Chapter 40 Family gathering
Family gathering Many believed Professor paul wanted to concentrate on music when he retired from the Zombie Institute that year. The reality, though, is far from that.
After he retired, he created a small group of computer experts which he recently introduced Jeff to. If it were not for the fact that he trusted Jeff, he would not divulge anything to him.
As someone who spent seven years at Zombie Institute, everyone respected paul. He would always be recognized for his accomplishment of becoming a dean at a very young age.
Jeff was perplexed as to why Paul had asked him to join the group, but Paul clarified that their goal is to save many
lives.
Thankfully, Jeff is eager to find out how it finishes.
After checking out the computer Paul had given him, Jeff took a warm bath at the Rivers apartment.
He shut down the computer after taking a brief look around and saw if there were any messages.
Most of the messages were from Jamie and Liam. After replying to them, he noticed he hadn't replied to a message.
It was from Chris.
Christian: Young Master Jeff, the young Miss and Old Master Malfoy have returned. He requested to meet in this location tomorrow. Midday, precisely twelve. We will be expecting you at noon.
The next day, Jeff took a cab to Dazzle Suite. Stepping out of the taxi, he proceeded in the direction of the imposing structure.
Rich family and rich thing, Jeff whispered to himself.
Just as he was about to head in, he bumped into someone. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .
"Sorry. I'm..." Jeff glanced up at the individual, and the individual returned the favor.
"What are you doing here?" Jeff was met with a smug, patronizing look from the person.
"Do I have to tell you, Senior?" As Jeff spoke, his voice grew more rigid.
He really didn't expect to meet Elias. If Elias was his relative, maybe he would
also meet with Old Master Malfoy.
"I was just wondering what a country bumpkin is doing here" Elias laughed.
For you, Junior, this is not the place.
Jeff ignored him and decided to walk past him. Elias, though, grabbed his hand and shoved Jeff.
"I'm talking to you! I just want to know what business you have here. You don't look like you can afford this place." "Do you realize you are not my Senior yet, Elias?" Jeff said, an edge of impatience creeping into his tone.
Stopped dead in thought, Elias clenched his teeth.
i1please watch out next time, Senior" Jeff said deliberately. "I guess I should use the senior title for you since I'm
going to get admitted soon." With that, Jeff walked past him and headed straight to the private room, leaving Elias with his clenched teeth.
Elias exhaled deeply, his eyes blazing with feral fire as Jeff walked away.
Right then, his cell phone rang.
"Hi," he said, holding the phone up to his ear.
"Why do you sound angry?" The person asked him. "Your grandfather seems to have returned," "I just met that boy now. I'm meeting my Grandfather in Dazzle Suite and I bumped into that country bumpkin.
He's seriously getting on my nerves" Elias said through clenched teeth.
"Don't you think you are overreacting?
Even though you have only recently met him, you already despise him. Or do you fear that he will surpass.your record?" When he said that, the person appeared to laugh.
"Why should I? Anyway, let's meet in the evening. I will have to use alcohol to drown my anxieties, I think itis a family get-together," Elias remarked.
Not everything goes smoothly at the family get-together. Either his grandfather mentions his father's shortcomings.
It doesn't always work well.
He inhaled deeply before making his way directly to the private room. He straightened his clothes as he arrived at the entrance and pushed the door open.
"Greetings, Grandfather." He bowed
his head and greeted the other people present: His Father, his Mother, his Uncle, his wife, and their two children.
Elias's gaze fell upon the unfamiliar boy seated next to his grandfather.
Shock spread across his eyes. "What are you doing here?!" "We meet again, Senior" Jeff said, smiling like he hadn't exchanged words with Elias.
stunned disbelief was the only way to describe Elias's reaction to the sight of Jeff.
Abad feeling crept into his heart as he suddenly realized why his grandfather had chosen to call a family reunion.
When 01d Master Malfoy said he would
be introducing them to Uncle Duane's first son, Elias did not give it much thought.
He was overcome with an emotion that he could not quite put into words upon seeing Jeff. Perhaps resentment, shock, or apprehension about Jeff replacing him... This was nota feeling he liked at all.
18it down, Elias" Old Master Malfoy let out.
"Ahh, yes." He took a seat and looked at his unhappy father and his mother, who appeared to be eyeing the country bumpkin.
In addition to his uncle and his wife's evident bad mood, Ethan, their eldest son, also did not seem to be in the best
of moods.
0ld Master Malfoy and the young girl were the only ones savoring the food.
When Elias saw this, he became somewhat cheery.
The tension was at an all-time high during the quiet meal.
After the meal, Old Master Malfoy introduced Jeff to the other family. Jeff was the same way—not overly courteous, nor overly impolite.
With a voice full of muted rage, "Father" Arlina spoke up out of nowhere. It was already enough that the family had an illegitimate son, and now the boy needed to sit at the same table as them. Too embarrassing! "Jeff won't be staying with us, will he?
There are not enough room." Before she could say anything more, Jeff cut her off with, "I am not staying either." "You know you should be catching up with your father?" It seemed as though Old Master Malfoy was implying to I Duane that he ought to tell his son something.
Jeff, though, was likewise uninterested. "It doesn't matter, Grandpa." "'If you say so." The Old Man was very gentle when speaking with Jeff.
Elias has never seen this side of him before. He had never been addressed in this manner before, despite being the most beloved grandson of Old Master
Malfoy.
"eff, I heard you scored full marks in { the Entrance Exam. Congratulations boy" Elias's Father said, catching everyone off guard.
"Thank you" Jeff gave the man a small smile.
"Full marks?! Full marks?!" Elias screamed in his heart.
Only Elias understood what was going on inside him, the need to break the scrawny boy.
At a certain point, he said he had plans with the professors and got up to leave.