Chapter 034

Drew parked his car besides Hugo's apartment. When he rushed in, he was met with a dramatic scene.

A chubby lady and a man with scrawny frame were hot, lost in the moment as they threw insults at Hugo and his wife.

Drew's sudden appearance managed to bring a sudden but brief silence.

"And who is this new guy?" the chubby lady scruntized the new comer with her eyes.

"Is this your backing? hmph, he looks more like a road side beggar to me. Look, he even wore two different sets of crocs!" Mrs. Joan erupted in mocking laughter.

Drew blushed with embarrassment. He was in such a hurry that he didn't!t even spare his foot wear a proper look.

"That is Mr. Drew my benefactor. I won't tolerate you speaking ill of him" Hugo stood up in defense.

He had deep veneration and adoration for Drew who not only helped him financially, but also cured his son illness.

Drew smiled in satisfaction when he saw Hugo fiercely defending him.

This man knew how to appreciate. Helping him was worth it.

However, Drew snapped out of these stray thoughts, focusing on the matter on ground.

"Who are these people?" he asked.

"They are the Jonas couple. Their house is just a stone throw from here" Hugo began explaining what transpired.

Apparently, the little boy Rick caught the Jonas couple's cow grazing on his mother's crops. He tried chasing it away with a stick, but the greedy cow didn't take him serious.

Furious, Rick exercised his monstrous strength of the cow, strangling him to death.

Hours later, the Jonas couple came knocking on Hugo's door, demanding that he compensate them for the loss of their dear cow.

"You want compensation right? how much?" Drew turned towards the Jonas couple.

Before the scrawny man could speak, his chubby wife beat him to it.

"Nothing much, we just need a million dollars!"

Looking at Mrs. Jonas smug expression, Hugo lost it.

"One million?! Does your cow shit gold or milks out crude oil?!"

"What do you know. My husband and i poured our blood, sweat and tears in rearing Andrew. How can it be sold for less?"

"Who's Andrew?"

"The cow.."

Drew's blanched. Ma'am you're quite cruel. Even if you wanted to name your pet, why make it my name sake?

And worse of all, the cow was no pet!

Hugo noticed the blank look on Drew's face. Fearing that he would be mislead by his greedy neighbours, he tried dissuading him.

"Mr. Drew don't let them decieve you! at most an adult cow is sold at five thousand dollars in the market!"

"You are so annoying!" Mrs. Jonas glared hatefully at Hugo.

Can't you be more like my husband and keep mute?!

"Aight. I will pay you one million" Drew snapped out of his daze.

"Mr. Drew.." Hugo felt helpless.

Hah! why was Mr. Drew being so wasteful!

Mrs. Jonas stared at Drew in puzzlement.

"Repeat what you said again?"

"I said i'll pay one million. Any problem with that?" Drew was perplexed at the way the chubby woman kept staring at him.

"Muhahahaha" Mrs. Jonas burst into a fit of laughter, pointing a finger at Drew.

"You? why don't you look at yourself in the mirror. One million? i doubt you can ever fork out that sum even if you grind nonstop for a year!" she jeered.

Actually, she and her husband didn't quite put their hopes in Hugo compensating them with money.

Their eyes had always been on the land they occupied. Not only was it large, the soil was quite rich too.

They wanted to use the death of their cow to snatch the land.

"What if i can really pay up?" Drew frowned, obviously displeased at Mrs. Jonas insulting words.

"Pft. If you can really do it, i don't mind taking workout and yoga lessons for a year!"

Mr. Jonas eyes lit up when he heard these words. But they eventually dimmed back.

There was no way this young man before him could win the bet and fork out a million bucks instantly.

"Send me your account number"

Mrs. Jonas sneered and called out her account number.

She couldn't wait for Drew to make a fool out of himself.

But shortly after, her phone rang.

PING!

It was a credit alert of one million dollars!

Mrs. Jonas stared blankly at the phone screen. She was unable to move her lips.

"Honey are you okay?" Mr. Jonas noticed the change.

Taking a peek, he shuddered. What was he seeing?

A friggin' credit alert!

Plop!

He knelt down, tears of joy streaking down his cheeks.

"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" he kept on showering Drew with an immense stream of 'thank-yous'

Only he knew the reason why he was excited. Finally, his wife would begin fitness training and trim down those fats! 

The Jonas family finally left, after showering Drew with flatterings.

"Where is Rick?" Drew asked as he sat down.

"After the incident, he was grounded. Maria, go bring him over!"

Maria left. Few moments later, she returned with a boy at the age of seven.

Maria brought him closer to Drew who smiled warmly. Now that he was having a closer view, Rich looked more like Maria his mum.

However, he didn't fail to inherit Hugo's pair of honest eyes.

"How are you?" Drew pinched the little boy's cheeks.

"Fine" Rick replied softly.

Drew then used 'ANALYSIS' on him. 

-[TARGET INFO]

-Name: Rick Martins

-Age: 7

-Zodiac: Aries

-POWER LEVEL: level 1 Decimus rank

-COMBAT POWER: Level 2 Decimus rank

-Energy signature: Kvlmda20^25*] 

Although he had somewhat anticipated it, Drew couldn't hide the shock when he saw the results laid bare before him.

He turned towards Hugo, almost bursting into laughter at the scene of them holding hands while trembling.

"Uhm, you both know what Deviants are no?"

The couple nodded. Deviants were super humans. That was public knowledge.

"Well, with the way things are, your son must have awakened as a Deviant.

"Huh?!" 

Louisa Kitchen and Grills..

It was a famous spot in Red line; one of the many districts of Somber Hills.

Many locals always tend to dub Red line as food haven because it was a real haven of delicacies.

There were many dishes to try out and a casual stroll around the district would leave one's taste buds watering.

Currently, YB and Diego were both having lunch together.

"Geez. I still can't believe i'm speaking with my number one idol!" Diego could hardly contain the excitement in his eyes.

"Dreams do come through" YB tossed a fry into his mouth.

"By the way, you did great at the audition"

"Was i really amazing?"

"Yep. I'll give you an eight. Although your tone was quite good, you had trouble hitting high notes and difficulty singing in falsetto"

"Maybe i had too much of coffee" Diego shrugged.

"It's nothing to feel down about. We are all striving to be perfect" YB reassured.

"But you look perfect to me tho. You can hit high notes better and belt longer. During your live performance although you dance, it doesn't affect the melody and tone of your vocals"

"Silly. It takes a lot of practice to reach that level. One day, you'll reach there too"

"Really?" Diego beamed.

"You do have the talent" YB laughed.

Just then, somebody walked into the restaurant, heading towards Diego's table.

"Huh?" Diego studied the lady who was fast approaching.

He felt like he had known her somewhere. He just couldn't figure out where.

"Steve!" the lady threw herself into YB's arms.

That was when Diego finally remembered just who she was!

Isn't that Angela? my buddy's ex girl?!