2026-05-28 14:40:10Gavin blinked several times. “Rumors?” he muttered before looking at his three friends. “Robbery?”
The three of them stayed silent, making Gavin slowly furrow his brows. “Oh, shit...” he cursed. “What the hell is wrong with you guys?” “No need to pretend you don’t understand.” Nina snorted softly before pointing at the items on the table. “Because even an idiot can tell none of that stuff is cheap.” Adam, Caleb, and Dylan immediately nodded in unison. “True.” “Yeah.” “Exactly.” Gavin stared at them in disbelief. “Shit... whose side are you guys on?” But he ignored the three of them and turned back toward Nina. “Fine. You can think whatever you want,” he said. “But who exactly are you?” Nina slightly pulled her head back, but Gavin still wasn’t done. “And why is whatever I do any of your busine—” His words suddenly stopped when his eyes landed on one of the girls standing beside Nina. “Oh...” Gavin slowly nodded. “Alright. Now I get it.” At that moment, he finally realized where the ridiculous rumor had started. And just as he expected, the girl didn’t even try to deny it. “Look... everybody knows who you are,” the girl said. “First, you bought the newest phone model for almost four thousand dollars, and now you—” “Gavin, you what?!” Dylan suddenly cut in. “Four thousand dollars?!” “Gavin, show it to us!” “Hah?!” “Did you seriously spend four grand on a phone?!” Caleb added. “Shit! Is that really important right now?!” “Of course it is!” Nina shot back before sweeping her gaze around. Everyone—including Gavin—looked around and realized that almost every pair of eyes in The Yard was staring directly at them. “What the hell is wrong with these people?” Gavin muttered inwardly. “Everyone here wants to know the truth.” “The truth about what?” “Shit...” Nina pointed at the table again. “Obviously where you got the money for the phone... and all this stuff.” Gavin fell silent for a moment.And during that silence, he thought hard while weighing several possibilities in his head. “Gavin...” Adam whispered carefully. “Do you actually have an explanation for this? I mean... we trust you, but...” “Alright. I get it.” Gavin finally nodded. “I’ll explain.” Then he looked at the three of them. “For now, sit down.” He had already sat down first. The three exchanged glances before slowly sitting back down as well. Gavin wasn’t stupid enough to miss what was happening just by looking at the way everyone in The Yard was staring at him. They knew who he was. And naturally, they couldn’t understand why someone like him suddenly had money. “Alright... actually...” Then he stopped for several seconds. Because honestly, He hadn’t prepared an answer at all. His three friends leaned closer while Nina and the girls behind her practically stretched their ears wide open. “Come on already! That’s taking forever!” someone from another table shouted. “Hey, Gavin! Just say it already!!” another person yelled. “Shit...” Gavin cursed inwardly. But a few seconds later, an idea suddenly appeared in his head. “Oh.” Gavin slowly nodded as if he had just remembered something. “I recently took profit from a meme crypto token.” Silence. “...” “...” “...” Dylan blinked. Adam frowned. Caleb slowly turned his head. “You took profit from what?” Gavin let out a breath before leaning forward again. With a much calmer expression, he began making up a story. “I never told anyone this before... but I’ve been setting aside part of my money for investing.” “Holy shit! So you’re actually an investor?!” “Gavin, are you secretly some CEO pretending to be poor?” “Seriously?!” someone suddenly shouted from another table. “Isn’t that only supposed to happen in those coin-paid short dramas?!” Gavin genuinely couldn’t understand how insane people’s imaginations in this place were to come up with conclusions like that. “Not that kind of investor...” Gavin said tiredly. “I just regularly bought some random tokens.” “Tokens?” “Yeah. Some weird token.” Gavin shrugged. “I honestly forgot the name.” He paused briefly. “But the logo was definitely a dog.” The wind blew softly across The Yard. And once again... The entire place fell silent. “Oh, shiiiiiiit!!” someone suddenly screamed from the far end of The Yard, startling everyone. “I KNOW THAT ONE!!” “HAAAAAH?!” Instantly, The Yard exploded into chaos. “So you actually know that token?!” “Yeah! That thing went absolutely insane a while ago!” “When?!” “Oh, shit...” “What now?!” “Wait...” The guy suddenly stood up from his chair and pointed dramatically at Gavin. “Gavin... which dog?” Gavin slowly looked up before frowning. “Didn’t you just say you knew it?” The guy froze for several seconds before slowly nodding with complete confidence. “Yeah...” he finally said. “Definitely that one...” “HAAAAAH?!” “So you’re actually not sure?!” “Idiot! That’s how crypto works!” the guy snapped defensively. “Sometimes you know absolutely nothing and still make money!” “THAT’S JUST GAMBLING!!” “SO WHAT?!” “Well... who cares if it makes money?” At another table, someone suddenly slammed both hands onto the surface. “Shit! I actually know that dog token too!” “Seriously?!” “Of course!” “Then did you buy it?” The guy instantly fell silent. “...No.” “How mu—” His friend suddenly froze. “Wait. Hah?! You didn’t?!” The guy immediately covered his face in frustration. “Shit! I shouldn’t have listened to that fake influencer!” “So you seriously didn’t buy it?” “You’re still asking?!” “SHIT!!” Not far away, another table started getting loud too. “You guys know?” “Know what?” “All successful crypto players own private jets.” “HAAAAAH?!” “Seriously?!” “So Gavin owns a private jet?!” “Idiot! If he owned a private jet, I doubt he’d still come back here!” “Why not?” “What do you mean why not?” “He’s obviously staying here on purpose to hide his identity!” “Oh, shit... that actually makes sense.” Gavin stared at them like he was witnessing a gathering of psychiatric patients in the wild. But the chaos kept spreading. “That’s a scam.” “Seriously?” “But it really sounds like he made money.” “So that means he’s a scammer?” Someone suddenly stood up and shouted across The Yard. “YO, GAVIN! ARE YOU A SCAMMER?!” “Idiot!” another person yelled back immediately. “Do you think he’d stand up and confess?!” “Shit...” the first guy lowered his head. “I kinda want to become a scammer too.” “Wait...” his friend turned toward him with a confused expression. “What exactly is a scammer?” “No idea.” “Then why do you want to become one?!” “Because it sounds profitable.” At another table nearby— “I know someone who got rich from a dog token.” “Who?” “My ex-sister’s boyfriend’s friend’s cousin.” “Huh?” “Whatever! Somebody!” Another table. “You guys know?” “What now?” “Crypto was actually invented by aliens.” “That makes sense.” “HOW does that make sense, idiot?!” “Hah?” “Think about it! What kind of normal human creates digital money using dog pictures?!” “OH SHIT!!” Nina and several girls behind her exchanged glances. “Crypto?” one of them muttered quietly. “Don’t tell me he’s actually rich now...” another whispered. “No way...” the first girl replied quickly. But even she didn’t sound fully convinced anymore. Nina herself continued staring sharply at Gavin. But this time, her gaze was no longer filled entirely with suspicion. Now there was confusion mixed into it. Because honestly, Even she couldn’t tell whether all this nonsense sounded completely stupid or strangely believable. One of the girls behind Nina slowly stepped closer. “Nina...” she whispered softly. “Didn’t your cousin buy one of those dog tokens before too?” Nina slowly turned toward her. “That’s different.” “Didn’t you say he lost money too?” “That is completely different.” Meanwhile, standing in front of them, Gavin slowly pressed a hand against his forehead. Adam, Caleb, and Dylan were also looking around in every direction while listening to the endless chaos erupting throughout The Yard. And the worst part was...All of this started simply because Gavin mentioned a dog logo. “Shit...” Gavin muttered quietly while staring at the disaster unfolding around him. “This place really is a nest full of loudmouths...” “Gavin!” Adam suddenly called out as if he had just realized something. “Yeah?” “You said you just took profit, right?” “Yeah?” “Then how much profit did you actually make?” The Yard instantly fell silent again.
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CHAPTER 20 — One Hundred
“Profit?” Gavin asked, half under his breath. “Yeah.” Caleb immediately leaned forward. “How much?” Honestly, Gavin himself didn’t really understand crypto that well. The basics weren’t hard to grasp, but he had never actually bought a single token before. He didn’t even have an exchange app. He had only heard other people talk about it. “You guys are still here?” Gavin asked when he realized Nina and the others were still standing behind him. “W-We...” Nina stammered slightly. “Just tell us already!” one of the girls behind Nina shouted. “Yeah, we wanna know too!” another added shamelessly. There was no way Gavin could escape now after starting all this. He glanced left and right. Every eye was still locked onto him. So after thinking for a few seconds, he finally answered casually. “One hundred.” Adam frowned. Dylan tilted his head slightly. Nina and almost everyone else in The Yard also seemed confused because the number was way too short. “One hundred what?” “One hu
CHAPTER 19 — Commons Market Theory
Gavin blinked several times. “Rumors?” he muttered before looking at his three friends. “Robbery?”The three of them stayed silent, making Gavin slowly furrow his brows.“Oh, shit...” he cursed. “What the hell is wrong with you guys?”“No need to pretend you don’t understand.” Nina snorted softly before pointing at the items on the table.“Because even an idiot can tell none of that stuff is cheap.”Adam, Caleb, and Dylan immediately nodded in unison.“True.”“Yeah.”“Exactly.”Gavin stared at them in disbelief. “Shit... whose side are you guys on?”But he ignored the three of them and turned back toward Nina.“Fine. You can think whatever you want,” he said. “But who exactly are you?”Nina slightly pulled her head back, but Gavin still wasn’t done.“And why is whatever I do any of your busine—”His words suddenly stopped when his eyes landed on one of the girls standing beside Nina.“Oh...” Gavin slowly nodded. “Alright. Now I get it.”At that moment, he finally realized where the ri
CHAPTER 18 — Rumors
CHAPTER 18 — Power RangersThe Yard was still fairly crowded that night. The sounds of student conversations, clinking utensils, soft music, and occasional bursts of laughter blended together in the air.Although students from South Block and North Tower occasionally showed up there, nothing particularly interesting had happened today, leaving most of the seats occupied by Commons residents who treated the place like their shared living room.At one of the tables in the middle of the food court, Adam leaned back in his chair while staring at Caleb and Dylan sitting across from him.“No matter what happens, we can’t just delete it.”Caleb immediately frowned.“Why not?”Adam let out a slow sigh and rubbed his face.“Because it’s not our responsibility. We only built the place. We’re not the ones who uploaded it, and we’re not the ones creating all that bullshit on there.”Dylan, who had been busy stabbing fries with his fork the whole time, finally looked up. But before he could say anyt
CHAPTER 17 — The Nest
Gavin walked slowly along the campus pathway with his phone pressed against his ear. Several shopping bags were still hanging from his hands, swaying lightly with each step. The night air felt colder now.“Olivia...” Gavin frowned slightly. “What exactly did you mean earlier?”Several seconds of silence passed before Olivia’s voice finally came from the other side of the call.“Gavin, if your goal is simply to start a business, then everything is fairly straightforward. We choose an industry, find a good location, and start investing.” Her voice remained calm as usual. “But if what you want to build is your own network, then that becomes a different problem.”Gavin stayed silent as he continued walking, waiting for Olivia to continue.“We need information,” Olivia finally said. “We need to know which networks are beginning to weaken, who’s fighting who, who’s losing money, and who’s becoming desperate. In Northgate, some of the people I’ve already met are willing to dig into things l
CHAPTER 16 — The Stage
“Dean Sterling, what a coincidence. I was actually just about to contact you about—”“This isn’t a coincidence.”Sarah Ellington stopped mid-sentence.The woman slowly leaned back against her office chair, her voluptuous figure relaxing into the leather as she watched Wesley calmly pull out the chair in front of her desk and sit down without waiting for permission.“You want to talk about Gavin Valerio.”For a moment, Sarah simply stared at the dean. Then she glanced toward the monitor on her desk before slowly closing the financial report still displayed on the screen.“…Yes.” Sarah replied. “That transfer triggered an internal review.”Wesley gave a faint nod. “One million dollars.”“Yes.”Sarah slowly crossed her legs. “I assume…” she said carefully, though her tone carried an almost teasing undertone, “you already spoke to the student directly?”“I did.”“And?”Wesley fell silent for a few seconds before finally answering.“He didn’t negotiate.”“He didn’t even want to know how mu
CHAPTER 15 — The Wrong Way
At this point, Gavin truly had to accept that all these years, he’d been completely deceived by Bella’s pretty face and sexy body.Because if he actually paid attention to the way she talked, He never should’ve fallen in love with her in the first place.Right now, in Gavin’s eyes, Bella genuinely looked like a shameless woman who had no idea where her limits were.But this time,Gavin no longer thought the same way he used to. He refused to be humiliated simply because these two believed they could do whatever they wanted to him.The moment he saw Brandon’s condescending smile, An idea suddenly crossed Gavin’s mind.“Yo, Brandon.” Gavin smirked faintly. “Shopping today? Guess you’ve got a lot of money to throw around.”Gavin’s intuition started working again. At this point, he was convinced that no matter how arrogant Brandon was, he still wouldn’t do something reckless enough to create legal trouble over someone like him.And Gavin himself fully intended to take advantage of the ch
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