chapter 163

The next morning, somebody was loudly banging on Eric's door to no end. Eric was already awake,. holding onto Lucy's earrings for the entire night."Open the door, you rich and evil capitalist!"Eric's mouth twitched on hearing Ben's voice. He didn't respond. But Ben kept on banging the door."I know you are inside you evil capitalist! Open the door!"Eric refused to comment. He was in no mood to entertain a kid right now. There was silence on the other end too. Eric thought Bobo left."Lucy was crying last night."Eric's eyes flew open at those words. He immediately opened the door and looked at Ben, feeling panicked. "What? Lucy was crying? W-Why? When? Is she hurt?"Ben put his hands on his waist and glared at him as his small stature stood straight against his tall one. He headed straight inside his house and turned. "We need to talk!"Eric closed the door and urgently asked, "Tell me about Lucy first.""That is why I came here!"He made him sit on the couch and faced him akin to an angry teacher who scolded a student for not doing his homework."How dare you make my Lucy cry! Who do you think you are?"Eric blankly stared at the child. "I...I-I don't know." His gaze dimmed as he lowered his head. "No…I know why she cried.""Uh-huh. So spill it out.""It's because I am incompetent."Ben rapidly blinked his eyes. "What?""I failed my duties as her man."Ben was confused.What nonsense is he spouting?When Eric recalled everything that happened, Ben facepalmed. He wished to bang his head on the wall."You are an idiot!"Eric nodded. He felt depressed even further. "En. I am.""What kind of a man gifts something to a girl and then asks her to give it back to him the same night!?" Ben flared at him and demanded an answer.