After shining his shoes, Jared looked up and bemoaned, “Why are you people just standing there? Where’s my coffee?”The corner of Claude’s lips twitched in annoyance, but even if he were chafed by the man’s attitude, he did not show. “Right. I’ll brew you one right away.”Agatha’s patience was at its end. Irritated, she stepped out and took a stand. “Hey, Jared. Will it kill you to act a little more like a civilized gentleman than a boor? Did your parents abandon you in the woods or what?”Jared’s expression darkened. Shooting her a glare, he snarled, “What did you say, Agatha sweetie? I didn’t hear it the first time.”His ire was raised, alright—that much was evident from how ugly his expression had become. It was enough to deflate some of Agatha’s initial bravado, but her annoyance was still sky-high. What a self-centered, uncultured troglodyte!Claude saw the tension between them and quickly leapt to the rescue. “Come on, Jay, don’t get all mad now. She didn’t mean it seriously
Agatha was exasperated. She loathed Jared very much since she was a child!Not that she was jealous of Jared but Jared had been bullying her all the time since she was young and he had never treated her like she was his cousin. She went to middle school in Guineve where she took residence in Jared’s home temporarily. At the time, Jared was always bullying her and made life very difficult for her. In fact, Jared had even joined hands with other boys to bully her at the peak of his bully period. Had she not been intelligent at the time and responded swiftly, she would have already been raped by those boys at the time!A man like Jared did not understand the concept of family affection and both his mind and character were twisted. During the recent two years, Jared hit the jackpot by successfully latching on to a big shot. He became very popular and he made a great fortune which resulted in him being extremely self-conceited now. He behaved as if he was the best in the world while t
After he was done showing off, Jared began to say, “Uncle, your way of handling this matter has ruined the reputation of our family…”Jared reproved Claude for a good while before he changed his tone and said, “However, I won’t lower myself to your level out of respect for you. I’m here today to offer my assistance to you. How dare the lad Rugal bullies my family members like this, he is obviously not showing respect to me, hmph!”As he was speaking, he exuded domineeringness and his gaze was fierce. In his imagination, he was awe-inspiring. However, he had no idea that he was on a completely different level as compared to Zayn’s performance earlier. As a result, the Rouge family members did not react much. On the contrary, they found him to be weak and pretentious. Jared was waiting for the Rouge family members to praise and admire him. He waited for a long while before he realized that the Rouge family members were looking at him nonchalantly without any positive reaction. He w
Claude forgot that it had already been a long time since he stood up to Jared. He felt elated to see how Jared was forced to acknowledge his defeat now such that he was standing straight as if he had just regained the strong morale of his younger days. On the other hand, Jared was displeased. His lips twitched a few times beyond his control!It had already been a very long time since Claude stood up to him. In his eyes, the Rouge family members were all insignificant people who were on a completely different level from him, including Agatha. He felt like he was the ruler while the Rouge family members were all commoners! Claude’s action of standing up to him was basically provoking him. If this were the past, Claude was punishable by beheading. He firmly believed that there was no equality amongst people but people were divided into different categories. He was a high class person while the Rouge family members were low class people. However, he knew Claude very well and knew th
He was furious in the beginning and assumed that the Rouge family was messing with him. It was obvious that they were opposing him by passing off an ordinary person as a big shot! However, he changed his point of view soon and figured that the Rouge family would not have the courage to do so. In addition, the incident of Claude offending Rugal was not made up either. Hence, he thought of a possibility at once. It was that Claude was not fooling him but Claude and the Rouge family were fooled by someone. “Hah-hah-hah-hah…” At the thought of this, he immediately burst out laughing aloud. He could see that Zayn was dressed in a flea market attire that was tattered even. Zayn was as abject as he could be and it was obvious that Zayn was a lowly privileged member of the society. Zayn could not even be considered an insignificant person but he was just an ant. On the other hand, it would be a joke to claim that this man was the big shot who had actually defeated Rugal completely and ma
Upon hearing that, Zayn was stunned for a moment. Luke would be throwing a 50th birthday celebration party tomorrow night? That was rather interesting. Noticing that Zayn did not speak, Jared assumed that Zayn was scared. He immediately mocked Zayn by saying, “Why, are you scared? I thought you were still very arrogant earlier, join me to attend Mr. Jones’ 50th birthday party tomorrow night if you have the balls!”Zayn could not be bothered to pay attention to a clown like Jared. He was still recovering from the ordeal now so he was not planning on returning to Waltz City before he made a breakthrough to become a perfect-class master fighter because he would only put the people around him in danger. On the other hand, he had no such concerns if he were to stay in Tael City. He did not have a penny on him now so it was an issue for him to manage the basic necessities of his life. It would be inappropriate for him to stay at Agatha’s place as well. The best way to solve this probl
Agatha bit her lower lip as she walked over and said, “Mr. Larson, why did you fall for Jared’s trap, huh? Luke Jones is the wealthiest man in Tael City. He’s highly influential, so you can’t afford to offend him!”Claude said in a haste, “That’s right, Mr. Larson. It’s not something to joke about! Luke is so terrifying that even the mayor is afraid of him! In my opinion, stay away from tomorrow’s party. Jared is narrow minded and calculative. He’ll fuss over every little detail. If you go with him you’re going to end up in a bad place!”A few of the Rouge family members tried to persuade Zayn. They were all kindhearted people, so they could not just stand around and watch Zayn land himself in hot water. It was the least they could do after he saved them today. Yes—in their opinion, Zayn was asking for trouble by attending that party with Jared.Sensing their concern and care, Zayn felt warm and fuzzy inside. He confidently assured them that he would be fine. Realizing Zayn’s de
“Hah-hah, I thought you were impressive, but you don’t have any respect for Mr. Luke, do you? Huh, why are you only wearing a Nike top? If you’re so awesome, why can’t you afford a branded suit?” Jared said with a mocking expression, “You just wear something like that to Mr. Jones’ 50th birthday party, you know that, right?”He was still a little worried that Zayn was only pretending to be poor and useless, only for him to actually be rich and powerful. However, he was now completely free of any doubt he had. He was certain that Zayn was just a swindler who managed to fool the Rouge family. “Why does a big shot have to wear a lavish suit and cover themselves in branded goods? What’s your take on that?” asked Zayn. Jared burst out laughing and said, “A person who’s all dressed up doesn’t necessarily have to be a big shot, but I’m pretty sure a big shot is never as underdressed as you are. Besides, you can’t even afford proper attire!”Agatha immediately refuted, “Who said he can’t