My school seniors fancied me? That was news to me.


    Feliciaughed and said, "All of them had a thing for you, don''t you know? At the start of the semester, your photo was all over their group chats. They were saying that there''s a fresh new face among the freshmen-a real looker. They even joked aboutpeting to see who could win you over first. Butter..."


    She trailed off, not daring to continue. Naturally, I finished her sentence for her, "Then, Joshua used me of pretending to be rich, and my reputation went down the drain."


    I thought that Joshua had framed me because of the seniors who''d brought us around campus during orientation. Ultimately, he was jealous of my poprity. After that, all of them no longer liked me.


    Suddenly, Mason appeared at the top of the stars. Silence immediately fell over the hall.


    The guests turned toward him reverently. Mason made eye contact with me. I shook my head and averted my eyes.


    "Everyone, thank you so much foring to my formal event today. I initially wanted to introduce our leader''s son to you all here. However, he''s a private man and doesn''t want to make his identity public. Thus, I won''t be announcing his name. What I can disclose is that he''s currently in the room with you all!"


    This... Wasn''t he exposing me? I red at him helplessly. Did he have to do this? Everyone in the room instantly looked around, looking for someone suspicious. However, all of Mason''s guests were around my age and looked wealthy and presentable. Identifying a unique man proved to be difficult.


    Thankfully, Mason waved his hand and said, "We''ll serve lunch now."


    Skipping my self-introduction at the formal event made it feel more like a formal lunch.


    I pulled Felicia to a corner table to avoid sitting with any wealthy heirs and risk being recognized.


    However, a familiar voice rang out just as I took a seat. "What''s so amazing about him? Who wants to sit beside them? How pretentious. Ryan, ignore them. They''ll suffer for their discrimination. When they eventually go bankrupt, many people will cheer the asion."


    At the sound of the voice, Felicia turned around in surprise. It was Ryan and Lina.


    They were chased away by the guests upying the neighboring table and had nowhere to go. So, they had no choice but to sit at our table. The second they did so, they froze.


    "William, Felicia!"


    Inwardly, I wondered why Mason had invited such an idiot to this event.