Chapter 578: 578: You’ve Been Fooled!

The remaining garlic paste was mixed with the vermicelli lying at the bottom, making it slippery.

As for the oysters that were sprinkled with mozzarella cheese, when the oyster meat was picked up, long, stretchy strings of cheese came along with it.

It took Cindy Clarke a few attempts to finally cut the strings of cheese.

“Surprisingly, it’s not greasy at all.” Adrian Zhekova marveled, “There’s even a garlic flavor.”

At first, he thought it was the flavor of the Garlic Oysters next to him that overlapped.

But the taste was not the same when he tried it.

Adrian Zhekova moved all the cheese aside, only to find a layer of garlic paste hidden underneath.

“So it’s the garlic paste that balances out the greasiness of the cheese” Adrian Zhekova figured it out.

Morgan Zhekova couldn’t pay attention to the conversation, he was busy enjoying the food, making munching sounds.

Around halfway through, he also took a sip of grape juice.

Just like how people would do after sipping white wine on TV, he even let out a hearty “Ha!”

“…” Adrian Zhekova didn’t know what to say.

“Right, Walter Wells sent me the wedding invitation today.” Adrian Zhekova said.

Walter Wells and Charlotte York had informed them of the wedding date about a month ago.

They were advised to keep their schedules open for the wedding day.

But back then, it was just a verbal notification and the formal invitation hadn’t been sent out yet.

What delivered today was the formal wedding invitation.

The wedding of Walter Wells and Charlotte York has been scheduled for this Saturday.

While Cindy Clarke and Adrian Zhekova were cheerfully having dinner with Morgan, Joshua Clarke and Christy Xenos had already returned home.

They had actually returned to Nork City in the afternoon.

After disembarking the plane, they went straight home.

They haven’t told Wendy Clarke.

Meanwhile, Wendy Clarke was busy with the restaurant business during the day and wasn’t at home.

When she returned at night and got out of the car, she noticed that the lights in the house were still on.

She wasn’t at home, and the housekeepers had already finished their shift. Why were the lights still on?

Wendy Clarke frowned. Her first reaction was that their home has been broken into.

She held her mobile phone in hand, ready to call the police at any time.

At the same time, she cautiously approached the front door.

She found that the fingerprint lock was intact, with no signs of forced entry.

Wendy Clarke remembered that she had connected the house’s surveillance device to her mobile phone.

It could capture everyone who passed by the front door daily.

If anyone stayed at the front door, the surveillance camera would automatically record and upload it to the App.

As a result, Wendy Clarke opened the App installed on her mobile phone to check the records of the day.

To her surprise, the people caught on camera were Joshua Clarke and Christy Xenos!

Shouldn’t they be in Belford?

Why did they return?

Wendy Clarke went straight in as soon as she opened the door.

As soon as she entered, she heard Christy Xenos’s voice, ranting in the living room: “She can’t expect us to give her money.”

“Let me tell you, don’t even think about asking Wendy for money!” Christy Xenos said, “Cindy Clarke isn’t ambitious enough to ask for it. There’s no reason why Wendy should foot the bill for her!”

“I don’t lack sympathy for her.” Christy Xenos continued talking to Joshua Clarke in a grave voice, “You know I talked to her, if the situation gets too tough, she could come back. By living and dining at home, she could save a lot of money.”

“She would not need to worry about living expenses anymore and just focus on earning money.” Christy Xenos added, “She just didn’t understand this goodness and refused to return.”

The more Wendy Clarke eavesdropped, the more baffled she felt. Christy Xenos was getting heated up with her rant, unaware that Wendy had come home and was listening.

Wendy Clarke went straight in: “Dad, mom, when did you guys come back?”

“It’s all because of that Cindy.” Christy Xenos was in the mood to vent her anger.

“Right, wasn’t Cindy supposed to meet you guys today? Why did you return since you have already seen her? Where’s Cindy?” Wendy Clarke looked around and asked, “Did Cindy come back with you?”

How else would they have returned?

“No, Cindy didn’t come back.” Christy Xenos was still puzzled.

“You have no idea, we were lucky to scoot off quickly. She even dared to ask us for money, a staggering 500,000 at that! Is she insane?” Christy Xenos raised her voice, “I don’t know if she’s insane, but I’m definitely not.”

“I would never give her 500,000, so we immediately returned with your dad.”

“Moreover, that Zoe Silverstone is a fraud! Cindy Clarke doesn’t have any money at all! She lives in a terribly shabby place, in an attic, where the kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom are all crammed into one room, which is unfit for human habitation.” Having accustomed to living in a villa, Christy Xenos couldn’t bear even the sight of those ordinary houses.

However, these words made Joshua Clarke feel quite uncomfortable.

After some thought, indeed, the conditions in which Cindy Clarke lives are harsh and adverse.

Knowing this, Christy Xenos even stated that it was not a place for humans to live in.

She knew that Cindy Clarke wasn’t living comfortably.

But why wasn’t she considering to help Cindy Clarke?

“Not only does she not have any money, she expects us to give her some.” Christy Xenos scoffed, “Thinks we’re easy to take advantage of, huh?”

“Hold on.” Wendy Clarke interrupted Christy Xenos, “I feel I am being overwhelmed with disorder.”

“Mom, don’t keep beating around the bush. Start from the beginning.” Wendy Clarke feared that Christy Xenos would go off on a tangent, “Start from the moment you arrived in Belford. Tell me everything in detail, in chronological order. What happened, tell me everything in detail.”

“Oh, okay.” So Christy Xenos started from the beginning.

Because in between, she frequently digressed and ranted about Cindy Clarke.

It nearly took four long hours for her to finish.

Good thing Wendy Clarke anticipated it. The moment she noticed that Christy Xenos was about to berate Cindy Clarke, she quickly interrupted her and prompted her to get back on track.

Otherwise, given Christy Xenos’s pace, who knows when it would end.

Finally, Christy Xenos finished her narration.

Wendy Clarke slapped the couch: “You’ve been deceived!”

“Cindy must have tricked you!” Wendy Clarke stated, “She was just trying to scare you off!”

“Impossible!” Christy Xenos retorted confidently, “One thing she said was quite reasonable.”

“Just look at Zoe Silverstone, even though she is as popular as her, she looks as if she hardly has two pennies to rub together. She even makes us pay for her entrance tickets. If she truly were that rich, would she bother to even do this?”

“She was quick to assert that Cindy Clarke was wealthy, but what about herself? She is on par with Cindy Clarke. If Cindy Clarke is so well-off, why does she herself appear so poor?” Christy Xenos felt that her analysis was quite reasonable.

“True poverty isn’t something you can pretend to have, just like real wealth can’t be faked.” Christy Xenos said, “Look at Zoe Silverstone, does she look rich to you?”

Wendy Clarke frowned in thought for quite a while.

No doubt that the behavior of Zoe Silverstone was indeed suspicious.

But little did Wendy Clarke know that Zoe Silverstone was suppressed by Adrian Zhekova which was the reason for her dire straits.

From Wendy Clarke’ perspective, Zoe Silverstone had only offended Cindy Clarke.

Even if Adrian Zhekova wanted to teach Zoe Silverstone a lesson, it wouldn’t be so relentless.

After all, who is Adrian Zhekova?

Did he really have all the time in the world to focus on Zoe Silverstone?

And Wendy Clarke was unaware of the relationship between Adrian Zhekova and Cindy Clarke.