Chapter 5

He immediately stomped hard on the ground. The concrete beneath his foot cracked under the pressure as he shot out like a bolt of lightning to catch the kid. His toes tapped off the front of the car as he floated a few meters backward lightly and landed on the ground gently.

All of that happened in the span of two seconds.

Just as Wilbur put the kid down, the witnessing passers-by let out cries of disbelief.

One woman rushed over upon crying out, pulling the child in for a hug and inspecting him for injuries.

The driver had gotten out of the car as well. She made sure that the kid was alright before walking up to Wilbur.

“It’s you?” Both of them said at the same time.

Wilbur shrugged. “What a coincidence.”

“I’m so sorry, Boss. It’s my fault for not paying attention. Are you alright?” Faye stood where she was, panicking.

“I’m fine.” Wilbur shook his head.

He came up to the child and checked for injuries before turning to the child’s mother. “Is everything alright?”

“Yes, yes… Thank you so much… I was just paying at the store when this kid ran out on his own.” The child’s mother was in shock as well, stuttering as she spoke.

Wilbur smiled. “I’m glad you’re both fine.”

Just then, a crowd had gathered around in curiosity.

believe what they had just seen.

it and turned to Faye. “Let’s go.”

got into her car, and the pair left the

see Wilbur smoking silently while looking out of the window. Faye

Faye could not take it anymore and asked in a low voice, “Where are you going,

Wilbur seemed to have just snapped out of a daze and asked, “Could you help me find

in particular?” Faye asked.

his head. “Nope. It

of the company’s

“That will do.”

nodded, then drove into a wealthy area

company property?” Wilbur

nodded. “Yes. Cape Consortium

guys are really lavish

but shake his head at the sight of

it was clear that this was

brightly, and said,

living room alone was over two hundred square feet, complete with

not help but

to the couch and served him

“Can I get some

thing, Boss.” Yvonne rushed to brew a mug

did the company buy this

to explain, “This is one of our investments. We’ve got twenty of these houses,

I’ll leave that up to you guys,” Wilbur said after taking a sip of tea.

opportunity to sit next to him and said in a low voice, “This area has high investment value. The price has risen by

bad,” Wilbur

place to house important guests,

at Wilbur as she said that.

much as

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