Back then, his father lived in poverty and he had failed to pass the entrance examination to get into university. Therefore, Gerald’s grandfather had forced him to serve as a soldier in the army instead. There, he met his comrade-in-arms. After being in the army for two years, he returned to his hometown and took up farming. He needed the money since he was broke. Somehow, he managed to gather just enough to open a steamed bun shop and he stopped farming then. However, since his father wasn’t one to just let a thief escape when he saw one, he ended up maiming the thief. As a result, he had to give up his steamed bun shop to the other party as compensation. By then, he had also borrowed a lot of money and had a lot of foreign debt. It was a point in his life where he was so poor, that he didn’t even have the money to celebrate the New Year. Seeing no other hope, he decided to look for his comrade-in-arms. His comrade-in-arms lived within the country and came from a pretty ri
“Who knows? Didn’t Giya say that he had an actual nosebleed the first time he saw her? Apparently he grew too excited from her scent! I don’t buy it honestly!” “Yeah! Why don’t boys have nosebleeds when they see me then? Don’t you agree Giya? I really think he’s looking for you!” The girls continued to chatter silently among themselves. Giya could only blush as she sat there. She had felt embarrassed back then in the library when Gerald had his nosebleed. Now she was even more embarrassed with her friends constantly teasing her about it. They were supposed to be studying now. Much earlier, Tammy had nudged Giya gently before pointing toward the door. Giya and her group of friends then saw Gerald entering with his books in hand. He seemed to be looking for someone for a while before finally deciding to sit down. His quirky actions had prompted the girls to start discussing about him. “Hey, Gerald!” yelled Tammy softly out of the blue. Since it was quiet in the librar
However, Gerald’s heart was reserved solely for Mila. He had always felt guilty whenever he had too many interactions with girls like this. That was also the reason why Gerald had constantly hidden and kept his distance from both Alice and Jacelyn. Upon entering the dormitory, Gerald took the box containing the hetian jade bracelet. He then told Harper and the other boys about his plan before running downstairs to look for the girls again. While this was happening, the girls had arrived and found a table for themselves at the breakfast place. As soon as they sat down, Tammy and the other girls covered their mouths as they started laughing. “Giya, I’m very sure that Gerald kid really likes you!” “Same here! You girls may not know it, but I’ve already done some research on him. Gerald seems to be from the Department of Language and Literature. He’s also a pauper!” “So what if he’s poor? Do you think Giya’s someone who lacks money? At most, Giya can just give him a career
It was at that moment when Gerald finally arrived. In his hand was his own bracelet which he had bought the day before. Though Giya had said that breakfast was going to be on her, Gerald had given it some thought while he was on his way there. Since he was planning to leave the girls alone once the bracelet had been handed over to her anyway, he might as well treat them to one final breakfast. He was prepared to pay the bill no matter what. However, as he approached their table, he noticed that Yacob was also there. What more, it seemed that Yacob had just given Giya his own bracelet gift. “Gerald! Over here!” Giya had not wanted to look at Yacob so she had been staring at the staircase. The moment she saw him, she smiled and waved her hand to call Gerald over. “Why’s that kid here too?” The expression on Yacob’s face instantly soured the moment he saw Gerald. It was a rare occasion for him to be able to spend time together with Giya and the other girls. However, Yaco
“Heh. Hey, your name’s Gerald, right? Why don’t you take out the jade bracelet you bought for Giya and show it to us too?” In his mind, Yacob thought that Gerald was most definitely the reason why Giya had been ignoring him all this time. Therefore, he was targeting Gerald now. “Forget about mine! The jade bracelet which I bought is nowhere near as good as yours. You don’t have to look at it!” said Gerald truthfully. After all, he had simply bought a jade bracelet which cost seven thousand and five hundred dollars for Giya. It was nowhere near the absurd price of Yacob’s gift. Besides, if he really wanted to mock Yacob, it’d be easier for Gerald to just slap the boy in the face. However, Gerald didn’t want to get involved with him or Giya and her friends too much in the future so he abstained for now. Mila was sincere to him so he wanted to do the same. Therefore, there was no reason for him to compete with Yacob. Nothing good would ever come of it nor would he gain any
“This jade bracelet… was originally my grandmother’s. Since I have nothing else to compensate Giya with, I’m giving this to her instead…” lied Gerald. “Oh my god! Gerald, don’t you know the value of this bracelet? Are you sure you aren’t going to regret it if you give it to Giya now? I’m telling you seriously that it’s still not too late for you to regret it now!” said Tammy as she felt the weight on her chest slowly lift. God d*mn! She was almost scared to death just now. If Gerald had actually bought the jade dragon bracelet that cost thirty-two thousand dollars, then he could possibly be a low key rich heir! Unlike most other girls, Tammy hadn’t felt any contempt toward Gerald. However, it would have been beyond surprising and unbelievable if a pauper like Gerald suddenly turned out to be a heir richer than all of them there could ever be. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case. “I didn’t know the value of the dragon jade bracelet before this but I do now. I don’t regret anyt
Giya ran after him again. “You know, it’s going to be difficult for you to notify me when you’re actually getting married. Why don’t we exchange contact information to ease that process?” “That… Well, alright. Let me add you on WeChat. I’ll definitely let you know when it happens!” Gerald didn’t know what else to say. He couldn’t just refuse and turn around to leave. He just wasn’t that kind of person. After all, Giya would definitely lose face if he had left without accepting her offer. So he simply went along and added Giya on his WeChat account. Of course, Gerald wasn’t that narcissistic to believe that such a beautiful goddess would ever like him. Even after adding her on WeChat, he felt that they wouldn’t be talking much with each other anyway. He tried his best not to think too much about it. Once the exchange was done, Giya took the bracelet with her as she walked upstairs again. At the time, several of the girls were still doubtful about Gerald’s claims. “Giya
“Sorry, there were just too many people in the library earlier for my comfort! I just studied in my dormitory!” replied Gerald. “Oh, I see! Well, from now on, we can go to the library earlier. Whoever comes first can reserve a seat for the other, alright?” “Actually there’s something I have to attend to now, I’ll get back to you later!” Gerald threw his cell phone aside after replying to her message. He was indeed, trying to avoid her. In fact, ever since things had gotten better with Mila, Gerald had been deliberately trying to keep his distance from other girls. After all, once the current exams were over, Gerald and the other students from his department would still have to stay back in school for another three months to deal with their thesis and dissertations. Those from Giya’s and most other departments would have left to get their internships during that time. He would never see her again. Gerald also knew for a fact that he could never fit in well in Giya’s circ