A Poor Youth's Journey to Success
Chapter 40

Just as Eric was holding the watch that Nanako had just removed from her wrist, Eric felt himself being pulled back. A strong hand had pushed him away from the nanako so suddenly, that he lost his grip on the watch and the clock was crushed as it fell to the floor.

"nanako! I heard that you were hurt! You worried me half to death!”

An anxious voice came from the boy who had just entered.

"Don't worry akio, I'm fine" Nanako replied in an indifferent tone.

The boy was neatly dressed in a suit and looked rather handsome. Although Nanako gave a slightly cold impression to him, Akio was not angry at all.

"Oh, Nanako! Your watch is broken!" exciting jiso. He had looked to the floor to see what caused the breaking sound earlier and discovered that it was a nanako watch.

The glass in the nanako watch was completely shattered.

"Eric, how can you be so careless? Is it because you're not happy that Akio is here to worry about Nanako?" ask another girl.

The girl's words caught Akio's attention.

Although Akio liked nanako to the point of being infatuated, Nanako was not interested in her at all.

Even though she had an excellent family background, nanako still had no feelings for him.

Naturally, it was impossible for him to have feelings for Eric just because he saved her once.

Nanako's roommates know this and they're just messing around with eric.

Everyone had clearly seen that indeed, it was Akio who had pulled Eric away earlier which caused him to accidentally drop the watch.

"It's okay, it's just a watch. I'll just buy another one!"

Nanako was a little embarrassed. After all, his friends still make fun of Eric even though nanako said earlier that Eric helped him.

"Achio! You and Eric are the reason why the watch broke! You both have to pay!" jiso.

The girls obviously had to speak a little more respectfully to Akio.

"Heh, I'll buy a new one without his help. How could he possibly afford to pay for half of that watch?"

Akio sneered as he looked at Eric, displeasure clearly emanating in his eyes.

"Well, if there's nothing else, I'll go first. Please, be careful Nanako!" said Eric.

Eric knew that he would continue to be teased during his stay here. Moreover, Akio glared at him with displeasure.

After all, these people just found it fun to be bullied and just made joke material.

Of course Eric knows himself in this position, it is clear that his simple appearance is not comparable to those who wear branded clothing.

just by chance Eric met Nanako today, Eric really did not want to get entangled in this kind of situation.

As for the broken watch, Eric had already thought about it.

Eric felt he would change the watch later, so he didn't have any relationship with all these girls.

When Nanako sees Eric leaving, Nanako wants to call him to stay but she also knows that Eric won't be easy to adapt to his circle of friends.

Nanako just has to wait for an opportunity to return the favor to Eric.

Eric finally leaves the hospital, Eric goes straight home to his apartment after coming home from there.

That's when Haruka called Eric.

Eric immediately remembered his promise with haruka, because of helping Nanako before, Eric completely forgot his promise with haruka until late at night.

"Eric! I'm really disappointed in you, you deliberately stayed away and didn't want to help me. If you can't, why don't you tell me so I can find another friend." Haruka said from across the phone.

Haruka at this moment was really angry, she felt disappointed towards Eric for not keeping his promise to accompany her to go to her friend reunion meeting first.

Because Eric's absence also causes Haruka to fail and go see his friends.

Eric who heard haruka speaking in an angry tone on the phone made her feel guilty, he would never know the events of today had suddenly changed.

"Haruka! I'm sorry, I really didn't do as you thought. I forgot my promise, because something happened so suddenly that I forgot everything." Eric replied.

"You have too many excuses, just say you're ashamed to present it? If you feel unable, why do you approve it?. Goddamn it, because of you, I'm not leaving!" haruka said with great anger.

Eric was completely overwhelmed with guilt at this time.on the one hand, he only wanted to return the favor to Nanako, but on the other hand he forgot his responsibility.

The next day Eric goes to a jewelry store at Uyeda Jeweller to get a watch similar to the previous Nanako watch. Just to make sure he gets the compensation he deserves.

"Boss! I want to buy this watch!"

It took Eric a while before he could find a watch similar to the nanako's. But it looks like this watch is a little special and it says Premium.

Indeed, Nanako's watch is very similar to this watch, but this watch has a much better quality.

Eric was looking around to get help from the salesman packing his things,

But no one cared about him, they all assumed that Eric was just a young man entering the store to look around.

"Boss! Can you help me?" Eric asked one of the salespeople there.

The salesman saw a young man dressed in bland, honest clothes at first sight who wanted to immediately kick Eric out of the store.

Eric looked like a poor man who couldn't afford anything at the store, so the salesman didn't want to waste time serving Eric.

Eric's clothes seemed to be not in accordance with the times. Because, the average teenager in Japan has been wearing expensive and quality brand clothing.

So when the salesman saw Eric, he felt Eric wasn't actually worth entering this store.

"I'm sorry I don't have time for you! Please ask for help from other salespeople" said the saleswoman coldly.

Eric was desperate to leave the store because of poor service, but he had not gotten what he wanted, so Eric could only seek help from other salespeople.

"I want that watch, please pack it for me" Eric told one of the other salespeople.

Now that Eric's in the center of all the salespeople's attention, they think Eric's just showing off, so they'll be ready to laugh at him if he makes a mistake.

"Good master, watches are so expensive, are you sure you want this?" ask the salesman, a professional smile on his face.

Even though he was smiling, the look of disdain on his face was still slightly visible. The young man in front of him was not dressed well at all.

But he came to buy jewelry. Moreover, he had chosen to buy an expensive watch.

Did he pull his leg?