Chapter 513

After all, Liam used to be part of the same circle, and before his imprisonment, his own restaurant business had been doing fairly well.

He didn’t know everyone in Lutetia City's restaurant scene, but there were certainly many familiar faces.

There were at least twenty or thirty people with whom he had shared drinks more than four or five times.

But relationships are tricky. Sometimes they’re useful, but more often than not, they mean nothing.

Especially when one person’s status changes dramatically, this becomes even more apparent.

You can’t expect a millionaire to hang out with a beggar all day—it’s simply unrealistic.

If an ordinary person has a friend who suddenly becomes successful, no matter how good their relationship was, one of two things will happen: they either become enemies or drift apart.

The reason for becoming enemies is that the less fortunate person feels the successful one should help them out more, as a way to honor