"So, you came here to visit the area just like me?" Dora chirped enthusiastically.
'Visit?' Darryl thought. He was caught off guard for a little bit.
Dora was a university student majoring in architecture design. At the end of the semester, they had to submit some drafts. Dora heard that Windon Real Estate had built top-notch luxury villas, so she came here for inspiration.
She was surprised to see Darryl.
"I'm here to visit, aren't you?" she let out an astonished sigh. "These villas are way too pretty!"
When Dora first met Darryl, he dressed like a security guard, and assumed he worked security part-time. Today, Darryl was dressed casually too, so she assumed he was a university student like herself who came here to visit.
Darryl smiled but did not speak.
"Oh yeah, which university are you from? Are you majoring in architecture design as well?" Dora chirped.
"I'm..." Darryl was about to say The Hexad School.
Dora continued talking before he could finish. "Ah! I haven't thanked you for last time! Since you're here, let's visit the area together! Do you know which is the nicest spot here?"
Darryl shook his head. To be honest, although his company built this, it was actually his first time here.
"Follow me; I'll show you!" Dora pulled on Darryl's hand, and they arrived at Villa No.28.
"You're lucky that you met me today! This is the most beautiful spot. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't find it!" Dora chirped happily.
Darryl looked around, and she was right. There was a man-made lake right in front of No.28. Beside the lake were trees, making the scene look picturesque, especially now that the sun was setting.
Dora took out her phone and captured a few photos. With a proud and fulfilled look, she turned to Darryl. "What do you think? Do you like the spot I found? This is the best spot to get some inspiration!"
Darryl nodded in agreement. To an architecture student, this scene must have been very inspiring.
"Oh wow, Dora Simpson? What a coincidence!" a voice said from behind.
Turning around, a girl stood not too far from them. She was average-looking, almost five feet six inches, and dressed in streetwear with a pair of AJ on her feet. This girl was holding onto a fat guy's arm, and he had a beer belly under a gold chain. It was a real gold chain.
"Lisa Hill?" Dora called out her name with surprise.
Lisa Hill was her classmate. She did not come from a wealthy family, but with her looks, she had quite a lot of rich boyfriends throughout her three years at university.
Lisa scoffed and pointed at Darryl. "Is this your boyfriend? As they say, the same type of people get along. Dora, your family is poor, and you found a boyfriend as poor as you. People like you will never be able to afford houses like this! Do you even know how much per square foot these villas are? You and your boyfriend will never be able to afford something like this."
Dora said softly with a blush "I... We came here to visit."
Lisa scoffed "Tsk, tsk, tsk. So you came here to visit. The security guards here are not doing their job right by letting people like you, wearing cheap clothes in."
"You..." Dora was speechless.
In university, Lisa had always mocked her for being poor. She could not believe that she would bump into her today.
"Oh right, Dora, didn't you come to visit? What's the point of visiting the outside of the villas? You may come in and visit our villa later." Lisa said before turning to look at the fat guy, "Jack is so nice to me; he's about to buy me a villa here. Someone's going to show us around later."
Dora smiled politely and shook her head. "No, thanks."
All she wanted to do was leave here as soon as possible.
Lisa had been bullying her for the past three years. She was used to it by now.
Sometimes, Lisa would shout out loud in class "Dora's shoes are ten bucks!" or whenever Dora wore something new, Lisa would yell "Her clothes look so cheap!"
Darryl could not watch any longer. He let out a sigh and said "I think most of the villas have already sold out. You're too late to buy one now. Only No.99 is left, and it's very expensive. Every squre foot is two hundred thousand bucks, and lots of people are trying to get it."
Lisa scoffed "Oh, Dora, your boyfriend knows quite a few things! Let me tell you what the general manager of Windon Real Estate is my boyfriend's cousin! She's in charge, and she'll only sell No.99 to us at 40 percent off! What about now? Jealous? No point in being jealous, though. People like you can never afford something like this."
