Chapter 65 Wait a moment

"Find your own balance in your heart!"

Goodman shrugged, not opposed to Carter's words.

He had also passed through adolescence and knew that at Carter's current age, it wasn't easy to truly understand the rules he spoke of. A gentle reminder from him was enough; many things are better learned through experience. Only through actual experience can one truly understand. And at his age, the things he could encounter, while not always noble, were enough compared to the real darkness in society.

As the future helmsman of Blake Bank, Carter naturally couldn't allow himself to fall into decadence or sink into filth. But banks were never aloof, righteous industries; engaging with various types of people might be beneficial for Carter's development.

"I'll be careful. I'll leave this matter to you. Thanks! I'll go handle some homework now. You can leave work early, I'll lock up later!"

"Alright, you go ahead and work on your stuff."

The plan to deal with Carter by those debt-collecting companies surely wouldn't be as simple as a street fight. Carter still needed to go to school until all the information was gathered and the time was ripe for action.

However, the next day at school, Carter found himself becoming infamous again.

"Coward!"

"Strong on the outside, weak on the inside!"

"Idiot, coward!"

The whispers and pointing along the way made Carter feel annoyed. But he couldn't do much about it; he couldn't just shout at them, "A bunch of idiots, wait and see what I'll do in a few days," could he? That would be like giving away his plans. Giving the enemy a heads-up would be like a stroke of madness; even a twenty-year-old stroke couldn't do such a thing!

Since he couldn't say anything, he just had to endure the gossip for now. After entering the classroom building, Carter coincidentally encountered Lycoris on the stairs.

Having managed to pass off his embarrassing situation from yesterday as if Lycoris hadn't seen it, Carter glanced at her with as casual a smile as possible, said a greeting, and continued up the stairs. Lycoris, on the other hand, looked at Carter's departing figure with a complex expression, suddenly feeling uneasy. She had a feeling things wouldn't be so easily resolved.

Girls often mature faster than boys, especially in countries like Europe and America. Many girls marry much earlier than one might imagine, and Lycoris's mother had consciously taught her many things about society in casual conversations, preparing her for life after graduation. Playing the role of an employee, a citizen, or even a wife.

Under the guidance of her family, even though Lycoris didn't have as comprehensive an understanding of the hidden powers of capitalists in this country as Carter did, she understood one thing: capital is the ruling class in this country.

After a few of his friends beat Carter, he could just go home as if nothing had happened? This didn't make sense at all. Even in an ordinary family, if a child is bullied at school, the parents would cause a fuss, right?

Thinking back to Carter's indifferent smile and those eyes that contradicted his surface expression, Lycoris felt that something was off. A normal 16-year-old, soon to be 17-year-old boy, would feel embarrassed and lose face in front of his crush after being bullied at school. How could he be so calm? How could he act as if nothing had happened?!

Even the thickest-skinned teenager couldn't be so thick-skinned, right?! Unless he really didn't care about it, or... he didn't care about those people!

Lycoris was certain that Carter was likely plotting something. She immediately rushed to the gymnasium and, seeing that none of them were aware of it and were still playing basketball cheerfully, she yelled at Garnett impatiently.

At the same time, she cursed inwardly: Fool!

"Hey? What did you say? Let me go home?!"

Confused, Garnett put the basketball in his hand aside. He didn't know what nonsense the goddess was talking about, but that didn't stop him from hurrying to listen to her instructions as a qualified lackey.

"Yes, quickly! Go home and avoid him. Don't let him see you. His family owns a bank, and now he's in charge of it. Here, he can do whatever he wants with money and even kill you with it!"

"Ha, what am I doing? Just him? Don't worry, I'll talk to him this afternoon!"

With a dismissive wave, Garnett suddenly seemed to realize something and exclaimed with a pleasantly surprised expression:

"Is this you caring about me, Lycoris? Hehehe, thank you, but you don't need to worry about me."

Lycoris Shepard: Tired, destroy!

Unwilling to continue listening to the self-aggrandizement of this muscle-headed fool, Lycoris turned around and walked away.

Unaware that his attempt to hide the information he wanted to conceal had ultimately reached Garnett's ears, Carter, who was enduring the rumors and gossip to prevent exposure, couldn't have known that his hidden intentions had finally reached Garnett. He was here to study, not to be a spy, monitoring and eavesdropping on everything happening at school, right?

Naturally, Carter didn't realize that Garnett, touched by the goddess's concern, had once again begun to hatch his own plan.

"Carter! Come out, let's talk!"

"Wait a moment, let's go later."

"Wait? Why wait? What are we waiting for?"

"Wait for your grandpa! Call him! Just the few of us, we'll beat him to death!"