Chapter 158
James was on the verge of blowing up. After all, no one was begging them toe to work.
Gratitude?
They had a lot of nerve to talk about gratitude!
I wonder who is the one thatcks gratitude?
However, he didn''t want to make a scene, so he went to pick them up in the end.
Meanwhile, Pa sure knew how to go all out; she finally decided to dine at a high-end restaurant in
the city.
It was 10 o’clock by the time they were done eating, with the billing up to over 5,000. As such,
James almost hit the roof!
Upon sending them home, he noticed that Jojo wasn’t home yet.
He couldn''t help asking, "Jojo hasn’te back yet?"
Pa answered, "Oh, she is attending a ss reunion. She will definitely be homete."
James curled his lips. "Didn''t you say that she is ady from a reputable family, and that she must be
home by 8:30 at night?"
Pa disagreed, "This is an exceptional case. After all, they haven''t seen each other for a long time.
Plus, Jojo just became thepany’s CEO, and her ssmates are trying to butter her up, so they’ll
be backte for sure. This is normal. Jojo is a CEO—socializing is inevitable. She’s staying outte for
the sake of yourpany, don''t you think so?"
James was so mad that he turned around and stormed off. Your daughter went out to have fun for the
sake of my family? What a load of bull!
That’s nothing but nonsense!
It’s ‘socializing’ when your daughteres homete.
But when ites to my daughter, it''s ‘messing around’? This double standard is absurd!
As it turned out, the problems were not over yet.
At one o’clock in the morning, James was woken up by the vibrations of his phone.
“Who’s calling in the middle of the night?” James muttered. He picked up his phone and found the
caller to be Pa.
“Is she crazy?” James was exasperated enough to reject the call.
Helen hurriedly grabbed the phone. "Just pick it up. There must be something important for her to call
thiste."
With that, Helen answered the phone.
"James, you’re still awake?"
James sulked, "What? Does your family not sleep at one o’clock in the morning?"
To which Pa replied, “Oh, I usually sleep early. I thought you city people go to bed at 3 to 4 in the
morning.”
James was speechless.
“Pa, is there something wrong?” Helen couldn''t help asking.
Pa enquired, "I was wondering, do you have any acquaintances in the traffic police team? Jojo had
a minor car ident. Can you help me deal with it?”
Helen nched. "W-What minor car ident? Where? What happened?”
Pa reassured, “It''s nothing. They just knocked over a small car. A woman from the oppositene
was wandering about on the street with her child in the middle of the night when they should be home
sleeping. Jojo and the others had a few drinks, and they weren’t familiar with the roads, so they ran into
the oing car and it flipped.”
“What?!” James eximed, “Have you lost your mind? Drunk-driving, flipping over a car, and you call it
a minor ident? How bad does it have to be for your family to consider it a major ident? When
hundreds of lives are lost?”
Pa was instantly irritated. "What are you yelling at? It’s not like it was Jojo who was driving—it was
her ssmate. Look, I’ll only ask you once; are you going to help or not? Forget it if you can’t! I knew I
couldn’t count on rtives like you anyway!”
James was outraged. "You handle it then if you’re so capable. I don''t think anyone could handle this
mess!”
Helen rushed to smooth things over. "Forget it. Let''s go over and take a look. Pa, don''t worry, we...
We’ll see what we can do.”
Helen sighed after hanging up. “Alright, alright. Stop sulking. You know what they’re like. The most
important thing now is to settle this; it doesn’t matter whether Jojo was the one driving. The car is ours,
after all. If it’s anything big, ourpany will have to paypensation!”
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James was annoyed. "How do we deal with this? Are you going to settle it?”
Helen scratched her head. With this kind of problem, it would make trouble for anyone who was
involved. After thinking for a moment, her eyes lit up. "Why don’t we get Matthew to go?”