<h4>Chapter 14: Family Feud</h4>


    Das took She into the parking lot outside the ss room. She followed obediently without resisting him. Das mounted his Enfield bike and signalled for She to sit on the back side.


    "You need a key to start the bike... Stop ying games and let''s go... It''s gettingte."


    She thought Das dragged her to show the bike, which is beautifully customised. But she never expected him to own that bike. Because of Das''s reputation, everyone knows that he is an orphan who lives by doing part-time jobs. Thanks to his ex-girlfriend''s viral video, the entire college knows about his financial situation.


    With a loud chuckle, Das took out a shiny key from his pocket in slow motion and ignited the engine with a single kick. While the bike was making a rhythmic, dug... dug sound...She''s lips curved in a beautiful arch.


    "Hehe… When did you be a rich man?" She asked with cute dimples on her cheeks.


    "Don''t think too much. This is not mine. Come on… I will give a ride to my new girlfriend." Das said before she asked more questions.


    Instead of going straight towards the canteen, Das took her on a tour around the campus. As they were nearing the canteen area... She ced her hands around his waist. Das felt a tingling sensation from her slender hands.


    As the coge canteen was an open area, everyone started staring at them. As She expected, Jackie sat inside the canteen along with his friends. Das purposefully blew the horn loudly to irritate Jackie.


    Out of all the students, Moni is the one who got super shocked from this scene. Because she knows exactly about Das situation... Das never took taxis or rental bikes, and he always spent his petty money on her. But today Das was raiding a customised Enfield bike, and more than that, a girl who is more beautiful than her was sitting beside him.


    Both Das and She entered the canteen while holding hands. Surprisingly, She is the one who is dragging Das towards the Jackie group of friends. They both sat exactly on the opposite side of the table from Jackie.


    Jackie was staring at them with bloodshot eyes. Moni got really upset because Das and She were behaving like love birds.


    While She was opening her lunch box... Das ordered drinks and side dishes. Like a young couple, both of them started sharing food. She did not give a single nce towards Jackie... Theypletely ignored Jackie''s group.


    "Jackie, they are trying to irritate us... let''s go." Moni said with an agitated voice.


    Completely ignoring her yelling, Jackie asked…


    "whose bike is that? That poor fellow can''t afford it. Tell me who gave him the bike." Jackie asked him friends while seriously staring at Das.


    "I think I saw him driving that bike to the college. It is a customised Enfield bike. No one had it on our campus." One of the girls from the Moni group replied.


    Jackie punched the table before him while gnashing his teeth. He also knows that both Das and She were purposefully annoying him. But what can he do? ... he can''t go against She. Now, his entire focus turned towards Das. He really wants to punch Das in the face, but he can''t do it publicly.


    After enduring it for a few more minutes, Jackie left the canteen angrily. His friends also fell behind his back.


    After lunch, Jackie and his friends did note to the ss room. The time passed peacefully. After saying good-bye to She, he left the campus on his bike. Shes family will send a luxury car to pick her up.


    Das shifted gears to reach the Mbar-Mountain area as fast as he can. Martin, the brothel house boss, had asked him to arrive before the sun set.


    While driving through the cold breeze, Das thoughts drifted into the past. When he thought of his past self... A poor orphan... survived through part-time jobs and triedmitting suicide because of a betrayal. He really felt funny when he thought about all this. The final wish of having sex... really changed his life.


    Shhh… Life is really a game of snakes anddders. No one knows what is waiting for them in the future. While drifting through these thoughts, Das reached the Mbar Mountain area just before the sunset. As Martin asked, Das went directly on to the vi on the mountaintop.


    No one stopped him along the path. He reached the vi easily. Maybe because of his bike, which is a symbol of boss Martin, no one questioned him. Finally, at the gate of the vi, he was stopped by a group of security personnel. After he mentioned Martin, they asked him to wait for five minutes to confirm with Martin.


    The vi was a beautiful white stone building, which isrger than a football field. On the top of therge outside gate, the name of the Reddy family was arranged in golden letters.


    "What a luxurious house... I think the house itself will cost more than a hundred crores."


    Das got mesmerised after observing every detail of the vi. While Das was staring at the white building with his mouth wide open, the security person asked him to enter inside. As Das reached the main building, his boss, Martin, was already waiting for him.


    "You came earlier than expected. Let''s go... we will talk inside." After parking the bike, both of them entered the main building.


    Martin took him directly inside a big dining room. Already, the dining room was upied with guests. There is a big table in the centre of that room, which upies almost the entire room. At the top of the table, three luxurious chairs were ced, and opposite to them, ck wooden chairs were arranged along the big table.


    Both Martin and Das sat in one corner of the room. Everyone upied their respected seats while eagerly waiting for the main participants of today''s meeting.


    "Boss, why did you bring me here?" Das asked with a confused face.


    "Wait… First, lower your voice and observe everyone in this room carefully." Martin said as he signalled for Das to calm down.


    Das did not understand why Martin brought him to this luxurious ce. Keeping his thoughts aside... Das started observing everyone in the room.


    "What, did you find anything?..." Martin asked with an expectant look.


    "Boss, I don''t know what you are expecting from me... I don''t know anyone in this room." Das replied.


    "But I found a particr pattern in the seating arrangements." Das continued.


    "What is it?..." Martin asked while staring at Das face.


    "The people who are close to the table sat casually infortable clothing; they must be family members. The people in the second row are well dressed and sit like officers. They must be government officials, and on the third row, people sat anxiously while wearing luxurious gold on their bodies. They were formal business partners. In thest rows, people were not ced in a particr order, and most of them have tattoos on their bodies. If my guess is correct, these were the undercover agents who looked after shady business."


    Das exined slowly in a calm voice. Martin''s eyes went wide after listening to Das''s exnation. It is not a genius thing to observe what Das exined. Usually everyone will be perplexed after entering this luxurious building... But Das maintained hismon sense while observing these powerful people. This is what amazed Martin.


    "Boss, why are you staring like that?... first tell me, why did you bring me here?" Das asked while trying to guess the reason behind this meeting.


    "Das, when Manager John suggested your name for this meeting... I thought John was overly praising you. But you proved me wrong."


    "Now let me exin what is happening here. The people inside this room are the Reddy family''s business partners, family members, and important supporters. The patriarch of the Reddy family arranged this meeting to discuss about the birthday party for his own daughter."


    "For outsiders, it is just a birthday party... but the Reddy family is thinking to use this party to gain more supporters. As the cold war started between the Shetty family and the Reddy family, the Reddy family patriarch wanted to arrange a luxurious party to show off their wealth and power. They want to intimidate the Shetty family."


    Martin exined patiently and in a detailed manner. Das took a long time to digest this information. After thinking for a long time, Das interpreted his thoughts.


    "If it is really like what you said... there is no need to arrange this meeting. The patriarch could have used his wealth to hire a capable organiser to arrange the birthday party. If he wants to make the party shier, he could have invited film stars and other popr people. I don''t think he arranged this meeting to ask for your opinions." Dasmented on his analysis while trying to find out the actual motive of this meeting.


    "Haha… I think the smart people get it faster... manager John took a whole day toe to the same conclusion. But you analysed the situation with a simple exnation." Martin said whileughing merrily.