“Auntie, how much is this blue shirt, pair of shoes, and black trousers? I want to buy it.”“Are you going to work somewhere new, Daren? Why do you want to buy several things at one time? Or did you just receive a bonus from Mr. Bob?” guessed a woman with curly hair with a mole on her left cheek. Yes, that woman was the owner of a grocery store at a flea market, which a handsome man named Daren usually visited when he wanted to buy his personal items. For example was today.Daren seemed to be smiling stiffly, while stroking the back of his neck which didn’t itch. It was about five months ago that he last came here.“No, Auntie. I’m just taking out the money I’ve saved these past few months, even though it’s not much. Some parts of my shirt were torn, even my shoes. So I think I have to buy them even though they are all used, they’re still suitable for use.”The old woman smiled as she looked at Daren, then she nodded her head in understanding.“Okay, now tell me, how much money do yo
“Auntie, do you have anything good for an old lady for around a hundred dollars? I only have that money, and I really want to give the best gift to my wife’s grandmother.”“Do you mean for that rich Mrs. Hoodie?” asked the old woman.Daren nodded, then he smiled quite stiffly. Then he observed the old woman’s belongings with his eyes.“Come on, where did you get that much money, Daren? Won’t Mr. Bob only give you twenty-five dollars for one job?”“I owe it to Mr. Bob, Auntie. Because I can’t possibly buy a gift with my daily salary, then the item will be considered … trash.”Even Daren was sure that even a gift worth a hundred dollars would be considered trash by Hoodie’s extended family. How could it not be, they were all rich people and a hundred dollars was nothing to them. At least the prize for a Mrs. Hoodie should be over a hundred million dollars.“I have something really nice for you, and I’m sure it will be a perfect fit.” The old woman spoke with an expression of extraordina
“So if your lousy husband brings a gift for grandma, show me what the gift is, Serena? You don’t need to say much, just show me, because I don’t want to waste time arguing with useless humans like you two.”Serena ignored Miles’ words, she was about to ask Daren to leave but Miles didn’t seem satisfied enough to taunt Serena along with Daren this time. Humiliating both of them was what Miles really wanted.“Wait, don’t you guys want to see the gift I have prepared for grandma? Shouldn’t you be very curious about the gift I have prepared for grandma?”“I don’t care.” Daren said quite firmly.Miles smiled sarcastically, then he walked in front of Daren with a perfect mocking expression on his face.“A poor man like you will never understand how valuable a gift worth five hundred million dollars is.”Daren smiled meaningfully at Miles, he never expected to meet an arrogant man like Miles at the Hoodie family residence.However, Daren didn’t immediately reply to Miles’ words. He only pai
“Serena, you’re here?” Mrs. Hoodie was happy that she could finally meet Serena again. Then the expression on her face changed when she saw Daren. Yes, Mrs. Hoodie didn’t like Daren very much. “Why did you bring that useless guy?”“Come on, Grandma. He is my husband, how could I not invite Daren to be with me on your birthday? Especially since we have prepared a gift for you, and Daren chose the gift himself.”Mrs. Hoodie was silent, she looked at a sweet crystal ball in the box. Then Mrs. Hoodie smiled faintly.“Is it true that Daren bought this?”“That’s right, Grandma. I chose it, Serena gave me responsibility for it. Serena said Grandma suffers from insomnia, and this item is very helpful in getting a good night’s sleep. I hope that with this object next to grandma, then grandma can sleep soundly.”“Thank you, maybe you can’t afford an expensive gift, but you have given me the most useful gift of all. Thank you very much again, Daren.”Daren was beyond happy to hear this. He smil
“The shape, material, and motif are different. The original ceramic had nine black dots on each flower petal, while Miles’ ceramic only had six black dots. At first glance, they look the same, but believe me, the ceramics are fake, Grandma."Mrs. Hoodie became silent again. Apparently she was again surprised by what Daren found out. Now he was curious, who was Daren’s real figure? How could Daren know about a problem like this? If Daren knew how many black dots there were, didn’t that mean Daren had seen real ceramics?“Have you ever gone to see the ceramics in person?”“No, I just often look on the internet.” Daren argued quite cleverly. If it was like that, surely Mrs. Hoodie would never be suspicious of him, right? “Can’t you study anywhere, Grandma? I have quite a lot of insight from the internet and from books in the library. A free knowledge which has enormous benefits.”“Then, what if I give you a challenge? Maybe this challenge will make you feel happy.”“Challenge?”“Yes.”D
This morning, Daren was at a restaurant. He is wanted to go in to meet Jackob as promised last night. But, when Daren was about to enter, the security guards immediately blocked him, and of course this shocked Daren beyond belief.“Who are you? What are you here for? Do you have money to pay for food here?” The question was directly addressed to Daren. Of course Daren was shocked beyond words. Until finally he realized that if they weren’t wrong, it was his clothes that were wrong. Daren was wearing shabby clothes, clothes whose colors were even faded and looked very shabby. The security guard must have thought that Daren was a beggar.“I had an appointment with Mr. Materna, and he booked table number eighteen.” Daren answered calmly.The two security guards whispered to each other, then both smiled again and looked at Daren still with mocking looks.“Do you mean Mr. Martena who is the right-hand man of the Wiles family?” asked the security officer.Daren was quite happy to hear that,
Daren nodded then smiled faintly at Jackob. “You are Dad’s only employee I can trust and rely on, Jack. And I hope that whatever Dad’s attitude towards me, you will always protect him. He is old and frail even though he acts great at times.”“Very well, Young Master Wiles. I will always obey all your orders.”“Good!”After talking with Jackob, Daren even went straight home. He also brought several luxurious menus from the restaurant.When he got home, Daren put all the food menus on the dining table. Serena, who had just opened the bedroom door, glanced at what Daren had brought.“What are you carrying? Where were you from?”“I just came from the Wiles family company to do a demo.”“Demo?” Serena said with a mocking smile. “I’m sure, even all the files you brought were thrown away by them without them looking at those files first.”Daren smiled sweetly, then he invited Serena to enjoy the food he had brought earlier.“Where do you get expensive food like this?”“You don’t need to wond
“Okay, if it’s like that. That’s very good, Grandma. I’m really reluctant to show my name to everyone, with Grandma’s name I actually feel helped.”“Grandma, are you crazy? How could you—”“Tonight, gather all members of the Hoodie family and announce all this to them. Agree or not, they must obey my decision and everyone must obey what I have decided.”“This is crazy!” Miles immediately slammed one of the ceramics beside him and then he just left the Hoodie family residence.“Thank you, Grandma. I will prove to you that I am capable, and I promise to make you proud to have a leader like me.”Daren insisted on becoming the leader of the Hoodie family company because he wanted to fight directly with Erdward. Daren was very curious about how Erdward would see him become a leader in another company, and prove to his family that he was capable. Even though he was in the position of a family company which it still needed an injection of funds from his family company in any case.*****“Of