Chapter 32: Too Obedient, Too Naïve

He showed up too?

That made sense.

Lucas may have opened a Dragon Jadeite, which was certainly impressive, but imperial jade was a rare treasure too. It was only natural that Sasha would invite David.

He really should have seen it coming.

Brian was here. Rachel was here. This was clearly a face-slapping scene from the Dragon King male lead’s storyline.

[Sasha hosts a customer appreciation event for long-time clients and invites David, who opened imperial jade. But her subordinates look down on him and treat him with disdain, forcing him to sit in a corner. Rachel mocks him even more and piles on the insults.]

[Once the event begins, Sasha personally calls David to the stage and announces that he opened imperial jade. The room is shocked. Rachel’s face gets slapped hard, and she immediately tries to curry favor with David—only to find it’s too late.]

Remembering all of this, Lucas felt at ease.

Tonight’s face-slapping segment had nothing to do with him. He could just sit back and let Rachel and the others walk into it themselves.

Sure enough, when he glanced downstairs, he saw a few staff members with unpleasant expressions confronting David.

“You’re a premium guest? Without proof or an invitation? You expect us to believe that? Just stay on the first floor. The second floor isn’t for people like you.”

David didn’t try to argue at all.

The staff told him to sit in the corner, and he obediently went to the corner.

So obedient. Wasn’t that just to set up a face-slapping moment later?

From this angle, David was honestly a bit sickening. In order to make a scene and slap faces later, he refused to provide proof, refused to call Sasha, and chose to play the poor victim just to put low-level staff in an awkward spot.

Soon, the appreciation event began.

Lucas, as a specially invited guest, sat at one of the most honored seats.

David, who should have been seated just below him as the second-tier guest of honor, instead played along and sat in the farthest corner, just to stage his big reveal later. His face was calm, but Lucas could tell he was definitely looking forward to his grand entrance and shocking performance.

Sasha, both the shop owner and the host for the evening, stood onstage, holding the microphone with a humorous tone that had the entire hall laughing throughout her speech.

When the award ceremony segment began, the atmosphere heated up instantly.

Sasha was generous. She had prepared a lot of good gifts.

Even the most ordinary returning customers received jade worth several hundred Dollar.

Those who met the spending threshold could get golden ornaments.

By the time the top-tier guest awards were announced, the room had reached its peak excitement.

There were five top-tier guests in total.

The fifth received a jade pendant worth over two thousand Dollar.

The fourth got a jade bracelet worth more than three thousand Dollar.

The third received the latest model iPhone.

As the third guest walked off the stage with a smile, Lucas sat up straight and looked toward the corner of the room.

Because the second award was for David.

David also subtly straightened up. His eyes gleamed with undisguised excitement.

As soon as he walked up onstage, the staff who had just questioned him would be frightened out of their minds.

As soon as he walked up, the mother-daughter pair who had looked down on him would turn pale and regret everything.

After seven years in the northern frontier, he understood perfectly the art of staying low before rising high.

All that patience and humility earlier was for this one moment of rising glory.