Charlie couldn’t help but exclaim: “Really? I say why it looked so familiar, but I have no specific memory of the scene at that time.”
Lenan nodded, took out a photo album from her handbag, then opened the photo album, found a yellowed old photo, and handed it to Charlie.
Charlie took it and took a look, and found that in this photo, he and Sara, and their clothes, looks, movements, and even expressions were exactly the same as the fondant doll on the cake.
Lenan on the side smiled and said,
“After you sang the happy birthday song that day, we kept clamoring that you would marry her as a daughter-in-law.”
“After you grow up, you must marry our daughter as your wife, so your expression is very aggrieved, saying that you don’t want to marry a follower who sticks to you all the time.”
“And then when we wanted to take pictures of you two, you felt even more unhappy that’s it. This is how you look like.”
Charlie looked at the photo and didn’t recover for a long while.
He remembered many things that year, but many things that year had only an outline in his mind, and the relevant pictures had long been blurred to the point that he could hardly find any memories.
This is mainly because he has completely lost the channels and ways to retrieve his image memory since his parents died.
For so many years, he didn’t even have a photo of himself as a child, nor a photo of him with his parents, or a photo of his parents when they were young.
So much so that after so many years, even the appearance of his parents is a bit vague in his memory.
Therefore, when he saw the fondant doll at first, he never thought it was himself and Sara.
Now suddenly seeing this old photo of himself and Sara when he was a child, he was naturally full of emotion in his heart.
Sara on the side asked him with a smile, “Charlie, do you still like this cake?”
“I like it, I really like it!” Charlie sighed sincerely: “I didn’t expect this cake to be so realistic!”
Sara smiled and said,
“This is made by Eastcliff’s most powerful fondant cake master. The people who lined up to make fondant cakes for her are too few to count, and many of them are very, very rich and famous.”
“We had made an appointment for this birthday cake for several months. My parents brought it so far from Eastcliff just to surprise you.”
Charlie looked at the doll on the cake, looked at the innocent look of himself and Sara, with mixed feelings in his heart, and even his eyes were a little hot and moist.
So he hurriedly smiled and joked: “Oh, this doll is so beautifully made, I don’t want to eat it anymore.”
Sara smiled and said, “Charlie, this doll is not for you to eat, it is reserved for you as a souvenir. You can eat everything except the fondant dolls.”
Hearing that the fondant dolls weren’t for eating, Charlie was a little relieved, otherwise, it would really feel strange if his or Sara’s caricature dolls were to be eaten.
Next to him, Sara looked at Charlie affectionately, and said softly:
“Charlie, I want to sing the happy birthday song to you like I did when I was a kid! You can make a birthday wish meanwhile, and wait until I finish singing to blow out the candles.”
Charlie nodded lightly, smiled, and said, “Okay!”
Sara adjusted her breathing slightly, and then sang affectionately,
“Happy birthday to you~Happy birthday to you~Happy Happy birthdayI wish you~Birth~Day… “
At this moment, Charlie put his hands together, closed his eyes, and silently made a small wish.
Now he has no material desires. His greatest desire is to find out the truth about the death of his parents and avenge them, but if this desire is put on such a warm birthday, it is more or less uncomfortable.
Therefore, he silently made a wish in his heart, hoping that all his family and friends would be safe and healthy.
That’s enough.
After making the wish, Sara’s birthday song was finished, and he burst into action and blew out the 27 candles on the five-layer cake one by one.
Sara, Philip, and Lenan clapped together, and Lenan smiled and said: “Charlie, I wish you like today and every year, and all your wishes be realized!”
Philip also nodded and said, “Charlie, I wish you all the best, peace, and success in your life!”
Charlie was moved and thanked them repeatedly.
Sara on the side approached Charlie’s ear and quietly pointed at herself in the fondant doll. With a volume that only he could hear, she said,
“Charlie, I wish you Marry this girl home as soon as possible!”
Charlie smiled knowingly, without comment.
He had understood Sara’s thoughts a long time ago, but there were many things that couldn’t be explained clearly, so he simply played stupid.
At this time, Lenan handed over a knife for cutting the cake and said, “Charlie, you are the birthday star, cut the cake first.”
“Everyone will be happy after eating two bites, and then we will officially start the meal!”
“Okay, Auntie!” Charlie quickly agreed, and then used the knife to cut off a few pieces of the bottom layer of cake, put them on a small plate, and handed them to the three of them one by one.
Afterward, Philip took him, sat back at the dinner table, and began to enjoy the wine.
He took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and said to Charlie:
“Charlie, I have said too much thanks, I won’t be a dog here, I will toast you on behalf of our family of three with this glass of wine!”
Charlie did not decline, picked up the wine glass, and said seriously: “Thank you, Uncle!”
The two immediately drank the liquor in the glass.
Philip said: “Charlie, your parents left early. Based on my relationship with your father, after he left, I should take care of you, nurture and educate you, and treat you as my own, but For so many years, I have not been able to find you.”
“In your 27-year-old life, you have been missing for nearly 20 years, and there are so many regrets…”
Speaking of this, he sighed and said seriously: “In the future, I only hope to spend more birthdays with you in my lifetime!”
Charlie was moved in his heart and said with a smile: “Uncle, how can you just have a few birthdays, at least it will take dozens of times before it makes sense, right?”
Philip laughed and said heartily: “Yes! I will have dozens of times!”
Between pushing the cups and changing the cups, Charlie and Philip had each drank a catty of white wine, but both of them were only slightly drunk.
Even Lenan, who was originally incompetent, did not show any discomfort after drinking a bottle of red wine alone.
On the contrary, because of the effect of alcohol, she felt very happy as a whole.
Under the effect of alcohol, her cheeks were slightly reddish. Coupled with the rejuvenation pill she had just taken, her complexion looked white and red, charming and attractive.
Philip looked at his wife, slightly stunned, and couldn’t help but admire: “My wife, look at you now. There is a special illusion that we just got married…”
Lenan smiled slightly and said with some embarrassment: “The children are here, don’t talk nonsense…”
He said solemnly: “What I say is from the bottom of my heart!”
As he said, he took out his wallet, and after opening it, in the outermost transparent card slot, there was a photo of the two when they were young.
Philip handed the photo to Charlie and Sara, and said: “Look at it, am I telling the truth?”
Charlie looked at the photo. Lenan in the photo was about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. However, at that time, she took a mature route. Even the old photos looked very moving.
At that time, she was more attractive than now.
Sara on the side looked at her mother’s old photo and exclaimed: “Mom, you were so beautiful when you were young.”
“Although I have seen this photo many times, I can’t help but praise it every time I see it…”
Lenan smiled and said: “Don’t play rainbow f*rts here. To put it mildly, those are youths that have long passed away, and you are in the age of positive youth.”
As she spoke, she couldn’t help but sighed: “But when I was young, Sister Margaret was really beautiful.”
After that, she looked at Charlie and said sincerely:
“Charlie, you don’t know how outstanding your mother was when she was young. There was a saying in the celebrity circle of the city that Changying brought Margarate from the United States to Eastcliff.”
“At that moment in the city, the attraction of all the women in the city was instantly extinguished…”
Charlie couldn’t help but chuckle: “Auntie, is there such an exaggeration you said?”
“Of course there is.” Lenan said very seriously: “Your mother was in Eastcliff at the time. It was an absolute dimensionality reduction attack.”
“Her appearance, temperament, figure, education background, and family background were all in the crushing class.”
“Starting to open up, when it comes to trends, the United States was definitely the center of the world trends at that time, so your mother was very amazing in all aspects in our eyes.”
She said again: “Furthermore, your grandfather’s family had been cultivating deeply overseas for many years, and it can definitely be regarded as a big old family.”
“The so-called nobles in Europe are also far behind your grandfather’s family. Your mother was the jewel in the hands of the An family.”
“What we have received is the dual aristocratic education of the East and the West, which is what we can compare to…”
Speaking of this, Lenan couldn’t help but said with emotion:
“At that time, whatever clothes your mother wore would immediately trigger a frenetic trend in Eastcliff’s celebrity circle.”
“At that time, your mother was the vane of Eastcliff’s celebrity circle. What she wears and what she carries, others couldn’t wait to find a way to buy it back and imitate…”
Sara asked in amazement: “Mom, what you said is true?”
“Of course!” Lenan said earnestly: “At that time, we hadn’t really connected with the world, and the information gap between local and foreign was very large.”
“Unlike now, the information network is so developed, there is basically no information gap at home and abroad.
Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered something and asked Charlie:
“By the way, Charlie, have you ever thought about going to the United States to meet your grandpa and grandma?!”
Hearing Lenan’s question, Charlie was a little surprised for a while.
This was the second time he heard that, others asked him if he wanted to go to the United States to find his grandparents.
And the last one who asked him the same thing was Sara.
So Charlie told Lenan the same, what he had said to Sara before, showing that he didn’t want to disturb his grandparents who hadn’t seen him in 20 years, and hadn’t even seen each other a few times.
When Lenan heard this, although she understood it deeply in her heart, she could still tell from her expression that she felt somewhat sorry for Charlie.
After hesitating for a moment, she said seriously:
“Charlie, in fact, for so many years, not only you have been searching for the truth about the murder of your parents, but your Uncle and I have been trying every means to investigate when we are looking for you.”
“It was not clear who were the men behind the incident, but for so many years, we have not found any meaningful clues.”
“So your Uncle and I think that there must be a very powerful man behind this incident, pushing and trading everything.”
“If you want to find them out by your own ability, I am afraid it will be very difficult.”
Philip also nodded at this time and said, “Charlie, although on the surface, today’s society has been integrated globally, when it comes to classifying, the barriers between each class are far beyond your imagination.”
“In our country, there are only four or five top families. Even if other families are rich, they can never be integrated into the circle of top families.”
“There are many secrets, many special channels, and resources, only these few of the top families can know and master. This is only in the country.”
“If you look at the whole world, the real top families are those three. Many secrets are only known by these three families. Many things are possible only with these three families. The investigation came out.”
“Who killed your parents? Your grandfather and grandmother probably knew the answer long ago. Even if they didn’t know, if they used their resources, they would surely be able to investigate and find out.”
“So, if you can be with your grandparents If you recognize each other, this mystery may be solved immediately.”
Lenan also agreed very much and said:
“Yes, Charlie, your Uncle is right. It’s even possible that your grandpa and grandmother have already helped your parents avenge. If that’s the case, you are still here thinking about investigating.”
“Finding out the truth about what happened in the past and finding out the murderer of your parents is probably a useless effort.”
“Anyway, first recognize your grandpa and grandma, and then confirm this with them is the safest thing.”
Hearing this, Charlie was silent for dozens of seconds, and said: “Auntie and Uncle, I understand your meaning, but I am not yet mentally prepared for this. Let me consider this matter again. I will think about it.”
Lenan nodded and said seriously:
“Charlie, if you get to know your grandpa and grandma as soon as possible, there is another big advantage, that is, the powerful resources of Ann family.”
“If Ann family is willing to help you, it will help you a long way. Getting on the horse is so simple, they can even save you 20 years of fighting.”
Charlie didn’t think about using the resources of grandpa and grandmother in his heart, but Lenan’s words were indeed completely out of kindness, so he knew that he would definitely not hurt the kindness of others.
So he also accepted it temporarily, and said, “Auntie, what you said is correct. I will also consider all issues in this respect.”
“That’s good!” Lenan breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile:
“You are the grandson of the Wade family, and the grandson of the Ann family. If you can inherit the Wade family completely in the future, and then integrate the resources of the Ann family.”
“All the domestic resources will be available in the future. The big family will be eclipsed in front of you.”
“Coupled with your own outstanding ability, maybe a few years later, under your leadership, the Wade family will become the second Chinese family to be among the top families in the world.”
Philip also said earnestly: “Although the Gu family’s strength is not yet at the top in the true sense, there is still the strength to add fire to you, and it may help you stand higher and see farther at that time!”
Charlie looked at the couple gratefully and said sincerely: “Uncle and Auntie, thank you for your expectations of me. In the future, I will do my best to not let you down.”
He said this from the bottom of his heart.
He hopes that in the future he will be able to reach the highest point and see the mountains and small hills.
It’s just that he hopes to be able to climb up by relying entirely on his own ability, rather than relying on both sides.
A meal goes on very smoothly and naturally in this kind of family atmosphere.
After the meal, Charlie used aura to dissipate all the alcohol in his body and determined that he would not have a half-cent relationship with drunk driving.
Then, he drove Sara to the performance venue first, and then drove Philip and Lenan to Shangri-La.
The couple had a lot of things. They had a rest in the hotel this afternoon.
After going to the venue to watch Sara’s concert in the evening, they would fly back to Eastcliff overnight.
After Charlie heard about their plan, he said,
“Uncle and Auntie, or you don’t bother to go back tonight. Just rest at Shangri-La for one night. It won’t affect anything if you come back tomorrow morning.”
Philip shook his head and said with a smile: “There will be another meeting tomorrow morning. If we leave tomorrow, it will be too late.”
Charlie said: “But with such a toss, the body may not be able to bear it.”
Philip smiled and said: “It might have been a little overwhelming before, but now it will definitely not happen again.”
“Yeah.” Lenan also nodded and smiled: “After taking Rejuvenating Pill, my body feels unstoppable strength. Taking a night flight shouldn’t affect it.”
“After I and you Uncle go back to Eastcliff tonight, we can still take a good rest at home, and go directly to the group meeting tomorrow, so that it will be much calmer than rushing back tomorrow morning.”
When Charlie heard this, he stopped persuading them and said hurriedly, “I will send you to the airport tonight.”
“No need for that.” Lenan said very seriously: “I heard from Sara that you are going to see her concert with your wife tonight. When the concert is over, you must go home with your wife.”
“It will be late at night, so I can’t let you leave her behind. You can take her home with peace of mind after watching the show. Your Uncle and I can go to the airport by ourselves.”
Philip also said: “Charlie, you don’t have to worry about us tonight. When you come to the concert, if you see us in front of your wife, don’t say hello to us, otherwise, you won’t be able to explain to her.”
“Tonight, let’s watch the performance happily, and then go home. When you return to Eastcliff to pay homage to the ancestors, we will get together again!
Charlie didn’t expect Philip and his wife to think so for his sake, and he was moved, he couldn’t help feeling a little guilty.
Regrettably, Philip and Lenan gave him three years to settle his marriage with Claire, and three years later they want him to marry Sara.
Although he was uncomfortable in front of them at the time, he had already made a decision in his heart that he would not divorce Claire.
Therefore, facing their meticulous care, Charlie felt ashamed in his heart.
Therefore, Charlie secretly decided in his heart that since the matter of marriage can no longer make the Gu family’s three people wish, he must compensate them in other ways in the future…
After sending Philip and Lenan to Shangri-La and entrusting them to Issac as a host, Charlie drove back to his Villa.
At this time, it was only after two o’clock in the afternoon, and he thought that his wife might not be finished until three or four o’clock, so he wanted to return home first, and then pick her up when she was almost done with work.
Unexpectedly, when he arrived home, his wife Claire, his father-in-law Jacob, and his mother-in-law Elaine were already busy in the kitchen.
Seeing that Claire was at home, Charlie asked in surprise: “Wife, when did you come home? Why didn’t you tell me so I could pick you up.”
Claire smiled and said: “I speeded up the work and finished early. I came home at two o’clock. I wanted to prepare a birthday dinner for you today, so I got back early.”
Elaine was holding a huge king crab in both hands, putting it in the steamer, and smiling at Charlie and said to him:
“Good son-in-law, mom will cook you a big meal tonight. Look at this big crab. , One cost more than three thousand!”
Seeing that she was going to steam the crabs, Claire hurriedly said, “Oh my god, the crabs can’t be steamed now.”
“It’s not three o’clock, it’s still early to eat! If they are steamed now. It won’t taste good by dinner time!”
Elaine asked in surprise: “Then you come back so early, why are we cooking?”
Claire said helplessly: “First do the preparations. Brush the king crabs and prepare them in the bucket. The other ingredients are the same.”
“All the ingredients are collected. Make sure the ingredients for cooking are also prepared and then wait. We will do it when it’s almost time to make it, so that it can guarantee the taste.”
Elaine said angrily: “Hey, I thought I would just start cooking now. Isn’t this crab steamed directly in the pot? Should I wash it?”
“Of course you need to wash it.” Claire said, “At least we have to use a brush to brush the dirt on the surface, and then rinse it with clean water several times.”
Elaine curled her lips: “I don’t dare to brush this stuff, it is covered with thorns, if they get stuck again… let your dad clean up the seafood.”
Having said that, she looked at Jacob and ordered: “Jacob, take this crab out of the steamer and wash it, remember to wash it clean!”
Jacob couldn’t help but vomit: “I have other things, you can do it yourself.”
Elaine said angrily: “Don’t talk nonsense, go and clean up the crabs! Otherwise, you won’t even want to eat a bite at night!”
Jacob asked dissatisfiedly: “You let me clean up the crabs, then what are you going to do?”
Elaine said casually: “I’ll peel some garlic.”
After speaking, she grabbed a few garlic heads, sat in the corner with a small bench, and started to peel garlic into the trash can.
Jacob was a little bit angry, but didn’t dare to argue with Elaine, so he honestly took the crab out and took it to the sink for cleaning.
Seeing this, Charlie opened his mouth and said, “Dad, let me clean up the crabs.”
Claire quickly said to him: “Husband, you are the birthday star. Don’t come to the kitchen today. Go to the outside living room and watch TV. The cake delivery will come soon. Please keep an ear to the doorbell.”
Seeing her clear attitude, Charlie didn’t continue to insist, and said: “Then if you have something, remember to call me.”
“It is all good.”
Charlie came out of the kitchen and just sat in the living room for a while when the doorbell rang.
He saw from the monitor that a delivery person was ringing the doorbell, so he walked out of the room.
Outside the yard, a middle-aged delivery man asked, “Is it Ms. Willson’s house?”
Charlie nodded: “Yes.”
The delivery man handed him a cube box with a side length of about fifty centimeters and said, “This is the cake ordered by Ms. Willson, please sign for it.”
Charlie took the cake, and when he was about to sign the order, the other party reminded:
“You can open it and take a look. If there is a problem, I will directly take it back to the cake shop.”
“Don’t sign and go back to find that there is a problem and complain. Then we will Riders also have to take responsibility.”
Charlie didn’t think too much, so he untied the red ribbon on the cake box, and after carefully opening the top cover, a beautiful double-layer cake came into view.
This cake does not look as luxurious and exquisite as the five-layer cake made by Sara, and it does not have lifelike shock-absorbing fondant dolls.
It is just a normal cake. However, the line of words written with chocolate sauce on the cake makes a warm current surged in his heart.
The content of that line is: “Happy birthday to my dear Mr. Wade.”
The signature is: “Love your wife, Claire.”
Seeing these words, Charlie smiled knowingly, and said to the rider: “The cake is okay, I will just sign for it.”
After that, he signed the bill and handed it back to the rider.
The rider took the order and left, and Charlie packed the cake again and carried it back to the house.
This scene happened to be seen by Mrs. Willson who was drying her clothes on the terrace of the villa opposite.
Seeing that Charlie took a cake and walked back to the villa, she couldn’t help but returned to the room curiously, and asked Noah and Harold lying on the bed: “Noah, Harold, do you know what day is today?”
Noah smiled bitterly: “Mom, I have been eating, drinking, and sleeping on the bed from before the new year until now. I don’t know what day is the solar calendar, the lunar calendar, and the day of the week.”
Harold echoed: “Grandma, I don’t remember the day either.”
The old lady Willson muttered: “Today is the second day of the second lunar month, and the dragon raised its head, but I can’t remember who celebrates the birthday today.”
“The unfilial son Jacob seemed to be born in winter, and the dead girl Claire seemed to be in summer…”
Harold remembered something, and said: “February Dragon looked up…Today seems to be Charlie’s ba5tard’s birthday!”
Old lady Willson frowned and asked, “Are you sure?”
“Yes!” Harold nodded again and again:
“Once I went to the barbershop to cut my hair just after the first month of the year, I just saw Charlie and Claire having a meal in the small restaurant next to the barbershop, and there was another one on the table.”
“I observed the little cake. It was Charlie’s candle, so it must be Claire who celebrates Charlie’s birthday.”
“Grandma, you don’t know, the cake was shabby at the time, and it was not as big as a damn dish.”
When the old lady Willson heard this, she seemed to be in a good mood, and said with a smile: “Oh, it turns out that today is the birthday of Charlie the white-eyed wolf! I didn’t expect it to be so soon!”
Harold asked puzzledly: “Grandma, what’s the matter? Why do you say that?”
Old Mrs. Willson curled her lips and said,
“Before the New Year, many people lined up at the door of Charlie’s house to give him gifts.”
“You see, this is just the first month, and no one congratulated him on his birthday. Those who are rich and powerful don’t take him seriously anymore!”
Harold asked subconsciously, “Grandma, can you tell that Charlie is not in a good situation from this?”
Mrs. Willson said solemnly: “Harold, there is an idiom. As long as you see a leaf falling, it means that autumn is here, and autumn is here, can winter be far behind?”
Then, she said with an unpredictable analysis: “Think about it, if Charlie is really good now, then his door must be surrounded by rich people now.”
“There is an idiom. When a person is popular, the doorstep is more lively than the vegetable market!”
“But you see, for Charlie’s birthday today, for those who want to curry favor with him, such a big event is much more important than the New Year.”
“Up to now, they haven’t seen a person come to their house!”
“With this signal alone, I can make a clear judgment. Charlie must be messed up right now, or maybe it’s almost done!
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