The Inheritance - Book 1
Copyright© 2026 by Arise
Chapter 6
Richard accidentally swept the broom over the girl’s feet.
She was wearing a pair of white shoes and her calves were extremely fair. She was also carefully listening to Victor as he talked about his car, her full attention on Victor’s words.
Unexpectedly, Richard had actually swept the dirty broom over her shoes, smearing dust all over her white shoes.
She couldn’t help but scream when she realized what was happening.
Her scream unexpectedly attracted the attention of Whitney, Victor, and the others who were in the auditorium at this time.
“What’s wrong, Mila?”
Whitney hurried over before she asked Mila with a concerned expression on her face.
Victor also rushed over to Mila immediately.
“No, no, I’m fine. There’s no problem at all.”
Mila Smith tucked her hair behind her ear and she took out some wet wipes before she leaned down and attempted to wipe the dust off from her shoes.
However, the more she tried to wipe her shoes, the dirtier they got.
Mila was also obsessed with cleanliness. Therefore, she couldn’t help but frown when she saw the mess on her white shoes.
“Richard, did you do that to Mila’s shoes?” Whitney asked as she glared at Richard.
She had a cold and aggressive expression on her face.
Moreover, Victor was also very angry at this time.
“Damn it, you pauper! Do you know how much Mila’s shoes cost? You’ll never be able to afford to pay for it!”
After that, Victor stepped forward before he grabbed Richard by his collar.
“No, no, it wasn’t him!”
When Mila saw that Victor was about to beat Richard up, she quickly stepped forward to dissuade him.
In fact, Mila had already been paying some attention to Richard for a long time. She felt that he was a very different person compared to everyone else.
Moreover, she could tell that he was not from a rich family background.
Perhaps that was the reason why Victor and the rest of the boys were always bullying him.
However, despite being bullied and humiliated all the time, Mila could not see the slightest look of inferiority in Richard’s eyes. He was completely indifferent and the fact that he was poor didn’t seem to bother him in the slightest.
Richard always had a very humble and sincere look on his face.
Even if Mila wanted to lose her temper, she couldn’t bring herself to do so.
Therefore, Mila quickly stood up for Richard when she saw that Victor was going to beat him up.
“Don’t worry, Mila! We should at least make sure that this pauper pays you back for your shoes!” Victor replied in a vicious manner.
Mila was not from the Language Department, but she was a student from the Broadcasting and Media Department instead.
However, she had been friends with Whitney ever since they were young and the reason why she came over to the auditorium today was because she wanted to have some fun.
Though Victor liked Whitney, he was even more interested in her best friend, Mila.
“Oh, no! There’s no need for him to pay me back for the shoes. I’ll just go back to the dormitory and change into another pair of shoes!” Mila said in a hurry.
She also nodded slightly at Richard.
“You’re lucky today, kid!” Victor said as he glared at Richard. In fact, Victor was glad that he was able to act as the hero in front of the two beautiful girls today.
When he saw that Mila was about to leave, he quickly approached her.
“By the way, Mila, why don’t we go out and have a meal together after you change into a new pair of shoes? After all, everyone must be tired from the rehearsal today. I’ll treat everyone to a meal at Orchard Gardens!”
“Wow! Orchard Gardens? I heard that the fruit salad and steak there is really delicious but dining there is also really expensive!”
“Brother Victor, I’d like to come too!”
All the girls were excited as soon as Victor said that he would be buying Mila a meal at Orchard Gardens.
“Sure!” Victor replied as he clasped his hands together.
At this time, Whitney grabbed Mila’s hand before she smiled and said, “Mila, we’ll wait below your dormitory for you!”
In fact, Richard could tell that Mila did not feel like going at all.
However, Mila could tell that everyone was very excited to go there and Victor had just had a clash with Richard because of her.
Therefore, she could not bring herself to turn down his invitation.
Mila nodded slightly.
“Okay, I will drive! See you guys there!”
Victor was very excited that his strategy to ask Mila out seemed to have succeeded. Therefore, he glanced at Richard before he walked out of the auditorium.
Whitney turned and looked at Richard before she said, “What are you looking at, Richard? Do you really think that you are invited to join us for lunch too? Let me tell you, your subsidy isn’t confirmed yet! You’d better stay back and make sure you clean up this auditorium properly! Otherwise, I’ll make sure to teach you a lesson when I return!”
Richard kept quiet as Victor and Whitney continued taunting him in tandem.
In fact, he was very angry at this time.
However, he knew that he would not gain anything from losing his temper and he would only be giving Victor the opportunity to beat him up.
It was really unwise to ask for a beating. Therefore, Richard decided to just let it go.
“Come on, Mila! Let’s enjoy the ride in Victor’s new Audi A6 later!”
Whitney pulled Mila out of the auditorium after glaring at Richard with a contemptuous expression on her face.
The other people also walked out of the auditorium, one after the other.
They would definitely not be able to get there in one car so Richard couldn’t help but wonder how they would be getting there.
Richard thought to himself as he cleaned up the mess that they had left behind.
Should he get a car too?
He continued thinking to himself.
When Richard was done cleaning up the auditorium, it was almost noon.
At this time, Richard suddenly received an incoming phone call.
It was a phone call from Harper, the head of his dormitory.
“Richard, are you done cleaning up the auditorium?”
Richard nodded. “Yes.”
“Is Whitney crazy? We’ve already discussed this matter among ourselves and we’ve decided that if she dares reject your subsidy application, we’ll bring this matter up to the chancellor!”
Richard felt warmth in his heart as he said, “Thank you for looking out for me!”
“Richard, if you’re free, come and join us for lunch!”
Harper invited Richard for lunch but Richard could hear the sudden change in his tone.
It sounded as though Harper was a little embarrassed.
Richard was so close to Harper and he naturally knew that there was something amiss. This man was usually very manly, so why did he sound so embarrassed and shy today?
“Will there be anyone else joining us today?” Richard could not help but asked with a weary smile on his face.
“Bingo! Richard, do you remember the girl named Hayley who was with Alice at Naomi’s birthday party last night?”
All the girls from Alice’s dormitories attended Naomi’s birthday celebration last night.
Richard had a vague impression of Hayley Ians. She had short hair and she looked very cute and petite.
However, her character and personality was similar to Alice’s.
She kept rolling her eyes at Richard last night even though she did not say anything at all.
“Yes, I know who she is. Why? Did you ask her out?” Richard asked with a surprised expression on his face.
“Well, I was heading back to the dormitory after class today when I ran into her. She lost her cell phone in the cafeteria and I offered to help her look for it. Fortunately, I’m quite familiar with some of the workers in the cafeteria. After checking out the CCTV and looking around the cafeteria, we finally found her cell phone!”
“I felt that it was fate because I was actually pretty interested in her when I met her last night.
Therefore, I mustered up the courage to ask her out for lunch with me and my friends today. She agreed immediately!”
Harper was extremely excited over the other end of the line.
To be honest, Richard was very happy for Harper when he heard his words.
However, Richard really didn’t feel like going out with Alice and her friends.
He simply couldn’t tolerate them rolling their eyes at him!
“That’s great, brother! I wish you all the best! I think I’ll just skip lunch because I don’t want to be a light bulb!” Richard replied as he laughed.
“Damn it! How could you do this to me, Richard? All our brothers have already agreed to come with me.
Moreover, Naomi will also be there today! It seems as though Naomi is going to introduce someone very important to you today. If you seize this opportunity and make the most out of it, you might be able to turn your life around in an instant!”
Harper was also very concerned about Richard.
“A very important person?”
Richard could not help but think to himself, ‘Damn it. Don’t tell me that Alice will also be there today?’
Richard could not describe the feelings he felt for Alice.
Alice was really beautiful, and elegant.
However, Richard really could not tolerate her attitude because she wasn’t only very rude and arrogant but she also looked down on those who were poor.
Richard could not understand what Naomi was thinking. How could she possibly have intended to matchmake him to Alice?
Therefore, Richard really did not want to join them for lunch before he did not want the situation to turn awkward.
However, he could not reject Harper’s sincere invitation as he didn’t want to let his brothers down.
The place that they had decided to have lunch at was a western restaurant named Bludhaven.
Naturally, Harper could not afford to host a lunch at any five-star hotel unlike the second-generation rich kids such as Danny or Yuri.
The six girls from Alice’s dormitory turned up for lunch today.
Moreover, the six people from Richard’s dormitory also came with Naomi.
However, since Richard was not with the rest of the boys in the dormitory, he did not go to the lunch place with Harper and the rest of the boys.
“In my opinion, Naomi, we only need the five boys from Harper’s dormitory, you, and the six of us from my dormitory to come for lunch! Having the twelve of us eat together is good enough!” Alice said as she sat in her seat as she drank her juice.
The meaning behind her words was self-evident.
In fact, Alice had a good impression of Harper and she felt that he was also a very stable and mature man.
However, Harper’s parents were just ordinary people who were teachers in a middle school. Therefore, he was naturally not up to Alice’s standards.
“Yes, I agree with Alice. Why should Richard join us for lunch today? As soon as I see him, I start thinking about everything that he’d done last night! It’s so annoying!” Hayley also said jokingly at this time.
“Okay, okay. Alice, Hayley, please stop hating on Richard. Did you know that he’s actually a really good person if you’d just give him a chance and get to know him better?” Naomi replied as she smiled.
“Yes, Richard is really a very good guy...” Harper said immediately after.
“Well, if he was really such a good person, he wouldn’t make the twelve of us sit here just to wait for him alone, would he? Don’t you think I’m right, Hayley?” Alice said as she snorted coldly.
“Oh look! Richard is here!”
At this time, Naomi stood up excitedly as she waved at Richard, gesturing for him to come over and join them at the table.
“I’m sorry for being late. I had to go back to the dormitory to make an important phone call. There was something that I had to deal with.”
Richard said as he smiled at Naomi.
Naomi was sitting directly opposite Alice at this time.
Her eyes wandered for a moment before she stood up and pulled Richard to her seat and said, “Richard, sit here!”
Richard knew what Naomi was trying to do.
He simply sat down without putting too much thought into it.
“Jacelyn! Let’s switch seats!”
Unexpectedly, Alice had a cold expression on her face as she asked one of her girlfriends to switch seats with her as soon as Richard sat down in front of her.
“Sorry, Alice! I don’t want to switch seats with you. If I sit opposite that pauper, I’m afraid that people who don’t know the truth would actually misunderstand and think that he’s my boyfriend!”
“Why? Wouldn’t you be happy if Richard was your boyfriend? He could buy you a Hermes bag worth fifty five thousand dollars! Hahaha!”
“Yes, yes, Jacelyn! You should grab hold of this opportunity that is given to you!”
Jacelyn Leigh was a very gorgeous girl who was very interested in fashion and makeup.
As she was also from a wealthy family, she naturally despised Richard as well.
When Jacelyn heard her roommates making fun of her, she quickly replied, “If you think that Richard is so good, then you should just ask him to be your boyfriend!”
“Ahh! I give up. I surrender.”
The beautiful girls stopped joking around as soon as they heard her words.
They were obviously very sensitive to the fact that Richard might actually end up being their boyfriends and they would definitely be ridiculed then!
Harper and Benjamin were both a little annoyed when they heard the girls’ conversation. However, they could only endure it silently.
After that, Richard decided not to sit with Alice.
“Naomi, come and sit over here. I’ll just sit at the side!”
Richard couldn’t help but laugh because he was treated like a plague in the eyes of all these beautiful girls.
Even though he was a second-generation rich kid like everyone else, the treatment that he received from all the beautiful girls was totally different.
Richard had so many assets under his name, but why couldn’t he be favored by these beautiful girls?
Richard thought about using money to win these girls over but he couldn’t bring himself to do so
Ahh!
Richard decided to just step aside.
Naomi really wanted to mend and get rid of the misunderstanding between Alice and Richard because she really felt that they would make a good couple.
Moreover, both of them were her good friends!
“Alice?”
At this time, a man’s voice suddenly sounded.
A tall and handsome boy dressed in branded clothing from head to toe approached their table and he looked at Alice with a surprised expression in his eyes.
“Are you Quinton Ziegler?”
Alice was also stunned. She touched her hair before she stood up with a sweet and pleasant smile on her face.
“Yes, Alice. I haven’t seen you in over two years and you’re really looking more and more beautiful. I almost couldn’t recognize you,” Quinton replied as he smiled.
“By the way, Quinton, didn’t your dad send you abroad to study? When did you return home?”
“I came back two days ago and I was just asking around for your contact information! By the way, did you manage to resolve the incident that you got into at Emperor Karaoke Bar? Our high school classmate, Desmond, called me and told me that you ran into some trouble there!” Quinton said with a concerned expression on his face.
At this time, Alice covered her mouth in shock.
Alice’s roommates had also come to a sudden realization.
“Ahh! Quinton, were you the one who helped us resolve the issue last night?”
Alice was very surprised.
In fact, Quinton had really wanted to help Alice out last night and he even asked his father to call the manager of the karaoke bar, Flynn.
However, Flynn did not pick up the phone.
When Quinton heard Alice asking him if he was the one who resolved this matter on their behalf, he did not think too much about it.
Instead, he simply nodded as he said, “Well, I asked my dad to help me deal with it.”
Alice felt very proud and excited at this time.
Women were always the ones with the most pride and vanity!
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