LORD CHESTER COMES BACK

Anne Cobb’s pretty face twitched as she stared blankly at Jun Chester. Only then did she understand that this guy was actually Don’s son-in-law! And… he bought the mansion on top of the mountain? Who exactly was this guy?

As Anne Cobb was thinking this, Peter Alston awkwardly said to her, “Miss Cobb, since you came to see me, please come with me to the company to talk.”

The implication was: let’s not cause any more trouble for Mr. Chester here. However, upon hearing this, Anne Cobb was overjoyed. She hadn’t expected to be so fortunate as to have a private conversation with Peter Alston. This meant that she definitely had a chance with the construction project of Lordran National College.

But just as Anne Cobb was about to leave with Peter Alston, Carol suddenly arrived at the front gate of House Grandsilk on a security guard’s motorcycle. Earlier at the foot of the mountain, Anne Cobb had thrown Carol’s ID out of the car, and Carol had stood there dumbfounded for a long time, feeling particularly upset.

She had left the Cobb family thirty years ago, and the people from the Cobb family were still so cold towards her. Even now, even Anne Cobb, a younger generation, didn’t take her seriously. Carol was almost in tears at the bottom of the mountain.

Don couldn’t stand to see Carol being wronged, so he chased after Anne Cobb’s car and arrived at the mountaintop mansion first. By this time, Carol had already gotten off the motorcycle. Seeing the scene in front of her, she quickly realized that Don must have told Jun Chester about what had happened at the foot of the mountain.

Carol quickly walked up to Jun Chester, forced a smile, and said, “Jun, I have been away from home for thirty years, and you and Lyvia are about to get married, so I took the liberty of calling Lyvia’s grandparents… She didn’t do anything to me, and when I married your father, Anne wasn’t even born yet. Don’t take her seriously.”

Jun Chester was taken aback, then smiled, “Mom, since that’s the case, if you don’t say anything, I can’t say anything either.” He thenlooked at Don and tried to calm him down, “Dad, you should calm down too.”

Don looked furious, pointing at Anne Cobb, “She almost made your mother cry just now!”

Jun Chester chuckled, “Then I’ll make her cry later, to get back at her for Mom.”

Don paused, then laughed in spite of himself.

Anne Cobb’s pretty face twitched again. She didn’t want to stoop to the level of these nouveau riche people. She turned to Peter Alston, forcing a smile, “Mr. Alston, let’s go to your company to talk, we can take my car, it will save time.”

Peter Alston, embarrassed, didn’t know what to say.

When Carol heard that Anne Cobb was about to leave, she quickly grabbed her hand and said, “Anne, I know you haven’t met me, your grandparents are still mad at me, but it doesn’t matter, I’ll try to make it up to you guys as much as I can. We’re all family, let’s not be strangers. It’s mealtime, forget about the company, come home and chat with me.”

Who knows what Anne Cobb was feeling at the moment.

Cobb Real Estate!

Its market value alone exceeded two hundred billion!

Did she need compensation from an old woman who married a butcher?

What did she count for?

Moreover, the opportunity was right in front of her, and Peter Alston was about to have a private conversation with her!

What was this stupid woman doing now?

Did she want to chat with her about family matters?

She was simply ruining her good opportunity!

Peter Alston watched as Carol, Jun Chester’s mother-in-law, tried to keep Anne Cobb around. He didn’t have much choice but to maintain a smile and said to Anne Cobb, “Miss Cobb, we can reschedule our meeting for another day. Work isn’t all that important, taking care of family matters is key.”

Upon hearing this, Anne Cobb turned pale. To her ears, Peter Alston’s words took on a different meaning. Mr. Alston must have grown tired of her!

Beside her, Carol held Anne Cobb’s hand and said, “Anne, let’s go. Don’t stand at the entrance, let’s go inside and talk.”

Anne Cobb quickly shook off Carol’s hand, shot her a malicious look and, striving to maintain her composure, turned to Peter Alston and forced a smile, “Mr. Alston, I apologize for the awkwardness. My mind is solely focused on work, I don’t have any family matters.”

Peter Alston gave a wry smile and looked at Jun Chester helplessly, “Mr. Chester, what should we do about this…”

Jun Chester frowned. He wondered if there was something wrong with this woman, Anne Cobb.

When Anne Cobb heard Peter Alston refer to Jun Chester as Mr. Chester, she was taken aback and quickly asked Peter Alston, “Mr. Alston, are you and my… my cousin’s husband, good friends?”

Peter Alston quickly replied, “No, no, I’m unworthy.”

Anne Cobb was stunned. What did he mean by unworthy? He must be getting desperate!

Peter Alston turned to Jun Chester again, awkwardly saying, “Mr. Chester, I think the situation will only get more chaotic if I stay here. So, unless you have other instructions, I’ll take my leave.”

Jun Chester waved his hand, not saying a word.

Peter Alston sighed in relief, then turned to Rod Smith, “Old man, you might not remember me. I’m Peter Alston, we met once in Mycintia ten years ago. Thanks to your guidance back then, I’ve managed to hang in there. Otherwise, I’d be long gone.”

Rod Smith looked at Peter Alston and said, “I don’t remember you.”Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

Peter Alston shrugged, “No problem. Someone like you, a deity, wouldn’t pay attention to a small fry like me. I’ll be taking my leave now.”

Rod Smith didn’t say anything else.

Anne Cobb, watching this scene, was surprised. She never imagined that the old man here was Peter Alston’s lifesaver. No wonder Peter Alston was so polite to her cheap cousin-in-law. It appeared that this old man was part of her cousin-in-law’s family, Don’s in-laws!

Without further ado, Peter Alston quickly left the scene.

Anne Cobb wanted to follow him, but she had a change of heart. If Peter Alston’s lifesaver was here, why would she need to go after Peter Alston? As long as she pleased this old man, there wouldn’t be any problems with Peter Alston.

So, Anne Cobb composed herself and looked at Rod Smith, ready to pay her respects and say some nice words…

But at that moment, Jun Chester suddenly said to Rod Smith, “You’re such a terrible chess player, pack up the chessboard. I won’t play chess with you again.”

Rod Smith looked upset, “Come on, I was just not paying enough attention. The moves I used were from the ‘Dream into Divine Machine’ manual. Let me study it a bit more, and we can play again later.”

Jun Chester pointed at the flower garden next to the entrance, “Stop thinking about playing all the time, go clean up the garden.”

Rod Smith, looking sulky, went off to tidy up the garden.

Anne Cobb watched this scene, frozen in disbelief. What was happening? The old man who Peter Alston revered and considered his lifesaver, was just a gatekeeper? And he was working for her cousin-in-law?

Anne Cobb was completely confused.

Carol, whose hand had been shaken off by Anne Cobb earlier, sighed and said to Anne Cobb, “Anne, since you don’t want to go inside and chat, I won’t keep you. In fact, I’m already very happy that you came to Dirtmouth.”

Anne Cobb finally came back to her senses, looked at Jun Chester again, and asked, “What is your relationship with Mr. Alston?”

Jun Chester couldn’t be bothered to deal with Anne Cobb and turned to walk into the gate. At this moment, Anne Cobb was almost furious. She, the president of Cobb Real Estate, had never been treated with such indifference. However, thinking that this nouveau riche cousin-in-law had connections with Peter Alston, she forced herself to endure it and decided to start with Carol.

Anne Cobb pursed her lips tightly, turned to Carol, and said coldly, “Who said I don’t want to enter your house? I’m coming in with you right now!”

Carol was stunned and laughed awkwardly, “Well, let’s go then.”

With a cold face, Anne Cobb walked in. Just as she entered the gate, she saw Riordan Wells’ wife Stacey looking over at her. Anne Cobb initially thought Stacey was going to greet her, but to her surprise, Stacey was greeting Carol, “Auntie Gao is back. Riordan Wells is in the kitchen preparing the barbecue grill. He heard you went to buy fish, he’s going to grill it for us later.”

Anne Cobb felt a suffocating sensation. Stacey and Carol were of similar age, yet she addressed Carol as Auntie Gao? And Riordan Wells, a mining tycoon in Lordran, was preparing a barbecue grill in the kitchen? What was going on? What kind of a monster was Carol’s son-in-law? How could he have such influence?

Carol replied to Stacey with a laugh, “We’ll skip the grilled fish, too much isn’t healthy. Wutian and Lyvia are getting married, they need to watch their diet. I’ll just steam it.”

Stacey gave an ambiguous smile, “Understood. Put the fish in the kitchen first, I’ll steam it later. Oh, we still have some caviar at home, I’ll have someone fetch it later. Let Mr. Chester and Mrs. Ye eat more, that stuff is nutritious!”

Anne Cobb was dumbfounded. Riordan Wells, a mining tycoon, was acting as a chef in her cousin-in-law’s house, and his wife Stacey wanted to act as a kitchen maid in her cousin-in-law’s house! However, this was also good, the bigger her cousin-in-law’s background, the more advantageous for her, Anne Cobb.

After weighing for a moment, the coldness on Anne Cobb’s face dissipated, but she still arrogantly said to Carol, “I didn’t expect cousin Lyvia to be so fortunate to marry such a capable man like my cousin-in-law. What does he do?”

Anne Cobb had secretly made up her mind. As long as she could get the construction project of Lordran National College, it would be fine to lower her stance and accompany this nouveau riche family for a while.