Chapter 523 Open the Bottle
As soon as Lester uttered those words, Andy spoke up.
“How expensive can a bottle of wine be? It’s nothing for our school’s heartthrob.”
He said those words to defend Charlie’s dignity, who couldn’t say anything against it. After all, he was leading the charge.
The attention of everyone at the alumni gathering immediately shifted to Charlie when they heard that. As they had witnessed how wealthy Charlie’s background was and his lavish spending habits, they were especially looking forward to it today.
They figured the wine personally delivered by the owner must be worth tens of thousands at the very least.
They had never tasted such expensive wine before.
Even though they were still students and had to
mean they weren’t competitive.
rely on their families financially, it didn’t
Among the eight or nine people, two of them wanted to advise Charlie against it, They felt it wasn’t necessary for students, who were still dependent on their families, to drink such expensive wine.
“How about we don’t open it?” one of the bespectacled women, Selena, asked in a quiet
voice.
Yvette’s gaze
fell
upon her.
The others chuckled somewhat mockingly.
“Why are you such a scaredy–cat? No one’s asking you to split the bill. Charlie’s buying anyway. What are you so afraid of?”
“It’s just that we’re all students, and we’re from the same hometown…”
Selena had just started to speak when Charlie frowned, wondering who the hell brought such a lame bumpkin here.
Sensing her displeasure, Gina looked speechless.
“Here you go again with your spiel,” she complained. “Enough. Did you say we’re students, and it’s not right for us to come to a place where we have to spend a lot?
“We’re only here for a meal, but you’ve been nagging all day. Is a few thousand dollars a lot?
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“A meal costing a few thousand! I think that’s quite a lot of money,” Selena continued earnestly. “If we all had jobs and were earning a hundred thousand a month, I wouldn’t think twice about it.
“But right now, we’re all living on our parents‘ money. I think we should live according to
our means.”
The others chuckled at her words.
“My goodness! You’re so old–fashioned and petty!” they echoed.
The person who brought her here tugged at her, indicating for her to stop talking.
Lester looked over in this atmosphere.
Among these Sacred Heart Medical University students, only Selena seemed to have any sense even though everyone had the qualifications. The rest of them, Lester observed, were quite “interesting“.
Living up to expectations, Charlie stood up to mediate. “It’s just a bottle of wine. It’s not worth arguing over.”
With that, he glanced at Selena, appearing quite courteous.
“I’ve been saying since we came in that this meal is on me. I just want everyone to be happy We’re all from the same place, and we’re alumni. Let’s not ruin the good vibe.”
He seemed to be suggesting Selena was causing a disturbance.
Selena remained silent. Her family owned a winery, so she knew quite a bit about wine. She also knew the story behind the wine Lester brought over was quite interesting.
She never quite told these people her family’s background.
At first, she thought they would all support each other in the future as they were all from Southdale. But now that she got to know them better, she realized what her grandfather said about the children from the Shepherd family having a good upbringing was completely
wrong.
What a joke! If Charlie wanted to be a fool, she would let him!
Charlie couldn’t possibly know what she was thinking. Right now, the only thought he had in mind was to kick Selena out of the alumni gathering.
How did such a tacky and poor person even get in here?
Lester, also getting annoyed, smiled and urged, “So, sir, are you sure you want to open it?”
“Open it.” Charlie played the role of a noble gentleman and declared, “I’m in a good mood today! Let my classmates have a taste of the wine.”
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