SWNOVELS Chapter 78
Chapter 78
After dinner, everyone drank tea and chatted in Arthur’s living room.
William did not leave with Vanessa immediately because he wanted Vanessa to get to know his relatives.
Ruby quite liked Vanessa. She held Vanessa’s hand and invited her to her home. “Vanessa, I’m Ruby. If you’re free, come to our house. I stay around here. Can we exchange numbers and TikTok handles? I’ve been a housewife for my entire life. My children are independent adults now, so I’m free. When I’m bored. I’ll shoot a video. If you’re free, go and follow me and like my videos!”
“Okay.” Vanessa immediately took out her phone, scanned Ruby’s QR code, and prepared to add Ruby’s TikTok
She thought that Ruby was just an old granny who couldn’t stay idle.
However, she was stunned when she saw Ruby’s TikTok
Ruby was actually famous on TikTok. She was extremely popular and had more than 16 million followers. All her videos were about Wolsher culture and clothes.
She was already following Ruby because she liked her very much.
Ruby’s videos included calligraphy, paintings, traditional costumes, and more.
“Quick, like my videos.” Seeing Vanessa’s shock, Ruby smiled lovingly.
“Sure.” Vanessa clicked the like button.
She watched Ruby’s videos one by one.
There was a video that she had watched two or three times.
Ruby smiled and said, “You like this necklace too, right? This necklace was personally designed by Yvonne. Yvonne is a really talented designer. Every piece of design is top–notch. I wonder why it can’t sell well? I think everyone doesn’t know what’s good for them.”
Yvonne heard it and said. “It’s still my own problem. There were so many judges in the last Emerald Cup. I can’t say that all of them don’t know what’s good for them.”
Ruby smiled and encouraged, “I don’t care. If the judges don’t give you high marks, it means that they don’t know what’s good for them. To me, your design is the best.”
Yvonne couldn’t help but laugh and said coquettishly, “You shouldn’t pamper me like that. If you continue doing that, when I participate in the competition later. I won’t take all the judges seriously.”
“The judges might not be right. In life, one has to be resilient and grow despite so many negative voices around them. If others are right, we’ll change. If they’re wrong, we’ll continue being who we are.” Ruby said.
Vanessa silently committed Ruby’s words to memory.
“Vanessa, are you free next week? Come and visit me. I’ll give you a ride, Ruby took the initiative to ask again.
“Ruby, Nessa and I will take the time to visit you next week, William added.
“Alright, alright. You must come. Otherwise, I’ll be angry.” Ruby was like a child.
“I will definitely come.”
“Alright, then I’ll wait for you. It’s getting late. I’m going to take a shower and sleep. You guys go to sleep too. Youngsters like you shouldn’t stay up late. Cultivate a good routine and live a long life like us old fellows.” Ruby patted Vanessa’s hand happily before reluctantly letting go.
She looked as if she would be happy if Vanessa was her granddaughter–in–law,
Tracy had left early. Otherwise, she would have died of anger when she saw this scene.
Tracy was an extremely snobbish person. She wasn’t interested in pleasing William’s stepbrothers or Topaz. However, Tracy had always humbled herself to please Ruby.
This was because the family that Ruby married into, the Hutcherson family, was one of the top five families in Lantrie City.
Ruby was also very popular online.
In the past, when Tracy was on good terms with William, Ruby treated William very well but was only polite to Tracy. Anyway, on the surface, Ruby and Tracy had a good relationship but weren’t close to each other.
Yet, Ruby was actually so good to Vanessa now.
“Then rest well, Ruby.” Vanessa stood up.
“Okay, listen to me. No one is allowed to stay up late. Yvonne, you too,” Ruby said.
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Among all the children in the family, Ruby’s favorites were William and Yvonne.
William had good morals while Yvonne was innocent.
Ruby had been observing Vanessa silently today. Ruby realized that the more she looked at Vanessa, the more she liked her. “Okay. I won’t stay up late today.” Yvonne stuck out her tongue playfully.
She was the queen of staying up late. At most, she wouldn’t stay up tonight.
They left Arthur’s building and went to their own.
Walking into the living room, a servant came over to get their shoes. William said to Vanessa, “Nessa, wait for me. I’ll bring some fruit upstairs.”
“Okay.” Vanessa replied.
William went to the kitchen to get fruits.
Coincidentally, Yvonne was changing her shoes beside Vanessa.
Vanessa pursed her lips and muttered to Yvonne, “Yvonne, thank you for today.”
If Yvonne had a bad impression of her from the beginning, Vanessa wouldn’t have been affected.
At first, Yvonne was so enthusiastic to see her, but because of the misunderstanding, she was now very cold to her. Vanessa felt really sad.
She wanted to repair her relationship with Yvonne, so she tried to talk to her.
Yvonne said coldly. “You’re welcome. I’m just telling the truth. If you pushed her, I would have told the truth too.”
In other words, she was saying that if Vanessa did anything bad in the future, she wouldn’t cover for her.
Yvonne obviously did not want to talk to Vanessa anymore. After she changed into her shoes, she went straight to the second floor.
Madison had come back to the building earlier than William and the rest. When she heard the commotion downstairs, she came downstairs.
Seeing that Yvonne was ignoring her, she turned to look at Yvonne’s back in surprise. “What’s wrong with this child today?”
Vanessa’s lips moved, but she could not find the words to explain herself.
Madison saw that Vanessa’s expression was a little uncomfortable, so she immediately smiled and said, “Yvonne has the temperament of a child. Perhaps she lost while playing a video game or was dissatisfied with her design. She’s often like this. Her temper comes and goes as it pleases. Later, she won’t even remember that she put on a long face. It’s not because of you. so don’t take it to heart.”
“Okay,” Vanessa replied..
Seeing that William had taken a few fruits, Madison smiled and said, “Go upstairs and rest. I came downstairs to take a stroll as it helps with digestion. I ate too much tonight and will go to bed soon.”
“Goodnight, Madison,” Vanessa said.
Madison was all smiles. “Goodnight.”
William carried the fruits and led Vanessa upstairs.
When they arrived at the suite on the third floor, Vanessa moved her lips a few times, but no words came out of her mouth. In the end, she mustered up the courage to explain to William, “When I was by the lake with Ms. Yost, I said something that made Yvonne misunderstand me.”
“What did you say?” William was surprised.
He opened a durian and gave a piece to Vanessa.
Vanessa took it and sat on the couch in the smaller living room. She said, “I told Ms. Yost that I married you only for money and asked her not to drive a wedge between us in the future. Yvonne heard me…
Vanessa looked at William and saw that the smile on his lips had faded slightly. She became anxious and said, “Ms. Yost told me that the password of the contract with the base price is the anniversary of your relationship with her, so L…”
William watched Vanessa closely. “So, what did you do?”
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