Both Queenie and Yolanda then led Gerald there, who was carrying a large and small bag.
“Why did you arrive so late? Oh, hey, you indeed found someone. That’s good. It seems like we can enjoy ourselves fully today. Bro, thank you for your help.”
A man walked over and held Queenie’s waist. He looked at Gerald, smiled, and thanked him.
Another man then took out a pack of Marlboro’s and attempted to offer a stick to Gerald.
“Jarvis, are you seriously giving him a cigarette? He’s not a smoker. Besides, even if he is, it’s not like he can afford such a good one!” Queenie scoffed.
“His name is Gerald, and he’s the guy I’ve told you about. He’s going to help us to carry our bags today. We’ll only need to buy him a meal this afternoon.”
Queenie then held the man’s hand and said, “Gerald, this person who just offered you a cigarette is called Jarvis Fish. His parents are working in Water Utilities in the county. This is my boyfriend—Hugo Wayman. His family owns factories.”
As Queenie introduced Hugo to Gerald, she carefully observed Gerald’s facial expression and reaction.
She was eager to see what kind of response he would have given that she had found herself such a capable boyfriend.
But much to her dismay, Gerald just nodded nonchalantly, unfazed.
Both Hugo and Jarvis were only pretending to be nice to Gerald. In actual fact, they were quite arrogant men who loved extravagance.
How could one tell?
It was because they just handed Gerald a backpack before they went to buy drinks.
In the end, they only bought four bottles of drinks. They did not bother about Gerald.
But after thinking about it, Gerald decided just to let it go. He would just treat it like he was there having fun by himself. He would act as if they did not exist.
Besides, Queenie was there. What more could he do?
“Eh? Hugo, why are there so many people here in the hot springs? There are lanterns and lights everywhere. What are they going to do?”
Queenie asked curiously.
“I was discussing this with Jarvis just now. There are a lot of people here today. The staff looks really busy too. From the way things look, it seems like they will hold a big event, probably at the Hot Spring Hotel. I asked the security guard about it just now. I heard that the hotel has been reserved by a few influential bosses from Mayberry, and they’re going to have a huge, important function here tomorrow! A lot of big shots will be there! Why? Didn’t you hear about it since Touin is so close to Fuentin?”
Hugo said.
“No, we didn’t hear about it. Hmm, but let’s not be bothered. Come! Let’s go and have fun now!”
“Yes, sounds good! Let’s go!”
They then went ahead to buy the tickets.
The price of the tickets in a village town as such was not that expensive. It was only around seven dollars per ticket.
When they reached the ticketing booth, they saw a few people arguing there.
“Dmn! The tourism spot just got closed! Fck! If I knew earlier, I would’ve bought the tickets with Jarvis just now!”
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