A One-of-a-Kind Dinner Party

Kruger swallowed the curse that had risen to his lips, and finally said, "Jos, you haven't had lunch yet, have you? I specifically waited for you to come back so we could eat together."

In truth, he had been too angry to eat.

Jos held a pile of boxes. He felt nothing toward the opened box, always feeling as though it was dog food being shoved in his face.

After all, he had mentioned to Claire while chatting that he could buy some Transcendent Potion, so he did not place much importance on it.

Facing Kruger, he gestured with the boxes in his arms. "Wait for me. I'll put these away."

Kruger smiled brilliantly and readily agreed. "Go on, hurry up. I'll wait for you."

He looked as if he were treating his first love.

After Jos went inside, Kruger deliberately glanced at the box. It was packed full of pills, every one of them neatly wrapped in gold foil.

Of course, one slot was empty, missing a single pill, but he did not care.

Seeing that Jos had not come back out, Kruger gritted his teeth and took one.

The moment it entered his mouth, he knew the feeling was right.

It felt the same, and the effect even seemed a little stronger than what he had taken before. It was undoubtedly genuine.

"Jos actually has connections like this in Great Xia?"

Kruger was deeply shocked. He had thought Jos was merely some lousy foreign student, but it turned out he had other connections in Great Xia. Jos's standing had to be reassessed.

He had treated Jos coldly before because Jos came from a poor background.

Otherwise, look at those foreign students from noble families. Were they ever discriminated against like this?

Only today did he realize what made