Laura, Andrew, and the rest were upstairs overlooking the whole situation in the community.
“What are these people doing? Why do they all look like they’re rushing to go somewhere?” Andrew
asked curiously.
“I heard that Ed invited every household in the area to attend his wedding,” Laura replied sourly. She was
dissatisfied because her wedding wasn’t as grand as this.
“Ed’s really stingy, isn’t he? I thought he was being generous when he sent cars over to give each family
1,000, but now, he’s just inviting all of them to attend his wedding because he wants them to send more
expensive cash and gifts over, right?
In other words, he’s just throwing some money out with hopes of getting more in return. Furthermore,
he’d also get the glory from having so many people attend his wedding. How shameless of him to do
so!” Andrew exclaimed resentfully.
“I know, right?” Laura nodded in agreement. “A man like him would never do anything that doesn’t end
up being in his own favor! Wendy’s not going to benefit from getting married to a man like him!” Andrew
and his younger brother both nodded in agreement, yet the looks on their faces were bitter as they did
so. They both knew that they were just comforting themselves.
Right as they were ridiculing Ed’s gestures, a neighbor and his child, who lived upstairs, passed by their
house.
“Hey, Mr. Zook. Didn’t you already get into the car earlier? Why are you bringing your kid along now?”
Andrew asked with a confused expression.
Ronald responded with a laugh as he said, “I just thought I’d bring my kid to take a look!”
This only left Andrew more confused than ever. “Take a look at what? It’s just a wedding; hasn’t your kid
seen a wedding before? What’s there to look at?”
“I’m not referring to the wedding; I’m talking about Times Hotel.”
Stunned, Andrew asked, “What has this got to do with Times Hotel?”
It was then Ronald’s turn to be confused. “Don’t you guys know? Your sister’s wedding is being hosted in
Times Hotel. It’s the Times Hotel; I don’t think I’d ever get the chance to bring my kid in to look around if it
weren’t for this event. Since we got such a great chance to do this today, I thought I’d bring my kid over
to see a different side of the world.”
Andrew widened his eyes in shock as he uttered, “Mr. Zook… did you get it wrong? Did you say that they
are hosting the wedding at Times Hotel? How could they afford to host it in Times Hotel? Just reserving
the first floor itself would cost a lot of money!”
Ronald waved his hand around as he replied, “First floor? Please, they booked the entire hotel! Today, all
nine floors of the Times Hotel will be open to all the wedding guests.”
With his jaw hanging, Andrew exclaimed, “They booked the entire hotel? H-How could that be possible?
W-Who… could possibly book the whole Times Hotel? How much money do they need to even do that?”
Laura was just as shocked as she abruptly asked, “M-Mr. Zook, how much do you have to give them to
attend the wedding, then? Don’t go; I’m sure it’s just a scam to get you to pay them money!”
This statement made Ronald a little angry. “Nonsense! They already told us that the people from our
community won’t have to pay in money or gifts to attend their wedding. What matters most is that we’re
there, and that we’re giving them our support and blessings. Furthermore, it’s Times Hotel. I’d be willing
to pay 10,000 worth of gifts and money just to go there! Enough. I’m not going to stay and chat any
longer. I want to bring my kid over to snap a few pictures at Times Hotel!” He lifted his kid into his arms
and rushed off.
The three siblings were left in the house, where they exchanged stunned gazes with one another. The
insults they had just made about the wedding earlier now came right back to them like a tight slap in their
faces.
How much money would they need to be able to invite the entire community over without asking for any
money or gifts in return? More importantly, it’s an unbelievable act to be able to even book the whole
Times Hotel! Times Hotel was the place that their factory manager had mentioned during countless
occasions; it was the grandest place in the whole of Eastcliff.
Laura and her siblings were close to tears. If they had been supportive of the wedding from the start,
perhaps they’d now be standing at the Times Hotel’s rooftop, sharing the glory of this whole event!
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