"What a funny joke. Imagine offering work to someone when you don't have work yourself, if you're not a clown what are you?"
A condescending voice interrupted Roland.
The voice was very famous to Roland. He stopped and turned his head to the side, only to see Anna with a smirk on her face as she looked at Roland with contempt in her eyes..
She was wearing a brand-new shirt and denim shorts. At one glance, one could tell that they were very expensive.
Aside from that, Roland also noticed that she was wearing a gold earring and necklace.
Compared to before, her whole being has truly transformed.
Roland was aware that Anna was not from a rich family. The things she was wearing must have surely come from Bryan.
Compared to the treatment he was giving her before, it could be said that Anna was already living her dream at the moment.
However, although her bearings changed, her attitude remained the same, and in fact, it might have gotten worse.
"Roland, I can't believe how low you are right now. You're even resorting to scamming old grandma for the sake of money? What kind of job are you going to offer her, a beggar on the street?"
Just like before, Anna still looked at him as if he was a pig.
Roland could feel the glee on her voice as she insulted him without a care for their surroundings again.
While he was observing her, Anna was doing the same to him too. At first, she was somehow a little lost at how handsome he had become during the few days they had not met.
However, she was too shy to admit it and in order to appease herself, she ended up insulting him as a greeting.
"Roland, I don't know what you're up to lately but you should stop while it's not late, yet."
"Listen, Bryan will be here later so you better scram before he arrives." She boasted as she continued to blabber.
"Brayn treats me like a princess-" at this time, she was suddenly interrupted by someone.
"Could you please shut your mouth? I can smell your stink even from here!" At this point, Stacey finally turned to look at her with disgust and ferocity.
She has already learned of what happened before from Roland. And although she did not know and had not met Anna first, judging from this girl's attitude and the way she treats Roland, Stacey was positive that this was indeed Anna.
She began to observe her from head to toe, like how a girl observed a dress displayed in public.
It was as if Roland's suffering was her happiness and after knowing that Roland was now resorting to even scamming an old lady, she became even more gleeful.
However, this person who interrupted her and even called her stinky made Anna dissatisfied.
She was about to retort and call the girl ugly bitch, but when she turned around and Anna finally saw her face, the word, 'ugly' just would not leave her mouth.
"Oh, Roland, is this your new bitch? You two are a match made in heaven," although this was an insult, Stacey could not help but nod her head in agreement to this insult.
"Imagine having a face like that but still relying on scamming people?" At this time, Anna was still fixated on her understanding that Roland was scamming Auntie Estela.
In her thought, she could not help but shake her head in disgust at their actions, 'So, what if they have pretty faces? They can only resort to scamming people anyways!'
Hearing her insults, Roland could just shake his head nonchalantly, "You're overthinking things!"
If it was before, he would surely flare and even feel disgusted in himself after hearing Anna's insult again. However, this time, Roland felt nothing about her insults at all.
Roland was showing an attitude that he never realized he would show towards a fellow human at all.
He thought that he would only show it towards the buzzing mosquitoes at night.
The indifference in his voice could never be fake.
Stacey had a rare smile on her face the moment she realized this.
This just means that Anna has further pushed herself away from Roland's heart.
She held Roland's hand bravely and looked at Anna straight in the eye, "I don't know where you put your brain to come up with a conclusion like that.
Actually, do you even have a brain? If so, imagine having one but still relying on others to buy you stuff?
What a shameless gold-digger you are!"
Anna's face began to turn blue at the mention of the word gold-digger.
"Y-you! What do you mean gold-digger! Bryan just pampers me a lot. You're the gold-digger, your entire family is a gold-digger!" She got triggered to the point that she did not even retort that she indeed has a brain.
"Hmmp! You're just jealous because you don't have good things like this. Yes, that must be it, you're just jealous because I know Roland won't treat you the same way Bryan treats me," as if finding the line that made her superior to others, she started to compare Bryan and Roland again.
Just as Stacey was about to retort about her not needing Roland's gifts because she has her own money, Roland suddenly interrupted her before she could speak a single word.
"Alright, you should stop this now!" Roland suddenly interrupted upon seeing Auntie Estela's expression.
Ever since Anna arrived, she has turned silent as if she was a mute. Roland could also tell that she was feeling uncomfortable with Anna around her to the point that she was now slightly hiding behind Stacey.
"Hmmp! Roland, who are you to tell me what to do!?"
Anna's voice buzzed in his ears but Roland just ignored her as if she was a mere fly.
Instead, he turned towards Auntie Estela and asked, "Autunite, are you alright? You don't believe her nonsense about me scamming you, right?"
Auntie Estela was startled when she realized that Stacey and Roland's attention was now on her again.
Roland word's actually hit the nail in the coffin. As she indeed doubted it if he could provide her with what he promised earlier.
However, this was not the reason why she was feeling uncomfortable all of a sudden.
"I-t's her!" She exclaimed in a low voice as she pointed at Anna weakly.
"Her?" Stacey frowned after seeing her actions.
"Yes, it's her and her boyfriend who threatened to burn this place with us if we did not move out in a week. It was even her who suggested the idea to her boyfriend," she replied weakly.
Stacey frowned as she recalled auntie Estela's fearful eyes earlier.
"Did you really threaten an old lady like that!?" Stacey looked at Anna with a hint of disbelief on her face.
She only realized at this point just how truly rotten Anna's character was.
Previously, she only thought Anna was just a simple gold digger with a bigger appetite. Now however, Stacey treated her as if she was murderer.
Anna looked over and was slightly startled at Stacey's sudden strong reaction. She looked over and saw auntie Estela behind her.
She ignored Stacey as she looked at auntie Estela.
In fact, her real intention of being here was actually due to auntie Estela. However, she did not expect to meet Roland and his new bitch here and to think that they were actually trying to scam an old lady who just happened to be Anna's aim today.
Anna could not help but produce a gleeful smile thinking of these coincidences.
"Hey old lady, why are you still here? Didn't we tell you to scram before we burn this place down along with you?"
"A shopping mall funded by Byran's father, a councilor of this city, will be constructed here in the future and they won't start unless all of the illegal residents move out."
"Old lady, you and your neighbors better scram before we resort to the hard way!"
"And as for you Roland, you better get the hell out of my face before Bryan arrives or else….hmmp! You know what you'll end up with that body of yours!" She turned to Roland and also decided to leave a warning behind.
Unfortunately for her, unlike earlier, Roland no longer stayed silent as he looked at her with a bone-chilling stare.
The buzzing noise just kept on continuing without rest. Even someone who has the patience of a god would become tired of the buzzing noise and would find it annoying, especially when the buzzing noise was starting to become too frequent and too close to the ears.
In the end, a single world left Roland's mouth. However, the moment it left his mouth, it was also the same moment that Anna felt a chill down her spine.
"Leave!"
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Only 1 chapter for today guys coz I am a lil tired. This chap is over 1.6k words though, to compensate for today's bonus chapter.
Also, Bonus Chapters +2 again for reaching 600 Power Stones.
P.S.: Please check the updated auxiliary chapters for the new details of the weekly goals and challenges.
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