Chapter 84 Painfully Giving Up My Treasure
After dinner, Ben’s car racing team called him again. Ben scratched his head tiredly as he really didn’t want to go.
Jean sympathized with Ben’s situation, plus she was on leave that day, so she suggested following Ben over there, “I’ll accompany you. I haven’t seen them in a while too. I’ll buy some drinks for them.”
“Great!” Ben finally smiled. Everyone from the car racing team wasn’t in a good mood that day.
“What’s wrong? I took a day off to come here. Why are you guys still unhappy?” Jean looked really stunning in her dress. She immediately caught everyone’s attention when she appeared with a smile on her face.
“Jean!” “My gosh, you look so different today.” “No wonder Ben didn’t pick up our calls. It turns out that he was on a date!” None of them knew that Jean and Ben actually came from Edgar’s wedding.
“Come here, everyone. Please help yourself.” Jean gave them the drinks she had bought just now. After distributing the drinks, Jean saw Ben following Tom into the tent.
“Why are they being so mysterious? Hey, has anyone seen Sonny?” Jean asked while twisting the bottle cap of her drink.
“Sigh, don’t even mention. Our car racing team hasn’t developed well recently. Ben had been really busy with his family business, so he didn’t have time for practice. Therefore, we didn’t manage to get any advertisements. We are running out of funds.”
Jean frowned empathetically while listening to their rambling.
Car racing teams definitely needed many sponsors in order to maintain their cars.
“Dark horse has been very popular since they first participated in competitions. However, Ben has been out of shape recently due to his family matters and personal affairs.”
“Besides, the Ludwig Group has also withdrawn its investment in our team…”
No wonder Ben was hesitant to speak just now.
Jean frowned anxiously. Is Ben going to give up his dream under all the pressures?
She didn’t want to see that happen.
On the other side, Ben seemed to be quarreling with Tom over something.
“You can rest assured that I won’t damage the reputation or cause any losses to our team. If what happened now is a big deal to you, we should part ways.” Ben shouted angrily.”
Tom shook his head helplessly, “Your mind isn’t on the team now. Sonny is the only one who holds on to the team now. If that’s the case, how far can we go? We are not working for you. We are working for the team.”
“What are you trying to say?”
“Okay, stop it. I know all of us are worried about the funds. Sonny has already gone to seek sponsorship. Maybe we’ll get a large fund today! We all know that Ben has been under a lot of pressure recently, so give him a break.”
Everyone rushed over and attempted to quell their frustrations before it rises to its boiling point.
Jean stood far away, wondering if she should stay away from the fight.
After all, she was just an outsider.
“If it weren’t for Jean, you probably wouldn’t come anymore. Are you trying to leave Sonny and our team behind so that you can be your rich young master at home? We are a serious car racing team, not a place for you to pick up girls.” Tom was so furious that he started to speak incoherently.
“I’m not that kind of person!”
Ben shouted and punched Tom.
“Don’t…”
Tom punched Ben back too. It was a scene of chaos. In the end, Jean forcibly pulled Ben out to end their fight.
Ben had wounds on his forehead and chin. He bowed and apologized to Jean, “I’m sorry for having you involved.”
Jean remained silent. She quickly ran to a convenience store nearby.
She bought a bottle of ice water and two bottles of beer.
The ice water was to apply pressure to reduce Ben’s swelling. The two bottles of beer were for Ben and Jean to drink.
Ben kept his head down. He didn’t want Jean to see him in dire straits.
“I could have helped you if you had told me sooner.” Jean comforted Ben.
Ben took a few sips of beer. He was totally heartbroken.
But after hearing Jean’s words, Ben’s eyes lit up all of a sudden.
Ben was afraid that he had heard Jean wrongly, so he asked again, “Are you really going to help me?”
“Of course.”
Jean rolled her eyes.
“You have been my best friend in Yorktown for so many years. Katie and the others are all abroad…” Jean frowned and made an important decision.
“Take it.”
“What is this?” Ben looked at the card she handed to him.
“My money! I want to invest in your car racing team.” Jean kicked the stones on the ground.
My precious money!
Ben has been really kind to me all these years. He has also helped me many times. I cannot ignore a friend’s plight. I just have to help them.
Ben looked at the card and remained silent for a long time.
Ben wasn’t excited or touched. He didn’t thank Jean either. Jean couldn’t help staring at him and said, “Don’t underestimate me. It’s a large amount of money!”
One hundred thousand.
It’s enough to pay a few months of my debts.
Ben gritted his teeth, “Do I look poor to you?”
Jean nodded seriously, “Will your mother still give you money if you don’t date Ally?”
Ben was speechless.
Jean was not wrong, but he actually hoped that Jean would help him in another way, although he was sure that Jean would refuse him.
For example, pretending to be his girlfriend and meeting his mother.
Ben lowered his head and sighed in frustration, “It’s okay. You can keep your money. I know what you’re going through. Besides, I will never spend a woman’s money no matter how bad of a situation I’m in.”
“Come on. You’ve never treated me like a woman.”
“I’ve always…” Ben choked. He couldn’t confess himself in front of the fair and beautiful face.
He knew that all Jean could think about then was revenge. Romantic feelings were the last thing on her mind.
He didn’t want her to get mad at him.
After the podium proposal event, everything became clear in Ben’s mind.
No matter if I’m her boyfriend or her husband, I just want her by my side.
After calming himself down, Ben smiled at Jean. “Don’t worry. I will never fight with them again. Sonny had also just sent me a message about the sponsorship. If everything goes well, our team will have a large sum of money by then. I’ll work hard to solve our current cash flow difficulties, and I won’t just simply retire.”
“Are you sure you don’t need my money?” Jean asked Ben again.
“Yes, I’m sure.”
Jean quickly took her card back.
Ben thought her reaction was funny. “Why would you give it to me if you weren’t willing to?”
“Don’t you understand? I am painfully giving up my treasure to you.”
The two of them talked and laughed while walking to the subway station.
Jean took the subway home herself. She declined Ben’s offer to accompany her.
There were only a few street lights along the street from the subway station to her home.
Some of the streets were very dark.
All of a sudden, a bright light shined on Jean.
The car didn’t drive past her. It followed her all the way.
Jean frowned. She looked back a few times, trying to signal the car to leave first.
She subconsciously thought that Winnie and Gigi had sent a hitman to kill her again.
If they were a hitman, Jean knew that she wouldn’t survive. So, she gritted her teeth and rushed toward the car without fear.
Jean patted the car window several times, “Don’t sneak around! What is Winnie planning on again?”
After a while, the car window was rolled down.
A man said coldly, “Get in the car.”
