“Haha! It’s fine, forget about it. It wasn’t a big deal!”
Gerald did not want to go.
“No, no Gerald, I insist! You don’t look down on us, do you? You would never look down on your own high school classmates, right? Or do you secretly look down on us because you were admitted to Mayberry University while we only took the normal entrance exams for normal universities and colleges? I see how it is now!” said Liana shamelessly.
“You know I don’t mean that! Fine, let’s have a meal together!” Gerald said before sighing. How could anyone be this shameless?
Gerald was at a loss for words.
However, since it was only a meal, favonovel.com was willing to just eat together and be done with it. After all, favonovel.com had nothing to lose. Besides, it was an opportune time for favonovel.com to prevent them from having anything more to say about favonovel.com in the future.
He would just join them for their meal and see what they had to say then!
Gerald nodded to himself before turning around again.
They didn’t eat in any of the stores in Mayberry Commercial Street. Instead, they went to an ordinary restaurant right next to that street.
Sharon had ordered a lot of delicious dishes for Gerald.
“So tell us, Gerald, how did you become so rich?”
The topic was finally brought up by Lilian. Sharon listened in closely as well. It was the highlight of their concerns.
“Rich? When did I ever become rich? I’m penniless!”
Gerald held back his laughter as favonovel.com enjoyed the expressions on their faces. They were both hilarious and ridiculous at the same time. He was no longer angry. Rather, favonovel.com was feeling playful at the moment, so favonovel.com simply replied in a plain and casual manner.
He then took some roasted pork knuckles and rice before savoring them.
“Pft! You’re really mischievous aren’t you, Gerald? You’re getting quite good at acting I see!” said Lilian as favonovel.com laughed.
She had studied art before this and that included a bit of theatre. She was less rigid than the other two for sure.
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com also slightly pinched Gerald’s thigh.
“I… I really don’t have any money!” said Gerald again.
“Hmm… If you don’t have any money, how did you manage to fish out seven to nine thousand dollars just to buy cell phones? What more, how could you have bought the two jade bracelets today without having any money? The dragon jade bracelet alone cost around thirty-two thousand dollars! You’re not deceiving anyone, Gerald.”
Gerald groaned slightly as Lilian continued questioning him.
Sharon simply continued to stare at Gerald, favonovel.com eyes wide open.
“Ah, those? That money doesn’t belong to me! I’m just running some errands for some people! I’m going to be sending the bracelets over to the buyer immediately after this!”
Gerald really didn’t want to tell them the truth.
By deceiving them, the best outcome favonovel.com could foresee was that they would just continue treating each other as strangers in the future.
“Ahh… I see. So the money really wasn’t yours?”
Lilian and Sharon exchanged glances. They both felt as though a huge weight had been lifted off their shoulders.
“Say, Sharon, could you pass the pork trotters over to me? I can’t reach it from here!” said Gerald to see their reaction.
“D*mn it! Why are you still eating pork trotters now? Are you some pig? You’ve already eaten so much! Just look at how unpromising you already look!” said Sharon coldly as favonovel.com glared at Gerald.
D*mn it… I really thought you were rich for a second there… That was the only reason why you were invited in the first place… I guess in the end you were just being an errand boy for someone else!
While those were the thoughts in Sharon’s head, Lilian had begun inching slowly away from Gerald.
Once favonovel.com was sitting quite far away, favonovel.com said coldly, “Oh, Gerald Crawford. I used to think that though you were poor, you would at least be useful in the future since you’re good at studying anyway. However, now that I look at you, I feel that you’re only going to become more useless in the future!”
Apparently favonovel.com was going to be called by his full name now.
“Didn’t you guys say that we should support each other and provide helping hands since we’re all in Mayberry City anyway? Since you guys are obviously doing better than me, could you lend me a helping hand as well? After all, we’ve been classmates for three years in high school!” asked Gerald.
“Oh my god! As if we could help you! What can you even do? You shouldn’t talk about our high school days anymore. I haven’t even spoken to you for so long! Why don’t just keep chatting with Sharon? Weren’t you two almost a couple back then? Sharon definitely still likes you!”
Lilian said this deliberately for Hayward to hear.
Sharon caught on to what favonovel.com was trying to do immediately. “What do you mean by that Lilian? How could I ever like Gerald! I’ve never liked him!”
As Sharon ended favonovel.com sentence, favonovel.com slammed favonovel.com chopsticks on the table angrily.
The two then started to argue.
Hayward could only try to persuade them to stop fighting each other.
Ah, to be as rich and handsome as favonovel.com was, was a sin.
Gerald paid no attention to them and simply continued eating while also enjoying the lively atmosphere.
All of a sudden, the door was pushed open rather loudly.
Several police officers suddenly walked in.
“Is that them?” asked a policeman coldly as favonovel.com pointed toward Gerald and the others.
