My Dreamy Old Husband

Chapter 1321

“But, you are much stronger than her in comparison. Everyone looks up to you and often praises your capabilities now. If your brother can’t open his own company, our family will be embarrassed to even continue living in our hometown. I’ve told our relatives that you have given your brother a lump sum of a few millions to open a company. Tsk, you haven’t seen Uncle Evans’s gaze—it was filled with envy, jealousy and resentment! What can he do since his daughter is not as capable as you? Hahaha!” Mr. Bishop was so full of himself when he talked about the incident. Christine’s success had earned him some respect from the locals, which also caused all of his friends and relatives to speak to him in a humble and careful manner since their children were not as capable as his daughter!

In particular, the Evans Family tried not to anger Mr. Bishop—Maddie’s father did not dare to confront him head-on!

Christine was beyond furious upon hearing that and immediately refuted, “Maddie is a reporter in Bayside City with a salary of barely 10,000 per month, which is basically nothing in Bayside City. She has a child whom she needs to raise and her husband’s salary is not high as well. They can’t even afford to buy a house, so giving 150,000 when Uncle Evans wanted to buy a house is already all that they can afford to give! Living in Bayside City is not easy for the two of them, but her family keeps asking her for money. She has to raise a child, and it’s not cheap to do that in Bayside City!”

However, Mr. Bishop fiercely went against her. “That’s because she is weak!”

Christine was at a loss for words. They only knew how to ask her for money and for her help to arrange their jobs and accommodation, completely ignoring the fact that she was struggling to make a living in the Bayside City without any backing. She had to start everything from scratch, which made earning money more arduous than eating sh*t. When her relatives from her hometown came, she had to take care of their food, living quarters and jobs—they would not accept anything less for the food and accommodation provided.

If she failed to treat them well, they would return and complain about her, which would then embarrass her parents.

She was slightly better off than Maddie—since she was living a carefree life as a single lady, without a spouse or child to care for and she could earn money from live streaming video games. However, that was not the case for Maddie. She was married with a child and her husband was in the army. Their combined salaries were not exactly high and they had a child to raise while living in a house that was allocated by the military units, and whenever Christine asked whether she could pay a visit, she would always be tactfully rejected.

Knowing that Maddie’s financial condition was weak, Christine stopped mentioning about her plans to visit her and her husband. Instead, she even tried to help Maddie whenever she had extra cash in hand. The two of them had helped each other while trying their best to make a living in Bayside City, but their relatives from their hometowns kept using the hard-earned money that they sent home to brag to one another.

“Alright, I’m hanging up. I will figure out a way to get that money.”

“This is my good daughter!”

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Christine arrived at her agency in fury. The agency that she worked with rapidly rose in the last few years and now had a status which was almost on par with the mega companies of the olden days, such as Glory Entertainment and Imperial Entertainment. The company had a main star, Bethany, with a few rising stars including Christine.

When she arrived at the company today, she noticed that everyone there looked at her with a weird expression.

Her assistant hurried over and said, “Christine, why did you arrive so late? Something has happened! Your cousin brother and Tawny are in trouble! He peeked at Mia when she was changing clothes and Tawny was caught red-handed while stealing Bethany’s necklace. They are now being punished in the dance room!”

Upon hearing that news, Christine almost lost her vision. They were only here for a few days, but they already started to cause trouble for her.

Her cousin brother and Tawny were two peas in a pod—they were both kicked to Bayside City from their hometown and had spent a lot of Christine’s money, but they refused to earn an honest living.

Sure enough, they finally landed themselves into trouble.

When Christine arrived at the dance room, she immediately spotted her two cousins kneeling on the floor in tears while a bunch of artists giggled at one side as they watched the commotion. Bethany sat on a stool at one side and played with her phone, as if she was waiting for Christine to show up since the latter would have arrived by that time.

Upon seeing Tawny kneeling on the floor in her best outfit, Christine felt bad for the outfit while being furious at her. These two idiots are doing stupid things. I shouldn’t have agreed to help them with job- hunting!

Christine knew that Bethany would definitely not let the matter slide; she heard that Bethany was fighting hard to receive the few brand spokesperson projects that were ultimately given to her.

The enraged Christine took a broom and whacked her cousins, who were kneeling on the floor. “I really underestimate your abilities! You even have the courage to steal things and be a pervert! You guys are just amazing!”

No one had expected her cousins to be strong—they grabbed on her broom and the man even gave her a tight slap. “How dare you hit me! Even my parents have never laid a hand on me before! Who are you to hit me?”

He lacked courage to directly confront Bethany, but he had the audacity to do anything in front of Christine.

Upon seeing Christine being hit by her cousin, everyone burst into laughter as more people came to watch the drama, but nobody stepped forward to help. They were all newbies in the industry, but only Christine was the one receiving the benefits and progressed well with her career with spokesperson contracts coming to her non-stop. Therefore, they had been displeased with her, so all of them came to watch her in trouble.

His attitude had made Christine so mad that she nearly passed out as her tears kept rolling down her cheeks. “Why can’t I hit you? You actually spied at someone changing their clothes! Such a despicable act! I will tell your father and you will have to leave immediately!”

He did not feel embarrassed and felt that he did not do anything wrong. “Fine, I can leave! My father asked you to get me a job, but you actually asked me to become a security guard!”

Christine roared, “What else do you want?! Our company only hires security guards with high-school education, but you don’t even have that! You are already lucky to be able to work here!”

He was even more furious. “Do you think you are being reasonable for giving me a job as a security guard? You are wealthy with so many connections, so it’s easy for you to get me an easy job that pays 10 thousand per month. You just want to watch me suffer here!”

She never expected that after trying her best and landing him a job as a security guard, which paid 7,000 to 8,000 per month with food and accommodation included, he still found it a pain. “If you are so capable, go and find a job yourself! Get lost!”

Her cousin brother was still arrogant. “I’m going to leave anyway!”

The sneaky Tawny wanted to take advantage of the situation and escape as well while pushing the crime of stealing the necklace to Christine alone. Tawny did not expect that after taking only two steps, Bethany, who had been watching the show in silence, suddenly and coldly uttered, “Leaving so soon? Where do you think you are going?”

A few security guards caught the Bishop siblings, who attempted to escape, and made them kneel before Bethany.

“Kneel down!” Even Christine was forced to be on her knees.

She was reluctant to do so, but it was actually quite common for seniors to bully their juniors in the industry. All she could do now was to lower her head and pray that Bethany would cool down after she kneeled for a while.

While holding a pearl necklace in her hands, Bethany said, “This necklace is the upcoming new release of the jewelry brand under the Ronney Group and costs 3 million.”

Upon hearing 3 million, Christine’s heart skipped a beat.

As expected, Bethany threw the necklace on the floor in front of her the next moment. It caused the necklace to be broken while top-notch golden pearls rolled all over the floor. “Christine, your cousin broke my necklace. You were the one who introduced her into the company, so do as you see fit!”

Christine broke in perspiration due to anxiety and stammered. “I-I will look for a store to fix this. You still can wear it after it has been repaired.”

However, she knew that Bethany had intentionally taken the opportunity to give her hell today—it was all the fault of those two idiots!

Meanwhile, upon hearing that Bethany was going to push the blame to Christine, the Bishop siblings instantly heaved a sigh of relief.

Tawny, who suddenly thought of something, raised her head and loudly declared, “It was Christine who asked me to steal the necklace! It has nothing to do with me, Bethany! It was all her fault!” She crawled to Bethany’s feet and pointed at Christine while taking the chance to complain. “She stayed out all night yesterday. She wasn’t home all day and night! I don’t know who she hooked up with!”Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.