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even take some pictures and post them on social
media to show how awesome
it is. There are many
people like that!”
The girls replied in contempt.
“Perhaps. There is nothing
those sorts are incapable of doing!” smirked
Jordan. “By the way, Jordan,
do you know who owns this car?”
“I really
don’t know, but I can tell you a lot about the configuration and interior of this car. It a first-class
design! Even a simple
part is made through strict
data calculations, all personally supervised by a master
with decades of experience!” Jordan replied with a smile.
“Ahh? You’ve
aroused our interest,
Jordan. Care to explain more to us so that we can learn more about
the car?” one of the girls asked, with a surprised
look on her face.
They were saying this,
not just because
they wanted to learn more about the luxury car but to simply
drag time.
Think about it. It was only nine in the morning,
and even if they gave him a location and Jordan sent
them there,
it would only be a momentary encounter.
If they delayed him for a while, it would be lunchtime. Wouldn’t
Jordan have to treat them to lunch
then?
Wouldn’t
that deepen their relationship? The girls were really
good at mind games.
Jordan did not overthink
it, parking the car at the side before leading
the group of girls to the luxury
supercar.
He wasn’t
jealous of the Lamborghini at all, knowing
well enough that even if he worked
like a bull for a
lifetime, there was no way he would
reach such a point.
At the same time, Gerald had also walked toward his Lamborghini. “Erm, miss? Mind if you move aside?”
Gerald rubbed
his nose as he stared
helplessly at a long-haired girl, now boldly
sitting on the hood of his
Lamborghini.
“Why are you asking me to move to? Who are you? Get out of my way!” the long-haired beauty yelled
at him.
This man wore new-ish
clothes, and they looked pretty good on him. However,
she had already seen
many handsome
heirs. Who did he think
he was? How dare he ask her to move?!
“Exactly! That’s
right! Who are you? Just look at you. What right do you have to ask us to move away?”
“Hehe. I know that as girls, we are a little vain, and we enjoy taking
selfies. Moreover, we get a little
envious when we see luxury cars. I really
didn’t expect a guy to be disgusting enough; he actually
thinks
of taking a selfie too!”
“Yeah! Stop embarrassing yourself!”
The girls surrounding the long-haired girl ganged up, throwing insults
and jeers at Gerald. Gerald was stunned
by the arrogant and rude remarks.
Damn it. He only said one sentence, and he got attacked by so many people?
Jordan walked
up to Gerald, sneering with his nose up high. “Brother Gerald,
what could you be
thinking? Why take a selfie? Would you like me to help you, eh?”
After
that, he immediately turned his gaze to the hot chick sitting on the front
hood. “Beauty, you can sit on the car hood as long as you want to. The Lamborghini’s chassis is like no other
supercar. It’s solid.
It’ll definitely withstand
your lightweight body!”
“Hahaha! Thank you, handsome!
You talk pretty sweet, unlike some really disgusting dude! By the way,
handsome, can you take a picture for me? Capture
me with this car from afar!” The long-haired beauty
seemed to have an excellent impression of Jordan.
Of course, Jordan was more than willing
to snap her a photo.
After all, why did he even buy a Passat?
Wasn’t it all for the ladies, anyway? He nodded vigorously at the request.
“Say, Brother
Gerald, can you stop blocking
the shot?” Jordan shook his head as he reminded
Gerald,
who was standing
beside the car.
“Damn it. Get lost!”
the long-haired beauty
yelled as she waved impatiently.
“Hehehe! I’m afraid you guys are the ones who should
get lost!” Gerald
replied coldly.
He initially had a very simple thought.
He wanted the beautiful girl to move aside so that he could drive
his car out. After that,
she could take whatever picture
she wanted to.
Instead, his generous gesture
was replied with ridicule, even to the point of getting scolded
by the hot
chick.
It was especially true for Jordan,
enigmatic from the moment he saw him. Did he just use Gerald as a
comparison just so he could appear
stinking rich and charming in front of the girls?
Was he using Gerald’s humility
to prove how strong and capable he was?
Was he mocking to satisfy his own vanity?
Gerald felt that everything would be over for him if he continued keeping
a low profile. Soon, everyone
would be trampling all over him.
If that were to be the case, why continue keeping
a low-profile then?
“Who are you asking to get lost? You actually dare raise your voice at me?”
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As soon as her violent temper
flared up, she raised her hands, wanting
to hit him. Beep! Beep!
Suddenly, the Lamborghini’s four lights, which
had been silent
for over a month, flashed
brightly.
Then, almost instantly, the engine came to life with a low rumble.
The doors unclicked
and opened upwards.
The car seemed to be glowing extremely
brightly, its body letting out a sheen under the bright sunlight.
It looked as though it had been waiting a long time for its owner to return. Gerald
put down the key in his hand.
After that, he slowly walked
over to the car and went straight
for the driver’s seat.
It was completely silent
even though more than a dozen girls were standing
nearby at this time.
The sudden silence
felt as though
the world had already planned
it in advance. The whole area had
become completely silent.
Everyone’s
eyes were wide open as they witnessed the scene. Jordan’s mouth and eyes opened
up as large as they possibly could.
This… Gerald turned out to be the owner of this Lamborghini? “Ahh!”
A loud, harsh scream
broke the complete
silence.
“It’s him! The owner of the car turned
out to be him! Ahh!” “Bro, you are one hot guy! What is your name, bro?” “Can I have your number,
bro?”
There were even some girls who dare act as though they had just met their biggest idol.
They rushed
directly in front of Gerald’s car.
A Lamborghini, worth two million
six hundred thousand
dollars. It was the absolute
luxury beast
everyone dreamt of!
The car alone had generated so much hype.
They had all been impatiently and eagerly waiting
for this day to arrive.
Now, the young owner of the car
had finally
appeared in front
of them!
Gerald was in the car. Although
the car was soundproofed well, he could still hear the screams
of the
girls outside.
In fact, he felt very good now.
He could
finally drive his own car, but most importantly, he could finally
hold his head up high.
“Di! ~Didi!”
Gerald wound down his car window.
He smiled
at Jordan, now completely dumbfounded at the side, as he said, “Jordan,
would you like to try
driving this car?” he jeered.
Gerald
returned the exact question to Jordan using the same manner. Jordan
could only gulp. He wouldn’t
dare the slightest
to drive this car.
His face had even turned a shade of green.
The person
that he had been looking
down on was actually filthy
rich! Not to mention how he even tried to make fun of him earlier.
He was no coward,
and he simply didn’t want to fight
back. Jordan was actually nothing
more than a
clown in front of Gerald.
His Passat
was worth a mere forty-five thousand dollars. Gerald’s
car, a whopping two million
six
hundred thousand.
Damn it! That was enough
for sixty Passats!
Worse was the fact that Jordan
had no idea who or what he had just offended!
The three girls who initially got into Jordan’s
car were speechless as well, not to mention
the long-haired
beauty who sat on the hood of Gerald’s car.
In short,
everyone was shocked
as they witness the unbelievable scene! Gerald drove away amid the chaos.
This was the first time that Gerald showed
off like this in public.
Moreover, he only did it because he felt
that it was already intolerable.
Gerald’s phone rang all of a sudden. It was Mila calling him. He immediately connected the call.
“Gerald, where are you? Why aren’t you here yet? Hurry up and come over! Take a cab if you can’t
make it on time. I am waiting
for you in front of the entrance
of the Royal Dragon Villa!”
“Okay, I will be there soon,” replied
Gerald.
Before he hung up the phone,
Gerald seemed to hear Mila nervously saying:
“I’m finished! I accidentally
said the wrong thing!”
It also seemed as though a girl was standing next to her, asking what sounded like: “Mila, isn’t Gerald,
your boyfriend? Isn’t he like very rich or something? Why is he taking a cab?”
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This was a villa that was similar
to Mountain Wayfair
Entertainment. There was integrated entertainment and catering in it.
However, when it came to the facilities, this place could not be compared to the Mountain
Wayfair
Entertainment at all.
Of course,
despite this, this was still
the best place for second
and third-tier family
gatherings.
Mila’s grandmother’s birthday
banquet would be held here today. After arriving, Gerald drove his car to
the parking lot at the side. “Okay…okay, okay,
okay…okay, done!”
The security guard was an uncle who was in his fifties and he seemed
to be stuttering. Under his command, Gerald
would have definitely driven into the ditch if it was not because
of the
automatic parking system
in his own Lamborghini. Gerald
could only smile helplessly.
He raised
his hand before
he gave the uncle fifteen
dollars.
He wanted
to treat him to a pack of cigarettes so that he could smoke it. “Thank,
thank, thank….thank you!”
An excited
but slow thank you followed
behind him. At the same time.
At the entrance
of the villa.
“Oh my god. Mila! It is almost eleven o’clock now. Why hasn’t your boyfriend, Gerald showed up yet?”
A young woman stood
beside Mila.
She seemed
about twenty four years old. She was wearing glasses
and gave off a cold, arrogant vibe. But
of course, she was undoubtedly, strikingly beautiful. “Second cousin, don’t worry! Gerald will be here soon!”
Mila replied as she smiled bitterly.
Her second cousin was the second daughter
of her aunt’s family. Her name was Rita and she was
extremely gorgeous. She had a close relationship with Mila ever since their childhood. She used to be the prettiest girl when she was still in school.
Even now after graduating and working in a company,
she still had plenty of bees swarming
around her
in the company
too.
Despite her looks, Rita’s personality is rather hostile
and arrogant. She had very high standards
and she
would not be interested in any ordinary
boys at all.
It has already been more than three years since she graduated.
Getting into a serious
relationship was never in Rita’s
thoughts until today,
but she was ironically very
interested in Mila’s boyfriend.
The interest
that she had in him was simply
that of a family’s affection.
Well since
her cousin sister
had a boyfriend, wouldn’t it only be the right
thing to do to check him out to
see if he was truly qualified?
“Mila,
I’m sooo sorry for making you wait so long!”
Gerald’s voice suddenly
burst through the silence.
Mila had initially thought
Gerald would be taking a cab over instead. Bearing
that in mind, she had
already planned
out an excuse to handle
her cousin, Rita.
But Gerald
took Mila by surprise when she saw him walking
towards them from the opposite
direction.
“Gerald, you’re finally here! Come on over! Let me introduce my ultimate bestest
sister to you!”
Mila cluttered Gerald’s arm affectionately.
“This is my second
cousin, Rita! She is four years older than us. What do you think?
Gorgeous, isn’t
she?”
Gerald glanced at Rita before
giving a tiny nod. This woman was indeed very beautiful.
“Wait. If you’re saying
that my cousin
is beautiful, then does that mean that I am not beautiful to you
anymore?”
Mila said coquettishly. Seriously.
Her acting was completely believable.
“No, no. You are Mila…well, both of you are beautiful. Both of you are beautiful.” Gerald replied as he brushed
the sweat off his forehead.
“Oh, Mila! Stop teasing
Gerald already!”
Rita actually
felt a little uncomfortable at the sight of the young couple flirting in front of her.
Perhaps it
was also because she had been single for quite a while and found it difficult seeing
others showing
affection
for one another. Including her own cousin.
Rita folded her arms as she looked
at Gerald. So this was Mila’s boyfriend!
His outfit
paired really well and he had a pretty decent
appearance. He had a firm gaze and looked very
confident.
She would
probably have given
him a score of nine for his initial impression, out of a hundred.
Her judgement
reflected just how cold and arrogant Rita was, and definitely one of the main reasons
she
was still unable to find a boyfriend
till now.
doing, if I may ask?”
Rita
quizzed as her arms were still tightly folded across her chest. “Oh, well, all sorts really,
just into different
businesses and industries.”
To be honest, it was a question Gerald
never really knew how to answer.
After all, his sister
always mentioned that their family
had too many different ventures.
Basically, the
family is involved in almost half of the world’s capital
or industries.
Plus, he came from a huge family whose
businesses had been passed down for hundreds
of years.
Jessica did not exactly share much about
their family.
Hence with only limited
knowledge about his family, he could only answer those
questions from others
very generally.
“There seems
to be no solid answer
at all, eh? It’s so confusing!” Rita shook her head as she smiled wryly.
“I heard that Mila and you met when the both of you were learning how to drive.
You must have already
gotten your driver’s
license then! Have you bought
a car yet?” Rita prodded
again.
“Yup, he has one. He bought
a BMW 7 Series. His family told him he should practice
how to drive well
first. But Gerald
doesn’t really dare to drive well at the moment.
Hence, why I asked him to just get a
cab here.”
Mila knew for the fact that it wasn’t
the wisest to hide some things from Rita. This time round,
she had
no choice but to lie in order
to prevent Gerald
from feeling stressed
out. She had to hide the truth.
“Hah. BMW 7 Series? There’s
this annoying dude in my department who drives the exact same car. He
tried to pursue
me and I simply told him to scoot off!”
Rita replied, shaking
her head.
But looking at the
circumstances, Gerald’s family business must be doing pretty well. Nevertheless, he would still
be too far behind of a match
if he wanted to be Rita’s boyfriend. Rita was really,
quite the bombshell.
So, this was her capital.
Her goal was to be married
into an extremely wealthy and powerful family.
She wanted to find a rich
husband who would be able to give in to all of her whims.
In fact, his age wouldn’t matter
even if he was older or younger
than her. Most importantly, he just needs
to be from a wealthy
family!
For her, a wealthy
man isn’t just defined as someone who has started
his own company
and has assets
worth more than fifteen million
dollars.
She was referring to those who inherit huge family businesses and empires.
Rita did not know when it was that she started
having these thoughts
and ambitions. But one thing for
sure that it was very apparent.
At that very instance, Rita quickly shook
her head and flashed a forced smile
before she said, “Well,
Mila.
Grandma’s birthday banquet is about to begin. We should head in now.” Rita had by then already
lost all interest
in continuing a conversation with Gerald.
Mila stuck
out her tongue
before whispering softly,
“Gerald, please don’t
hold it against
my cousin. She
has always
been like this. No one can ever be good enough for her unless he’s a son of an extremely
wealthy and influential family. Though she really shouldn’t
continue being this way.”
But what else could Gerald do? Should he be telling
her that he was actually
the son of one of the
wealthiest and most influential men in this world, so that her cousin could marry him instead? That was obviously, quite the impossible.
Moreover, Rita was really a little too haughty for his liking.
Forget it. After all, he was really just helping Mila put on an act today. It wasn’t something to be taken
too seriously anyways.
The three
of them then walked inside.
Almost the entire family
turned up to attend the birthday banquet
today.
Her uncle,
father, third uncle,
big aunt, second
cousin brother, and many other relatives were also
present.
Basically
the entire Royal Dragon Villa was booked out for this special banquet today. Dozens of people started flocking in when
it was almost time for the banquet to begin.
“Grandma, I wish you longevity and I hope that all of your wishes will come true!
Hahaha!” The silver-haired
woman was dressed festively, beaming as she was sitting in the center. She looked at her granddaughter, Irene as she said:
“Irene, I don’t really
hope for longevity anymore. But if you are hoping for all of my wishes
to come true,
then my biggest
wish is for you to get married
as soon as possible!”
It isn’t
like how it was for them back in those
days, compared to young parents
nowadays.
What the
elderly always
look forward to was that a girl should already
be looking for a man to marry when they
reach the age of twenty
three or twenty
four years old!
“Yes, grandma.
Please allow me to introduce you to my boyfriend, Kenneth!” Irene smiled before
she gently pulled
Kenneth over to her side.
As he stood beside,
many relatives and friends could not help but chuckle
in approval as they
commented, “This young man really
looks like a talented person!”
“I also heard that his family is really rich!”
“Grandma, this is a little
something from me. Please have a look and receive
it!” Kenneth smiled as he took something
out from his pocket.
The moment he took it out, everyone
immediately started gawking…
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“What a filial man you are, Kenneth! The value of this jade ring is worth at least ten to twelve thousand
dollars! Tsk tsk tsk!”
Everyone could not help but continue
to exclaim in admiration.
After all, it was really very filial of a boyfriend to give his girlfriend’s grandmother a piece of jade ring for
her birthday.
“Alright, alright.
Irene, hurry up and ask Kenneth to sit down!”
Her grandmother was so elated
upon receiving the ring that she couldn’t
even keep her mouth closed
anymore. She couldn’t even bear to put the ring down. The more she looked at Kenneth, the more she liked him.
Even Irene’s father felt immensely
proud at that very moment.
In fact, the reason why everyone
gathered here today to celebrate
and congratulate the golden lady for
her birthday, wasn’t
just merely to show filial
piety. That was just, but a small part.
The larger
reason was the fact that the old lady was still holding
onto all the assets that were left behind
by the old man when he passed away. There were three sons and two daughters altogether, but it was this
old lady who got to ultimately decide
who these assets
would be passed
down to. Hence,
the extravagance of the birthday
banquet every year.
“Grandma, this is my girlfriend, Claire.
We would also like to wish you a very happy birthday.” Kyle wished and was smiling
broadly as he handed his gift over to his grandmother.
The old lady couldn’t help but smiled
even wider this time.
Next was a young man who was about twenty five or twenty
six years old. He was wearing a blue suit and his hair was brushed sleekly
to the back.
He exuded with charisma. Anyone
could tell that he looked
like one of those successful men at first
impressions.
Mason Smith
was his name,
and he was Mila’s cousin
brother and Irene’s
biological brother. All eyes were fixed on him as he stood
out.
Mason was very mature and he had a very stable career. Moreover,
he has always been the one with
the strongest ability
in the family. He also had the best grades amongst all of the children and
grandchildren in the family.
Not to mention, he was also the future
heir of the Smith family.
“Grandma, your grandson wishes you a good and abundant life with good fortune!” “By the way, grandma, this is my new girlfriend, Queenie!”
Mason quickly introduced.
“Good, good,
good. All of you are really giving
me big surprises today! I really have to take a good look at
my future daughter-in-law then. Queenie, what are you working as?”
Queenie replied:
“Grandma, I now work at BMW. Currently the deputy manager,
thanks to Mason!”
“That’s good!
Did you meet Mason then when he was buying
a car?”
Mason nodded as he said, “Yes, grandma. Didn’t I mention
that I bought a BMW sports car some time
ago? Well that was when I met Queenie!”
“I see, alright Queenie.
Come. Come and sit here with me.” His grandmother beckoned.
“Brother, sister-in-law, come and sit down!” Irene
also greeted with a smile.
This pair of siblings really
made quite an impression today in the family.
All her children had already wished
and given their blessings according
to hierarchical order and most of
the grandchildren had also given their blessings to their grandmother. With that, the birthday banquet
should have been ready to commence.
However, the celebrated golden
lady of the day seemed
to be not ready. It seemed as though she was still waiting for someone.
She felt as though the celebration was not complete, if this person
had not yet come up to wish her.
Who was it?
But of course, it was none other than Mila, the old lady’s most beloved
granddaughter! “My second son, where is my granddaughter, Mila?”
The old lady questioned out loud.
Mila’s parents,
Gavin and Helen were also present today.
It happened
a while ago where Gavin’s
company nearly closed
down due to his poor
business
management and the old lady was extremely furious
over that matter.
Unexpectedly in the nick of time, an investment from Mr. Crawford
of Mayberry City was the saving
grace that helped to resolve the crisis.
Not only were all of the company’s problems
resolved, but the company even skyrocketed to a whole
new level.
This made the old lady very happy.
Because of this, she began to dote Mila even more.
The moment
she questioned Mila’s
attendance, Irene and Mason’s faces
twitched and turned a shade
of
grey.
They could only suppress
the jealousy that was bursting
inside. “Mila’s waiting
for a friend and she will be here soon!”
“Oh? Does Mila have a boyfriend too?” “Seems like it…”
Gavin replied nonchalantly.
Anyways, Mila had given
him a heads up that she would
be bringing her boyfriend here today.
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She simply told them to be patient
and cooperate.
Gavin and Helen couldn’t
understand what she was thinking
either. “Mom, look, Mila’s here!”
At that very moment, Mila gingerly took Gerald by her side as they breezed through
the crowd of
people.
They would’ve
reached much earlier
if it weren’t for Gerald
who needed to use the bathroom. “Wow, our niece, Mila is really getting
so much prettier!”
“Look! Is the person holding
Mila’s hand her boyfriend?”
“Who’s this guy? Whose
son is he? Why haven’t
I heard of him before?”
“Anyway, that guy is really
blessed!”
A group of relatives and friends pointed
at him. “It’s him!”
When Helen saw Gerald, her eyes widened
in disbelief.
No wonder
her daughter kept refusing to reveal who her boyfriend was. It turned
out to be none other
than this intolerable young man!
That’s right.
If Mila had told her about this, it would
be impossible for her to allow the both of them to
be together.
“Hmm? Who is he?”
The old lady asked at this time.
Helen didn’t
dare answer her question. What would the old lady do if she found out that her
granddaughter was together
with someone like him?
“Grandma, allow me to introduce him to you. This is my boyfriend, Gerald!”
Mila completely ignored Helen’s glaring
look of disapproval as she introduced Gerald
to her grandmother.
“Oh? Mila, you have a boyfriend too?”
The old lady was suddenly
overjoyed.
This was her most loved and favored granddaughter. She knew her granddaughter very well and she
knew that the boyfriend
of her choice would definitely be extraordinary. “Gerald,
do say hello to my grandma.”
Mila said gently as she held onto Gerald’s hand affectionately. Was this the first time for Gerald
to attend such a large gathering?
Gerald couldn’t help but feel a little awkward as he knew this was all just an act.
His mind wandered, as Gavin, Helen,
Kyle and Irene
were all staring
at him in an extremely hostile
manner.
He was about to speak up when he Mila dove right in. “Wait!”
Just then,
an icy voice pierced right
in. Obviously, it was Irene.
The last time Mila was with Gerald,
Irene and Kenneth
were slapped right in the faces in front of Sean.
She was directly
humiliated in front of Mila.
The amount of hatred
and resentment pent up caused
Irene to suffer
from insomnia throughout this
entire period.
She had been very curious ever since and wondered who Gerald was.
After digging
through a background check from their
university, she found
out that Gerald
was nothing
but a mere rich second generation son who had hit jackpot.
He was probably nothing
more than a pathetic pauper
who had no money or power before
that!
Plus, he had been dumped
by his own girlfriend before.
He then met Mila when they were learning
how to drive. But Irene
felt that there was simply
no reason
Mila would fall for someone like him. Why would Sean even be acquainted?
Hah. Hilarious. It wasn’t that hard to guess the reason though.
After winning
the lottery, Gerald
had been splurging everywhere. He even purchased a bag worth fifty
five thousand dollars
and spent a tonne at various restaurants on Mayberry Commercial Street.
Perhaps, Sean ran into Gerald then and thought Gerald as someone
really awesome.
In fact, Sean wasn’t
the first to have ever encountered such a situation which made other find Gerald
so
admirable.
As Irene found Mila’s courage to bring Gerald here amusing,
she questioned with cold expression:
“Mila, Gerald,
since you’re here today, aren’t
you going to give grandma
a gift?” “Of course I’m giving grandma
a gift.”
Mila retorted icily.
“Your gift is yours personally to give. The question was for Gerald.
Since he is your boyfriend
and since
you said that Gerald’s a rich second
generation, then wouldn’t
he be more well-off compared
to
Kenneth then? If so, all of us are really
curious to know what sort of gift Gerald has installed for
grandma.”
“That’s right.
Since it is their first
time meeting, he should bring
a gift with him.” “Who is he? It seems as though his family is quite capable?”
Relatives and friends
suddenly gathered around
in curiosity.
They were dying to find out what was the gift the boyfriend of her grandmother’s favourite granddaughter had brought…
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Gerald could not help but offer a regretful
smile.
He originally wanted to prepare
a gift for her grandmother but Mila stopped
him. She felt that the both
of them could just give her grandmother one gift and naturally she would look for the gift herself.
Hence the reason
Gerald turned up empty handed
today.
He simply
came to attend
the birthday banquet
to make Mila’s
grandmother happy. Who would have
known that Irene would deliberately bring this up to make things difficult
for him?
“What? He did not bring a gift? I thought that Mila’s boyfriend would be bringing
something valuable
along with him too!”
“Isn’t Mila’s
boyfriend also a rich second
generation? Logically speaking, he should also be well-versed
with basic
etiquette and manners.
This is the first time that he’s meeting her grandmother, but he did
not bring anything
with him at all?”
“He
definitely falls short compared with Irene’s boyfriend, Kenneth!” Hush whispers and mumbling echoed
amongst the relatives and friends.
Despite the soft chatter,
their conversations were still quite clearly heard amongst everyone
present.
Upon observing the situation, the old lady failed to keep a straight face.
She was not the kind of person who enjoyed receiving gifts but as an elderly
person, image and
reputation were the most important things.
She then dropped her sense of affection towards
Gerald as she had been to Kenneth.
She simply replied
that it was alright and asked Gerald
to take a seat at the side.
After that,
she asked faintly,
“Gerald, I heard that your family’s business
is doing pretty
well.
What kind
of
business does your family do?” “Oh, we dabble in almost everything!”
Gerald replied lightly.
Although Gerald
was simply telling
the truth, it felt like his reply
was being a little disrespectful through
the lens of Mila’s
grandmother and others
present. Dabble in everything?
What kind of industry was that?
How could he answer
a question so carelessly and casually?
Mila quickly
laughed it off as she said, “Grandma, it’s his first
time coming here.
If you keep firing him
with so many questions, I’m afraid that you’ll end up scaring
him away!” “Okay,
okay. I’ll leave him alone.”
The old lady replied as she then immediately changed
the topic. After all, the old lady adored Mila the most.
“Wait what? Is he scared because
grandma is asking
him too many questions or is he actually just afraid
to tell the truth?
Sister, why don’t you tell us what kind of family business
Gerald’s family is doing? I
think you should
know it better than anyone
else anyway!” Irene
suddenly threw a strange question.
She could no longer take it as she felt her grandmother always sided whatever
Mila said or did and
thought it would
always be right.
Her grandmother was always spoiling
Mila.
The rest of them were all her grandchildren too but she would always
throw a fit at them even for the
smallest mistake.
Although it wasn’t in Irene’s plan to have a row with Mila, she simply
could not tolerate
it anymore!
She wanted to see how stuck-up Mila could still
be today!
Surely enough,
this question caught
the old lady’s
attention immediately.
She
then suddenly recalled her daughter-in-law, Helen’s demeanor earlier towards
Mila. The old lady frowned
as she asked, “Mila, are you hiding
something from grandma?
What business does
Gerald’s family do?”
Mila’s face tightened immediately.
At the same time, she turned around to look at Kyle.
If Irene knew of anything, then it must have something
to do with her brother,
Kyle. As she had expected, Kyle did not even dare to meet his sister’s
gaze.
“No grandma, I am not…”, Mila replied
nervously.
“Hahaha. Are you too embarrassed to tell the truth? Alright
then, I will explain everything on your behalf
then! Grandma,
do you know what kind of person
Gerald is?”
“He used to be a well-known pauper from Mayberry
University who earns his living
by running errands
for others.
Of course, Gerald indeed got some money later on after he won the lottery.
Guess what
happened after that? Gerald…”
Mila didn’t know where Irene got all these information.
It seemed
as though she was rather
well-versed as she told his story and had personally witnessed
everything with her own eyes as she revealed all of his humiliating past that had happened to Gerald
before.
This included
how he squandered his money after winning
the lottery. She revealed everything, in public.
“What? And Mila found this kind of person to become her boyfriend?”
“She even said that he is a rich second generation? I think that this kid is deliberately deceiving Mila by
lying and making
up his own identity!”
“Well, people
who have already
been poor for a long time are always like this. They will not even
remember their
own last names as soon as they get their hands on some money!
He simply won some
money from the lottery. Does he need to go that far?”
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And suddenly,
it was as though there
were countless strange
voices in Gerald’s
ears. Everyone was staring at Gerald in a completely different light.
“Okay! So this young kid is lying to our Mila?”
Rita had an atrocious temper. She immediately stood up before raising her voice to Gerald coldly.
The old lady’s face also turned unmistakably sour at that point. Irene
glanced at Kenneth
before giving off a sardonic
smile.
She was immensely
satisfied being able to release
all of her hatred and resentment!
Rita turned
to Mila and asked: “Mila,
didn’t you say that Gerald
just bought a BMW 7 Series?
I already
sensed that something wasn’t right earlier.
Gerald could’ve just driven here but he did not do so. Let me
ask you, have you ever seen his BMW for yourself?”
Mila was speechless because
she did not know what to say.
“BMW 7 Series? Rita, we have a total of three BMW branches
in the whole of Mayberry
City.
It has been
a while that we have not been selling
any of this model at all. I would have definitely known it if we sold
any of it!”
“Hang on, wait a minute! I remember now! I remember
who he is now!” Mason’s
girlfriend, Queenie, pointed
at Gerald as she exclaimed.
Ever since Gerald was present, Queenie
had already been eyeing on Gerald the entire time. She felt that he was very familiar and had a feeling that she had seen this person before.
But Queenie
could not remember
where exactly she saw him. The moment
Rita mentioned the BMW 7 Series…
Queenie suddenly remembered.
How could she forget?
She saw him in the BMW shop! “Queenie, do you know him?”
Mason quietly
asked.
In all honesty, it was very humiliating for family members
to face their relatives and friends as Mila’s
boyfriend was someone
of that sort.
Because of that, Mason was also unable to contain his pained expression upon seeing Gerald.
After all, he had always
been secretly fighting
with his second
uncle’s family.
He really
wanted to express
his rage there
and then, and he wanted
Queenie to expose
everything that
she knew.
“Yes, of course I remember him! Mason, do you remember
what I told you a few days ago?
Some time
ago, a very strange
young man came to our BMW shop to look for a car. As soon as he came into the
shop, he asked for the most expensive car that we had in the shop. I recommended the most expensive
cars in our shop to him but he actually
said that he could not buy those cars because
they were all too
cheap! After that,
he left our shop with a pained
expression on his face!” “Of course, I remember! Why? You’re
saying Gerald’s that weirdo?” Mason was really taken aback.
Queenie nodded her head. “Yes, it is him! I remember that he was dressed very shabbily at that time. I
couldn’t recognise him at all because of how he is dressed today!” The atmosphere immediately hyped up as everyone stared
at Gerald. “Oh god, what kind of boyfriend did Mila find?”
“He seems a little deranged!”
Mila anxiously replied, “Stop the nonsense! Gerald
would never do things like that!” She felt like collapsing at the ongoing
ruckus. What was happening?
She thought that things were going to be pretty easy. She simply wanted Gerald to pretend to be her
boyfriend, to make her grandmother happy. Secondly, she wanted to prove it to Irene.
After all, Gerald had already
thrown them off yesterday!
Never would’ve
Mila thought that her cousin sister would actually be so ruthless. She would never have
expected her to investigate and look into Gerald’s background like this!
Moreover, what are the odds that Mason’s new girlfriend would
have actually bumped
into Gerald
before.
To make matters worse,
she even put him down and made him seem like a fool.
You could say that everything was totally backfiring and going in the opposite
direction than what Mila
expected.
“Gerald would never do things like that? Mila, do you really think that your sister-in-law would lie to
you? If you don’t believe
me, you can just ask your boyfriend, Gerald, whether everything I said is true.
You can ask him if all that happened at the BMW shop that day.”
Queenie replied.
Gerald had been quietly
listening in on the conversation from the side.
At that instance,
a sudden
recollection of Queenie hit him.
Besides, regardless of whatever it was, it was simply a one-sided
encounter with Queenie
that day. She
was wearing
a black uniform. She was constantly speaking
to other customers
and did not take him
seriously when she was introducing some cars to him. They basically did not have much interaction at
all.
Gerald also recalled that Queenie had reprimanded and cursed at him when he walked
out of the shop
that day.
He didn’t
care that much about it at that time.
But was Gerald going to refute
her words? How was he going to? After all, what she claimed was
nothing but the truth.
As everyone
was watching him, Gerald slowly nodded and replied, “Everything she said is true. Indeed.
It
was indeed tormentous because I could
not choose or buy any of those
expensive cars at the BMW shop
that day. It is simply because the cars there are really too cheap!”
Gerald quipped.
Her face lightened with joy as she squealed,
“What, sister? You have already
arrived at the airport?
Didn’t you say that you will not be able to make it back for grandma’s birthday?
Ahh? Okay! Okay! Okay!
I will come and pick you right now!”
Hanging up right away, Rita said, “Grandma, my sister will be arriving
in a bit. She came back all the way
from M country and she is already waiting
at the airport now!”
“Oh that child, Cara…alright. I knew that she would definitely be back…” The old lady smiled as she
immediately said: “Then Mason…Mason you can go and pick Cara up! You may go alone. I want Queenie
to stay and accompany me.” “Okay, grandma!”
Mason smiled
as he waved, clutching the BMW sports
car key in his hand before quickly
excusing
himself.
Mila’s face was clouded
with disappointment. Cara was Rita’s sister.
Ever since childhood, Mila had always had the best relationship with these two sisters. Her grandmother knew it too.
It only made sense
that her grandmother would have told her to pick Cara up too, however she clearly
told Mason to go alone.
This reflected
how unhappy her grandmother was with her. After Mason’s
departure.
Everyone’s topic of conversation and focus fell on Gerald again. Yes. No one would have thought that Gerald would be such a jerk.
Since he was also making an appearance as Mila’s boyfriend, the focus of this topic
was obviously of
high importance.
Gerald remained
silent as he continued listening
to the accusations. He was of course
enraged to hear all the slander and ridicule of others. But he also knew he needed to take care of Mila’s
reputation.
The best he could do was to only endure it. At the same time.
Queenie’s cell phone suddenly rang.
“Mason is calling me! Maybe he wants me to accompany
him, grandma!” Queenie
smiled before answering the call.
Her face immediately ashened.
“Grandma, something bad has happened! Mason crashed into another car!”
“What?”
“When he was reversing his car out from the parking lot, he accidentally crashed into another
car!”
“Ahh! I was wondering if something major happened. Is Mason’s car okay?” the old lady hurriedly asked.
“It is not a big deal. If there is no major damage to Mason’s car, then you can ask him to go and pick his
cousin sister up first. I’ll take care of the rest of the matter
for him.” Kyle replied and smiled.
How difficult was it to deal with just a rear end collision?
“Mason, you can leave first. Kyle said that he will help you to deal with this matter! What? Okay, okay!”
Upon hanging up, Queenie looked at Mason’s
father worriedly and said, “Mason
said that he is too
afraid to leave the car. He is also asking
you to go over there
and take a look, uncle.
It seems as though
Mason
is in big trouble!” “Huh? What’s going on?”
Everyone whispered amongst
themselves.
All of them headed out to the parking
lot in curiosity. The old lady also went along.
Mason was usually a very calm and composed
person. He would not be acting this way if it was any
ordinary matter.
“Gerald, let’s head out and take a look too.” Mila suddenly said.
Gerald nodded with a smile.
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“Dad, I really didn’t mean it. This is all this security guard’s fault!
I was relying on his directions and he
kept telling me to reverse. That’s when I crashed into the car!”
“This car is the most expensive car produced by Lamborghini. It will
cost at least a hundred to a hundred
and twenty thousand dollars to fix the damages caused by this accident.
Plus, the car’s front lamps are
already broken!”
Some of the relatives who recognized this car could not help but exclaim
out loud. “Whoever is driving this car is definitely not just anybody. We can definitely
afford to pay that price to
fix the damages. But we might also be offending a very powerful figure.
On top of that, this looks like it’s
a new car that someone just bought!”
“Just think about it. In Mayberry City, which son of which wealthy and
influential family would be able to
drive this kind of sports car that is worth approximately one million
five hundred to three hundred
million dollars?”
Everyone continued discussing this matter amongst themselves. Upon hearing
this, Gerald started feeling anxious.
Damn it. His car was parked at this position. Could it be that Mason
had crashed into his Reventon?
As he squeezed through and made his way through the crowd, Gerald choked.
It was really his own car.
The body of the car was fine, but there were some scratches on the car
after the hit.
However the worst
damage was that the right front headlight was already broken!
A right front headlight isn’t very expensive, but neither is it very
cheap either. Since there were also
scratches on the car body, it would probably cost him about two hundred
and sixty thousand dollars to
fix the damages.
But as someone had mentioned, this was his new car.
The old lady grew anxious: “Mason, you were too careless. The security
guard is obviously a stutterer.
Can’t you tell? This is bad. This time round, not only are we paying
hundreds of thousands of dollars for
damages, but we will also be offending a very powerful figure!”
“Mason, grandma, I think that we might have really gotten into big trouble
this time! We cannot afford
to offend the owner of this car at all!”
Queenie grabbed Mason’s hand as he pulled him aside. She saw how crucial
it was beyond this matter.
“Queenie, why do you say that? Do you know who owns this car?” the old
lady hurriedly questioned.
“Yes!” Queenie replied as she nodded frantically. “I just sent a photo
of this car to the employees of our
company, because some of our employees used to work for Lamborghini.
He replied in the group chat,
saying that this car was sold a few days ago at a transaction price of
two million six hundred thousand
dollars. It was bought by a young man. He said that the manager of the
shop was following behind him,
and he was very polite and respectful towards the young man on that day
when he was buying the car!”
“Not only that, do you know who the manager of the Lamborghini shop in
Mayberry City is? It is Wilson
Quare!”
Queenie carefully explained.
“Is it really Mr. Wilson? Was he really very respectful towards this
car buyer?”
“The reason why Mr. Wilson is so powerful in Mayberry City is entirely
because of his contacts! He has
very powerful connections here!”
With that being said, the old lady grew even more anxious.
“Then we should get out of here soon. Otherwise, we will be in trouble
when the young man arrives!”
the old lady panically cried.
She might be naïve, but she clearly knew what the consequences of offending
a big and powerful family
was. Even the slightest issue would affect everything else!
“Grandma, we absolutely cannot leave right now! There are surveillance
cameras everywhere now!”
Irene and Rita started persuading her.
To be honest, Irene’s eyes had not left the Lambo for even a second.
She was fantasizing about how she
would look if she were to be sitting in this luxurious car.
It would simply be perfect if her boyfriend, Kenneth could own this car!
But, that would be impossible.
As for Rita, she was even worse. She was actually thinking of waiting
for the owner of the car to arrive.
If he could own a luxury car worth about three million dollars, then
this person was undoubtedly a very
rich and wealthy person.
Does this mean that she was one step closer to her own dreams and expectations?
It would be great progress even if she managed to grab a short encounter
with that young man!
“Oh! We should get someone to go and pick Cara up first! Irene and Rita
are right. We should not leave.
It would be okay if we do not leave but if we leave now, then we will
really be in big trouble!” The old lady’s tone was dead serious. She felt like she
was becoming a dotard.
“Grandma, I would love to go and pick her up now, but I do not dare to
leave just yet,” Mason replied,
swallowing his own saliva.
“It’s okay. You can go and pick her up first. Grandma, all of you can
go in and enjoy your birthday
banquet first. Since this car is already hit, just let it be then. It’s
okay!” Suddenly, a voice broke out behind everyone.
It was Gerald.
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