Lahat ng Kabanata ng Who's the Gold Digger Now?: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

I had just put the list of presents back in its original spot when the door to the foyer opened. Tessa Seinfeld swaggered over and sat down beside me, smelling faintly of alcohol. "You disappeared for a few days. I thought you'd finally grow a spine and leave for good. You still ended up crawling back to me, because you just can't leave me."Tessa almost blurted out that I had just come back to scam her out of her money. Perhaps from the beginning, she had only ever seen me as a leech who was after her money.I didn't even look up and just moved aside. I dodged her when she tried to hold my hand.Tessa was startled for a moment. She looked at her hand, then at me. She thought I was throwing a tantrum because of the two thousand dollars she refused to lend me."I've been drinking, and I feel a little thirsty. Make me some soup to cure my hangover."Tessa was always like that. She would unknowingly start acting like a spoiled heiress. However, when she had made her move on me

"How could you have the audacity to claim that you're not after Tess' money? If it weren't for her, you wouldn't be able to afford such a nice place to live in."Tess, I think you should stop renting this next month. You can't let outsiders keep taking advantage of you. Alternatively, you can tell Ethan to write you an IOU. That would be fair."If it wasn't illegal to hit people, I would have slapped Tessa and Zeke. But if I did that, they would definitely find a way to scam me out of my money. Rich people with no morals loved malicious games like that. I had played along with them for seven years. It was more than enough. I wasn't going to do it any longer."I won't write an IOU. If you want money, then sue me. We'll see who's the loser. Also, I refuse to stay in this place any longer."Since you want to stay for a night, Mr. Palmer, remember to pay Tess the rental fee. Otherwise, you'll be considered a leech too."I was about to leave when Tessa grabbed hold of me. The playf

"You want money, yet you also want to create a good image for yourself. You can't have your cake and eat it too," said Zeke. Upon hearing him, an uproar broke out around us. Everyone looked contemptuously at me, and I could hear a relentless stream of insults being hurled at me. I looked at Tessa, who still looked completely unfazed. In fact, she even appeared slightly aggrieved, as if Zeke had just described how she felt out loud. The corners of my mouth twitched, and I smiled incredulously. I was just about to open my mouth when Tessa grabbed hold of me casually. She tried to sound magnanimous by making peace between us. "Forget it. The past is in the past, and I don't need the money."If you want money in the future, just be honest about it. There's no need to make so many excuses."After hearing what Tessa had said, everyone in the office looked even more indignant. They all felt that I was being too greedy. "Exactly. Ms. Seinfeld's so rich. He should just say so if he

Zeke said, "Tess, if you hadn't given Ethan a job opportunity, he wouldn't even have been able to stay in Jetland."His mother's dead, but that's no big deal. He won't ever be able to use that as an excuse to get money from you again."If you go after him now, you'll be giving him a chance to lord it over you. I'm a man, and I understand how men work best. Ethan's just guilt-tripping you."Tessa suddenly felt that Zeke seemed like a stranger to her. She knew how accomplished I was. The company had gained incredible market value over the past few years under my leadership. It was Tessa who had been secretly holding me back and oppressing me. Zeke had spoken as if a human life was not worth anything at all. Tessa had been reflecting carefully on our history together. She had never spent a single cent on me, and I had never tried to leech off of her. She realized that, under Zeke's manipulation, every hysterical outburst and all my accusations and explanations had been twisted.

I would be lying if I said that I wasn't touched. Shannon was so busy that she could have just come up with an excuse to get rid of me. I got changed and went to the fish pond with Shannon."Your fish pond is about five acres in size, and you should maintain the depth of the water at about eight feet. You'll need roughly two thousand pounds of quicklime for each acre to disinfect the pond. However, the pond isn't deep enough for you to raise fish."I took out a notebook and nodded as I recorded everything down. I asked quickly, "Are there any requirements for the kind of fish I should get?"Shannon thought for a moment before answering. "Generally, fish ponds of this scale should have 2000 carp, 1500 breams, and about 20 silver carp. "Since you're just starting out, you can raise fish that are more likely to survive. You don't have to worry about getting workers. I'll introduce you to a few experts."As for the premium fishing spot that you're planning to build, you'll have to