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Chapter 255 Toad, How Have You Been Getting By?
Chapter 255 Toad, How Have You Been Getting By?
As Lachlan walked towards the gate, he waved his hand at Dennis to indicate that he had nothing todo with it. Then, his eyes fell on the stunningly fashionable woman with starry eyes and anexpression of surprise. "Carissa Leon?" he asked.
The woman was wearing a revealing outfit that showed off her long legs, making her stand out inthe village.
Carissa was from the Carningsby Village and was around the same age as Lachlan. Her fatherowned a quarry in the mountains east of the village and could be considered its "richest" man. Healso employed several people.
Thanks to her family's wealth and influence in the area, Carissa had always been proud like a swanand looked down on anyone her age in the village - including Lachlan.
Lachlan attended school with Carissa from elementary through middle school but had littleinteraction with her except for one misunderstanding they had during their third year of middleschool.
"Tsk tsk," Carissa sneered as she surveyed Lachlan up and down upon seeing him again after somany years away without notice. "When did this frog sneak back into town?"
"I just got here this morning," replied Lachlan nonchalantly as he rubbed his nose. "I'm busy rightnow, so if you don't have anything important to say, let's catch up another time."
With that said, Lachlan began closing the gate without bothering to say much more to Carissabecause their relationship wasn't exactly what one would call friendly due to their past historytogether.
However, before he could close it completely shut behind him though, she grabbed onto his shirttightly while pointing at his nose accusingly, "Did I tell you that you can leave? Huh?"
She then coldly laughed while asking, "What are you trying to prove? Have you forgotten how hardyou chased after me back when we were still in middle school? How come now that things aren'tgoing your way anymore? Suddenly it's too embarrassing for you even look at me?"
Upon hearing these words from Carissa's mouth, Lachlan's face darkened immediately, "Carissa,"he said sternly while shaking off her grip on him gently but firmly nonetheless. "That was years ago!Why bring it up again now?"
He continued by saying, "Besides… I've explained countless times already about how I didn't writethose love letters back then. Someone else made me deliver them."
Because Carissa came from a well-off family since she was young, she dressed up and dressedvery stylishly when she entered junior high school, and she was indeed beautiful.
As a result, she became the school's beauty.
At that time, there was a troublemaker in Lachlan's class who had a secret crush on Carissa.Knowing that Lachlan and Carissa were from the same village, he forced Lachlan to help himdeliver a love letter.
But the annoying thing was that the guy didn't write his name on the love letter, so Carissamistakenly thought it was Lachlan who liked her.
Coincidentally, at that time, the leader of the troublemakers in the fourth grade was also pursuingCarissa, so the troublemaker in Lachlan's class would never admit that he wrote the love letter.
As a result, Lachlan took all the blame.
Not only did he get beaten up by the leader from fourth year but ever since then, Carissa wouldoften humiliate him and call him "toad" repeatedly.
This incident became Lachlan's biggest shame at that time.
He never thought that after so many years had passed, Carissa would still bring it up!novelbin
The nickname "toad" still rolled off her tongue easily as she sneered at him with disdain on her face.
"You're still such a loser 'toad.' Even now you can't admit what you did back then? But I guess it'sno surprise. Someone like you is destined to be a nobody for life. You're only fit for secretadmiration and feeling inferior in front of me. Tsk tsk..."
She pointed towards the bus and mocked him saying, "I bet this is what you do now right? I heardyou got into college but after graduation became just another bus driver? It's hilarious! How haveyou been getting by, 'toad'?"
"What I do has nothing to do with you!"
Lachlan furrowed his brow and spoke expressionlessly before forcefully shaking off Carissa's handgrabbing onto his clothes. He couldn't be bothered dealing with such women anymore.
"Ahh!"
However, he may have used too much force. Carissa stumbled backwards and let out an alarmedcry as she fell onto the ground due to wearing high heels which caused her ankle to twist painfully.
"How dare you hit me?"
"Honey! Honey come quickly someone hit me!" Carissa rubbed her ankle and shouted in frustration.
"Carissa, what's wrong?"
As the voice fell, a man in his thirties got out of a nearby Mercedes-Benz and walked brisklytowards her.
He had tattooed arms, a buzz cut, and wore a large gold chain and watch. He looked like a toughguy not to be messed with.
His name was Omar Yates, also known as Buster, a notorious troublemaker in Laenteglos Town.
Omar looked after Carissa's family quarry business which led them into becoming close.
"Young man, did you hit my girlfriend?" Omar walked over full of hostility pointing at Lachlan whileasking aggressively.
"I didn't touch her." Lachlan shook his head coldly.
"Honey, it was him who knocked me down. Help me get revenge."
Carissa stood up on tiptoes supporting herself while leaning against Omar coquettishly speaking outloud.
She sneered at Lachlan, looking down on him. "Do you remember when I told you about the toadwho had a crush on me in school? That's him! He used to give me love letters all the time and evensnuck into the girls' bathroom to peek at me. I wanted to gouge his eyes out! So disgusting!"
Hearing this, Lachlan almost choked and found it amusing.
When did he ever sneak into the girls' bathroom to peek at her? Was she delusional or something?
Omar looked at Lachlan with disdain and hostility after hearing Carissa's words. "So, you were theone harassing Carissa back then? Look at yourself first before thinking about a goddess like her.You're not even worth her attention."
Lachlan found their conversation amusing as he shook his head in disbelief while looking atCarissa. "Goddess? Haha..."
Although Carissa was attractive enough, Lachlan's taste had already been elevated by beingaround Miranda all day long.
How could someone like Carissa be called a goddess? It was ridiculous.
Carissa became so angry that her heavily made-up face twisted in rage as she shouted, "You uglytoad! What kind of expression is that?! Honey, beat him up for me!"
"A lowly bus driver dares act tough with me?"
Omar glared fiercely at Lachlan. "I'll kill you, poor bastard!"
He looked at the bus parked outside Lachlan's house and thought that Lachlan was just a busdriver. He wanted to directly confront and teach Lachlan a lesson to vent his anger for Carissa.
He believed that beating someone like Lachlan, who was poor, would have no consequences at all.
"Mr. Willis, is there trouble here?" At this moment, someone walked out of the yard.
It was Mason's trusted subordinate Jeremy! He had mud all over himself and held some weeds inhis hand making him look dirty like a peasant if one didn't know better.
"Oh look, another poor guy has come out," sneered Omar. "What are you going to do now since thissmelly construction worker wants to help this ugly frog?"
However, when Omar saw Jeremy clearly after speaking those words, he suddenly turned pale withfear.
"Jeremy?"
"What are you doing here?"