“Are you kidding me, didn’t I just see you holding it?”They arrived at the entrance, and other rich young men advised him.“Yeah, but just now I had to pee, didn’t I? The car stopped somewhere on the way and I peed in the woods. Damn it, I was holding on the admission ticket, and after I finished peeing, I don’t seem to remember holding anything in my hand, I guess that’s when I lost it!”The group started poking fun at him, but they were clearly just joking as friends.Everyone was getting a bit anxious.“Let’s look for it again, but if we can’t, we’ll go back and get it…”“That’s pretty far from here!”They discussed and explained to the female receptionist about how he had the ticket but he lost it, and if he was still allowed to enter and such.The female receptionist directly denied their entrance.“What’s the matter?”At this moment, a middle-aged man in a suit walked towards the group of men and women.“Oh, you must be Yancy Zimmerman.”The middle-aged manager origi

Gerald was surprised. He stopped to see what they were up to.“You! Show me your admission ticket right now!”Ted Lopez’s anger was overwhelming.To be honest, Gerald looked nothing like a rich young man.He doubted earlier that this could’ve been a mistake, but after taking a look at Gerald’s clothing.This definitely was not a mistake!Ted hated him to the bone.“Didn’t you check my admission ticket earlier!” Gerald pointed at the female receptionist.“If I didn’t check, how would I know that a loser just sneaked in!”“Mr Zimmerman, this is the person, I think he picked up your admission ticket!” Hadley shouted at him, rudely.After saying that, she approached Gerald and snatched away the admission ticket from his hands.“Geez, the world is really big and there are all kinds of people, and people like you really think you can just join tonight’s cruise party!”A few girls covered their mouths as they snickered, their eyes were filled with contempt.Only then did Gerald u

Gerald knew what Elena meant without even thinking about it!She was definitely trying to get him to pretend he was her boyfriend so she could use him to deal with that cousin of hers.Gerald had done enough pretending, though, let alone pretending as her boyfriend.“Gerald, please, I beg you, please pretend you’re my boyfriend. Aiden and the others look too much like gangsters; they are not as composed as you are. You’re the best candidate for me. If you’re not going to help me, my cousin will definitely hook me up with that guy, and I really don’t want to meet him!” begged Elena.Although Gerald wanted to refuse, he could really find no reason to. After all, Elena had helped him a few times before, and now she was just asking him to return the favor. It was a simple request, and it would be embarrassing if he refused.“Alright!” Gerald nodded and agreed.After hanging up the phone, Gerald did not go upstairs with Aiden and the others. Instead, he took a taxi to Elena’s cousin’s

“Is he your boyfriend, Elena?”Upon entering the house, a group of young men and women of about the same age approached them before the adults even spoke a word.Each one of them sized up Gerald.It wasn’t long before these people revealed their mind.‘Wow, Elena is so beautiful, and yet she has such horrible taste? It’s obvious that her boyfriend is far from it!’“Elena, we were going to ask you to join us at the cruise party together, but you always say you have something to do. Hmmm, so you brought your boyfriend with you!” said one of the girls.“Yeah, but what a coincidence... we can go together!” Elena smiled and held Gerald’s hand, never letting it go once.None of her cousins greeted Gerald at all.Elena knew that they looked down on him too.However, she didn’t dare reveal Gerald’s identity without his consent. Seeing that Gerald seemed alright, she was relieved.But Gerald was far from happy, numbed from attending such occasions too often. He simply chose to remain

“Auntie, don’t say that!”Elena glared at her with widened eyes.She really did not expect such cruel words to come out from her aunt’s mouth.She really had no idea who the person standing in front of her was. He was truly a great tycoon and a great patron of the Larson family!Elena was a little shocked.After being scolded so much, Gerald was only slightly agitated. The words and mockeries seemed to have numbed him.Ruby was about to reprimand Gerald even more. She wanted to make him understand that he had to stay away from Elena.Suddenly, her phone rang, and she picked it up to answer the call.“Oh? Dickson Wayward? Huh? Didn’t I say I’d let you come next time? What? You’re already at the door? Okay, okay, I’ll go get you now!”The call was from Dickson Wayward. Ruby had already told him that he wouldn’t be coming today.But who knew that Dickson would still insist on coming here?It was Elena’s boyfriend who was coming over, after all, Ruby thought. She was quite pleas

“So you’re saying you’re also from Sunnydale University? I’ve never seen you around, though!” Dickson was smiling the whole time. “No. I’m from Mayberry University.” Gerald knew how to stay calm no matter what kind of vibes the other people were giving him. “Mayberry University is fine. Anyways, what does your family do? How did you make Elena fall for you?” Dickson asked. “Well, Dickson, allow me to tell you. He came from a small village, and his family runs a tiny grocery store! How do you still not understand by the way he dresses?” Amber answered. The highest state of ignorance was pretending someone didn’t exist even when he was just right in front of you. Although it was hurtful, nobody would actually point it out. However, Amber had been doing that to Gerald all along, and it showed how much she despised him. “Oh, it must have been tough studying in Mayberry coming from a small village. Do let me know if you’re in any kind of trouble. My father knows the dean, and I ca

Dickson had been showing off his family’s connection with Mayberry in the rest of the conversations while poking fun at Gerald.It would be unreal if Gerald was not angry at all. At this point in time, he would have really loved to punch Dickson in his face. All Dickson could ever do was to just show off and mock people. Other than those things, he had no greater purpose. That afternoon’s family gathering was quite awful. They continued talking after lunch, and soon, it was past noon. Gerald had been awake since early that morning, and he was starting to get exhausted. Amber suddenly shouted, shocking Gerald. “ Dickson, Elena. It’s almost five, and the party is about to start soon! Let’s go get ready now. It’s not nice to be late!” “Right! Yoel Holden organized it, after all. We mustn't be late!” Dickson said. “Okay, you should get going now. Dickson, please take good care of Amber and Elena!” Ruby said, leaving Gerald out of the conversation deliberately. “Yes, ma’am!” Di

A few rich young men waved at Dickson when they arrived. They all seemed to know each other. “Wow, so many friends are here. Come, Elena. Let me introduce them to you!” Dickson said.The youths in question were playing around while eating and drinking, all having a blast. Gerald was exhausted, not in the mood to meet new people anymore. He really needed a place to rest, then find out where Aiden and the others went. “You guys have fun. I’ll be heading to the washroom. You guys don’t have to look for me!” Gerald told them and left by himself. “Is he really just heading to the washroom, or he is embarrassed to let anyone know that he’s from a poor family?” “I know, right! Doesn’t he know what social setting this is? And he’s probably regretting now!” Everyone was talking about him.Elena wanted to follow Gerald, but she knew she had troubled him way too much today. She didn’t want to bother him anymore. “Who was that person? He just went off without saying anything?” O

The bikini-clad girls were playing volleyball by the beachside while Gerald lay down by the chair. He was too tired, and he was not even sure where he was looking, but the girls got the wrong idea. They thought he was staring at them with dirty thoughts. At first, those girls thought it would be acceptable to be slightly exposed to the guys since they were out here to have fun, but the man staring at them was way too undesirable. He even daydreamed while watching them! The girls thought they knew very well what was going on, and they felt disgusted. “Look! He’s so disgusting, and he’s getting excited while looking at us!” “He must be looking at Crystal. Her outfit is more daring than her usual ones today. Even that rich young man over, there was even trying to get a picture of her. Once he heard that she’s very close with Yoel Holden, though, he immediately backed off!” “I know, right? This guy must have a death wish. He probably even has all of our pictures on his phone.

The girls pinned him against the sandy beach. “Don’t you dare offend me, you perverted peasant! You’re finished when Yoel gets here!” Crystal scoffed. A girl handed Crystal a bathrobe to cover up. “Guys! There's some big news. A group of girls is ganging up on a guy over there!” “Huh? What happened?” “A pervert guy apparently staring at the bikini girls playing volleyball. They were unhappy that he was staring, and they fought!” “Let’s go check it out!” People were coming over to the other side of the beach after hearing what happened. Dickson, Amber, and Elena heard about it amid the barbeque and immediately went over.“Elena and Amber, let’s go and have a look. I would really like to see which brother has fallen.” Elena did not want to follow them at first, but she wanted to leave anyway, to check if Gerald had gone back to the hotel. She nodded and followed them. When they reached the other end of the beach, a few girls were sitting on a guy, pinning him down as