Chapter 496
At this point, the atmosphere was extremely tense. Everyone had realized that Natasha had lied and it
was nowing back to bite her. All at once, they gathered around to watch the situation unfold.
Meanwhile, the foreign guest was an earnest man who insisted on leaving his name card with Natasha.
In fact, he wanted to visit the Mitchell Family the very next day to admire the wrist watch, and invite the
relevant experts from Europe to verify and prove that there were three pieces of this watch instead of
two.
Meanwhile, Sophia continued to fan the mes. “Don’t worry, sir. Mrs. Murray can easily get her hands
on two of the watches; one belongs to her father while the other belongs to her husband. She would
have no problem proving there are three pieces.”
Smiling, Natasha epted the guest’s name card. She kept the card into her pocket, the paper already
creased from her own vice-like grip. As things progressed for the worse, the guest insisted on continuing
the conversation with Natasha. Since these watches had serial numbers on them, he demanded
Natasha provide the serial number of her father’s watch.
Upon hearing that, Natasha’s expression darkened. However, she still had to figure out a way to cover
up and to save herself from embarrassment. One moment, she said that it was auctioned off but the
next moment, she said that it was a long time ago and that she couldn’t remember.
Now, with Natasha distracted, a few girls rushed to Linus’ side, surrounding him as they chatted happily
with him. Meanwhile, Sophia remained silent.
In a blink of an eye, it was already noon and the group brought the guests to the cafeteria to try out
Bayside University’s cafeteria food. One of the popr things about Bayside University was their food.
Although Sophia had a cook at home, she could not help herself from topping up her meal card and often
sneaking into the school cafeteria to eat. The cafeteria food was a must-try for every visitor of Bayside
University.
The school cafeteria was self-serviced, so everyone could take their food ording to their preferences.
As soon as Sophia entered the cafeteria, she sneaked into the bathroom and logged onto Messenger
and texted Linus. ‘I didn’t know you work for the Michel Group!’
Swiftly, Linus replied, ‘I came here to develop our Cethosian market. Since Bayside University is a good
institution, why not get a degree along the way?’
‘Along the way’… Right… Sophia thought.
At this moment, their gaming group chat had exploded with messages. It turned out that someone had
taken Linus’ photo and uploaded it onto Bayside University’s socialworking app and Stanley
happened across the photo. Stanley wrote, ‘Damn, Linus! Can I ride on your coattails? Pretty please,
Imported Young Man?’
While they had not met in person yet, Stanley and Linus had spoken on video call before. Though, he did
not expect Linus to be the legendary teenage president. Linus had even met the country’s president with
Joel as his security. Hence, Stanley simply had to ride on Linus’s coattails.
Linus immediately replied in the group, ‘Stan, you tter me. You’re not bad yourself and you have your
ownpany.’
Stanley wrote back, ‘Eat your lunch quickly ande watch my game. We’re having barbeque on
skewers tonight, so don’t eat too much!’
Imported Young Man replied, ‘Sure.’
While Sophia was curious about Linus’ identity, she never asked him. She decided she would ask
Michael when she got home. Perhaps he knew something. Soon, Sophia had taken her food and she sat
in a corner to have her lunch. Meanwhile, Linus was surrounded by a group of girls.
This was a perfect opportunity so Natasha plopped herself down next to Linus. Natasha slowly chewed
and ate her food like a proper youngdy and she finished her food before asking, “Linus, do you have
Messenger?”
“Messenger? What’s that?” Linus replied.
Giggling, Natasha chirped, “It’s a messaging app we use here in Cethos and it’s very popr. If you’re
going to be studying here at Bayside University, you should download it.”
“Oh,” Linus responded.
The atmosphere was just right. Natasha had taken the opportunity to ask for Linus’ number, and so he
gave her his assistant’s number. While the other girls wanted to be close to Linus, they knew where their
ce was and that they were not qualified.
In the afternoon, Quinton led the guests to watch the friendly basketball match between the School of
Computer Science and the School of Athletics. Once the game was over, the Michel Group left.
Supposedly, there was going to be a speech but due to unknown reasons, it was canceled.
After entertaining guests for the day, Sophia was exhausted. She did not attend sses as she had to be
at the reception, so she went home early and took a shower before taking a nap. It was afternoon when
she woke and their gaming group chat was very active.
Stanley: ‘Linus,e quickly. I’ve sent the location to you. I’ve prepared our national performance and
after our barbeque dinner, I’ll make sure you experience the full traditional Cethosian culture. You’ll be
sure to feel right at home!”
Imported Young Man: Alright! I’ming over now.”
Immediately, Sophia also left on her motorcycle. Once she arrived, she realized they were meeting at
Daniel Levine’s venue—Audistin—Bayside’s most popr chain club.
Audistin really was the perfect, fully-equipped venue. In addition to private clubs, there was dining as
well. Sure enough, as Sophia walked in, there was a big hotpot in the middle and everyone was already
there.
Among the attendees were the youngsters Sean, Stanley, Linus and Sarah. Dressed in casual clothing,
Linus grimaced at the hotpot. He seemed like he had never tried it and even looked a little afraid.
As Sophia walked in, Stanley taunted her immediately. “Oh, our 18-year-old beautiful young woman is
here. Why did youe alone? What about your other half?”
cing her bag down, Sophia said, “He’s getting old and can’t move around much. He’s having wolfberry
tea at home, so I came by myself.”
Upon hearing that, everyone burst outughing and the atmosphere was pleasant. Meanwhile, Michael
was listening to them from next door. From the surveince camera, he could see and hear their every
move. Tsk tsk tsk… Getting old? Can’t move around much? And wolfberry tea? He was going to show
her just how much he could move around tonight!
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On the other side, the five of them sat at a table and started barbequing their dinner. Initially, Linus was a
little frustrated, but after a while he got the hang of it and was able to barbeque food on his own. The five
of them were about the same age and shared the same goal in achieving sess. As such, they had
many things inmon. Among them, Stanley was the most talkative. He boasted about being in the
army and starting his own business afterpleting his military service.
Everyone drank and talked about their careers as they ate. Approximately three hours had gone by in the
blink of an eye. Recently, the club introduced a karaoke-themed barbeque and they had moved the table
into a karaoke room, enabling customers to eat while enjoying themselves.
Meanwhile, Stanley insisted he would sing while everyone ate and so he picked a song that he would
always pick at a karaoke session. One after another, he sang songs about being in the army. He was
drunk and his face was flushed as he sang and danced, even wanting to perform the goose step. In the
end, no one could stop him.
Wherever Stanley was, the atmosphere was always lively. Linus was initially reserved and kept to himself
but after a while, he finally let loose as he sang and danced with the rest of the group.
In the next room, a pot of wolfberry tea was at the center of the table as three older guys quietly sat and
watched the group of drunk teenagers in the next room. The trio were sipping the tea while soaking their
feet in hot water.
How fun it is to be young again, Michael thought. Indeed, he did not have the energy to party so hard
now. It seemed that he really was getting old.