At six o’clock in the evening, in front of the Golden Sands Shopping Center—the Golden Sands Food Market.The place was named as such, but it was one of the most well-known restaurants around. It was said there’d be thousands of people lining up to get in every single day.The parking lot was filled with all sorts of luxurious cars.Mandy was already prepared to take Harvey here. However, he immediately froze when he saw her pull out a number plate from her handbag.After parking the car, the two walked into the restaurant. The entire place was filled with customers dressed in all sorts of elegant clothing. It was clear this was the peak time for dinner.Mandy showed the number plate, and a waiter led the two to the reserved seats.During the process, Mandy caught quite a lot of attention.After all, compared to the young ladies with elegant makeup and slender legs…Mandy wasn’t wearing makeup at all, but her looks and aura outmatched the others completely.The men with female
“Hello, Miss…”Right as Harvey and Mandy were speaking, a beautiful waitress with great makeup walked over with a 1982 Lafite.“Young Master Jackson wanted you to have this.”Before Mandy and Harvey had the chance to reject the gift, the extremely rare bottle of wine was already put on the table.“Wine? A 1982 Lafite, of all things?”Harvey and Mandy froze, then looked in the direction the waitress pointed toward.A handsome man in a Givenchy couture suit raised his glass of red wine.He looked young, dashing, and extremely rich.It was clear he was a very successful man.A few people in elegant clothing surrounded him.They were all staring mockingly at Harvey and Mandy, as if they were waiting for something to happen.Before Harvey even said a word, Mandy had already spoken up with a cold expression.“I’m sorry, I don’t know who that is. Please take this back.”“This…”The beautiful waitress frowned after sensing Mandy’s distant attitude; she was clearly in a bad mood.
“Look closely, Miss!”“Other than stuffing his mouth, what else can your man even do?!”“He wouldn’t even dare speak up about this!”“And what about Young Master Jackson? He’s a thousand times better than this man here! You’ll regret it if you miss your chance!”The waitress looked down at Harvey.While she already knew he was there, she just couldn’t stand such a poor-looking sob.After all, in her eyes, the most valuable man in the Golden Sands was Young Master Jackson, Dariel Jackson.Mandy was completely infuriated; she couldn’t be bothered to talk to the waitress any longer.“Leave!” she exclaimed coldly.The waitress chuckled.“Enough is enough!”“Why are you still pretending?!”“I’ll get your manager to fire you if you keep yapping here!”At this moment, Dariel walked over with his glass of wine, having watched the whole thing with narrowed eyes for a while.With every single step he took, he exuded an incredibly domineering aura.Those who were in his way quickly
Dariel’s tone was bright and decisive.A lot of his friends burst out laughing; there was clearly another meaning to his words.But Dariel had a calm look on his face, as if he was only speaking normally.He had a confident expression, and completely ignored Harvey’s existence.Mandy kept his eyes on Harvey, her face cold. “Are you done eating? We’ll head out as soon as you’re done.”The beautiful waitress was completely infuriated.“What are you saying, you b*tch?!”“Young Master Jackson came all the way here just for you, yet you’re still trying to play hard to get?”“Do you think you’re actually worth something?”“You’ll end up horribly if Young Master Jackson gets angry!”“Sigh. Enough nonsense! We should be gentle with beautiful women like her. There’s no need for threats!”Dariel waved at the beautiful waitress, swishing the glass of wine in his hand as he did so. He smiled when he looked at Harvey, who was in the midst of taking bites out of the pickled fish.“I’m in
The crowd became dead silent as soon as they heard Harvey’s words.They looked at Harvey in shock; some of them couldn’t help but pluck their ears to check if they had heard wrong.It’d be normal for Dariel to say something like this…However, it was just completely shocking for a random country bumpkin to say the same thing.Dariel froze for a moment, then scoffed.“Interesting!It’s been a while since someone’s acted like this in front of me.”“You’re not the first, but you’re definitely one of the most interesting.”“How about this? Grovel before you leave.”Harvey nodded.“Sure. Do it now.”Dariel shot Harvey a disdainful look.‘Does this b*stard know who he’s talking to?’“This guy’s not respecting you at all, Young Master Jackson!”“He wants you to grovel?! No chance!”“Looks like you’ll have to teach him a lesson for running his mouth like that, Young Master Jackson!”Dariel’s friends were cheering loudly; they wanted chaos.Dariel felt utterly humiliated after se
“How dare you hit me, you b*stard?!”Dariel stumbled off the ground.His face was filled with rage and resentment; he was glaring at Harvey as he gritted his teeth.“You’re dead!”“You hear me?!”His friends raised their heads as well, glaring disdainfully at Harvey and Mandy.Naturally, they knew that the two were done for.The beautiful waitress quickly called several men in suits. They were probably the restaurant’s security guards.Harvey ignored them, and casually took a sip of the cup of the tea on his table.“You still have a chance to kneel right now. I’ll have to break your arm if you keep this up, though.”The crowd scoffed at Harvey’s words.They all thought Harvey was just some loser who had no right to go against a rich heir.After all, in a place like the Golden Sands, just a bit of talent wouldn’t be able to get anyone far.In a big city like this, power, background, connections, authority, and status meant everything.Harvey was surely finished for challen
Dariel finally showed his true colors.At his words, his friends all stepped forward with beer bottles in hand, ready to crack Harvey’s head open.Mandy’s expression turned frosty. “What are you trying to do?!”“I’ll call the cops if you do anything stupid!”“Call the cops? Hah!”The beautiful waitress chuckled coldly.“We’ll start calling you Mommy if you can even do anything with that!”“Let me tell you something! The entire police station has connections with Young Master Jackson!”“Even if you start begging for their help…”“They wouldn’t do anything!”“It’s fine, Mandy. I’ll handle this.”Harvey stopped Mandy from making a phone call, and then glanced calmly at Dariel.“So you’re saying you don’t want to beg for mercy?”Dariel laughed coldly before spitting out some blood.“You’re asking that from me? Do you even have the right?”“Is that so? I don’t have any now?”Harvey pulled out a card and flicked it right toward Dariel’s head.“How about now?”“Heh, heh! S
Dariel couldn’t understand why someone who looked like a complete loser would have the right to get Kairi’s card in the first place.He didn’t give up, however; he assumed Harvey must’ve picked up the card on the ground to show off.He gritted his teeth, and then made a call. His body trembled immediately after.Kairi said only one thing…That being, Harvey was her good friend.Those simple words were enough to spin Dariel’s head around. The remainder of his hope was instantly crushed.He hung up, then slammed his knees to the ground without hesitation.The crowd was bewildered.Everyone was filled with disbelief at the sight; they had absolutely no idea what happened.‘How did a loser like him get such a rich and handsome man to kneel?’“I’m sorry, Sir York! I’m really sorry!”“I was ignorant! Please let me go!”“Please!”“This is all my fault!”Dariel then slapped himself around a few times before he started groveling.He knew full well that he’d be dead if Harvey wasn