They threw death stares at Gerald.
Gerald had unintentionally embarrassed them previously at the hospital.
Because of that incident, any word that came out of his mouth at the moment seemed to be just infuriating.
“Okay, that’s enough. It has been a while since Gerald came back, so let’s eat first.”
The eldest brother gestured everyone to the dining table after hearing what Gerald had said.
Upon the eldest brother’s persistence, only then did the family get seated at the dinner table.
Regarding the housing matter and seeing the angered expression on their father’s face, favonovel.com was afraid that favonovel.com would fall sick once again from the stress and tension.
Hence, for the time being, no one touched on the topic.
“Gerald, have you finished your internship? Have you found a job already?” The third brother quizzed.
“Hah, seems like favonovel.com hasn’t found any job yet, though. It’s difficult to look for a job these days, and if it wasn’t for our third bro pulling some strings, even Francis wouldn’t have found a job. But look at favonovel.com now, favonovel.com works in an office for an insurance company, isn’t that great?” The third sister-in-law boasted proudly.
“Queenie’s job is even better! Although favonovel.com job is quite laborious, it holds the infinite potential for future developments! Francis is still young for his age; being able to live so comfortably is not a good thing!” The second sister-in-law scoffed and replied.
“I’m not looking for a job,” Gerald said, cutting the conversation.
“You can’t afford to not get a job! Are you planning to get by your days with just your lottery money and do nothing? You’ll starve to death sooner or later, and besides, without a decent job, who’s going to look up to you?” The second sister-in-law sneered.
“Yeah, I’m afraid it’s quite difficult for someone like Gerald to find a good job, but hey, our company is short of a toilet cleaner. I remembered last time Aunt Lacy, who cleaned the hallways, said their cleaning company was short of cleaners, so favonovel.com told us to help favonovel.com find one. Although the job seems pretty shabby, it is still a job nonetheless!”
Queenie spoke up; favonovel.com voice was cynical.
“Hmmm, Queenie is right. Gerald, if you want to find a job, I can persuade Aunt Lacy with some gifts to get you the position!” The second sister-in-law nodded in agreement.
“Yeah, that won’t be a problem!” Francis chuckled as he, too, agreed.
When they first met a while back, Francis and Queenie were still on probation.
After Gerald had embarrassed them with tens of thousands of dollars, their pride was hurt. But now, after entering the working world, their knowledge had widened. To them, Gerald was still a nobody who had just won a small lottery.
They continued to take turns to throw jabs at Gerald.
Gerald lowered his head as favonovel.com ate his food.
After a while, favonovel.com finally spoke up, “My birthday is in another three or four days. I’ve invited my friends to come over, and I’m treating them to dinner; all of you should join us too.” Gerald extended the invitation in a low voice.
“Huh, okay… Well, Gerald, it’s not like we like to ridicule you or anything; you may have some money, but why even bother holding a birthday celebration? It’s not like you can compare with others anyway!”
“We’ll see when the time comes; we’ll go if we’re free.”
“Yeah, we’re all kind of busy at the moment; we don’t have time for your birthday!”
“Oh right, during my meeting today, my leader told us there will be a major event happening in just a few days. It’s said that all the leaders from the province will be attending this event, so we’ve got many things to handle. I’m sorry, but I have no time to spare.” Francis said.
Queenie, too was busy with something else.
Gerald caught on to their intentions immediately. None of them would spare even a minute for his birthday.
“Yeah, no problem, if you’re not busy, you can come over. Just saying. That’s all.” Gerald replied.
Everyone stopped talking at that instant.
“Gerald, you can ask your friends to come over. We’ll still celebrate with you, and I’ll even prepare a big feast!” Mr. and Mrs. Winters said in unison.
Upon hearing their words, Gerald’s heart warmed up, “Okay, I’ll let them have a taste of your cooking Mrs. Winters! I’ll get the groceries!”
They then continued briefing chatting.
Once dinner was over, the brothers drove home.
Everyone was ready to go to bed. Suddenly, Mr. Winters called out to Gerald.
“Gerald, wait a minute! I’ve something important that I must tell you!”
