Chapter 439

The next day, Christina flew back to A City after she had lunch with the Dickens family.

Betty packed many things in Christina's bag as usual.

"Here are some tea biscuits for Senior Mr. Hopkins and this little bag contains pictures and videos of

you in your childhood..."

"I don't need these pictures and videos. Just put them back in my room. Plus, there's nothing useful

in them."

Pictures in the two big albums recorded some memorable moments in Christina's childhood, such

as her first birthday party, her first day in kindergarten and at school, the first time she won a prize,

and so on. The videos recorded those talent competitions she participated in at school, which

reminded her of the pain when she was forced to learn piano.

Betty chuckled and stuffed the bag into her hand. "Take it. Patrick asked me to make sure that you

took them back home. He probably wanted to see the embarrassing moments you had in your

childhood.”

Christina looked up, sighing.

"Live a happy life with Patrick and don't lose your temper at him. I know you must be tired of

handling all the relatives of the Hopkins family. Living with such a big family can never be easy, but

as long as you and Patrick trust and respect each other, nothing will stand in your way."

Christina got into the taxi and waved her hand, comforting Betty, "I'm a mother now. I know what I

should do. Don't worry."

Betty stood still, sighing at the car that was driving away.

Donald walked out slowly with a walking stick, who stared at the car and snorted, "Finally she is

aware that she is a mother.”

Betty looked back at him and complained, "I'm tired of nagging and reminding her of all kinds of

things every time she comes back. You know her personality. How is she supposed to handle the

Hopkins family... Your daughter is too unreliable.”

"Betty, you're the one who raised her up and educated her personally. Take the credit." Donald had

been more humorous recently.

Then the two of them looked at each other with a smile. It was natural for parents to worry about

their daughter.

When Christina arrived at the house of the Hopkins family, the living room was crowded. Senior Mr.

Hopkins, Judy, and Brianna were all sitting there. Patrick was also back from work.

"Grandpa, these are the tea biscuits from my auntie..." Christina walked over with her package as

usual.

After a glance at her, Senior Mr. Hopkins took over the present and then sniffed it carefully. "Smells

good. Tell me your aunt I like it. Thanks a lot.”

The old man seemed to have forgotten that Christina had run away to her home in A City yesterday.

He looked up and said to the butler, "We'll eat earlier today. Serve some soup first."

"I'll let the servants know." The butler nodded.

Judy suddenly spoke to them in anger, "Dad, she lied first. She asked for sick leave from the

company and went to A City without telling anyone. Patrick was so worried that he rushed back

from abroad..."

Judy had expected to see Christina being scolded. To her surprise, everyone seemed to have

forgotten about what Christina had done. As for Christina herself, she fawned on Senior Mr. Hopkins

with that cheap tea and then acted as nothing had happened. Why would she think the Hopkins

family could be bought off by those stupid things?

Senior Mr. Hopkins was too biased. Judy had never been treated so well as the daughter-in-law.

Instead of scolding or punishing Christina, he told the servants to prepare for dinner now and serve

the soup first. Did he think Christina was too tired after the flight and needed some water first?

Judy couldn't wait any longer, so she put on an air and scolded her. "Kneel at the ancestral hall for a

day if you dared to do this again!"

The ancestral hall of the Hopkins family was located in Western Garden. Christina was afraid of

ghosts, so she never got close to Western Garden by herself. She would rather let someone beat her

up than kneel down in the ancestral hall for a day.

Senior Mr. Hopkins said, "Your son is here. It's up to him how to deal with Christina this time. Mind

your own business."

Judy was not reconciled. "But, dad, it was her fault this time. Why can't I..."

"Are you really going to make a fuss?"

Seeing that Judy was stubborn, Senior Mr. Hopkins shouted with a stern face, "It's common that

young people make mistakes. She will learn her lessons. What are you going to do? Punishing her?

Have you ever considered her as our family?"

The whole living room was in silence. Judy, who was still unreconciled, didn't dare to talk back at

Senior Mr. Hopkins.

Judy had always been careful about what to say and do before the elders and only lost her

composure today because Christina had really irritated her. She couldn't wait any longer to teach

Christina a lesson in front of Senior Mr. Hopkins and Patrick.

"I will let you know if I leave C City again in the future,” Christina promised Senior Mr. Hopkins,

trying to make the situation less awkward.

The old man snorted, "Again? You're already planning to leave again, huh?"

Scared by his words, Christina sat up straight.

The old man glanced at her angrily and then walked towards the kitchen with a cane. Patrick, who

had been silent for a long time, followed him up immediately. The rest of the crowd also followed

them, not daring to make any sound.

As usual, chatting while eating was considered rude at the dinner of the Hopkins family, especially

nonsense.

Christina couldn't help but remember how relaxed she had been when she was eating with the

Dickens family yesterday. Then she took a glance at Brianna expressionlessly.

She didn't want to provoke these relatives in the Hopkins family. After all, Brianna was Patrick's

sister, who was also doted on by Senior Mr. Hopkins.

Therefore, she couldn't accuse her of anything without solid evidence.

Christina couldn't help but feel antipathy against Brianna every time she thought of how Brianna

had informed the Hopkins family of the sick leave Christina had yesterday.

"Christina, it's not like that."

Christina called Crystal back when she returned to her bedroom. When Christina mentioned how

the Hopkins family had discovered about her trip to C City, Crystal said guiltily, "It was me. I called

the Hopkins family for you. Nanny Faang noticed that you weren't at the company, so she reported

it to Patrick..."

"Brianna has nothing to do with it. She's so introverted. How could you suspect her?"

Crystal's words reminded Christina of the innocent appearance of Brianna. Maybe she shouldn't

have imagined her so bad.

"Well, it's true that she doesn't look like those who will plot against me so viciously..." Christina

muttered to herself on the bed.

"It is her that has plotted against you!"

A soft and low voice came from nowhere, "It is Brianna!"

Christina was the only one in this spacious bedroom...

She tensed up and then lowered her head slowly. The voice was from her pocket...

"Ahhhhh!"

She screamed in fear. Hearing her shouts, Patrick rushed in immediately. Christina jumped into his

arms with a pale face and then wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. The ancient coin in her

right hand had been thrown far away.

Startled, Christina pointed at the coin with trembling fingers. "Patrick, it, it can talk!"