Next day…
Early morning, Noah woke up and went to the bathroom to get ready for the day.
He decided to check out the new system notifications to pass some time whilst brushing his teeth.
[Ding! $2,300 has been credited to the account ending in xx04. Current balance: $1,044,369]
“This is the breathing money,” He thought with a small smile as he checked the new notification.
[Ding! 500g of Pure Gold has been stored in the inventory]
“That’s a daily income of $46,000 just from gold,” Noah thought with a small smile.
“With Jackson and Lionel working together, I will be able to sell all of this gold.”
“That means my income for ten days will reach $400,000 from the gold, around $90,000 from An’s Gourmet and similar income from Walls4Us.” Noah thought, his smile widening.
Noah looked at the time, it was 6:00 am. He contemplated whether he should go to school or not but after some consideration.
“I don’t have anything going on right now, I might as well.” He muttered silently, as he put on his uniform.
Looking at it in the mirror, he thought. ” I need a new size, it’s becoming a muscle fit.”
He took the Lykan and drove to school, before parking it somewhere slightly further.
“News travels fast, if my mum finds out she will start getting paranoid thinking that I am in some underworld gang.”
Arriving at school, he saw a message notification on his phone.
“Hi, I spoke to my dad about the housekeeper, he said he will send you a name of a few he can vouch for alongside their details.”
Replying to Amelia’s text, he said. “Thanks for the help. Want to play Underwatch 2 sometime later?”
She quickly sent him a cute gif of a cat nodding its head.
“Haha, alright. Send me your BattleTag and I will add you.”
She quickly sent him her BattleTag and said.
“Okay! Let me know when you want to play.”
He quickly sent her a message and put his phone in his pocket as he entered his class.
As Noah entered the classroom, he noticed Lily glancing his way, her gaze a mix of hesitation and something unreadable.
He dropped his bag next to her, taking his seat with a light smile.
“How are you doing, Lily?”
“I’m… I’m doing good, thanks. How about you?”
“Doing fine. Thanks for asking.” He leaned back slightly. “Did I miss anything on Friday?”
She shook her head, brushing her hair behind her ear.
“Not really. We’ve just been going over the practice questions for the exams.”
Noah nodded.
“Exams already, huh? Time flies.”
He glanced sideways at her, his tone casual. “Where are you thinking of going to university?”
She met his gaze, her face momentarily lighting up. “I’m leaning towards Cambridge, but… Oxford’s also a possibility.”
“Good choices,” he replied, nodding approvingly. “I’m planning on Cambridge too.”
Her cheeks flushed, but she quickly looked down at her notebook, the tiniest smile crossing her lips before she hid it.
“I see,” she murmured, trying to sound indifferent.
She paused, then said almost shyly, “My dad keeps asking when you’re going to come over, you know.”
Noah chuckled, amused. “Oh, does he now? Tell him I’ll extend a formal invite soon. I’ll host him at my teahouse sometime soon.”
Her eyebrows raised.
“This quick?”
“Yeah, I hurried the process. Thought it might be fun.”
The corners of her mouth quirked up into a small smile. “I think he’d love that. He’s always talking about the tea you gave him last time, you know.”
“That’s good to know. I’ll make sure it’s ready for him.”
Just then, their teacher entered the room and started the lesson.
An hour passed by slowly, as Noah sat bored in the class.
At lunchtime, he met up with Aiden and ate lunch together. After finishing his food, Noah took out his Macbook.
“Let me quickly edit your video.”
“Really?” Aiden quickly said as he sat next to Noah watching him edit.
Thirty minutes later…
“Now, I just need to render it and it will be ready.”
A few minutes later, Noah played the video with Aiden next to him.
“This…” Aiden paused.
“Bro, where the hell did you learn to edit like this? I feel like I’m watching a movie.” He said with shock plastered on his face.
“I watched a couple of videos, it’s not that difficult. Anyway, do you like it?”
“Bro.. I love that shit. You actually need to teach me to edit like this, don’t gatekeep.”
“Alright, alright. I will send you a couple of tutorials, just learn from them.”
Before the school day ended, Noah decided to go talk to the principal.
Knock-Knock
“Come in,” said a mature voice, from behind the door.
“Principal, good afternoon.”
“Noah, nice to see you again. How are you doing ?” The principal replied.
“I’m doing good principal, I wanted to talk to you about my attendance.”
The principal nodded.
“Take a seat.” He gestured with his hand.
“Thanks, I will be honest with you principal. My life has been very busy lately, and I will not have much time to appear in my lessons.”
“I will attend now and then. However, it will not be the 96% attendance rate the school wants from me.”
The principal nodded with a serious look on his face.
“I see, so do you want me to give you an exception?”
Noah nodded. “Yes principal, the classes are all easy for me. In fact, I can get full marks on any high school paper you could give me.”
“As you know my family is poor, and I’m working on a business that will help us right now. The business has lots of potential and I really don’t want to let go of this lifeline.” He added with a shivering tone.
“Alright, do you mind telling me about the business?” The principal said, showing understanding of Noah’s circumstances.
“It’s a teahouse sir.”
“A teahouse? Your business is selling tea?” He said curiously, it was quite unexpected.
“Yes, do you want to try it?”
“Sure,” The principal nodded, curious about the tea.
In his mind, he already made a decision if Noah’s tea wasn’t exceptional he would not allow him to skip.
Noah quickly heated the kettle and brewed the tea.
The soft, but mesmerising smell filled the small room.
“This smell…” The principal thought as he looked at the tea in front of him.
“Try it. You won’t regret it.” Noah added with a light smile.
Nodding his head, the principal took a light sip.
After a long pause…
“Do you have more,” He said with a low tone as if he was embarrassed.
Noah nodded his head and gave the principal a small pack from his inventory.
The principal looked at Noah and said with a serious tone.
“Noah… I must be present at the grand opening.”
“Naturally, principal,” Noah said, looking at the principal drink with a smile on his face.
“Then it’s decided, you can skip. But you must come once every week, otherwise there is really no way.”
Noah nodded, after talking with the principal for a while, he left the office.
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