Holly Winslow. "I’ll give you your reward tomorrow. And since Holly was so diligent, I’ll triple the reward."
The moment she heard that, Holly Winslow knew what the "reward" was. "..."
’Could he be any more shameless? Tripling it!’
...
Under the torment of Scholar Quincy, the evening gala finally arrived. After dinner, the entire student body gathered and sat down on the athletic field.
During the afternoon study hall, Holly Winslow and her two friends had taken leave to get their hair and makeup done.
When Anna Willow saw Holly Winslow come out in her costume, she let out an amazed "Wow!" "Holly, you’re so beautiful." As she spoke, her eyes darted toward Holly’s chest a few times.
Holly Winslow reached out and poked her. "Where are you looking, you perv, Anna."
The dance costume wasn’t revealing at all, just a little tight-fitting, which accentuated her figure.
Anna Willow giggled. "Holly, you’ve developed really well."
Iris Kensington chimed in, "They are bigger than before."
Holly Winslow: "..."
’What kind of shameless talk is this?’
