Chapter 530: 530: Don’t Think About Pressuring Her with Filial Piety

However, it wasn’t appropriate to discuss this matter in public.

So, they all went back to the car.

Adrian Zhekova explained the situation in detail to the four of them, not hiding anything.

“This family must be crazy for money!” Victoria Wheeler said angrily.

This time, they didn’t blame Adrian for the mishandling of the situation.

After all, who could have expected it!

By their normal logic, their family restaurant had run into a problem that was neither small enough to be ignored, nor severe enough to shut them down.

It was still a serious matter.

But it wasn’t so serious that their family restaurant couldn’t continue to operate.

They just needed to spend some money, tidy up the restaurant, pass the inspection, and then they could reopen.

Usually, when such things happen, the whole family would work together to overcome it.

Even if the parents couldn’t help much,

they would still be worried about the family restaurant and wouldn’t leave it hanging, let alone go on a trip at such a time.

However, Joshua Clarke and Christy Xenos had the nerve to rush to find Cindy Clarke.

According to Victoria’s words, the two of them were indeed outrageous.

Adrian then relayed Cindy’s analysis of the situation.

“Cindy does understand her parents well,” Maverick Zhekova said.

Old Madam sighed and said, “Well, who knows how much trouble and bullying she’s gone through to understand them so well.”

“Yes!” Victoria said, “After all, children normally don’t have any guard against their parents. The last people they would be wary of are their parents. Unless the parents are not even human, no normal family would have parents scheming against their own children.”

“In the news, there are many instances of children scheming against their parents, and fewer of parents scheming against their children. It’s not that it doesn’t happen, but it’s quite rare,” Old Master sighed. “Cindy’s family is truly worthy of a show.”

“If you treat all the children badly, at least it balances things out for the children. But in their family, only Cindy is treated like an outsider, while Wendy is the legitimate daughter.”

Old Madam snorted coldly: “In my opinion, Joshua Clarke is unreliable. Cindy is right—Joshua is easily swayed by others. You can’t rely on him. Otherwise, knowing that Christy and Wendy are scheming against Cindy, why wouldn’t he stop them?”

“Knowing that Christy came for Cindy’s money, why wouldn’t he stop her?” Old Madam scoffed. “Joshua Clarke is really ridiculous. If he truly cares about Cindy, why not think about how difficult it is for a young girl like her to make her way alone in Belfard? But he still indulges his wife and daughter.”

“From Cindy’s point of view, Joshua is relatively kind to her compared to Christy and Wendy. That’s why she keeps remembering his kindness. Even simple verbal care is valuable to Cindy because that’s all she gets from Joshua. Compared to Christy and Wendy, she naturally thinks Joshua is a good father.”

“But in reality, Joshua as a father is not qualified even in the most ordinary family!” Old Madam said, getting angrier as she spoke.

“Cindy knows that herself, so she has to guard against Joshua, too,” Adrian said. “If it weren’t for Christy, and there was only Joshua, Cindy wouldn’t mind showing filial piety. But because of Christy and Joshua being easily swayed, she both wants to respect him and has to guard against him.”

“Poor Cindy,” Victoria said.

“But Cindy can’t avoid seeing Joshua for her entire life,” Maverick said. “Since there is still some father-daughter affection between them, it won’t be easy to cut ties completely.”

Adrian nodded, “That’s why Cindy told me that when the timing is right, she will go back to Nork City to see Joshua. But she asked me not to appear. Even if Joshua knows about us, she’s afraid Christy and Wendy will cause trouble.”

“Actually, she’s mainly afraid of causing trouble for me and me getting annoyed,” Adrian smiled. “She’s overthinking it, I wouldn’t mind. But if that’s what she wants, I’ll go along with it. However, I wouldn’t feel at ease letting her go alone, so I’ll have a bodyguard follow her and stay hidden if the day comes.”

“I just didn’t expect Joshua and Christy to come here first and mess up Cindy’s plans. Cindy now wants to confirm whether they know about our relationship or not and plan accordingly,” Adrian said. “Cindy already has her own plans.”

“Ah, this poor girl,” Old Madam sighed, her heart going out to Cindy even more.

“But Cindy is quite capable in handling this situation. She doesn’t blindly follow them simply because they are her parents. She knows what she should do.” Old Master approved. “At least, these people cannot use their parental authority to pressure her.”

Old Madam sneered, “As parents who are not loving, on what grounds do they demand Cindy to be filial? Don’t they have another daughter? Just let that daughter be filial to them!”

“Mom is right,” Victoria agreed.

She had never been wronged like this.

Victoria knew herself that she had a good life.

She was born into a wealthy family and was the youngest sister, her three older brothers were particularly kind to her and had doted on and pampered her.

Her parents needn’t be mentioned either.

Her older brother once told her that since she was born, her parents had always instilled in her brothers the idea that they must protect and cherish their sister, and not allow anyone to bully her.

She was the most treasured one in her family.

Her parents had four children not because they wanted more sons to inherit the family business,

but because they wanted a daughter.

Who would have thought they would have three sons in a row, and finally had her as their fourth child?

Such a sought-after daughter, how could the family not treasure and pamper her?

It was because of her family background that she got into Jetaime Academy and met Maverick Zhekova.

In this world, there are many instances of marriages between equal social backgrounds.

Couples like Cindy and Adrian are very rare.

If it weren’t for Victoria’s good family background allowing her to attend Jetaime Academy, how could she have met Maverick?

Without the chance to meet Maverick, she would have missed the opportunity.

It was because both of them were in the same social circle that they could meet.

Two different worlds would never intersect.

She could never enter the world where Maverick was and meet him.

Victora and Maverick’s relationship was not arranged by their families. They had fallen in love when they were students, and they became each other’s first love.