Female Novel
Chapter 818
The next morning, Christina was wakened up before she could have enough sleep.
She suspected that Patrick was trying to retaliate her by not letting her sleep late.
Patrick had already gotten up and was wearing a tie. He stood by the bed and said in a voice dripping
with sarcasm. "Who said yesterday that she was going to learn cooking and deliver me food every day
from then on?"
"I haven't given it up. It's just that there's no need to be in such a hurry."
Christina had no courage to tell May on the cell phone last night that her husband was the one who
caused May to lose her job. It would be better to apologize to May in person.
"After breakfast, you go to learn cooking immediately. Charles will come to pick you up." There was no
room for negotiation at all.
Christina obediently went to Charles's company, which was mainly in the field of media, with
entertainment films accounting for a large proportion of its businesses. It cultivated a lot of Internet
celebrities, and signed contracts with many influencers in various fields.
Christina met that foreigner named Henry, who was much better than she had imagined. His tall and
strong figure indicated that he frequented the gym. His smile was sunny.
Nanny Faang was right. Henry's accent was quite funny. "Nice to meet you, the charming wife of my
boss." His pronunciation was rather amusing.
Christina laughed. "You speak English quite well."
But Charles suddenly flew into a rage. "She's not my wife! Don't call her by the wrong title. You can't
joke about this!"
Henry's agent, Shirley, immediately stepped forward and explained, "Henry was just being polite. He
thought this lady was your wife, so he made a joke. Mr. Shepherd, don't take it seriously."
Charles's expression was still serious. "Tell him about some of our traditional cultures. Don't use the
foreigners' style of intimate greeting. Otherwise, I won't be able to help you if you're caught in trouble."
Seeing that he was so serious, Shirley did not dare to neglect his advice and nodded repeatedly.
Charles began to regret coming up with such a stupid idea. He shouldn't have asked Christina to learn
cooking, which caused trouble for himself.
Christina had a good impression of Henry, the chef.
"My girlfriend is from here. This is her motherland. I love here very much. She wants to come back for
development, so I'm here too."
He smiled and talked about his past with his girlfriend. It seemed that he really cherished her.novelbin
While chatting with each other for a while, Henry expressed his heartfelt willingness to teach Christina
cooking.
Shirley, who was at the side, saw that Charles treated Christina like a sister-in-law, so she naturally
tried to please Christina. "Miss Dickens, what about trying Henry's superb cooking tonight?"
"No." Henry was the first to refuse.
Shirley looked very embarrassed. It was obvious that Charles was very protective toward Miss Dickens.
Naturally, Shirley needed to foster a good relationship with Christina. After all, Henry had already
planned to develop here in the next year or two.
"I'm very sorry. I'm going to meet my girlfriend tonight. She's a little angry with me."
Henry explained apologetically in his poor English.
In fact, Christina had been no stranger to delicious food. She was not interested in having a meal, and
she planned to go to May tonight to apologize in person.
"It's okay. We can try it next time." Charles waved his hand to resolve the embarrassment.
After leaving Charles's office building, Christina said she was going to meet a friend, but when she
dialed the phone number of yesterday's call, May didn't answer.
Christina decided to go back to the Hopkins family.
At this moment, May was caught in a dilemma.
Her parents had thought that May was making great fortunes abroad, so they got used to spending
money lavishly. They also liked to show off in front of relatives and friends. Now they even sold the
house in C City and bought a bigger one in A city.
"How can I get so much money to afford your new house all of a sudden? Besides, the housing prices
in A City are frighteningly high."
As soon as May returned to the motherland, her family prepared such a big surprise for her.
"Don't you have a foreign boyfriend? You've been dating for 7 years. Isn't he very rich?"
"The house has been sold. At that time, the buyer paid the full amount in one go, while your mother
and I wanted to buy a house in A City as soon as possible to dodge the rise in the housing price
occurring in a few months. Since your brother and your future sister-in-law work in A City, it would be
more convenient to live there..."
May lowered her head and said nothing more.
"I don't expect you to come back all of a sudden."
"You work well abroad. Why do you suddenly resign?"
May didn't explain anything, but asked in a low voice, "Where do you live now?"
"For the time being, your mother and I are staying at your grandmother's house, and your brother is
living in the house of his future mother-in-law."
She had never expected to return home and find that the house had been sold. Suddenly, she was at a
loss for where to go.
Not wanting to worry her family, May forced a smile. "I'll then stay at my friend's house for the time
being. I'll contact you after I find a job in a few days."
Her parents were very reassured about their daughter. After all, their daughter had been very capable
and good at taking care of herself since she was a child. They reminded her again before her
departure.
"May, your brother is not young. Since he favors that house in A City, help him think of a way out. Your
brother won't be able to afford the down payment alone. The monthly payment will also be very high
later. You only have one brother. You must help him."
May stood straight on the side of the road and watched her parents leave in a taxi. The smile on her
face gradually disappeared and turned into a bitter look when the car drove out of her sight.
Where could she get so much money?
Most of the money she earned abroad over the years was sent home. Cindy once criticized May of
being simple-minded and reminded her to think more about herself. But May paid no heed to it, since
she was reassured about her family. However, now she was really in a difficult situation because she
really didn't have the money.
May did not go to live in a friend's house. The only friend she kept in contact with in the country was
Cindy. But the Sandfort family was too complicated and May did not want to cause her trouble, so May
temporarily lived in a hotel for the first few days, and finally rented and stayed in a cheap and
convenient small single room in the suburbs of A City.
It was already 7 days later.
When she settled down, she wanted to call her parents to tell the truth that she really couldn't help her
brother buy the house now. The high rent in A City made her realize the cruel reality of life.
Unexpectedly, the voice on the other end of the phone was filled with joy. "May, you really have a good
boyfriend."
"He's really generous. He has paid our down payment without hesitation."
"You have to treat him well in the future. He is handsome and rich. When are you going to get married?
You'd better hurry up and get a marriage licence with him as soon as possible!"
The parents on the other end of the phone were still chattering, leaving May completely astonished.
Without hanging up, she opened the door of the rented house. Taken by surprise, she was hugged
tightly by Henry, who immediately rushed over.
May recognized the familiar warm embrace of Henry, who hugged her tightly for fear that she would run
away. "Where have you been? I can't find you even at your parents' house."
Henry's accent made him sound like a spoiled child.
For inexplicable reason, May was touched by this hug, by the sentences uttered in an eccentric tone,
two lines of tears gushing out of her eyes after so many days of tiredness.