The moment the ring touched the ground, the sky darkened and thunderstruck inside the building, burning everything that stood in its way.
The guests who were in the mansion were scared after noticing what had happened.
It was their first time noticing such a thing.
Damon clenched his fist and bit on his lower lips, fighting back the tears that threatened to pour from his eyes as he stared at the ring on the floor.
It was a surprise that the ring didn't break into pieces after it was slammed on the floor. Although it didn't break, they didn't believe that it was an authentic one.
They believed it was fake, just as the MC had claimed.
Damon was hurt and heartbroken by Cassandra's heart-wrenching statement. He wasn't expecting her to say such a thing to him.
He had been trying to be strong ever since he arrived at the event, considering how his guests had been abusing him.
He lost it the moment she insulted him too. Was she also looking down on him because he wasn't rich? Has she been brainwashed? He asked himself, but he couldn't get an answer to it.
He didn't know what to do.
Why is he so unfortunate? Maybe he should have listened to his friends instead of coming to wish his girlfriend a happy birthday. He was trying to make today her best day, but she made today the worst day for him in his life.
Not only did her guests insult him, but she also insulted him and slammed the gift he got for her.
That ring was given to him by an old man, who claimed that it was a powerful heirloom and shouldn't fall into the wrong hands, but he gave it to her as a token of his love for her.
"How could you bring this type of ring for me?" She asked and leaned closer to him after the sky brightened, and the cloud cleared up.
"It's not an ordinary ring. I know what I'm saying. Please believe me that I don't plan to ruin it…" she interrupted him before he could complete his statement.
"You've ruined my birthday already, so there's no need to apologize. Just get out of my sight," she said in a cold tone and looked away.
She walked away and sat down beside her mother, who had a scornful look on her face. She looked cold and unapproachable.
It was as though thunder didn't strike that day.
"Cassandra's boyfriend is a fool."
"How could he bring such a thing to her?"
"How I wish I was her boyfriend. I would have showered her with a lot of money."
"The poor also want to feel among the rich too. What a poor thing."
"If I were him, I would lower my head in shame and run away."
The guests spoke among themselves with different hateful comments flying around the hall.
"I wonder what type of ring this is. You got it from the side of the road, right?" The MC, master of ceremony, asked, and they all burst into laughter.
He clenched the suit to his chest and squeezed his face, unable to withstand the insult that he was getting.
"Enough," he half-yelled and slammed his hand on the table before him.
For the first time, they kept quiet after hearing his voice. Some of them flinched in fear of the tone of his voice. He sounded fierce and cold.
"That's enough. I'm not a bad boyfriend. And besides, none of you can afford this ring because it's…" he kept quiet when he realized what he wanted to say.
"It's what?" One of them asked in the crowd.
"It's nothing, none of you deserve to know about it ." he said and dropped the mic on the floor.
"That's so bold of you. How could you address me in such a manner, huh?"
"What do you take us for?"
"You brought a fake item as a gift for your girlfriend. Shouldn't you be ashamed of yourself?"
He ignored the hateful comments and turned to Cassandra, who looked away immediately her gaze met his.
There was no point in him arguing with the guests when his girlfriend didn't believe him. What's the point?
He took a deep breath and glanced at the ring on the floor. He made a huge mistake coming to this place. He wished he could turn the hand of time and correct his mistake, but it was impossible. The deed has been done.
He bent low to pick the ring from the ground when he realized that it was no longer there.
"Where is it?" He muttered and looked around with a worried look on his face.
"Who has this ring?" He arched his eyebrows and looked up as he heard a hoarse tone.
His gaze landed on the ring that was in the palm of a middle-aged man, who seemed to be in his late 50s.
"I'm the one. So you should return it," he said in a cold tone as he approached the man.
"I need to know…" the man paused as he grabbed the ring from the man.
He turned to the guests, who were once again enraged by his attitude. "You'll pay for looking down on me," he cursed and walked away.
Cassandra shook her head with a sigh, stood up from the chair, and rushed after Damon, who didn't turn back. She ignored her mother's warning and followed him.
"You!" Her mother pointed at her finger as she trembled in anger.
She scoffed and looked away. She knew there was no way her daughter was going to marry such a person with low financial and social status.
The man, who seemed to be an important figure, walked toward Cassandra's mother and bowed his head slightly.
"Good morning, Mr. Zheng," she greeted and he nodded his head.
Mr. Zheng was a powerful and important figure in the cultivation and human world.
He nodded his head and crossed his hand behind his back. "Who has that ring? Where did you find it?" He asked without delay.
"That ring? It's just a worthless ring that my daughter's boyfriend bought for her," she said.
"Worthless ring?" he asked and chuckled softly.
"Yes, it is. Didn't you see how old and cracked it is, Sir?" She asked and he smiled.
"I need that ring and I can do anything to get it," he said.
"That same worthless ring?" She asked with a surprised look.
"It seems you don't get what I'm saying. I'm ready to pay a sum of 100 million dollars if I can get that ring," he said seriously, and she swallowed hard.
"100 million dollars for that ring?" Everyone in the hall was shocked and alerted after hearing the price of getting that ring.
It wasn't a useless and worthless ring as they'd claimed earlier. It was at that moment they realized they were wrong.
The man placed a bounty of 100 million dollars just for that ring. "Whoever brings that ring would get a reward of 100 million dollars," he declared.
"What!"