But it was estimated that he also lived a shabby life and had to look at Luciana Oldenburg's face from time to time. In my heart, I just murmured, ‘His life was much more miserable than I thought’.
“I heard that you were admitted to Stanford University that year. Is it true? Why are you here? Are you returning to your alma mater as a teacher?”
I smiled and shook my head. But I didn't expect Luciana to suddenly look at me and laugh.
“So how dare you come to this event? You are not even qualified to be a teacher, Stephanie, or are you just coming back as a handyman? The kind that doesn't even have an establishment.”
As soon as Luciana laughed, everyone else followed and scoffed. Leonardo was even full of contempt for me.
“You are a Stanford student, but you are coming back to your alma mater as a handyman. You're here to disgrace your alma mater, aren't you!”
On the contrary, the female student that I helped, opened her mouth to explain for me. But I stopped her.
“Isn't it good to contribute to your alma mater?”
I dared to reply to his words because I was no longer the person I was ten years ago. Their act of mockery, in my eyes, only felt childish. Moreover, it would be too much of a failure if I still needed to rely on my lips to self-certify in exchange for dignity. After all, when the time comes, there will always be someone to speak for me. After saying that, I turned around and was about to leave with the female student. But once again, I was stopped by Luciana.
“Did I tell you to leave? Since you're a handyman for your alma mater, there just happens to be a bit of work for you to do,” shouted Luciana.
Luciana gave Abelard a sign and now that he had completely become a lapdog, he immediately opened the trunk. Inside the trunk, there were two boxes of high-grade red wine that were worth a lot of money.
“Carry these wines to the lecture hall. Please, be careful, Stephanie. These wines are something that, in your lifetime, you will never be able to afford to taste.”
Looking at the trunk of red wines that were no more than three to five thousand dollars a bottle, I smiled faintly. In my mind, I couldn't help but think of a dinner party last year. The one who asked me to dinner was none other than Luciana's grandfather, Raymond Oldenburg.
Raymond was the elder of the Oldenburg Family. Due to the Oldenburg Family's business shrinking over the past few years, the capital chain suffered a crisis. Mr. Raymond really had no choice but to personally go out and look for investment overseas. After a few turns, he then found me. That day, Mr. Raymond took out the collection of many years of Flying Moutai. He really respectfully stood in front of me and gave me a toast. But I was too lazy to drink a sip.
Later, Mr. Raymond had no choice but to kneel down in front of me in order to get the investment. Only then did I agree to give the Oldenburg Family an injection of one billion dollars. But at the same time, also on that day, I took control of the Oldenburg Family's lifeblood. Once the withdrawal of capital, the Oldenburg Family would be completely never to be recovered. Looking at Luciana, who was still so dejected in front of me today, I revealed a faint smile.
“You are right, Luciana. I really won't touch this wine in my lifetime. It's so precious, you guys might as well move it yourselves.”
Abelard also immediately nodded. “Yes, Ms. Luciana, it's better for me to carry it. With Stephanie's character nowadays, if she accidentally drops the wine, she can't even afford to pay for it even if she sells her body.”
Luciana shrugged. “That's true. Stephanie, you at least graduated from a top school like Stanford University, but now you're mixed up like this. I'm ashamed of you. Let's put it this way. How about this, why don't you kneel down and beg me today? I might be in a good mood and get through to Mr. James later. I will ask him to give you an official establishment. Your monthly salary can also be increased by a thousand dollars.”
Luciana's eyes were full of charity and pity for me. Meanwhile, Leonardo shook his head straight in disappointment.
“I really don't know how you've been doing these past few years, Stephanie! Don't say that the face of your alma mater has been disgraced by you, even the reputation of Stanford has been corrupted by people like you! I'm afraid you've been expelled from Stanford University.”
Luciana was suddenly agitated after hearing that I refused to do what she told me to do. Meanwhile, I just stared intently at Leonardo.
