Chapter 37 – Disdained Son-in-Law, Destined Riches

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When Joe was taken in by Lord Wilson, he sent him to Aurous University in order to let him know Claire in advance. He and Claire spent the final year together in the same class. After graduation, they got married immediately. He didn’t build a friendship with anyone in the class. Besides, most of them looked down on him, so he wasn’t interested at all when he heard about the reunion. Claire shared the same reluctance. She said to Loreen, “Joe and I will pass on this one. I haven’t been in touch with most of our classmates after graduation.”

Loreen quickly said, “The main reason for the class reunion this time is because of Douglas Adams. He’s opening a restaurant that will start its operations tomorrow. He’s openly inviting everyone to visit his restaurant and have a gathering together.” She continued, “Don’t you think it’s a little rude to not attend the opening ceremony?”

As soon as her voice halted, their phones beeped simultaneously, it was the notification of an incoming message. Immediately afterwards, a lot of conversation boxes popped up on the Screen. They took out their phones and looked at it. It was Douglas who had created a chat group and added more than thirty people into the group. In the group chat, Douglas posted, “Dear old classmates, my restaurant will officially open at noon tomorrow, it is located in Aurous Hill. I invite anyone in Aurous Hill to come and enjoy a feast, it can also be our class reunion! It just so happens that Loreen Thomas, one of the two belles in our class, has come to work in Aurous Hill and she will be attending the reunion too! Guys, I heard that Loreen is still single and available, all the lonely bachelors in this group had better hurry up and make your move!”

Immediately afterward, endless replies started flooding the group. “Hey, congratulations!”

“Oh, Loreen is here in Aurous Hill? Why haven’t I heard anything about it? I’ll surely be there!”

“What about Claire, the other belle? Will she attend?”

“I heard that Claire married Joe, the transfer student, right? Also, I heard that Joe is a live-in son-in- law, is it true?”

“Yeah, I heard about it too, but I’m not sure if it’s true since I haven’t seen them both since graduation…”

“I heard that they haven’t consummated their marriage although they are married, I wonder if that’s true…”

Claire frowned at the contents of the text messages and said to Joe, “Don’t take it seriously.”

Joe smiled. “It’s okay, what they are talking about is the actual fact anyway, I’m already used to it.”

Loreen quickly replied in the group, “Hey, don’t simply blabber about them! I’m having dinner with the couple now as we speak!

They are very lovely!”

“Wow, it’s Loreen! All the simps quickly gathered around, amazed by Loreen’s message. Someone in the group tagged Joe at this moment. It’s Douglas, the group creator. “Joe, although you spent a short time with us, I remember we were quite buddies back in college. You and your wife must come tomorrow!”

To be honest, Joe had a pretty good impression of Douglas. He was a very nice person who treated everyone kindly and never badmouthed others. He was indeed one of the few classmates whom he was close with. Looking at his sincere invite, Joe instantly replied, “Okay, we’ll definitely be there tomorrow.”

Douglas quickly replied, “That’s great! It’s going to be an awesome reunion!”

Since Joe had agreed to attend the class reunion, Claire reminded him, “We have to prepare some gifts for the opening of Douglas’s restaurant, we can’t go empty-handed.”

Joe nodded. “Alright, I’ll go and buy a gift from him tomorrow morning.”

“Great,” Claire said, “I have to go to the Emgrand Group office tomorrow morning.”

Loreen said in surprise, “Is that so? Then stop by my office when you’re done, I can carpool to Douglas’s restaurant with you at noon.”

Claire smiled coyly, “Well, you can throw your wishful thinking out the window! I don’t have a car. I usually take the taxi or bus, and sometimes Joe will fetch me with his scooter.”

“What?” Loreen blurted, exasperated. “Young lady, you’re a director of a company now, why don’t you buy a car for yourself?”

“I’ve just started working and haven’t made any money yet. My salary is usually used for our expenses and I have to give my mom an allowance. I’m only left with a thousand dollars or so at the end of the month and it’s not enough for me to buy a car.”

Then, Claire continued, “By the way, frankly, I enjoy taking the bus, it’s quite convenient. A ride on Joe’s scooter on a fine day is awesome too.”

Loreen said in an earnest tone, “Excuse me miss, you don’t have to be ostentatious, but you have to be aware of your status now. You are the director of Wilson Group now and also a partner who works directly with Emgrand. Some people might badmouth you if you don’t even have a car.”

Joe felt that Loreen was right. His wife had always been too frugal. What’s more, she handed most of her salary over to her mother and she didn’t leave much money to herself. On the other hand, his mother-in-law was a big spender who kept most of Claire’s salary to herself. She would rather use one million dollars of the family savings to invest in some fraudulent financial insurance than to give Claire two or three hundred thousand dollars to buy a car. He felt that he should buy a car for his wife. It would be convenient for her to go around and also would look better for her reputation when she went to business meetings.

After making up his mind, he decided to visit the car shop early the next morning.

***

After dinner, the couple parted ways with Loreen and took a taxi home together. On their way home, the DJs on the radio were discussing the charter of the Shangri-La Sky Garden. The DJs were all amazed as this was the first time in history that Shangri-La was making an exception to close off the entire Sky Garden. They were equally curious about the person behind this and his background.

The taxi driver started, “In my opinion, it must be the mysterious rich guy on the Internet!” Joe remained silent but he was a little astonished!

It seemed that after the news that the Sky Garden on the top floor of Shangri-La was announced, it caused a sensation throughout Aurous Hill! This matter spread like wildfire and was discussed all over the place in Aurous Hill overnight!

Very soon, each and everyone in the city knew about it!

Everyone knew that the Shangri-La Hotel adopted membership service and only top-class members had the privilege to use the Sky Garden!

As for the charter, not even Diamond members were eligible to do so! It was absolutely impossible! Thus, the person who managed to charter the Sky Garden had suddenly become a hot topic that everyone was utterly curious about!

Someone said that the person was the mysterious guy on the Internet. Someone said that the person was a wealthy man from abroad. Someone said that the person was a mysterious man who wanted to hold a lavish and romantic wedding… The third rumor was more convincing than the rest! The news created a massive wave throughout the city!

A lot of women were envious and curious after hearing the news. Everyone was wondering who was so lucky to have a man spend millions of dollars in one night to charter the whole Sky Garden and confess his love to her! Many people were looking forward to the day to come so that they could go and have a look for themselves! In order to keep his identity secret, Joe ordered Isaac to make a special transformation to the Sky Garden on the day of the event. At the same time, he anticipated the arrival of the day! He wanted to give Claire a once-in-a- lifetime grand wedding on their wedding anniversary!