"Did you buy those gardens?" asked Evan. That night, Evan came with Jay to Riki's mansion. There was no particular reason, they just wanted to hang out. Moreover, Jay had just received a lot of chocolate from his cousin who had just returned from traveling to various countries. Coincidentally, Jay had received so much chocolate that it was too much for him to eat on his own. So Jay brought it to Riki's place. Since Nicho and Sofie were at Riki's place, Jay also heard about the little girl that Riki had helped, so he thought the child would be there. It turned out that she was with Twaila.

"Yup! I bought everything! Now I have a coffee and tea plantation, and the view there is very beautiful! Currently, there is a problem with some of the coffee trees, but it will be resolved soon, so it will definitely recover quickly," said Riki, very proud of what he had done that afternoon, which was buying the three-hectare plantation.

Riki spent a lot of money on it, but he still had a lot left. It wouldn't run out even if it was only for Riki and his seven descendants in the future.

"You really do things without any plan, huh? Aren't you afraid of running out of money? I mean—of all the businesses you've built, not all of them will be successful, right?" asked Jay.

Evan turned to Jay, looking at him with a confused expression. "So far, none of Riki's businesses have failed. In fact, his father's bankrupt company is now making a lot of profit, and its stock value has even risen dramatically," said Evan.

Riki chuckled softly. He couldn't say that he was an exception in this world. He earned money regularly just by doing easy missions. Not to mention, all the businesses he started were guaranteed to be successful. So, Riki's money kept flowing in, all his bank accounts were full of money. He had become a priority at two banks.

However, normal people like Jay would never accept such an explanation, because it was completely abnormal.

"But, there will definitely be losses someday, and working with humans, there will definitely be loopholes. For example, the company's growth is fine, but suddenly there is an employee who cheats and takes a lot of the company's money. Making a company that should be fine suddenly go bankrupt. Even my grandfather, who was very skilled in business, failed several times," said Jay.

Riki cleared his throat, suddenly finding it difficult to think of the right response to Jay's words.

Jay was right, Riki thought. His words were true. There is no smooth journey in this world. There are always loopholes.

Even Riki, who had a system in place, experienced many problems.

"Let's just say I'm lucky in all my businesses, Jay. Besides, when I bought that plantation, I wasn't thinking about anything other than helping the people who had been working there for years. Many people depended on that place for their livelihood. Right now, I happen to have a lot of money to help, to solve the problems that almost shut down the plantation. Right now, I'm not thinking about the profits from the plantation, I'm only thinking about how to solve the problems. Besides, if the plantation manages to bounce back, there will be many other business opportunities that will arise, right?" said Riki, who was actually just giving his opinion off the cuff. Riki was just saying whatever was on his mind at that moment. But he didn't know that his words had made Jay reflect.

All this time, he had always been underestimated in business. Especially by those closest to him, who were actually enemies in disguise. Jay never listened to what they said, until even his own parents said the same thing.

Jay wasn't talented at starting new businesses; he would only fail again and again. The young and stubborn Jay chose to leave home. Armed with his cooking skills and knowledge of food and beverages, he recklessly opened a restaurant.

When Jay began to feel down and thought all his decisions were in vain, Riki came to his rescue.

And now, hearing Riki's words, Jay realized that he would indeed fail in business because he didn't have what Riki had at that moment.

That is, the confidence to start something new. Jay had never had that before. He was always afraid to start something new; he was always afraid to take risks.

Suddenly, a tap on his shoulder snapped Jay out of his thoughts.

When he turned around, he saw Evan smiling broadly at him.

"Why are you daydreaming? Are we going to play the game or not?" Evan asked.

Jay furrowed his brow, "The new game Kaivan mentioned?"

"Yes, it's going viral right now. Even Daniel and Angeline said they play that game too. Since it's a multiplayer game, let's play it," said Evan.

"I've already learned how to play it, let's play! Wait, I'll call Anton first. It's no fun if there are only three of us, right?" Riki stood up. He walked towards Anton's room.

Earlier, Anton had said he was going to take a shower, about an hour ago. After showering, Anton said he would join them, but an hour had passed and there was no sign of Anton coming out of his room.

Evan and Jay waited in the living room on the first floor.

Riki, who had climbed the stairs to the second floor, immediately knocked on Anton's door.

Seeing that Anton's door was slightly open, Riki immediately pushed it open.

"Anton?" asked Riki, walking over to Anton, who was sitting quietly on his bed. Anton hadn't even changed his clothes, wearing only a towel. Riki also saw that part of Anton's floor was wet. It was covered with water droplets from Anton's body after his shower.

"Anton, what's wrong?" Riki touched Anton's shoulder, causing the young man to jump and immediately turn to look at Riki.

Anton's face looked frightened, but he tried to hide it. However, Riki couldn't be fooled. He knew Anton very well, and he knew that Anton was upset at that moment. Anton was looking for an excuse to lie to Riki. He also quickly hid his smartphone by sitting on it.

It seemed that whatever was scaring Anton was inside his smartphone.

In fact, the detection skill only said that Anton was scared and worried that Riki would find out.

"Nothing, Riki... it's just a small thing. I'll change my clothes and go downstairs," said Anton.

Riki nodded, "Okay, Evan invited us to play a game, but if you can't come, it's okay, it's not a big deal," said Riki.

Anton bit his lip, clearly weighing something in his mind.

"I-in that case, can I not come? I don't feel well," said Anton, his nervousness evident in his voice.

Riki nodded, then took a step forward.

Anton swallowed hard, very nervous, afraid of what Riki was going to do to him. He reflexively closed his eyes when Riki placed the back of his hand on Anton's forehead.

"You don't have a fever, are you sick? Do you want me to massage you? I learned massage from someone."

Anton quickly shook his head to refuse, he wasn't sick, he was just making excuses.

"No! I mean, I don't want to bother you."

Riki smiled then, then stepped back.

"I don't feel bothered, go to sleep, Anton," said Riki, before he finally left Anton's room.

Anton remained sitting upright, listening carefully to make sure Riki had gone downstairs. He only felt relieved when he heard Riki's footsteps on the stairs.

Anton looked back at his smartphone. There was a threatening message from someone. Then, there was other information that made him anxious and afraid.

Anton sighed deeply and heavily, "Hope everything is okay. I don't want to bother Riki."

***

Riki stepped carefully in the middle of the night to leave his room. At that time, Evan and Jay, who were staying at the mansion, were fast asleep after several hours of not accepting their defeat playing games with Riki.

The game they were playing was quite difficult, but it was precisely because of its difficulty that it was so popular.

When they played together, it meant they were competing against each other. Riki kept defeating his two older friends. Seeing Evan and Jay's funny reactions when they lost, Riki became even more excited to challenge them.

Even though in the end they both lost, it was a fun game.

Luckily, Sean suddenly arrived, wanting to play too. Because Sean kept losing, Evan and Jay's mood improved.

Riki was worried that if their mood didn't improve soon, they would keep challenging Riki to play games.

Because Riki wanted to see Anton immediately, who was very worrying.

Because it was midnight, around one o'clock in the morning. The atmosphere was very quiet.

Riki quietly entered Anton's room.

It turned out that Anton was already asleep, but he was not sleeping soundly. He was still restless.

"Anton? Are you asleep?" whispered Riki.

Anton immediately woke up.

"Riki?"

Riki chuckled softly, then sat on the edge of the bed, looking at Anton, who was now sitting up.

"I knew you couldn't sleep, right? I know you're too shy to tell me, but it's obvious that you're hiding something," said Riki.

Anton smiled wryly, knowing that Riki had noticed that something was wrong with him. Riki was too kind, immediately sensing when there was a problem around him.

In fact, Anton had tried to hide it.