Chapter 22


    Chuck Cannon was bewildered. He had never seen his mother in his entire life, seemingly to be


    living abroad the first time she called him. He quickly asked her when she wasing back.


    "In a few days! I''lle back first, your dad will stay there."


    He was teary-eyed and asked her what she was going to do when she came back after being


    abroad for so many years.


    His mother''s answer was short and simple. "I''m buying everything!"


    Chuck chuckled at this answer. Just what was she nning to buy?


    "I have to end the call here, wait for me then," His mother said.


    "Will you recognize me?" Chuck was curious. After all, they had never met each other before. To be


    more urate, he was the one who had never seen them before.


    "Silly child, you are my son. How can I not recognize you? I have to go, see you."


    Chuck''s mother hung up the phone in a hurry, maybe she was busy.


    Chuck was looking forward to it. He couldn''t start to imagine how wealthy his mother was. She had


    already given him 15 million dors just a few days ago. What in the world was she going to buy


    when she came back?


    It was beyond his imagination! What if she bought apany? And made him the general


    manager? Chuck''s imagination drifted off further.


    At this moment, Zelda Maine was walking back to the car. Her long legs slipped into the seat beside


    him, and he couldn''t help asking what Yvette Jordan and her talked about. He was only worried that


    Zelda would reveal his secret that he was supposed to be showing up to meet Yvette yesterday. If


    that was the case, Yvette would have guessed easily that he was the baller.


    "Nothing much. Zelda shook her head.


    Chuck fidgeted nervously in his seat but there was nothing he could do. As Zelda drove them both


    out of the universitypound, his eyes fell on Yvette who was staring at their car. Strangely, she


    didn''t look angry at all. Perhaps what Zelda had said to her had nothing to do with Chuck at all. As


    for what did they actually talked about, only God would know.


    Still, Yvette seemed to have aplicated expression on her face. He squinted to check, yep, she


    was feeling a bitplicated indeed.


    Chuck urged himself to stop thinking about it.


    Unbeknownst to him, Lara Jean had witnessed Chuck getting on and getting driven off in a fancy


    car. She was blown away and even more envious.


    Why does he have so many rich friends? Why didn''t she know any?


    But fortunately, she knew one recently!


    Lara checked her messages expectantly. After seeing the baller''s contact, she felt a sense of relief.


    She curled her lips and raised her phone to take a selfie. She took a photo of her showing a little


    cleavage and sent it to the baller. In the message, it said, "I''m going out."


    Chuck was stupefied by the iing message. Why was Lara sending sexy photos of herself to


    him?


    "Lara..."


    She turned back to see who was calling her and immediately felt nauseous. It was Conrad Lee who


    abandoned her yesterday. How dare he show his face in front of her?


    "How dare youe here?" Lara was furious.


    Conrad came to apologize with a bunch of flowers in his hand. "Lara, please don''t be angry, I had


    no choicest night. If my father knew that I offended Zelda, then..."


    "Then what? I am your girlfriend when I was hit you didn''t even defend me! Even Chuck Cannon


    was better!" Lara red at him.


    Conrad grimaced at her remark. He didn''t know how Chuck befriended Zelda, but no one could


    deny that Conrad himself was from a wealthy family. His pocket money was in ten thousand every


    month. Inparison, what did Chuck have? Conrad felt humiliated at theparison between him


    and Chuck.


    "How do you know he''s better? Did you sleep with him?" Conrad retorted sharply.


    "I don''t want to talk to you!" Lara turned around and left, annoying Conrad. No wonder Lara was fine


    today, she must have slept with Chuckst night.


    Knowing that he got cheated on by the jerk Chuck, Conrad couldn''t contain his anger anymore. If


    she slept with someone who was way better than him, he would have no qualms, but Chuck? Who


    the hell did he think he was?


    He chased after Lara and grabbed her by the hand.


    Lara was already furious about what had happenedst night. She raised her hand and pped


    Conrad, whose face turned a bright red immediately after. The red palm print looked out of ce on


    his face.


    When he heard theughter of students nearby who were looking at their squabble, he finally


    exploded. "Lara Jean! How dare you p me?"


    "We''ve already broken up! Since you''re still not over it, what''s wrong with me pping you? Let me


    be honest with you, I have a new boyfriend now, and he''s somebody who owns a two-million-dor


    carpared to your disgrace of a car. If you make me angry again, I''ll get my boyfriend to ask


    people to beat you up!" Lara threatened.


    Conrad''s brows furrowed. "A two-million-dor car? When did you get together with him?"


    "Yesterday!" Lara replied smugly.


    Conrad''s expression was as dark as a rain cloud upon hearing Lara''s words. She had a curvy, sexy


    figure and appearance, so it was not a surprise she managed to get a rich boyfriend. He always


    heard that rich people liked to keep pretty university girls as their sugar babies.


    But they only got together recently.


    "You should beware of him, he''ll get rid of you once he''s yed with you." Conrad''s tone was tinged


    with jealousy. He was just upset at the fact that she was suddenly better than him in the blink of an


    eye.


    "You don''t have to worry about this, my boyfriend is super nice to me. Last warning, stop bothering


    me or my boyfriend will not let you off the hook easily!" Lara was tired of this conversation and


    hastily called a taxi at the school gate.


    Conrad snorted. Well, let''s see how good your new boyfriend is!


    ......


    Zelda stopped the car and got down. Chuck followed suit and was curious, why were they near the


    vicinity of Yvette''spany? Did she really acquire Yvette''spany?


    That was probably not it. Yvette''s trainingpany was in a strategic location, herpany on the


    fifth floor of a za with a never-ending crowd. Does that mean that Zelda is intending to open a


    Modern Restaurant franchise here?


    As Chuck continued to ponder, Zelda finally said, "I''ve been interested in this ce for a long time,


    but there was no vacant shop avable previously. I asked the person in charge of the shopping


    mall and he told me that the trainingpany on the fifth floor was not making a profittely. Their


    business was suffering a lot, and coincidentally their rental contract was about to end, I''m pretty


    sure that the owner of thispany is going to close shop soon. I saw this opportunity and hence


    talked to the person in charge of the mall. I''m preparing to rent that ce."


    Chuck froze after hearing this. It was true that Yvette''spany was experiencing difficulties.


    However, the main reason was only that Yvette was not in charge personally recently, but she had


    already sold off her house. Did this mean she was going all-in?


    "If my shop opens, it will increase the value of this za, this is why the owner of the za is willing


    to charge me half the rental of that trainingpany. He''s going to invest seven to nine million


    dors in my shop, too. Are you interested to manage it?" Zelda looked at Chuck.


    She didn''t know how capable Chuck was, so she wanted to use this to test his mettle. If Chuck


    agreed to work with her, then there would be a good chance to coborate. After all, Zelda had only


    met him once, but he had already left a good impression on her.


    Chuck was torn between agreeing and disagreeing. At the first mention of Zelda''s invitation, he was


    already thinking to decline her since Yvette had already sold off her house in preparation to turn her


    company''s fate around, maybe she would even invest more into it. If he epted Zelda''s invitation,


    Yvette''s loss would pile up for sure.


    However, at the mention of Zelda''s second sentence, he understood that by giving a lot of rental


    fees at half price, the za owner was determined to make the za famous with Zelda''s


    restaurant. Even if Chuck ultimately rejected her, Yvette was a goner.


    "You can think about it. Anyways, no one has ever suffered a loss when doing business with me."


    Zelda sounded confident. Chuck nodded meekly and asked her if this was the matter that she


    wanted to tell him over the phone. Zelda nodded in agreement, but also shook her head, her eyes


    circting Chuck slowly. Suddenly, a thought popped up in her mind...


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    After Yvette returned home, she handed the deal of the house over ording to the appointed time.


    She packed up herst few items in the house and put it in the car, preparing to head to her new


    rented ce. This time, she rented a house situated in a residential area in the center of the city,


    which was more convenient for her. When she got into the car, her phone rang. She took it out and


    looked at the screen. It was from the za management where herpany was located. She was


    nning to arrange an appointment with the person-in-charge these few days to talk about her


    company''s rental renewal, but apparently he was one step ahead of her.


    She answered it. "Hello, Manager Yarn."


    "Yes, I want to ask you about yourpany. From what I observe at the moment, your business is


    not doing very well, right? You can say that there is hardly any business at the moment, aren''t you


    running on a loss?"


    Yvette can only stay silent as a form of agreement. She couldn''t hide this any longer. She usually


    had about ten sses every week in college, so she had neglected the management of her


    company. She had already decided that this time she would definitely bring herpany back on


    the right track!


    "Kind of, but I''m nning to..."


    "You can put your ns on hold, I want to let you know that your contract has expired. Prepare to


    move out soon!" Manager Yarn told her coldly.


    "What? Hello?" Yvette was left in shock with this news and tried to double confirm with him, but the


    owner had already ended the call. She fully grasped what he meant, he is kicking her out. Yvette


    was a little lost and anxious, what was she going to do now?