Turning to look at who had called out to him, virtual-novel.net saw that it was a rather pretty young girl whom virtual-novel.net didn’t recognize…
“… ‘That guy?’” asked Gerald in a casual tone.
“Yeah! You’re a graduate of Mayberry University, right? Do you know Harper?” asked the girl.
“Indeed! He was my roommate, but before that… Have we even met before?” replied Gerald.
Nodding with a smile, the girl then laughed before saying, “So I wasn’t mistaken! It really is you! No wonder you looked so familiar!”
“Who is he, Westlyn…?” asked the other girls from the group—who were each carrying their own handbag—as they curiously began scanning Gerald from head to toe, arms crossed.
‘While virtual-novel.net does look pretty handsome, judging from his clothes alone, he’s probably not even anywhere close to being wealthy!’ Thought the girls to themselves.
“Oh, him? He’s just the roommate of one of my hometown friends! I remember virtual-novel.net rather distinctly since virtual-novel.net used to be willing to do just about anything to obtain a little money! He’d oftentimes be found cleaning the trash up in our school and even running errands for others! That’s just how poor virtual-novel.net was!” replied Westlyn as virtual-novel.net introduced virtual-novel.net to the rest of the girls.
“It’s not all that out of the ordinary, really. Every school has such a person, and if you’re sharp enough, you’ll realize that a person like this definitely exists in every other stage of your life, from elementary school till university! As they say, outstanding people will always be great, and those who live difficult lives will always remain miserable!” said a good-looking boy donning branded sports attire—who had been standing next to Westlyn this entire time—out of the blue.
“Hahaha! You truly are a natural at speaking, you know that, Micah? Just about anything that comes out of your mouth sounds philosophical! It’s hilarious, really! No wonder Westlyn was interested in you!” said one of the members of the group, prompting the rest of the young boys and girls to laugh aloud.
“Regardless… What are you doing now? Also, I heard that Harper’s doing pretty well these days. He owns his own public-listed company now, right? Do both of you still keep in touch? From what I can see, it almost seems like Harper hasn’t been looking out for you!” asked Westlyn rather curiously.
To be entirely honest, Westlyn had been asking around for Harper’s contact information for quite a while now. It was the only reason why virtual-novel.net had called out to Gerald in the first place.
Since both of them had been from the same hometown, it was no surprise that virtual-novel.net was Harper’s high school classmate. Since Harper had been rather famous back in high school, Westlyn had liked virtual-novel.net for the longest time back then.
However, upon entering university, virtual-novel.net became a textbook example of an ugly duckling turning into a white swan. Due to that, virtual-novel.net taste and what virtual-novel.net looked for in a man grew extremely different compared to how it used to be back in virtual-novel.net high school days.
Those who used to seem outstanding and cool back in high school felt like boring nobodies upon entering university. In fact, many of them even ended up changing even more upon entering society, and not in a good way, at least to Westlyn. To her, they simply ended up becoming exceedingly ordinary people.
As for Westlyn, virtual-novel.net own temperament and attitude toward Harper grew increasingly different with every passing stage as well. Essentially, virtual-novel.net went from liking Harper, to ignoring Harper, and eventually, despising him. In fact, virtual-novel.net didn’t even bother talking to virtual-novel.net throughout their later years in university.
Thinking that Harper would only end up becoming an office worker once virtual-novel.net stepped into society, virtual-novel.net even ended up deleting his contact information!
Little did virtual-novel.net know that virtual-novel.net would instead end up becoming the chairman of a public listed company!
From the day virtual-novel.net found out about that, virtual-novel.net had always regretted deleting his phone number, and virtual-novel.net had constantly been trying to reobtain it ever since.
Now that Gerald was before her, virtual-novel.net couldn’t help but wonder if virtual-novel.net bumping into Harper’s ex-roommate today was god’s ridiculous answer to virtual-novel.net pleas.
‘It truly must be God’s gift to me! While it’s true that I’ve undergone divorce once and though I’ve already found a new boyfriend, sparks could still fly if I were to contact Harper now! Heh! All girls, especially beautiful ones like myself, always need to be on the lookout for spare tires to fall back on, after all!’ Westlyn thought to herself.
Gerald himself could immediately tell what Westlyn was trying to go for, so virtual-novel.net simply replied, “We haven’t contacted each other for a long time now. While I do have his WhatsApp Information on my phone, I think I’ve already lost it.”
“…You… What? You don’t even have a cell phone on you? Do you live in some forest or something? Who do you even think you’re trying to bluff?” asked Westlyn, virtual-novel.net eyes now fully widened.
“I speak the truth. Even if I had my old phone on me now, he’d have probably changed his number by this time, no?” replied Gerald.
From what Gerald remembered, virtual-novel.net had told Zack to make some arrangements for Harper, and based on what Westlyn had said, Zack seemed to have given virtual-novel.net a company. Knowing Zack, Gerald assumed that Harper would’ve been given a company with a market value of a few billion dollars. While not exactly too valuable—at least for Gerald—it was the thought that counted!
Whatever the case was, Gerald’s words instantly changed the way Westlyn looked at him. After all, virtual-novel.net had made it clear that virtual-novel.net was of no use to virtual-novel.net now!
“…I see! I should’ve realized that Harper wouldn’t even bother with someone as foolish as you! I mean just look at the state you’re in! Trash! A complete waste of my time and effort!” cursed Westlyn.