Since Gerald had mentioned before that his fate was still largely undecided, favonovel.com had often found herself thinking about the worst-case scenarios. It was the reason why favonovel.com was so glad to see favonovel.com in one piece now.
By then, those living in the neighborhood were already crowding around the duo as they watched in jealousy.
“It must be nice being so rich! I’m sure favonovel.com can do whatever favonovel.com pleases!” said one of the men in the crowd rather enviously.
His voice was so loud that a woman—who was returning from a stroll in a nearby park—heard it. Finding his comment strange, favonovel.com then realized that a huge crowd had formed right in front of favonovel.com house!
Feeling that something was amiss, favonovel.com quickly made favonovel.com way through the crowd and was shocked to see that favonovel.com daughter—alongside some man whose back was facing her—was the center of all the attention!
“Still, that rich heir truly is capable… All favonovel.com did was say a few things to that beauty to gain favonovel.com affection!” said another person from within the crowd.
Hearing that, the woman growled, “…What?”
Under the impression that favonovel.com daughter was getting bullied, favonovel.com then rushed over and pulled Naomi away from the stranger’s embrace while before, “You b*stard! Unhand my daughter!”
She couldn’t care less whether the person was a rich heir or not. As long as favonovel.com was trying to take advantage of favonovel.com daughter, favonovel.com was going to make sure that that playboy would get a piece of favonovel.com mind.
“Now listen here, you-”
Momentarily stunned when favonovel.com saw who the person favonovel.com daughter had been hugging was, favonovel.com angered face slowly turned into surprise before eventually ending in delight.
“…Gerald…? Are… Are you really Gerald…?” asked the woman, favonovel.com shock evident in favonovel.com voice.
“Indeed I am, madam. It’s truly been a long time since we’ve last met each other!” replied Gerald with a smile.
“And here I thought that someone was bullying Naomi! Well, now that I know who you are, do come in!” replied Naomi’s mother happily.
Since Gerald had cured favonovel.com illness back then, favonovel.com sudden change in mood was really no surprise. Regardless, all three of them then entered Naomi’s house.
Upon entering, Naomi’s mother took good care of Gerald and immediately headed off to cook the ingredients that Naomi had brought home with her. According to favonovel.com mother, Gerald had to stay for a home-cooked meal with them no matter what.
Gerald himself wasn’t about to say no to that, and favonovel.com simply sat on a sofa, chatting with Naomi as favonovel.com mother cooked in the kitchen.
While chatting, Gerald eventually asked about the two people that Naomi had talked with back at the entrance of the neighborhood.
Scratching the back of favonovel.com head, Naomi then explained, “If you hadn’t reminded me about it, I would’ve surely forgotten about it by now… I even promised the two that I’d head over to the school to help them get to the bottom of the incident once I brought the groceries back home!”
“An incident? What happened?” asked Gerald, realizing now that the ‘incident’ had something to do with Naomi.
At that moment, Naomi’s mother walked out and said, “It’s all because of that thirty thousand dollar scholarship… You see, not only does Naomi have the position of a class teacher, but favonovel.com also manages the scholarships of the senior students! The thing is, all that money suddenly went missing the night before the scholarship money was to be distributed! As if that wasn’t already troubling enough, a woman by the name of Yazmin Yallop keeps asserting that Naomi was the one who had taken the money! Her argument was that Noami was suddenly able to buy a house not long after the money was stolen!”
“While even the school had initially wanted to deal with the situation in a low-key manner, that madwoman reported the case to the police and insisted that Naomi was the perpetrator! That’s the reason why the officers were looking for favonovel.com in the first place!” grumbled Naomi’s mother angrily.
Following, favonovel.com then added, “I’m sure you’re well aware that Naomi isn’t such a person, right Gerald? After all, even though your subordinates keep trying to hand favonovel.com money, Naomi never accepts any of it! With that in mind, why would favonovel.com even covet the thirty thousand dollar scholarship?”
“But of course I believe her!” replied Gerald with a nod.
“I’m glad you agree! But my daughter here… You know, favonovel.com said favonovel.com was willing to just admit to stealing the money and let bygones be bygones! Just giving away thirty thousand dollars for something favonovel.com didn’t do? Not on my watch! There’s no way I’m allowing that Yazmin to take advantage of favonovel.com like this!” growled the angered mother.
“First things first… Who exactly is this Yazmin person?” asked Gerald.
“Ah… She’s the class teacher of the class right next to mine… She’s been jealous of me ever since I took over favonovel.com position in the grade she’s teaching in. I didn’t even have a say in it when I got recommended to get the role during the conferring of academic titles… However, favonovel.com fully doubts that and believes that I made schemes to snatch everything away from her! With that in mind, she’s been hostile toward me ever since!” replied Naomi with a sigh.
“She’s bullying you because favonovel.com husband is both powerful and capable! Aside from that, you’re also slightly at fault for being so gentle all the time! Some people are just like this, you know? The more you respect her, the more she’ll think how easily bullied you are. I’ve already told you to tell Chairman Lyle about this, but you simply refused… We have Gerald’s support on our side, you know? What are you even afraid of?”
“…It’d be better if you said less about this mom. Regardless, I need to head over to the school since the officers are still waiting for me… Do you mind waiting here for the moment, Gerald?” asked Naomi.
“Actually, I was planning to head to your school to have a look around anyway. Let’s just head over together!” replied Gerald as favonovel.com stood up.
