All Chapters of The Rejected Man's Rise: Chapter 71
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CHAPTER 71
Cough. Cough.“I’m sorry,” Faye said, covering her mouth with one hand.“It’s alright,” Caleb wiped his face with a tissue paper. Before Faye could ask him a question, he said, “I’m planning on creating a mobile application. I’ll need investment for that.”Faye went silent for a bit, then looked at Rita. “Do you know of this?”Rita shook her head, but she kept staring at Caleb. He took 100K from her for some reason, and now he’s asking Faye for twenty times that amount.“What application is this about?” Faye asked.“It’s related to design,” Caleb said. “For example, if you take a picture of this table, or this room, then that app will give you in-depth details. The dimensions, the material used and what not. Of course, we can later upgrade it so that it can just scan the dishes on the table and tell us what those items are and how many calories they give us.”Rita’s eyebrows raised together. “You do realize that it requires a vast amount of database for such an app to even work just a
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Caleb went to the washroom in between.This allowed Faye and Rita to talk, just the two of them.“I will give you the million dollars later,” Rita said. “So, give him the 2 million.”Faye smiled. “No problem. I know that you will have to answer your dad where the million dollars went.”“I’ll just promote a couple of products without his knowledge,” Rita said. “I’ll pay you back within a couple of months.”“Don’t promote any sketchy products,” Faye quickly said. “If this design application clicks, then you can just pay me with the profits.”“Mm…” Rita, however, didn’t seem too sure about it.Did Caleb really design a mobile app that even the big tech companies might find it hard to replicate? Where did he get all the data necessary for that?A lot of thoughts bothered her, but the only thing that still made her enter this deal was that her instinct made her want to bet on Caleb.She had just seen him create a spectacular interior design for a mansion. It was so good that Edward wanted
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“Come on!”These two words came down all the way from the first floor.Rita, who was still in the car, barely heard those words, and it got her thinking.“T-They are not doing what I’m thinking, are they?” she shook her head. “No, no… that’s not possible.”She fought her imagination, but she couldn’t stop herself from imagining that Caleb and Faye might be having sex in the building.Unable to sit still, she got out of the car and rushed into the building.On the first floor, the four men attacked Caleb at once.The one with the knife attacked first.Caleb was not fast enough to dodge. The knife cut his shirt and part of his belly, but Caleb’s palm struck his cheek, sending teeth flying out.The second guy with the broken beer bottle also thrust the bottle at Caleb’s gut.Caleb grabbed his hand and stopped him.The third guy, with boxing skills, whipped his leg and struck Caleb from the side.But Caleb was too heavy for the kick to do much.Caleb twisted the wrist, causing the broken
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It was nearly twelve o’clock at night.Caleb was not expecting to see Leah again, not so soon.She was standing right outside the door, staring down at him without blinking.He slightly lowered the window. “What is it?” he asked. “Are you lost or something?”Leah forced out a smile. “Yeah, some prick poured gasoline on me and bailed like a chicken. I wanted to settle the score with him, but then… I’ve seen him fight thugs who tried to violate my friend Faye. So, I’m stuck in two minds right now. Should I still beat the living crap out of him, or should I just overlook what happened and reconcile with him?”“The first one is impossible for you to achieve,” Caleb retorted.Leah’s smile turned sharp. “Are you trying to prick my ego now?”“What do you want?” Caleb asked. “Why are you bothering me in the middle of the night?”“I will give you a chance to drop me at home,” Leah spoke.Normally, Caleb would immediately say no.But he thought about it.“Were you following us all this time?” h
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Caleb’s car stopped at his apartment.He stepped out and looked around. “The crow isn’t here. Maybe it’s sleeping somewhere.”He climbed up the stairs and went to his room.The door was slightly open.He stopped there for a moment before slowly pushing the door open.Inside, four men were sitting in the hall, drinking and eating. One of them was Mike. He was holding a gun.Pointing the gun, he smiled at Caleb. “Don’t even think about running away…”Two men blocked the corridor on either side so that Caleb wouldn’t run away.“You’re going to regret doing this,” Caleb said, stepping into the room.“I already lost my job. Some bastards from the company told my father everything,” Mike’s face turned ugly from anger. “How I used other employees to rise in my position and what not… He now views me as a useless bug. And he’s arranged a marriage with some multi-millionaire’s daughter. She’s a famous singer, but she’s fucking fat. How can I marry a pig? All this happened because of you.”“It’s
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After drinking and eating until two in the night, Mike and his friends finally left the room.It took ten minutes for Caleb to clean the room.He went out to throw the trash away because he didn’t want the apartment people to see him with all the beer and wine bottles as it would ruin his reputation.As he was returning to the apartment, a luxury car stopped at the gate.Velma stepped out, followed by a man who looked to be in his fifties.Caleb stopped in his tracks and quietly watched. “Is she dating men that are twice as old as her?”That old man held Velma’s hand. She tried to break free, but he wasn’t letting go of her.Caleb strained his ears to hear what they were saying.“Don’t date any other men,” the old man told her. “I want you for myself. I’ll take you shopping and to foreign trips. You can buy whatever you want, but I don’t want you riding other men.”“I have six kids. I have to take care of them,” Velma retorted. “I can’t do that if I just stick to one guy.”“I can pay
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The next morning.Caleb woke up late.He did not go to the office. Instead, he finished his daily dirt mission and noticed some progress.He returned to the flat and cooked a simple breakfast for himself.And then it was time for him to finally put his Coding King’s skill to use.“I told them I’d get the app ready in a week,” Caleb took a deep breath. “Will I be able to do it in just seven days?”Without thinking too much about it, Caleb downloaded some applications onto his laptop and then started coding.He had never created an android application before or even knew how these software applications worked, but he was still able to do it with free flowing hands.His brain automatically told him about the features available on the apps and how to use them.Once Caleb started, his fingers typed so fast that it looked like sparks could fly on the keyboard.He was typing over a dozen words every second while keeping track of everything he was coding.And there were times when he experien
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At about eight in the night, a group of people were sitting outside Caleb’s apartment and were just grilling meat.“I haven’t seen the big guy come out of his flat for a few days,” one of them said.“No, I saw him this morning. He’s working out.”“Really?”“Yeah. I saw him running in the park. He’s doing squats, too. It was so funny to watch.”“Dude, you should take a video and publish it online. You’ll get some views, and maybe some girl might take a liking to the big guy.”“Haha, I will do it tomorrow then. Let’s hope some fat chick will seek him.”“Hahaha,” everyone there snickered and laughed together.Just then, a dark blue AMG Roadster stopped outside the entrance.All the guys naturally looked out and saw two gorgeous young ladies step outside the blue beast of a car.One was a blonde with a sexy body that showed through the tight gymwear. It was Faye Cooper.And the second one was a silky-haired brunette who had a cold rich girl’s expression as if she did quite like the neighb
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Faye took Caleb’s picture, and it showed his weight and body dimensions as well.The app also recognized that he was overweight and suggested a training regime.To Faye’s great surprise, the regime was something that she had told Caleb to follow.“This…” Faye was visibly surprised and left speechless.She took her own picture, and it showed her body fat to be fifteen percent, which was accurate, and the app did not suggest any additional training because Faye was in the healthy range.“Just how did you create this app, Caleb?” Faye asked.“You haven’t seen what it can really do since you’ve only used it on people,” Caleb said. “If you take snapshots of a building. It can give you its measurements and if it can be improved or not. Of course, for security reasons, we won’t provide the inside details of a building just from its outside pictures.”“So this app isn’t just for people but for buildings and other things as well,” Rita asked.“Yes, let’s say you’re walking on a random street a
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The next morning.Caleb woke up to find himself sleeping on the floor next to the laptop.It was nine in the morning.It was a bit too late to go to the park, but he had the daily dirt mission to finish, so he rushed to the park.But Mike was waiting at the park, sitting on the hood of his car.“I knew you’d come here,” Mike jumped down from the car. “My engagement date has been announced. Do you know who my fiancee is?”He showed her the image of a fat young lady.“She weighs over 230 pounds,” Mike said, pain and disgust dancing through his expressions. “If she sits on top of me, my pelvis bones will break! She doesn’t even need to move up and down for me to be dead.”“I’ve been busy these past few days, but..”“But what? Give me one good reason why I should still believe you, and why I shouldn’t put a bullet in your head?” Mike threatened him with a glare. His hand was also reaching for his back, possibly indicating that he was armed.Caleb did not like Mike’s attitude. Not one bit.