Capture Your Heart novel Chapter 248

Inside a five-star hotel, a bunch of people are sitting around, who are all the neighbors of Karin’s family.

Troy, who has changed his clothes, wears a straight suit. With a dignified look, he holds Karin's waist, walks onto the podium, and slightly nodded, curling up the corner of his lips into a sexy smile, "Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend this banquet. I think you are all very unfamiliar with me. So let me first introduce yourself. My name is Troy Charlie. And I am the son-in-law of Karin’s family as well as the love of the woman next to me. A few years ago, because I was busy dealing with the family business, I hadn’t been able to find time to come to London, which probably is the root cause of misunderstanding and gossip. And my father-in-law and my mother-in-law are thus pestered. I express my sincerest apologies to the two elders."

With that, he bows to Jane and Mike and continues, "The reason why I invite you all here today is that I want to solve the doubts in your mind. Karin wasn’t abandoned. We have always loved each other. And we already have a five-year-old daughter. I don't know who spread those rumors about Karin being abandoned. And I will not pursue the past. However, I hope that the gossip and rumor should stop here. If I hear any more untrue rumors, I definitely won't sit idly by."

Troy glances toward the crowd with a sharp gaze, making those who once judged Karin’s family lower their heads.

"That's all I have to say. Everyone should enjoy eating and drinking. I'm sure we won't have the chance to meet again in the future. It is a wonderful night which every one of you should remember. After the banquet comes to an end later, I will give you gifts. And each person will have a share."

As soon as she finishes his words, the crowd is in an uproar. With free food and drink and gifts for free, they all think that they can’t be luckier. Seeing Karin standing beside Troy, those who once despised her have a variety of complex looks in their eyes, including envy, jealousy, guilt, weakness, suspicion, and so on.

The banquet lasts for more than three hours. Everyone enjoys the banquet to their satisfaction. After the meal, everyone begins to look forward to the gifts, thinking that since Troy can treat them for dinner in this kind of place which they only dare to look at whenever they pass by it, his gifts surely won’t be shabby.

"Before distributing you the gifts, I want to say something to my father-in-law and my mother-in-law first."

Troy walks to Mike and Jane with a sincere gaze in his eyes, "Mom, Dad, thank you. Thank you for giving my favorite woman her life. Without you, there wouldn’t be her. Without her, my life would be like a cup of plain water, which would be tasteless. My parents are no longer alive. In the future, instead of being a son-in-law to you, I will be your complete son. And I will love your daughter for the rest of her life as well as honor you for the rest of your lives."

‘Clatter! Clatter! Clatter…”

The crowd let out thunderous applause. Mike and Jane never dream that after they are being judged for several years, they will have such a glorious day. And the two of them are immediately in tears.

"This is a small token of my appreciation. Please accept it, Mom, Dad."

Troy takes out a set of housing property certificates and a set of keys, handing them to Mike.

"What's this?"

"The villa I bought for you on the banks of the Thames River."

“Villa...”

The crowd is in an uproar again, knowing pretty well as to how much it costs to buy a villa in London, not to mention a house in the prime area. More and more people are looking at them admiringly. As Mike wants to refuse, Jane pinches him, making him come to his senses that the purpose of the banquet tonight is to make them hold their heads high in front of the folks and that he shouldn’t refuse at this time.

"Good, thank you, Son-in-law." He nods his head gratefully.

The banquet is nearing its end. And Troy turns his head and announces, "Please line up to go outside. Someone will distribute gifts to you at the door."

The people who get the gift are incredulous as they see that the gift is a heavy gold necklace, which is valued at ten thousand dollars at least. Standing in front of the hotel door, they gather around in twos and threes, lamenting one after another. They can’t help but wonder how come Karin’s family can be so lucky as to rise high to such an extent. There are at least fifty to sixty people showing up at the banquet tonight. With each one of them getting a gold necklace, Troy will have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars. In that case, the banquet is too extravagant...

Barry, who is arrogant, doesn’t go to the banquet tonight. To be more precise, he feels too ashamed to show up there.

As his neighbors return from the hotel excitedly, they are stopped by Barry's mother who is standing outside the door, "Have you seen Karin’s man? What kind of person is he?"

She has been longing to see if the man is the one she had seen a few years ago, only to be discouraged by her son. But she always feels reluctant. So she stands outside the door and waits for her neighbor to return to ask about the situation.

"Cut the crap. The man is really like God. Besides being handsome, he is unbelievably generous."

The neighbor opens the beautifully wrapped box in his hand, "See? As long as you go to the banquet, each person will get a gold necklace.”

Lucy is stunned. And she points at the necklace in shock, "Is this from Mike’s son-in-law?"

"Yes. Mike’s family is now very rich. His son-in-law gave them a set of villas worth ten million dollars. It seems that Jane and Mike are indeed insightful. Fortunately, they didn’t become your family’s in-laws back then. Otherwise, they couldn’t be so glorious now..."

The neighbor says so on his momentum. As soon as he says so, he realizes that he shouldn’t have said so. With an awkward smile, he says, "I am going home. The foreign wine makes me dizzy."

Lucy, who is exasperated, goes into the door of her house, complaining to her son who is drinking wine in the house, "I said I was going there. And you wouldn't let me go. Then I lost a gold necklace for nothing!"

Her daughter-in-law approaches her, asking puzzledly, "A necklace? What kind of necklace?"

"Mike's son-in-law is treating the neighbors for dinner. Whoever attending the banquet will be given with a gold necklace."

"Oh my God, is it true?"

"Of course it's true. I've seen it with my own eyes. And it doesn't matter how many people of each family go there, everyone will be given a gold necklace."

"Oh, if I had known it, I would have gone there as well." Barry's wife regrets it so much.

"That's enough! Aren’t you guys satisfied?"

’Bang!” Barry slams the bottle in front of him onto the ground. He, who dares not to yell at his mother, can only yell at his wife, "Even you want to irritate me, don't you? Are you jealous of that woman? Do you also want to dump me and go to find the rich?"

"What's wrong with you? Can't I say so randomly?"

"You can't!"

Barry raises his hand and slaps his wife. And she runs back to the house with a cry and picks up her son, intending to go back to her natal family's house. And before she leaves, she irritates Barry as she says, "Look at your worthless look! You deserve to be dumped!"

"Quickly go and pull her back..."

"Go quickly..."

Lucy is so anxious that she stampedes her feet. And Barry’s family is in a mess.

On the same street, laughter permeates through Mike’s family house at this time. Mike looks at Troy and says, "Boy, the more I look at you, the more I like you."

Troy asks jokingly, "Is it because I helped you hold your head high that you like me, Dad?"

"That's not true. It's the fact that you can promise to love my daughter for the rest of her life in front of the neighbors that make me like you."

"No matter what the reason is, the fact that you and Mom can accept me means that I didn’t suffer the two slappings in vain."

Speaking of this, Mike is very embarrassed. And he smiles awkwardly and hurriedly gives him back the real estate license and keys that he gave him at the hotel just now, "We can't take these. They are too expensive."

"What are you talking about? Aren’t you treating me as a member of the family?"

"No, we've lived here for most of our lives. And we're used to it. If we move to that villa, we probably can’t adapt to it."

"You and Mom are getting older. It's time to enjoy your life at your old age."

"No need. We still want to make dumplings."

"Then you can keep it for now. Move there when you can't make any dumplings anymore."