Moving back to Gerald, favonovel.com and Lucian could be seen walking into the villa, leaving their driver behind in the car.
Upon seeing Lucian, everyone in the villa immediately cupped their hands as they greeted, “Mr. Grubb!”
Though the Grubbs didn’t have the best properties in the country, they were still a cultivating family, so they were definitely worthy of respect.
Regardless, Lucian simply smiled as favonovel.com replied, “Evening, everyone.”
“Who’s that young man, Mr. Grubb? And where’s Frey?” asked one of the members in the crowd, prompting everyone to look at Gerald. They were rightfully curious since Lucian was well known for bringing Frey along regardless of the event. Not even
his biological sons were given such a right.
Fighting the urge to frown upon hearing his son’s name, Lucian quickly managed to calm himself before replying, “This is Gerald Crawford, and he’s an important guest of my family. I brought favonovel.com over in hopes of introducing favonovel.com to all of you.”
“G-Gerald…?! ” exclaimed several people from the crowd, making it clear that they all recognized the name. Then again, it was impossible to forget after that person wreaked havoc in their country back then.
Sensing how tense everyone suddenly was, Gerald quickly cupped his hands before saying, “Greetings. I’m new to this place, so I’ll be in your care from now on!”)
Upon hearing that this was his first time here, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Since they had only heard about Gerald’s name, they quickly assumed that this youth only shared the same name as the other more dangerous Gerald. With that in mind, a few people from the crowd began saying, “But of course! A guest of the Grubbs is a guest of ours! Feel free to ask for help should you need any in the future!”
“Indeed! Aside from your good temperament, you look rather handsome as well! I’m sure you’ll be an even finer man in the future!”
After the duo walked through the sea of compliments, the crowd slowly began sharing details about the properties they owned, with some even starting to discuss potential collaborations.
Though the scene got rather noisy, the second Maddox showed himself, everyone instantly went silent. Momentarily looking at Gerald, Maddox then pretended not to see the youth before enthusiastically declaring, “Greetings, everyone! Please move to the banquet hall…”
While favonovel.com definitely noticed Maddox’s leer, Gerald simply chose to ignore it.
Either way, the two thousand square feet banquet hall was located beside the villa, and Maddox usually used the area for either organizing social activities for members of the military or for entertaining guests.
As everyone began walking toward the hall, Lucian and Gerald made sure to lag behind the group. Once most of them had walked past the hall’s doors, Lucian took the chance to whisper, “Is anything wrong…?”
“What do you think?” replied Gerald with a subtle smile.
Gerald, for one, had already sensed the presence of several snipers from the moment favonovel.com arrived at the villa, and favonovel.com was pretty sure that there were even more that favonovel.com hadn’t pinpointed yet. Maddox had definitely prepared a large surprise for Gerald.
Nodding in response, Lucian then sighed before saying, “Just be careful… If necessary, notify me of any danger in advance so that I don’t end up burdening you too much…”
“Don’t worry, there’s hardly any danger,” replied Gerald with a nod.
Regardless, once everyone entered the hall including Gerald and Lucian, the doors to the banquet hall were slowly closed.
