Chapter 67: The Last Remaining Dignity

Zhou Ming just watched Caitlin leave the Vineyard Restaurant out of his sight. He didn't say a word, and Zhou Ming understood that even if he wanted to say something, it would be useless.

During the conversation just now, Caitlin had made it very clear that the only reason she came here today was because of Mr. Nordleman's request. For her, whether she would strike against herself was just a matter of her own thoughts, a thought between heaven and hell. Caitlyn's performance in the Yanda Economics Lecture Hall and her selection as the head of the Gulf Project all show that she has the ability to do something to herself. The reason she doesn't do it is just because of her proud Harusburg royal self-esteem, and this is what makes Zhou Ming feel the most intolerable.

The reason is very simple. People do not live in this world to fail. A person can be destroyed, but they can never be defeated!

If Caitlin had attacked him and he had been defeated because he was not as skilled as she was, then he would have accepted it, but now she was unwilling to attack him because of her pride. This kind of disregard was like being a stranger to each other, and it was even more humiliating than being looked down upon and despised, because it was equivalent to her already determining that she could defeat him at any time if she wanted to. Perhaps she really had that ability, just as when they were at Yanda University, she easily defeated those arrogant Yanda University students.

However, she was not one of those people. Her name was Zhou Ming, and she was a person of two lives. She would never allow herself to be so weak.

Of course, in many ways, Zhou Ming is not unaware that the world is not as simple as he imagined. However, after three years of hard work, he has gone from Linyang to Gangcheng to Krisco and finally to Brighton, and the money he has earned has gone from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions to now how many trillions. It can be said that the assets he possesses have surpassed many of the rich people he knew in his previous life, and he has even witnessed the bankruptcy of a superpower.

Even so, Caitlyn, the fallen European royal princess, still showed a kind of disregard for me like I was just a passer-by. However, I am the protagonist of the book Reborn Business Tycoon!

Although this may be due to Caitlyn's personal character, the Adams family's attitude towards me already speaks volumes. No matter how hard I try, I am still not good enough for a world made up of truly ancient and hidden families.

'Fine, you can ignore me now, you can think that we are from two different worlds. Your world is not something I can think about at the moment, but one day I will use my abilities to prove that I can also enter your world. Not only will I walk around in it, I will run around and stir up a big mess in your heavenly palace. Just you wait and see!'

Zhou Ming silently vowed in his heart, and then left the Vineyard Restaurant with Zhang Lin. Since Zhou Ming took another road and did not follow Caitlyn, he did not know what happened to Caitlyn.

When Caitlyn left with the bodyguard who picked her up, the bodyguard said to her, 'Your Highness Caitlyn, you are the noble Princess of Harusburg, how can you casually contact ordinary people like this? I really hope that you did not just call me to go shopping to avoid my sight.'

These words made Caitlin frown immediately, but as a royal princess, even if she was from a fallen royal family, she had still maintained very good manners thanks to her good education. She did not lose her temper, but simply replied coldly, 'I hope you understand that I am the princess of Harus Castle, not your servant, and you have no right to spy on me. I don't need your approval to do anything.'

Although Caitlyn did not lose her temper and only replied indifferently, the words seemed to contain endless power, and the female bodyguard did not dare to say anything more.

However, Caitlyn, who had returned victorious, was not happy, but just felt a kind of sadness for herself.

Caitlyn's ride was an extended Lincoln limousine. After she got in, she just sat in her seat and stared blankly, while the female bodyguard sitting in the front passenger seat was on the phone.

...

Brighton is not a very big city, but after more than half an hour, Zhou Ming returned to his dormitory at Harvard. Ye Ning came out to greet him, jumping up and down. She said, 'Teacher, just now, Mr. Mark, the chairman of the board of directors of Deep Blue Airlines, invited you to attend the board meeting of Deep Blue Airlines. It will be held next Monday. Do you have time to go?'

Zhou Ming thought for a moment and said, 'Next Monday is very close to August, so let Chen Shu and Li Yang attend the board meeting on my behalf. They need the exercise too. As for Mr. Mark, I will call him personally.'

Ye Ning nodded and said yes. Zhou Ming then said to her, 'In addition, I need to go back to my room to rest for a while. Don't bother me about anything except for the matters related to the Harbor City Joint Investment Fund.'

'That's fine,' Ye Ning then asked worriedly, "has something happened to you, teacher? Didn't you say that you trusted Kongcheng the most?'

'That's true, but this time I need to think about something else, so don't worry, Ye Ning," Zhou Ming said.

'Teacher, I know that any problem that can make you difficult is a very big problem, and there is nothing we can do about it...'

Ye Ning said quietly behind Zhou Ming. Zhou Ming looked back at Ye Ning, and she continued, 'But please rest assured, teacher. We will definitely work hard to enrich ourselves, try to keep up with your pace as much as possible, and be your most capable assistant, helping you solve all problems!'

With Ye Ning's oath-like words, the other students in the finance class also stood up one after the other and said to Zhou Ming, 'Teacher, you are our teacher now, and we accept your help and protection, but one day, we will be able to help and protect you!'

Zhou Ming smiled with relief, 'You are all the best, so I believe you can do it, but before that, please work hard first.'

Zhou Ming then returned to his room, and he was filled with joy. Although today at the Garden Restaurant in South Brighton, the royal princess Caitlin had a significant impact on him, the students in the finance class were still able to lift his spirits. Zhou Ming believed that as long as he had these lovely classmates, coupled with his determination and courage since his rebirth, he would be able to overcome any difficulties.

It was just that Zhou Ming suddenly thought that Caitlin had been asked to deal with him, but now she wasn't doing that anymore, so what should he do?

Zhou Ming's worries were not unfounded, because Caitlin did encounter some trouble after returning to her castle-style villa in the mountains.

Caitlin's extended Lincoln limousine was parked on the lawn. Caitlin got out of the car and froze for a moment, because in the chair in front of her, where she often sat, there was now another man sitting. This man was someone she knew very well, Robert from the Adams family.

Caitlin immediately unconsciously frowned, but she didn't get angry. She just asked him, 'May I ask what you are doing here?'

'You're asking me what I'm doing here?' Robert laughed. "I think the first question should be for me to ask you. I remember you promised to help me get rid of a guy named Zhou Ming. What's the situation now?'

'The plan is underway. The Chinese guy has already shrunk his business to the point where no one can touch his money, no matter where it is. All we have to do is wait for the opportunity of the Gulf Project, because that's what he's been waiting for," Caitlin replied.

'That's what he said! So what were you doing just now when you went out?' Robert asked again.

Caitlin replied indifferently, 'I'm sorry, Mr Robert, but I have the right not to answer this question. I'm very tired and I need to rest. Please move aside.'

But Robert did not move aside. He remained in front of Caitlin, grinding his teeth and saying, 'I know you can't answer because you were actually going to meet that Chinese guy Zhou Ming, right? And then you told him the news that I was going to deal with him. You really are a disgusting bitch!'

Caitlin immediately glanced at her female bodyguard and said, 'It was my bodyguard who told you, wasn't it?'

Robert also immediately shouted, 'It doesn't matter who told me. What's important is that you went against my will, not only failed to complete the task I gave you, but also leaked the information to the Chinese. You...'

Before Robert could finish, Caitlin coldly interrupted him, saying, 'Mr. Robert Adams, I hope you understand that my name is Teresa Caitlin, and I am not a servant of your Adams family. Even if I have to help you run the Gulf Project now, it does not mean that I will become your puppet and obey all your orders!'

'Teresa, Harburg royalty?' Robert laughed this time. 'Your Royal Highness Caitlyn, do you really think it's still the same as hundreds of years ago, when your Harburg dynasty established the Holy Roman Empire in Europe? I'm sorry, your dynasty no longer exists, and you no longer have a single square metre of territory under your control! You are now just a bunch of stray dogs.'

Robert then quickly corrected himself: 'Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't express myself accurately enough. You should be a bunch of stray dogs who think they're noble.'

Robert pointed his finger at Catelyn's nose and continued to abuse her, 'You bitch, you know that if my family hadn't taken you in, you and your father would have been sold to Mexico as slaves, and you would have never lived in a castle or carried out any Bay Plans. Now I'm only asking you to do such a small thing, and you're talking to me about your dignity. Do you even have any dignity left? Your so-called ridiculous dignity was already trampled underfoot by us when you accepted the Adams family's favour!'

'Now you are just a bunch of disgusting parasites!' Robert angrily shouted, 'a bunch of insatiable things, beggars can be so dignified, it's disgusting!'

Listening to Robert's angry tirade, Caitlin trembled with anger, and crystal tears kept spinning in her eyes, but Caitlin resisted with all her might not to let the tears fall.

Faced with Caitlin's strength, Robert laughed again: 'What? You little bitch, don't think that this is still Austria, and don't think that your pretty face can get you anywhere. I'll tell you, here you are nothing. If I could, I would find a bunch of niggers from the slums who have never bathed in their lives to rape you in minutes. There will be no servants from Hallburg here either!'

'Now, you can only stay here like a dog if you keep listening to me and doing what I tell you, you know? So you have to deal with that Chinese guy for me. If you can't do it, don't blame me if I really lose my temper!'

Robert left after saying this, leaving Caitlin behind. But she didn't cry right away. Instead, she waited until Robert had gone, went back to her room first, and then burst into tears.

'What's going on? My heavenly Father, merciful Lord, why are you doing this to me? That scum, why is he an Adams? 'Catelyn cried out, 'But even if he is, I won't give in to your wishes, that's the last of my dignity as a princess of Harburg!'