Chapter 561: 561: She is My Daughter

Joshua Clarke exclaimed in surprise, “Cindy Clarke?”

Christy Xenos was sitting and drinking tea. Upon hearing these two words, she immediately put down her teacup and rushed over.

“What did you say? It’s Cindy?” Christy grabbed the phone from Joshua’s hand and answered it herself.

“Who are you looking for?” Christy hurriedly asked.

At this time, Cindy had already taken the receiver and said, “Mom, it’s me, Cindy.”

Only Cindy knew how difficult it was for her to call out “Mom.”

If she didn’t want to hear Christy go crazy over the phone, she wouldn’t want to call at all.

“How did you know we were here?” Christy was astonished.

Did Cindy have such great abilities?

They hadn’t contacted them in advance, yet she could find them directly on her own.

“Why don’t you let me come up first and we can talk?” Cindy said. “I’ll give the phone back to the hotel staff, and you can tell them to let me come up.”

“Fine!” Christy’s anger was boiling, and she was about to burst at any moment.

She was just waiting for Cindy to come up so they could settle their scores.

Cindy then returned the receiver to the hotel staff.

Christy then told the other party, “That’s my daughter, let her come up.”

After hanging up, the staff called for a room service employee to open the elevator for Cindy.

Cindy followed the staff member there.

In the room, as soon as Christy hung up the phone, she called Wendy Clarke: “Wendy, Cindy found us herself!”

After the last competition, they hadn’t been able to get close to Cindy. Christy had told Wendy about it when she came back.

“How did Cindy know where you were staying?” Wendy was also puzzled.

“I don’t know, I asked her, but she didn’t say,” Christy said. “I wonder what great abilities she has gained over the years. I’ll ask her when she comes up, and I’ll give you the details later.”

“Okay.” Wendy hung up the phone.

At this time, she was chatting with her high school friend, Erica Yves, in a café.

After Wendy’s family became wealthy, she didn’t have much contact with her former classmates.

Because she looked down on them.

She felt that they were no longer on the same level.

The only one she still kept in touch with was Erica Yves.

This was because Erica was a college classmate of Ella Doone, the daughter of the Richest Businessman in Nork City, and they were roommates in the same dormitory.

Later on, Ella went abroad for her postgraduate studies.

According to Erica, Ella was coming back soon.

Wendy wanted to get to know Ella through Erica.

Although Nork City is a small and unimpressive city, one cannot underestimate the richest person in the city.

As the Richest Businessman in Nork City, Ella’s connections were not limited to Nork City.

That’s not to mention…

Just in Nork City alone, Ella was an influential figure.

Her enterprise in Nork City has created a lot of GDP for the city.

The Mayor of Nork City was very courteous to her, even going so far as to offer her many incentives to stay in Nork City.

It was because of Ella’s influence in Nork City that Wendy wanted to become friends with her and try to develop a close friendship.

As for this afternoon, Wendy simply wanted to vent to Erica.

These days, she had been busy dealing with restaurant matters, becoming exhausted and frazzled.

This afternoon, she finally had a rare moment of leisure and could take a break.

After hanging up the phone, Erica asked, “Was that your Aunt?”

“Yes, they’re in Belfard looking for Cindy. Cindy and my parents don’t have each other’s contact information, so I didn’t expect Cindy to be able to find their hotel without saying anything. I’m curious about how capable she has become,” Wendy said.

“By the way, why did you book such an expensive hotel for your parents?” Erica was quite surprised. “After all, they’re going to be in Belfard for a long time. If you always stay at a five-star hotel, it’s not a small amount of money. It’s not as cost-effective as renting a homestay.”

“Of course, I know you don’t lack this bit of money. I accidentally thought about it with my own mindset,” Erica immediately added another sentence.

“It’s not really that,” Wendy sighed, afraid that Erica might think she’s trying to take advantage of her, and quickly explained, “You know what kind of person my Mom is, she cares a lot about appearances.”

“Honestly, in recent years, our family has made some money from the restaurant, but we haven’t made as much as outsiders think. There are huge costs in running a restaurant, and there’s a lot of initial investment, so we can’t make any profit at first. It wasn’t until last year that things started to improve. But after deducting costs and other expenses, we still don’t have as much left as we would like.”

“If we really want to become truly rich, there’s still a lot of work to do,” Wendy lamented the state of their wealth.

Erica knew the inside story and laughed. In her heart, however, she scoffed.

Who are you pretending to be poor with?

“My mom has the mentality of a poor person who suddenly becomes rich,” Wendy said. “She was used to being poor and hadn’t seen much money, so now that she’s made a little, she thinks our family is incredibly wealthy.”

“You know, when I meet clients, I can’t dress too shabbily. Especially since, in other people’s eyes, I run such a high-end restaurant and have the image of a restaurant boss, a rich person. If I dressed poorly, clients would look down on me and not want to deal with me, so who would I do business with?”

“So, I have to get a few expensive things for myself,” Wendy shook her head. “Now that I’ve bought things for myself, I have to buy them for her too. Otherwise, I’d be ‘disrespectful to my parents.’”

“This time they went to Belfard, believe it or not, if I didn’t book a decent hotel for them, my Dad wouldn’t care, but my Mom would nag me every day about not being filial, only getting the good stuff for myself and not wanting to spend money on them,” Wendy explained, massaging her tired brows. “I’m just spending money to buy some peace and quiet. And my mom, at such a difficult time, she still…”

Seeing Wendy shake her head, Erica agreed somewhat.

After all, they knew a bit about Christy’s temper.

“But you should be able to relax soon, hasn’t Cindy found your parents already?” Erica said. “When the time comes, let her take on some of the burden of supporting the family and your parents.”

“Especially since she disappeared for five years, and you’ve been supporting her during this time, you need to settle this matter with her and not just let her go,” Erica said.

“Yes, that’s what I think too,” Wendy said.

“Oh, let me tell you some good news. Ella Doone will be back soon,” Erica said. “It should be next month. At that time, our old classmates will have a reunion.”

Seeing Wendy’s eyes light up, Erica said, “For a classmates’ reunion, I’m not very comfortable taking you there.”

“After all, it’s just a gathering of old friends, and they’re all strangers to you. If you go, it’ll be awkward. I’m also afraid of being criticized for not being tactful.”