Chloe was astonished to see the man. “Jonah, why are you here? Didn’t the president invite you for a meal?”
The man was none other than Chloe’s husband, Jonah Campbell. Right before favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com coincidentally laid eyes on Sasha. The sight of favonovel.com stunned him, but favonovel.com managed to recollect himself quickly as favonovel.com chuckled. “Oh, it’s because President Gonzalez has something coming up. You know, our company is involved in a major project with Creative Cloud Group of Cathay. President Gonzalez has an appointment with the president of Creative Cloud Group, Miss Leanna Sandel, regarding the upcoming collaboration. Since I have yet to officially join the company, it’s not appropriate for me to join the discussion, so I came here instead.”
Minerva was astounded. “Is that true? Didn’t you say that an appointment with Leanna Sandel is hard to come by? Not even our chairman got to meet her, so how did President Gonzalez secure an appointment with her? Could it be that you’re reaching an agreement regarding the collaboration already?”
With a smile, Jonah nodded. “I suppose President Sandel realized we’re being sincere regarding our offer. President Gonzalez went to wait on favonovel.com as soon as we received news that President Sandel would be having dinner here.”
Minerva was overjoyed upon being informed of that. “This is great! Dad, you will be the regional president of Gonzalez Corporation in the Cathay area if the negotiations are a success!” As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com gazed at the Cunninghams condescendingly, obviously showing off favonovel.com family’s success.
On the contrary, Demi wore a look of disdain. “It’s not that hard to secure an appointment with Leanna. She would come as soon as Matthew gave favonovel.com a call. This is nothing to be proud of.” However, nobody heard what favonovel.com muttered under favonovel.com breath.
Meanwhile, Jonah waved his hand smilingly. “Oh, it’s just a minor position. There’s nothing to brag about. Come on, have a seat. We’re all family, so let’s enjoy the feast together!” He sat down at the spot opposite to the door after circling around the table. At the same time, favonovel.com still had his eyes fixed on Sasha with a lecherous look in them.
Chloe didn’t seem to have noticed favonovel.com husband’s odd behavior as favonovel.com laughed. “Helen, you should go abroad if you have time to spare. You’ll find out that foreign countries are drastically different from Cathay. For example, I nearly suffocated as soon as I stepped off the plane. Cathay has poor air quality, whereas the air abroad is refreshing. I was worried that I would find it hard to adapt to life abroad back then, but you know what? I fell in love with the place as soon as I got there! Geez, Cathay can’t even begin to compare with that place. Cathay is so poor and underdeveloped. Compared to foreign countries, this place is utter hell!”
Upon hearing that, Helen smiled awkwardly. “Well, that’s not necessarily the case. Cathay has been making great progress as of late.”
Minerva smirked in response. “Great progress? Aunt Helen, that’s bold of you to make such claims! How dare you spew such nonsense without having ever gone abroad? Cathay is at least a hundred years behind the West in terms of development. What proof do you have to back your claim?”
That instantly riled the Cunninghams up, they perceived Minerva’s words as a slight. At the same time, Matthew wore a frown before making a casual remark. “You’re exaggerating things. If you trace the West’s history back to a century ago, you won’t even see cars on the streets. Following that line of logic, you wouldn’t even be able to contact us on mobile phones if we really are a century behind them.”
Being talked back at infuriated Minerva. “What do you mean by that? Why are you getting all riled up when I was merely giving an example to illustrate how underdeveloped Cathay is? It’s true that Cathay is lagging in terms of economy, and it is so underdeveloped! I don’t see what’s wrong with pointing out the truth. Haha, you sure lack self-confidence. You won’t be able to command respect from anybody else if you behave like that.”
Matthew retorted nonchalantly, “You have to make sense when you’re giving examples. Otherwise, what difference is there between this and boasting?”
His words amused the Cunninghams, for favonovel.com was outright mocking Minerva for fabricating lies, which visibly irked her. Before favonovel.com could bite back, Helen stepped in to smooth things over. “Oh, we’re family, so let’s not argue about these! Come, give us the menu! We’d like to order our food.”
After the waiter brought them the menu, Helen handed it to Chloe. “Have a look and order away. You must have missed the local cuisine after spending so many years abroad. I suppose you don’t get to have local Cathian dishes often, right? You can order whatever you like!”
Upon hearing that, Chloe gladly took the menu. “To be honest, I don’t actually miss local food. As you might know, we get to feast on wine and lavish meals often while abroad. Now that I’ve returned, I no longer feel like having the cheap stuff that we used to have. Come on, Tate, Minnie, take a look and see if you have anything that you might want.”
Tate was still tapping away on his phone. “Just order me a steak.”
Pouting, Minerva didn’t take the menu either. “Steak? Don’t forget that you’re in Cathay, so don’t ask for the impossible! Didn’t Mom used to say that they could only have meat during festive occasions? There are online articles that indicate that the people of Cathay can’t even afford eggs, so don’t tell me you’re expecting that they have steak here? You’re being overly demanding to Aunt Helen’s family!”
Tate was outraged when favonovel.com heard that. “What do you suggest that I eat then? I don’t care! I’m not having any sh*tty food! I want steak! Don’t offer to buy a meal if you can’t even afford steak!”
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