“Forget it; I’ll let you drive. Will that do?” Arthur Grey got out of the car and headed to the front passenger seat.Mateo was overwhelmed with emotion as he heard those words. After getting into the driver’s seat, he looked and felt around, wanting nothing more than to steal that car key.“Aren’t we leaving?” Arthur glanced at Mateo.?‘He’s like a country bumpkin who is seeing the world for the first time.’“Alright, alright. Let’s go.” Mateo stepped on the accelerator, and the car flew off.Earlier on, Arthur had been slightly worried that Mateo didn’t know how to drive. But after they moved off, he realized that the latter drove rather steadily.However, he thought about it again.?‘Mateo James cares a lot about appearances. Even though their family doesn’t have a car, he probably rents a car often. Of course, the ones he rents can’t compare to this BMW 5 series.’“Arthur Grey, your family seems quite rich now. You guys can even afford a BMW?” They hadn’t driven far before Ruth
As expected, Ruth Carlton’s words were effective.Sarah Carlton—who was on the other end of the call—exploded. “What? Arthur, you hit someone with the car? Do you want to die? Where are you? Did you damage the car…”Arthur could feel her murderous intent even through the phone.?‘It seems like I won’t be able to clear the air on the phone. We need to have this conversation face-to-face.’As such, Arthur told her the address.Within ten minutes, Sarah, Henry, and Naomiarrived.Without saying a word, Sarah rushed up to slap her son-in-law in the face without any hesitation. “Arthur, what did I tell you before you left? You still damaged the car!”Sarah glanced at the car; there were indeed a few scratches.Her heart ached, and she was about to slap him a second time when her daughter grabbed her arm. “Alright. Let’s find out what happened first.”“Humph!” Sarah was utterly displeased with her daughter’s actions.“How is it? Are you hurt?” Naomi knew that her husband was the one
What Ruth Carlton meant by a perfect plot was to frame Arthur and make him take responsibility for her son’s crimes.Yet, Sarah Carlton agreed to that suggestion. It wasn’t because she liked her nephew very much. Rather, she felt that her sister was right.?‘It was the late Old Master who had introduced Arthur Grey to us and forced him to marry into our family. As such, I can’t afford to chase him away for fear of offending the Downey family. But what if he has killed someone in a hit-and-run accident? As his mother-in-law, I have full authority to chase him out of the Downey family because of that.’Thus, this strange pair of sisters came to an agreement.…In the hospital.Beatrice looked at the examination report and heaved a sigh of relief.“I’m really sorry. Is Granny feeling alright?”Beatrice shook her head. “I haven’t thanked you for what you did the previous time. She’s fine; she was just a little shocked. She’s recovering well.”Upon hearing that the old granny was fi
Of course, Arthur wasn’t saying that just to show off his affection for his wife. He wasn’t that lame.“This is my wife, Naomi Downey. She’s the Downey family’s eldest daughter and the Downey Corporation’s Deputy CEO.”As Arthur introduced his wife, Beatrice felt that the latter’s name sounded familiar.When he finally finished his introduction, Beatrice had an awkward expression plastered on her face. “You mean that she’s Naomi Downey and that you’re Arthur Grey?”He nodded.Beatrice’s expression fell even further. She seemed to have something to say, yet she didn’t dare to voice her thoughts.Even Arthur thought that it looked ridiculous. “Is there something you don’t dare to say? Do you mean to ask if I’m that useless matrilocal son-in-law everyone in San Francisco talks about?”Then, he nodded. “Yes.”Because he had been so direct, Beatrice’s expression changed to one of indignation. “That’s maligning you! That’s entirely false! Do you know who spread that rumor? I’ll help
Because of Ruth Carlton’s provocation, Sarah Carlton grew even more dissatisfied with her son-in-law. She felt that her family had encountered so many troubles all because of him.?‘We’re the eldest family in the Downey family, yet we’re about to get kicked out of the family! Isn’t it all because we have a piece of trash that is Arthur Grey who’s dragging us down?’“Mom, can you be more rational? Do you really not know how much Arthur Grey has done for our family? Don’t waver just because Auntie is saying some things.”Sarah panted heavily; it seemed like she was truly infuriated.“Naomi, stop it. Look at how angry your mom is.”Naomi wanted to calm her mom down but was lectured by her father before she could even do so.“She’s trying to drive me to my grave. I’m going to die.”Naomi could no longer stand watching her mom throw her tantrum. “Fine. You can throw your tantrum for all I care. Arthur, let’s go.”Naomi Downey picked up her spouse’s hand and dragged him out of the ho
Naomi touched the front of the car—there was indeed a scratch on it.?‘It seems like it formed because of the accident. Although I didn’t pay for the car, my heart still aches.’In fact, her heart ached even more for her husband. He had clearly bought the car, yet her mom wouldn’t even allow him to touch the car!Even after Mateo had gotten into an accident with the car, her mom had chosen to blame her husband instead!She thought about how much Arthur had had to endure and tolerate in the past three years—things he shouldn’t have needed to tolerate.Naomi gave the matter some thought.?‘Have I ever thrown tantrums or scolded him for no good reason in the past three years? But I’m certainly not that kind of person. I’m an educated and useful member of society.’?However, she thought deeper about the matter. Then, she suddenly remembered about a dozen incidents where she seemed to have unreasonably scolded her husband just like she had done today.In the face of this unjust punishm
Very quickly, Mateo found out where the seafood area was.Then, the shameless family of three headed over to take a look at the spread.“This looks good. It’s an Australian lobster, isn’t it?” Ruth pointed at a lobster while asking the waitress nearby.“Yes, these are authentic Australian lobsters.”“Alright, we’ll take seven.”The waitress was stunned. “Madam, customers usually order only one Australian lobster. It’s more than enough.”“What, can’t we have one per person? Do you think we can’t afford it?”“You misunderstood me, Madam. That’s not what I meant.”“Hurry up and put it aside for us then.”The waitress could only say that she had been enlightened today. She had never seen anyone order an Australian lobster for each person.“This—is this abalone?”“Yes, these are authentic abalones from the East China Ocean.”“We’ll take five kilograms of this for now.”‘Er…’?The waitress seemed to want to say something but restrained herself.“What’s this?” Ruth Carlton point
Naomi Downey wanted to get up, but her husband stopped her. In the end, she sat back down.“I’ll fight it out with you since you dare to step on my son!” Ruth Carlton was an unreasonable person to begin with. Now that someone was stepping on her son, she rushed forward without any thought.But another muscular man gently pushed her back into her seat.Everyone froze.“Boss, what did my son do? How did he offend you guys?” Lawrence James was still sober and not drunk. As such, he stood up, wanting to learn about what had happened.The bald man slammed a wallet onto the table. “Your son stole my wallet. How do you think I should handle this?”“My son stole your wallet?” Lawrence James was dumbfounded.“Dad, don’t listen to their nonsense. I was in the toilet, and the wallet was on the basin. Finders keepers, so I took it. But now, they’re saying that I stole it!”The bald man chuckled. He opened the wallet in front of everyone and took out the identity card in it. “Look, isn’t t