Chapter 1
As the chief engineer of the railway, I went to give a wedding gift to my cousin on behalf of my family, but was stopped outside the hotel by his wife.
"It's OK as long as the money has arrived. The courier doesn't need to come in. Just get out of here and stop being an eyesore."
As she spoke, she reached out to grab the cardboard box in the car, which was filled with aerospace parts. I hurriedly tried to dissuade her.
"This is not a gift for you, you can't touch it!"
Her face turned cold instantly and she started cursing.
"You're just an errand boy, and you want to embezzle it? I don't even like this pile of rubbish, I wouldn't even want it if it was given to me!"
The next second, the box was kicked over by her and a gap was created in the titanium alloy inside.
I was so angry that I lost my mind.
"Are you sick? Robbery in broad daylight? Do you know what this thing is?"
Unexpectedly, the other party became even more arrogant.
"Who cares? The land you're standing on belongs to the Harrington Family! I'm the future mistress of the Harrington Family, and I can do whatever I want with it!"
"I can't stand you poor relatives the most. Just because Theo Harrington is rich, you rush to curry favor with him. You are cattle and horses of your level, not even worthy of licking my feet! Get out of here before I lose my temper! If you stand there for one more second, this place will be dirty!"
I burst out laughing on the spot. Is this the socialite my cousin is looking for?
The other party's attitude was extremely arrogant and I was too lazy to pay attention to him.
After all, this part is not worth much money, and my bonus is more than enough to compensate for it.
Considering that family disgrace should not be made public, I suppressed my anger and called my cousin.
The other party didn’t answer the first time, and only answered when he was about to hang up the second time.
I just started.
"Theo, your wife threw me—"
Before he finished speaking, the assistant's voice came from the other end.
"You are Grant's cousin, right? Sorry, Grant is busy with socializing and doesn't have time to pay attention to these little things. You can handle it yourself."
I was left there, and didn't come back to my senses for a long time.
I've heard that my cousin's business has been doing well in recent years, and he's tied with Lancaster Consortium for the richest man in the area.
But I didn't expect that even his personality changed.
When he was a child, he would follow me in his open-crotch pants and beg me to pee for him to play in the mud. Now he is like a dragon in the sky, and all the people are in the mud.
Seeing me being humiliated, the woman raised her neck even higher.
"Why, Theo didn't answer your call? I told you a long time ago that he is as disgusted by you poor relatives as I am. You are like parasites."
"As long as I'm here, don't even think about getting any benefit from the Harrington Family! I wanted to let you go for Theo's sake, but now I regret it!"
"I make 100 million every minute. I have lost 1 billion in the 10 minutes you delayed me. Pay me or don't even think about leaving! If I don't teach you a lesson, you will really think that Harrington Family is a soft persimmon!"
I was so angry that I almost couldn't catch my breath.
Pointing at my nose, I said coldly:
"Compensation? Me?"
"You must be mistaken. You broke my things. I didn't ask you to apologize or compensate me, but you dare to blackmail me?"
"Where's Theo? Tell him to come down and see me! I want to see what he's become. He didn't make much money, but he quickly forgot his roots!"
The other party's face turned cold instantly, and he raised his foot and stepped on the cardboard box repeatedly.
"Theo is my husband, even if he comes he will speak for me!"
"Who do you think you are? You're just a poor bastard. Don't even mention that I have any feelings for Theo. Even if I don't, half of his Harrington Family's business is supported by my Lancaster Consortium! Ask him, does he dare to break up with me?"
It turns out that this is what is called a socialite in the circle.
Seeing that there were several holes in the parts under the high heels, I also got angry.
He rushed forward, pushed the man away, and roared:
"What celebrity? I think your character is worse than that of a stray dog! Theo is really blind to choose a wife like you. You are the one who is crazy because you are poor!"
Chapter 2
As soon as I finished speaking, the guests attending the wedding stopped and pointed at me.
"Who is this person? Is his brain and anus reversed? That's the eldest daughter of Lancaster Consortium."
"He's probably a courier. It seems like he wouldn't let Vivienne take something. A courier really takes himself seriously."
"Express delivery? That's hilarious. Lancaster Consortium can bankrupt his boss with just one move. Does his boss know that he hired a living Buddha?"
Hearing the words of the passerby, the other person straightened his back instantly.
"Since we're getting married today, I won't bother with you. So, kneel down, lick the bottom of my shoes clean, kowtow to me three times to apologize, and I'll let you go!"
She folded her arms across her chest, her superior posture clearly revealed.
As soon as she finished speaking, someone started to persuade me on her behalf.
"Just agree to it young man. The last person who offended Vivienne now has taller grass on his grave than you!"
"That's right. It's rare that Vivienne is happy today. Just be good enough. A real man should be able to bend and stretch. It will do you no good to pretend."
I slowly walked forward and, in front of everyone, spit directly on her wedding dress.
"Vivienne Lancaster, right? I'll remember you. Unfortunately, the person I can apologize to hasn't been born yet."
"This is my way of apologizing to you."
Vivienne was instantly furious.
The spit made her face turn blue with disgust and she wanted to take off her wedding dress.
When she was halfway through taking off her clothes, she heard people exclaiming and then realized that she was exposed.
This is even more annoying.
"You bastard, how dare you embarrass me!"
"Just wait for me!"
"Where's Theo? Get him off now! I'm not done with him for today!"
I was already annoyed after floating in space for five years, and when I came down I met this lunatic, which made me even more angry.
If my body functions hadn't recovered yet and I didn't hit women, I would have taught her a lesson today no matter what I said.
I was scrolling through my phone out of boredom.
Vivienne was so angry that she went crazy and smashed the bottle on my head.
I dodged it with a quick move.
Her eyes were bloodshot.
"Don't you fucking move!"
"Just standing there and letting you hit me? You're an idiot, but I'm not."
Vivienne just opened her mouth to call security when she heard footsteps the next second.
Theo arrived surrounded by people.
Go straight to Vivienne.
His face was full of heartache.
"What's wrong, baby? Who is so blind as to make you angry?"
"Today is a good day, don't be angry, I will teach him a lesson for you, okay?"
After not seeing each other for eight years, Theo is no longer the young man he used to be.
There was a stern look in his eyes and eyebrows, and he really looked like someone in a higher position.
His attitude became even colder, and there was no trace of the intimacy he had shown me before in his eyes.
Vivienne pointed at my face and yelled at me.
"That's the beast! He dared to spit on my wedding dress! This dress is worth ten million, and it cost five million to ship it back from abroad!"
Theo finally noticed me and frowned.
"Cousin, long time no see."
"I came here today to celebrate for you on behalf of my parents—"
He waved his hand to interrupt before he finished speaking.
"Don't try to be my relative. I haven't been back to my hometown for many years."
"Also, I'm Grant now, please call me by my honorific name."
"You made my wife's wedding dress dirty? Apologize."
That one sentence made the anger that I had just suppressed surge up again.
We hadn't seen each other for eight years, so I thought he would invite me to the VIP lounge.
At least give me a cigarette.
I didn't expect that he would ask me to apologize to his wife.
I burst out laughing instantly.
Chapter 3
"Theo, don't you forget that you also grew up in a small county? Do you look down on me? Have you forgotten who you are?"
"When you were little, you used to run around behind me naked. Now you've become so successful that you don't even recognize me as your cousin. Why didn't I see you breaking off the relationship when I accepted the gifts?"
When I mentioned my embarrassing past, Theo's face instantly turned cold.
"Shut up!"
"You don't need to remind me where I'm from. Haven't you heard that a hero is not judged by his origin? No matter what happened in the past, I am now the richest man, Theo, not your cousin!"
"I've heard that you were working outside and didn't even go home for eight years. I thought you had made it, but it turns out you were working as a courier. If I were you, I wouldn't be ashamed to go home and see people!"
He glanced at my Ford Transit Van carrying spare parts, and the sarcasm on his face was obvious.
The eight years he mentioned were the time I spent secretly training as an astronaut at the Orion Space Center, and the five years I spent floating in outer space.
As soon as these words were spoken, the quiet guests around them suddenly went wild.
"Holy crap? Grant's cousin is a courier? He's so poor? No wonder he's trying to curry favor with Grant!"
"He's already nearly 40 years old, and he has no achievements. He even dares to flirt with Vivienne. Does he think he is Grant's biological father? Even his biological father wouldn't dare to talk to Grant like that!"
"Poor relatives should be cut off, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble in the future. Any scandal can drag the Harrington Family into the water! Support Grant to cut off the relationship! Teach him a lesson!"
I was so angry that my temples started throbbing.
"When did I ever say I wanted to curry your favor?"
"Theo, I lent you the living expenses when you had no money. We are brothers, and I am happy for you that you have made progress. Just consider that money as a gift from me. Don't take it."
"My parents were kind enough to let me come here, but it seems like you don't welcome it. If you want to break up, then break up completely. Return the 200,000 yuan I gave you, and I'll leave immediately."
Theo didn't speak for a long time, but his expression clearly showed reluctance.
It's easy to imagine that no one wants to give back the money they spent, not to mention that there are a hundred people in his hometown, and the total gift money is over a million.
Before Theo could say anything, Vivienne became anxious.
"Who cares about your two hundred thousand? It's not even enough for a piece of fabric for my skirt! Theo, give him back the money!"
"These poor people are like dog-skin plasters. Once they stick to you, you can't get rid of them!"
I took a step forward with a sneer on my face.
"Really? Why do I think Theo needs these two hundred thousand?"
"You can ask for money, just call me cousin and I'll give it to you."
Theo cared about the richest man's face after all, so he waved his hand.
"Assistant, transfer the money to him!"
"Grant Hudson, from today on, we have no relationship, and don't come to me in the future."
I gladly agreed and nodded.
"Yes, we thought of the same thing."
The two hundred thousand has arrived and I'm too lazy to argue with them.
When I was about to get on the car, the security guard suddenly rushed up to stop me.
"Grant, who told you to leave?"
"I've given you the gift money, but you haven't compensated me for my wedding dress."
"You've finished talking to Theo, now let's settle our accounts."
I turned around and met her smug and arrogant face.
"Oh? How do you want to calculate it?"
"It's simple. The wedding dress and the shipping fee add up to 15 million. Today's public opinion is unfavorable to Lancaster Consortium. The stock price drop is also your fault. For the business affected by this incident, I will give you an 80% discount. The total is 80 million. Pay me back."
I laughed out loud on the spot.
"That's all? You're not going to calculate your mental damages anymore?"
Theo thought I was crazy and his eyes widened instantly.