5

My face remained calm, I took out my chopsticks, and ignoring the gazes of people around me, I enjoyed the food on the table.

There were whispers from the crowd, mixed with ridicule towards me:

"Isn't this Lucas? Why is this jinx here?" "Tsk tsk, he started eating right after he sat down at the table without even greeting the host. How rude."

"It's so awkward for him to come to this kind of occasion. Lucienne was really blind to fall for him!" "Why is he here? Who called him?"

Brandon stood up and stopped him in a feigned anger:

"Don't say that about Lucas, I invited him here, and he's here to bless me today." "He's alone and broke, so what's wrong with him coming to my place for a meal?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience burst into laughter.

"Everyone take a seat and listen to what I have to say."

The students followed his instructions and returned to their seats one after another.

Brandon cleared his throat and began to speak:

"First of all, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend my party..."

Then, Brandon made full use of his eloquent speech and delivered a passionate speech.

After his speech, he turned his gaze to me, patted the back of my head with his hand, and smiled provocatively:

"Today, I want to thank someone in particular, that is Lucas !" "Everyone knows that when I went abroad to study, he was the one who helped me take care of Lucienne ."

" He was so generous that he even let his fiancée give birth to a son for me. I will never forget this kindness!" "Today, he came to the scene in person to bless our family of three. I, Wang, am so grateful!"

He deliberately concealed the fact that they had an affair and had a child, which made my classmates mistakenly believe that I knew about it. My anger gradually grew, but I did not refute it on the surface.

As soon as he finished speaking, the classmates pointed at me and talked about it:

" He doesn't look like a man at all, he's just a cuckold. He let his fiancée give birth to a child for someone else. How could he think of that!" "What a loser. Not only did his fiancée get taken away by his first love, but he even came to the party to congratulate her!"

" How can there be such a loser man in the world!" "If it were me, I would want to find a hole in the ground to crawl into even if I was at home, let alone come to the party."

“It’s so shameful…”

I stuffed the last piece of beef in the bowl into my mouth and slowly pushed Brandon's hand away.

Standing up, I took out a thick red envelope from my pocket and handed it to the child:

"First of all, I wish Mr. Brandon and Ms. Lucienne a happy marriage and hope their baby grows up healthily!"

There was a little more disgust in Lucienne's eyes when she looked at me. Maybe she was thinking at that moment that breaking up with me was the right thing to do since I was such a waste after all.

Brandon's face grew wider. He reached out and patted my cheek twice, and whispered:

" Hahahaha, you're a man who knows the current affairs now." Then his voice rose a few decibels:

"Lucas has taken good care of Lucienne over the years. To express my gratitude, I would like my son to call him godfather in the future!"

I waved my hand and declined:

"I am just a poor guy, how can I be qualified to be related to Brandon's son? Don't lower the baby's status, he will have to have dignity when he grows up. If he knew that his godfather was a poor guy, he would not be able to hold his head up in front of other children."

Lucienne looked at me in astonishment. She knew that I was a strong person and would never give in to money. She never expected that I would say such a thing.

Classmates also mocked him:

" You really have no dignity!" "How can you be so cowardly!"

"Lucas may not be a good person, but what he says makes sense." "Indeed, he is ugly and poor, but he is quite self-aware."

I ignored everyone's ridicule and slowly sat down.

After a moment of pride, Brandon started to toast with Lucienne.

Their three-year-old child stood on a stool and walked towards me tremblingly. Perhaps because he had seen me that day, he was not shy. He stretched out his hands and called in a baby voice, "Uncle...Uncle, hold me."