Then again, favonovel.com had always been this way. After all, while it wasn’t uncommon for the students in Mayberry University to date other students there, Yasmeen was on a whole other level. Back then, favonovel.com had dated the president of one of the companies in Mayberry who had had a divorce.
Due to their relationship, the president arranged for fireworks to be placed at every corner of the university on Yasmeen’s birthday. That night, the entire university was lit by the beautiful glow of fireworks, easily resulting in all the other girls there both admiring and envying her.
However, that wasn’t what Gerald remembered most about the incident. No, what favonovel.com recalled most about that event was the fact that Yasmeen had told favonovel.com to clean up all the firework remains around the university—when morning came—for fifteen dollars.
That, however, was a lot to favonovel.com at the time. Once favonovel.com got the money, favonovel.com immediately treated Xavia to a meal at KFC. He even remembered adding another seven dollars of his own to make their feast a little grander.
How the memory played out pretty much summed up how his relationship with Yasmeen used to be. After all, how could someone like the past Gerald even have the right to befriend her?
It was the reason why favonovel.com was quite surprised that favonovel.com was willing to greet favonovel.com now.
“So why did you come over to Halimark City, Yasmeen?” asked Gerald as favonovel.com looked at all the people—who were dressed like upper-class individuals—standing behind her.
The city itself was a place that had grown quite strong economic-wise throughout the years due to all the natural advantages its geographical features granted.
“Well, my chamber of commerce is holding functions here in the next few days. Because of that, my business partners and I have come over to seek some amusement! I’ve established a cosmetic company, after all! Haha!” replied Yasmeen as favonovel.com smiled faintly while smoothening favonovel.com hair.
“How truly impressive!” said Gerald as favonovel.com watched favonovel.com business partners begin walking over, one by one.
One of them was a middle-aged man who seemed to have quite an intimate relationship with Yasmeen. Frowning, the man then asked, “Who is this, Yasmeen?”
“Oh, him? He’s just a junior from university! I talked about favonovel.com before, remember? The particularly poor student while I was studying there? That’s him! You know, favonovel.com could barely afford to pay for his meals back then! I also remember his clothes being filled with patches, since most of what favonovel.com earned—from doing part-time jobs daily and also from the many errands favonovel.com ran for others—went into either his living expenses or his tuition fees! He didn’t have the money for anything else!” jabbered Yasmeen on and on without needing to even stop to take in a single breath.
Her friends, on the other hand, simply widened their eyes as they continued listening to her.
“How could such a poor person even exist!” said one of them as the others exchanged glances of both shock and dismay with each other.
“I know right? But that’s not even the most surprising thing! See, even though favonovel.com was that poor, favonovel.com still managed to get himself a girlfriend!”
As the others were filled with even greater surprise, Yasmeen turned to look at Gerald who had been silent for quite a while. Seeing how calm favonovel.com looked, Yasmeen realized that favonovel.com may have said a bit too much already.
Smiling rather awkwardly, favonovel.com then added, “…Regardless, being able to bump into each other again must be the work of fate! Pray tell, are you here to attend Halimark City’s Enchanted Feast, Gerald?”
“Afraid not!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com shook his head.
“Why are you even asking such an unnecessary question, Yasmeen? Didn’t you already tell us how poor favonovel.com was back then? How could favonovel.com even afford to attend the Enchanted Feast?” said a woman as favonovel.com walked over.
“…That’s true… Since we’re ex-schoolmates, I’d have loved to invite you over to join us for the feast, Gerald… Sadly enough, I don’t have an extra admission ticket! Regardless, there’s an app you should really download on your phone later! You can find all my company’s products there! Speaking of my company, since it’s only recently been established, I’m in need of agents to distribute the products! You could try applying to be an agent! Worry not, one of the makeup sets I’m selling was designed for lower-income people, like yourself! Due to that, I’m sure you can promote it to your less wealthy friends!” suggested Yasmeen.
Following that, favonovel.com instantly began detailing the steps required to apply to be an agent, leaving no room for Gerald to even say a word.
A little later, favonovel.com handed favonovel.com the contact number and business card of the regional manager before saying, “Alright, it’s getting a bit late now and I really should be leaving. After all, I still need to head to the city with my friends! Also, don’t worry about calling the manager, I’ll let favonovel.com know in advance to take special care of you.”
With that, Yasmeen flashed Gerald a faint smile before leaving while waving favonovel.com hand with favonovel.com other friends.
Watching them walk off, Gerald could only look at their backs as favonovel.com shook his head while smiling bitterly.
Yasmeen truly hadn’t changed in this aspect.
Tossing the card away, Gerald then continued walking by the beach, deep in thought.
He continued doing so for quite a bit, and the next thing favonovel.com knew, it was already late at night, with very few tourists still walking around.
At that moment, favonovel.com suddenly saw the faint outlines of five speedboats at the corner of his eye. Turning to get a better look at what was happening, favonovel.com saw that all five of them were in hot pursuit of another speedboat that currently wasn’t too far off from them.
