The first thing Flora did when she blearily opened her eyes was to hug her arms, but she found that there was nothing in her grip. She immediately jerked awake.“My money! Where’s my money!” she shrieked in terror.Ferdinand and Steven too, looked like they just had icy water sloshed over their heads. They were awake and alert.“Didn’t you take it? Why is it gone?”“Mom, didn’t you say that you weren’t going to sleep? Where’s the money? I need the money to marry,” Steven said, voice strained.Flora grabbed the conductor by the collar and said, “I lost my money on your train. Give it back! Give me my two hundred thousand bucks!”At the station, the three created such a huge ruckus that they shocked even the station master. They insisted that the station compensated for their loss of two hundred thousand bucks, and Flora shrieked and sobbed and wailed like a dying banshee near the ticket counter.In the end, the staff helped them lodge a police report and sent the three off, finally putt
“Please don’t make an unnecessary fuss here, Miss. Take a look here. We don’t have a place for you now. If you want to eat here, then wait. If you don’t want to wait, you can leave. We won’t miss one customer,” the cashier said snobbishly.Yvonne was so angry she wanted to punch somebody. What sh*tty logic was that? They were not going to provide proper service just because they had a lot of customers? Besides, they should be adhering to their reservation policies when someone actually made a reservation.The cherry on top was that she said that Yvonne was making an unnecessary fuss even though she was merely standing up for her right!“I'm not leaving. What are you going to do? Manhandle me?” Yvonne said, parking her hands at her hips.Samuel could not help but chuckle at the sight. She really could not think of a more…convincing method, could she? Persisting on staying was something a kid would do.“There’s an unruly person here, security,” the cashier said into her walkie-talkie. Sh
The manager froze when he heard that voice, standing as still as a statue for a moment before hurrying over to the man’s side. “Boss, an unruly young man is making trouble here. He even beat up our security guards.”“Oh?” Christopher Lane looked at Samuel with some interest. He was well aware of what the three guards were capable of, and this young man managed to beat all of them by himself. His strength could not be underestimated.He ran his eyes over Samuel but noticed nothing special about him. The groans from the three security guards on the floor were very real though.“My dear boy, it seems like you’ve got some skill. Why don’t you join my company? I’ll pay you thirty thousand bucks a month,” Christopher said to the young man.Samuel’s lips curled in contempt. “As if I’d work for garbage like you,” he said.Christopher’s expression darkened. No one ever dared to use such a tone with him, not with his status in Cloud City. “Look here, sonny boy, you seem like a prodigy and I, C
“I’ll give you a chance to call other men.” Samuel’s eyes were like piercing shards of ice as he spoke to Christopher.Christopher gritted his teeth. He had never met such an arrogant man before, and he said that he would give a chance!Christopher acknowledged that the man before him was strong—he managed to defeat this personal bodyguard, after all, who was not any regular fighter. However, that did not mean that no one in Cloud City could be a match for him.“Fine then, you conceited punk. I, Christopher Lane, will open your eyes today and show you what a true fighter is!”His men quickly arrived after he made a call.Yet they all fell, one by one, not a single one spared. The restaurant of the Grand Hyatt was filled with moans of pain.A chill snaked down Christopher’s spine. Who the hell was this guy? How could he be so strong?“B-boss, why don’t we ask Brother Johann to bring two of his men over. He’d definitely have quite a few skilled combatants around him,” the manager said to
The cashier behind the counter had long been scared speechless, but Samuel had not forgotten about her. “Apologize to my wife,” he said.“I-I’m sorry,” she stuttered, bowing her head.Christopher was still looking at Johann, hoping that he could at least help by saying something. Even if his men could not defeat that punk, surely Johann’s status could suppress that fellow’s brazen arrogance somehow.However, Christopher’s hopes were dashed when Johann placed his hands on his thighs and bent over slightly, indicating deference to the young man. The sight made all the color leech out of Christopher’s face.Even Johann…did not dare to provoke that fellow!Who on earth was this young man?Samuel brought his wife to a table by the window; Christopher tiptoed over to Johann’s side. “Brother Johann, who is this man?” he asked.Johann emitted an unsympathetic harrumph. “Christopher Lane, go and dig a grave and bury yourself in it,” he said. “I’m not going to suffer in your place. If I get into
Back at home, Lydia sprawled over the couch in a lifeless fashion, whereas Godfrey was staring at the TV gloomily. Two unfinished bowls of porridge and a plate of pickled vegetables sat on the table.Yvonne’s anger spiked when she took in the scene. Could they not take care of themselves without Samuel? Did they really want him to make their meals for the rest of their lives?“Mom, don’t tell me that you forgot how to cook after not going into the kitchen for a few years? Are you going to starve to death when Samuel doesn’t fix your meals anymore?” Yvonne lamented as she cleared the table.Lydia refused to say anything. Her husband loosened a resigned sigh. “She’s stewing over that two hundred thousand,” he said. “She even said that our living expenses will have to be halved.”Lydia immediately sprang into life when the word ‘money’ was mentioned. “From now on, you’ll only get five hundred bucks for living expenses,” she said to Samuel in a commanding tone.“Five hundred?” Yvonne storm
At dinnertime, Godfrey received a phone call. No one knew what he and the caller were talking about, but his expression slowly contorted into a grimace.After he hung up, he looked as though he wanted to speak, but could not bring himself to say anything. Lydia piped up after gauging the situation. “If it requires us to spend money, we won’t go.”“Fred Turner called me. He’s inviting us over to his new house,” Godfrey said. A house-warming party meant that they needed to provide a gift, but trying to get money when his wife was in such a state was akin to asking her to commit suicide. However, Fred had personally called him. It would be rude to not show up.“Did Uncle Turner move?” Yvonne asked.Fred was an old classmate of Godfrey’s. The two had been close buddies before, where Fred had even wanted Yvonne to be his daughter-in-law. The two had grown apart after Samuel married into the Sues though. “Yep. I heard that he moved into a duplex apartment,” Godfrey answered.“We’ll only be
“Since you guys here today, why don’t all of you come along? All of us should be visiting Godfrey’s new place too.” Fred fanned the flames and roped everyone in the house into the matter.“That’s right! We should take a look at it too. Who knows if it’ll be as big as Freddie’s place?”“Godfrey, where’s your new house?”“You’re a Sue. The area must be at least as prestigious as Fred’s, right?”Godfrey nodded his head awkwardly, at a loss for words. What new house? They were barely managing to feed themselves; they did not have the money for a new house.Fortunately, Fred’s son was not around today. Otherwise, would have created even more trouble for Samuel.After they had lunch, Godfrey excused himself from the party. Fred reminded him to give a call before he left, and the other old classmates looked as though they were wishing him luck with the situation.Samuel even set a date and told them to visit on the fifteenth of next month. He would inform them of the address then. That made L