Even from when she was still a child, Jasmine had always hated having superficial knowledge, regardless of the topic. Because of that, she had initially planned to enter her aunt’s room to try looking for new leads together with Mindy. Her bumping into Quincy there was no mere coincidence. Now knowing that someone had moved into that room, her curiosity was piqued. Who could have been entitled enough to be permitted to stay there?“Why don’t we sneak in and have a look inside the room, Jasmine?” suggested Mindy, now getting increasingly curious as well. “Don’t be rash. For now, we should leave first. It’s grandpa’s birthday banquet soon and I don’t want to anger him at a time like this!” replied Jasmine as she started walking away. Though she said that, she was honestly even more curious than Mindy was. Around two days later… “Did you get all the materials I told you to? Please double check again later. We can’t afford to have any of the materials absent since we’ll be using
The person in question was Alice! He hadn’t met her in such a long time. After all that had happened, Gerald had heard that Alice had gone to Northbay. Since she was from the Department of Broadcasting and Hosting, it was only natural for her to get her internship there. However, he truly hadn’t expected to bump into her here! “Speaking of which, could you clean up the things on the floor while you’re at it? Thank you!” said the other girl without even bothering to turn back to look at him. “Will do!” Xara had made all the arrangements yet for some reason, both Drake and Tyson were left idle whereas Gerald was designated the role of a handyman who had to do all sorts of odd chores! Was it simply his fate to run errands? Regardless, it didn’t really matter too much to Gerald since he was already used to it. “Consider this to be a little vacation from all your troubles and frustrations, Alice. After all, you’ve finally managed to leave Mayberry, the place where you had ex
To a girl with such a massive ego as Alice, that had undoubtedly been a huge blow to her. Gerald simply couldn’t ignore the fact that he was truly the one at fault that time. Shaking his head, he then headed out to get the two bottles of red wine they had requested. To his surprise, once both of them got their drinks and started downing the wine, Hillary told Gerald to help them pack their suitcases as well. It was as though he personally worked for them or something. Fortunately, Alice had other things on her mind so her eyes never really focused on him. By the time he was done packing everything for them, both bottles of red wine were now empty. Though Alice was clearly tipsy at this point, she still insisted on having more wine. Gerald had no choice but to heed her orders. Just as Gerald was finally prepared to leave, however, Alice started retching before flopping to the floor! She had obviously drunk far too much, far too quickly. Hillary herself had already retire
It was early the next morning when Alice finally woke up. Though she had drunk a lot of red wine the night before, her heart was throbbing instead of her head. Shaking it off, she took in a deep breath as she attempted to sit up. Before she could do so, however, she immediately sensed that something was wrong. Pulling her blanket to the side, she instantly shouted, startled by what she was seeing! “Hillary! Hillary!” “What’s wrong, Alice…?” replied Hillary rather groggily, awoken by Alice’s shouting. “I was wearing my other set of clothes when we were drinking last night, right? Look! Why am I in my pajamas now? Were you the one who slipped them on me?” asked Alice. “…No, I don’t think so… I was out cold after drinking so much last night… Are you still half-awake…? Who else could’ve slipped you into your pajam- …Hold on, if someone else really did help you change, then they’d have to remove all your previous clothes first, right?” said Hillary, now starting to feel nervous
Naturally, Noah never had the audacity or courage to ask the Fendersons about things regarding his son’s marriage. After all, the Fendersons were still the Schuyler’s main affiliate family. However, since such a massive event was taking place today, Noah took the initiative to finally ask about it, just to see how the old master would reply. In response, Bryson frowned. With a wry smile on his face, he then said, “Are you proposing a marriage between Jasmine and Yael?” “Well, I’m afraid that it all boils down to what Jasmine has to say about the matter. After all, marriage is the personal affair of young people! You should allow the younger generation to deal with this matter on their own!” Hearing this made Noah slightly upset, as he knew that his proposal had just been indirectly denied. After all, Bryson’s granddaughter clearly didn’t have any interest in Yael at all. “As parents, we’re naturally our children’s matchmakers. Lord Fenderson, I truly believe that as long as y
“While Daryl hasn’t shown up for quite a while, that doesn’t mean that the marriage contract ceases to be valid. In fact, even though Dylan had been extremely hostile toward the Fendersons, he hasn’t sent anyone over to formally end the contract. As long as the marriage contract isn’t called off, then it’s rules still apply till the day the Crawford family chooses to acknowledge it!” explained Bryson before looking at Noah. “Do you understand what I mean now, Noah?” “…To think that the Crawfords and the Fendersons had such a history… However, since both families are still disputing against each other, then the marriage contract should, by right, be automatically called off, should it not, Lord Fenderson?” replied Noah rather reluctantly. “While it’s true that both Dylan and Daryl had a huge conflict back then, I don’t think his son would actually have the courage or audacity to privately amend or go against the rules set by his father!” “…Very well, Lord Fenderson. I’ll just pr
In the blink of an eye, many people had already gathered at the event. The two Fenderson brothers were in charge of greeting and entertaining the guests outside. “You’re here early, Mr. Schuyler!” said most of the guests who immediately went over to greet Noah as soon as they saw him. It was evident that to the guests, the two Fenderson brothers were nothing compared to Noah. Seeing that, the second son of the Fenderson family could only wave his hand in indignation. It was at that moment when someone suddenly yelled, “The Long family from Yanken has sent a white jade statue here!” “…Huh? The Longs from Yanken?” Everyone was astonished to hear that. Why would the Long family come all the way here just to attend such an event? While the two families had been on good terms, with the Longs even helping the Fenderson family before, both families hadn’t interacted much with each other for quite a long time. The Fenderson’s old master himself had mostly only invited direct me
Gerald was now frustrated beyond words. The initial plan to make use of the Fenderson birthday banquet to rescue Queta was now at stake. To think that he would meet both Alice and Xavia back to back! There were simply too many unexpected issues popping up at the same time. If either of the girls recognized him, then the situation would definitely take a turn for the worst. What more, Gerald had just broken a wine glass and many people were already looking in his direction! D*mn it all! Gerald was so frightened that he immediately lowered his head and began picking the broken glass shards off the ground. “…Eh?” While Gerald managed to quickly clean up the mess and make his hasty escape, he seemed to have also attracted another girl’s attention. The girl in question was standing right next to Jasmine. It was Mindy! ‘…Why did that young man look so similar to Gerald? This doesn’t make any sense at all! Why would that silly boy even be here at the Fenderson birthday banquet?’