Filed to story: Disdained Son-in-Law, Destined Riches >>
Lily smiled. “Oh, you didn’t have to!”
Despite what she said, she hurriedly accepted the large gift box.
Joe replied, “Go along with your business, we’ll entertain ourselves.”
“Okay,” Douglas said apologetically, “I’m sorry, Joe, I have to greet the other friends too.”
As soon as Joe and Claire left, Lily quickly opened the gift box and found that there was a scroll in it. She frowned in dismay and asked, “What is this? What did your friend give us?”
Douglas answered, “Can’t you see it? It’s a painting!”
“Duh!” Lily clicked her tongue in disdain. She opened the scroll and sneered as she looked at it, “What the hell is this! Some old and rotten painting, I bet it’s only worth one or two hundred dollars.”
Douglas said in a stern voice, “You can’t put a price on everything! It’s their sincerity and goodwill that is most important.”
“Argh, enough with your holy speech! I warn you, don’t keep in touch with these kinds of friends! They have the nerve to give us such a shitty little drawing that’s not even enough to cover their bills!”
Douglas’s face darkened in irritation. “Lily, are you really that much of a snob?”
Lily growled indignantly, “Douglas Adams, how could you say that? I’m a snob? If I really am a snob, why would I be with you, pauper! Don’t you forget that my dad invested most of the money in this restaurant!”
Douglas blinked awkwardly, somewhat speechless and embarrassed.
Clinton walked towards them at this moment. He seemed to be feeling much better after the car burning incident, his pompous and cocky expression reappearing on his face again.
He handed over a thick envelope and said flatly, “Doug, I don’t know what to give you for the grand opening, so here you are, some ‘financial assistance.’”
Lily thanked him profusely while accepting the envelope. She squeezed the envelope and estimated that it was at least eight or ten thousand dollars in cash, so she put on a coy smile and said, “Thank you so much!”
Clinton waved his hand indifferently and asked, “I see that Joe gave you something just now, what is it?”
Lily snorted contemptuously. “Uh, a painting, it must be from one of the junkyard sales or flea markets, some one or two hundred dollar rubbish!”
Clinton smirked. “Once a loser, always a loser!”
Joe, Claire, and Loreen sat together at the same table. Clinton joined them and sat beside Loreen.
He asked Loreen with a wide smile as soon as he sat down, “Loreen, I heard that you’ve come to Aurous Hill to work for Emgrand Group, is that true?”
Loreen nodded. “Yes, I just started.”
Clinton smiled even wider. “What a coincidence! My dad is the deputy general manager of a department in Emgrand! I’ll ask him to look after you at work.”
Many people exclaimed in surprise, “Wow, Clinton, your dad is the deputy general manager of Emgrand Group?”
“Yup!” Clinton nodded proudly. “He was promoted last year.”
Someone quickly said in a flattering tone, “The annual salary of a deputy general manager must be several million dollars, right? That’s amazing! It’s no wonder your family is so rich!”
Clinton laughed and said, “That’s just the wages. My dad has quite a vast authority and a lot of side income. You guys must have heard about the luxurious hotel project from Emgrand Group, right? When the project is done, my dad can earn at least ten to twenty million.”
A guy sitting opposite him hurriedly asked, “Clinton, I want to join Emgrand Group so badly but I never did get any news from them after submitting my resume several times. Could you please talk to your dad and see if he could perhaps make an internal recommendation?”
Clinton nodded and said casually, “Sure! Forward me your resume, I’ll talk to my dad about it.”
Joe couldn’t help but frown. He didn’t know that Clinton’s father held such a high position in Emgrand Group. It was quite surprising news.
This was getting more and more interesting. He would send Doris a message later, telling her to fire Clinton’s father.
He asked tentatively, “Clinton, since your father is so powerful in the Emgrand Group, why doesn’t he get you in?”
Clinton sneered disdainfully. “What the hell do you know, loser? If I join the Emgrand Group, I can’t hide my relationship with my father and people will keep their eyes on me every time. It’s no fun.”
Then, he shifted into a smug position and said, “So, it never crossed my mind to join the group. I own a company that supplies building materials now, so I can get a deal with the group through my dad and provide them with building materials!”
“Damn!” Someone exclaimed, “You must be making a lot of money by then?”
Clinton snorted. “Nah, it’s nothing worth mentioning, maybe several million in a year.”
Then, he turned to Joe and asked in a pretentious tone, “Joe, what do you work as right now? Don’t tell me you’ve been doing household chores ever since you ‘married’ Claire, huh?”
Everyone on the table laughed at his remark.
Joe simply shrugged and said flatly, “Yes, in addition to doing laundry and cooking, I can send my wife to and back from work and give her massages every day. It’s fun and enjoyable.”
Clinton almost exploded inside like his car. How dare this shameless bastard be so proud and casual about it?
He succumbed to his anger, gritted his teeth, and said, “Joe, I didn’t know that you were such a happy moocher!”
“So?” Joe answered smugly, “I didn’t steal, I didn’t rob, I mooch off her with household chores, why can’t I be happy about it?”
The people that were laughing suddenly fell silent, dumbstruck.
They hadn’t seen such a shameless person before!
The most important point was that they were envious of him!
After all, Claire is so beautiful and elegant. It was a dream of many to be able to mooch off such a goddess-like woman!
They were so jealous and resentful!
What’s wrong with being a live-in husband if there was a chance to be with a beauty like Claire? It could be considered a success too!
Clinton almost choked on his own blood after Joe’s remark.
At this moment, Lily, Douglas’s fiancée, took the stage. She thanked everyone with a welcoming smile and said, “I’m so happy that you’ve all come to celebrate our grand opening today and for the gifts that you’ve brought us. Both Douglas and I are very moved and grateful. In order to express our gratitude, we’ve decided to announce the details of the gifts as a token of appreciation!”
It was a rather natural procedure to announce the pricing details of the gifts during an opening ceremony.
Douglas had no intention to do such a thing, but Lily was overpowering his decision and he had no choice but to compromise to her shenanigans.
However, the attendees were not surprised at all. When she announced how much each gift was worth, they could judge how well or bad their old classmates were doing after graduation. After all, comparison and jealousy were human nature.
Then, Lily started the announcement.
“Thank you, Jack Brown, for your one thousand dollars!”