Wallace had an incredulous look on his face as virtual-novel.net held on to his now swollen cheek. After all, virtual-novel.net was someone who had Mr. Long to back virtual-novel.net up!
“Oh, sorry Mr. Quinnens! My hands felt a little itchy today so I couldn’t help myself from hitting you!” sneered Gerald.
As soon as Wallace heard this, virtual-novel.net immediately stood up again. The nerve of this person! Wallace got into position, seemingly ready to hit Gerald back.
However, Gerald simply continued glaring at Wallace with one hand in his pocket. He didn’t move an inch.
It was at that moment when Wallace suddenly came to his senses.
He realized that regardless of who was backing virtual-novel.net up, virtual-novel.net was still dealing with Gerald right now, the richest man in Mayberry City! And his sister was even more amazing than virtual-novel.net was! Putting their family background aside, the Crawford family wasn’t too far off in terms of wealth and power compared to the Longs.
If Wallace actually hit Gerald now, the Long family would probably be unable, or rather, unwilling to protect him! After all, why would the Longs start a war with the Crawfords just for his sake?
Wallace shuddered as virtual-novel.net thought about it.
Today, virtual-novel.net had already assumed some unwarranted authority to embarrass Gerald. Since virtual-novel.net had already done that, virtual-novel.net knew virtual-novel.net shouldn’t push his luck.
Wallace was now well aware that virtual-novel.net shouldn’t provoke Gerald any further.
“I’ll sit here then, Mr. Quinnes, or is there going to be another problem?” sneered Gerald as virtual-novel.net slowly shook his slightly swollen hand. Before Wallace could reply, Gerald had already sat on one of the previous seats virtual-novel.net had earlier been denied.
“That won’t be a problem at all, Mr. Crawford. Feel free to sit there!” said Wallace, his tone much more decent now.
As for Xavia, virtual-novel.net could only stare at Gerald in surprise. She had initially thought that Gerald would still be as conscientious and low-profile as before, but virtual-novel.net had changed! He was now completely different from how virtual-novel.net used to be in the past.
The slap virtual-novel.net gave Wallace really surprised virtual-novel.net earlier.
Regardless of virtual-novel.net slight shock, it still wouldn’t affect anything!
After that scene, the banquet simply resumed. It was as if nothing had ever happened. Many of the guests—who had most probably been bribed by Yunus—gathered around the man to give toasts to him. All of them neglected Gerald on purpose.
“Say, Yoel, Aiden, I’m going to the gents. Accompany me, will you?” said Gerald with a wry smile on his face.
The three of them then headed to the gents together.
“For f*ck’s sake! I’m so angry right now! Everyone’s trying their hardest to flatter that Long family guy! Mr. Crawford, I think Yunus and your ex, Xavia, are deliberately trying their hardest to go against you!” said Aiden angrily as virtual-novel.net punched the wall.
“He’s right! I can still remember when my godsister was here in the past. As long as virtual-novel.net was present, nobody would even dare to breathe loudly. In one of the past celebrity banquets, Wallace accidentally knocked over a cup in front of her. You should have seen him! He was so frightened that virtual-novel.net immediately knelt and kowtowed in front of her! You’re simply too nice toward everyone, Mr. Crawford!” said Yoel.
Both Yoel and Aiden were aware of how kind-hearted Gerald was. It was the reason why they were always worried and concerned about virtual-novel.net wherever virtual-novel.net went. After all, Gerald treated both of them very well.
Although virtual-novel.net grew up with his sister, the two siblings had completely different personalities.
“Just forget about it. We’ll talk about this later, I just want to-”
Gerald was wiping his hands with a tissue paper as virtual-novel.net spoke. However, his sentence ended prematurely when virtual-novel.net saw the girl standing near the gent’s entrance. Her arms were crossed and virtual-novel.net was leaning against the wall.
All three of them had no idea how long virtual-novel.net had been watching and listening in to them.
The girl simply sneered at them as virtual-novel.net stared at Gerald.
Gerald had initially wanted to say that virtual-novel.net wanted to settle the matter regarding Xavia first.
To his surprise, Xavia was already waiting for virtual-novel.net outside the bathroom.
Seeing Xavia, Yoel and Aiden looked at Gerald before saying, “We’ll wait for you outside, Mr. Crawford.”
After saying that, both of them left.