Chapter 159 - 155: All At Once
Alice was inside the car, going towards the University with her friend.
"That was your brother?" Estonia asked Alice while she focused her eyes on the road.
"Yeah, he is," Alice replied.
"Anyway, it's your first day back to our university. How are you feeling? You'll meet the old friends," Alice smiled as she asked Estonia.
Estonia was back in the city, and she had transferred to the University of Dreamers again.
It was her first day at University after her return.
"Meh, I don't care much for them. They are all idiots. Also, I think I am in a different class. I won't meet them," Estonia replied.
Alice suddenly thought of something when the topic of class came up. She started looking in her bag.
"Oh no," Alice exclaimed suddenly.
"What happened?" Estonia asked in confusion. Alice looked serious.
"I forgot my assignment at home. It is the last day to submit that. I can't believe I forgot something so important," Alice let out as she looked down.
"It's really not your day, is it? First, the phone and now the assignment. It happens sometimes, I guess. Let me turn back at the next U-turn," Estonia chuckled lightly as she shook her head.
"No, don't do that. It's your first day. You will get late. Just drop me off here, I'll get a cab back," Alice rejected her offer. She didn't want Estonia to get in trouble because of that.
"It doesn't matter if I'm late. No one is going to say anything about it. My father is one of the biggest donors of this university. They won't freak out just because I'm late," Estonia smiled as she turned her car back at the U-turn and started driving back towards Alice's home.
Alice just sighed.
"Thank you," she thanked Estonia ultimately.
****
Bastion was sitting in his car, talking to someone. Another person was sitting in the passenger seat.
It looked to be a man of similar age to Ryder and Bastion.
The man had short black hair. He wore prescription glasses. He was somewhat thin compared to Ryder, but he looked more intellectual.
"A Reunion between us Book Club members?" Bastion asked the man.
When Ryder and Bastion were in college, they were both in the Book Club. Both of them joined the club because of girls.
Ryder joined the Club because there was a girl he liked. Bastion, on the other hand, joined the Book Club because it had more girls than boys, and some of the prettiest girls of the college were in the book club.
"Yeah, We are organizing the reunion of the Book Club members that were under me," the man replied.
The man that was standing beside Ryder was the President of the book club when Ryder joined it.
Ryder and Bastion were technically Juniors of this man, but they were close and acted more like friends than like Senior and Junior.
"Sounds like a good idea. I would love to come. It was lucky that I saw you on the streets. I don't think I would've received the invitation otherwise. Am I right, Dan?" Bastion said, with a casual smile.
"It's true. I didn't know that you were back in the country, so you would not have received the invitation. It was lucky that we meet each other," Dan replied.
"Have you invited Ryder yet," Bastion asked.
"Well, Ryder lives nearby, so I wanted to invite him personally. I know that guy, and he would probably reject the invitation and give some excuse. If I'm there before him, I should be able to convince him. I was just going there," Dan answered Bastion.
"Hahaha, Right. He's not good at social gatherings, but he's changed from what I've seen. Anyway, let's go there together. I'll help you convince him to come," Bastion told Dan as he started the engine of his car.
"I'm quite excited to see how the girls look like now," Bastion muttered.
"Hah, You'll never change, man. You're old now. Stop being a playboy. Find a girl and settle down," Dan laughed out loud.
"Who's old? We're still young. At Least Ryder and I are, I can't say the same about you," Bastion started driving the car.
****
An hour before Bastion met Dan—
Shu was sitting in his house, having his morning coffee when his butler came to him.
"Mr. Zhang is here to meet you," the Butler told Shu.
"Oh? He didn't inform me before coming. Whatever it must be something important. Bring him to the hall. I'll be there," Shu answered.
The Butler turned back and left Shu's bedroom.
Shu finished his coffee at his usual pace before he got off the bed and left his room.
As he reached the hall, he saw a white-haired man sitting on the couch. The man seemed to be 50-60 years old.
He was the city's top lawyer and the person that Shu called to get Ryder's sister out of prison.
Zhang stood up as he saw Shu near him.
"What brought you here, Mr. Zhang?" Shu inquired.
"I came here to inform you that the papers to Sue the police are ready. I need a sign of Mr. Ryder on them. The faster we get the sign, the faster we can submit it to the court," Zhang said. "It would be great if you can call him here."
"There's no need to call him here. Let's just go there instead," Shu chuckled as he tapped on the man's shoulders.
"Come."
Shu started walking towards the exit. He was still in his casual clothes, but it didn't seem like he cared about it.
He told the lawyer to follow his car as Shu quite liked traveling in his car.
****
Four luxurious cars stopped before Ryder's house at the same time.
Alice and Estonia stepped out of one of the cars, Bastion and Dan stepped out of the second. Shu stepped out of the 3rd while Mr. Zhang stepped out of the 4th.
Alice recognized Shu.
"Brother Shu," She waved her hand. "What brought you here?"
Shu moved closer to her.
"I have some work with your brother. Anyway, are you not going to University? From what I know, the classes should've been started by now," Shu asked as he looked at the watch on his wrist.
"I forgot something at home," Alice replied.
Estonia stayed behind while Alice walked towards her house with Shu.
Except for Estonia, everyone reached Ryder's door.
Alice looked at Bastion in confusion, not recognizing him.
"Little girl, have you forgotten your brother Bastion so soon? Bastion asked as he smiled wryly.
"It's you! I thought that you looked similar. Didn't you move away?" She asked.