Legend of Dragon Son-in-law - Chapter 411
Chapter 411: Chapter 411: Continue Throwing_1
As per tradition, in restaurants during winter, it’s customary to pour a cup of hot water for each guest before the food arrives.
Though Gonzalez City is coastal, it becomes quite cold as the Chinese New Year approaches.
But the cup of hot water in front of Lewis Leocadia was now undrinkable.
Because floating on it was a “gold ring.”
“Lewis, the gold from abroad is different from the local one. If this were domestic gold, it would have sunk by now. Your foreign gold ring floating like this, now that’s really something!”
Knox Ridge gave a thumbs up while wearing a serious face, mocking Lewis Leocadia.
Everyone was no fool, the moment the ring floated, everyone knew it was fake, and even coated in plastic paint.
Back at the airport, Lewis Leocadia had shamelessly shown off, giving Knox Ridge and her family a piece of his mind.
Now it was Knox Ridge’s turn to mock them.
“People really shouldn’t be too vain, don’t you think so, Lewis?”
At that question, Bryson Ridge couldn’t keep the shame off her face.
Their family didn’t truly have much money, and since Lewis Leocadia was a son-in-law who had married into the family, he wasn’t much respected on his wife’s side.
His status was more or less the same as Julius Reed’s.
Externally, however, they bragged that Lewis Leocadia was shrewd and capable, having set up his own company within a few short years, and that he had also married a beautiful overseas wife.
This time, for the New Year’s return, his wife’s side had given a total of only 20,000 US Dollars. Bryson Ridge and Celeste Leocadia saved for a year, scraping together another 20,000 US Dollars, adding up to a grand total of 40,000 US Dollars for their New Year’s expenses.
To cut costs, Celeste Leocadia decided to wash dishes abroad over the New Year, allowing this mother-daughter pair to revel in splendor.
Lewis Leocadia, to show off his deep pockets, bought a good amount of fake gold and silver jewelry. The only real thing was the pair of eyeglasses, which were hand-me-downs from his wife.
Bryson Ridge looked at Knox Ridge and said with a stern face, “Sis, this is the trend overseas! It’s only the rural mindset here that’s outdated, always wearing gold and silver, as if wishing to hang their entire worth on their body.”
She glanced at Knox Ridge’s gold and silver bling with a mix of mockery.
“Sure, how could we compare with you worldly overseas folks!”
Knox Ridge snorted coldly but felt somewhat placated in her heart.
Because Julius Reed had tossed Lewis Leocadia’s ring into the water glass, she had unexpectedly developed a bit of goodwill towards him.
Face saved for her!
“Actually, this is indeed the trend abroad. And with my status, I hardly deign to wear gold. The main reason is that our country is poor, and the standard of living is low. What if someone as wealthy as my brother-in-law snatched my ring away, then what?”
Lewis Leocadia quickly tried to save face, while taking the opportunity to ridicule Julius Reed, “If my ring had been real gold just now, my brother-in-law might have scooped it out and ran off with it. Wearing a fake is purely as a precaution, after all, one can never be too careful! Desperate people are capable of anything!”
“Is there anything real on you at all?”
Julius Reed looked him over with a smile, causing Lewis Leocadia’s face to turn bright red with embarrassment.
His eyeglasses were the only genuine item. How could he take them off and bring them to a brick-and-mortar store to verify their authenticity?
Besides, they were last season’s overseas model, at least three to five years out of date—whether the store even still carried them was debatable.
Recalling the high-quality replica watch on his wrist, Lewis Leocadia pretended to glance at his watch casually, “Oh dear, look at the time. Why hasn’t the food been served yet?”
While speaking, he gently kicked Bryson Ridge with his foot.
Bryson Ridge instantly understood what was going on.
“Oh! Lewis, why did you bring that watch with you? It’s worth a few tens of thousands! If it got stolen on the plane, although we wouldn’t miss a few ten thousand, it sure would be inconvenient to check the time, right?”
Bryson Ridge was speaking when she casually let slip the price of her watch, while glancing at Knox Ridge and the others with the corner of her eye.
Sure enough, upon hearing those words, Knox Ridge quietly pulled down her sleeve.
Her Longines watch on her wrist had been bought with the money given by the old man when Quella Radcliffe got married.
It had cost thirteen thousand.
Over the years, if it wasn’t for going out, she hardly ever wore it.
Today, of all days, when she went to meet Bryson Ridge, she had almost turned out her entire household.
But after all that rummaging, this was all she had.
“Yo! That’s a nice watch, it’s real, right?”
Julius Reed glanced at the mechanical watch on Lewis Leocadia’s wrist and was so startled that Lewis Leocadia hastily leaned away.
It wasn’t that the watch didn’t look real, but rather that Julius Reed’s move of throwing his ring into the water glass had frightened him.
So he reflexively dodged a bit.
“I’m poor, grew up in the countryside, the best watch I’ve ever seen is a King watch, more than a thousand for one! I’ve never seen one that costs tens of thousands. Could I take a look at it?”
Julius Reed said, his face full of envy, his eyes brimming with admiration.
“Heh! Normal. But being able to wear a King watch is already pretty good! After all, everything you eat and drink comes from Quella Radcliffe.”
Lewis Leocadia hesitated, but seeing Julius Reed’s almost drooling expression, vain pride took the better of him, and he took off the watch and handed it over.
“I’m telling you! Be careful with it! If you really break it, it will cost you years of delivery work! Better be extra careful. I trust a poor person like you the least. If your hand shakes, it’s tens of thousands gone!”
Bryson Ridge also chimed in from the side, “Lewis, how could you give your watch to this kind of poor person! Bad luck! If it brings bad luck to your business, that’s a big loss!”
She then looked at Knox Ridge, “Sis, you should really teach your son-in-law a lesson. Even if you’re poor, you should have some pride! Why do you always think about touching rich people’s stuff? If you have no backbone, you’re worse than a good dog!”
Because of the parking spot, Julius Reed had seriously offended Bryson Ridge and Lewis Leocadia.
This mother and son duo had long heard that Knox Ridge looked down on her son-in-law, so their comments were particularly sarcastic.
“Old fourth, you can’t say that! Julius Reed is poor, but in three years, he has never once misused the family’s money and property.”
Knox Ridge might look down on Julius Reed, but she felt fine saying anything about her own son-in-law. However, she couldn’t listen to Bryson Ridge say such things.
As the two sides exchanged barbs, Julius Reed once again threw the watch into the water glass in front of him.
“Damn! You stupid fucker, are you insane!”
Lewis Leocadia watched his watch fall into the water glass and suddenly stood up from his chair, rolling up his sleeves as if ready to hit someone.
“You madman, poor bastard, how can you throw a watch into water! That’s seventy or eighty thousand there. I want to see how you’re going to pay for it!”
Bryson Ridge also lost her temper instantly, as she had not expected Julius Reed to dare throw the watch into the water as well.
This wasn’t gold—it was a solid watch!
“Julius Reed, are you out of your mind!”
While disliking Bryson Ridge and Lewis Leocadia’s words, Knox Ridge was still startled to see Julius Reed throw such an expensive watch into the water.
“Shush! Watch this!”
Julius Reed made a shushing gesture with his hand, pressing firmly on the transparent glass with his other hand, observing the watch inside.
