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This morning, Andreas and Cindy packed things they could still use to move into their new house. However, before they were ready to actually pack up, the sound of a knock on the door startled them. That was a sign that someone was visiting.

“Who comes to our house this early in the morning, Cindy?”

Cindy, who heard a question like that from her husband, shrugged her shoulders, because she didn’t know who had come. She stepped out, opened the door, she was shocked when she found out that her two siblings had forced their way into their house, this of course really made Cindy dislike it.

How could it not be, the gazes of her two siblings clearly looked down on her, despising her house and her poverty.

“Wow, wow… how does this rickety little hut look like a rubbish dump, huh? Why are there so many things filling this annoying hut?” Ineke said mockingly. She didn’t even take off her shoes, and her fingers seemed reluctant to touch anything that was there.

Andreas, who saw this, immediately stopped his activities of packing his things, he crossed his arms and stood next to his wife.

“What’s the matter with you guys coming? If you don’t want to come to this hut which you consider to be a trash place, shouldn’t you just leave?”

“Do you really think we want to come to this very dirty and uninhabitable place? Tch! The smell and appearance alone really turned our stomachs!”

Andreas’s jaw hardened, he was about to slap Ineke but Cindy hurriedly forbade him. Listening to Ineke’s speech was a waste of time.

“We came here because we had to, Dad kept forcing us to come to your garbage shack just to remind Mr. and Mrs. Lewis that tomorrow is the day when the family dinner will be held, and of course you didn’t forget that … impossible promise, right?”

Andreas knew now what they wanted, the purpose of both coming was to humiliate him and Cindy.

“Don’t be crazy, Ineke. Can you see this ugly hut? They can’t even afford to build a house, let alone buy a painting which isn’t cheap? Maybe they will make a copy and then admit that the painting is genuine. Or…” Mondy trailed off, grinning perfectly. “They’re planning to run away, look… don’t those two look like they’re packing?”

“Or maybe this ugly hut will be demolished?”

“Who cares! Hahaha!”

“We are indeed moving house, and we hope that after the family dinner, I will invite you to come to our new house, and we hope you will come.”

“Which other hut will you stay in? Under the bridge? Water tunnel? Or in the rubbish dump area?”

“You guys ….”

“Andreas, calm down. Why do you serve them? They will continue to mock us, that is their habit, isn’t it?”

Andreas held his breath, then exhaled slowly. Closed his eyes and tried not to be provoked by Ineke and Mondy’s words.

“You guys come out, we’ll come tomorrow.”

“Of course, you have to come, and you have to bring a painting—"

“We will come with the expensive painting.” Andreas answered with a sharp gaze,

“Come on, Andreas. Why are you looking at us with that look? Do you want to challenge us? You are just a trash collector, you are no match for us.”

“You guys go!”

“We’ll leave without you telling us, it’s disgusting that we’ll be at your house for long.”

The two of them immediately left, Andreas hitting the pile of plates in front of him, trying to be patient with the Bowie family was the most annoying thing in the whole world.

And the long awaited day came, a Bowie family dinner, where all the family members gathered in front of the dining table. Several piles of gifts were there, apparently several other families gave gifts to Mr. Bowie, even though it was clear that today was not Mr. Bowie’s wedding day or birthday.

“I’d love it if you guys could come and hang out here.” Mr. Bowie occasionally opened box after box of gifts he got, and rows and rows of luxurious gifts were there. Mr. Bowie’s smile grew even wider, he didn’t even hesitate to share several things with people who gave him luxurious gifts. “Thank you for coming. Actually, this is not my special night, I just want to have a family dinner. But you guys took the trouble to bring lots of gifts.”

“We heard that Uncle had won several tenders, so we came with gifts to congratulate you, Uncle.”

Mr. Bowie smiled again, the praise and praise for his success in making the Bowie Group the number one company in this country was something that made him proud. He was also proud of having children who were good at business at their relatively young age. It was just that for his adopted daughter, Cindy, and her husband, who was a trash collector, all the almost perfect happiness felt by Mr. Bowie just vanished.

“I don’t feel proud at all, you still remember that I had a useless adopted daughter, and a son-in-law who was a trash collector, right? Two humans who are part of the Bowie family and they have disgraced the family.”

“Haven’t they been removed from the Bowie family, Uncle?”

Mr. Bowie looked sharply at his nephew, then he turned his face away perfectly.

“Please enjoy your dinner.”

“Aren’t we waiting for Cindy and Andreas, Dad?” Mondy finally asked.

“Tsk! Why wait for those two trash humans? My expensive dining table will get dirty because of them. Just leave it, if they come then just tell them to sit in the corner over there.” Mr. Bowie answered. The entire Bowie family laughed, while the rest of the extended family chose not to interfere.

“We will never dirty your dining table, Dad. We only came to fulfill our promise to hand over this painting to you.” Cindy and Andreas come.

Andreas told Cindy to hurry up and give the painting to her father. Instead of her father would be very happy, her father even ignored the painting, and even threw it on the floor.

“So, which painter did you hire to make a copy of that painting?” asked Mr. Bowie with a mocking grin.

“Obviously they painted it themselves, Dad. here do they have enough money to hire a painter to paint something like that? They don’t even have enough money to eat.”

“I hope you see that painting before you insult us, because if you find out, I’m afraid you will feel embarrassed yourself.” Andreas finally answered.

One of the Bowie family relatives also took the painting, he was quite amazed by the painting.

“Well, is the painting so bad that you’re amazed like that?”

“This is an original painting. There’s even a signature directly from the painter!”