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Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 42: Business Talks
Did Johnny know money? Honestly, he felt like he was the one who knew the importance of money best when he had been living in poverty. Everyone else had probably spent money on things like water. Okay, he knew he wasn't being fair. In order to run a successful business, they had to know how to handle money or at least hire someone competent. While he was tempted to say something sarcastic, Johnny simply said, "You don't have to worry about me, but I don't think you'll take my word for it. How about we make a little wager?" Rachel narrowed her eyes and asked, "What are you suggesting?" "Since you're worried that I don't know how to handle money, we will have a competition to see who would make the most money within a certain period," he said. "It sounds like you're assuming we'll be doing the jewelry business," Rachel's father said. "If you weren't thinking about it, you wouldn't have agreed to meet," Johnny said. Rachel's father frowned as he leaned back in his chair. "I don't li
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 43: Relationship Talks
"Actually, I believe that hasn't been decided," Johnny said before the conversation could go any further.It caused everyone's eyes to turn back to him as the Martin family head frowned and said, "Did you call us here on false pretenses? If I recall correctly, you had wished to discuss an engagement between the two of you."Johnny's father jumped in and said, "An engagement was one of the suggestions listed. It hasn't been decided whether it will be an engagement that will lead to marriage or a contractual relationship."Dorothy's eyes widened as she outright stared at Johnny, who refused to look at her. He still felt weird about the personality changes between the two women. It made it hard not to confuse them. Hopefully, after this meeting was over, things would return back to normal and he wouldn't have to deal with these different versions again."I see," the Martin family head said slowly. "In that case, what are your intentions?""I think making an engagement between them is too
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 44: Johnny and Dorothy
Instead of the three families immediately going their separate ways, they still hung around in the restaurant. Everyone was chatting leisurely like they were friends, but in Johnny's eyes, it looked like they were probing each other. Fortunately, it was mostly the parents chatting away with each other. None of them were bringing Johnny, Rachel, Dorothy, or the Martin family heir into the conversation.Unable to take it anymore, Johnny stood up as he said, "I'm going to take a bathroom break."This stopped the conversation as Johnny's father said, "Be back soon."Johnny nodded before he took his chance to escape and catch his breath. He didn't really need to use the restroom. It was the only excuse he could think of where they wouldn't question why he wanted to leave the table and be interrogated. He didn't have to worry about anyone disturbing him since it was only them and the staff.Standing right outside the restrooms, he pulled out his phone to surf the web for anything interestin
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 45: Fifth Power
Johnny knew he should have been more excited about the news. If he counted all his previous powers, this would be his fifth power. This would definitely put him far above the rest, who only had one power. However, there was a reason why he wasn't jumping up and down in excitement. The reason was simple, and that was the suspicious circumstances surrounding getting the new power."I thought you said you couldn't give out more powers without me having to do a quest," he said as he narrowed his eyes.[It is true that the user needs to complete a quest in order to get a new power, but the system can make an exception.]He stared in disbelief. The system was really doing whatever it wanted. Johnny was really glad he was on the system's good side. If he ever angered the system, he feared what it would do in retaliation. Several ideas popped up in his mind, and he shuddered at the images. He quickly shook his head of those thoughts to focus back on the system."What kind of power are you thi
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 46: End of Meeting
"Regarding what we were talking about before," Johnny said, catching Dorothy's attention. "I accept. We don't need to do a contract or anything."It took her a few moments to figure out what he was talking about, and she narrowed her eyes as she asked, "What's with the change of heart?""I had some time to think about it while I was stuck in the toilet and decided to take the gamble," he said as he shoved his hands into his pants pockets.Dorothy grimaced at the mention of what he was doing in the restroom. She did not need to know what he was doing in there. It was obvious to anyone with a brain. At the latter part of his sentence, she immediately perked up. It was still highly suspicious how he decided to go along with it, but it would be better if he just agreed to her proposition.Unbeknownst to her, Johnny was listening to everything she was thinking. This was the reason why he readily agreed to her proposal. He would have never gone along with the idea if it weren't for his mind
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 47: Winning
"Johnny, do you have a plan?" Johnny's father asked the moment they returned home.Without hesitation, Johnny said, "I do.""Are you sure?" his mother asked with worry and concern written all over her face. "A month isn't a lot of time."It wasn't, and that's why he wondered why his parents had agreed so easily to the duration if they thought that. Well, there was no point in asking about it now. Instead, he needed to think about what he should tell them. He couldn't tell them the full truth, so he had to pick and choose carefully what he should say or keep close to his chest."It will be tough. I won't lie, but I already have ideas on how to handle it. Don't worry," he said.Their doubtful expressions made it clear that they didn't think the same. It was understandable since this was probably something they had not considered being brought up during the meeting. It was sudden and out of the blue. In that case, he needed to sell it hard enough to convince them that he had everything u
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 48: Dropping By
Rachel gnashed her teeth together and balled her hands into fists. That was impossible. There was no way she could have lost to some nobody. Even though he was the Burns family heir, they all knew it didn't mean much when he hadn't been with the family for long. He was basically a lucky stranger who got everything handed over to him on a plate.Johnny could instantly tell what she was thinking, even without his power. In fact, her thoughts were so loud that they were practically ringing in his ear. He almost sighed, thinking about how annoying it was to deal with someone like that. Johnny couldn't help wondering if this was her real personality instead of the one she had shown back in the beginning."Now that I have proven myself, what do you have to say?" Johnny asked, wanting to see what she would do now.Her father was the one who answered. "I can see no problem for both families to continue working together to run a successful business.""'I'm glad to hear it," Johnny said with a
Rise of the Commoner: Johnny Burns's The Lost Heir Chapter 49: Niggling Suspicions
Johnny stepped forward as he said, "Anyway, we better get going. We have a lot of things we need to get done."The two women looked at him with annoyance at having him interrupt them. He could hear loud and clear that they couldn't believe he would get in their way. Honestly, he wondered if he was dealing with a bunch of teenagers instead of fully grown women. Were they really the same women he encountered at the very beginning?He shook his head slightly and said, "Dorothy, let's go."Dorothy was reluctant to go, but she eventually caved in and followed Johnny. Before the duo left, the two women glared at each other, telling each other with their eyes that this wasn't over. Johnny was seriously questioning their maturity. He wondered if he had somehow been dropped in an alternate reality where they were immature teens.That was a silly idea. If he really did end up in an alternate reality, wouldn't he have realized it already? He was pretty sure it would be really obvious that he was
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