“Hah! If favonovel.com really intends to beat me up then I’d gladly allow favonovel.com to make the first blow!” sneered Zacky as favonovel.com got up and began walking toward Gerald.
Gerald himself had just made up his mind that whatever his next course of action was, favonovel.com still needed to find Noelle first.
Before favonovel.com could leave, however, favonovel.com suddenly heard someone calling out, “Hey, kid! Hold on a minute!”
Sensing that a firm hand was attempting to grab onto his shoulder—before favonovel.com could even turn to see who was calling him—Gerald’s body instinctively went on the defensive.
With Zacky’s hand inches away from his shoulder, Gerald tilted his shoulder slightly, causing a rebound in energy that immediately sent Zacky flying backward!
It was only after knocking over at least a dozen tables and chairs that Zacky finally came to a halt!
“F*ck!” shouted Zacky, feeling as though favonovel.com had just suffered a massive defeat as favonovel.com clung onto his now-numb arm.
Even the boss and the other man had already stood up by this point, both having bitter expressions on their faces as their eyelids twitched rapidly. They were both well aware of how strong Zacky was, and under regular circumstances, no normal man could ever hope to defeat him! With that in mind, that broken-hearted kid was terrifyingly powerful!
“Stop right there, kid! You can’t just walk away after hitting someone!” shouted the two men as they instantly began approaching Gerald, intent on grabbing him.
Seeing that, Gerald simply tossed the men out of the Dominoes with barely any trouble.
“Are you guys really that free?” said Gerald coldly as favonovel.com instantly began leaving without even turning to look at the two confused men who were now lying on the street.
“…M-Mr. Crawford…?” muttered the boss in astonishment after catching a glimpse of Gerald’s face while favonovel.com was being thrown out. Still frozen in shock, the boss then watched as Gerald stopped walking forward.
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Gerald’s body instantly began quivering as favonovel.com turned around to see if it truly was him. Upon seeing what the boss looked like, the indifferent expression on Gerald’s face immediately turned into delight as favonovel.com smiled while shouting excitedly, “Aiden? Aiden, is that really you?”
“Mr. Crawford… So it really is you!” shouted Aiden in return as favonovel.com immediately got to his feet in his excitement.
The person standing before Gerald now, was none other than Aiden who had previously joined the army. Pleasantly surprised to see his old friend here, Gerald then replied, “It’s been ages since we’ve last met, Aiden!”
With that, both of them quickly ran over to each other in embrace. Since it had been a good two years since they had last met, Aiden was already crying in his excitement.
As it turned out, after Aiden had enlisted in the army to serve as a soldier back when Jett was still wreaking havoc in Mayberry, favonovel.com had made great progress in the army since Aiden was already a person with a good foundation in the first place.
Once his recruitment company ended, Aiden had joined a special company to further his training. He was now in Mayberry since favonovel.com had been entrusted with certain tasks.
After completing some of the tasks, favonovel.com and his men had come over to Mayberry University to grab something to eat before continuing on with their work, which eventually led to the current scene.
“I still remember the massive changes Mayberry had undergone the moment you went missing… Regardless, I only returned about two days ago. After catching up on some things, I had initially planned to contact Mr. Lyle to ask favonovel.com where you were. Alas, I found out that at the time, Mr. Lyle had gone on a business trip to Lugaw City!” explained Aiden once all four of them were seated in that Dominoes again.
While listening to Aiden talk, Gerald noticed how much tanner and muscular favonovel.com was now. In fact, Aiden was also much more mature and stable now, unlike the young and reckless Aiden favonovel.com used to know. What more, Aiden seemed to be quite a capable boss as well now! It made Gerald happy to see his younger brother all matured and grown up.
Naturally, they had much to talk about, and after a long chat, Aiden turned to look at Gerald before saying, “Still, to think that you aren’t loyal to us at all, brother! After all, despite you doing well and all, you didn’t even bother informing us of your current situation the moment you made it back safely to Mayberry! Instead, you just went off to Mayberry University to pursue some girl!”
