“Would you like to leave now, Young Master?”
The bullies presently snapped out of their shock when they heard Morris’s voice. Even though they were shocked to death, this was not the time to sit around and do nothing. At least they had to persuade Rex to keep their family company safe.Alexis, one of the bullies, kneeled and placed his hands on Rex’s feet. With a trembling voice, he said, “The reason I bullied you all this time is that Julio forced me.”One person had betrayed Julio, and it made him clench his fists in hatred. “What are you talking about, Alexis? Aren’t you also enjoying when we bullied Julio?” he asked scornfully.“I wouldn’t have done it if I wasn’t forced by you!” Alexis denied those words while gripping Julio’s shirt collar. “You are the real culprit! You forced us to bully Rex and always threaten others using your father’s name.”Chelsea, who had been silent for a while, suddenly got an idea because she heard Alexis’ words. After all, his words sounded reasonable. It was a fact when people said that Julio always forced others to bully Rex.The only way to get out of this problem was to put all the fault on Julio. Maybe that would ease Rex’s anger. Rex had always been known as a good person. That was why there was still a chance he would forgive the person who bullied him.“I-I was also forced by Julio!” exclaimed Chelsea, startling the bullies.They knew the prank plan was made by the girl. However, look at what happened now. The girl shamelessly grabbed Rex’s hand and blamed Julio for her evil plan.“That’s not true!” Julio immediately defended himself. He hastily snatched Chelsea and threw her on the floor. “You were the one who told me to do this prank. How dare you twist the facts!”Chelsea grasped her knee, which hurt from hitting the floor, and started to sob. It was a fake cry. Her knee did hurt, but it was a typical pain that would not even cause a child to cry. The reason for her crying was to gain sympathy from Rex.“Look, Julio is being mean to me again! He forced me to be his girlfriend and did bad things to you. I’m telling the truth. You trust me, right? We’ve been close friends in college,” Chelsea explained, hugging herself as if she was scared by something.Julio could not contain his anger when he saw how his lover betrayed him so easily. Without a second thought, he raised his hand to slap Chelsea’s face. However, the slap did not come to pass because someone was holding his hand.It turned out that someone was Rex. His gaze was frightening as he spoke. “Who told you to make such a fuss here? You think you’re still Julio Maxwell, the son of the richest man in this city?”“N-no. I didn’t mean to make a fuss,” Julio replied, cursing inwardly because his voice was trembling with fear.Meanwhile, Chelsea secretly smiled and stood up to hug Rex’s hand. She thought Rex wanted to help her because he still had feelings for her. “Thanks for helping me!” Rex groaned in anger and pushed Chelsea to the floor again. With an expression of disgust, he rubbed his hands that were being hugged by the girl, as if their touch would have a bad effect on his hands.“I didn’t mean to help you. I held Julio because I didn’t want to hear any more noise,” said Rex, glancing at Chelsea for a moment and then at Alexis, who shuddered in horror. “And you....”“Yeah, me? W-why?” Alexis directly interrupted out of curiosity, hoping that Rex would forgive him.“You think I don’t know that you got money from Julio after beating me? I know that you all bullied me willingly, not by force.”“Th-that’s a misunderstanding! You must know how cunning Julio is. He forced others to obey him. Therefore, please don’t destroy our family company. Just punish Julio!”The bullies who kept quiet began to blame Julio for not wanting to be poor.“Alexis is telling the truth! We were forced by Julio to bully you.”“I also received money from Julio, but I had to because I was afraid of being beaten by him.”“Julio used dirty tricks on us to bully you. That’s the truth. He’s the only person who deserves punishment!”Julio’s ears burned at all the accusations thrown at him. All the accusations were wrong because people came to him of their own accord and bullied Rex. “Shut up! You are all liars!” he exclaimed.“You think anyone is going to defend you here?” said Alexis with a crooked smile. “Everyone has admitted that you are a thug! How can you still deny it?”“You...!”Julio did not continue the debate because Rex grabbed his shoulder. With a trembling voice, he asked, “W-what do you want?”“I want to leave. All your bullshit won’t work on me,” Rex told, turning the bullies’ faces pale in an instant.Then he walked away, followed by Morris and his bodyguards. The bullies chase after him to apologize. However, he ignored them by saying nothing. He kept his mouth shut even after getting into the car Morris had prepared outside the hotel.Five years ago, Rex left the Quillon family because he wanted to lead a normal life. He was bored with the life of a rich person, which he found very troublesome. When he walked outside, everyone would stare at him for his clothes and vehicles.Rex did not like the attention of other people. Therefore, his parents had not shown him to the public, making people wonder what the heir of the Quillon family would look like. In the Country of Histrio, the influence of the Quillon family was immense and almost everyone knew about them.When an official needed help, they would come to the Quillon family. Even the underworld had ties with that family. All business people know them. No one did not know the Quillon family in the business world.The Quillon family had many businesses, but the most famous of them was their worldwide food company. Everyone wanted to be heir to the family. However, Rex instead left the superfamily and changed his identity to the poor Rex Hart.“Are you done having fun, Young Master?”Rex stopped daydreaming when he heard a woman’s voice. It was the voice of Molly, his bodyguard, who had not come into the hotel because she was waiting in the car. Even though she was 35 years old, she looked so youthful that people would be surprised after finding out her real age.“I had no idea,” Rex replied to Molly, who was sitting in the front with Morris.Molly glanced at the young master through the rearview mirror and took a deep breath. “I think you’ve had enough fun to call Morris to help you. You’re going back to the family, right?”“Of course. I have agreed with my father. If I ask Uncle Morris for help, then I have to go back to the family.”“That’s good news. But I’m not satisfied with something yet. Why did you keep the rats alive? They will continue to roam around and become pests.”The nickname of rats for Julio and the bullies made Rex chuckle. With a mysterious smile, he replied, “I won’t let the rats off so easily. They have to suffer because they messed up the rice fields I’ve been managing for a long time.”Rex wanted to continue a normal life, but things would change after tonight’s incident. He believed when he got to the college tomorrow morning, Julio and his gang would keep apologizing. Arrogant people like them could not stand living in poverty.Still, Rex had no regrets about revealing his identity to them. His father’s words were indeed true. Normal life did not always bring him peace. Sometimes people could become arrogant just because they have little wealth.“Young Master, we have arrived.”Morris’s words snapped Rex out of his daydream. He stopped thinking about the bullies and quickly got out of the car. As soon as he set foot on the ground, everyone present immediately bowed to him.“Welcome back, Young Master!” they shouted in unison.Rex simply nodded and motioned for them to stand back up. Then he went into the big house in front of him. It was the house where he spent his childhood in luxury.There were always people who would help him. They would even pick up his falle
The next morning, Rex went to the college without Morris escorted or accompanied by bodyguards. He had told them not to approach him until he was given orders. Last night, he had decided to keep his identity a secret.Today, Rex would approach Julio and the bullies to ask them not to reveal his identity. Just as he passed the campus gates, Julio immediately came up to him with the bullies.“We admit that we were wrong about what we did yesterday. Therefore, please give us your generosity and forgive us!” shouted Julio, throwing away his pride so he could bow to Rex.The other bullies also bowed and apologized. Their actions caught the attention of those who passed through the gate. Of course, they knew who Julio was. Since the beginning of his appearance, the man had been arrogant and bullied weak students.Julio seemed reluctant to bow down to anyone, but now he bowed to Rex. People wonder about what happened. Yesterday, Julio and his friends still managed to be arrogant. However, to
After finishing all his classes, Rex rushed to oversee one of the supermarkets in Struthia City. He could not ask for help from anyone because Carlton forbade the bodyguards to help him. His father wanted to make him solve this problem alone.Still, it was not a big deal for Rex. After all, during these five years, he had not only spent his time studying but also training his physique. Every night after studying, he would practice at home alone. That was why today he was very enthusiastic about being able to fight people head-on.“Let’s see who will be my opponent,” Rex mumbled while wearing a mask, because he did not want to be identified. Then he walked to the supermarket.It turned out that his father was right. The thugs had ruined their supermarket’s image. When Rex got there, there was not a single car parked in front of the supermarket. He also heard from his father that the thugs were not afraid of the police.Many thugs had been reported by society. However, Ramon Ward did no
The two thugs gulped nervously, and in fear as they awaited Rex’s response. They had a strange sense that something horrible would follow this. After five minutes, Rex could still sit on Ken’s body.“Are you certain that you hurled the chair at him?” Adrian questioned as he nudged Jerome, his friend. Jerome quickly nodded, his hands shaking. “I threw the chair as hard as I could. Why he didn’t fall is beyond me. That means...!”Rex abruptly got up and started running toward Jerome, preventing him from finishing his sentence. Rex moved swiftly, leaving Jerome no time to evade. A split second later, Jerome felt a terrible agony in his gut.“Ugh, what just happened?” Jerome mumbled before spitting out blood.He must have received a blow to his stomach because blood was evident. Jerome, though, was baffled as to how Rex could assault him. The man attacked too quickly. Rex’s figure vanished from Jerome’s view after a quick blink.“I don’t like anyone getting in my way,” Rex said coldly, l
Rex stopped slapping Adrian after the thug passed out. He casually took out a handkerchief from his pants pocket and wiped the blood from his hand. It was the blood of the thugs he defeated.In these five years, Rex never fought like this. He could not get into trouble with the bullies at his school to keep his family out of it. His family would take an action if they knew he reported Julio’s actions to the school or police.That was the reason Rex had no interest in fighting the bullies. After all, their blows had no significant impact on his body. He had learned self-defense since childhood, and their blows were nothing to him. He even felt Julio’s attacks were as soft as cotton.“Why should I remember them? That sucks,” Rex mumbled, then threw away his handkerchief.He chose to leave because he had nothing else to do. The crowd rushed away while holding their breath from Rex as he approached the sidewalk. They were terrified when the young man walked past them.Someone muttered whi
Rex knew people were paying attention to his appearance, but he chose to ignore them. He was too lazy to change clothes because the distance between his house and the supermarket was too far.Besides, he also did not want to buy new clothes or send someone to the store to buy jewelry. He wanted to do everything on his own.“Excuse me.” A woman approached Rex with a friendly smile. She appeared to be the sales promotion girl in this jewelry store. “Is there anything I can do for you, Sir?”Glory Jewelry Store was a well-known jewelry store in the county of Histrio. Accordingly, it was not surprising that all the employees in the store were quite professional. Even though Rex’s look appeared odd, they sent someone to serve him.However, Rex noticed that the sales promotion girl who greeted him was a new employee. Senior employees preferred to serve other customers rather than him. It was only natural because they believed they would not receive any commission if they served Rex.“I’d li
“W-why did you push me?”Bobby had come to his senses and was intrigued as to why Julio was being so rude to him. His friend had been rude at times, but Julio had no reason to push him to the floor today.Also, he remembered Julio agreeing to humiliate Rex, the waiter. It was very strange because Julio suddenly introduced Rex as his close friend. Bobby knew Julio would not make a friendship with a waiter.“Did you not hear what I was saying earlier?” Julio walked over to Bobby and stomped on his stomach. “I pushed you because you were touching my friend.”Bobby could not respond because his attention was drawn to the pain in his stomach. If Julio had stomped on him harder, he would be vomiting blood by now. He should be grateful, because Julio did not do that.Meanwhile, Sarah had lost something she was proud of. Bobby would not protect her anymore, because her lover was more worried about his friendship with Julio.When Julio recognized someone as a friend, Bobby considered that pers
Julio was determined to carry out his plan today because he had met Rex. He purposely spent his money on the necklace, hoping that Rex would pay back him by not destroying his family business.“I feel bad that you paid for this necklace,” Rex said as he walked out of the jewelry store.He did not refuse when Julio offered to pay for the expensive necklace. He wanted to see Julio act like a dog. Julio showed up to be a loyal dog, but when no one was around, he was ready to bite his master.Rex could read Julio’s mind. They had ‘known’ each other in high school for several years. He learned about Julio’s behavior during that time. Julio always planned devious attacks on people who had more power than him. “You don’t deserve to say that, Rex. The money I spent is nothing compared to what I did to you in the past. I wish I could go back in time and fix my mistakes,” Julio explained in a sad tone.Unfortunately, it would not work for Rex, who was already aware of Julio’s tricks. He was ce