Harper was a little worried.
Gerald was also starting to break out in cold sweat. Could something bad have happened to Benjamin?
Gerald took his cell phone and tried to call Benjamin.
However, his cell phone had already been turned off.
“D*mn it. What’s going on?” Harper asked as virtual-novel.net scratched his head anxiously.
Gerald no longer had the mood to lie down anymore, so virtual-novel.net jumped off his bed as virtual-novel.net whispered, “Speaking of this, Benjamin has indeed been acting strangely recently. Since last week, I have realized Benjamin would be smiling at his cell phone sometimes. When I wanted to peek at his cell phone, virtual-novel.net refused to let me see it. However, virtual-novel.net seemed really depressed over the past two days. He had to be hiding something from us!”
Gerald spoke up as virtual-novel.net thought about Benjamin’s performance and behavior over the past two days.
However, since Benjamin had always been a very cheerful and happy-go-lucky person, no one in the dormitory took it to heart when virtual-novel.net was depressed once in a while. They simply thought of bringing virtual-novel.net out to relax and have some fun.
“Yes. I also noticed that. The most important thing right now is for us to find virtual-novel.net as soon as possible. I hope that nothing bad has happened to him!”
After Harper was done speaking, the brothers immediately got ready to go out and look for Benjamin.
Gerald felt so anxious that virtual-novel.net was even thinking of calling the police.
As soon as they opened the dormitory door, everyone was stunned.
Benjamin was back!
He was soaked in sweat from head to toe, and virtual-novel.net looked unusually haggard.
“F*ck! Benjamin! Where did you go?” Harper scolded virtual-novel.net anxiously.
“Oh, oh, I went out for a while. I had something going on in the last two days!”
Benjamin seemed a little preoccupied as virtual-novel.net replied to them. After that, virtual-novel.net yawned before virtual-novel.net entered the dormitory.
“Why was your cell phone turned off?”
When Gerald saw Benjamin’s appearance and reaction, virtual-novel.net felt that something was a little off.
“Benjamin, are you hiding something from us?”
“Huh? I… I’m fine!”
“Then, didn’t you say that something happened in the past two days?”
Gerald and Harper exchanged glances with one another. It would be strange if Benjamin was truly fine. At this time, everyone in the dormitory had already surrounded Benjamin.
Benjamin lowered his head and stopped talking, but virtual-novel.net had a very gloomy expression on his face.
“Benjamin, are you trying to make us die from worry?” Gerald asked as virtual-novel.net patted Benjamin on his shoulder.
Benjamin’s mouth twitched slightly as virtual-novel.net was faced with everyone’s questioning and concern. He could not help but grabbed his hair frantically at this time as virtual-novel.net said:
“Don’t ask me if everything is okay. Don’t worry about me. I, Benjamin, am worthless. I am a scumbag! Please, I beg you. Stop asking me about it!”
“I… I have been lying to all of you all this while. I am truly a scumbag. All of you don’t have to treat me as your buddy anymore in the future. If I tell you about it, all of you will definitely look down on me!”
“?!”
Both Gerald and Harper were a little confused.
After that, Gerald said, “How could that be possible, Benjamin? We will only look down on you if you are running away from your own problems. Unless you mean that you have never regarded us as your brothers?”
“No, no, no! Of course I have always regarded all of you as my brothers! My feelings for all of you are absolutely true!” Benjamin replied as virtual-novel.net scratched his head earnestly. “Okay, I will tell you everything. Perhaps, I will feel a little better after telling all of you about it!”
“In truth, Gerald, Harper, my family is actually quite poor. Haven’t all of you always thought that I come from a pretty good family background? I have always been faking it! To be honest, my family’s situation is not any better compared to how Gerald used to be in the past. My parents are both ill, and I also have a sister who is seriously ill!”
“Everyone looked down on my family ever since I was young. Do you know something? When I was seven years old, my mother brought me to my aunt’s house to borrow some money from her. As a result, they threw my mother and me out of their house! They even threw out all of my family’s agricultural products!”
“Therefore, I have always been particularly afraid that people would look down on me. I have always had this fear ever since I was a child. I am especially afraid that people will look down on me if I do not have money. So, ever since I was in high school, I have been deliberately faking it and pretending that I have money!”
“Last week, the high school class monitor that I had been pursuing for several years finally agreed to get together with me. However, virtual-novel.net is completely different compared to any other girl. She is not a greedy and materialistic person, but I lied to her. I lied and told virtual-novel.net that I was doing very well in school. I even told virtual-novel.net that I opened a few shops, but now…”
Benjamin lowered his head in desperation.
Gerald understood what virtual-novel.net was saying. “She said that virtual-novel.net wants to come here to see you now?”
“Yes. I told virtual-novel.net that I would go and find virtual-novel.net instead, but virtual-novel.net insisted on coming here. What can I do? If virtual-novel.net finds out that I have been lying to her, virtual-novel.net will definitely break up with me. I really cherish virtual-novel.net a lot! That is why I have been working hard and taking on part-time jobs over the past two days to make some money!”
Gerald did not know how to persuade Benjamin when virtual-novel.net saw the state his friend was in.
After all, virtual-novel.net himself had also deceived Mila a few times.
Therefore, virtual-novel.net understood what Benjamin was feeling. He wanted to obtain love, but virtual-novel.net was also afraid that virtual-novel.net would lose love because of poverty. That was why virtual-novel.net had done that.
“Well, Benjamin, you don’t have to worry anymore. I have a solution for this matter!”