[Chapter 31]
“I…I will not stay here!”
When Xavia looked at Yuri, she knew exactly what he meant.
This was too embarrassing!
Xavia continued shaking her head.
“My dear, please remember how kind I’ve always been to you. Just wait for me here. I’ll head home and look for some money, then drive back here to pick you up. After that, we can just stay outside for the night, okay?”
Yuri glanced at Gerald as he said that sentence. This was also a reminder to Xavia that the reason why they came for the dinner tonight was because they wanted to embarrass Yuri and she should not forget that!
Okay!
Xavia calmed down when she thought of Gerald.
Of course, Xavia had to prove that her new boyfriend was definitely a hundred times better than Gerald! A hundred times better!
She must not lose face in front of Gerald.
“Okay, fine, I’ll stay here and wait for you. Anyway, I know that you’re rich and you’ll definitely come back for me.”
Xavia intentionally spoke very loudly at this time.
When Yuri saw that Xavia had already agreed to stay, he hurriedly withdrew from the restaurant.
Xavia had originally wanted some of her friends to stay behind to accompany her. However, Cassandra said that it would not be good for so many people to be out of the dormitory so late at night. Therefore, she took the rest of the girls back to the campus with her.
Gerald was the last one to leave the restaurant. In fact, Gerald felt a little distressed when he saw Xavia in this state.
Seriously!
How could Yuri actually leave Xavia alone at the restaurant all by herself in the middle of the night? Gerald could not help but feel his heart aching.
After all, he had already been in a relationship with Xavia for more than three years and he would be lying if he said that he did not have any feelings for her at all.
Even though Gerald was very disappointed with Xavia, he could not bring himself to hate her at all. He kept persuading himself that Xavia was not really a bad person.
Gerald did not feel happy at all to see Xavia in this kind of situation. If Xavia would just beg him and ask for his help, Gerald would definitely agree without any hesitation at all.
However, at this time, Xavia simply glared at Gerald with a cold expression on her face. She was confident that Yuri would definitely come back for her in a short while.
Ugh!
Gerald could not help but sigh to himself. If that was the case, then he did not need to worry anymore.
Perhaps the Xavia that he felt distressed for was the sensible and well-behaved Xavia in the past, and not the vain and materialistic Xavia that she had become today.
Hence, Gerald left the restaurant without turning back.
Gerald got back to the boy’s dormitory a short while later. Gerald had humiliated Yuri in front of all of his classmates and it was supposed to be a very happy day for him.
However, Gerald was not happy at all.
At this time, Harper came over before he patted Gerald gently on his shoulder. “Gerald, are you okay with spending so much money for dinner today? We tried to stop you a few times but in the end, you ended up spending so much money anyway. You should have kept the thirty thousand dollars instead of spending it all at one go so you can enjoy and spend the rest of your days in university more comfortably.”
Gerald smiled before he said, “Huh? Who told you that I only won thirty thousand dollars from the lottery?”
“What?”
Gerald’s roommates quickly gathered around him because they were all in shock at this time.
“Well, I have a lot more money than this and even though the meal tonight cost quite a huge sum of money. In actual fact, I did not spend that much at all.”
Gerald quickly explained the situation to his roommates.
“How much did you win from the lottery then, Gerald?”
“Yes, how much did you win from the lottery, Gerald? Don’t keep us in suspense any longer!”
At this time, Harper and the rest of his roommates were all lying on Gerald’s bed as though they would not let him go to sleep if he did not tell them the truth.
Gerald was helpless and he could only show them his fingers.
“Eight? Eighty thousand dollars?” Harper asked with a shocked expression on his face.
“Let’s go to sleep already! It’s Saturday tomorrow and I have to go to the library early in the morning to study. I have to go to bed early in order to wake up early tomorrow!” Gerald replied as he covered his face with his quilt as he got ready to sleep.
“Tell me! Is it eighty thousand dollars or eight hundred thousand dollars?”
Harper was very anxious. However, after harassing Gerald for a short while, Harper decided to give up.
In fact, it did not matter to him whether Gerald won eighty thousand dollars or eight hundred thousand dollars. All that mattered to him was that Gerald finally had some money.
Harper felt very content as he thought about it.
As Gerald was hiding beneath his quilt, he could not sleep even though he really wanted to sleep.
This was because he was still worried for Xavia.
He did not know if she had already returned from the restaurant.
In fact, Gerald had actually conducted an investigation on Yuri before and he found out that his family was not exactly very rich. Yuri’s father owned a factory and he gave Yuri about one thousand dollars for his allowance every month. Moreover, Gerald knew that Yuri did not have a lot of savings.
He would definitely not have enough money to pay the bill tonight.
Moreover, based on his personality, Gerald knew that Yuri would not go back and pick Xavia up from the restaurant.
Gerald thought that Xavia would definitely call him to ask for his help. However, Gerald waited until midnight and Xavia did not call him at all.
Why was he worried about her in the first place? The person that she loved was Yuri, and not him…
Gerald felt very helpless at this time.
The next day was a Saturday. While Gerald’s roommates were still lazing in bed, he received a phone call early in the morning but it was not a phone call from Xavia. Instead, it was a phone call from Zack!
[Chapter 32]
Gerald got out of bed before he rushed into the bathroom to answer the call.
“Good morning, Mr. Crawford!” Zack greeted Gerald respectfully.
“My. Lyle, thank you for calling today. I’d like to ask you something…” Gerald asked as he smiled.
“Mr. Crawford, please let me know what you’d like me to do. You can just give me your instructions and I’ll get it done immediately!”
Gerald told Zack all about the money that he had spent at Homeland Kitchen last night.
“Oh! Is that so? Mr. Crawford, I don’t think you spent ten thousand dollars anyway. After all, the high- end red wine that you ordered last night, which cost you nine thousand dollars, is actually produced by the Crawford family abroad. Therefore, the cost of the red wine was only a few hundred dollars. Hahaha…”
Zack smiled. To be honest, it was really a shame that Gerald had only spent so little money just like that. However, Gerald was already showing progress in the task that Jessica had already entrusted him to do.
“Mr. Crawford, what can I do for you? Do you want me to refund you the twenty thousand dollars? I’ll get to work as soon as you give me the order to do so…”
Zack listened as he said again, “Ahem. Forget it. After all, the money is also going back into my own business.”
Initially, Gerald was planning to get his money back.
However, after listening to Zack’s tone, he felt that it would be really embarrassing if he asked him to transfer that money back to him.
Moreover, he would also feel a little embarrassed if he asked Zack to do that.
Anyway, the money that his sister had given to him came from all these industries and businesses that they owned.
“By the way, is there a reason for you calling me today, Mr. Lyle?” Gerald asked immediately.
“Yes, there’s something I’d like to tell you. After finding out that your poverty-stricken days are over, the bosses of most of the major businesses on Mayberry Commercial Street would like to hold a special banquet as a celebration for you. I was just wondering if you’d have the time to attend the banquet since it is a Saturday,” Zack said in a soft tone.
Initially, Gerald had planned to go out to relax.
However, since everyone had specially put together a special reception for him, he did not want to let them down. Moreover, Gerald really wanted to get acquainted with more people. Otherwise, he would always look like a pauper and a fool.
Therefore, Gerald immediately agreed to attend the banquet.
In order to express the grandeur of the banquet, they had chosen for the banquet to be held at an exceptional and five star luxurious hotel instead of holding the banquet at one of the establishments on Mayberry Commercial Street.
It was a really luxurious restaurant!
After talking to Harper and his other roommates, Gerald went downstairs as he prepared to head out of the campus. As he was passing by the girls’ dormitory, he looked up and he saw a person walking out
of the girls’ dormitory.
It was none other than Xavia.
“Huh? Why is she back at the dormitory?”
Gerald originally thought that Xavia would be spending the night out with Yuri after he rescued her from the restaurant.
In fact, Gerald was feeling a little distressed because of that.
As soon as Xavia saw Gerald, she said, “Hahaha. Gerald, are you heading out for your part-time job since it’s already the weekend? Did you run out of money after spending so extravagantly last night?”
“Let me tell you something. You can never compare to Brother Yuri. Did you know that Brother Yuri came back for me in less than an hour last night? We were initially planning to spend the night outside together. However, we decided not to do so since I’m on my period anyway…”
Xavia stared at Gerald with a triumphant look on her face. In fact, she had deliberately said all of this because she wanted to provoke Gerald.
She was Xavia, the goddess he would never be able to get in this lifetime!
“Okay!” Gerald replied with a bittersweet smile.
At this time, a white BMW 3-series roared in front of the campus. As soon as he rolled down the car window, Yuri looked at Xavia with a smile on his face before he glanced coldly at Gerald.
“Hahaha. Gerald, I know that you were trying to make a fool out of me last night. Unfortunately, you didn’t succeed in doing so. Did you really think that I wouldn’t have money to pay for the meal?” Yuri asked as he glared at Gerald.
After that, he took out a diamond ring from his pocket before he said, “Xavia, I bought this for you. Do you like it?”
“Wow! It’s a diamond ring. It must cost at least one thousand five hundred dollars! I knew that you’re rich, Brother Yuri, unlike some people who have simply won a little money from the lottery!”
“Of course I’m rich. I have plenty of money. Xavia, I’ll bring you to a nice place today and we will be spending a lot of money! However, some people will have to be poor in the future! Come, get in the car!”
Xavia was very excited and she quickly got into the car. Then, Yuri glanced at Gerald contemptuously before he drove out of the campus.
Xavia was very excited after getting into the car and she asked Yuri, “Brother Yuri, why don’t you tell me how you managed to raise so much money last night? Moreover, why does it seem as though you became richer overnight? Did your father give you all this money?”
Yuri chuckled as he continued using his cell phone as he drove.
After that, he deleted a piece of software on his cell phone without leaving any traces behind. “Don’t worry about it. Anyway, just remember that Gerald can never compare to me! He’s just a piece of trash!”
“Wow! I’m really very happy!”
After getting ridiculed by Yuri and Xavia early in the morning, Gerald no longer had the mood to go out. Moreover, he could not help but wonder how Yuri managed to get so much money overnight.
Hahaha…
Gerald laughed to himself because he did not know why he was taking it to heart.
He headed straight to the library before reading some books and spending some of his time studying.
When it was almost noon, Gerald called for a cab before he headed to the Brilliant Star Restaurant. It was a six-star restaurant in Mayberry City. Of course, it could not be compared to any of the restaurants on Mayberry Commercial Street. However, it was still a very luxurious and expensive restaurant.
Because he had been busy reading and did not estimate the traffic on the road, Gerald arrived a few minutes later than the time that they had agreed on.
He walked very swiftly as he was in a hurry.
Boom!
“Ahh! Are you crazy?”
When he was passing through the turnstile, Gerald had pushed the turnstile a little too hard and he unintentionally hit the girl who was behind him.
The girl clutched her chest tightly as she cursed at Gerald and this attracted the attention of many people as they gathered around to find out what was happening…
[Chapter 33]
“Sorry…”
Gerald hurriedly apologized.
After that, he raised his eyes before he stole a glance at the girl behind him. He was immediately shocked by the girl’s beautiful appearance.
She was wearing a tight-fitted dress and she had very long, flowy hair that fell over her shoulders. She looked about the same age as he was but her body had already developed perfectly at this time.
She was definitely one of the most beautiful girls that Gerald had ever seen.
“Sorry? Do you think it’s over just because you say you’re sorry?”
The girl continued cursing violently at him as she rubbed herself gently.
When Gerald indirectly hit her with the turnstile, she had injured herself and he could feel a fiery pain on her body at this time.
In fact, it was obvious that she was the one who had bumped into Gerald but since she saw that Gerald was dressed in such a casual manner, she decided to put the blame on him instead.
“If I wasn’t in a hurry, I’d definitely teach you a lesson today!” The girl continued shouting at Gerald.
After that, she pushed Gerald out of the way as she yelled, “Get out of my way, dumbass!”
After she was done cursing at him, the girl walked towards the elevator. Gerald really did not expect such a beautiful girl to actually be so violent. However, he could not help but smile as he thought about it.
At this time, Gerald stepped into the elevator when it arrived at the ground floor.
“What are you doing here?”
As soon as he entered the elevator, Gerald was unexpectedly greeted with a hostile attitude from the girl who had bumped into him a short while earlier.
What she meant was how could a dumbass like him actually think of riding the same elevator as her? This was very humiliating for her!
“Oh, I have to go upstairs because there’s something I need to do!” Gerald replied immediately.
After that, the girl turned around to face the other side because she did not want to look at Gerald.
Ding ding…
At this time, Gerald suddenly swallowed his saliva.
The girl’s fair and snow-white thighs were really very alluring.
Gerald turned away, pretending to look aside as though nothing had happened. After that, he secretly glanced at her thighs again when she was not paying any attention.
It was really exciting!
Who asked that crazy girl to bump into him, and then yell at him for no reason at all? Well, it was only reasonable for him to take advantage of her a little as a form of payment, right?
Gerald tilted his head a little because he wanted to glance at the girl’s thighs again. However, he realized that the girl had already turned around to face him at this time.
Right now, she was staring at Gerald with hatred in her eyes.
“You…you…you’re really a scumbag! How dare you peek at me even when you’re at such a high-end location? You’re despicable!” the girl yelled at him angrily.
Forget about his trashy dressing! This person was just so wretched and disgusting!
She felt that she was going insane!
“Who said I’m peeking at you? Does it mean I’m peeking at you just because I lowered my head and looked at the ground?” Gerald retorted even though he had a guilty conscience.
Slap!
The girl raised her hand before she gave Gerald a tight slap across his face. “You’re a scumbag! Don’t go! Wait for me to deal with you!”
After that, the girl pressed the elevator before she stepped out of the elevator with a furious expression on her face.
“Damn it. It is such a waste that she is beautiful because she has such a bad temper!”
Ugh!
However, Gerald did not feel that he had been mistreated when she slapped him across the face. In fact, he did not lose out at all because he was checking her thighs out after all.
It seemed that it was necessary for him to look for a girlfriend now that he had decided to give up on Xavia!
As he thought about this, Gerald took the elevator to the VIP room on the seventh floor that Zack had already told him about earlier.
It was a large and luxurious private room suitable for hosting all sorts of parties and large gatherings.
[Chapter 34]
When Gerald stepped into the room, he realized that there were many people inside.
The atmosphere was pretty lively. There were about a hundred women and men of all ages in the room, and the waiter and waitresses shuttled back and forth while the drinks were all self-service.
If Gerald did not guess wrongly, then these people should be the bosses and owners of the shops and establishments on Mayberry Commercial Street.
Gerald glanced around but he could not find Zack.
He took out his cell phone as he tried to call Zack, only to realize that his cell phone had already died a long time ago.
Ugh!
Gerald had been using his cell phone last night and had forgotten to charge it!
Forget it! Gerald decided to just wait for Zack to come over and greet him when he arrived at the room later.
After walking around the large room for a short while, Gerald could only smile helplessly to himself before he found a quiet corner to sit down by himself.
After that, he decided to have some fruits and drinks first.
The waiter and waitresses were so busy and they did not notice even Gerald. As Gerald was drinking and eating the refreshments that were served, he was noticed by a group of rich second generation young ladies from Mayberry Commercial Street.
“Look at that guy. It has already been a while since he’d been eating and drinking while sitting in that corner. Do any of you know him? Is he really from Mayberry Commercial Street?”
“I definitely have not seen him before!”
The girls frowned as they shook their heads.
“I don’t think he is someone from Mayberry Commercial Street. How can that be possible? Just look at the way he’s dressed! I think he’s just someone who snuck in to enjoy the food and drinks here for free!”
“You think that he came in here to steal food? No way! Could there possibly be such a shameless person?”
“Why not? I do think he’s really that shameless! Look at him. He’s dressed so shabbily and there must be a reason why he chose to sit in that quiet corner all by himself.”
“That makes sense!”
The sons and daughters of several owners of the businesses on Mayberry Commercial Street started discussing and talking about Gerald.
“The boss of Mayberry Commercial Street, Gerald Crawford, will be coming here today. I don’t want someone like that shabbily-dressed man to ruin the atmosphere!”
“What would Mr. Crawford think of our parents’ ability to do things? How can someone like him be allowed to enter this venue?”
A young and charismatic man dressed in white sneered as he looked at Gerald.
“Oh, look! Elena is here!”
At this time, one of the girls exclaimed as she pointed at the entrance.
“Elena, come here!”
The girl waved at Elena Larson.
As soon as Elena entered the room, the eyes of the young boys brightened up immediately.
Elena was wearing a short dress and her long hair was draping over her shoulders. Her beautiful face was perfect and she really looked like a goddess compared to all the other girls present in the room.
When Elena walked towards her friends, some of the older guests could not help but glance at her long, fair legs with perverted expressions on their faces.
At this time, the young boys were also staring at Elena.
“Elena! Why are you only here now? Didn’t we agree to come here together?”
“Elena, why do you look so unhappy? Did something happen?” the young man dressed in white suddenly asked, with a face full of concern.
“Ugh. Don’t mention it anymore. When I was downstairs, I ran into a wretched scumbag! First, he touched me in an inappropriate place. After that, he was peeking at me as we took the elevator up together! That’s why I had to stop by the washroom to fix my clothes!” Elena complained as she exhaled with a pale expression on her face.
She was quite fluent and good at talking.
The first reason why she had hurried out of the elevator earlier was because she did not want to stay in the same elevator with that perverted scumbag.
Secondly, she felt as though her underwear had moved when she slammed into the turnstile earlier. Therefore, she went to the bathroom to fix her underwear and her clothing.
She was very annoyed!
“Damn it! How can something like this happen?”
The boy dressed in white and the other brothers and sisters were all very furious at this time. How could anyone touch Elena inappropriately? She was their goddess and the boys here did not even dare to touch her hand!
“Alright, Elena. Wait for us to get rid of this sneaky little thief first. After that, we will head to the surveillance control room and look for that man that you were talking about!”
The young man dressed in white glanced at Gerald, who was enjoying his fruits and vegetable salad at this time.
“Yes, we should get rid of that thief first!” echoed all the girls at this time…
[Chapter 35]
“A food thief?”
Elena was startled and she looked in the direction that the young man dressed in white was pointing at. As soon as she saw the man that he was pointing at, Elena’s eyes widened immediately.
“It’s him!”
“Who is that? Elena, do you know that food thief?”
“Hmph! He is that wretched scumbag I was talking about!” Elena said in a furious manner as she walked towards Gerald.
The rich and young wealthy girls and boys followed behind Elena at this time.
At this time, Gerald was enjoying all his food and he was thinking about how he was going to greet the bosses and owners of the businesses on Mayberry Commercial Street later.
After all, this was the first time that Gerald had ever attended an event like this.
At this moment, it suddenly became very dark in front of him.
Gerald lifted his head and he saw a group of people standing in front of him. Gerald realized then that the leader of the group of people was none other than the beautiful but violent and aggressive girl that he encountered in the lobby earlier.
“It’s really you!”
“Why are you here?” Gerald exclaimed with a shocked expression on his face.
“You, you…you aren’t only nasty but you actually dare to sneak in here and steal our food? I think that you must be really tired of living!” Elena yelled angrily before she continued, “Sisters, this is the man who was peeping at me in the elevator just now!”
“Hmph! Let’s teach him a lesson!”
After that, the group of five or six girls started attacking Gerald under Elena’s orders. They pounced on Gerald and they started scratching him, choking him, pinching him, and tearing at his clothes!
The rich young boys were much calmer and they simply watched as they stood at the side. After all, there were so many seniors there today.
If Gerald fought back, it would not be too late for him to fight him then!
“What are you doing? Don’t think that I won’t hesitate to fight back…”
Gerald’s hair was already all messed up. His clothes were completely torn and he had purple bruises all over his face because the girls had been pinching and beating him.
He was starting to lose his temper.
At this time, Elena slapped him across his face again.
“Who asked you to peek at me? I’ll kill you for peeping at me!”
Crazy woman! They were a bunch of crazy women!
Gerald protected his head as the bunch of girls continued attacking him aggressively as they pushed him on the ground.
“Stop!”
At this time, a middle-aged man stood up before he stopped the girls. In fact, many people had already surrounded them because of the huge commotion.
The middle-aged man was wearing glasses and he sounded very gentle but he had some sort of magnificent aura around him.
As soon as he spoke, Elena and the other girls stopped hitting Gerald immediately.
“Dad! Don’t worry! Just let me kill this wretched scumbag! Did you know that he was actually peeping at me when we were in the elevator earlier? He even has the audacity to sneak in here to steal our food now!” Elena said as she stomped her feet angrily.
Warren Larson was at a loss for words as he stared at his daughter.
Warren knew that his daughter had a bad temper and a strong sense of justice. However, he did not want to make the situation so uncomfortable for the rest of the guests present here today.
He could vaguely remember the incident last year when Elena had witnessed one of her female classmates getting bullied by another rich young man. In an attempt to get justice for her female classmate, Elena attacked the rich young man and took away his manhood.
Therefore, when Warren saw that his daughter was beating someone up again, he hurried over immediately so that he could stop her before anything happened.
“What is happening here? Young man, could you tell me who you are?”
Warren frowned slightly when he saw Gerald with his tousled hair and messed up appearance. He did not recognize Gerald as someone from Mayberry Commercial Street and Warren knew everyone from the Mayberry Commercial Street, regardless of their age.
“I am…”
Gerald was about to reveal his identity at this time. However, Elena had already raised her leg to kick Gerald’s crotch. Gerald stopped her before she could do so.
Damn it! If he did not react fast enough, he would have already lost his manhood!
This woman was insane!
He was going to teach her a lesson in future!
Gerald secretly swore in his heart while Elena was still trying to attack him. However, a team of men entered the room under Zack’s leadership at that moment.
“Mr. Lyle!”
“Mr. Lyle!”
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