All Chapters of Karaoke Annihilation Over a Petty Fee: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

"What the heck is wrong with this guy? Why does he keep acting like the streamer's a beggar? How rich is he anyway?""I can't even stand looking at him. He's recording the streamer, too! He doesn't even realize that his own ugly behavior is being live-streamed, and he thinks he's the one 'exposing' someone else. Hah!"The viewers in the stream were indignant on my behalf.Meanwhile, Owen was completely unaware this was happening.He had no idea. Seeing me avoid his camera, he reached out and grabbed me by the shoulders, pulling me in like we were buddies."Come on, then! Say hi to your old classmate. You transferred schools without a word back then. What was up with that, huh? Were you too embarrassed to tell me you dropped out of school to be a trash collector?"I always knew you were just poor trash, Alex, but everyone else didn't believe me."I don't like being touched, so I pushed him off without making it too obvious.Owen was already unsteady on his feet from all his drin

Before I could even finish making the call, Owen had a conniption. His fleshy jowls quivered as he jabbed a finger at me and snarled, "Alex Lewis! What the hell are you saying? Tell the police right now that you just made a false report, or I'll make you regret it!"Still on the phone, I added, "Please come as soon as possible. Someone is threatening to harm me."Owen charged at me like a madman and knocked my phone out of my hand. Cindy also stepped forward to berate me."Apologize to Owen now, Alex! Don't you know that he's a businessman now? He knows many important people—including Mr. Lewis, the richest man in the city! You can't afford to offend Owen. If you do, no one in this city will dare to hire you. You'll be ruined for life!"Once again, the viewers couldn't resist sharing their thoughts in the comment section."LOL! Which Mr. Lewis is she talking about? It's definitely the one who's streaming right now.""Aren't they his former classmates? Why haven't they made the co

The police officers had to pause for a moment.After all, I was the one who'd reported Diamond Club for being involved in prostitution. How had it suddenly turned into an assault case?Still, they did their job and brought everyone back to the police station. On the way, Owen kept swearing at the top of his lungs that he'd get me thrown in prison—that he had a thousand ways to ruin my life."Officers, he's threatening me. I suspect he has ties with criminal organizations."After I said that, Owen finally regained a bit of sense and stopped yelling. Nevertheless, throughout the ride, he kept making calls, trying to pull strings.At the station, Owen refused to cooperate with the investigation."I'm not saying anything. I'm friends with the chief of police, you know. You'd better let me go right this minute! Also, this man, Alex Lewis, pissed me off, so I need you to keep him locked up for at least two weeks to teach him a lesson."Having greased the right palms beforehand, Owen m

"All that would've achieved was allowing you to keep latching onto me for life," I declared. "You were already in college by then. There were plenty of ways you could've stopped your parents from forcing you to drop out. If you'd asked for help, countless people would've readily stepped in to help you."But what did you do? Not only did you not try to cut ties with your family, but you even turned your family background into a sob story that you can use to look for suckers who'd pity you because of it."I'm warning you—stay away from me. You were at the police station just now, so you know who I am. I'm not someone you can try to cling to. If you do, I'll seek legal avenues to reclaim the money I donated to you back in high school. Don't forget that we signed an agreement."At the time, I wasn't the one who wanted to sign an agreement about the money. After all, it was just tens of thousands of dollars, and the money didn't matter much to me. But Cindy had insisted on signing an agr