Chapter 52

Lily glanced at the cash. They were all brand new 100–dollar bills. She wasn’t able to tell how much

there was just by the thickness of the stack.

“Thank you very much, Carlisle!”

Lily was brought to tears again.

She had mocked him when he switched places with her. Even so, he was helping her without holding

any grudges.

formal!

“We were schoolmates. You don’t have to be so for

“I will return it to you as soon as possible,” Lily uttered, choking back on her tears.

Lily pressed the money against her chest. If it weren’t for Carlisle and Sean, her life would have

changed.

“Alright, hurry up and put the money away. You shouldn’t keep your money exposed like that. You were

probably robbed because you revealed your money somewhere!”

Carlisle picked up the cup from the table and took a sip.

Lily shook her head. “I’ve never revealed my money!”

Carlisle continued his analysis. “Then, there’s a second possibility. Those robbers knew that there

would be freshmen with money on them during the new school term. So, they simply struck at random.

It was just your bad luck that they targeted you…”

Lily pouted. “They’re nasty. I hope the police will be able to catch them soon!”

Carlisle only responded with a smile. There was nothing wrong with Lily’s perspective. However, the

reality was usually very cruel.

The security was bad during this period of time. The authorities were probably incapable of doing

anything even if they wanted to. If capturing them was such an easy task, the robbers wouldn’t have

threatened them with knives.

The staff members served up their food. After all nine dishes were served, Carlisle was flabbergasted.

“You’re a nouveau riche indeed. This meal is on you!” Carlisle glared at Sean unhappily

Sean responded nonchalantly. “My treat it is!”

Out of the 20 thousand dollars that Carlisle gave him, he only used some of it to buy his phone. Other

than that purchase, he had never touched the money again.

Sean opened a bottle of beer and poured a glass each for Carlisle and Lily.

“Cheers to our freedom…”

“Cheers!”

Carlisle lifted his glass with a smile on his face.

Lily glanced at Carlisle and Sean, whom she was now indebted to. It didn’t feel right to refuse them, so

she also lifted her glass and clinked glasses with them.

Carlisle and Sean chugged it all in one gulp. As for Lily, she only took a sip.

Right at that moment, the MSN messenger notification rang from Carlisle’s phone in his pocket again.

He put his cutleries down and took his phone out.

He thought that Sweet like candy had messaged him. As it turned out, it wasn’t her.

Goldfish memory: “Carlisle, have you arrived at Riverland?”

It was Christine Goodman.

Carlisle typed, “Just arrived not long ago. How about you?”

Goldfish_memory: “Hehe, I’ve just arrived too. Where are you? Can I treat you to a meal?”

Bygones_b_bygones: I’m near the University of Science and Technology…”

Goldfish memory: “Oh, what a coincidence. I’m nearby, too!”

Bygones_b_bygones: “Come over to A1 Seafood Restaurant then. Sean and I are dining here!”

Goldfish memory: “You’ve already started eating? I’ll treat you another day then!”

The name, A1 Seafood Restaurant, sounded posh. She didn’t dare to treat Carlisle to a meal at a place

like this.

It wasn’t that she was being stingy. Rather, she couldn’t afford it.

She had tried really hard to gather the money for her studies by asking her neighbors for it.

Bygones_b_bygones: “We can talk about that another day. Just come over first. Sean ordered an entire

spread of food. We won’t be able to finish everything!”

Goldfish memory: “Alright then!”

Sean was eating the lemon butter fish when he suddenly asked, “Carl, come to think of it, how did you

know that Lily would be in danger at that time?”

Upon hearing that, Lily looked toward Carlisle in surprise. “You already knew that I was going to be in

danger, so you asked Sean to save me?”

Both of them stared straight at Carlisle. With a serious expression on his face, he said, “I will let you

both in on a secret. You have to make sure that you don’t tell anyone!”