Logging out of work, Gustav released a heavy sigh as he waited for a taxi to ride home.
The offer Roland had extended earlier kept on going popping up on his head midwork.
For him, the offer was indeed quite tempting. However, there was still the matter of it being real or not. He did not dare to resign immediately afraid that he would get scammed by Roland.
Although he knew that kid for some time already, he was not willing to bet his only work for his mere words alone.
After all, even siblings would betray each other for wealth, how much more if it was just a co-worker that he got close with?
He was thinking that Roland might have become part of a pyramid or ponzi scheme. After all, the way he told the story earlier was quite suspicious. Who would suddenly decide to adopt a grown man and give them unimaginable wealth to buy the latest Ay-phone and start his own fast food restaurant?
But still… the allure money kept on popping up inside his head.
As if it was a hooker in the street, waving her hand enthusiastically to attract him who was doing honest work on the road side.
Speaking of a hooker, Anna's face suddenly popped up on his brain. A frown of disgust appeared on his face as he uttered, 'What a bitch!'
Earlier, Anna showed what her true colors were again. She even mentioned Roland earlier, saying that Gustav might have secretly hired him again as they saw him doing well yesterday.
In the end, they even went as far as to go to the kitchen to 'inspect'. Gustav was disrespected quite a lot but due to his fear of getting fired from his only work, he does not dare to fight back.
After all, he has a family to feed, not an ego to keep.
However, Bryan and Anna's treatment towards him just added to his frustrations towards the current workplace.
The sweet offer of Roland once again appeared on his mind.
Even after he returned home, all his brain could think of was still the offer made by Roland.
"Darling, your home!" A sweet voice greeted Gustav as he opened the door of a tiny apartment.
Seeing his wife carrying a year old baby in her arms, a sweet smile surfaced on Gustav's mind too. The frustration from the workplace could no longer be seen on his face, instead, it was replaced by a sweet smile befitting of a father.
Gustav looked around at their poor apartment and then to his wife and daughter. Even as a manager from a famous fast food restaurant, Gustav could only provide for his wife like this.
With a heavy heart, he sat down on the floor mat and he took his daughter from his wife's arm as she continued to cook their dinner.
His baby was quite cute. She caught Gustav's finger as he lovingly wiped her cheek. A smile rose on Gustav's seeing the toddler's action.
After a while, as if a decision was finally made, Gustav's eyes released a determined glint as he said, "Darling, I'm going to meet an important person, later, is it alright if I leave the two of you later?"
Hearing that, his wife frowned, thinking of the past.
Seeing that, Gustav immediately realized what she was thinking, "Darling, I already made a promise that I won't get into such works again. I don't want our daughter to grow up thinking that his father is a bad guy doing illegal things to feed his family."
A radiant smile appeared on his wife's face, "I know. I'm just trying to remind you. Just be home early, alright?"
Gustav nodded his head as he continued to play with his cute daughter.
An hour later, Gustav arrived near Fore City University. This was the location that they set for Roland to pick him up.
It was exactly 7:30 right now, he was a little early compared to their scheduled time which was 8:00 pm.
While waiting, Gustav could not help but feel nervous. What if it was truly a scam? His hope of allowing his family to live in a better house would be crushed. And he would return to working as a manager in that restaurant with little salary.
Gustav shook his head to get rid of such negative thoughts. He decided to think positively about the situation, lest it affected something spiritual.
A few minutes later, a black Ronda Civic pulled up in front of him.
Looking at the exquisite looking sedan, Gustav could not help but look at it with envy.
"Students nowadays are quite fierce, they even drive their own sedan's to school. Tsk, tsk!
Back in my days, we still needed to hike seven mountains and swim seven rivers just to attend school. Everyone has it easy these days," Gustav commented with a light laugh. The words of his deceased parents actually came out of his mouth naturally.
Gustav did not think too much about it anymore. He once had a dream of owning a car too, however, that dream had long ended when he first saw the price for each of them.
Thinking that he might be blocking the way of the black sedan, Gustav decided to walk a few meters away.
However, before he could take a few steps, the black sedan actually released a slight honk before the driver's window started to roll down.
At first, Gustav still did not think about it, thinking that it had nothing to do with him.
However, upon seeing the handsome face on the driver's seat, he could not help but think that he was kind of familiar.
"Brother, get in."
Hearing that voice, Gustav finally knew why he looked familiar.
"R-Roland?" He could not help but utter slowly.
Compared to earlier, Roland's overall has already improved a lot. Earlier, although one could see how handsome he was, because it was covered by his long hair, one would automatically neglect his face and focus on his hair instead.
As they say, do nine correct answers and make one mistake. The first thing that everyone would notice was the wrong answer and others might even mock the person answering the questions for getting one mistake.
Such was human nature.
Such was the case for Roland's hair before. As it did not suit him, others would automatically focus on it and only when they observe carefully would they realize that Roland was actually quite handsome.
Now, after his hair was cut neatly, his handsome face would immediately attract the attention of others.
Even Gustav, who was quite familiar with Roland, was not able to recognize him at glance. He even needed to hear his voice before he managed to realize that it was just Roland and not a celebrity.
"Hey, brother, get in?" Roland repeated again seeing that Gustav just stood there motionless.
"O-okay," Gustav finally recovered from his initial shock.
Aside from the fact that Roland's new look shocked him, there was also the case of him driving such a masculine sedan.
Even Roland was able to drive such a car, perhaps, what he said was actually true?
A bud of hope rose inside him as he pulled open the passenger seat's door only to realize that Roland was not alone.
Inside the car, there were three people in total.
Roland in the driver seat, Stacey in the front passenger seat and a slightly old lady on the back seat.
"Come in!" Roland stated again, seeing Gustav's hesitation.
This has been the third time that he paused already. Roland wondered what was going on inside his head right now.
Gustav nodded slightly as he finally entered the car. To be honest, he had still not recovered from his initial shock fully.
He commended himself for being a chatty person but no words would come out of his mouth at this moment.
Roland was only a poor bloke before, now, he already knows how to drive such a sedan. Could it be the matter regarding him getting adopted by a rich person was real?
Before, he was still skeptical about this matter, but now, looking at the sedan, and the way how Roland was driving it with familiarity, he now more or less believed that the matter was real.
As Roland stepped on the accelerator, Stacey began to introduce Gustav and Auntie Estela towards each other.
"Nice to meet you!" The two of them greeted each other with a hint of nervousness in their voice.
Just like Gustav, Auntie Estela was also nervous about this trip. Not because she was afraid that there was actually no job for her, but because she was afraid that she might not get accepted because of her old age.
The two of them sat in the back seat obediently like two children.
As it was on their way, Roland decided to show the ongoing construction of the restaurant to the two of them to reassure their feelings. He has already observed their uneasiness since earlier but he could not blame them for that.
Right now, the construction site was still bustling with activities. Due to the tight schedule, a lot of workers were needed to make the building as soon as possible.
Seeing the framework of the restaurant, both Gustav and Auntie Estela heaved a sigh of relief.
Seeing their reaction, Roland smiled and finally drove straight towards Pure Dew Villa.
On their way there, Gustav could not help but ask, "Roland, are you sure that we are in the right direction?"
Gustav was born in Fore City. He was quite familiar with the places of the whole city and he could swear that this direction directly leads to the Sea Anemone District where only rich people live.
It was said that the district has quite a strict rule regarding trespassing violations, Gustav could not help but feel nervous as they approached the gate of the district.
However, what happened next made him question reality.
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Only 1 Chapter for now as something came up on my end.