“We’re visiting her later. Tag along if you like.” Whitney hung up the call right
after.
Gerald was only starting to reveal his financial capacity. Until now, Whitney
had no idea how much he had in his
hand.
For this very reason, she was less domineering toward
Gerald now when talking to him.
However, she still looked down upon him even if he had
won a two million lottery.
He was just a nouveau riche. How could he be compared
out-and-out with a second-generation rich like Victor?
Gerald decided not to go with them. Besides, Victor
had already said that his car was fully occupied.
Hence, Whitney
just gave Gerald
the address, and Gerald took a cab there
after buying some fruits and gifts.
Gerald had been acquainted with Mila for almost two weeks
now, and they seemed to be getting
along very well. To him, she was like Naomi,
one of the close female friends
he had.
Not to mention,
he had feelings toward her.
Therefore, he had to help her
out when her family was in
trouble. The cab stopped outside the entrance of Paradise Ville.
Gerald had learned that Mila’s family was quite an
influential one. Her parents ran a
profitable company. They were considered a big family, with all their relatives involved in all sorts of businesses.
By the time Gerald
arrived at Mila’s
home, the mansion
was already full of people.
Apart from the elders of their family,
the rest was Mila’s friends
and classmates.
“Gerald, you’re here!”
Mila’s eyes were teary and red. She was sitting
on the sofa,
talking with Whitney.
Meanwhile, Whitney’s parents
were lending a helping hand to entertain Mila’s
classmates.
After all, the company was on the brink of bankruptcy due to capital
constraints. No one could
be happy at this moment,
not even Mila.
It was even more apparent to Mila’s on what true friendships were.
When they were rich, all kinds of people had tried to get close to them. Now that they were poor, not even one person came to visit.
The mansion which
had always been lively was now quiet
and dead. Apart
from
Mila’s friends, who else
would want to come?!
“Yeah!” Gerald, not knowing what to say to make Mila feel
better, put down the fruits he had bought and greeted her parents.
“Why is he here?” Right then, he heard a mocking voice.
A handsome man came in hand-in-hand with a beautiful
girl.
He sneered
at Gerald, somewhat
contemptuously, his remark clearly pinpointing
Gerald.
Gerald turned around and saw Kyle, Mila’s
cousin.
He was a somewhat arrogant
man.
Kyle’s family also owned some businesses. Thus, it was only natural
that they
would help Mila’s
family. They had contributed a large fund to help Mila’s family,
but it was of no use, and because of this, they were also not having a
very good time now.
Kyle was in a bad mood since
his family was also having
a hard time, but when he saw the rich
friends of his cousin today, he felt a little
bit relieved.
Perhaps these people
could help his cousin’s family
overcome the crisis they were
facing and even recover
the funds of his family.
Under the circumstances where he was having a bad mood,
Kyle would not feel any better
when seeing the pompous
ass, who had just
won a lottery, he met
that day.
He would not have much money,
and his network would not be of any use. Why had
he come here?
“Kyle, he is Mila’s friend.
Watch your attitude!” Mila’s mother chided.
“Aunt, do you know who Gerald is? He is a famous figure in Mayberry
University. He was a pauper until
just recently. After
he won a lottery, he started to show off in
different ways. I even heard that he sent condoms to his ex-girlfriend after being dumped by her. He is just a weirdo!
Now that he is so eager to get close with Mila, I
don’t dare say he doesn’t have a
motive!” Kyle said scornfully.
Many of Mila’s classmates present
looked at Gerald sinisterly.
“Bah! Is there really such a lowly
person? Does he think he is so great after
winning a lottery?”
“Absolutely!
He can merely be considered an ignorant nouveau
riche. Look at
him. He is just a hillbilly!”
Some girls covered their mouths and laughed.