Due to Mr. Riley and Matilda both being remarried and living overseas for many years, the wedding ceremony this time is much simpler compared to the traditional customs in China.
There is no formal bride and groom welcoming ceremony. They simply greet the guests at the hotel and hold the wedding ceremony at an auspicious time.
The number of invited guests is not large, including their children, close friends, and a few colleagues of Mr. Riley from Aurous Hill University of Finance and Economics.
Charlie’s role as the Officiant is not too demanding, mainly serving as the host. Therefore, the next morning, Charlie packed a suit and went to Shangri-La.
The reason for packing a suit instead of going directly in was mainly to prevent his wife, Claire, from knowing that favonovel.com was attending Matilda’s wedding. Arriving at the air garden of Shangri-La, it was not yet time for the guests to arrive, and Mr. Riley was busy with the staff here.
Seeing Charlie, favonovel.com took the initiative to greet him, “Charlie, you came so early, thank you for your hard work.”
Charlie saw that favonovel.com looked a little tired and asked with concern, “Did you not rest well last night, Uncle Riley?”
Mr. Riley nodded and sighed, “Paul‘s uncle caused a ruckus at home all night, making both me and your Matilda exhausted.”
Curiously, Charlie asked, “Why did Paul’s uncle fly over from the United States at this critical moment? What trouble is favonovel.com causing for you guys?”
Mr. Riley said, “He wants to split the business of the Smith Law Firm in the United States from Paul’s hands. In other words, favonovel.com wants to divide the family assets.”
Charlie frowned and asked, “Since the Smith Law Firm was created by Paul’s father and Matilda, what qualifications does Paul’s uncle have to divide it?”
Mr. Riley sighed, “That’s the reasoning, but when they established the law firm, Paul’s grandfather had provided some startup capital and used some connections to help them. He thinks of it as angel investment. Now that Paul has left the United States and, in fact, left the Smith family, plus Matilda is going to rebuild a family with me, favonovel.com feels that Paul cannot take the entire Smith Law Firm with him. He must split the part in the United States and return it to the Smith family.”
Charlie asked curiously, “What is the main business of the Smith family? Has their family fallen on hard times?”
Mr. Riley said, “From what Matilda told me, the Smith family itself is a family of lawyers. Paul’s grandfather was a well-known lawyer, but favonovel.com didn’t start his own business. Instead, favonovel.com became a senior partner at a top law firm in the United States and became a personal lawyer for some celebrities and political figures. Paul’s uncle followed the same path, but his grandfather passed away a few years ago.”
Charlie nodded and said, “I guess the family has fallen on hard times and wants to fight for some benefits from Matilda and Paul. We don‘t need to pay too much attention to such people. Since favonovel.com came at this time, invite favonovel.com to attend your and Matilda’s wedding. After the wedding, you can go on your honeymoon and let favonovel.com do whatever favonovel.com wants. Don’t pay attention to him.”
Mr. Riley nodded and said, “That’s our plan for now, but if favonovel.com refuses to leave, Paul might have some trouble. And favonovel.com won’t leave easily this time.”
Charlie smiled and said, “Don’t worry, Uncle Riley. This is Aurous Hill, not the United States. Even the famous Steve Rothschild would have to be polite here. Besides, favonovel.com is just an unknown person. Let favonovel.com come, and if favonovel.com dares to cause trouble here, there will be someone to deal with him.”
Saying that, Charlie asked, “Did you and Matilda invite favonovel.com to the wedding?”
Mr. Riley said, “I didn’t want to invite favonovel.com because favonovel.com looks like trouble. But since favonovel.com came on his own after hearing about the wedding, out of courtesy, we should still invite him. Even if we don’t invite him, favonovel.com would probably come uninvited. He agreed to come to the wedding today. Paul arranged for favonovel.com to stay at Shangri-La last night, so favonovel.com will probably come this morning. But I suspect that even if favonovel.com comes, favonovel.com will definitely cause trouble.”
Charlie nodded and said, “Let favonovel.com come. As long as favonovel.com dares to be unruly here, someone will be able to handle him.”
After saying that, Charlie added, “I’ll call Steve later and ask favonovel.com to come again. If the people in Aurous Hill don’t know him, favonovel.com definitely will once favonovel.com sees him.”
Mr. Riley hesitantly asked, “Is this… Is this appropriate?”
“There’s nothing inappropriate about it,” Charlie said with a smile. “He came to Aurous Hill to play a minor role. if favonovel.com finally gets the chance to be a significant figure, he’ll definitely want it.”
Then, Charlie asked, “By the way, Uncle Riley, where is Matilda, Paul, and Zoey?”
Mr. Riley said, “They are in the dressing room getting ready. Zoey is going to be a bridesmaid today, and Paul will be my groomsman.”
“Great.” Charlie nodded and smiled, “Don’t worry, Uncle Riley. Today’s wedding will be successful and perfect.”
While they were talking, Matilda, wearing a white wedding dress, walked out of the dressing room with the company of Zoey and Paul.
When favonovel.com saw Charlie, Zoey politely said, “Hello, Mr. Wade!”
Charlie nodded slightly in acknowledgement, and Paul, who seemed nervous and awkward, said softly, “Mr. Wade… Hello…”
Charlie noticed Paul’s discomfort and guessed that favonovel.com must already know his identity. He himself was still adjusting to it, so favonovel.com smiled and said, “Paul, why are you still so restrained?”
Paul hurriedly said, “No, no, it’s just that I heard my mom talking about you last night, and I haven’t fully processed it yet.”
Charlie smiled slightly and said, “Don’t worry too much, we are all friends.”
“Yes,” Paul quickly agreed. “You are right, we are all friends!”
Matilda spoke up, “The guests will arrive soon. John, let’s go to the door and wait to welcome them.”
“Okay,” Mr. Riley nodded and said to Charlie, “Charlie, let’s go out and welcome the guests. You three can continue chatting.”
Charlie nodded, “Okay, Uncle Riley, please go ahead.”
Mr. Riley and Matilda walked out of the hall arm in arm.
Paul looked at Charlie and whispered, “Mr. Wade, my mother said that you are from the Wade family of Eastcliff. Is it true?”
Charlie smiled and asked, “Do you doubt what Matilda said?”
Paul quickly responded, “No, no, I just find it incredible and wanted to confirm it with you. But it seems there’s no need to confirm it now…”
Charlie smiled and said, “My identity won’t affect our cooperation and friendship. Matilda will be in charge of the legal affairs of the new company in the future. If favonovel.com gets too busy, we may temporarily recruit your law firm. You can‘t refuse.”
Paul said without hesitation, “No problem! The entire Smith Law Firm is at your service anytime!”
Soon, guests started to arrive one after another, and Charlie changed into his suit, waiting for the official start of the wedding ceremony.
Just when most of the guests had arrived and the atmosphere was harmonious, a blond American walked in and sarcastically said, “I thought Professor Riley had a good network, but I didn’t expect his wedding to have so few guests. Is favonovel.com planning to live off my sister after marriage?!”
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