“Sir, I’ll report to the chief immediately. You…”

“Don’t try to bargain with me. Otherwise, I’ll ruin the entire York Enterprise!”

Before the person at the other end of the phone could speak, Harvey hung up the phone immediately.

...

In the Gold Coast Villa area, every villa was specifically designed by an internationally famous designer. From the type of ceramic tiles up until the type of trees, they were all chosen with great care. It was indeed not a place where one could afford to buy even though they were rich.

At that moment, Harvey was sitting casually on the sofa at the balcony. Across him was the current chief of the Yorks—Yonathan York. He was Harvey’s uncle, and he was the one who asked his driver to pick Harvey up and gave him a ride to the villa just now.

Looking at the carefree Harvey, Yonathan smiled and said, “Harv, we haven’t met each other for so many years now. You seem so much more handsome and energetic…”

“Uncle, we don’t have to beat around the bush. Just go straight to the point. Tell me, how do you want me to help the Yorks? How do you want me to be in control of the entire situation?” Harvey asked calmly, and he did not even look at Yonathan.

Yonathan sneered. “Harv, you’re certainly a straightforward person. Then, I’ll be frank with you…” At that moment, Yonathan appeared quite helpless. He was an influential and powerful person in Niumhi. He could provide a great impact on the entire city just by doing a mere action. But now he had no choice but to be humble and submissive before Harvey, given that he had a request to make.

“Our family followed the trend and invested the money in the stock market of the oil futures. Consequently, we suffered a great loss. Now our family’s funding is…”

“Cut to the chase! How much do you need?”

“Not much, just around a billion dollars…”

‘F*ck!’ Harvey’s eyes twitched slightly. 'A billion dollars? Why don’t you go and rob a bank?'

“Regarding that, Chief York, I still have some other business to deal with. I’ll leave first…” Harvey stood up immediately and was about to leave.

“Harv!” Yonathan became quite anxious at that moment. He said immediately, “We do indeed need this much money. If we don’t have it, our funding will be cut, and our large enterprise will be ruined. Besides, I can fulfill your requests!”

Harvey looked deep into Yonathan’s eyes and said rather helplessly, “I saw your sincerity. But the problem is where do I get such a great amount of money?”

“Harv, do you really want to see our family be ruined entirely? You have around a trillion dollars in your offshore account. You can help save the Yorks just by giving us a tiny bit of that!” Yonathan became so nervous that his eyes became bloodshot. “Don’t forget where you came from!”

At first, Harvey was smiling. When he heard that, his facial expression worsened. “Uncle, from what I remembered, the entire York family believed that I couldn’t be the heir of the Yorks at that time.

“There are around a few hundreds of us in the Yorks. You interrogated and condemned me vehemently. I was once a great contributor to the family, but I was kicked out like a bad egg. Now you’re asking me to remember where I came from. Don’t you think it’s rather ridiculous?

“Why don’t you think about how much I earned for the family during all those years, working extremely hard? You enjoyed the money and profits I earned and refused to approve of me at the end.”

“I’ve become a son-in-law for the other family for the past few years. I led a terribly miserable life. You don’t even come to visit or lend me a helping hand.

“If you’re not in a great crisis, would you still remember about the previous heir now?” Harvey said every word distinctly.

Yonathan’s eyes twitched slightly. He said immediately, “Harv, we were wrong. Let us apologize to you. We’ll ask for your forgiveness sincerely… But we need you to help us to resolve this crisis first. I can make the decision here. From now onward, you’re the CEO of York Enterprise!”

Although York Enterprise was not the biggest company under the Yorks, it was one with the most potential. It focused on angel investments. Besides, it owned the shares of a lot of companies in the entire Niumhi, including numerous new products and plans which were about to be listed.

All this while, that enterprise was under the charge of Yonathan’s daughter—Belle York. She was Harvey’s cousin. Surprisingly, Yonathan was willing to hand over the enterprise to him.

“Fine, it’s a deal.” Harvey considered it for a moment. At first, he was reluctant to bother about the Yorks. But he still remembered what happened that morning clearly. If he did not retrieve the enterprise, he would be easily bullied and condemned by literally anybody.

“Don’t worry. I’ll get it done nicely. You just need to go to the enterprise and sign the document tomorrow. Besides, I’ll arrange for the roses from Prague too…” Yonathan heaved a sigh of relief. If Harvey did not agree to help them, the Yorks would certainly suffer terribly even though they did not go into bankruptcy.

Harvey could not care less about him. If he was unable to deal with a small matter like that, he could not even survive in the business field.

“By the way, lend me this suit.” Harvey was about to leave. But he saw a new suit on the sofa, and his eyes brightened.

He was about to attend a gathering with his classmates from college that night, and he was still anxious that he did not have some nice clothes to wear. It was too late for him to go and buy one now, so he decided to borrow it from Yonathan.

“It’s nothing. If you like it, just take it with you. It’s a gift from Armani, and the price tag is still intact.” Yonathan nodded casually. Although that suit was expensive, it meant nothing if compared to a billion dollars. How could a chief of the Yorks care about that?

Harvey did not think much about it. So he went to change into that suit in the changing room immediately. He then glanced at his own shoes and turned to look at Yonathan’s shoe cabinet in disdain.

Yonathan seemed to have smelly feet. ‘I don’t want to wear his shoes at all. I’ll just go in my slippers.’

He heard that every classmate would attend the gathering that night. It seemed like the beauty of the college that year—Wendy Sorrell would be there too. Harvey was slightly eager.

…

After Harvey left the villa neighborhood, he whistled and rode on his old electric bike to go to the Platinum Hotel. The gathering would be held there, and he was afraid that he would be late if he was too slow.

Suddenly, a loud car horn was heard. A Porsche stopped right beside Harvey, and the window of the car was rolled down slowly.

He saw his mother-in-law taking off her sunglasses and looked at him coldly. He soon became awkward.

Although Lilian Yates was Harvey’s mother-in-law, she appeared just like a thirty-year-old woman since she took good care of her appearance and health. She appeared elegant, and one could easily discern the slight resemblance between her and Mandy since both of them were extremely beautiful.

However, she was looking at Harvey at that moment. She then said coldly, “Where did you get that suit?”

For the three years that Harvey was taken in, the person whom he was afraid of the most was Lilian. Hearing that, he said with a soft voice immediately, “Mom, I borrowed it from a friend…”

“Oh? Do you even have friends?” Lilian smiled coldly. She then said, “Somebody told me what happened today at the company. Since you’re incompetent in doing anything successfully, just go home and pack up your things tonight. Sign the divorce agreement tomorrow. Don’t worry, I’ll pay you the alimony.”

A cold shiver ran down his spine. “But… mom… I love Mandy truly. I can’t live without her…”

Hearing that, Lilian laughed coldly and said, “Don’t address me as your mom. I don’t deserve that. If I do indeed become your mom, I’m afraid that even my ancestors would become quite frustrated about it…

“Besides, you claimed that you love my daughter. How? How could you love her since you’re such a useless person? What else could you do except the house chores? Are you even aware that you’ve ruined the prime years of my daughter’s life for the past three years?”

“Just now, Don called me up. He said that he’s willing to pay a million dollars as the wedding gift as long as I give him my blessing and let him marry Mandy. Do you know how much that is? I’m afraid that you're not even certain about that.”

“Don?”

Harvey was stunned for a moment. He then smiled, ‘This guy is just a dog raised by the York Enterprise. It was only a matter of time before he got kicked out.’

“Mother, I won’t get a divorce. Even if we are getting a divorce, this is none of your business. I hope you don’t interfere in our affair.” Harvey laughed and said this sentence before riding on his beloved electric bike and left.

“Harvey, you’re nothing!” Lilian shuddered with anger. She had almost driven over Harvey with her car. However, she could only suppress her anger and quickly left after seeing a crowd surrounding them.

…

Mandy walked to the front desk of the company during after-hours.

She then saw two girls laughing while saying something and many employees were watching.

“Miss Zimmer’s husband is a loser. He said that he would give her roses from Prague. How dare he say that? Didn’t he look at himself in the mirror? Not to mention that he rode an electric bike, even his slippers were broken. A guy like him should go and beg for food instead…”

“Yes, I don’t know why Miss Zimmer would find such a loser!”

“If he’s not a loser, he would not be a live-in son-in-law!”

“If it were me, I would have divorced him long ago…”

“There are so many people who are wooing Miss Zimmer out there…”

Mandy was speechless.

“You…” Mandy bit her red lips and her face was ruddy as if she had gotten a fever when she heard these comments. She was so embarrassed.

“Miss Zimmer…” The two girls at the front desk looked terrified when they noticed Mandy.

“Miss Zimmer, we are just talking nonsense. Please don’t get angry…”

“Shut up!” Mandy yelled as her body slightly trembled.

Her eyes were red and she was about to cry. Why would she have such a useless husband?

Others’ husbands were either business elites or from wealthy families. However, her husband was a good-for-nothing live-in son-in-law. Not only could he not protect her, he always made her a disgrace in front of other people.

At this moment, the phone at the front desk rang. The terrified girl answered the phone and said softly, “Miss Zimmer, the security said that a logistics company has sent you a truckload of goods. Should we let them in?”

“For me?” Mandy was taken aback for a moment. She did not buy anything, but she nodded anyway.

Soon, she saw a handsome and elite-like man wearing a suit walking in.

He said respectfully, “Are you, Miss Zimmer? This is the global express delivery service undertaken by our company. This is delivered from Prague. Please sign for it.”

“Prague?!” Mandy finished signing with a surprised look. As the handsome guy waved his hand, a few porters cautiously carried an exquisite high-end wooden box and placed it in the lobby.

The top of the box was studded with shiny crystals that were dazzling under the light.

All the employees’ eyes were wide open.

“Wow! Is this from Prague?”

“And this box is so exquisite, what’s in it?”

“Miss Zimmer, can you please open it and let us have a look?”

There were mostly female employees in advertising companies. At this moment, all the employees were anticipating it with starry eyes.

Although Mandy was puzzled, she motioned the guy to open the wooden box after seeing everyone being so excited.

Nonetheless, in the next second, everyone was dumbfounded and went silent for several minutes.

“These…these are the roses from Prague…”

“Are you sure? Didn’t the news mention that there was a decrease in Prague’s rose production this year? How many is this?”

The handsome guy saw the girls were so thrilled. He then smiled and pointed at the bouquet of roses. He said, “Miss Zimmer, please allow me to introduce you…”

“These are the roses from Prague. You should all know that these are the best batch of roses this year.”

“But, this is not the most valuable item, look here…”

The handsome guy pointed at the center of the large bouquet of roses, where there was a small rose which was of the size of a brooch.

However, if you looked closely, you would find that it was not a rose, instead, it was beset with diamonds and gems of various colors.

“The Heart of Prague!” Mandy was shocked. She felt as if she was dreaming.

The Heart of Prague was designed and carved by several of the most famous art masters in Prague history. This was the only one in the world. It was very unique. Moreover, it was the symbol of Prague. Although it was very valuable, it was never for sale. She never thought that someone would send it to her today.

“Wow! Who sent this to you?”

“Miss Zimmer, this must be given by your admirer!”

“It’s such a largesse, could it be sent by Mr. Xander?”

“Didn’t Miss Zimmer’s good-for-nothing husband also say that he wanted to give her the roses from Prague?”

“Pfft, you are cracking me up. How could he afford those roses? Even if he sells himself, he still couldn’t afford to buy them!”

Mandy was completely stunned. Who would give her those roses and the Heart of Prague?

Mandy did not think about Harvey at all, because she knew about his financial situation the best. She usually gave him pocket money. He could not even afford to buy ordinary roses, let alone the roses from Prague. He probably would not be able to buy them.

Could it be…Was it sent by Don?

Mandy’s heart was filled with strange emotions when she thought of this—a little moved yet a little shy.

…

In Niumhi, at Platinum Hotel.

This hotel was also considered a well-known venue for entertainment purposes in Niumhi and the costs were not low. It was believed that the people who came here were famous and had a lot of influence. Hence, there were many luxury cars parked at the gate in front of the hotel.

This time, Harvey’s college reunion party was organized at this place.

Harvey hummed a little tune and parked his electric bike in the parking space at the gate. Although he was rich now, he was a nostalgic person. This electric bike had been with him through ups and downs for three years. He could not abandon it.

Suddenly, there was a deafening horn from behind before he parked his electric bike well.

“Are you stupid?! Are you a delivery man or a valet? Don’t you know the rules? How dare you occupy a parking space with that broken electric bike? Are you out of your mind?!”

An Audi A4 stopped behind Harvey. A man stuck his head out, pointed at him, and yelled.

Harvey subconsciously turned his head. Both of them were stunned for a moment.

“Class monitor?” Harvey reacted. This person was his classmate from college who had been the class monitor for several years.

“You are…Harvey?”

Howard Stone stared at Harvey doubtfully. He sneered for a while, parked his car, and walked straight into the hotel.

Harvey felt so awkward. He did not expect Howard to ignore him when he talked to him.

The two entered the private room one after the other. The classmates were all there at this time. Everyone looked over when the door opened.

“Isn’t this the class monitor? The class monitor has also become a successful person too! So handsome!” Someone heckled. Indeed, Howard was wearing a suit and a pair of leather shoes, with the Audi car key hanging on his waist. He looked so handsome at this moment.

Soon, someone saw Harvey who was walking in behind Howard. Although the suit did not fit him well, it was still an exquisite, high-end, and a famous brand.

A classmate saw this and smiled. “Harvey, you seem to be doing well too. Come, these two main seats are reserved for you and the class monitor!”

Howard glanced at Harvey and sneered. He shook his head and said nothing. He did not expose the fact that Harvey was riding on an electric bike.

Harvey responded but did not care about the seat. Instead, he looked around in a circle. There were not many pretty girls in the class back then. However, Wendy was still so pretty. She deserved to be a goddess.

Wendy was dressed up in business attire. Her perfect body was flawlessly shown to the fullest, just like a ripe peach. It was so seductive and attractive.

Even the cool Howard noticed Wendy at this moment. He was impressed. He came over, smiled, and said, “Oh, so it’s you, our goddess. I haven’t seen you for so long. Why didn’t you find me or contact me? So, where do you work now?”

Wendy smiled shyly and said softly, “I’m not doing so well like you. You even drive an Audi.”

Howard’s eyes lit up when he heard it. He seemed to have a chance. The goddess seemed to favor the Audi which he bought through installment loans.

Just when he wanted to speak, the girls beside him were already grinning and said, “Class monitor, don’t be fooled by Wendy. She’s now the administrative manager of the largest investment company in Niumhi—York Enterprise. It is said that she’ll soon be promoted as the general manager and she’ll be in charge!”

“Wow…”

Everyone was in awe. They knew how powerful York Enterprise was. Many enterprises and self-employed individuals were funded by them. Although this company did not do physical business, its influence covered all walks of life.

If Wendy became the general manager at such a young age, then she would have absolute power. Whoever succeeded in pursuing her, would not only have beauty in his arms but also a lot of resources. The benefits were unimaginable.

Moreover, this woman was so beautiful that she was no less impressive than some A-listed female stars. The men in the private room were ashamed of themselves and could not help swallowing.

Harvey did not have much interest in Wendy at first, but he became interested when he heard about York Enterprise. After all, it belonged to him now. In other words, Wendy was his subordinate. However, was she so capable? Could she be the general manager?

Harvey smiled and walked over thinking of this. He sat next to Wendy and was ready to talk to her.

Wendy smiled at first, but soon she frowned. After looking him up and down, she said, “Harvey, can you not sit here?”

“Ah? Is this someone’s seat?” He stood up and said.

“No. I just don’t want you to sit next to me.” Wendy said, “It’s good to wear a suit. But I think you forgot about your shoes. Could it be that you borrowed the suit?”

As soon as this statement came out, many people noticed that Harvey’s suit did not fit him well although it was of good texture. The most important thing was that he was wearing a pair of slippers with a few holes in it, and his left big toe even stuck out of it. His styling was a mess.

Harvey was rather helpless. ‘I should have bought a pair of shoes. This is so inappropriate.’

“Hahaha, Wendy, you have eagle eyes. At first, I didn’t want to talk about it since we were classmates before. However, someone is overconfident and wants to crave something that he is not worthy of. I think it’s necessary to let everyone know his true colors.” Howard walked out from the rear and smiled at Wendy fawningly.

“Our classmate, Harvey, just came here on an electric bike. I initially thought that he was just riding the electric bike temporarily because it might be inconvenient for him to park his car. After all, he was wearing a high-end suit. Unexpectedly, he forgot about his shoes. It was so embarrassing…”

Howard acted as if he saw through the lie. “Harvey, could it be that you have bought this suit with discounts from somewhere else? And looking at you like this, I bet you haven’t even torn off the label. Let’s go and return the suit after the reunion party, okay?”

“I think it’s not that bad…”

“However, it seems that he came here on an electric bike. I saw his keys!”

“Also, it’s clear that he hasn’t changed the slippers that he wore for years…”

“Yeah…”

Those classmates started gossiping about it in an instant. There were a few who wanted to show off in front of the goddess—Wendy, at this moment, they were criticizing Harvey harshly.

Just when Harvey wanted to explain, his former deskmate—Shirley stood up and said loudly, “You people are a little over-the-top. We are all classmates. Even if his style is a bit weird, do you have to say that?”

Shirley had a comely and elegant figure. She looked like someone from a good and prestigious family. Harvey often pestered to copy her homework when they were in college. Hence, the relationship between them was still good. Harvey never thought that Shirley would come forward to help him speak out.

Howard suddenly took a step forward and grabbed Harvey’s collar when he saw another beauty from their class helped this trash to speak out. He quickly took out a tag and could not help saying, “Shirley, do you still want to help him? Do you see it? He did not even take the tags off! One piece is worth tens of thousands! Do you think that he can afford such clothes with his poor look! And if I remember correctly, Harvey had already become the live-in son-in-law of the Zimmer family three years ago, right? A live-in son-in-law and he’s still wearing Armani’s haute couture suit, hahaha…”

“Maybe this guy’s clothes were simply stolen from a man from the Zimmer family. Hence, it did not fit him so well…”

“Harvey, you have to be realistic. The whole Niumhi knows that you are the live-in son-in-law of the Zimmer family. You don’t have to pretend in front of us. We are all classmates. Why are you pretending?!”

Harvey raised his hand, pushed Howard’s hand away, and stared at him coldly.

Howard saw Harvey’s stare and sneered, “Do you want to hit me after I have revealed your true colors. Or do you want to tell me that the clothes are yours? If you can prove it, I will kneel for you!”

Harvey was about to speak when suddenly, his cell phone rang.

He quickly took out an old-model phone. Everyone was already laughing before he could even answer the phone.

It was so funny. Was this not the kind of old-model phone which consisted of a three-year calling credit for 99 dollars?

Harvey was using this kind of phone. How could he still dare to wear Armani to show off?

Had he lost his mind? Or had he become stupid after being the live-in son-in-law?

Harvey did not care about other people’s reactions at this moment. Instead, he quickly answered the phone. Soon, he heard the yell of his mother-in-law—Lilian from the other end. “Harvey, where did you go? Why haven’t you washed the toilet?”

Sh*t! He forgot about this! Harvey felt helpless, he should not have come to this reunion party.

“You are indeed the live-in son-in-law. You are even being scolded for attending a reunion party through a phone call!”

“It seems like his mother-in-law is scolding him and asks him to go back to wash the toilet.”

“Aye! Asking a man to do this, I would rather smash my head to death than to wash a toilet. Although I can’t make any money, I won’t be a live-in son-in-law. Even if you hit me to death, I won’t do it!”

“Poverty stifles a man’s ambition, I never thought you are such a short-sighted person!”

Everyone there was talking about it, even Shirley slightly sighed at this moment. She felt bad to see Harvey in such a situation. Her neighborhood happened to be recruiting security guards recently. It seems that she had to help Harvey to ask about the job, lest he had nothing to do and could not even afford to buy a pair of shoes.

“Alright. Just get out as soon as possible. Trash like you are not welcome here!”

Howard glanced at him with disgust. He then walked up to Wendy and smiled. “My goddess, don’t let your mood be ruined because of some ungrateful people. This restaurant was opened by my cousin’s good friend.

“Speaking of my cousin, you should know him. He is currently working at your company. His name is Don Xander. His good friend should do him a favor, which is to give him face. Maybe I can ask the hotel to bring their best wine here.”

He had already pressed the service bell before Wendy could respond. When the waiter came, he looked dissatisfied and said, “What kind of service is this? Why are you so slow? Quickly go and bring two bottles of the hotel’s best wine here…”

The waiter was stunned for a moment. But then the waiter said, “Sir, the best wine in our hotel is a bit expensive. I’m afraid…”

Smack! Howard threw the Audi car key from his waist to the table. “Do we seem poor and unable to afford the order? Don Xander is my cousin. Do you know who he is? He’s your boss’s buddy! Why don’t you hurry up and bring the wine here?”

Howard calmly glanced at Wendy’s face and saw the goddess being surprised, but he pretended to be indifferent. He had done such a big favor tonight. He was sure that the goddess would have a good impression of him.

Harvey did not expect that Howard was Don’s cousin. The two of them had the same personality which made him find it interesting. He was very interested to see what Howard was going to do.

Soon, the waiter brought up two bottles of wine. He then said kindly, “Sir, the wine is here, but…”

“Just shut up and open it!” Howard laughed and waved nonchalantly. “If you don’t get drunk tonight, don’t go home. Come, it’s my toast to you all.”

He picked up his wine glass and looked at Harvey who had nothing left. He frowned. “Harvey, although we are all classmates, can’t you see it? You are not welcome here. Are you planning to drink with us?”