After the group of three got inside the grocery store, the people outside immediately approached the car. They immediately began commenting one after the other.
"Am I seeing things? That kid now drives such a car?"
"What do you know? It is impossible for that kid to be able to drive such a car."
"What are you talking about? Was he not the one that was driving it just a few moments ago?"
"I mean, he is not the one that owns this car. He has definitely borrowed it from somewhere, or maybe he hired it."
"Hey, just say that you are feeling jealous that it is not your son that came with his car. If it had been your son, I'm pretty sure that you would have been shouting to everyone that your son has a car."
"Hump! Nonsense! You are speaking as if you would not have done the same thing."
"What a group of hypocrites!"
"Now, there we have it. About calling a kettle black, hehe!"
Regardless of what they were saying, it was clear that they were all shocked by Sean. None of them had anticipated that Sean was going to come back with such a car.
Even though none of them had said it out loud, they understood that it was extremely difficult even for them to go and hire such a car. After all, hiring such a car would require them to have money, and none of them was willing to waste money to hire a car so that they could show off.
Additionally, if it was borrowing, who would trust them with a car of such value? They believed that there was definitely something that was going on, but they did not doubt that this was not Sean's car.
They knew Sean since he was young, and understood that until this day, he had not yet found a job. He had only been working part-time, even the previous day, they had seen him going to work.
Inside the grocery store, upon hearing his mother's question, Sean took a deep breath and responded, "That's my car."
Immediately after he said those words, he looked at his parents that were looking at him as if they were looking at a fool. He could immediately tell that they did not believe what he had said.
Sean was feeling slightly helpless. It was just that the documents that showed the ownership of the car were still within the car, as he had not come out with them.
Right now, the only thing that he could do was to say, "That car was bought for me by my friend. He claimed that it is for convenience purpose. Since I'm going to be in charge of many stores within the city, even though we are only starting with a few, I should be able to easily move around the stores."
Michael frowned slightly upon hearing that. He asked, "Son, are you sure about what you are getting involved in? No matter the kind of trust that exists between you, if you are given so much money, and even a very expensive car, then you are required to perform better. Are you sure that you will be able to perform according to the expectations that have been placed on you?"
"Yes, Sean. Don't burden yourself so much. If you feel that the requirements and expectations placed on you are too high, just leave it. You don't have to force yourself to do something that you can't. You did not study business management in college, so, it is going to be difficult for you to be able to fulfill the requirements that would lead to you earning so much." Abigail also spoke up.
Sean understood that his parents were worried about him. And in fact, even he himself found that the excuse that he had given was not making much sense.
After all, why would someone want to trust him with such a big project, when he did not even have the skills of management? With such an amount of money, they could easily get someone that was more experienced to do the job.
But since he had already given this as an excuse, Sean would just have to continue with it. So he said, "His family is extremely rich, in that the investment that he is making in this city is just a trial. He told me that I can be a hands-off manager, and I can hire managers to deal with managing the shops.
I will only be in charge of making the necessary decisions, but I will mainly be acting as an overseer of the businesses."
Michael obviously did not believe him from the look that he was giving him. As for Abigail, she said, "That makes sense, but still, it is quite a burden. So, if it really does not work, you can just give up and return the car. As for the money, we will find a way of returning it as well."
The moment that she spoke about the money, Sean also immediately decided to shift the topic. He did not want his parents to continue questioning about the car and the opportunity that he had gotten.
"What happened here? How comes many things have been destroyed here?" Sean asked. It was only after he had entered into the grocery store that he realized that the damage that had been caused was not only outside, but even inside, many things had been destroyed.
Michael did not say anything, but Abigail responded, "It is that group of crooks. It is clear that they did not anticipate that we will be able to get the money, especially after they had increased the amount that we are supposed to pay.
So when we paid them, at first, they were shocked. But after that, they destroyed things here, claiming that it was compensation for the time that they had wasted coming again and again to claim the money."
From her voice, Sean could easily tell that his mother was angry. But that was to be expected, considering that he was angry as well.
They had only borrowed $500. But then, they were required to pay $3,000. And even after they had paid, this group of gangsters actually went ahead and caused damage to the grocery store. This was so much infuriating.
At this point, Sean decided, as long as he had the capability, he would make sure that this group of gangsters was dealt with. If they had to spend a few days in cell, it would be good punishment. And if they tried to cause more trouble, he would find a way of eliminating them.
If it was before, it was definitely impossible for him to be able to deal with this group of gangsters. But right now, due to the presence of the system, and how he had realized that the system could grant him different things, he realized that he would definitely be able to gain the opportunity of dealing with those crooks.
He only needed to Invest in different things, and finally, he would definitely be able to gain something. And right now, he had not yet claimed the return of training within the gym.
The reason why he had not yet claimed this reward was simply because he did not know what would happen after cleaning it. He had already asked the system, but the system did not give him any response about this.
So, he had been planning to deal with the issue of the coffee shop, come back and claim the reward, and after that, he would venture out to find a way of investing more.
Additionally, there were prompts from the system, including a message that he had already checked out, informing him that he had received $60,000. This was obviously the cash back from the $6,000 that he had spent on buying the coffee shop.
He was not sure about the other reward that he had received, but it was obviously not related to money. Otherwise, the money would have already been deposited into his account, and he would have seen it.
But in any case, right now, his account balance read $69,910. With this amount of money, he could make a big investment this time, which would allow his account to inflate more.
"Don't worry, as long as they don't come causing trouble anymore. Right now, we should focus on maintaining the grocery store." Sean responded. At the same time, he made a transfer of money to his father's account.
Heat transferred the extra $9,910, leading to him remaining with only $60,000.
This time, he did not want to stay behind to be questioned, and instead headed straight outside as he said, "There is something that I need to take care of, so I will head off for now. In case anything happens, just inform me and I will be back as soon as possible."
The two did not stop Sean from leaving, as they understood that the task that he had on his shoulder was way bigger than helping them cleaning up the grocery store.
But just a few moments after Sean had stepped out of the grocery store, Michael's phone rang with a notification. Michael hesitated for a moment, before taking it out.
He realized that It was a message. When he opened it, just after reading the message, he immediately froze. Abigail noticed his change in expression, and could not help but be worried as she asked, "What's wrong?"
Michael finally came back to his senses, but he was still shocked. There was a slight frown on his face as he said, "That kid, he transferred $9,000 into my account. Just how much was he given? Is he spending the money that he was given to open the stores?"