Riches in Disguise

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

I really couldn't understand it. Even though I was poor, I hadn't done anything to provoke them. Where did all these hostilities come from?

Lina was still shouting downstairs. It was loud enough for the entire dorm building to hear.

Zack snickered. "You might as well go down. What's the point in hiding?"

Louis took it a step further, yanking the door open and calling out to the crowd in the hallway. "William is right here in the dorm, acting like a coward and too scared to come down!"

Laughter echoed through the hallway, and I forced myself to act like I didn't care at all. With their mocking eyes on me, I walked downstairs, step by step, until I stood before Lina.

I stood still and hadn't looked up. Then, a plastic bag hit me hard.

"William, this is all the junk you gave me. I'm returning it to you! Don't bother me again, got it?"

I looked down at the pile on the ground. Not all the gifts I'd given her were there. The expensive things like necklaces, phones, shoes, and bags remained with her.

The only things tossed back at me were the ones I had made for her myself. Among them was the moon lamp, which I spent an entire month creating.

I tried to stay calm, but when I looked up, my vision blurred for a second.

This was the first time I had loved someone with all my heart. Were all those sweet moments fake?

I couldn't accept it.

"Fine, if we're breaking up, that's the conclusion. But Lina, just tell me one thing, you stop loving me, or did you never love me at all?"

did

Lina's eyes flickered with hesitation for a moment.

But before she could answer, I heard Joshua's voice behind me, mocking me with

a high-pitched, whiny tone. "Lina, did you stop loving me, or did you never love me at all?"

the crowd, stabbing into me like

the one who got cheated on. I was the victim here, not the villain! Why was I the one being

didn't get

Joshua, she immediately clung to him, and her tone toward me turned even more

me from the start, acting like you were some rich kid. But your dad's just a fruit vendor. You make

laughter grew louder, people

I knelt,

hoped for peace, but Zack and Louis weren't about to let it go. They kept

the table. "Say

a long pause, Zack scoffed. "You got dumped, and you're still trying

Finally, they shut up.

a breakup. Even though I tried

called me in the afternoon, but I didn't answer. She called again in the evening, and I still didn't pick

day, Mom showed up at school during a class break to

over to her. "Mom, what

looked at me with concern and said, "I called you so many times, but you didn't answer the call. I was worried. Is someone bullying you at

I forced a smile. "My classmates

had spread nasty rumors about me. The more I tried to explain, the more my classmates

single friend, and my girlfriend

I felt useless.

and smiled in relief. "That's good. I brought you some things. Do you have enough pocket money? Did you

along, but Dad gave me enough pocket money.

Mom a strange and

led Mom to the school gate and personally made sure she got in the car and

she had come a long way to

the mood. Plus, I was afraid my act would

watched Mom drive away, I felt ashamed. Here I was, letting my mom down because of a woman

and waved at me with a smile,

in this world who loved and understood me. Why

you for coming to

All your Dad and I wanted is for you to be happy. That's all

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