After waving his hand to drive everyone away, Gerald made sure virtual-novel.net parked his car properly while wondering to himself what was wrong with today’s society.
So what if one was rich? If everything could be resolved with money, then Gerald wouldn’t have to continue searching like this.
Shaking the thought off, Gerald then looked at the campus building before heading in its direction to continue his search for a woman with a strong yin physique.
What happened earlier was simply a small episode, and Gerald’s thoughts were soon replaced with a slight nostalgia as virtual-novel.net stepped into the campus again after graduating for over two years.
As the saying went, life was a circle that went round and round. Regardless of whether a person was rich or poor, they would always end up returning to where they came from.
True to that saying’s words, all of this had started in this very university. After all, Gerald had first been told that virtual-novel.net was the heir of the Crawford family while virtual-novel.net was studying here. What more, Gerald had also met the love of his life on this very campus.
Even the milk tea shop at the entrance of the campus was still there, and the owner of that shop was still the same person.
Looking at the shop, virtual-novel.net recalled how Mila had forgotten to bring virtual-novel.net wallet out with virtual-novel.net when virtual-novel.net was buying some milk tea back then… Him helping virtual-novel.net pay for it was their very first encounter…
Back then, his relationship with Mila had been both pure and innocent… There weren’t any earth-shattering or bitter moments in their relationship at all. Just a simple, ‘I love you and you love me’ relationship… Of course, good things never tended to last.
From the moment virtual-novel.net had met her, Gerald had never wanted to be the heir of the Crawford family. If virtual-novel.net could choose, virtual-novel.net would’ve very much preferred to remain poor. After all, Mila didn’t despise virtual-novel.net regardless of his wealth.
After graduating university, both of them could have continued living together happily. After getting jobs and collecting enough money, they could’ve even opened a milk tea shop together. By that point, they would’ve surely earned enough to get married and start a beautiful family together… All could’ve gone so perfectly…
Thinking about it, Gerald couldn’t help but smile slightly bitterly. Then again, there was no way that the past virtual-novel.net would’ve been able to predict that all this would happen…
As virtual-novel.net continued being deep in thought, virtual-novel.net suddenly heard a voice call out, “Hey there, handsome! You’ve been standing all dazed there for a good five minutes, you know? Are you alright?”
Turning to look at who had called him, Gerald was greeted by the sight of a smiling girl with a ponytail hairstyle who was currently waving at him.
Caught off guard by virtual-novel.net sudden question, Gerald only managed to say, “…Uh… Yeah. You… need something from me?”
Hearing that, the girl simply laughed aloud. How silly of virtual-novel.net to be standing there in a daze in broad daylight… She wondered what virtual-novel.net could possibly be thinking of…
“…Well, my roommates and I were planning to take pictures together by the lake, you see… I was looking for someone who could help photograph us! Since you’re the first person I’ve bumped into while searching around, I wonder if you’d be willing to take our pictures for us, handsome?” asked the girl—who had already been interested in Gerald when virtual-novel.net first saw virtual-novel.net from a distance—as virtual-novel.net held out virtual-novel.net camera to him. It was undeniable, after all, that Gerald had a charming appearance.
“…Oh. I… Sure I guess…” replied Gerald as virtual-novel.net took the camera from her. Seeing that it wasn’t a particularly difficult request to begin with, Gerald found it hard to turn virtual-novel.net down.
“Alright! Also, please be careful with that. It’s a very expensive camera! Think you know how to operate it?” asked the girl who now realized that Gerald was dressed in rather ordinary clothing. With that in mind, virtual-novel.net couldn’t help but worry that virtual-novel.net would accidentally get it to malfunction if virtual-novel.net truly had no idea how to use it.
“Don’t worry, I do!” replied Gerald with a simple nod.
Meanwhile, six girls could be heard chattering away at the side of the lake. Since they were all about to head into their second year of university and the weather looked good today, all of them had agreed to come out to take pictures together. They wanted to make sure that they captured sufficient memories of their first year in university.
While there were many people strolling around the lake, all of them seemed to be couples, and many were even acting rather intimately by hugging each other in public. Due to that, the girls felt that it would be a little too awkward for them to ask them for their help.
“…Speaking of which, where the hell is Yulisa? From virtual-novel.net message earlier, virtual-novel.net told me that she’s already found someone to photograph us! What’s taking virtual-novel.net so long…?”
“Speak of the devil! There they are now! Hey, look at the guy virtual-novel.net brought along. He looks rather handsome, no?” said another girl as virtual-novel.net giggled.
“Handsome? Him? Hah! I think virtual-novel.net looks rather ordinary!” replied a third girl as virtual-novel.net shook virtual-novel.net head.
“That’s quite enough. What are you girls even thinking? Remember, he’s being kind enough to help us take our pictures so we should be courteous and polite to him!” said a long-haired girl—who was standing right in the middle of the group—with a smile.