She Became Rich After Divorce

Chapter 144: Can'T Get Up Without Five Million

Chapter 144: Can't Get Up Without Five Million

The next day, there was not a single report about the highroad ambush incident!

This weird situation soon made Cheyenne smell something fishy. Who was manipulating everything behind the scenes?

From the number and skills of the black-clad individuals, it was clear that they were not temporary employees without organization or discipline. Although Volkswagen was not a luxury car brand, burning five cars in one go seemed excessively extravagant.

It'd only been half a day since the incident happened, and the other party had bought off all the newspapers and media. It was evident that the power behind this was immense.

Who could it be? Why did they have to go after her and Eddie?

"Cheyenne, I came to see you. Are you okay? Oh my goodness, as soon as I heard that something happened to you, I immediately rushed to buy a plane ticket from Briyra and flew back."

Suddenly, a loud voice from outside the door interrupted Cheyenne's thoughts. She trembled slightly and looked up at the person who had arrived.

"Who are you?"

The comer had a thick layer of white powder on his face and round paper-cut-like cheek blush.

With smoky makeup on his face, he ran so fast that his messy golden hair looked like a bird's nest on top of his head.

Reece felt he was hurt by Cheyenne's words.

With one hand bracing against the door panel and the other clutching his chest, his towering frame slowly slid downward.

"I... I have been hurt by you. Without five million, I cannot get up."

And with those words, he indeed seated himself on the ground.

Cheyenne glanced at his exaggerated acting and slowly reached for an apple from the fruit bowl beside her. She took a big bite and enjoyed it immensely.

Ignoring his reaction made Reece feel embarrassed, and he couldn't help but frown. "I really flew back from Briyra overnight to see you. I'm almost dead tired."

There was a time difference between the two sides. When Cheyenne had an accident, it was nighttime in Briyra. He was shooting a horror movie and they happened to be working at night.

Just as he finished work and was about to go home for a good night's sleep, he received a call from that annoying girl Kate, saying that Cheyenne had an accident.

He flew back from abroad overnight and didn't close his eyes for a day and night. He was both hungry and sleepy.

"Well, then, just sit on the ground and take a good rest. I certainly don't have five million to help you up. How about you lay down and take a nap? It might as well be a way to clean the floor for me," she quipped.

Cheyenne smiled as she took a bite out of the apple, which was about the size of her fist. Reece's lips twitched as he listened to her words and quickly got up from the ground, brushing off the dust from his clothes.

He walked over to Cheyenne and snatched the apple from her hand, biting into it with anger. "You really have no heart, even though we're friends."

"Hey, that's my apple!"

"You're so stingy! I let you take a bite out of my ice cream before. What's wrong with me taking half your apple?"

The half-eaten apple disappeared in an instant as Reece swallowed it whole. Goodness gracious, was he that hungry?

Reece didn't hesitate to pull up a nearby chair and sit down while grabbing a banana from the fruit plate on his way there. He peeled it and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Hold on, that ice cream wasn't just for me. I took one bite, and the rest was for you and Kate to enjoy," she clarified.

Cheyenne was ten years old at that time and had just started third grade. Malaya always found ways to withhold her allowance money so she often had no money in her pockets.

After class ended, other kids would gather together to eat snacks and talk about their latest toys while Cheyenne stood by herself watching them hungrily. She even got bullied by some classmates.

"Hey, Cheyenne. Do you want this ice cream? Just kneel down and let me hop on your back like a little pony, and I'll share it with you."

The slightly chubby young boy had a fair complexion and was dressed in a red checkered shirt with baggy gray harem pants that enveloped his short, chubby legs. He sported a center-parted hairstyle, and his demeanor was rather unpleasant.

Reece's family was well-off, and he was their only child, so he was spoiled by everyone in the family.

His school bag always seemed to contain a variety of snacks, and his pockets were stuffed with pocket money.

At that time among classmates there was this game called "jumping horse," where one person acted like a horse on all fours while another kid jumped over their back.

When Reece was younger, he was overweight, and nobody liked him. Moreover, he had a tendency to show off his family's wealth and snacks, making him quite irritating to others, and no one wanted to play with him.

As for Cheyenne, her only friend, Benson, had moved to Dodon at that time. This led to her speaking even less, and she often sat silently in the back of the classroom, near the trash bin.

The teacher called it the "Emperor's Throne", and it was specifically assigned for Cheyenne.

Every month, there was an exam, and students could choose their seats and study partners based on their exam scores.

But Cheyenne was an exception; even when she scored first place multiple times, she couldn't choose her seat or study partner.

All of this became a joke when the teacher asked, "Did you cheat?" No one believed that a "bad student" like her could suddenly have a breakthrough and get first place. Cheating was the only plausible explanation.

Reece thought that Cheyenne looked small and thin, didn't talk much, and slept at her desk - she seemed like an easy target to bully. But he soon found out that despite her cute angelic face, she bit or pinched anyone who crossed her path.

After throwing Reece's snack in the trash can with one hand, she said to him, "Now it's your turn to be my little horse."

"I won't!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his butt was kicked by the little girl.

"Say it again?"

"I... I won't say anything else! Please don't hit me!"

After being scolded by Cheyenne once or twice, Reece became friends with her.

Even though Reece had the grades to transfer to an excellent elite school, he didn't let his parents change schools for him. Instead, he deliberately stayed in the same school with Cheyenne, always scoring near the bottom.

Their friendship only solidified with each passing exam.

And with Kate consistently ranking third from the bottom for years, they formed the school's infamous "Iron Triangle!"

When Reece had money, they would go out for steak dinners or fast food; when they were short on cash, they would share a single popsicle, each taking turns to have a bite.

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