Chapter 445
After that, she obediently said to him, "Thank you, granduncle." Then she went to the next one.
Patrick introduced, "This is my uncle."
Amelia said: "Merry Christmas, uncle!"
"Ding!" She once again received a gift.
Patrick introduced, "This is my cousin."
Amelia said, "Merry Christmas!"
Ding! Another gift was received.
Amelia''s mood was shifted from astonishment to not feeling surprise in the end. She finally
understood why these people gave her gifts. These elders did not know when she got married with
Patrick. Now that they knew, they had to quickly make it up for them by giving her gifts.
At this time, Patrick gave her a subtle look, and Amelia immediately understood his intention. They
went together to thest two elders whom they had not greeted yet.
Patrick introduced, "This is my grandaunt-inw. The one next to her is her daughter. You can just
call her aunty."
Amelia said, "Merry Christmas, grandaunt! Merry Christmas, aunty!"
After saying that, Amelia began to wait for the gift inertially. But instead of giving her gift, grandaunt
rolled her eyes at her.
Grandaunt said, "It''s Christmas, and you didn''t even say any auspicious words, you are so dull."
E of the Dor family then said, "Hey! Mom, she might not know that we are such a big family.
Didn''t she just greeted you Merry Christmas?"
Amelia felt that E made the situation even more awkward.
Patrick interrupted and said, "Grandaunt, aunty, you must be tired traveling all this while, my wife
and I will not bother you then."
When he was about to leave with his arms around Amelia''s lovely waist, Aunt E suddenly stood
up and said to him with a smile, "Patrick, I brought your cousin with me this time. She is chit-
chatting with your eldest sister-inw on the second floor. You were both always good with each
other. Do you want to talk to her?"
When Aunt E said this, she did not bother on the existence of Amelia. Amelia did not think much
of it either. Instead, she looked at Patrick understanding^ and said, "Mr. Hopper, if you want to go
up, just go. I''ll join Owen and Florence."
Patrick''s face turned gloomy, that was "generous" of Amelia, but he felt relieved in an instant. After
all, Amelia did not know the Dors'' intention of getting married with close rtives, so he eased his
anger and said, "I''ll apany you downstairs to greet the guests."
"Alright." Amelia just asked casually out of politeness. If Patrick really left, she would be nervous to
face so many guests on her own.
Knowing that Patrick was unwilling to go upstairs, E change another approach, "Then I''ll ask your
cousin toe downstairs. It''s so impolite for her to chit-chat with your sister-inw alone upstairs
since there''s so many rtives here."
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Amelia was speechless for a moment. Then she whispered to Patrick, "Aunt E is very... special."
"You want to say that she''s fickle-minded, don''t you?" Patrick spoke his mind for her.
Wasn''t it fickle?
First persuading Patrick to go upstairs, then said that it was impolite to stay upstairs, did elderly
women have such a hard-to-understand mind?" Amelia thought.
In a few words, Second Aunt already went upstairs to knock on the door. After greeting the elders,
Amelia was dragged by Patrick to greet his peers.
With the same generation, Amelia felt less stressful and more rxed.
In a group of cousins who were greeting each other, Amelia saw a boy in a blue and white striped
team uniform with his pants rolled up to his knees and a skateboard besides his sturdy legs. He was
scolded by his elders that he did not study but only ying all day long. He even failed to reach the
average standard in the ss for his paper in the final exam!
Amelia smiled unintentionally but she was being noticed by Patrick. He followed her gaze and said,
"That''s my cousin. I heard that he''s fond of outdoor activities and extreme challenges. He often
skips his sses to participate inpetitions. So, he''s left far behind in his studies. But I think he''s
fine. Apart from literatures, he''s always a top scorer in mathematics and science. Oh yeah, his
grandfather and my grandfather are brothers, so he is a Hopper as well."
Amelia could not help ncing at him. "As a busy person like you, why you able to remember the
details so clearly?"
A trace of tenderness shed in Patrick''s eyes. "They are all my family. Shouldn''t I remember them
clearly?"
Amelia felt that she did not know him enough. She always thought that Patrick''s ruthlessness was
far more than affection, but it seemed that she was too arbitrary.
This man''s gentleness and care for others were hidden deep inside, and this kind of "practical" care
was more touching than the "ostensible" one.
At this time, a rant attracted the attention of Patrick and Amelia, "Hayden, I''m talking to you. Do you
want to get beaten by turning your head away and show your ass at me?"
Hayden''s father felt a little embarrassed when he saw his son showing his temper. When he wanted
to criticize him more severely, he saw both Patrick an Amelia appeared in front of them with Patrick
holding Amelia in his arms.
Hayden caught a glimpse of someone standing in front of him. He looked up impatiently, only to see
Patrick, who he admired since young, standing in front of him, holding a beautiful woman in his
arms and looking at him with a funny look.
Hayden thought that he was saved. He quickly jumped to the side of Patrick and said, "Please
persuade my dad not to always shout in front of everyone and let everyone know my grades aren''t
good. No matter how bad my grades in literature, I can still pass. This old man''s expectations are
too high. I can''t satisfy him at all!" Hayden''s father sneered. "Stop muttering in Patrick''s ear, speak it
out loud if you dare! I''m quite strict with you because I hope you can grow up to be a useful person.
Look at your cousin Owen, he''s in the special force, and your cousin Patrick, he''s a businessman.
What about you? You only know skateboarding, be careful or else one day you might break your
legs!"
Before Hayden and his father were about to quarrel, Patrick pushed Amelia in front of them timely
and said, "Uncle, this is my wife. Don''t you want to meet her?"
His words instantly diverted Hayden''s father''s attention and his face changed drastically. When he
looked at Amelia, he had put on a kind smile and said, "What''s your name? I can''t always be calling
you ''Patrick''s wife'', right?"