Chapter 306


    Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 306


    Queta and Gerald walked in, dressed inly.


    The sight of them elicited disdainful scowls from many of the women in the restaurant.


    “Isn’t that Queta Smith? She came here, to Surati?”


    Next, a group of four or five girls and guys entered as well. As they walked past the table where Gerald


    and Queta were seated, some of them stopped in their tracks to stare at Queta in surprise. A yful


    spark flitted through those eyes.


    “Linda…oh, hey, everybody…” Queta blushed as she greeted them, setting her food down and


    clutching her dress nervously.


    Linda was fetchingly made-up and wore a form-fitting little ck dress that only barely covered her butt.


    Her female friends were d in simrly risqué fashions, while the guys had piercings which


    announced their considerable social statuses.


    It should be fair to assume that these were Queta’s ssmates.


    They had such teacher training courses at Gerald’s university too. You get all sorts in there.


    Some were rich brats who’d failed to qualify for other courses. Some were small-business


    entrepreneurs. Some were regr working stiffs.


    The rich brats attended sses mainly to pick up chicks.


    The pretty young things there were hoping to find a sugar daddy.


    The rest were like Queta—genuinely here to learn something.


    “Hahaha… surely you can’t afford this ce, Queta?” Linda hugged her shoulders, grinning at Queta


    with delight. Clearly, putting Queta down like this made Linda feel like she really was somebody.


    Particrly because when sses first began two days ago, one of the rich boys had raised the topic


    in ss as to who the prettiest girl among their ssmates was.


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    At first, Linda had been all for it…but then, after the votes had been cast, the winner turned out to be


    Queta!


    There had been joking invitations for her toe up front and present an eptance speech for this


    honor, but Queta had so far paid no attention to their jibes and their attempts to chat her up.


    However, this only further antagonized thepetitive Linda, who’d never once lost to anyone in terms


    of looks. After all, wasn’t it said that the greatest cruelty to inflict upon a woman was to name another


    woman as being more beautiful than her? Even if they admitted it out loud, it’s still such a heart-


    wrenching thing.


    So it was for Linda, and to make matters worse, she’d lost to some penniless tramp!


    “It’s my birthday today and I’m treating a friend to lunch!” Queta wasn’t oblivious to Linda’s enmity


    towards her, so she only offered her a simple reply and no more.


    “Good heavens, is this your treat? I’m guessing this guy’s your boyfriend, then?”


    Another one of the girls joined in. “Ahahaha! Someone has to say it: the two of you are a perfect match!


    Look at what you’re both wearing!”


    “Quit sulking, you two. They’re only some steaks and fruit juice,” one of the guys with them pointed out,


    shaking his head. “It’s our ss beauty Queta’s birthday today, let her enjoy herself. Stop causing a


    scene!”


    ‘ss beauty’, he’d said. Linda couldn’t let that pass.


    “But look, you guys! They’re only having the bare minimum here! Someone’s celebrating her birthday,


    but I bet they can’t even afford a cake! Looking at the two of them, I’m guessing she had to spend all of


    her life savings just to be in here! Gahahahaha!


    “Well, I shan’t interrupt you any further. No wonder Queta’s neighbors were talking about how she


    never eats any dinner—and that even for lunch, all she has is one bowl of in rice. Here I thought she


    was just watching her figure, but I guess she just doesn’t have much money for food!”


    Having spoken her piece for the moment, Linda harrumphed, folded her arms, and stalked off.


    “We’re going now. You’ll have no more trouble from us. After all, we’ll still have to apany Finn to


    Miss Liara’s birthday party afterwards. Isn’t that right, Finn?” Linda made a show of clinging to a young


    man’s arm and finally left.


    Having been humiliated like that, Queta bowed her head and kept silent. She didn’t eat another bite. A


    momentter, Gerald saw hot tears winding their way down her cheeks.