Chapter 21: Offending Everyone

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Alger was startled, but he immediately nodded after.

Winnie felt very complicated. She looked at Alger as she shook her head and said, “Grandpa didn’t want to invite us at first. We actually don’t need to come.”

Wouldn’t they make people feel uncomfortable if they came here?

Alger looked at Winnie and said seriously, “But today is different. You’ve forgotten that today is your birthday. I must make everyone celebrate with you!”

Alger’s serious look surprised Winnie a little.

Winnie had never seen Alger act like this before, which made her feel a bit sweet in her mind.

At this moment, the Duke of Rolle also brought the white jade here in front of everyone’s eyes.

Everyone was in an uproar upon seeing it.

“Oh my god, this is a white jade of the best quality!”

“I guess we may not even be able to buy it even if we want to, right?”

“Who exactly sent such an expensive present here for the Duke of Rolle’s birthday?”

“…”

A hint of ridicule appeared in Alger’s eyes. The Duke of Rolle was truly thick-skinned. He didn’t only pretend that he didn’t know them, but even wanted to keep the present Lisana gave Winnie as his own!

“Guys, take a look at it. Isn’t this kind of white jade very rare?”

Indeed, such a white jade was uncommon in the West, so everyone was curious about the person who gave this white jade to the Duke of Rolle!

The Duke of Rolle said extremely complacently while looking at everyone’s expressions, “I think you probably want to know who exactly gave me this, right?”

The Duke of Rolle looked at Cyril in the crowd when he spoke. He smiled and said, “The Boss of Wells Corporation gave this to me for Master Cyril!”

The Wells family?

No wonder.

Everyone didn’t feel strange at all right now. Even though the business of the Wells family wasn’t comparable to that of the Youssie Corporation, they were also quite famous.

Thus, it was not out of the ordinary for them to be able to give the Duke of Rolle such a white jade.

And yet, what surprised people was that Mr. Wilson would give such an expensive thing to the Duke of Rolle, someone who had nothing to do with him at all.

In the crowd, Cyril’s face turned green. At first, he didn’t know who sent the present here either, but since the Duke of Rolle said it was from his father, Cyril also admitted it.

However, who would have thought that the Duke of Rolle would take it out to show off in front of so many people? If his father knew about this, he would definitely reproach him.

Before Cyril had the time to think of these things, people had already walked out of the crowd one after another and started to fawn on him.

“Master Cyril is truly impressive!”

“The business of Master Cyril’s family is also quite famous. Gifting such a white jade is certainly nothing for Master Cyril.”

Now that things had come to this point, Cyril couldn’t say anything either. He could only nod and say, “Haha, it’s no big deal.”

Aries looked at Cyril and said with a smile, “Master Cyril is the same age as us, but he’s so mature in how he behaves in society.

“I think Master Cyril will be the successor of the Wells family in the future. In such a comparison, some people are simply as lowly as in the dust.”

Aries said and directly pointed the finger at Alger. He smiled and said, “Alger, with your identity and status, I guess this must be the first time you’ve participated in such a banquet, right?”

Alger hadn’t even spoken before Aries said again, “Ah, I can’t believe my cousin is with a person like you. What a shame.”

“Someone like you is probably not comparable to Master Cyril. If you’re smart, you wouldn’t have decided not to come.”

Aries intentionally spoke much louder, so people present could hear him clearly.

Immediately, everyone instinctively looked at Alger, Winnie and the others.

“How did these people get in?”

“Yeah, they don’t look like they’re on the same level as us, right?”

“I think my subordinates wear better clothes than them!”

“…”

Hearing everyone’s ridicule, Winnie felt ashamed.

However, only Alger looked indifferent. He said while looking at everyone else, “To be honest, you’re no different than I am, but why do you think that you have a higher status and position than others?”

“Do you think you’ve become people of the upper class just because you’re gathering together?”

Alger’s words could be said to have offended everyone present in an instant.

These dukes and ladies, who ridiculed Alger previously, all looked at Alger in shock one after another.

Apparently, they had never thought that an unremarkable person like Alger would dare to take the opportunity to mock them.

Cyril also looked extremely sullen. He looked at Alger and said with a deep voice, “You think you have a low status and feel uncomfortable when you see people like us, right?”

Seeing that Alger offended every duke and lady here, Aries was very satisfied in his mind. He took over and said, “Right, Alger is jealous. He wants to slander us!”

Winnie frowned as she looked at Alger. She was shocked by what Alger said just then. After all, he would be against everyone here after saying such words.

But when Winnie looked at Alger, she saw him look indifferent.

It seemed that the hostility of the dukes and ladies present wasn’t a big deal to Alger.

The Duke of Rolle asked someone to put away the white jade and attracted everyone’s attention back to himself again.

“Alright, there’s no need for us to be mad at such a person. I invited you here this time mainly to announce one thing.

“That is, Rolle Corporation has become a business partner with Bode Real Estate, and we even invited the CEO of Youssie Corporation here successfully.”

The CEO of Youssie Corporation!

Everyone’s attention was immediately attracted.

They knew that the CEO of Youssie Corporation had changed. It seemed to be a man in his twenties and this person was very mysterious.

No one had ever seen his face, so they all looked expectant when they heard that the Duke of Rolle had invited the CEO of Youssie Corporation here.

They were all curious who exactly this person was!

The Duke of Rolle looked at everyone and said excitedly, “Now, let us invite the CEO of Youssie Corporation to the stage for a speech!”

In fact, the Duke of Rolle was also curious about who this person was. He must fawn on such a heavy hitter no matter what he said.

Hearing this, Alger looked at Aries and Cyril mockingly, then started walking forward.

Seeing that Alger had the intention of going on the stage, everyone was extremely stunned in their minds.

Was Alger the CEO of Youssie Corporation?

But it shouldn’t be. After all, everyone knew that Alger was only the disliked son-in-law of the Rolle family.

Aries looked at Cyril subconsciously, and Cyril also looked confused.