It was a family of three that arrived, including Darrel who Jasper had a slight memory of.
The moment they arrived, Sally immediately went over to greet them.
It was evident that the three of them felt nervous and cautious when they stood in the magnificent villa, for they did not even dare to speak too loudly.
The three of them would glance at Jasper from time to time, wanting to say something only to swallow their words back down.
“Sigh. I heard that Jasper has become an outstanding man and is earning so much money he’s making our ancestors proud, but this is way greater than what we expected. This villa couldn’t have been cheap, right?”
Darrel’s mom, Aunt Honey, spoke enviously.
Sally sat by the side, her expression filled with pride. Jasper being praised made her happier than when people praised her.
“Sigh, Jasper must’ve suffered quite a bit to earn the money he’s got today.”
“What’s the point with having too much money anyway? How can you even spend it all when you’ve made such a fortune?”
Sitting beside Jasper, Darrel carefully pulled out a box of cigarettes from his pants pocket. It was an unopened box of premium grade CW hard cigarettes.
It was evident that they had gone out of their way to buy it.
“A cigarette, Jasper,” Darrel courteously passed the cigarette to Jasper and spoke embarrassedly.
While Jasper did smoke, he did not do it daily. Seeing how polite and careful Darrel was being, Jasper took the cigarette and smiled. “What do you do now, Darrel?”
Darrel quickly replied, “I did two years of temporary work with the county government after I graduated college, but I resigned in the second half of the year.”
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