CHAPTER 454: SOMETHING IS WRONG

Mrs. Meyer hugged her daughter and advised her, “My silly daughter, haven’t you seen through that man’s heart? He didn’t love you, there was no place for you in his heart. He was willing to die with that woman together and didn’t want you. Why do you still stupidly feeling sad for him? Would he respond to it? Had he ever taken pity on you? Ophelia, you’re still young and beautiful, a lot of men pursue you, so why putting wholeheartedly on that heartless man? It’s not that you can’t get married. Why do you have to be looked down upon by the Hoyle?”

Finn also followed his wife’s words to comfort their daughter, “Yes. People have to look forward. Alan Hoyle doesn’t like you, so dad will find you a man who is one hundred or even a thousand times better than him. It happens to be there is a banquet tonight. Later, I’ll ask someone to pick a beautiful dress for you. Listen to dad now, eat something, then take a nap, regain your energy, and then accompany your mom and dad to the banquet.”

Mrs. Meyer was taken aback for a moment, “Am I going too?”

“Yes. We all go. Mr. Steward has invited us whole family.”

Mr. Meyer had other plans in his mind. Although his daughter wasn’t devastatingly beautiful, she was a natural beauty. Even the winners of beauty pageants might not be comparable. At his home’s front door just now, he received a call from Simon.

Simon said, “Mr. Meyer, our boss has already boarded a flight to Jiangcheng. If it’s not too surprising, he’ll attend tonight’s banquet. You can personally discuss about Ted Dulles’s South Asia cooperation with him.”

It was like a huge temptation to attract him. He knew that if he still wanted to uphold his magnanimous elder status, he should avoid suspicion at this time, should be low-profile and show sorrowful. But, if he could get along with Steward and ask his daughter to charm him, wouldn’t it be able to fill in the hole which been accumulating his business over the years?

It was heard that Steward was still very young, not a gray-haired old man. If his daughter could be with such person, she wouldn’t suffer, and would be able to wash away the humiliation of being abandoned by Alan Hoyle.

Besides, although most people thought that the Hoyle Group’s shares drain, which was under his doing, was lost by that weak Mrs. Hoyle, this could only be covered up for a while. Although Alan Hoyle was also dead now, he was afraid that his small move would pull him out of the death. He had to find a strong backer in advance.

Since Steward had a good impression of him now, why shouldn’t he strike while the iron was hot? Even if he didn’t like his daughter, lesbian relation was also very useful.

But obviously, Ophelia didn’t want to cooperate with her dad’s hidden deep thoughts, “If you guys want to go, then go. I don’t want to. Alan has just passed away, and you…”

She groaned, got up, and turned to run upstairs, slamming close the door.

Mrs. Meyer chased after her and patted at the door, “Ophelia, open the door first. Listen to mom and dad. This is all for your good…”

Something hit the door and Ophelia screamed from the room, “I don’t want to listen. Go away.”

Finn also stood at the door, “Ophelia, if you don’t want to go, then fine. But you can’t keep locking yourself in your room all day. You don’t eat or drink since last night. Come out and eat something, won’t you?”

The couple knocked for a long time, but there was no any response.

Mrs. Meyer put her ear on the door. The room was silence. She sighed and helplessly said, “Mom will prepare some desserts and fruits, then put them in front of your door. If you’re hungry, you can take

them in and eat them by yourself. Don’t starve yourself, it’s not worth it.”

In the afternoon, when Mrs. Meyer was choosing clothes for the banquet, she kept feeling uneasy, as if something was about to happen. Her anxiety became more obvious on her face. Content © copyrighted by .

Finn looked at her. The bed was full of clothes and none of them were suitable, including the newly- made ones. He couldn’t help but frowned. It was troublesome for a woman to choose a dress. She had become old and faded, so why did she still like to dress up?

“What’s wrong?”

“Honey, I think we’d better not go,” Mrs. Meyer said cautiously. She thought about it for a long time, but she still thought it was better to keep a low profile at this time. “I think Ophelia is right. Alan just had an accident, but we dress up to go to the banquet. What will others think of us? We’ll be the talk of the town.”

Finn sighed softly, “How can I not understand what you said? But this opportunity is rare. Steward’s whereabouts are uncertain all the year around. It’s not easy to meet him. Besides, Ophelia didn’t know the situation of our company. Don’t you understand?”

“I don’t know why, I always feel that the origin of this Steward is unknown and I’m a little worried. And don’t you think Hoyle Group was destroyed too easily? I keep thinking it’s a façade,” Mrs. Meyer said out loud her worry.

This worry once flashed in Finn’s mind, but now everything was already settled. Alan had gone to the heaven. Doctor said that it was likely for Mrs. Hoyle not to wake up. As for Ada Hoyle and Aoba Hoyle, compared with their eldest brother, their gaps were too big and he had never been worried of them.

He had dealt with all the difficulties. What was there to be afraid of he couldn’t handle these two little ones in the future?

“You women like to think too much. Hoyle Group’s owner had changed its name now. Even if Alan Hoyle comes alive and wants to turn the tide, he can’t change the fact.” What was more, the chance of his survival was simply impossible.

It was heard that Aoba was now organizing a fleet to salvage at the sea. He wanted to retrieve their corpses. This kid and Ada had a flight back to Jiangcheng earlier than their eldest brother, making them escape from the misfortune. Considered them being lucky. But he was afraid that Alan’s body had long entered a shark’s belly.

They couldn’t blame Finn Meyer for being cruel. Blamed Alan Hoyle for not being able to be manipulated if they wanted to.

He had been longing for the Hoyle Group. Originally, Finn only wanted to manipulate him and slowly swallow the Hoyle Group through her daughter’s marriage with him. But he didn’t expect to be caught off guard by this kid.

He was embarrassed and became the talk everywhere in the city. He was a laughing stock for the rich. How could he let it go easily?

He couldn’t be blamed for being cruel and ruthless. The surprise remark Alan made at the wedding made him realized that the respect the kid showed him was just a façade. In fact, he had already suspected that those five years ago matters were planned by him. Perhaps he had been secretly investigating him for a long time. How could he just sit and wait for his death?

All of these were caused by Alan Hoyle himself. There was a pathway to heaven, but he wouldn’t take it. He kept wanting to take the hell’s pathway. So he sacrificed him.

Just when the couple were about to go out, Ophelia suddenly rushed down and said to them, “Dad, mom, I’ll go with you.”

This sudden change of hers startled the couple for a moment.

But Finn reacted quickly. He looked at her in her pajamas, “Then hurry up and change your clothes. You won’t be dressed like this and go out with us.”

Ophelia held his arm and shook it, acting cute. “I saw a dress a few days ago. Dad, buy it for me.”

Finn laughed, “Sure. As long as my daughter is happy, I can buy anything. We still have some time anyway.”

“Then I’ll go change.” Ophelia ran to upstairs again.

Mrs. Meyer was a little worried, “Honey, is there something wrong with Ophelia?”

Finn dismissively said, “Look at you for thinking too much again. Do you wish that our daughter keeps locking herself in the room and be sad? It’s a good thing that she agrees to come out.”

At six o’clock, in the parking lot of Yuntian Hotel, the largest hotel in Jiangcheng, a variety of luxurious low cars entered one after another.

In the banquet hall, the rich and famous, the celebrities and politicians laughed when they met. It was a harmonious scene on the surface.

Actually, there was no need to have a big name to be able to gather these people. Everyone came to the banquet with a different purpose and they didn’t tell each other. Steward was like a sudden emergence of a character, rising to fame overnight. They also wanted to see how divine this person was.

Simon Ace was a Westerner, but he spoke fluent Chinese. He shuttled through the banquet hall to greet guests from different fields.

Everyone speculated whether Steward was also a Westerner, but the name of the company which acquired Hoyle Group was a tasteless named company called Sunshine Company.

This company, like its owner, sprang up in Jiangcheng without warning. However, a person who went to check it found that it wasn’t without a trace. This company had a little reputation abroad, but it had never extended its tentacles to China before acquiring Hoyle Group, so few people had heard of it.

They also didn’t expect that Hoyle Group, which had suffered a severe blow five years ago, would suddenly end in such way after coming back to life. While this surprised them, they also wanted to know the whole sequence of events, trying to find out the rumor.

People in the upper class weren’t lacking in gossips too. Among them were those who weren’t sympathetic and took pleasure in others’ misfortune. That was how human’s heart was. It was already considered good to not add one disaster on top of another.

Although this was the first meeting, Simon Ace was able to greet and call everyone’s names accurately, which amazed people and they didn’t dare to underestimate this mysterious Mr. Steward’s secretary.

The suite on the top floor of the hotel wasn’t open to public. It was like a private residence of the Yuntian Hotel’s owner. And now, Alan was leading his wife, daughter, and Kent Bai in it.

Olive curiously asked, “How many industries are there under your guys’ name? We go to one place, and it’s yours. We move into another place, and it’s yours too. It feels like you two have the world.”

Kent said, “Ask your man about this.”

Alan shrugged his shoulders and said, “Specifically, I have never counted too. But there are hundreds of large and small companies. If you want to know, I’ll ask Dave to sort out the detailed list for you to count next time.”

“Never mind.” She actually just asked absentmindedly.

Although her life was very tiring in the past, she also ever had naïve dream like counting money until she got cramped and made it into a reality. But now that she was able to live it in a reality, his wealth had become more or less a concept of numbers in her eyes.

“Why is that?” Kent purposely instigated, “Are you stupid? Although the current marriage law specifies that pre-marital property is personal property, the income from this personal property and what this man earns after marriage is a husband and wife’s shared assets. Olive, you have to check his properties thoroughly. If one day you don’t want him anymore or if he betrays you, you can still have a half of the shared assets. Do you understand? Listen to me. I never wrong.”