Gerald accidentally swept the
broom over the girl’s feet.
She was wearing a pair of white
shoes and her calves were extremely fair. She was also carefully listening to
Victor as he talked about his car, her full attention on Victor’s words.
Unexpectedly, Gerald had
actually swept the dirty broom over her shoes, smearing dust all over her white
shoes.
She couldn’t help but scream
when she realized what was happening.
Her scream unexpectedly
attracted the attention of Whitney, Victor, and the others who were in the
auditorium at this time.
“What’s wrong, Mila?”
Whitney hurried over before she
asked Mila with a concerned expression on her face.
Victor also rushed over to Mila
immediately.
“No, no, I’m fine. There’s no
problem at all.”
Mila Smith tucked her hair
behind her ear and she took out some wet wipes before she leaned down and
attempted to wipe the dust off from her shoes.
However, the more she tried to
wipe her shoes, the dirtier they got.
Mila was also obsessed with
cleanliness. Therefore, she couldn’t help but frown when she saw the mess on
her white shoes.
“Gerald, did you do that to
Mila’s shoes?” Whitney asked as she glared at Gerald.
She
had a cold and aggressive expression on her face.
Moreover, Victor was also very
angry at this time.
“Damn it, you pauper! Do you
know how much Mila’s shoes cost? You’ll never be able to afford to pay for it!”
After that, Victor stepped
forward before he grabbed Gerald by his collar.
“No, no, it wasn’t him!”
When Mila saw that Victor was
about to beat Gerald up, she quickly stepped forward to dissuade him.
In fact, Mila had already been
paying some attention to Gerald for a long time. She felt that he was a very
different person compared to everyone else.
Moreover, she could tell that
he was not from a rich family background.
Perhaps that was the reason why
Victor and the rest of the boys were always bullying him.
However, despite being bullied
and humiliated all the time, Mila could not see the slightest look of
inferiority in Gerald’s eyes. He was completely indifferent and the fact that
he was poor didn’t seem to bother him in the slightest.
Gerald always had a very humble
and sincere look on his face.
Even if Mila wanted to lose her
temper, she couldn’t bring herself to do so.
Therefore, Mila quickly stood
up for Gerald when she saw that Victor was going to beat him up.
“Don’t worry, Mila! We should
at least make sure that this pauper pays you back for your shoes!” Victor
replied in a vicious manner.
Mila
was not from the Language Department, but she was a student from the
Broadcasting and Media Department instead.
However, she had been friends
with Whitney ever since they were young and the reason why she came over to the
auditorium today was because she wanted to have some fun.
Though Victor liked Whitney, he
was even more interested in her best friend, Mila.
“Oh, no! There’s no need for
him to pay me back for the shoes. I’ll just go back to the dormitory and change
into another pair of shoes!” Mila said in a hurry.
She also nodded slightly at
Gerald.
“You’re lucky today, kid!”
Victor said as he glared at Gerald. In fact, Victor was glad that he was able
to act as the hero in front of the two beautiful girls today.
When he saw that Mila was about
to leave, he quickly approached her.
“By the way, Mila, why don’t we
go out and have a meal together after you change into a new pair of shoes?
After all, everyone must be tired from the rehearsal today. I’ll treat everyone
to a meal at Orchard Gardens!”
“Wow! Orchard Gardens? I heard
that the fruit salad and steak there is really delicious but dining there is
also really expensive!”
“Brother Victor, I’d like to
come too!”
All the girls were excited as
soon as Victor said that he would be buying Mila a meal at Orchard Gardens.
“Sure!” Victor replied as he
clasped his hands together.
At this time, Whitney grabbed
Mila’s hand before she smiled and said, “Mila, we’ll wait below your dormitory
for you!”
In
fact, Gerald could tell that Mila did not feel like going at all.
However, Mila could tell that
everyone was very excited to go there and Victor had just had a clash with
Gerald because of her.
Therefore, she could not bring
herself to turn down his invitation.
Mila nodded slightly.
“Okay, I will drive! See you
guys there!”
Victor was very excited that
his strategy to ask Mila out seemed to have succeeded. Therefore, he glanced at
Gerald before he walked out of the auditorium.
Whitney turned and looked at
Gerald before she said, “What are you looking at, Gerald? Do you really think
that you are invited to join us for lunch too? Let me tell you, your subsidy
isn’t confirmed yet! You’d better stay back and make sure you clean up this
auditorium properly! Otherwise, I’ll make sure to teach you a lesson when I
return!”
Gerald kept quiet as Victor and
Whitney continued taunting him in tandem.
In fact, he was very angry at
this time.
However, he knew that he would
not gain anything from losing his temper and he would only be giving Victor the
opportunity to beat him up.
It was really unwise to ask for
a beating. Therefore, Gerald decided to just let it go.
“Come on, Mila! Let’s enjoy the
ride in Victor’s new Audi A6 later!”
Whitney pulled Mila out of the
auditorium after glaring at Gerald with a contemptuous expression on her face.
The
other people also walked out of the auditorium, one after the other.
They would definitely not be
able to get there in one car so Gerald couldn’t help but wonder how they would
be getting there.
Gerald thought to himself as he
cleaned up the mess that they had left behind.
Should he get a car too?
He continued thinking to
himself.
When Gerald was done cleaning
up the auditorium, it was almost noon.
At this time, Gerald suddenly
received an incoming phone call.
It was a phone call from
Harper, the head of his dormitory.
“Gerald, are you done cleaning
up the auditorium?”
Gerald nodded. “Yes.”
“Is Whitney crazy? We’ve
already discussed this matter among ourselves and we’ve decided that if she
dares reject your subsidy application, we’ll bring this matter up to the
chancellor!”
Gerald felt warmth in his heart
as he said, “Thank you for looking out for me!”
“Gerald, if you’re free, come
and join us for lunch!”
Harper invited Gerald for lunch
but Gerald could hear the sudden change in his tone.
It sounded as though Harper was
a little embarrassed.
Gerald
was so close to Harper and he naturally knew that there was something amiss.
This man was usually very manly, so why did he sound so embarrassed and shy
today?
“Will there be anyone else
joining us today?” Gerald could not help but asked with a weary smile on his
face.
“Bingo! Gerald, do you remember
the girl named Hayley who was with Alice at Naomi’s birthday party last night?”
All the girls from Alice’s
dormitories attended Naomi’s birthday celebration last night.
Gerald had a vague impression
of Hayley Ians. She had short hair and she looked very cute and petite.
However, her character and
personality was similar to Alice’s.
She kept rolling her eyes at
Gerald last night even though she did not say anything at all.
“Yes, I know who she is. Why?
Did you ask her out?” Gerald asked with a surprised expression on his face.
“Well, I was heading back to
the dormitory after class today when I ran into her. She lost her cell phone in
the cafeteria and I offered to help her look for it. Fortunately, I’m quite
familiar with some of the workers in the cafeteria. After checking out the CCTV
and looking around the cafeteria, we finally found her cell phone!”
“I felt that it was fate
because I was actually pretty interested in her when I met her last night.
Therefore, I mustered up the courage to ask her out for lunch with me and my
friends today. She agreed immediately!”
Harper was extremely excited
over the other end of the line.
To be honest, Gerald was very
happy for Harper when he heard his words.
However,
Gerald really didn’t feel like going out with Alice and her friends.
He simply couldn’t tolerate
them rolling their eyes at him!
“That’s great, brother! I wish
you all the best! I think I’ll just skip lunch because I don’t want to be a
light bulb!” Gerald replied as he laughed.
“Damn it! How could you do this
to me, Gerald? All our brothers have already agreed to come with me. Moreover, Naomi
will also be there today! It seems as though Naomi is going to introduce
someone very important to you today. If you seize this opportunity and make the
most out of it, you might be able to turn your life around in an instant!”
Harper was also very concerned
about Gerald.
“A very important person?”
Gerald could
not help but think to himself, ‘Damn it. Don’t tell me that Alice will also be
there today?’
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