“Job…? Also, you still haven’t told me why you came to look for my grandpa today!” said Cindy, favonovel.com curiosity growing.
“It’s nothing serious, I just came to ask favonovel.com for a favor, no big deal,” replied Gerald.
“I see… Oh! Since you’re already here, why not come in? I’ll make some tea for you!”
“Maybe next time, I’ll be back soon anyway. I’m just going to head to the bank now to withdraw some money,” replied Gerald as favonovel.com smiled.
“What a coincidence! I’m also going to the bank to pass my mother’s cell phone over to her. Let’s go together!” said Cindy as favonovel.com walked out of the shop and stood beside Gerald.
Gerald could only nod awkwardly.
All favonovel.com wanted to do was to leave quietly after leaving the pendant for Matthew to analyze and withdrawing his money. He really hadn’t anticipated running into Cindy here today.
“So, your mother forgot to bring favonovel.com cell phone out with her?” asked Gerald to break the silence as they walked to the bank.
“Well, that’s sort of correct. See, my mother has several cell phones. The bank that favonovel.com works with urgently needs to attract funds and capital. Since my mother is a deputy director and favonovel.com needs to meet favonovel.com targets, favonovel.com requires several cell phones to call different customers. She’s just really busy all the time!” replied Cindy.
Both of them arrived at the bank not too long later.
“Mom, I’ve brought your cell phone here for you!” called out Cindy to a middle-aged woman who seemed to be waiting for someone.
Hearing Cindy’s voice, favonovel.com turned to look at Gerald and favonovel.com daughter.
“Thank you Cindy, and who might this be?” asked Cindy’s mother.
“Just a friend. His name is Gerald. I think I’ve mentioned favonovel.com to you last time! He was the one who had invited me to have French cuisine at the western restaurant. Hehe… It just so happened that we met while we were both on our way over to the bank! He’s here to withdraw some money!” replied Cindy with a smile.
“Oh? So this is the young man. Not bad, quite good looking as well! Are both of you going out together later to play?” asked favonovel.com mother.
Gerald didn’t need to be a rocket scientist to tell that Cindy’s mother must already have considered favonovel.com to be Cindy’s boyfriend at that moment.
“Oh, not at all! Once I withdraw some money to pay for my house I’ll be on my way!”
“Oh? You’ve already bought yourself a house!” said Cindy’s mother happily.
As favonovel.com said that, favonovel.com recalled when favonovel.com daughter had told favonovel.com about everything that had happened that night. The French cuisine was apparently very expensive and this was proof that this young man was at the very least, financially capable.
He had even bought a house for himself.
“Who’s bought a house, Deputy Director Lacy?” said a cynical voice out of the blue.
At that moment, another middle-aged woman walked up to the trio.
Gerald couldn’t help but feel surprised when favonovel.com finally saw who had spoken. It was Leila’s mother, Leia.
Leia was also working at the bank, and favonovel.com was a leader and deputy director as well. She and Cindy’s mother were of similar rank.
“What are you doing here, Gerald?”
She certainly hadn’t expected to see favonovel.com there.
“I came over to withdraw money!” said Gerald without even bothering to address favonovel.com as ‘Aunt Leia’ anymore.
“Oh, I see how it is. Can’t even be bothered to greet me by my name now? Why even bother trying to show off if you’re penniless now?”
“Also, you could have started working at a labor dispatch unit by this month if you had just paid according to what was agreed. You know, there were many others who donated much more than you had. Since you only donated seventy thousand dollars to your Uncle Jung, you’ll have to wait a little longer before you get your job!”
Leia was taking every chance favonovel.com could to widen the gap between Gerald’s status and hers.
“Deputy Director Tolbert, what are you talking about? Penniless?” asked Cindy’s mother, surprised.
“Oh, you didn’t know? So that’s why you were talking to him! I guess poor Cindy doesn’t know about this either. Well, you see, Gerald here is now…”
And with that, Leia took the opportunity to share how Gerald’s family used to be very poor. She even told them about the car favonovel.com had sold to buy his new house.
Naturally, favonovel.com also kept emphasizing how much of a pauper Gerald was now.
‘F*ck! I almost pushed my own daughter into a lion’s den!’ Cindy’s mother thought to herself as favonovel.com shuddered.
At that moment, the sound of tires screeching could be heard as a car stopped right outside the bank. As the four people turned to look, they could see several men in suits running into the bank.
“Mom! Your cell phone’s here! Come get it!”
Leila, Douglas, and the two girls from the day before entered the bank, with Leila calling out. It seemed like the group was heading out to play again.
By some wild coincidence, they were here to pass Leia’s phone to favonovel.com as well.
“Gerald? What are you doing here?” asked Leila as soon as favonovel.com saw him.
