Chapter 102 The Feast At The Rong Family
"Rachel? Where are you? Hiram told me to pick you up, " Carl said.
"It''s still early now. I''m still in the city center. Don''t bother. I will go to the Streams Company by myself
But Carl said, "Rachel, here is the thing. There will be some guests at the home of Rong family tonight.
So Hiram asked me to get you prepared for tonight ahead of time."
Rachel halted and asked with a frown, "There will be guests? If it''s not a convenient time, then you tell
Hiram that I will go to the home of Rong family with him another day."
"I''m afraid that you have to go today. These guests areing to see you. So you have to show up, "
Carl said with pure pleasure.
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These guests were rtives from Rong and Fang families. Hiram''s mother had known that Rachel
woulde tonight, so she had invited them. How could Rachel, the star of the feast tonight, be
absent?
Rachel let out a long sigh silently. She knew that Hiram had put her into trouble again. If she had
known this n, she wouldn''t have promised him that she would go so quickly!
"Then it''s settled. Now I will drive downtown to pick you up. The hair stylist and the costumer are
waiting for you. I''m on the way!" Carl thought Rachel had acquiesced since she hadn''t said anything.
Noting that Rachel was upset, Celine was confused and asked Rachel with a smile, "What''s the
matter? You just go to the house of the Rong family. Why are you looking like that? You have been
there before!"
"Celine. Hiram and I have been divorced. But he''s still going to introduce me to the guests of the Rong
family. What do you think about that?" Rachel asked with resignation.
Celineughed. Then she said what was on her mind clearly.
"If you can break up with Hiram, I will do whatever you ask me to do!
Hiram has no intention of ending this rtionship with you. His eyes are filled with endless love every
time he looks at you. You didn''t see how the woman named Cassie was jealous of you today. Even
though there is friction between you and Hiram, you won''t break up. If you two are still divorced in the
end, I will have yourst name as mine!"
Rachel looked at Celine and poked at her, "What do you mean? Are you saying that I got myself into a
fuss about nothing?"
"I don''t know if it is about nothing. But I think you should find an opportunity to give a lesson to your
sister-inw. After all, the divorce was not Hiram''s decision. It''s your sister-inw who did it!"
Celine put a good word for Hiram. She continued after thinking for a second, "But you are doing it right.
Though Hiram is a good husband and is hard to be married to, you can''t let him think that you are easy
to get. You have got to let him realize that you have dignity! After all, the mistake was done by a
member of Hiram''s family. Why should you forgive Hiram unconditionally? Am I right?"
Rachel looked at Celine with admiration. She thought Celine had such a quick mind.
"Are you freeter? I''m going to attend the feast held by the Rong family in the evening. So Carl is
going to have me dressed up. Do you want to go along with me?"
Celine pped her hands with excitement, "Of course I do. I''m willing to go to the feast with you if you
are OK with it."
"Are you? That''s so good. I''m worried that I will be afraid to attend the feast by myself. If you are with
me, I will be in yourpany and feel less nervous." Rachel said in a serious tone. It was easy to
guess that Hiram wouldn''t apany her all the time in the evening. But she knew nothing about the
Rong family.
Then Celine gave an awkward smile. She shook her hands and said, "I was just joking. I''ve heard that
rtions in rich and powerful families areplicated. I''d better stay out of it. So good luck! I''m going
home to have ice cream and watch a TV series!"
"Hey......"
"See you!"
Celine waved her hand at Rachel, dismissing her request. Then she hailed a taxi and left Rachel.
Rachel shrugged with resignation. She realized that she could only depend on herself at these critical
moments.
Before long, Carl arrived in a car.
At dusk.
The car came to aplete halt in the spacious yard of the house of the Rong family.
Rachel took a few deep breaths. She opened herpact mirror and looked at herself in it. When she
saw herself look gorgeous and stunning, she had a very strange feeling about herself.
"Rachel, Hiram went back to thepany to deal with something urgent. It will take him some time.
How about you go inside by yourself for now?" Carl suggested.
Rachel opened the car door. She wore a pair of white high-heeled shoes that exposed her fair toes. It
was just a family feast, so the dress she wore was not too resplendent. She felt uneasy not because of
the dress but because of the feeling the dress gave her.
"Rachel, you look stunning today!" Carlplimented Rachel. He knew that she was a little nervous
without Hiram with her.
Rachel gave Carl a rxed smile. She got the purpose of Carl''spliment. She grabbed her red
limited edition Hermes purse and walked confidently towards the house of the Rong family.
Inside the house, the lights were bright andughter was in the air.
There were not too many guests. They were all close rtives of the Rong family. Rachel found that
most of them were women.
Joanna sat and chatted with two elderly women. Beside them were three young girls clustering
together.
Gavin was not at home as Rachel had expected. So almost all the men were absent. Most of the
guests were women who came to have a talk with Joanna.
"Wow! Joanna, is this your future daughter-inw?" The moment Rachel entered the house, the
woman in a ck dress with a heavy ne, sitting next to Joanna asked excitedly.
Hearing that, the young girls and the elderly women in the room looked in the direction of the door.
"Such a beauty. Joanna, I always knew that Hiram had a good eye for choosing a good wife. Are you
Rachel? You are so pretty. You are way more beautiful than average girls!" Another woman in a
magenta gown gave a sincerepliment to Rachel. This woman was much older than she looked.
Compliments on Rachel came before she approached those women.
Joanna stood up and waved her hands at Rachel, "Rachel,e over here quickly. I''m going to
introduce you to......"
"Mom." Rachel nodded her head slightly and greeted Joanna.
"Well,e here, Rachel. This is your eldest aunt. She''s my twin sister." Joanna pointed at the woman
who was in a ck dress and wore a jewelry ne. Though they were twin sisters, they didn''t look
like each other.
Joanna then pointed at the woman in a magenta gown and said to Rachel, "This is your aunt from
Hiram''s uncle''s family. we have a very close rtionship."
"Nice to meet you, aunties. My name is Rachel." Rachel greeted them one by one.
"Nice meeting you too. You are such a good girl!" The aunt from Hiram''s uncle''s family praised Rachel
with a smile.
"Mom, you continue with your conversation. We are going to take Rachel away from you." Suddenly a
young girl as agile as a butterfly ran there and dragged Rachel to the other side of the room.
Rachel was confused and didn''t know who the girl was. Then she heard the girl say, "Rachel, my name
is Susan. I''m the daughter of thedy you were talking to. Hiram is my cousin."
The family tree of the Rong family wasrge. Hiram had plenty of cousins. Carl was just one of them.
"Rachel, nice meeting you. Let me introduce myself first. My husband is the son of your mother-inw''s
sister. Am I clear to you?" That woman who wore an elegant grey dress smiled at Rachel, "My name is
Miranda, you can call me your sister if you like."
"Nice to meet you, sister......" Rachel said in a gentle voice.
Finally all of them looked at the girl who was seated on the couch ying on a mobile phone.