“Oh? Are you busy or something? Oh! Don’t worry, it’ll be Chase’s treat today! Even if we have to settle our own bills, I’ll back you up, alright?” said Lolita as she assumed Gerald’s worries. Naturally, it wasn’t about monetary issues. It was just that Gerald still had to celebrate his own birthday today! Even if Gerald turned her invitation down, it wouldn’t matter much to Lolita. However, since he now knew that Mr. Weiss would be attending as well, he couldn’t help but feel like he would be letting his ex-teacher down if he didn’t join the gathering. “No, it’s not about the money… In all honesty, I was originally planning to invite you to celebrate my birthday with me today! But since you’ve mentioned Mr. Weiss, how about this? I’ll just go along with you to have a brief chat with him. After that, I’ll return and get back to my own celebration!” replied Gerald. “…Oh? It’s your birthday today? Well this is embarrassing! Alright, I think your plan sounds good. We’ll go there,

Just as Gerald was about to say something, he was promptly cut off by another person talking loudly. It was Chase. “Wow! So many of our classmates are here today! All of you are really giving me a lot of face for attending! I’ve already made all the necessary arrangements today so why not enter first before continuing to chat?” As he scanned through the crowd, he saw Mr. Weiss and Kristen. With a smile on his face, he walked over to both of them before saying, “Mr. Weiss! Miss Yahn! Welcome, let’s go in and have a seat first! Eh? You’re here too Gerald? Well Alright then! Let’s go in together!” Chase was slightly surprised to see Gerald so he simply greeted him casually. “Hey Sherry, come over here. Can’t you see that our class teacher is already here?” called out Chase when he saw her. As soon as she stood beside him, Chase immediately interlocked his fingers with hers. Most of their classmates were taken aback when they saw this, and this included Gerald. Sherry was ap

After that, Gerald looked at Lolita and she nodded before bidding farewell to Mr. Weiss as well. “What? They’re actually leaving? Did they really just come here to visit Mr. Weiss? What a load of bullshit! What about us? Don’t we exist?” exclaimed a few of the girls, visibly upset. “Right? Are you holding a grudge against us just because we didn’t wish you a happy birthday?” “Gerald, I’ll be frank. It’s not that I don’t want to wish you a happy birthday through Line, but I really don’t want your number on my phone in the first place! Hahaha!” “D*mn! Roasted!” Immediately after that, everyone began laughing. Laughing at him seemed to be their favorite form of amusement after all. Gerald simply remained silent. He knew that it wouldn’t be difficult to make them eat their own words. However, he decided to be the bigger person and just left with Lolita. Having a major reaction to his classmates’ mockery would be pretty petty of him after all. Sherry on the other hand, shook h

“Settle down now, today’s Gerald’s birthday and he said that he’d treat us to dinner. Since all of you don’t seem to have anything better to do, let’s just celebrate his birthday together! Show us to the restaurant, Gerald!” suggested Mr. Winters. “What? We’re busy dad. You know, we’re going to have dinner with some of Boss’s friends. Why don’t you come with us instead?” asked the first sister in law. She then turned to look at Francis before saying, “Fran, Jazz, both of you can run along now. You don’t have to waste any more time here, and remember to be on your best behavior when your leader arrives!” Francis and his colleagues nodded immediately. They knew how important the event was. After glaring at Gerald one final time, Francis left with his colleagues. As for Queeny, she had been quietly observing Gerald the entire time. Just a while ago, everyone was making fun of Gerald. Some were even openly insulting him. However, Queeny knew better since she was already aware tha

It was then that the rest of the Winters realized that the celebration was being held for such a powerful figure. Gerald, on the other hand, was being squeezed within the crowd, feeling slightly stunned. He hadn’t expected Zack to go all out with the celebration, nor had he imagined that so many famous celebrities would be invited over. He had estimated for only thirty people to participate at most, and this was clearly way more than that! “Wait! Guys, look! Isn’t that Mr. Zebriel from Sunnydale?” “Oh f*ck, it is! Even Mr. Zebriel’s here!” The crowd had been continuously shocked by the main guests of the event. “Say mom, I’m going to go take some photos, could you guys take care of my stuff? Okay guys, let’s go!” said Francis in a serious tone as he rushed off while holding his camera. With celebrities arriving at the scene one after another, nothing could make the crowd shut up. Mr. Winters himself was delighted. After all, he had only been able to see all these people