Darius put his hands behind his back. "It looks like someone's been running their mouth about me." He glanced at the baseball team captain. "I only wanted to bring my roommates for a meal. Now, I'd like to know who told you that my roommates and I were gonna pick a fight with you because of those two baseball players." The baseball team captain gaped at him without making a sound. Darius straightened up and sighed. "I'm guessing it's someone you trust wholeheartedly—I doubt you would've believed something as dumb as this if it were anyone else."The baseball team captain's face darkened at this, but Darius didn't seem to notice. The former glared at the latter and growled, "Are you saying I'm an idiot?" He shuddered with rage, then ultimately lowered his head and exhaled heavily. "Yes, you're right. I'm a fool, but it's not exactly something anyone would like to hear." He raised his head and glared at Darius again, but Darius didn't bat an eyelid. He merely stood there with his hand
The baseball team captain glared daggers at Darius and snarled, "Cut the crap. Since you think you're so great, why don't you show us what you're made of?"Darius raised an eyebrow and chuckled. "I have to say; you're dumber than I thought."The baseball team captain's eyes widened. His breathing sped up as he roared, "What the hell did you just say? I dare you to repeat that!""I'm not gonna repeat myself. You've made yourself clear—you wanna fight me, right? I've thought about it and decided there's no reason for me to turn you down," said Darius.The baseball team captain gnashed his teeth, then nodded. "Fine, then. If this is how you want things to be, I don't need to go easy on you just because you've been the talk of the university recently." He held his head high and snarled, "I hope you don't regret this!" With that, he darted toward Darius like an arrow being released from a bow.Darius shook his head and sighed. Was this guy an idiot? Had he forgotten about his failed attemp
The baseball team captain gulped and looked at Darius. Darius wondered what he was up to when he said shakily, "Don't worry. From this day on, aside from myself, you can ask every member of the baseball team for help. Unless they're in the middle of a game, of course."Darius could tell the baseball team captain was serious about this. He wasn't trying to be sarcastic. Still, it amused Darius that he'd emphasized he couldn't ask for help when the baseball team was in the middle of a game. He shook his head. "Aside from yourself? Does that mean you're not willing to help me?"The baseball team captain's face darkened at this. "No, that's not what I meant. Why do you keep getting me wrong? I'm more than willing to help you."Darius sighed, leaned against the wall, and smiled. "You're the one getting me wrong now. I just felt that the way you said that was kinda adorable."The baseball team captain stiffened. He doubted any man on this earth would enjoy being described as adorable. His l
"Man, I can't believe he pulled something like this! Doesn't he feel bad about it, especially when I've treated him so well?" the baseball team captain snarled.The baseball player parted and pursed his lips, not knowing what to say. He could tell his captain was infuriated, but anger obviously wasn't going to get them anywhere. However, he didn't dare interrupt his captain. He merely nodded and mumbled, "I'll get right on it, captain." Then, he ran away.Darius and his roommates had only managed to make their way to the university's entrance when the baseball player who'd run off to search for the culprit ran past them. He was dragging two guys behind him. Darius tucked his hands into his pockets and stopped to watch them, blinking a few times before understanding what had happened. However, he didn't do anything else. Though he'd only stopped for a matter of seconds, his three roommates noticed this. Rudd looked at him worriedly and said, "You can go check on them if you're really
However, Darius still told Edward and Bridget where he was. "I'm with three of my classmates; they're drunk. I need you two to come here to help me get them back to the dorm." He hung up when he heard them cheerily agree. His expression became thoughtful—he'd never acted like this in the past, no matter how poor he'd been. Since his return to the Reid family, he seemed to have lost certain mannerisms and the basic ability to care for other human beings. He leaned back and shut his eyes, trying to figure out how things had turned out this way.To his surprise, as soon as this thought occurred to him, he felt his life force suddenly start circulating through his body despite not having channeled it. At the same time, he felt a fresh stream of life force flow into his body, meaning he was about to ascend to a new stage in his meditation. Darius raised an eyebrow in shock. For a while now, he'd been feeling like his life force had been enveloped in a layer of transparent film; he couldn
"Besides, Dragon Estate isn't exactly close to the university or where I'm about to intern," Darius said.Edward protested, "Based on what I've heard, this new place you've bought at Solaris Estate isn't occupied by anyone other than yourself at the moment, and you've already been ambushed there. That means the neighborhood isn't safe—for all you know, it could've been built by the people who are out to get you." He was most definitely against Darius living there.Bridget sucked in a breath, then said, "Sir, I genuinely think it's a bad idea for you to continue staying at Solaris Estate. No matter how you look at it, Dragon Estate is more suitable."Darius swept a gaze over them and said calmly, "The Evans family's watchdog developed Solaris Estate.""The Evans family?" Bridget felt like her brain had short-circuited and looked at him in confusion. "Aren't they one of the most prominent families in Ashweir City? Have they gotten into some sort of conflict with you? They're nothing com
Darius raised an eyebrow. "What new rule?"Rudd was asleep in the back seat. Bridget gave him a pitying look in the rearview mirror, then said, "The university stipulated that students aren't allowed to enter the dormitory after 11 pm and that they're prohibited from drinking."Darius raised an eyebrow in surprise. "I've never heard of these rules before. In any case, they're ridiculous. We, students, will be joining various industries once we graduate, and it's almost a given that drinking will be part of the job—won't we have to wine and dine our clients? If the university doesn't allow us to build up our alcohol tolerance now, how are we going to survive when we start working? It'll be especially tough during our internships." He frowned and pondered this.Bridget nodded. "I agree with you, sir. It's something that I honestly can't understand, but you can't do anything about it—it's the rule. None of the students would have the guts to break the rules; Kingston University's too pow
Edward looked at Darius. "Sir, weren't we supposed to head to the university? Why are we here? Has something bad happened?" He could hear a commotion inside the villa and looked grim.Darius shook his head. "No. Bridget took a wrong turn." Edward nodded, then glanced at the villa hesitantly, wondering whether he should tell Darius about his suspicions. As he pondered this, Darius said calmly, "There's no need to be so hesitant. I can already hear what's going on inside." He sighed and put his hands behind his back. Though his expression hadn't changed much, Edward could tell he wasn't in the best of moods. He stepped back silently.Bridget stepped forward but didn't dare say anything to Darius when she saw him seemingly deep in thought. Instead, she shot Edward a disapproving look and said, "Since you already noticed we were going the wrong way, why didn't you text us to let us know?"Edward's lips twitched. He resisted the urge to smack her upside the head. "Do you even hear yourself