Demetrius was too lazy to face people like Finlay. He asked bluntly: "Where are my parents?"
The maidservant, visibly annoyed, glanced at Demetrius.
Finlay looked regretful, "Because of some business, they still haven't arrived, maybe half an hour. In the meantime, would you like to visit the piano room?"
Demetrius was about to say that he would wait in the living room. However, when he saw Finlay's scornful look and his face that wanted to humiliate him, Demetrius changed his mind. He was a sixteen-year-old boy, and although somewhat more mature than his peers, there was no reason for him to resist a challenger repeatedly without daring to take revenge.
Demetrius is not a weak man. He is willing to shed blood to avenge his revenge, let alone when he is confident that he has that ability.
So the three of them went to the piano room on the second floor. As soon as he entered the room, the piano immediately attracted Demetrius's eyes despite the other bright furniture arranged inside the room.
Finlay noticed the look in his eyes, and a scornful smile bloomed on his handsome face, turning it into a dirty and sinister face, "This must be your first time seeing a piano in real life, right? Want to try it out?"
"You play first," Demetrius said indifferently.
Finlay smiled proudly, "What song do you want me to play for you?"
"La Campanella," Demetrius replied without changing his expression.
Finlay immediately frowned and looked at him, annoyed.
"Are you trying to embarrass me?"
"You can't play, can you?"
"It's you, not me." Finlay was annoyed but still wanted to save his face, "I certainly know how to play. However, knowing the name of a difficult and already famous piano piece won't make you any better at the piano, Demetrius."
The maid was also annoyed by Demetrius's complex attitude:
"Your request is a bit too much!"
"Sorry." Demetrius smiled and said, "I know to play. That's why I thought Finlay would."
Finlay sneered, "It's easy to say with your mouth. If you said you could, you should try it, please!"
Finlay was now very annoyed by Demetrius's fierce attitude, and considering living in poverty, Demetrius couldn't know the piano or a complicated piece of music. Finlay wants to teach him a lesson for life.
Demetrius walked over to the piano, sat on a chair, and rechecked the piano before starting to play.
In the eyes of Finlay and the maidservant, he tried to pretend to prolong the time he waited for Kirk Hoffman and Ivanna Gallagher to get home. So they opened their mouths to urge Demetrius, and Finlay even said they would never let him leave this room if he didn't finish the piece.
The moment Demetrius' fingers rested on the keys and began to dance on the keys skillfully, Finlay and the maidservant's faces turned pale.
Although Demetrius is currently only wearing a T-shirt, they have the impression that he is wearing a luxurious suit, performing a piece of music as a professional artist sitting on the stage and performing for the particular audience they must admire.
From the beginning, when he entered the piano room, Demetrius was very confident in his piano ability.
To explain why a child living in a poor town, in a low-income family, had the opportunity to have access to the piano and be able to master it must begin eight years ago when Demetrius' esteemed adoptive father, Jerome Brewer, had just passed away. Demetrius happened to catch the eye of a professional pianist walking around town who had taught him for many years. Because of his natural talent and dedicated teacher, it was not surprising that Demetrius played La Campanella masterfully and could even add his own identity to the piece.
"No way!" Finlay muttered under his breath, his face red with anger. He couldn't accept that there was any field in which he would fall behind a country boy like Demetrius.
Just as he was about to say something to save face, a quiet voice came from outside the piano room door.
"Finlay?" It was the voice of Kirk Hoffman. He assumed that the person playing was Finlay, so when he entered the room, his expression immediately changed when he saw that the person sitting on the chair was Demetrius.
Demetrius remained focused on the piece until the end.
Despite his surprise, Kirk Hoffman remained calm, asking: "Is that you, Demetrius? You play very well."
The woman beside Kirk Hoffman was none other than Ivanna Gallagher, her expression not of joy at seeing her son after being separated for many years but reticence.
Demetrius glanced at the two, calmly saying, "Dad, mom."
Ivanna Gallagher felt a headache.
Her originally intended for Demetrius to move out to her own house, as she believed that having him relocate from a low-income area to her home would only bring bad luck. However, she felt compelled to let Demetrius reside with them out of fear of being slandered and uncertainty about Kirk Hoffman's approval.
Kirk Hoffman shared the same concerns as Ivanna Gallagher.
To him, there was no genuine affection between him and Demetrius. He saw the money spent on raising him as a waste, and there was even a possibility of him causing significant problems. Additionally, Kirk had invested many years in training Finlay to become his heir, and he was unsure if Demetrius would later create problems for Finlay.
However, he had no choice. Word had gotten out that the Hoffman had located their son, and if he didn't bring Demetrius back home, it would tarnish the dignity of their family.
Demetrius pretended not to notice the frowning faces of the people in the room. He asked:
"Where is my room?"
Mrs Matthews pointed to a small storage room nearby. "Your room isn't ready yet, so stay in that room for now."
This villa consists of three floors. The first floor has a maid's bedroom and a storage room, and the second floor has two bedrooms, one of which is Finlay's bedroom. However, the other room has been changed to a piano room, and the third floor has Kirk Hoffman and Ivanna Gallagher's bedroom and a gym.
Everyone thinks this is very reasonable. There is nothing wrong with it. Demetrius had lived in a poor house, and now it was too ordinary for him to sleep in the storage room.
Demetrius thanked Mrs Matthews and then opened the door to the room. There was only one bed and a window, which was much better than at Aunt Zoe's house. Demetrius turned his head to Kirk Hoffman and Ivanna Gallagher: "Good night, Mom and Dad."
Finally, he closed the door of the room.
His reaction from the moment he stepped foot into this mansion until now seems too calm.This makes Finlay feel at risk.Before that, according to Finlay, Demetrius lived in such impoverished conditions, so he must be very self-deprecating and timid, which would not affect the inheritance position. In contrast, recently, Demetrius has shown his piano talent far surpassing him, though he doesn't want to admit it. Mrs Gallagher patted Finlay's shoulder, "It's late. You should go to bed too."Finlay immediately said, "Yes, good night, mom and dad."He thought to himself, no matter what Demetrius may show, he will not give this position of inheritance to anyone and doesn't expect that he will give in to Demetrius even a little; he will soon find out how to get Demetrius out of this house.Imagining that beautiful future, Finlay smiled proudly.Demetrius lay on his bed, thinking about Finlay.He had met Finlay about a month ago but had not been rushed home until today. He was convinced th
The car quickly moved to the school. The high school Finlay attended was called Berry Baxter. Berry Baxter is a very famous school only for rich students. There are only three types of people entering this school, one is a student from a very rich family, the other is a student who is both excellent and rich, and the third is a student who is poor but has excellent achievements and receives a full scholarship to study here. Obviously, the area of this school was three times larger than Demetrius' old high school, he quietly looked at the school's architecture outside the car window before the car stopped at the school gate. Demetrius then followed Finlay to the classroom. The homeroom teacher heard that Demetrius was going to school today, so he came to class a little earlier than usual. When he saw Demetrius, he motioned for him to come up to the platform. "Introduce everyone about yourself, Mr. Hoffman." Most of the people had already arrived, and dozens of eyes had been fixed
In all of his school days, there had never been a time when Demetrius had truly stood out like this, which in any sense was negative.Mrs. Gardner just said nonchalantly: “Didn't he have a student before he moved here? There are no exceptions.”As soon as her voice ended, the murmurs began again.“So pitiful.”“Morrow doesn't need to clean the classroom anymore! Congratulations on breaking your twenty-two-day record!”Someone couldn't help but burst out laughing, leading many other students to laugh as well."Stop it! Even without him, I wouldn't be sweeping today!" The boy with curly hair snorted coldly and said to the boy sitting at his desk.“How long do you think Finlay's brother will set the record?”“I bet at least six months. How can the boy in the countryside get a good education?"“Is that too pitiful?”"Why don't you think we won't have to worry about biology anymore?"“You’re right! Why didn't I think of that?"For rich students, the punishment they fear the most is cleanin
"Time for the test is over." Mrs. Gardner spoke up. “Everybody put down your pens. Finlay collects the exam papers.”Many groaned because they did not finish all the questions in time. Finlay had just finished his last sentence, he breathed a sigh of relief, then smiled smugly and turned his head to look at Demetrius.Demetrius drooped his eyes at the desk, looking like he just didn't do well on a test.Because all the questions are multiple-choice, the grading is also quite fast. As soon as the papers are collected, Mrs. Gardner starts grading the papers. When Finlay saw Mrs. Gardner about to take the top sheet of the papers, he said:"Mrs. Gardner, could you grade my and Demetrius' exam first?"It was obvious that Finlay wanted Demetrius to be humiliated as quickly as possible.Mrs. Gardner glanced at Finlay for a few seconds, then nodded as well and selected Finlay and Demetrius's papers from the stack of papers.Finlay's request was not unreasonable, and it was clear that the whol
A few minutes later, a car drove up to Demetrius. The driver carries Demetrius to a tall building designed to stand out.As soon as Demetrius entered the lobby, he was overwhelmed by the luxurious design; the massive scale destroyed Mr Kirk Hoffman's villa.A middle-aged man in a black suit saw Demetrius enter, quickly got up from the sofa, and walked over to Demetrius, speaking very politely: "Young master. Nice to meet you.""You were the one who gave me the call just now?"Demetrius asked."That's right, young master, I'm Maxwell Duncan!" Maxwell Duncan laughed and said.Maxwell Duncan then led Demetrius into the elevator and pressed on the 25th floor.Demetrius asked, "Can you explain to me about inheritance?""You just go into the meeting room; then you'll understand everything." Maxwell Duncan replied with a smile.When he stepped out of the elevator, Demetrius realized that this whole floor was for offices. The level of luxury and art has been pushed to the highest level.Demet
Demetrius had just finished taking a shower when someone knocked on his door. It was now 8 pm. After announcing the inheritance, Demetrius went home with Finlay in a car. It was rare that Finlay hadn't provoked Demetrius, nor was Demetrius in the mood to guess what he was thinking. When he saw that the knocker was Mrs Gallagher, Demetrius was slightly surprised, then asked, "Mom?" Mrs Gallagher entered the room and closed the door, saying, "Can I talk to you for a few minutes?" Demetrius paused in his act of wiping his hair, "Sure." The light in the room was not too bright, Demetrius was dressed in clean pyjamas, but they couldn't hide his thin body.Mrs Gallagher hesitated for a long time before opening her mouth, "Demetrius, I hope you don't misunderstand what Finlay means." She recalled that the night before Demetrius returned, Fabian had told her, "You must treat Demetrius well. Children who grow up in such difficult circumstances are prone to depression. If I had to go throu
Keagan Stephens stepped back up to the podium, slammed his hand on the board, and spoke sternly, "I'll give you one minute. If someone wants to confess, they can copy the test three times and receive a zero. Otherwise, I'll be checking the camera footage, and the consequences will be much worse."Everyone in the class remained silent, and Keagan Stephens asked, "Still no confessions?"Raina Roberson pointed to a few students sitting near her and said, "Mr Stephens, you should check the people sitting next to me."Keagan Stephens looked at the papers in his hand, scanned the faces of a few students, and then stopped at one table."Kai, why are you staring at that table? Got a headache or something?""Stephens, it was me," Kai Cunningham kept his head down, stammering. "I threw the paper."Keagan Stephens was taken aback by Kai's admission because he was a model student. His teachers were very sympathetic to him. Despite not having a wealthy family background, Kai had entered the school
The classroom was tense as the students awaited the results of Demetrius' test. Keagan Stephens held the papers in his hand with a sarcastic grin."You can ask a person to take my test paper to check with those two people to see if I asked them to help me cheat," Demetrius said, his voice confident.Keagan Stephens's grin faded, replaced by a skeptical look. "Because you're afraid of being caught cheating, you'll probably write it differently on purpose, so there's no match," he said. "Alexander, give me your test."Macey Perkins took on the task of matching the answers. "The last question on Kai Cunningham's test got it wrong. Demetrius got it right," she announced loudly. "Furthermore, in the first few questions of the Alexander Rosa test, five answers are not the same as Demetrius."Alexander Rosa fidgeted in his seat, clearly uncomfortable. "Write something else on purpose, or Keagan will know it by looking at it," he said, a hint of fear in his voice.But Macey still needed to be