“I wonder if you’d be willing to treat us to dinner, Gerald? After all, we’ve been classmates for more than
three years,” some of the girls
chimed in at this time.
Gerald thought to himself.
Since he had already said that he had already won the lottery, people would
feel
uncomfortable if he did not
offer to treat them to a meal.
In fact, Gerald was initially
planning to treat Naomi and his roommates to a nice dinner.
But now…
Gerald simply replied, “Alright
then. I’ll treat all of you to dinner tonight. Anyone who would like to come
can do so.”
In fact, the meaning behind
Gerald’s words was that people who felt they were close to him could attend the
dinner if they wanted to.
“Yay!”
All his classmates started
cheering immediately and their lessons seemed even more interesting that day.
Moreover, more and more people
were gathering around Gerald as they wanted to know how much money Gerald had
won
from the lottery. However, Gerald refused to say anything at all and this made
all his classmates very
anxious!
“Brother Danny, are we going
for the dinner tonight? Should we? I think that kid is trying to provoke us on
purpose!” Blondie said in a
bitter manner.
The person that he had been
bullying and despising all this while was suddenly better than him! Of course,
he
would feel uncomfortable about
the situation.
Blondie felt that way.
“Hahaha. Of course we have to
go! We have to go so we can make this kid bleed tonight…”
Danny smiled and stroked his
chin as he stared at Gerald.
Blondie understood what Danny
meant immediately. “Alright, Brother Danny! You’re really the best!”
Later at noon, Gerald decided
to book a restaurant to host the dinner that night. He had to show his
classmates
that he was more than willing
to treat them to dinner so of course, he had to host the dinner at one of the
restaurants on Mayberry
Commercial Street.
However, he knew that he could
not choose a restaurant that was too luxurious and high end. Otherwise,
everyone
would
say he was pretending to be a wealthy person when he was not that well-to-do
anyway.
Therefore, Gerald decided to
book a restaurant called Homeland Kitchen to host the dinner at instead. This
was
because this was much more
casual compared to the luxurious Grand Marshall Restaurant down the street.
As soon as he entered the
restaurant, Gerald saw a few people whom he knew in the restaurant.
“Manager, I’ve spent quite a
lot of money here today. I paid more than three hundred dollars per head! You
have
to give me a discount when I
come here again in the future…”
“Hahaha. That would be no
problem at all, Mr. Wright. I’ll definitely give you a discount when you come
again
next time!”
“Brother Victor really has a
very good reputation!”
“What nonsense are you
spouting? Do you know who Victor is? He’s driving an Audi A6 now! Moreover,
Homeland
Kitchen is one of the most
prestigious restaurants on Mayberry Commercial Street. Whoever marries Victor
will
definitely live a good life in
the future!”
“Whitney, the reason why we can
come and eat at this restaurant today is because Brother Victor is giving you
face…”
Gerald
looked around at the group of people in the restaurant at this time. Whitney,
the president of the
student union, Victor, the vice
president of the student union, and a few of Whitney’s friends were here at
this time.
They were all looking at Victor
with admiration written all over their faces.
“Hello, sir!”
Gerald did not want to run into
any of them and he especially wanted to avoid Whitney because her mouth was
like a cannon. He wanted to
turn around and host his dinner at another restaurant instead. However, the
waiter
discovered him and he quickly
bowed as he greeted Gerald in a very loud voice.
Victor and the other guests
turned around to look at them immediately.
When Victor saw Gerald, his
eyes lit up in an instant.
“Gerald!”
Whitney shouted suspiciously.
After that, she asked, “What are you doing at a place like Homeland Kitchen?”
In her eyes, Gerald was someone
who had to work hard every day to make enough money to sustain himself. If he
did not think of how he could
make some money today, he would definitely have to worry about what he could
afford to eat tomorrow.
Why
would he possibly come to such a high-end restaurant as this?
“Perhaps he’s taking up a
part-time job here!”
“Hahaha. We still have classes
later in the afternoon and he’s here to take up a part-time job now?”
“Hahaha. I guess he came out
here secretly because he doesn’t have enough money to pay off his tuition fee
today! I guess he’s trying to
work part-time and earn some extra money here today! Otherwise, he’d be
expelled
for being unable to afford to
pay his tuition fee.”
The four or five girls who knew
all about Gerald’s situation laughed as they talked among themselves.
Whitney had a cold expression
on her face as she continued questioning Gerald. “Gerald, are you trying to
take
up some part-time job now when
we still have classes in the afternoon? Do you believe that I’ll report this to
the student department so that
you will get a penalty and credit deduction? Even if you make enough money to
pay for your tuition fee, I
will make sure that you can’t graduate because you do not have enough credits
to do
so!”
Victor sneered as he stared at
Gerald. Gerald had always relied on his good academic performance to continue
studying
in this university. However, despite running into him, the vice president of
the student union, Gerald
did not even bother to greet
him at all. Victor wanted to see how Gerald was going to survive without the
student union’s help and
subsidy.
“I’m not here to work part-time.
I’m here to book a room for dinner.”
Gerald was also a little
furious and frustrated when he heard Whitney and the rest of her friends
insulting and
making fun of him, so he simply
replied to her in an indifferent manner.
After that, he headed directly
to the counter.
“What? He’s here to book a room
for dinner?”
Whitney and the rest of her
friends were stunned at this time and they were filled with even more contempt
and
disgust for Gerald…