”Hello, Gerald. So Mila told me your family is running a business. What sort of business is your family doing, if I may ask?”Rita quizzed as her arms were still tightly folded across her chest.“Oh, well, all sorts really, just into different businesses and industries.”To be honest, it was a question Gerald never really knew how to answer.After all, his sister always mentioned that their family had too many different ventures. Basically, the family is involved in almost half of the world’s capital or industries.Plus, he came from a huge family whose businesses had been passed down for hundreds of years.Jessica did not exactly share much about their family.Hence with only limited knowledge about his family, he could only answer those questions from others very generally.“There seems to be no solid answer at all, eh? It’s so confusing!”Rita shook her head as she smiled wryly.“I heard that Mila and you met when the both of you were learning how to drive. You must have a
”A jade ring!”“What a filial man you are, Kenneth! The value of this jade ring is worth at least ten to twelve thousand dollars! Tsk tsk tsk!”Everyone could not help but continue to exclaim in admiration.After all, it was really very filial of a boyfriend to give his girlfriend’s grandmother a piece of jade ring for her birthday.“Alright, alright. Irene, hurry up and ask Kenneth to sit down!”Her grandmother was so elated upon receiving the ring that she couldn’t even keep her mouth closed anymore. She couldn’t even bear to put the ring down.The more she looked at Kenneth, the more she liked him.Even Irene’s father felt immensely proud at that very moment.In fact, the reason why everyone gathered here today to celebrate and congratulate the golden lady for her birthday, wasn’t just merely to show filial piety.That was just, but a small part.The larger reason was the fact that the old lady was still holding onto all the assets that were left behind by the old man when
Helen started probing about her daughter’s boyfriend’s identity but Mila refused to reveal anything.She simply told them to be patient and cooperate.Gavin and Helen couldn’t understand what she was thinking either.“Mom, look, Mila’s here!”At that very moment, Mila gingerly took Gerald by her side as they breezed through the crowd of people.They would’ve reached much earlier if it weren’t for Gerald who needed to use the bathroom.“Wow, our niece, Mila is really getting so much prettier!”“Look! Is the person holding Mila’s hand her boyfriend?”“Who’s this guy? Whose son is he? Why haven’t I heard of him before?”“Anyway, that guy is really blessed!”A group of relatives and friends pointed at him.“It’s him!”When Helen saw Gerald, her eyes widened in disbelief.No wonder her daughter kept refusing to reveal who her boyfriend was. It turned out to be none other than this intolerable young man!That’s right. If Mila had told her about this, it would be impossible for
”I didn’t bring a gift.”Gerald could not help but offer a regretful smile.He originally wanted to prepare a gift for her grandmother but Mila stopped him. She felt that the both of them could just give her grandmother one gift and naturally she would look for the gift herself.Hence the reason Gerald turned up empty handed today.He simply came to attend the birthday banquet to make Mila’s grandmother happy. Who would have known that Irene would deliberately bring this up to make things difficult for him?“What? He did not bring a gift? I thought that Mila’s boyfriend would be bringing something valuable along with him too!”“Isn’t Mila’s boyfriend also a rich second generation? Logically speaking, he should also be well-versed with basic etiquette and manners. This is the first time that he’s meeting her grandmother, but he did not bring anything with him at all?”“He definitely falls short compared with Irene’s boyfriend, Kenneth!”Hush whispers and mumbling echoed amongst
Gossip is a fearful thing.And suddenly, it was as though there were countless strange voices in Gerald’s ears.Everyone was staring at Gerald in a completely different light. “Okay! So this young kid is lying to our Mila?”Rita had an atrocious temper. She immediately stood up before raising her voice to Gerald coldly.The old lady’s face also turned unmistakably sour at that point.Irene glanced at Kenneth before giving off a sardonic smile. She was immensely satisfied being able to release all of her hatred and resentment!Rita turned to Mila and asked: “Mila, didn’t you say that Gerald just bought a BMW 7 Series? I already sensed that something wasn’t right earlier. Gerald could’ve just driven here but he did not do so. Let me ask you, have you ever seen his BMW for yourself?”Mila was speechless because she did not know what to say.“BMW 7 Series? Rita, we have a total of three BMW branches in the whole of Mayberry City. It has been a while that we have not been sellin
As everyone started chattering away, one after the other, Rita suddenly received a phone call. Her face lightened with joy as she squealed, “What, sister? You have already arrived at the airport? Didn’t you say that you will not be able to make it back for grandma’s birthday? Ahh? Okay! Okay! Okay! I will come and pick you right now!”Hanging up right away, Rita said, “Grandma, my sister will be arriving in a bit. She came back all the way from M country and she is already waiting at the airport now!”“Oh that child, Cara...alright. I knew that she would definitely be back…” The old lady smiled as she immediately said: “Then Mason…Mason you can go and pick Cara up! You may go alone. I want Queenie to stay and accompany me.”“Okay, grandma!”Mason smiled as he waved, clutching the BMW sports car key in his hand before quickly excusing himself.Mila’s face was clouded with disappointment.Cara was Rita’s sister.Ever since childhood, Mila had always had the best relationship wit
When Gerald walked over, the entire Smith family was already gathered here.Concurrently, Mason was explaining the situation:“Dad, I really didn’t mean it. This is all this security guard’s fault! I was relying on his directions and he kept telling me to reverse. That’s when I crashed into the car!”“This car is the most expensive car produced by Lamborghini. It will cost at least a hundred to a hundred and twenty thousand dollars to fix the damages caused by this accident. Plus, the car’s front lamps are already broken!”Some of the relatives who recognized this car could not help but exclaim out loud.“Whoever is driving this car is definitely not just anybody. We can definitely afford to pay that price to fix the damages. But we might also be offending a very powerful figure. On top of that, this looks like it’s a new car that someone just bought!”“Just think about it. In Mayberry City, which son of which wealthy and influential family would be able to drive this kind of spo
After saying that, Gerald walked up to the car to take a look.He would be lying if he said that he wasn’t distressed at the sight of his broken car at all.Moreover, what could he possibly do now? What has happened, has happened. Plus it was Mila’s grandmother’s birthday banquet today.If he demanded them to pay for the damages incurred, what would it make Mila look like?Besides that, it was also have been too embarrassing. Out of no choice, he was left to bottle his bitter sufferings in silence.And with that, Gerald could only ask them to carry on whatever they were doing. He could perhaps later on drive his car to the 4S shop to fix the damages.“Who do you think you are? Do you think that everything will be okay just because you say that it’s okay?”“Those who don’t know any better would actually think that you are actually Mr. Crawford from Mayberry Commercial Street. Let’s only talk about all these when you finally reach that point in life!”“Exactly! If we leave righ