That night, as Tyr got ready to go inside Blair’s original room, he was chased out by his mother-in-law, Helen, as soon as he entered. “What are you doing?” Helen had her hands on her waist as she glared furiously at Tyr. “I’m going to sleep.” “Sleep? Do you have the right to sleep in a bedroom? Go and sleep on the sofa.” Winifred frowned as she came in and said, annoyed, “Mom, what are you doing? Blair has always been sleeping with me. This bedroom is empty, so why should Tyr sleep on the sofa?” Helen snorted. “He’s a beggar that is used to sleeping on the streets. Now that he has married into our family, it’s already good enough to have a roof over his head. If he wants to sleep in a bedroom, dream on!” “But Mom…” Winifred wanted to retort, but Tyr quickly tugged at her. “It’s okay. Sleeping on the sofa is nice as well.” “At least you have some self-awareness.” Helen snorted. “But don’t even think about staying at our house for free meals all the time. In a few days,
Winifred was extremely aggrieved. Before the contract was secured, why didn’t you make Iris from the business department negotiate this deal? Now that it’s secured, you’re using departments as an excuse. How biased can you be, Jorge Zea? Iris looked cheekily at Winifred. “Did you hear that? Grandpa has given me this project.” Winifred had no words to fight back. However, at that moment, Tyr laughed out loud. “How ridiculous!” “Beggar, what are you laughing at? There’s no place for you to speak here.” Iris glared viciously at Tyr with a mocking expression. Tyr smirked. “I’m laughing at how ignorant you are. Winifred and I were the ones who went to the Smith Group to sign this contract. Please take a look at condition number eight. This condition clearly states that as long as Winifred does not make any grave mistakes, she shall handle this project. If the person in charge was switched, the contract would automatically be void!” “What?” Iris’s expression changed. She quickly
William immediately looked embarrassed while Helen flew into a rage. She slammed the table hard and scolded, “Tyr, what nonsense are you spouting? William is only twenty-five this year.” “Twenty-five?” Tyr and Winifred burst out in laughter. William became anxious and quickly took out his identification card. “Look, I’m really twenty-five this year. Identification cards don’t lie. My appearance just happens to age a little too fast.” “Hahaha!” Tyr was almost in tears. “Bro, it’s not that your appearance is growing fast, you’re just growing wildly.” “You stinky beggar, shut up!” Helen was furious. Tyr obediently kept quiet. He never planned to get involved. After all, no one would be able to steal Winifred away from him. Helen looked at Winifred and said, “What are you still standing for? Hurry up, sit down, and spend some time with Will.” Winifred had instead looked coldly at William and said, “I’m sorry, Mr. Collins. I’m married.” “Winifred, I don’t mind. As long as yo
“Bro, isn’t your necklace a little too fake? It’s only worth thirty bucks at most. Look, it’s even fading.” The large man was stunned and immediately enraged. Getting respect was important for a gangster, and William was blatantly sprinkling salt on the man’s wounds. The large man turned around and grabbed William’s collar. “What did you just say?” “Your necklace is fake, but mine is definitely genuine, and it’s worth a hundred and eighty thousand. Let’s switch.” The large man was dumbstruck. After he wore the fake necklace around his neck, William felt so light he could almost float. He returned to the area below the stage with his face still pale. Helen quickly asked, concerned, “Will, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Quick, sit down, and have some tea.” “That’s okay, Aunty.” William shook his head. He gazed fearfully at Tyr who was still dipping meat slices into the hotpot. Coincidentally, Tyr glanced back at him coldly, which made the hair on William’s skin s
Ethan waved his hand, clearly reluctant to comply. “Miss Iris, I know that you’re at odds with Miss Winifred, but allow me to say this, please don’t think of trying anything funny on this project. If something serious happens, you can’t afford to shoulder the consequences.” After that, Ethan turned to leave. “I’ll pretend I didn’t hear this today, but I don’t wish to see this happening again. Otherwise, don’t blame me for reporting to the president about you.” Ethan left without looking back. However, when he reached the exit, Iris started chuckling behind him. Her laughter made Ethan’s scalp feel prickly. “Ethan Lynch, you old fart, better not refuse a gentle offer in favor of harsh punishment. I know full well what you’ve been doing in the company all these years. Stop trying to act self-righteous in front of me. If I didn’t have some information on you, would I have come to ask you for help?” Ethan’s expression faltered as he turned to look at Iris. He realized that this wom
At that moment, Tyr felt like he had just been stabbed in the most delicate part of his heart. His mother-in-law had actually pawned her dowry away just to buy her daughter a car. “I’ll get the bangle back tomorrow,” said Tyr. Winifred smiled bitterly. “Do you think it’ll be possible? My grandmother’s family background is quite strong, so her mother’s dowry is of some quality. I heard that her bangle was worth around tens of thousands twenty years ago. After keeping it for so many years, it must be worth at least a hundred thousand now. I don’t have that much money with me at the moment. But thankfully, I have a huge project on hand right now, and the produced items have been handed over progressively. Soon, the Smith Group will be paying us, so let’s think of something when that time comes.” Tyr chuckled in his heart. By the time you get the money, that bangle might be gone. The next morning, after Tyr had sent Blair to school, he gave Jade Laurell a call. Through Jade’s conne
Tyr and Winifred were baffled. Did the older generation measure a car’s status by its size? Helen, too, looked unhappy. Tyr, I asked you to buy a huge car, and you got this instead? Plum scattered the melon seed shells on the ground before noticing how similar the Benz logo was with their Mitsubishi’s. She raised her voice and started mocking again, “Helen, your son-in-law is really practical. Look at how similar our car logos are. They’re both tridents. But look at mine, they’re all thick as bamboo leaves while yours are needles.” As Tyr and Winifred stood aside, they felt the blood in their veins freeze. Helen, instead, was stomping her feet in anger. “You trash, why can’t you do something this simple correctly? This is so embarrassing!” Helen left in a fury while Winifred and Tyr quickly chased after her with a dumbstruck expression. Back home, Helen was angry for a long time. Winifred had wanted to explain to her but was stopped by Tyr. After a while, Helen’s anger seem
In Winifred’s eyes, Joseph Zea had always been a capable and courageous elder. Furthermore, in these past six years, where the entire Zea family, close or distant, had scorned her, only Joseph was decent to Winifred and had given her family a lot of assistance. Hence, Joseph was an elder whom Winifred respected very much. Now that Joseph’s factory was on the verge of closure, Winifred could never just stand by and watch. “Fourth Grandpa, I’m sure you’ve come to me because you’ve heard that I was in charge of the collaboration with the Smith Group, right?” “Yeah.” Joseph nodded. “Winifred, if it weren’t because I have nowhere else to turn to, I wouldn’t be so shameless and come to look for you. The project you’re doing now should exceed ten million every month on orders. So, Winifred, can you outsource a small portion for my factory to do?” Winifred was silent for a moment. Seeing how haggard her Fourth Grandpa looked made her heart ache. “Fourth Grandpa, I don’t have any problems