Soon enough, a few thousand workers arrived, ready for duty. Since their task was to penetrate the mountain, they had no real choice but to first demolish Mountain Top Villa. Of course, with such a major operation happening, observant people soon realized what was happening. With that, news about it began spreading online like wildfire, causing a heated discussion among those in Mayberry. “Are they really planning to demolish Mountain Top Villa?” “They are! D*mn it! To even consider demolishing that villa that cost over a hundred and twenty million dollars… How rich they must be!” discussed fans of the building among themselves. Regardless, even with so much information about the incident circulating the net, the administrative department of Mountain Top Villa hadn’t seemed to receive any news about the demolition yet. It didn’t help that when Zack wanted something done, he didn’t ever explain himself to those from the subordinate departments. After all, to him, there was no

“…Is… Is that really true…?” asked Rita. After hearing his explanation and seeing the sachet again, Rita had to admit that she was starting to believe him slightly. It also helped that she knew how Gerald was as a person, at least in the past. Regardless, he didn’t seem like the kind of person who would just forget someone he loved that much. “I’m saying it now that I’ve never personally contacted you throughout these two years since I was too ashamed to stand before any of the Smiths. Why do you think I kept sending Zack over to help you? Even so, Zack’s told me that none of you have accepted any of my gifts. Is that true?” asked Gerald who hadn’t really questioned their decision before. “It is. The Smiths have their own dignity to maintain too, you know? Since Mila’s gone missing and both of you aren’t even married, what right do we have to take your things? At least that’s what my grandma keeps saying!” replied Rita now that Gerald had cleared up some initial misunderstandings

Regardless, everything was fine now. After all, her granddaughter had gone missing and that rich heir boyfriend of hers had most definitely forgotten about the Smiths by now. “Still, remember how my grandson had constantly tried to gain Mila’s affection for a time, Serenity? I wonder if you’re regretting allowing Mila to turn him down now… Though I’m sure you didn’t have much say in that… After all, it’s a matter that concerns only the children! Even so, as the head of the family, you should’ve been a bit stricter in deciding for her, don’t you think? If only you had been, then Mila wouldn’t have acted out of spite and continued furthering her studies in Hong Kong! If that didn’t happen, she could have already married my grandson now and opened a company together! Now wouldn’t that have been great!” declared Georgia as several of the guests who heard that began shaking their heads. “Indeed! What an absolute pity!” As comments about the situation continued being said aloud, those

Suddenly hearing all this truly touched every single one of the Smiths, including Serenity. They now finally realized that they had misunderstood Gerald this entire time, and that Mila hadn’t misjudged him. Regardless, the atmosphere of the setting instantly changed rather drastically now that Gerald was here. Though not many of the guests had even paid the Smiths any attention earlier, more and more of them were now heading over to their table to toast and chat with them in hopes of being able to deepen their relationship with that family. Of course, there were also those who immediately began fawning on the Smiths as well. Even a few of the presidents were already surrounding Serenity while saying, “Speaking of which, it was your birthday yesterday, wasn’t it, Madam? Why didn’t you send us invitation cards to attend? Such a pity that we weren’t able to celebrate with you… Whatever the case is, we’ll certainly make up for it later!” With all this happening, the person who was su

“…And who might you be?” asked Gerald as he looked casually at her. ‘Smacking someone on the head as a greeting… I wonder if she’s lost her marbles…’ After seeing Yana actually smack Gerald on the back of his head, Georgia and the others instantly began trembling in fear. Quickly snapping out of it, all those from Georgia’s family—as well as the guests—quickly ran over and stood behind Yana. “Are you really still pretending in front of me, Gerald?” asked Yana. “Pretending? Do we even know each other?” replied Gerald in resignation. He truly had no idea who she was. “Haha! So that’s how it’s going to be! Maybe this little refresher will help! Let me ask you something. Did you study in Third Primary School in Serene County as a kid?” sneered Yana. “That I did… Though I’m curious as to why you’d know that…” replied Gerald with a nod. “Hah! And did you study in the second class in third grade?” added Yana. “…I did, indeed…” said Gerald, sensing that something was wrong. Aft