South River University, More than ten thousand students had gathered on the field in an orderly fashion.
The Labor Day talent show was starting soon.
Firstly, the chancellor of the university gave a speech.
Then, the students started their performance,
All kinds of performances ranging from singing, dancing, skits, stand-ups, and magic shows were being presented on stage
However, David was not watching the performance on the stage at this moment.
Instead, his teacher called him back to the classroom.
Of course, he was not the only one receiving this treatment.
Everyone in the class was called back.
Everyone was a little confused.
The teacher spoke at this moment.
“There’s an emergency.
Since Ava is sick, she can’t go on stage.
Who among you knows how to play the piano?
Please replace her.
You don’t need to be good, you just need to deal with it.”
Everyone turned their gazes to Ava.
Indeed, Ava’s originally rosy cheeks were now very pale.
After waiting for a while, she continued when no one volunteered, “If anyone accepts this task, I’ll approve their leaves in the future, no matter what the reason.”.
When the teacher said that, some of them were moved, but playing the piano was something delicate.
No one would be able to perform on stage after only learning it for a few days.
David was moved too.
He wanted to accept this task so it would be easier for him to request leave in the future.
With that, he added some lavish points to add ‘piano skills’ on the skills column.
After that, he added 10 lavish points to improve his piano skills from novice to expert.
Soon, David felt an abundance of knowledge rushing into his brain.
When David was confident, he stood up and said, “Teacher, let me try!” Every one of the students looked at David with looks of disbelief on their faces, including the other three musketeers, Ava, and the teacher.
“David knows how to play the piano?’
‘Stop joking.’
Throughout his university days, whenever there was a break, he’d work part-time or apply for part-time jobs.
How would he have the time to learn to play the piano?
“Do you know how?” The teacher asked after hesitating.
“Yes, I learned it when I worked as a part-timer.”
“Can you play a complete song?” The teacher asked again.
“Of course!”
“Alright then.
Since no one else is volunteering, you should give it a try.
Remember, take it easy and don’t make any mistakes.”
At this moment, Dean stood up and said with a pained look on his face, “Teacher, I don’t feel well either.
We should just let David go solo.”
He did not want to embarrass himself with David!
He would not believe that a pauper like David would know how to play the piano no matter what.
Wouldn’t it be better to get himself out of this early on and sit below the stage to watch David make a fool of himself?
When the students in the class saw Dean pretending to look like he was in pain, they wanted to laugh.
Naturally, the teacher saw this too.
However, she did not expose Dean.
Instead, she asked David, “David, can you do this alone?”
“Of course!” David replied.
He did not want Dean to go on stage with him anyway.
It was meaningless to work with a man.
However, he felt that it was a bit boring to just play the piano.
So, he spent another 30 lavish points to upgrade his lyric writing, song composition, and singing skills to expert.
Now, he was ready.
The matter was settled so everyone went back to the field to watch the show.
Meanwhile, David was standing backstage waiting for his turn.
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Goat City.
Tara’s grandmother’s house.
“Mom, dad, I have a friend who’s the young master of the Golden Leaf Hotel.
You should know that hotel, right?
It’s an 8-star hotel and it’s also the most high-end and luxurious hotel in the South River Province.
That place is worth a lot of money.
If he is willing to help us, we’ll be able to make it through this crisis.”
Tara was trying hard to calm her parents down.
As long as there was hope, they would not give up.
When Ken Smith heard what his daughter said, he finally turned around and looked at Tara and her mother with eyes that no longer looked lifeless.
As someone who was from the South River Province who was also a big boss who used to have a net worth of hundreds of millions, of course he would know about the Golden Leaf Hotel.
He even met a very important client there before.
The market value of the hotel was at least 15 billion now.
If it was just as his daughter said, this might just help him get through this difficult time.
If he could pay back the money owed to the loan sharks and banks and lift the prohibition on his company, he would be able to make a comeback with his ability.
If this was possible, why would he want to give up on his happy family?
“Really?” Ken asked with a hoarse voice, This was the first thing he said in two days.
“Really!
Really!”
When Tara saw that her father was finally talking, she said after wiping her tears.
When Laura saw that her husband was finally talking, she let out a sigh of relief as well.
“However, even if he has this ability, why would he help us?
You’re only his classmate.
We need about 100 million, can you really get him to lend you this money?” Ken asked.
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When Tara heard this number, she was even more shocked.
She thought her family only owed a few million, so with David’s super-rich status, he might not care about this figure.
However, she did not expect them to owe 100 million.
100 million!
Even if David was a super rich kid, could he take out so much cash at one go?
Perhaps his family could, but he was only a student.
His family would not allow him to take out so much money to lend to someone he had only known for a few days.
What should she do?
What should she do?
No, she finally gave some hope to her parents, so she could not let them find out the truth.
“Dad, David will lend the money to me because… because he’s my boyfriend!
We’ve been together for half a year.
I was worried that you’d say that I was too young so that’s why I didn’t dare to tell you.”
Ken and Laura were taken aback.
The last glimmer of doubt in their hearts was also gone.
They did not feel strange that their daughter was able to find such an outstanding boyfriend.
They were very confident in their daughter.
However, Ken had another question in his heart.
Was this a lie that his daughter made up to comfort him?
Probably!
So, Ken said, “Call him now and see if you can borrow the amount from him.”
Tara’s heart tightened.
She said, “Dad, I’ll call him tomorrow.
You should eat something, I’m hungry too.”
As someone who had been in the business world for many years, Ken noticed the subtle difference in his daughter’s behavior.
‘Just as I suspected,’ Ken sighed.
This was just his daughter’s delaying tactics.
At this moment, Laura said something.
“Tara, call him!
If we can borrow the money, then your father can prepare.
If we can’t, then we still need to settle you and your sister.
If not, your father and I won’t die peacefully.”
Tara had no choice.
She could only take out her phone and called David after looking up his number.
Even though she was already feeling hopeless, she still hoped for a miracle.
South River University.
David was backstage waiting for his turn.
Suddenly, his phone rang.
When he took out his phone to have a look, he saw that it was from Tara.
Why was this chick calling him?
Even though he was curious, he still answered the phone.
“Hello, Miss Tara Smith.
Can I help you?”
On the other end of the phone, when Ken heard David calling his daughter ‘Miss Tara Smith’, his last glimmer of hope faded immediately.
No men would address their girlfriends like that.
However, Tara did not care about the trivial details.
“David, are you free now?
I want to tell you something.”
David looked at the schedule and saw that there were a few groups in front of him.
So, he walked to a quieter place.
“What’s going on?”
“David, I want to borrow some money from you!”
David was stunned.
‘Borrow some money?
‘Isn’t this chick’s family loaded?
‘Why would she borrow money from me?’
“How much?” David asked.
“100 m-million.”
“How much?” David thought he misheard, so he asked again.
“I want to borrow 100 million!”
“Why do you need to borrow so much money?” David asked.
“David, my family’s business failed, and we owe a lot of money to loan sharks.
If we don’t pay up, our family will be doomed.
Can you please help me?
I’ll definitely pay you back slowly.”
Tara started sobbing into the phone.
Loan sharks?
That was something that would ruin her life.
The image of Tara rejecting Mr.
Gomez’s hints of sleeping with him appeared in David’s brain.
If he refused now, after a while, this chick might become those people’s plaything for the sake of money.
Alright, he would just think of this as saving a young lady who had taken the wrong step in life.
“Is 100 million enough?” David asked.
‘Is 100 million enough?’
This was the most touching sentence Tara had ever heard in her life because this sentence was about to pull up her family that was about to fall into the abyss.
Ken and Laura widened their eyes and looked at each other.
Their faces were filled with shock.
Their daughter’s boyfriend was a little incomprehensible.
100 million to him was nothing.
This was 100 million.
However, could he just take it out casually?
Someone like this was their daughter’s boyfriend?
They were so happy for their daughter.
Plus, if he would take out 100 million to help their daughter, then it would mean he liked her a lot.
“It’s enough!
It’s enough!
Thank you, David!” she wanted to cry right now.
She had been very tense since the afternoon, and right now, she could finally relax.
She wanted to vent so badly right now.
“Give me your account number.
I’ll transfer it to you later.” David’s voice sounded from the phone.
“Okay, thank you so much, David!”
After Tara hung up the phone, she sent her account details to David.
Then, she noticed her parents staring at her.
“Mom, Dad, what’s wrong?”
“Tara, is David really your boyfriend?”
“Yeah!
If not, he wouldn’t casually lend me 100 million even if he’s loaded, right?”
“Right.
When are you bringing him home?
We want to thank him properly.’
“Whenever he’s free.
He’s very busy!”.
“When he’s free, you have to bring him home so that we can meet him.”
“Alright!
Fine!
Mom, go make dinner.
I’m hungry.”
At this moment, a robotic tone rang from Tara’s phone.
“Your account ending with XXXX has received a fund transfer of 100 million dollars.”
The three of them were stunned.
At the same time, they breathed out sighs of relief.
Even though David promised he would lend them the money, the weight on their chest would still be there before the money was actually in their account.
Now that they got the money, their family’s crisis was also resolved.
Laura went to make dinner happily.
Ken also walked out of the room he had stayed in for the past two days.
After he drank some milk, he went to take a shower.
Meanwhile, Tara sat on the sofa in the living room and thought about what happened that day.
She could not imagine what would have happened to her family if she did not get David’s help.
Her parents might take the blame for all of this and then leave this world.
Then, she and her sister would move somewhere without family and live lonely lives.
David saved her parents and he also saved her and her sister.
In addition to that, he saved this family that was about to be destroyed too.
So, she had made up her mind.
From this day on, she would only belong to David.
As long as David needed her, she would show up.
When David did not need her, she would disappear.
She decided to be by David’s side regardless of if she was his mistress or maid, she also did not mind even if she had to work extremely hard for him.
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South River University.
David was still waiting for his turn.
He would be next.
If he knew what Tara was thinking right now, he would surely be confused.
He only lent her 100 million, so why would she give her life to him?
At this moment, the emcee’s loud voice could be heard.
“Since the next performer Ava Snowden is sick, we’ll be having David Lidell playing the piano for us next.”
After the emcee finished talking, there was a commotion among the audience.
“Damn, why is it David?”
“Where is my goddess?
How can they replace her?”
“Hey, David.
Can you show us how you vomitted blood that day?
I want to learn from you because my girlfriend is going to break up with me soon.”
“Hahaha!
Yeah, let him show us how he vomited blood.”
“Hahaha!”
The scene was a little chaotic.
After David got onto the stage, he heard the laughter of the students below the stage, He did not care.
He walked to the piano and grabbed the microphone.
Then, he said, “Teachers, students, good evening, my name is David Lidell.
Tonight, I’ll be performing a song I wrote, named ‘Boy’.
I hope you’ll like this.”
He sat in front of the piano and placed his hands on the keys.
After recomposing himself, the tutorial on how to play the piano appeared in his brain.
It was as if he had practiced this countless times.
His fingers danced on the keys.
The music coming from the piano floated into everyone’s ears.
“Damn, not bad!
He looks like he’s a professional.”
“David even knows how to play the piano?
He’s been hiding this so well!”
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