Roland glanced at the System prompt and noticed that he actually earned a total of 60 Face-Slapping Points including the 15 which he probably earned from auntie Estela for doubting him earlier.
Sixty FS Points was a lot considering that he was only earning below 50 points a few days ago. However, his thousands of income earlier has already made him numb by this much points.
Just like how he was still hesitating on paying tens of dollars before, and now, he would not even blink about tipping 100 GD's if he liked it.
But still, money was still money and points were still points. Though his recent changes made him numb to the numbers, Roland still appreciated these numbers a lot.
Arriving at the construction site, Roland and Stacey went out of the car and observed the ongoing construction.
It has only been a few days since it was started but Roland and Stacey could now roughly tell the overall form of the building.
The foundations and the structure were already built and some areas only needed finishing too.
The reason why it was quickly formed was maintenance due to the fact that Butler Frank hired a lot of capable workers.
It was because Roland gave him a deadline of the building being built and operated before the new year's so hiring a lot of workers was the only thing he could do to expedite the construction.
In fact, two weeks was not enough to complete a whole building, there might be some discrepancies here and there due to the haste, some materials might not even dry yet.
However, with Butler Frank's capabilities, he would have surely considered this point and would have probably solved this problem by now.
All Roland needed to do was wait.
After they finished their inspection from afar, Stacey invited Roland to her house so that they could hang out a little.
Although Stacey was quite embarrassed requesting something like that, she decided to thicken her face and still decided to invite him over.
Roland was an outlet to her fantasy.
In fact, she truly did not think that she would feel this way towards Roland.
All this while, although she has been fantasizing about meeting people with secret identities, it did not occur to her that she would feel this way towards them.
It looks like she has underestimated the extent of her desire to meet such people that the moment she met Roland, her pent up frustrations and feelings were poured out towards him in an instant the moment she 'confirmed' that he was secretly pretending to be poor.
It could be said that Roland got lucky with that encounter of theirs, earning her affection that easily by hardly doing anything.
Roland did not decline to Stacey's request. For one thing, he also wanted to go to her house, and for another, he also wanted to spend more time with her.
Although only a few days had passed since his devastating heartbreak but due to his attention being occupied by the System and Face-Slappings, coupled with Stacey's constant texts that made him smile a lot, Roland had mostly forgotten Anna and his deep feelings towards her were slowly getting buried with the recent matters.
Right now, the new lifestyle made him want to wake up every morning in a lively manner and made him anticipate what was going to happen next.
Stacey's house was not far from the mall where she previously worked as a manager. The Sparkling Buds were located in the middle of the school and the mall so it did not take long for them to reach her house.
In this urban city full of tall buildings, her simple house and backyard stood unique amongst the crowd of buildings.
Although the house was not big, Roland could feel a sense of peace as he looked around the yellow house filled with healthy plants around it.
Although Roland already has some idea that Stacey was definitely rich, he did not expect her to be this rich, owning a place like this near a mall, and maintaining it this way was not an easy task.
"I only live here alone," Stacey stated with a rosy face.
"Although this is not as big as your villa and in fact very small compared to it, feel free to roam around and make yourself at home," she said as she could not help but feel a little embarrassed that she could only show Roland to such a small house.
"T-though, if you don't like going inside such a small house, we can just stay, go to the mall and search for a place to relax." She said, her voice was soft due to her feeling shame for showing Roland such a house.
Hearing that, Roland only smiled while shaking his head, "Don't worry about such small details. You remember that I was just living in a rented room the size of your bathroom just a few days ago, right?"
Although Roland may have become rich, he was not someone who would look down on others' belongings just because he had something better.
He has the Face-Slapping System, he was aftaid lf being face-slapped by others too.
Act humble and negate the Face-Slapping opportunities others might take advantage.
On the other hand, hearing him say that made Stacey feel relieved.
They finally went inside the house as Roland helped Stacey arrange her things.
He looked around and realized that Stacey doesn't have many appliances. Her living room was clean and looked like it was properly taken care of.
Compared to his previous room, this place was simply like heaven.
Stacey turned on Metflix as Roland sat on the sofa while Stacey prepared snacks.
"What kind of movie do you want to watch?" Roland asked, as he was not familiar with the recent movies and the recent popular genres.
Stacey shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know what to watch either. How about you?"
Like her, Roland also just shrugged, indicating that he also doesn't know.
So, Stacey decided to search for some recommended movies in Boogle and after a while, found something that made her interested a little.
The title of the movie was 'Coming To Eagle Country!'
The movie was about a prince secretly wanting to live a mundane life away from the struggles of the royal family. He went to the Eagle Country as a normal citizen and lived there for quite some time without his neighbors knowing that he was secretly a royalty, it was only when he accidentally bumped into a woman that his life slowly turned away from his original intentions.
Roland and Stacey were hooked the moment the movie was played.
As the movie played out, Stacey kept on taking sise glances at Roland, each time, her face turning rosier.
The life of the secret prince in the movie kept on playing inside her head, however, instead of the actor, what she was imagining was Roland's face, and the woman who he accidentally bumped into and fell in love with, was of course herself.
Her imaginations were truly rich, thinking of such things while watching a movie.
Sitting side by side closely, Roland kept on munching the snack, while Stacey sneakily leaned on his shoulders, very slowly.
Her face was still as red as a tomato as her heart kept on beating like crazy. Her actions were quite brazen and even she herself realized this fact.
However, the movie stimulated Stacey a bit, her courage and morale went up a few levels.
The thought of Roland catching her act was quite embarrassing, however strangely enough, it actually made Stacey excited quite a bit. She wondered what kind of reaction he would have.
Badump! Badump! Badump!
The moment her head landed on his shoulder, Roland immediately paused what he was doing.
Contrary to Stacey's expectations, Roland was actually aware of her slowly leaning towards him since earlier.
With his powerful soul and boosted eyesight, how could such obvious actions miss his eyes?
However, Roland was also a little nervous.
Although he and Anna have been in a relationship for two years, they hardly have any intimate contact with each other.
Most of the time, they would only hang out when they had assignments and projects to make, and after they were done, Anna would simply go straight home, saying that her mom was calling her.
They had no time to be intimate at all.
And hence, even with his Level 2 Soul, Roland still felt quite nervous when Stacey slowly initiated contact.
In fact, if not for his Level 2 Soul, the virgin Roland might have been shaking wildly by now due to this experience.
Roland tried his best not to show any reaction from this intimate contact.
Still maintaining eye contact with the characters in the movie, his right hand suddenly extended itself as he wrapped it around Stacey's shoulders as he leaned back to the sofa's backrest along with her.
Now, both of them were leaning on the sofa, but Stacey's head was now resting on Roland's chest.
The movie continued, and as if nothing in particular had happened, Roland continued to munch the snacks, as Stacey's imagination began to run wild yet again.
Suddenly, Roland turned to look at Stacey, only to see her staring at him with a blank look.
He looked at her eyes and then to her glossy lips.
A strange thought appeared in Roland's mind as his heart started to race.