Chapter 16 A Deposit
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When everyone saw Anthony fall, the laughter stopped and the whole square became deadly silent. They watched as Robert sighed helplessly, then spent thirty points and bought the useless pill from the mall to help Anthony. He then opened his ghost eyes, the bad luck ghost that was attached had disappeared.
"Hey, wake up!" Robert tapped on Anthony’s forehead.
Anthony was so excited that he almost jumped from the ground, "Daddy, can you help me get that ghost away now?"
"Just get out of here! Don't bother me again!" Robert kicked him.
"Yes..."Anthony gave a smirk, and then ran away quickly.
Robert looked at Abby in the crowd, she was watching him and they locked eyes. Suddenly, Abby turned and left while Robert stood there dumbfounded. He quickly rushed through the crowd to chase her, after turning a corner, Abby had stopped, but still had her back to Robert.
"Abby, I..." Robert's throat felt as if he had a bone stuck in it and he was choking, he found it hard to speak for a long time.
"You don't need to explain..." Abby said gloomily and walked away again without looking back.
Robert hurried after her and grabbed her arm, forcing her to stay and listen to the entire story.
After he finished explaining, Abby replied indifferently, "Oh, I see."
"Adele will be coming back to class today. Take care of her for me," Abby whispered and pulled her arm away.
Robert was frozen in place, as Abby walked into the school.
When class began, Abby and Adele walked into the classroom together. Adele had taken several days to recuperate and her complexion was much better, showing the agility and liveliness of a young girl.
The whole class was excited to see her return.
"s**t! The big belle of Portledge School is finally back!"
"She is mine! Don't even try to snatch her from me!"
"f**k you! Adele is mine!"
Although the boys were excited like animals in heat, they didn’t show Adele any respect. Adele was accustomed to the atmosphere at the school and the attitude the boys had toward her. She paid them no attention and glanced around the room, she finally saw Robert and walked toward him.
Nobody expected that Adele would sit next to the new kid, rather than returning to regular seat. Yet, she smiled at Abby and said, “I want to sit with him!”
Before the other students scolded, Abby refused, "No! Go back to your own seat. The class is about to begin!"
"No!" Adele pursed her mouth and said, "I'm going to sit with him!"
Robert was embarrassed and wondered if he would always be the target of hatred by the boys at Portledge School. He didn’t say anything, he just waited for Abby to resolve the situation.
"Sister, please..." Adele shook Abby's arm and said shyly.
"Well, it is just you like," Abby waved her hand and walked straight out of the classroom.
Adele ignored everyone's strange gaze and sat next to Robert.
After class, Robert coughed and asked, “Won’t your sister be angry with you for acting like that?”
Adele didn't care, "No, my sister won’t be angry with me. I'll just apologize to her later!”
Robert wanted to leave, he wondered if Abby told Adele about had happened the day before.
"By the way, are you Robert? And was it you who save me?” Adele asked.
"Well, it seems that would be me…” Robert said softly, not sure how he should reply.
Adele frowned, she put her hands on her cheeks to hiding her blushing. She looked at Robert and with a serious smile, she said, “Then you are my savior? I should thank you by give you my virginity, right?”
Robert put his hand to his forehead, he knew if Abby had any idea what Adele was saying, she would be furious. Beyond embarrassed, Robert said, “Don’t joke about things like that, Adele!”
"I'm serious! How about adding me as a friend on t****k?" With that, Adele took out her phone, but Robert didn’t even have a phone and had no idea what she was talking about.
Unexpectedly, Adele said, “Let’s ask for leave later today and buy you one, just as a thank you for saving me!”
Robert just wanted to refuse her, but he saw Adele smiled playfully, "You can’t say no!"
Robert knew that he was going to have more trouble.
After asking for permission to leave, Robert and Adele walked out of the school. Little did they know that a rumor about them was already making its way around.
“Let’s go to the bank so I can set up an account, then I will take you to dinner, and then I will get a phone, okay?” Robert asked, wondering if Adele had a crush on him.
"Okay!" Adele was full of joy.
When they arrived at the bank, Robert walked up to the counter to apply for a bank card.
"Little boy, go away, don't bother me!" The counter clerk sighed and lazily waved to the next person in line.
With a loud slam, Robert put his ID on the counter, “Can I apply for a bank card?”
The counter clerk glanced at his ID card but still did not appear to be interested in helping Robert, “You need to be able to deposit $10,000. Do you have that much money? There is no point in being here if you don’t.”
Adele was annoyed and muttered in a low voice, "That is bullying! Who needs $10,000 just to get a bank card?”
Robert put his hand up to stop her from arguing with the counter attendant, then he turned to the clerk and said, “$10,000? No, that is not enough, I need to deposit more than that!”
He pulled out $100,000 from his backpack and put it on the counter.
When the counter clerk saw the money, his attitude immediately changed. He smiled with the thought of the commissions and bonuses he would receive, “Is there anything else, I can help you with?”
"What do you think?" Robert dropped a few more piles of money on to the counter, “Get the president of the bank to come deal with this! I don’t know if your little heart can bear the large amount that I have here.”
"No problem! No problem, I will go get him immediately!”
After a while, the counter clerk and the president returned.
"I didn’t quite believe how much money you wanted to deposit!” A middle-aged man exclaimed as his eyes darted back and forth between Robert and the money.
Robert raised one finger and shook it in the air without speaking.
"One, one million?" The president and the counter clerk asked in shock.
"No, ten million!" Robert threw the backpack on the counter.
"Impossible!" The counter clerk began to take money out of the backpack bit by bit, it seems to never end.
Neither of them could help but feel intimidated by the way Robert was watching them as they counted the money.
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