Gerald knew that whatever photograph she was talking about was just an excuse to meet him.
In fact, Gerald did not want to
meet Xavia at all.
He felt very heartbroken
because he really loved her before this.
However, he would be lying if
he said that he did not have any feelings for her.
As soon as Gerald heard Xavia’s
depressed voice, he agreed to meet her immediately.
He got up and looked for the
pictures that he had been keeping in his cupboard all this while.
They had both taken these
pictures by the small lake by the campus before this.
At that time, Xavia had held
out her arms affectionately and Gerald had also taken her in his arms as he
smiled sweetly at her.
However, now that the situation
had already developed into the way it had, Gerald’s heart was aching badly.
Gerald stared at the one
hundred thousand dollars that he had withdrawn from the bank that morning.
In
fact, Gerald wanted to spend that money to enjoy life and make up for
everything that he had missed out on in the past.
Gerald finally realized that he
was being too naïve.
He didn’t need any cash at all.
He could do anything he wanted to with all the cards his sister had given him.
Gerald knew that leaving so
much money in his dormitory was not a solution. How should he explain the
situation to his roommates if they found the money?
Over the years, he had this
bunch of sincere buddies by his side because of his poverty.
However, Gerald was afraid that
he would lose them if he told them the truth now.
“Alright. I’ll go down to meet
Xavia before I deposit this one hundred thousand dollars back into my bank
account.”
Gerald could not find a nice
paper bag. Therefore, he simply grabbed a black garbage bag from his dormitory
before he placed the one hundred thousand dollars into the bag along with the
picture that he had taken with Xavia by the small campus lake.
“I’m here, Gerald!”
Xavia started waving her hands
at him as soon as she saw him walking towards him.
It felt exactly like the time
when they were still dating each other.
In fact, Xavia was the one who
felt the most uncomfortable today.
Gerald had bought a Hermes bag
worth fifty-five thousand dollars today.
Fifty-five
thousand dollars!
How long would it take an
ordinary person to make that amount of money?
This was especially difficult
because Gerald had become rich as soon as she dumped him! Xavia could not
believe what she had missed out on.
That was the reason why she
decided to use the photograph as an excuse to meet up with Gerald.
“What is wrong?” Gerald was
still upset when he arrived at the lake but he didn’t show Xavia his soft and
gentle side. Instead, he pretended to be cold and indifferent towards her.
Xavia could not help but glance
at the black garbage bag in Gerald’s hand.
After that, she said, “Ahh! I
thought you would’ve brought something else with you when you came to meet me.”
Xavia was very disappointed.
She was initially fantasizing
that Gerald would bring the fifty-five thousand dollar Hermes bag along with
him as he begged her to get back together with him.
Unexpectedly, he was simply
going to throw his garbage out after he was done meeting her.
Gerald took the picture out of
his pocket before he said, “Here, Xavia. After I return this photograph to you,
we’ll both have no connection to each other anymore.”
Gerald was planning to keep the
photograph as a memory but it seemed as though he no longer needed to do that!
Xavia was a little anxious at
this time. She felt very aggrieved and she stomped her feet before she hit
Gerald in his chest.
“You’re
such an idiot! You really are an idiot! Did you really think that the reason
why I asked you to meet me here is simply because I wanted you to return this
photograph to me?”
Gerald had a surprised
expression on his face. “If that’s not the reason, then why did you ask me to
meet you?”
“Gerald! How can I make you
understand the truth? Do you really think I have something to do with Yuri?”
Xavia said, “You’re a fool! I
only did this because I was trying to test you!”
“Test me?” Gerald asked as he
smiled bitterly.
She went to the grove with Yuri
because she wanted to test him? At the end of the day, it seemed as though it
was a test for herself.
Gerald did not want to say
anything else anymore.
“Alright then, you can conduct
whatever tests you want. I will just return this photograph to you and we
should both just stay away from one another from now on. Goodbye!”
Gerald shook his head before he
turned around to leave.
“You, you…Gerald, stop! If you
walk away from me now, I’ll jump into the lake immediately!”
Xavia really did not expect
Gerald, who used to be so obedient and thoughtful towards her, to act so
indifferent and cold towards her now.
Xavia mustered up her courage
as she stood towards the lake, just as Gerald had already expected her to.
Gerald knew that she was just
trying to stall him, while he wanted to leave right away.
However,
when he saw Xavia leaning towards the lake, Gerald kept feeling his eyelids
twitching out of fear.
He hurried over to Xavia before
he hugged her and stopped her from jumping into the lake.
There were tears in Xavia’s
eyes as she said, “Don’t try and stop me! If you don’t believe me, then I’d
rather die! Just let me die! Let me die!”
Gerald took a deep breath. To
be honest, he really did not trust Xavia anymore.
This was especially so after he
heard the entire story of why Xavia dumped him from Nigel.
However, Xavia was threatening
to jump into the lake if he left her and he felt that she was being sincere.
Gerald could not deny that he
was a little moved at this time. After that, he hurriedly said, “Okay, okay, I
believe you.”
Xavia broke into a smile before
she said, “I knew it, Gerald! I knew that you’re still in love with me. Even if
I jumped into the lake today, it wouldn’t be because you bought the Hermes bag
or because you’re rich now, but I just wanted to prove to you that my love for
you is real!”
“From the beginning to the end,
I’ve never been a materialistic person. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been
together for so long!”
Gerald did not say anything at
all.
At this time, Xavia looked at
Gerald suspiciously before she said, “By the way, Gerald, I’m really curious.
How did you become so rich all of a sudden? How can you afford to pay
fifty-five thousand dollars for a bag?”
Xavia could not help but ask.
Gerald
knew that Xavia would definitely ask him this question.
However, he was no longer the
Gerald who would tell her everything.
Similarly, Gerald wanted to
test Xavia.
“Oh, so this is what happened.
I rescued a young girl who was hit by a car just a few days ago and I would
never have expected the young girl’s family to be so wealthy. However, since
they were in a hurry, her parents decided to give me a one-off shopper’s card.
They told me that it’s a very valuable card and they simply wanted to express their
gratitude to me.”
Xavia’s eyes widened
immediately. “In other words, you can only use that Universal Global Supreme
Shopper’s Card once?”
Gerald nodded.
“Then, then…where is that bag
now? You can definitely resell that bag for a lot of money!”
Xavia was a little
disappointed.
She really thought that Gerald
got rich overnight.
At least, he still had that
Hermes bag that was worth fifty-five thousand dollars.
Gerald replied, “I gave Naomi that
Hermes bag as a birthday present.”
“What?!” Xavia was shocked.
“You gave that bag away? You gave the bag that was worth fifty-five thousand
dollars away? In other words, you are left with nothing now?”
Gerald nodded.
“Xavia, I really can’t believe
that you’re not a materialistic person. To think that you’re actually deeply in
love with me. We should…”
Gerald
wanted to hold Xavia’s hand at this time.
Slap!
“Get away from me! Why would I
be in love with a pauper like you?”
After finding out the truth,
Xavia gave Gerald a tight slap across his face.
“Damn it. I can’t believe that
I wasted so much time and almost jumped into the lake because of you! This is
ridiculous! This is just so stupid!”
Xavia yelled at Gerald as she
glared at him in disgust.
Hahaha…
Gerald completely gave up on
Xavia when he saw her acting like this.
It turned out that this was
actually Xavia’s true colors.
“Xavia, I’m really very
disappointed in you…” Gerald said as tears welled up in his eyes.
Both of them used to be so good
together.
“Please don’t waste my time. I
don’t care if a poor man like you feels disappointed in me! I really shouldn’t
have bothered wasting my time on you. People like you should just pick up
trash!”
To vent her anger and
frustration, Xavia grabbed the garbage bag in Gerald’s hand.
She wanted to throw the bag of
garbage directly at his face.
However, since she grabbed the
garbage bag so hard, the garbage bag tore apart.
The
one hundred thousand dollars scattered on the ground.
They were all red bank notes!
“What? This…”
Xavia’s eyes
widened in disbelief as she stared at the money on the ground…