After Jasper had picked Wendy up, she sat in the Bentley’s passenger seat and blushed as she said, “Jasp, my dad said he would like to invite your parents to dinner after Christmas.”
Jasper smiled as he said, “That’s a good thing. When?”
“There are only four or five days before Christmas, so probably three days after that. Do you have any relatives you need to visit then? We can make further arrangements regarding the date,” Wendy answered gently.
Jasper thought for a moment before saying, “No, we don’t have any relatives to visit this year. My family has already discussed it among themselves. They were worried I wouldn’t have time, so my relatives will be coming over instead.”
Wendy blinked. “Is it because you’re rich now?”
“If you’re either powerful or rich, you’ll get special treatment as long as you check off one of these boxes,” Jasper said gleefully.
Wendy huffed and asked confusedly, “But my family home is always silent during Christmas, and my relatives rarely come visit. I used to be so jealous of the other kids because they got so much money during Christmas.”
“Didn’t your parents give you any?” Jasper asked.
“Of course, they did. Never anything less than 10,000 Somer Dollars,” Wendy answered naturally.
Jasper, “…”
Back in the 90s, one was considered rich if they had more than 10,000 dollars in their account. Yet, the amount of Christmas money Wendy’s family gave was equivalent to an entire family’s savings?!
“I used to get ten or 20 Somer Dollars when I was younger. Then, when my family’s financial situation improved, I got around 50 to 100 Somer Dollars. You get 10,000 Somer Dollars in one go and you’re still jealous of other people?” Jasper asked gloomily.
Wendy replied confidently, “I meant that other people received money from many relatives, unlike me. I only ever received money from two people, my mom and my dad. After I lost my mom, my dad would give me 100,000 dollars every year to make up for it.”
“I don’t understand how you rich people live your lives,” Jasper said gloomily.
Both Sally and Charlie were extremely happy to see Wendy. Even Charlie, who was usually sullen, smiled happily at her.
“Wendy, why didn’t you let me know you were coming over in advance? I would have prepared you some food in advance. Have you eaten yet?” Sally took Wendy’s hand in hers and smiled as she talked to her.
It was not their first time meeting, so Wendy had long since become close to Jasper’s parents. Back when Jasper was in Harbor City, she had often come over to accompany them.
“I’ve already eaten.”
Wendy sat down and glanced meaningfully at Jasper.
Jasper then told his parents about how Dawson wanted to treat them to dinner.
“Ah, your dad was just nagging me about this two days ago. He said we should find a chance where we can all sit down and have dinner together. At least the parents on both sides could get to know each other better,” Sally said excitedly.
“I didn’t expect Wendy’s father to bring this up so soon. Charlie, shall we travel to the province three days after Christmas?” Sally turned and looked at Charlie.
Charlie was the head of the family, so they needed to get his approval.
After a moment’s thought, Charlie replied, “I’m fine with the date. Nothing else is more important than this. But Jasper, you should book the hotel we’ll eat at. I’ll pay for the meal.”
Wendy blinked and was just about to speak when Jasper tugged on her arm, saying, “It’s how we do things here. It doesn’t matter where we go. Besides, it’s a must for the man’s parents to pay. It wouldn’t make sense for the woman’s parents to make the arrangements.”
Finally realizing what was going on, Wendy said angrily, “What do you mean by the man and the woman?! My dad just wants to get to know your parents!”
As they chatted, Wendy heard from Sally that she was planning on going Christmas shopping. Thus, she readily volunteered to accompany Sally.
