As Maximilianâs classmate in junior high school, Carmen didnât care what these people belittled him.
But he couldnât bear to hear them belittle Maximilian.
If it wasnât for the urgent need of money, he wouldnât come to the class reunion, let alone get Maximilian into trouble.
Maximilian took a taxi to the door and sent a message to Carmen, âIâm here. Where are you?â
Carmen stood up and said, âIâll pick him up. You wait here.â
âLetâs go down and see how heâs doing.â Sinclair said with malicious intent.
The main reason why he asked Maximilian and Carmen to come to the reunion was to show off his abilities in front of them and to mock Maximilian and Carmen for fun.
Everyone in the room agreed, and had already thought about how to make fun of Maximilian later.
âWhat if heâs successful?â A boy with glasses whispered.
âIf Maximilian can succeed, pigs will be able to fly into the sky.â Sinclair was the first to question with a snort.
The crowd laughed, âHow can it be? No matter how successful he is, at most, he may just get the basic salary.â
Carmen forced out a smile and said, âSinclair, can you lend me $50000 now?â
âWhy are you in such a hurry? Look at you, you are in such a hurry for this little money. No wonder you are good at nothing,â said Sinclair contemptuously.
Carmen was embarrassed, he had to flatter him and said, âSinclair, Iâm just an ordinary person. Fifty thousand is already a big sum of money for me, unlike you, I know you can earn one hundred and fifty grand every day.â
Sinclair ignored Carmen. Everyone tacitly pushed Carmen to the foot of the wall.
âIsnât that Maximilian?â Sinclair and others were standing on the steps of the hotel. Sinclair shouted loudly and ironically.
âI havenât seen you for so many years. How are you doing? Whereâs your car?â
They asked questions, and these questions were almost all around his background and fortune. This was not a normal way of getting together.
Maximilian said coldly, âBy taxi.â
âDid I hear you right? Did you take a taxi? â Sinclair put his hand on his ear, and a mocking smile appeared on his face, âNo matter how hard you are, you have to buy a tricycle, right?â
All laughed with cooperation, as if they would be a little more comfortable by making fun of him.
âItâs OK. Donât worry about it. Iâve been ridiculed by them.â Carmen whispered a word of comfort.
Maximilian said with a smile, âI wonât be angry with these idiots.â
âAt the beginning, I thought you were particularly handsome in junior high school, so I was interested in you. I didnât expect you to be so poor in your career.â Said the coquettish woman next to Sinclair.
Maximilian also remembered this woman. Her name was Serena. She did like him for a while but he had no feeling for her. And he saw that she was a dissolute person.
However, he was very puzzled, what did this womanâs unrequited love have to do with him.
âYou should be glad that youâve been my woman instead of following this coward, Serena, or you will regret it all your life.â Sinclair laughed.
Serena enjoyed the scene very much. She cast a scornful look at Maximilian, âI guess he is still so hopeless. Besides, how can he compare with you?â
After hearing these words, Sinclair felt very satisfied and looked at Maximilian proudly.
Carmen subconsciously changed the topic and said, âLetâs go in, or food may cool down.â
Sinclair and others turned around and went in without even looking at Maximilian.
Maximilian couldnât understand why Carmen agreed to come to the class reunion. Just as he wanted to find him, Carmen ran to Sinclair.
âSinclair, can you give me $50000 now?â Carmen pleaded.
âYou keep asking. You ask it all day. Iâm in a bad mood. Iâll talk about it later.â he roared angrily.
Carmen was stunned, and everyone laughed at him.
After Maximilian saw this, he gradually understood why Carmen invited him to the class reunion. He might have encountered something urgent and he needed money anxiously, so he agreed to Sinclairâs terms.
Sinclair smiled, pointed to Maximilian and said, âYou can borrow money from your brother. Donât you have a good relationship?â
Carmen saw that Maximilian was coming by taxi. Maybe he was just as poor as him. No matter how difficult he was, he didnât want to embarrass Maximilian.
âCarmen, have you encountered any difficulties?â Asked Maximilian.
Carmen then told the whole story.
Maximilian realized that his mother was seriously ill. He scraped together all the money in his family, plus the loan, but he still had $50000 to go. In the end, Carmen had no choice but to ask Sinclair.
Today was the deadline to pay the operation fee. If he couldnât get it today, his mother would be forced out of the hospital.
Maximilian was angry. Sinclair was really inhumane. Carmen did what he said in turn, but he still refused to give money, which was obviously intentional.
âDonât worry, Iâll help you.â Maximilian patted Carmen on the shoulder to comfort him.
Carmen felt warm and nodded gratefully.
âAre you kidding, Maximilian? What are you wearing? How much money do you have? Do you have money to lend him?â After hearing this, Sinclair immediately sneered.
Maximilian said coldly, âDoes it have anything to do with you?â
Sinclairâs face darkened perceptibly. All his classmates were polite to him, but Maximilian dared to talk to him like this.
âYou want to die, didnât you? You dare to talk to Sinclair like this.â
Sinclairâs lackey began to shout at Maximilian.
Sinclair pretended to be magnanimous and said, âForget it, let him bluff. Itâs only tens of thousands of dollars. My income can be more than $100000 a day.â
âThis $50000 may be your hard-earned money. I canât take it.â Carmen was embarrassed and whispered to Maximilian.
Maximilian said with a smile, âItâs easy for me.â
Carmen was so grateful that he was almost ready to embrace Maximilian.
At this time, the front desk attendant saw Maximilian. When she served Maximilian last time, the manager said that whenever he came here, he should be served with precious drinks for free.
This time, she did not ask for instructions from the manager, subconsciously added one more item to the menu and added some words: For free.
When Sinclair and others returned to the private room, they were confused. What happened? How come there were so many bottles of wine on every table?
Did they go to the wrong room?