Chapter 355


    Martha glossed over the dishes on the menu only to find that the shark fin cost six thousand 6,000


    yuan!


    The Australian lobster cost 2,000 per entree!


    Flipping to the page of the Lafite ‘82… 10,000?!


    “This… Joel, this is too expensive.” Martha began to fret.


    Smiling, Joel snapped his fingers to call upon a waiter and instructed, “This here is my Aunt Martha.


    Serve us all your rmendations and a bottle of Lafite, please. Oh, and start up a new VIP


    membership ount as well.”


    Hearing him, Martha was beyond ted. Joel was better than that good-for-nothing Philip rke in


    every way.


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    Not too longter, all the dishes were served. The waiter approached to courteously hand Joel the new


    VIP card.


    “Aunt Martha, this here is actually my ssmate’s restaurant. With this membership card, everything is


    40% off.”


    After handing the card to Martha, Joel added, “But of course, everything will be on my tab.”


    Martha’s eyes shone with mirth and satisfaction as she epted the VIP card. “Thank you so much.


    What a promising young fellow you are, Joel. God knows how blessed a life Wynnie would be having if


    she married you.”


    Speaking of that, Joel smiled. “So, Aunt Martha, when is Wynnie divorcing Philip?”


    Martha’s eyes turned into crescent moons at how interested Joel was in her daughter. She had her


    eyes set on this golden goose, and she was not going to let it go.


    “Calm down, Joel. Why do you think your Aunt Martha came to find you today?”


    The corners of Martha’s lips turned upward to a smile.


    Then, Martha pointed at her own cheek.


    Joel had realized long ago the bruises on Martha’s face. ‘Did she get beaten up?’


    “Your face… Aunt Martha, who beat you up?” Joel asked.


    Enraged, Martha answered, “Who else can it be? Philip rke, that worthless piece of trash! He even


    got someone to do it for him!”


    “What?”


    Joel burst in fury, rage coating his entire expression as he ground his knuckles in a fist. “The audacity!


    How can Philip call someone to beat you up? Has he no respect for you? Why didn’t Wynn say


    anything?”


    Keeping her facade of the wronged and weak, Martha replied, “Exactly. That piece of trash is getting


    worse, even going as far as to beat me up. Wynnie doesn’t know about it, but even if she does, what


    can she possibly do? She’s part of his family now. Your Aunt Martha here almost has no say in the


    family, so you have to help me, Joel. Philip, that piece of scum, has no right to be my son-inw at all.”


    Tears and snot were everywhere.


    Immediately, Joel began to console her. “Don’t worry, Aunt Martha. How dare that useless piece of


    trash do such a thing. I promise I’ll make him pay.


    “Joel, you know quite a few people from the upper sses right? Can’t you find me some people to


    teach Philip a lesson he’ll never forget?”


    Martha pleaded pitifully at Joel. She could not wait any longer.


    She had to find someone to teach Philip a lesson today or she would never forgive herself.


    Joel would love nothing more than toply, but after the incident in Virtuous Court, he could not help


    but feel wary.


    ‘How can Martha be unaware of the fact that Philip is part of Capital City’s rke Group?”


    “I don’t think it’s that easy, Aunt Martha. Perhaps you’re unaware of Philip’s true identity?”


    Joel prodded gently.


    Feeling amiss, Martha scoffed. “What true identity can this good-for-nothing have? He’s just a delivery


    boy.”


    “Really just a delivery boy?”


    Skeptical, Joel retold the incident in Virtuous Court.


    Martha was shocked, to say the least, when she heard the tale. Her face paled as she muttered, “You


    can’t scare me like this, Joel. You’re telling me Philip is the young master of this Capital City’s rke


    Group?”


    Joel was reluctant to believe so as well.


    “No way. That’s impossible!”


    Martha shook her head vigorously like a child would a pellet drum. “You’ve got to be mistaken. Philip’s


    just some useless piece of trash, and that’s all he’ll ever be. How can he be this Capital City’s rke


    Group’s young master that you speak of?”


    ‘Him?


    ‘Hah.


    ‘No way!’


    Over the three years he had lived as the Johnston’s son-inw, he was a puss who never stood up for


    anything, nor had there been any sudden changes in him.


    If anything, Philip had only be crueler these past few days.


    Not that Martha gave it any thought.


    Perhaps the b*stard had nothing better to do with his life anymore and decided to threaten her position


    in the family.


    Hearing Martha, Joel only got more suspicious and pressed on. “Could Philip be hiding something from


    you guys, Aunt Martha? This is really important, so please give it a little more thought. I have to know


    who he is before I can think of a n to deal with him.”


    Martha found herself deep in thought and responded only after mulling over it for a while, “Nope, no


    way! How can I not know who Philip rke is? You must’ve fallen for some sort of lie the little sh*t told


    you. From what you’ve told me, he probably took the identity of the rke’s young master to pretend to


    be some sort of bigshot. He has done it before, so I don’t see why he wouldn’t do something so


    shameless again.”


    Joel let out a sigh of relief.


    ‘Ah… If that’s the case.


    ‘Damn you, Philip rke. You almost had me scared half to death.


    ‘And here I thought you had some special identity. All you are is a poser and a pretentious b*stard.’