The Strongest Man in the Universe

Chapter 24

Since there will be a holiday in May, they will not have a holiday for this weekend. The talent show for Labor Day will also be held the day before the break.

David went to class as usual at this point. As time went on, David's incident slowly lost its appeal, but he was also considered a famous person at the university now. The Golden Leaf Hotel handover has also been completed, and David is now officially the boss of the Golden Leaf Hotel.

In addition, he managed to spend 18 billion and obtained 180 luxury points. After spending 40 luxurious points to raise his body and mind to 50 points, David did not continue his improvement anymore. He felt the difference between 45 points and 50 points was not too big. When he was at the 50-point mark, his body and mind were now in the ‘quite strong’ range. David doesn't use the remaining 140 points so he can add any skills whenever he wants.

The day before Labor Day. David had no classes in the afternoon, so he rested in his dorm to get ready for the talent show in the evening.

Holidays have begun for South River Multimedia University and people whose homes are close to start leaving university one after another. At the dorm, Tara was packing her things to get ready to go home. Suddenly, the phone rings. Tara picked up her phone and saw that it was her mother, so she answered immediately.

However, after she ended the phone call, she was stunned.Her mother told her that she should not go home for now. Plus, he also transferred a hundred thousand dollars to her and asked her to downsize. Tara could feel that something must have happened at home, so after she questioned her mother, her mother finally told her the truth while crying.

His family business failed, and now they are in debt. And, their homes are monitored by their debtors. And once Tara gets home, she'll be stopped by the debtor. Therefore, his family could only hide in his grandparents' house. His father did not eat or drink for two days and he lost a lot of weight. Besides, he won't listen to anyone.

In Tara's heart, her father was the sky, and now, the sky had collapsed. He can't understand. His family had been doing business for many years, so how could they suddenly go bankrupt?

He has to go back now and find out what's going on. If he did not return now, he was worried that he would not be able to see his parents. After packing up quickly Tara rushed home.

His home was in Goat City, which was not far from River City. He would reach about half an hour if he boarded the train. Even if he was driving, it would only take two to three hours.

When she got to her grandparents' house, it was almost night.

Tok tok!

Tara calmed herself down and knocked on the door.

No one answered.

Tok tok tok!

Tara knocked again. Still, no one answered.

'Could it?

Nah! Not likely!'. Tara's heart shook and she immediately pulled out her phone to call her mother.

Phone call connected, “Bu, I'm back and I'm outside grandma's house. Open door!” tara said worriedly.

"Tara, are you back? Didn't I tell you not to come back?” Tara heard her mother's voice from the phone, and she heaved a sigh of relief in her heart.

Although her mother sounded exhausted, at least she was still alive, Before long, the door finally opened. When Tara saw her mother, she couldn't control herself. She hugged her mother and started crying. After they cried for a while, they entered the house.

When they saw that no one else was home, Tara asked, “Bu, what happened? Where's daddy? Where are grandma and grandpa? Where's my sister?”

“‘Your uncle came and took your grandparents and sisters away. Your father locked himself in the room and refused to come out. Tara, talk to your father. He hasn't eaten for two days. If this continues, his body will not be able to accept it.”

After Tara entered the room and saw the man sitting there smoking, she could not recognize this man, whose hair was almost bleached, with his father. At that moment, he was very excited. He was from a rural area, and had made something for himself in the city.

He was the one with the most prospects in the family, and everyone would give a thumbs up every time they saw him. However, this man in front of him looked dead inside. This man in his forties now looked like he was in his sixties.

“Dad!” Tara exclaimed, tears streaming down her face.

His father did not answer. He still thinks about his own business and smokes. After he finished one, he continued with the other.

"Mom, what's going on? How did you become like this?” Tara looked up to see her mother.

“Huh, your father cheated. His partner stole all the company's money and left the country. Your father was the rightful owner of the company, so his name was on all loans and receipts. Aside from the bank, there is still debt from the loan sharks. Your dad can't stand this, so his hair bleaches every night. He's been sitting here for two days.”

"Why?

Why is this happening?

We were fine before, how could this happen?” Tara was sitting limp on the floor, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

A few months ago, before he left, his family was still peaceful and harmonious. His father was still a man with an indomitable spirit like before. His mother was still a middle-aged woman who liked to nag him and his sister. It was a very lucky family, so why was it suddenly destroyed like this?

Laura Carlton knelt down and hugged her daughter. He felt tears sting the corner of his eyes, but did not fall. It was because she had been crying too much for the past few days. She did not blame her husband because she knew he had sacrificed a lot. He could only blame those con men for being too good at lying and cunning.

"Tara, we can't get past this hurdle. If we don't exist anymore, you should take good care of your sister. You're an adult now so you should be responsible for taking care of your sister, okay?” Laura said while holding Tara.

When Tara heard what her mother said, her heart shook and she said quickly, “Bu, don't say anything stupid, okay? I beg!”

Laura continued to speak as if she had not heard her daughter's plea. "But you don't have to worry. Your father and I saved some money for you both at your uncle's place. Although not much, it is enough for you to live your life without worry.”

“Bu, don't do anything stupid! There must be a way! There's got to be!” Laura continued,

“But you have to move, move somewhere where they can't find you. Since many of these debtors are loan sharks, I fear they will threaten the safety of you and your sister.”

"Mom, will this be finished if we give them money?”

If he could not, he would become his mistress or even his second wife. At this moment, even if David was not a handsome young man, even if he was short and fat and ugly like Hector, he was, she would not hesitate to be with him as long as he could help her resolve her family crisis. Because in his heart, there was nothing more important than his family.

"You stupid girl, we can solve this problem by paying, but we can't afford it. We have found many methods. We sold everything we could and borrowed from everyone, but in the end, it still didn't have enough money."

South River University, Over ten thousand students have gathered in the field in an orderly manner. The Labor Day talent show is about to begin. First, the university rector gave a welcome. Then, the students begin their performance, A wide variety of performances ranging from singing, dancing, theatrics, stand-ups, and magic are performed on stage.

However, David was not watching the show on stage at the moment. Instead, his teacher called him back to class. Of course, he was not the only one who received this call. Everyone in the class was called back. Everyone is a little confused.

The teacher spoke at this moment. “There was an emergency. Because Ava was sick, she couldn't get on stage. Who among you knows how to play the piano? Please replace him. You don't need to be an expert, you just have to play it.”

Everyone turned their eyes to Ava. Indeed, Ava's originally reddish cheeks were now extremely pale.

After waiting for a while, he continued when no one volunteered, “If anyone accepts this task, I will agree to their leave in the future, whatever the reason."

When the teacher said that, some of them were moved, but playing the piano was something complicated. No one could perform on stage after only studying it for a few days. David was moved. He wanted to accept this task so that it would be easier for him to request a leave in the future. With that, he used some fancy points to add ‘kill piano’ in the skill column.

After that, he added 10 fancy points to improve his piano skills from beginner to expert. Immediately, David felt a lot of knowledge flow into his brain.

When David was sure, he stood up and said, “Teacher, let me try!”

Each student looked at David with an expression of disbelief on their faces, including the other three shooters, Ava, and their teacher. ‘David know how to play the piano?

Stop joking.'

Throughout his college years, whenever there was a break, he would either work part-time or apply for a part-time job. How did he have time to learn to play the piano?

"Do you know how?” The teacher asked after hesitating.

"Yes, I learned it when I was working as a part-time worker.”

"Can you play the full song?” The teacher asked again.

"Of course!”

“Alright then. Since no one else is willing to volunteer, you should give it a try. Remember, just relax and don't make mistakes."

At this moment Dean stood up and said with a sad expression on his face. "Teacher, I'm not feeling well either. We have to let David go alone."

He didn't want to embarrass himself with David! He would not believe that a poor man like David would know how to play the piano at all costs. Wouldn't it be better to get out of this matter early and sit down under the stage to see David humiliate himself?

When the students in the class saw Dean pretending to be in pain, they wanted to laugh. Naturally, teachers saw this as well. However, he did not expose Dean. Instead, he asked David.

“David, can you do this alone?”

"Of course!” David answered.

He didn't want Dean to go on stage with him. It means nothing to work with a man. However, he found it rather boring just playing the piano. So, he spent another 30 extravagant points to improve his lyric writing, song composition, and singing skills to become an expert. Now, he's ready.

This issue was resolved so that everyone returned to the field to watch the show. Meanwhile, David stood backstage waiting for his turn.

Goat City

Grandma Tara's house.

“Bu, Dad, I have a friend who is the young master of Golden Leaf Hotel. You should know that hotel, right? It is an 8-star hotel and is also the most luxurious and magnificent hotel in the South River Province. That place is worth a lot of money. If he's willing to help us, we'll be able to get through this crisis."

Tara tried hard to calm her parents. As long as there is hope, they will not give up. When Ken Smith heard what his daughter said, he finally turned around and looked at Tara and her mother with eyes that no longer looked lifeless.

As someone from the South River Province who was also a big boss who used to have a net worth of hundreds of millions, naturally he would know about the Golden Leaf Hotel. He had even met a very important client there before. The hotel's market value is at least 15 billion now. If it was as her daughter had said, this might be able to help her through this difficult time.

If he could pay back the money owed to the loan sharks and the bank lifted the ban on his company, he would be able to return with his ability. If this was possible, why would he want to give up on his happy family?

"Really?” Ken asked in a hoarse voice, This is the first thing he said in two days.

"really?"

"Certainly it?”

When Tara saw her father finally speak, she started wiping away her tears. When Laura saw her husband finally speak, she also heaved a sigh of relief.

“‘But, even if he has this ability, why is he helping us? You're just his classmate. We need about 100 million, can you really make him lend this money to you?" Ken asked.

100 million?

When Tara heard this figure, she was even more shocked.