In fact, Xavia, Yuri, Alice, and everyone else were all startled at this moment.
They had
obviously already heard of who those young people who were seated at that table
were, but they had never had the opportunity to meet them. They were very
shocked that those people would actually invite Gerald to sit with them.
At this time,
Gerald was also surprised that Aiden, Elena and their friends were all here at
the opening ceremony tonight. He had not paid any attention to all the other
guests earlier. However, he suddenly heard their invitation now.
Gerald thought
to himself and he knew that if he walked out of the banquet hall now, everyone
would definitely think that he really came here to beg for food! Therefore, he
felt that it would be better for him to accept the invitation and go
over to sit with Aiden and the rest of the young people
instead. At least, he would be able to make those who looked down on him shut
up momentarily.
Gerald nodded immediately.
“Okay!”
After that,
Gerald walked towards the front of the banquet hall, step by step under
everyone’s astonished gaze, before he finally sat down in the empty seat
between Elena and Aiden.
“Shameless!”
“He really
doesn’t know his own place!”
“He actually
dares to sit at the same table with them! Doesn’t he know his own status at
all?”
“Moreover,
he’s sitting so close to our goddess, Elena!”
There were
many other second-generation rich kids who were full of envy and hatred at this
time.
Alice, Yuri,
Xavia and the rest of the group also looked at Quinton in shock before they
asked him what exactly was going on!
They were very
unhappy that Gerald was currently sitting with those young people. After all,
their table was placed at one of the most prestigious positions, all the way up
front by the stage, whereas their table was only at the center of the banquet
hall.
“So, if
someone invited you to sit at the table, do you have to accept the invitation?”
Quinton felt
even more uncomfortable because he was actually the main character and he was
supposed to be the focus of everyone’s attention tonight!
Therefore, Quinton walked over to Aiden and the rest of the
young people before he said, “Mr. Aiden, what do you mean by this? How can this
young man possibly sit at this table?”
“Why can’t he
sit at this table? If this friend of ours isn’t allowed to sit here, then we’re
all leaving too!”
Aiden snorted
before he stood up directly.
Among the
crowd of people, some of the bosses who worked closely with and for Aiden’s
family also stood up at this time. If Aiden decided to leave, then naturally,
they would also follow in his footsteps and leave the banquet hall immediately.
“This…”
The expression
on Quinton’s face was extremely ugly.
It was the
opening ceremony for Grand Marshall Restaurant that they had just taken over
today and he knew that he could not afford to offend the Baker family.
However,
Quinton really could not comprehend why the usually arrogant Aiden would be so
polite to Gerald.
“Of course he
can sit here! Since you’ve already spoken up, Mr. Aiden, then he’ll naturally
be able to sit here!”
Quinton glared
angrily at Gerald before he turned around and returned to his own seat.
“Quinton,
what’s the situation? What’s going on? Why did Aiden invite that piece of trash
Gerald to sit at that table with them?”
“I’m not sure
but I guess it is because he’s unhappy that we got the rights to run the
restaurant instead of his family! The Baker family was originally intending to
take over the rights to run Grand Marshall Restaurant. However, we managed to
get it in the end because my father had put in a lot of efforts and used plenty
of
connections before he finally succeeded. I think that is the
reason why Aiden is holding a grudge against us. However, since it’s still our
opening ceremony today, we can’t afford to offend him. After all, the Baker
family is a really big and powerful family in Mayberry City.”
“That must be
the reason!”
Everyone
finally understood what was going on.
Alice heaved a
huge sigh of relief and Xavia finally felt as though she could breathe again.
If Gerald
really had a good relationship with Aiden from the Baker family, then Xavia
would definitely feel very uncomfortable. Yuri did not even have the right to
get to know him, so how could Gerald possibly be friends with someone like
Aiden?
On the other
hand, Gerald did not bother about what Xavia and the rest of his friends were
thinking or saying about him at this time. After being seated at the table, he
felt that it was really interesting to look at all the beautiful girls who were
already blushing when they saw him.
This was
especially so for Elena.
“Unexpectedly,
we meet again so soon?” Gerald said as he smiled.
“Yes, Mr.
Crawford. I think this must be fate!” the beautiful girls replied as they
looked at Gerald with a sweet expression on their faces.
Elena felt
very entangled when she thought of what her father had said to her, earlier
this afternoon. She decided to obey her father and she nodded gently at Gerald.
“Mr. Gerald,
you don’t have a very good relationship with Quinton, do you?” Aiden suddenly
asked at this time as he narrowed his eyes to look at Quinton.
“No, we aren’t
close at all!” Gerald replied truthfully.
“That’s great. Mr. Crawford, we actually have a plan to
humiliate and destroy the reputation of Quinton and his family in public today.
However, we were all afraid of Uncle Zack so we dared not do anything at all.
However, if you’re willing to support us and back us up, we can make sure that
we destroy Quinton today! Hehehe!”