Becoming the Richest Man Alive

He approached a middle-aged woman and asked politely, ‘Excuse me, can you tell me where People’s Community, No. 1 Apartment is?”

The woman’s expression, however, turned strange at the mention of the address.

He was bewildered. She appears to be trying hard to suppress a laugh. A sarcastic laugh, for that matter. But I can’t make out if she’s snickering at me or toward the family I’m looking for. This is weird.

Still trying hard to stifle a smile, the woman pointed her finger at the road. “Go along this road, turn left at the crossroads and then take a second right. Once you reach People’s Community, you can ask for more directions.”

Slowly, Casper realized that the elder woman was not the only one looking at him oddly.

A few other middle-aged men and women started to gather around him and they all shared the same, complicated expression with a mixture of suppressed laughter, sarcasm, sympathy, and even contempt.

Casper had never witnessed such a rich exhibition of facial expressions. Honestly, he was even more impressed by the fact that these were displayed on a group of people instead of just one person.

It looks like they are all familiar with Amelia’s family. I had no idea her family is so well-known in the community. Things may be worse than what I’d imagined.

Casper paused for a few more moments to digest the information.

He took a deep breath and was about to bid goodbye with the middle-aged woman when suddenly, she appeared as though she was hesitating to speak.

“Is something wrong?” Casper asked.

you

for a few days,

advise you against it. The family is dead set on trading their daughter in exchange for money. They won’t

have opened the floodgate for more people to voice their opinions. “The

definitely gone mad. They’ve borrowed money from literally everyone living within in the ten-mile

mind lending a hand to them in times of crisis. After all, we’ve been neighbors for the longest time. The problem is, they’ve never paid back any of the money

afraid they’re now fulltime con artists and will do anything for money. There’s no line that they won’t

the elder daughter and Harvey, they’re all

Harvey?” Casper asked

a few years ago

that, the family was able to live luxuriously for a

leave a cent for the daughter despite the sizeable inheritance from her father,” cried another woman. It was not difficult for one to detect the indignation in her tone at

had the same expression on their

repulsed by

my friend, so I’m still going to look for her,” he uttered before leaving in his

nor those standing next to her could understand how a sweet girl like Amelia was related

around in the alleyways, Casper finally arrived at the address given by

Floor, Building 1,

appeared to be a yard with

clashed bluntly with the rest of the community buildings,

house were deserted