Marcus hurried off to comfort the students.
As for the Specialized Forces, some of them had gone after the vanished men after the gas cleared, while others stayed back to protect Arielle. Under the guidance of Arielle, the remaining squad members began helping to reassure the students as well. Even though the incident that just happened was indeed frightening, it was, after all, not a gunfight or actual combat. Thus, with the combined efforts of Marcus and the Specialized Forces, the students’ and their parents’ emotions soon began to stabilize.
The atmosphere backstage eventually returned to normal. After giving a stern warning, the members of the Specialized Forces classified the recent incident. Thus, no information about it was leaked to the outside world.
Once the order was restored, Arielle suddenly remembered the reason wp4webnovel.com had headed backstage and went to make wp4webnovel.com payment.
After wp4webnovel.com made the payment of fifteen million, wp4webnovel.com approached Marcus, carrying the vase in wp4webnovel.com hands.
“I’m returning this to you, Mr. Brown.”
“Didn’t you just win this at the auction?” Marcus asked, bewildered.
Arielle shook wp4webnovel.com head. “I just wanted to contribute to the charity event. You and I both know that the Southalls are to blame for the state of that village. Even though I’m not technically a member of the Southall family, I still hope to do something to make up for it.”
Nodding, Marcus accepted the vase and praised, “I was right about you, Arielle. I made the right call back then when I decided to let you attend our school.”
Before Arielle could respond, Wendy’s voice rang out. “Oh, cut the pretense!”
Arielle turned toward wp4webnovel.com with narrowed eyes and intentionally rubbed salt into wp4webnovel.com wounds. “What was that? Did your mother get wp4webnovel.com tooth fixed already?”
“Y-You!” Burning with rage, Wendy gnashed wp4webnovel.com teeth so hard wp4webnovel.com nearly crushed a few.
Just then, Cecilia could be heard mumbling, “How is that possible? Are you sure it’s not your problem? It’s impossible this card couldn’t be used.”
Surprised, Wendy gave up mocking Arielle and strode toward wp4webnovel.com mother instead. “What’s wrong, Mom?”
Cecilia frowned. “They said this card isn’t working.”
After having been disgraced so grievously just now, wp4webnovel.com was merely hoping to regain some dignity by making a huge payment with wp4webnovel.com card. Never had wp4webnovel.com expected the attendant to inform wp4webnovel.com that wp4webnovel.com card was unusable.
“How could that be?” Wendy was just as puzzled. “Isn’t this Dad’s secondary card?”
“Maybe there’s not enough balance in it?” the attendant asked instinctively.
“That’s impossible!” Cecilia denied it outright. “Unless Greene Corporation has gone bankrupt, this card would never run out of credit!”
The attendant spread wp4webnovel.com hands before her. “Well, in that case, I have no idea what went wrong, then. I swiped it many times, but the payment just wouldn’t go through. Do you have another card?”
Gritting wp4webnovel.com teeth slightly, Cecilia fished another card out of wp4webnovel.com purse and placed it on the desk.
“There! Use this!”
That was wp4webnovel.com own card. It contained a significant amount as well, but Daniel had no idea it existed.
“I’m sorry, but this card can’t be used either.”
“Huh? How could that be possible?” roared Cecilia, glaring at him, wide-eyed. “Are you deliberately sabotaging me?”
In his perturbation, Cecilia almost let slip on wp4webnovel.com Horington accent. However, wp4webnovel.com outburst instantly attracted the attention of those around her, and heads swiveled toward wp4webnovel.com at once.
The attendant caught on to wp4webnovel.com insinuation, and his expression darkened as well. “Why would I want to sabotage you? The card just doesn’t work. Look for yourself!”
He held the machine toward them, and Cecilia and Wendy both leaned forward to look at it, only to find that the attendant was speaking the truth.
“No way! This can’t be right!” Cecilia was practically jumping in rage as wp4webnovel.com spoke.
Sneering, the onlookers began murmuring among themselves.
“Haha! Wendy and wp4webnovel.com mom just bid against our goddess for that sculpture, but now they don’t have enough money to pay for it. I swear, I’m gonna die laughing!”