?Chapter 498


    Hilda chimed in as she snacked on her peanuts, "He''s right. You make tens of thousands of dors a year.


    "If you''re being so frugal, what are we, the poor, supposed to do?"


    Rory scratched his head awkwardly.


    "It must be the wind. It probably knocked the antenna out of ce.


    "I''ll go check it out. Stay seated, you guys!"


    He hurried out once he was done speaking.


    The workshop was in a rented single-story house located in an urban vige. Every household had a ck-and-white TV with an antenna outside.


    The TV''s reception would be severely affected whenever there was wind or rain.


    After Rory left the room, Sharyl couldn''t help but say, "Hilda, how could you call yourself poor? The convenience store the both of you opened recently must have cost tens of thousands of dors!"


    Hilda rolled her eyes.


    "It''s not as if you are unaware of our financial circumstances. We borrowed money from you for Carl''s tuition two years ago."


    Sharyl asked, puzzled, "Then where did you get the money to open the convenience store? Was it from Gordon''s severance pay?"


    Hilda couldn''t hold back herughter.


    She then looked at Gordon and said, "Severance pay... Does he look that important?"


    Gordon''s lips twitched. He stepped on Hilda''s foot in retaliation. He wondered why she couldn''t spare him the shame while they were out.


    The TV buzzed as it returned to the TV program.


    "Next, we will contact our on-site reporter to check out the socialworking tform this young 18-year-old university student willunch..."


    At Rivend Convention Center, Alumni Network''s product manager was on stage warming up the audience.


    He exined Facebook and analyzed why it had be so popr among universities abroad. Behind him, a projector disyed Facebook''s interface and various features on a


    screen.


    Sean was adjusting his outfit below the stage. He wore a loose gray suit jacket with pants that were a tad too long for him that day. Half of his white shirt was tucked while the other remained untucked.Content property of N?velDra/ma.Org.


    He looked somewhatical.


    Sean smiled as he looked at Lily, who was rather weak.


    He then asked as he slicked back his hair, "Lily, do I look like a domineering CEO?"


    Their rtionship had mended after Lily had been cared for attentively over the past few days.


    Lily couldn''t help but chuckle, "Do you want the truth or a lie?"


    Sean immediately lost interest.


    "Neither sounds good, so I don''t want to hear it!"


    Gillian frowned and asked, "Squirt, did you pick this outfit yourself?"


    "Don''t call me Squirt. My name is Sean! This outfit cost me 600 dors."


    Sean scratched his head in frustration as he looked at himself in the mirror.


    "Why do I feel like this jacket is a little too big?"


    Gillian snickered.


    "You have bad taste. Do guys never try on clothes when buying them?"


    She suspected his suit could easily fit her 180-pound father.


    Lily chimed in, "Just take off the jacket. The white shirt looks fine on its own."


    Since Lily said so, Sean reluctantly took off the jacket and tucked his shirt fully into his pants. However, the white shirt was still quite loose. Lily still thought it looked rather awkward no matter how she looked at it.


    She sighed and said, "Take me with you the next time you go clothes shopping. I might not know much about suits, but I do have an eye for style."


    Sean blushed at Lily''sment.


    To ease the awkwardness, he smiled and exined himself, "Darling, you may say that I suck at buying clothes, but you can''t say Ick an eye for aesthetics. Otherwise, how could I


    be so smitten with you?"


    Gillian''s lips twitched.


    "How shameless... The two of you aren''t married, yet you both flirt like husband and wife."


    Lily shot Sean a re as she blushed furiously. However, she felt warm inside. She finally understood the feeling Wanda described when dating Carlisle.


    Lily''s eyes dimmed slightly upon thinking of Wanda.


    She couldn''t help but wonder about Wanda''s whereabouts.


    "Mr. Woodsen..."


    Alumni Network''s publicity director walked over. Sean immediately tensed up.


    "Is it my turn to go on stage?"


    The publicity director smiled and shook his head.


    "Mr. Zahn is here..."