It only took three seconds for Ashton to answer the call.

Lily pushed the loudspeaker button.

Samantha, who stood beside, started smiling upon seeing Lily’s cellphone screen. “My dear daughter, so Ashton was the one that got you The Worship of Crystal. He’s a good man, be sure to appreciate him, my dear.”

Samantha purposely said it loudly, not forgetting to glance at Darryl. Compared to Ashton, Darryl was worthless. Ashton mentioned before that if Lily were to marry him, he would be willing to pay a dowry of 20 million bucks!

On the other end of the phone, Ashton was sitting by the sidewalk. Not long ago, he had received a phone call, informing him that the Darby clan had revoked all his fundings!

Ashton had a meltdown upon hearing the news. Without the Darby clan’s support, he would be next to nothing! He was subsequently informed that he had offended someone he should not have.

Until now, Ashton still could not figure out who he had offended!

“Ashton, I want to ask you if you can get me another pair of Worship of Crystal?” Lily asked over the phone.

Although Ashton had a meltdown, he forced a smile seeing that it was Lily who called. “Lily, you’re referring to the replica, right?”

“Replica?”

Lily and Yvonne exchanged looks with each other. They could not mistake an imitation for the real thing.

“Yeah, didn’t I give you a pair of replicas that cost 300,000?” Ashton continued, “But wasn’t that pair thrown by your worthless husband? That pair is still at my house right now, if you want it, I can get it for you.”

Upon hearing those words, Lily’s beautiful face was full of confusion!

The Worship of Crystal that she was currently wearing, was it not gifted by Ashton? Other than him, who else would give her a 30-million gift?!

Lily ended the call and recalled the day Darryl sent her to work, he had mentioned that he was going to buy her The Worship of Crystal…

On that thought, Lily could not help to look at Darryl.

Darryl held a pair of chopsticks in his hand, while the others had not even started eating, he was about to finish his second bowl of rice. Everybody at the table with him looked at him with spite and sat as far away from him as they could.

Lily sighed. What was she thinking, how could Darryl be the one who gifted her the heels? It was absolutely impossible.

After half a minute, Darryl finally placed his chopsticks down. He wiped his mouth while looking at Yvonne.

Yvonne was an interesting woman. Darryl noticed she wore a white bracelet on her wrist. It was obvious to everyone that this bracelet was not cheap, but how many would know that this bracelet was an antique?

The Darby clan had a vast collection of antiques. Darryl was around six to seven years old when he could already differentiate antiques.

When the world’s number one appraiser, Master Stellan Smith visited the clan as a guest, he had even learned how to appraise from him for two months.

The bracelet that Yvonne had on seemed delicate and exquisite, and should be a Tang Dynasty era handicraft. It would fetch up to 20 million worth in value in today’s market.

“Everyone quiet down.”

At that moment, Grandmother Lyndon walked onto the stage, looking extremely cheerful.

“Quick, Lilybud, tell us how you negotiated with Platinum Corporation,” Grandmother Lyndon asked impatiently as she sat down.

Lily stood up awkwardly, and after some deep thought finally spoke. “I… When I reached Platinum Corporation, I didn’t say a thing, nor did I even meet the president, and I was notified that I can sign the contract.”

“Wow!”

Lily’s words triggered a furor among the crowd!

“So Lily didn’t even do anything and got the contract?”

“Yeah, and here I thought she would be capable to do so, turns out it was just good luck.”

Hearing those discussions, William stood up and stepped forward. “Granny, I got escorted out of Platinum Corporation, but today Lily got in. They must have felt that we are sincere, thus deciding to partner with us! Even if it wasn’t Lily who went there today, anyone else would’ve been successful too!”

It was obvious that William wanted a part of the credit.

Grandmother Lyndon had always favored William, so it was no surprise when she nodded and agreed, “Lilybud, the credit for this assignment isn’t yours alone, William played a part in this as well.”

William was happy upon hearing what Grandmother Lyndon said, and gave a 90-degree bow to her. “Granny, as a son of the Lyndon clan, I’m willing to sacrifice! I’ve heard rumors that there’s a new celebrity under Platinum Corporation who goes by the name of Giselle Lindt. She’s a beautiful woman, and I assume that Platinum Corporation would want to style her. If this task was granted to our clan, we would surely earn a lot of money! Tomorrow I’m willing to represent the Lyndons to negotiate this deal!”

“Great!”

Grandmother Lyndon nodded her head in praise. “Granny did not love you for naught.”

Lily and Samantha exchanged looks and felt uncomfortable. This gathering was meant to celebrate Lily’s success, but the limelight had been snatched by William instead. Now that the Lyndons have established a partnership with Platinum Corporation, William’s negotiation tomorrow would no doubt be a success. By then, the credit would be all his.

Even though Lily felt unhappy with the outcome, she remained silent, after all, Wiliam was Granny’s favorite.

“Haha, make sure you guys are eating well, today’s feast will be my treat!” William laughed heartily.

“Waiter, come, bring the wine!” William exclaimed.

A moment later, two waiters in qipao dresses brought the menu over.

“Greetings sir, this is our wine list, what would you like us to serve you?”

William waved his hand, he was full of energy and excitement during such a joyous occasion. “There’s no need for the list! Bring a bottle of your most expensive wine to every table! Remember, only the most expensive!”

After a brief moment, a line of waiters brought the wine over. William lifted his wine glass with a huge smile. “Today we will drink until we drop, cheers to all of you!”

William’s standing in the clan was at its highest at the moment, almost everybody would want to be on his good side, and they toasted with their respective glasses.

They were served rounds and rounds of food and wine. William noticed that it was getting late and drunkenly waved his hand to call out to the waiter.

“Bring me the bill. I’ll be paying by card!”

William was seated beside Yvonne. He took out his bank card in a way that he thought to be unrestrained, purposefully making it louder than needed. He eyed Yvonne as he spoke. Was there anyone that did not want to impress a beauty?

The crowd was in awe upon seeing William’s bank card.

It was an Amethyst Bank platinum card!

Those that own an Amethyst Bank card, would be required to have a net worth of at least one million. To own a gold card, they would need to have five million in their account; for a platinum cardholder, he would be required to have no less than 10 million bucks!

William’s total net worth was roughly 30 million. As a business person, however, net worth did not equate to their bank balance, for most of their wealth would be used as investment, and hardly held onto as cash.

William had saved up this 10 million in cash for many years. He had only received the platinum card yesterday, naturally, he would like to show it off a bit.

Sure enough, even Yvonne Young herself could not help but to take an extra look upon the card’s appearance.

The Young clan’s antiques were worth over two billion in total, but that was Yvonne’s father’s money after all. Although Yvonne was said to be rich and beautiful, her bank balance was not even enough to reach 10 million bucks. If she wanted to buy The Worship of Crystal, she would still have to ask her father to sell two antiques for cash.

William’s face was full of amazement as he saw Yvonne taking a couple of looks at him, his heart was full of excitement.

William looked at the waiter and said, “Today I’ll be paying for every table, except for this one!”

After finishing his words, William pointed at Darryl’s table. Those sitting at that table had a low standing in the Lyndon clan and he was not afraid to offend them.

“Darryl, do you know why I’m not footing the bill for you?” William said as he stood up and looked at Darryl. “It’s because you didn’t offer Miss Yvonne your seat! You’re too accustomed to your bullsh*t! How dare you sit at the front looking so worthless? You made Miss Yvonne unhappy, and I have to punish you on her behalf.”

Finishing his words, he looked back at Yvonne. “Miss Yvonne, don’t you worry, I’ll teach him a lesson on your behalf! Every table should cost at least 10,000 bucks, Darryl would surely not be able to afford it.”

Yvonne did not say a word and merely smiled lightly.

The waiter took William’s card away, and William continued speaking to Yvonne. “Miss Yvonne, don’t worry, you like The Worship of Crystal, right? I have lots of friends, I’ll have them make inquiries and purchase the heels for you!”

Indeed William has many friends, but they were all a pack of rogues. The thought of them being able to get their hands on a pair of The Worship of Crystal was a foolish dream.

“Thank you,” said Yvonne as she gave a polite smile and gently nodded her head.

At that moment, two waiters hastily walked up to William and bowed.

“We’re sorry sir, it would seem that your card has insufficient funds.”

William flew into a rage. “You’ve gotta be f*cking kidding me? I have 11 million in my card and you’re telling me that I have insufficient funds?”

“We’re sorry sir, the total bill is 38.26 million.”

Haha! Darryl nearly laughed out loud upon hearing the price of the bill. This William was a real fool! None of them knew anything about the wine that was ordered, except for Darryl. It was a Romanée-Conti, which retail price was set at over one million bucks, and more than 30 bottles were distributed around the dining hall!

“Are you f*cking kidding me?” William panicked. He stood up and said to the waiter, “Over 300 of us Lyndons ate an amount of over 30 million bucks? The average cost per person is 100,000 bucks then? Alright, get your manager to see me.”

The two waiters looked at each other helplessly, they had no choice but to call their manager over.

The manager was a 30-year-old young man, who wore a neat suit

“Do you intend to continue operating your hotel?” William stepped forward and shouted at the manager while pointing at him. “An average cost of 100,000 per person? Believe it or not, I’m going to report you to the Consumers Association.”

The manager was not the slightest bit worried and merely stood there. “Excuse me, sir. The wine you ordered was a limited edition Romanée-Conti. Only 800 bottles are manufactured per year internationally and its market price is 1.63 million per bottle. Sir, we even gave you a discount for ordering over 30 bottles.”

William immediately flew into a rage and grabbed onto the manager’s collar. “It’s a limited edition wine and you guys have over 30 bottles here?! Who the f*ck wants to order this bottle of wine anyway?”

The manager put on a fake smile. Being a manager for about five to six years, he has seen many famous and important people around Donghai City. However, it was his first time seeing an incapable person acting like he was rich.

The manager steadied his emotions. “Kind sir, let me be clear about three things. Firstly, you said that you wanted the best wine, and we have the security camera footage as proof. Secondly, the wine we provide is certified authentic, I’m not sure why my boss has so many bottles of limited edition wines either. Lastly, please be respectful.”

Thud!

At the end of his sentence, ten or so burly men barged in from the door. They wore black short-sleeved shirts, showing off their huge tattoos.

They were the Oriental Pearl Hotel’s security guards. As Donghai City’s most luxurious hotel, no one dared to cause trouble on the premises. Everyone knew that the Oriental Pearl’s boss came from a rough background. Nobody would dare to be ignorant and cause trouble here.

Leading them was a man wearing a Chinese tunic suit, holding a cane in his hand. This man was none other than the boss of Oriental Pearl, Wayne Woodall.

Wayne was dressed in an old-fashioned manner, some might even mistake him for a 70-year-old man. In truth, he was just 30 years old.

Naturally, when Wayne brought in these burly men, the Lyndons panicked and went up to apologize.

William’s face sweated bullets. That was Wayne Woodall! The boss of Oriental Pearl Hotel, one of the earliest to dabble in rough business in Donghai City!

Upon seeing his boss, the manager spoke again with confidence. “You Lyndons are truly a second class clan. You said it yourself that you wanted the best wine, and now you’re refusing to pay?”

“No, no!” Exclaimed William as he was taken aback. “We’ll pay, we’ll pay…” He looked at Grandmother Lyndon as he said that.

Where could he find over 30 million bucks! If the bill was not paid, William would probably be leaving the place on a stretcher!

“Mister Woodall.” Grandmother Lyndon could not sit still any longer, and under some people’s assistance, went up to Wayne and bowed.

Age-wise, Grandmother Lyndon was way older than Wayne, but in terms of status, she could not afford to offend a man like him.

“The Lyndon clan made a mistake.” Grandmother Lyndon apologized with a bow. “My grandson is young and reckless, and I apologize on his behalf. We will pay the bill immediately.”

Upon seeing Granny bowing, the children of the Lyndon clan felt a sense of unease. What could they have done? No one asked William to do what he did, wanting to drink the most expensive wine!

Some of the younger members of the Lyndon clan looked up that bottle of wine online, and indeed it was over a million a bottle.

William apologized profusely as well after seeing his Granny doing so. The entire Lyndon clan hurriedly tried to put in some good words

Only Darryl stood up to walk out, not because of the situation, but rather he was old friends with Wayne!

When Wayne was just starting his business, he had visited the Darby clan to negotiate a deal. During that time, he had no money nor power, and none of the Darbys wanted to receive him.

At that time, Darryl was merely 14 years old, but he felt that Wayne carried himself extraordinarily well. He decided to invest 300,000 bucks in him, which made Wayne teared up in gratitude.

In truth, it was more of a sponsor rather than an investment, for Darryl did not ask for any shares. This happened so many years ago that he had almost forgotten about it. He could not believe that he would meet Wayne again on this very day, having started a successful business and becoming the boss of Oriental Pearl Hotel.

He definitely did not make a mistake by investing in him at that time.

Darryl hunched forward and tried to sneak out of the place, not wanting to be recognized by him.

“Hey there friend, hang on,” exclaimed Wayne as he walked toward Darryl.

The Lyndons were full of rage. Was Darryl mad? A simple apology and payment were all that was needed to settle this matter, but he decided to escape instead?

“Lily, what’s going on in your husband’s mind? Escaping?!” A few ladies of the Lyndon clan said.

“Yeah, everyone advised you to divorce him quickly, and yet you didn’t listen!”

“Now he’s trying to escape, Mister Wayne would surely be mad, and us Lyndons would have to suffer the consequences!” The ladies shouted while pointing at Lily.

Meanwhile, Lily could only bite her lip. Any sense of pride left in her was lost upon Darryl’s attempt at escaping, she would rather stick her head into a hole on the ground at that point.

“Mister Wayne!” William called out and quickly walked toward him, pointing at Darryl. “Mister Wayne, please don’t be mad, this guy is our clan’s live-in son-in-law, he’s always been a useless piece of trash. Him wanting to escape is none of our clan’s business! We’ll pay the bill right now…”

“F*ck off!” Wayne roared as he pointed at William.

Wayne’s booming voice frightened William and sent shivers down his spine. He dared not utter a sound and stood there in a daze.

Wayne was in disbelief! He could not believe that in his lifetime would he meet this young man again!

Seven years ago, he lacked the funds to start his business. No one was willing to help him, after all, he was a ruffian back then. Only the Darby clan’s second young master, a boy only 14 years of age, had sponsored him a sum of money! Darryl gave him 300,000 without asking for anything in return! Darryl had Wayne’s eternal gratitude, and he would never forget what he had done for him!

If not for this sum of money, Wayne would have been living on the streets a long time ago!

In recent years after his entrepreneurship success, Wayne had people inquire about this young man. He only learned that this man had been banished by the Darbys, his whereabouts unknown.

Today Wayne merely saw Darryl’s back, but it was enough for him to recognize who he was!

“Second young master, is it you…”

There was a slight tremble in Wayne’s voice, it was hard to imagine that a man who had seen much of life would exercise caution like a kid.

Damn it! There was no way to hide!

Darryl gritted his teeth and turned around to face Wayne.

Thump!

In an instant, Wayne was completely stupefied and knelt on the ground!

“I’ve finally found you, I’ve been looking for you for three whole years! I’m eternally grateful for your benevolence!” Wayne exclaimed with excitement, tears streaming down his face.

Every person in Oriental Pearl Hotel dropped their jaws immediately.

Astonishing!

Utterly astonishing!

A boss whose net worth was in the billions was kneeling on the ground, vehemently excited like a child!

Darryl simply stood there calmly without any signs of emotion! He showed no sign of happiness nor sadness!

What is the meaning of this?!

“Mister Wayne, what’s going on? Did you fall?” Darryl quickly bent over and picked him up, all the while winking repeatedly at him.

What kind of man was Wayne? Upon seeing Darryl’s action, he immediately understood that Darryl did not want to reveal his true identity.

“I wasn’t standing properly…” Wayne smoothly replied and heaved a sigh of relief. “I’m sorry, I must’ve mistaken you for someone else…”

“Phew…”

Upon hearing those words, members of the Lyndon clan let out a sigh of relief as well.

Turned out Wayne simply was not standing properly…

That was right, how would a piece of trash be acquainted with Mister Wayne.

“Listen to me,” said Grandmother Lyndon eventually, while gazing around the dining hall.

“This meal cost over 38 million bucks, William won’t be paying this sum alone,” she said.

William’s face lit up with joy upon hearing Granny’s words, truly she treated him best!

“This meal will cost an average of 100,000 bucks per person, all of you shall use your own money for it,” she continued.

The crowd nodded one after another. Even though the Lyndons were considered a second class clan, 100,000 bucks was still not a big deal to them.

However, two people among the crowd that had a sour look on their faces!

Naturally, they were Lily and Samantha. Their company met with some challenges recently and they had just resolved the five-million issue, as such their savings had been emptied a few days ago.

“Lily, you don’t look so good. Don’t tell me you don’t even have enough money to split the bill?” laughed William. He knew of course that Lily was broke, and he purposefully said it loudly to embarrass her.

“I…”

All eyes were on her, and Lily could feel her face blushing red. After a while only did she answered, “I… I didn’t bring my bank card.”

“Haha, forgotten to bring your bank card, what a splendid reason!” William laughed loudly and looked at Samantha, “Aunt Samantha, did you forget to bring yours too?”

“Yeah…”

“Hahaha!” Everyone could not hold in their laughter. A young girl blurted, “Darryl must have forgotten his card too, this family came here to eat a free meal!”

Lily bit her lips hard as she felt helpless. It was at this moment that Darryl stepped forward.

“I brought my card, it’s just that…”

Before Darryl could finish his sentence, William snatched his card over and passed it to the waiter, “Come, let’s see whether this card has even 300,000 bucks in it!”

Lily stomped her feet anxiously, thinking how his card would have 300,000 when she only gave him a daily allowance of 200 bucks.

He would be making a fool out of himself.

Lily could see that everyone around was holding in their laughter, waiting to laugh at him being a joke.

At this moment, nobody noticed Yvonne standing up slowly. Her beautiful face was full of shock!

“I didn’t see it wrongly, right? Amethyst Bank’s black card?!” exclaimed Yvonne.

Mocking laughter filled the hall initially, but now it turned as silent as the grave.

Yvonne’s words seemingly turned everyone into stone!

This bank card was remarkably pretty, it was all-black, laced in gold, and had a diamond engraved on it. Two words were beautifully written on the bottom right corner of the bank card: Darryl Darby.

A black card from Amethyst Bank!

How was that possible?! William’s platinum card needed to have at least ten million savings in it.

Moving up the tier was the diamond card, that required a hundred million in savings.

Moving further up was the VIP card, whose cardholder’s savings should not be lesser than five hundred million!

The highest-ranking card was the black card that would ask for a total of one billion savings!

Perhaps in the whole of Donghai City, there would not be more than three of these cards! No one at the venue including Wayne could possess it!

Lily and Samantha were both stunned, they could not say a single word!

“This…this is just a sticker for bank cards, right?” Somebody among the crowd suddenly blurted out.

At this moment, everyone was relieved. It must be some kind of sticker! Such an uncouth looking person could not possibly own a black card.

“Haha, Darryl, you’re one disgusting man,” laughed William loudly. “Don’t mind that you’re poor, yet you try to act like a wealthy person.”

Darryl did not say anything at all and just smiled.

Lily came forward and saw the waiter had taken the card away to make payment. “Darryl, get rid of that sticker when we get home, aren’t you shameful? Also…does…does your card have sufficient money in it?” Lily could not help but ask softly.

“It’s enough, I saved the allowance you gave me every day. Including my savings from before, it’s enough,” Darryl said.

Hahahaha!

Although Darryl’s voice was soft, everyone heard him and they laughed again.

After paying the bill, everyone in the Lyndon clan left. Wayne discreetly held Darryl’s arm and brought him into his car.

“Second Young Master, I finally meet you again…” Wayne was excited, speaking to Darryl as he drove.

“Where are you taking me?”

“I’m bringing you to meet a few people, they are very eager to see you!” Wayne’s hands were trembling. “You must come with me…”

“Fine, fine, fine. I’ll go with you, just drive carefully,” assured Darryl.

Son of a b*tch, why was this guy so excited? He could not even hold the steering wheel properly.

The car sped away and arrived at a bar’s entrance.

Donghai City’s most luxurious bar, the Moonlit River Bar!

It could be assumed that the minimum spending for two in this bar for a night would be 10,000 bucks!

Many luxurious cars were parked at the entrance of Moonlit River Bar, those who came here to more or less have some financial capability.

“What are we doing at a place like this?” asked Darryl as he got down the car.

He disliked such places as he found them too noisy.

“To give you a surprise!” Wayne beamed. “Second Young Master, the boss of Moonlit River Bar is an old acquaintance of yours, Samson Facey.”

Samson Facey?

Oh, Darryl remembered now. Initially, he was just a general worker employed by the Darby clan. Darryl thought that he had the brains and had promoted him to a managerial position. After working for two years and earning a sum of money, he then left to start his own business.

Darryl did not expect that Samson would open Moonlit River Bar. He did not let Darryl down.

“Second Young Master, please head inside first and wait for me in room number 888,” said Wayne as he bowed. “Samson and I shall prepare a surprise for you which you’ll definitely love!”

Wayne left before waiting for Darryl to respond.

Darryl sighed and went into the Moonlit River Bar.

No wonder the bar was famous, even the ushers at the entrance were beauties.

Darryl smiled as he entered, and deafening loud music could be heard.

It was extremely lively in the bar, crowds of men and women were swaying their bodies to the music on the dance floor…

Darryl felt old, this type of place did not suit him…

“Oh? Am I seeing correctly, isn’t this useless Darryl?” Some said from behind suddenly. Darryl subconsciously turned his head around and was stunned.

Behind him was a gorgeous woman, wearing a pair of skin-tight jeans and looking seductively sexy. It was Jade.

“What should you call me? Shouldn’t you call me daddy?” said Darryl smilingly.

“You!” Jade bit her lips, she was extremely happy today as she had come to negotiate a deal with a big client! If she could sign a contract with this client, she would earn at least one million in commission!

Hence she had invited her potential client here today, preparing to have a few drinks and get the contract signed.

She did not expect to meet Darryl here!

“Even you with your uncouth look can manage to come to a place like this?” Jade said as she looked at Darryl from head to toe. “Saving 200 bucks a day over a year, just to spend it all here once. Is it worth it?”

“Nope,” Darryl laughed. “I just want to know, when will you finally call me daddy?”

At this moment, a burly man stood up and walked to Jade’s side and asked, “Miss Jade, who is this? Why does he talk like an idiot? Do you need me to teach him a lesson?”

Jade laughed and said, “Darryl, do you know who this man is beside me? He is Moonlit River Bar’s head of security. If I ask him to throw you out, would you cry?”

There was no mistake, this burly man was her client, Harry Crocker!

Head of security was just a title, those who understood could tell that he was a bouncer.

After all, a place like this would attract many troublemakers. Harry was famous in Donghai City, having around twenty to thirty men under him just to look after this place.

“Skinny bastard, did you hear that? F*ck out here yourself,” said Harry in contempt as he took a step forward.

What was it with these ushers? Letting an uncouth looking man into here. This guy dressed in bargained goods probably did not even earn more than two thousand on his monthly salary, yet he dared to enter a place like this?

Darryl just smiled, he did not bother what Harry said and went straight for Room 888.

All the rooms here were glass rooms. Room 888 was positioned right in the center, and it could be seen from the outside that Room 888 was dazzling like a palace.

“Stop right there!”

Harry shouted as he saw Darryl walking into Room 888. He concluded that Darryl must be here to cause trouble!

All equipment in Room 888 were gold-plated, and the cost to reserve and use this room was 800,000 per hour!

Darryl had already sat down inside, holding up a cup of tea preparing to drink it.

Hahaha! It was over for Darryl this time!

Jade felt joyous in her heart. Was Darryl stupid? A private room like that was not for a useless son-in-law like him to sit in.

Jade and Harry had a chat previously and he mentioned the room had not been used for half a year already!

Harry had a nominal kinship with the boss here as his godfather and son, despite that, even he dared not enter Room 888.

“Are you deaf? Can’t you hear me?” Harry shouted as he strode forward and grabbed Darryl by his collar.

‘Haha, Jade the goddess is here, if I beat this punk’s ass it’ll show how mighty I am, right?’ thought Harry while he called out. Immediately, twenty over burly men rushed into Room 888. They were all bouncers at the Moonlit River Bar.

“What’s wrong, Harry?” The burly men asked.

Harry turned to look at Jade and laughed, “Miss Jade, how should I deal with this guy?”

Jade looked at Darryl, he still had an indifferent look on his face. Seeing him like this made her mad!

She stomped her feet with her heels and said, “Make him call me mommy, then throw him out.”