“Who could it be? Everyone who’s supposed to be here is already here.” A slightly perplexed voice sounded in the private room.

With that, the young man opened the door. His actions were so rough that some beer spilled from his glass. “See who’s here?”

Amidst the slight smell of alcohol, Jacob looked into the room impassively.

In the big room, around a dozen young men and women were sitting around a round table with scrumptious food on it.

“Haha! Jacob, I told them you are coming, but none of them believed me!” Geoffrey stood up and waved to him. “Why are you still standing there? Come in and have a seat!”

Jacob looked at his old classmates’ faces that he almost forgot before he gave a polite smile. “Sorry for being late.”

With his appearance, the atmosphere in the room took a slightly awkward turn.

After all, he only stayed in university for around two years, so he was not as close to them as others.

was grownups now, so they became familiar

event, showed Jacob to his spot at the table. In no time, the atmosphere

man who welcomed Jacob with a beer in his hand just now was Harry Barlow. He came from a well-off background, so he shared similar topics with

excited

sitting in between them, he raised his glass to give a toast. “Here’s a toast to

he poured some beer

he was filling the glass up, someone said loudly, “David, it must be full to the brim! Jacob is late,

jolted, causing

Are you drunk after a few glasses of beer?” A rather rude

the voice, Jacob saw that it came from someone who used to bully David

they were in university,

age, Jacob would brush their previous animosity off and

for you.” Harry brought his glass to Jacob’s glass on the

sitting next to them, who were just following their conversation, bellowed. “Jacob, look at Harry’s sincerity! Now, what about

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