It was awkward.
Edwin looked around. 'How did the situation become like this?' he wondered.
William and Terrence's treatment of each other became much worse. Yesterday, they would still talk to each other sometimes, but today, both men were blatantly ignoring each other.
It was as if they both agreed that their presence was invisible.
Edwin tilted his head to the side. He cannot take the awkward presence surrounding the three of them.
"So, what happened yesterday?"
Edwin's forehead creased. "Nothing."
"None, Boss!"
The two answers made Edwin's head, ache more. "Well… Since both of you are adults already then I'll just let you be. Just make sure that customers won't be affected by how the two of you were acting."
Terrence nodded. "Yeah. No worries."
Terrence kept what happened yesterday to himself. He was sure that Edwin would just take his words lightly. He would just think of it as a way of him complaining because he didn't like William.
It would be weird if he would report something as little as that too. In other's eyes it would like it was childish and immature.
"Oh right, we would close early today." Edwin suddenly announced his plan. "I would like for us three to have dinner together since it would be Terrence's last day of work."
Edwin was obviously sad about that thought. It was as if he was releasing his biggest asset, that made his grocery store well known.
"Okay, Boss!" William, who looked like he wasn't interested, still answered Edwin in a cheering voice.
Terrence nodded. "Copy," he answered simply.
This was already his last day of work. After this, he had no plans to come back here again. Oh well, maybe he would rarely— to shop for some items, but that was it.
Since the grocery store was still not busy, Terrence decided to check his stats while waiting.
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[Name: Terrence Ardwil]
[Level: 3]
[Exp: 110/100]
[Strength: 4}
[Speed: 2]
[Luck: 2]
[Money: $1016]
[Lottery Tickets: 3]
[Missions: 1 Mission Available]
[Shop: Locked until Level 5]
[Click to Level Up!]
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Terrence looked at the money he accumulated. He couldn't help but be proud that he had earned so much.
Although it wasn't the biggest money he had gotten in his life, he was already proud since he got it in a 'clean' way.
Hmm… what can I do to level up faster? I want to achieve level 5 by today…' Terrence thought of it.
He could shop as he liked, but shopping for days made him tired of it already. He wanted to do something new with his money.
'Is this how people think when they buy a lot of things?' he wondered about it.
He wondered how could the rich spend a lot of money in just days. 'Don't they get tired of it?'
However, there was only one way to answer his question. That's if he tried to experience it, too.
'Well, I should find that out in the future.' Terrence grinned.
If he ever got to the point where he would be extremely rich, one of the things he wanted to try was to see if he could fill a whole room with money and jump on it.
He wanted to know if jumping on stacks of money was painful or easy, just like those in animated films he had watched.
"Terrence, there's a customer that needs help."
Terrence looked at Edwin and nodded. "Alright," he immediately stood up after closing the screen in front of him.
He decided that he would just click the level-up button later. His goal today was to gain more EXP so that he could do it in one go.
'I need 90 EXP and I can get to level 5,' he mentally took note as he walked towards the old lady that Edwin was pointing to the side.
"Hi, Ma'am! How may I help you?" Terrence greeted the old woman with enthusiasm. He smiled and looked at her.
"Hi there, young man!" The old woman smiled at Terrence. She was short and was wearing an old-looking white dress. She was pushing a cart that contained a few items.
Most of it was fresh ingredients for cooking.
"Do you need any help, Ma'am?" Terrence inquired.
The old woman nodded. "You can just call me Mary." She smiled. "Do you have any cheap cakes here? Even a small cake would be enough."
Terrence looked at their side where the baked goods were displayed. He eyed each price, but noticed that the cakes left on the shelf were the expensive ones.
He shook his head. "I'm so sorry, Ma'am…" he sounded disappointed. "But these are the only cakes available in the store."
Mary eyed the cakes sadly. "Is that so?" a loud sigh escaped from her lips.
"It's my granddaughter's birthday right now and she was really expecting a cake… after all of these fresh ingredients I bought for her celebration, I only have $4 to spare for a cake."
"How old is your granddaughter, Ma'am?" Terrence asked with curiosity.
When Terrence eyed the cart of Mary, he noticed that the woman was probably going to make just spaghetti and some fried chicken.
"She's turning 7 today!" Mary answered with a smile on her face. Her face lit up as she talked about her granddaughter. "Last year, we weren't able to celebrate her birthday, so right now I wanted to cook just for a little bit."
"Oh…" Terrence nodded. "Is that all you're going to buy?"
Mary nodded. "Yes… I only have a spare $17 right now but I'm sure my granddaughter will like this." She chuckled.
"How about pancake mix? Do you have any of that? I'll just make some pancakes for her as a replacement for a cake." Mary added to her words. She sounded kind as she tried to look around.
"We have, Ma'am," Terrence glanced at the cakes' shelf before glancing at Mary one more time.
"Let's get one of that, then!" Mary exclaimed. She smiled genuinely. She was already happy ad excited knowing that.
Terrence smiled as he shook his head. "There's no need for that, Ma'am."
"Huh? What do you mean? Does it cost more than $4 too?" Mary's voice became low as she counted the money in her hands.
"No, Ma'am. You may get the cake that you want for your granddaughter and also a few things in the store to add to what you're cooking."
"Huh? Are you joking, young man? I have no money for that." Mary looked at Terrence. There was confusion in her eyes.
"Don't worry, Ma'am, I'll pay for it. So just get what you like and treat yourself." Terrence assured.
He thought that this was a better way of earning more money than the boring and his usual way of just shopping for things.