Hello, Mr. Brent
Chapter 254

Although Mrs. Brent's age is not a round number, her birthdayceremony was grand. She unusually insisted on holding a glamorousparty this year.

She was the honorable lady of the Brent Family, so it was not too muchto ask for it. Franklin didn't intervene either. It was just a matter ofmoney, so he left it to his mother to do whatever she wanted.

Mrs. Brent booked the entire hotel and arranged various entertainingactivities. All the Brent Family members who were available attended,and those who lived far away specially settled things down to take partin this ceremony. So Franklin, Mrs. Brent's son, was naturally the centerof the party, and he had to come early.

Mrs. Brent, wearing shining jewels, greeted the guests with a bright redface.

Franklin came over with a gift, and Mrs. Brent went to him with a smile.Mrs. Brent's face immediately changed when she saw Emily besideFranklin.

"Why did you bring her here?" Mrs. Brent asked in a low, sullen voice.Her face twitched. It seemed she could still feel the scratch on it."Emily is very sorry for what she did before, so she came to apologizeto you." Franklin pulled Emily over and asked her to give his mother herpresent.

Sure enough, Emily smiled gently and said to Mrs. Brent withpoliteness, "Mrs. Brent, I'm really sorry before. I was too impulsive andignorant. You are broad-minded, so please forgive me. I hope this giftcould express my apology. Please accept it."

Mrs. Brent glanced at it and saw a string of English letters printed onthe box. She knew this brand of jewelry, which was quite expensive.Originally, she didn't like Emily very much, but she had to endure it forthe sake of this set of jewelry. She couldn't squeeze out a smile, andonly replied with an "OK".

Franklin smiled and asked Emily to look around, then he accompaniedMrs. Brent to greet other guests.

But Mrs. Brent was the birthday lady, so there was no reason for her tokeep receiving guests. Naturally, she sat at the head of the table andaccepted people's birthday wishes

"Go, call Avery and invite her to the birthday party.” Mrs. Brent smiledbrightly and took the time to whisper to the butler.

The butler glanced at Emily, nodded knowingly and quickly made aphone call.

Mrs. Brent didn't like Emily or Avery. So she'd never thought aboutinviting Emily, let alone invite Avery.

There were a lot of reporters today, and Mrs. Brent had only planned tolet Franklin attend the birthday party as her son. As for the daughter-in-law, she'd never thought about it. If those reporters saw that Averydidn't come over, they would rack their brains to write somethingridiculous after they went back. Perhaps the most likely theme was awoman's hard life with the evil mother-in-law-to-be in a wealthy family.But Mrs. Brent didn't expect that Emily would come and disrupted herplan.

Between Emily and Avery, Mrs. Brent disliked the former much more.Mrs. Brent could not help but grit her teeth when she recalled thatEmily had hurt her. After Avery came, she wanted to see how the twobitches fought.

"Miss Johnson? How could you be here?"

Emily was wandering around the buffet table with a small plate,thinking that Mrs. Brent really liked this ostentatious ceremony.According to Lisa, Mrs. Brent's annual birthday banquet was held in theOld Residence, and it was also splendid and the theme was different.This year, Mrs. Brent insisted on breaking the old tradition and holdingit in a hotel. Besides, all the guests were acquaintances, so it was reallyunnecessary to choose buffet.

Franklin didn't care about these things, but Lisa had to help arrangethem. When she was tired and had a sore back, she complained toEmily, and then mysteriously guessed that Mrs. Brent was accumulatingmoney.

For example, these meals might only cost a million dollars, but sheasked Mr. Brent for a budget of two million dollars.

In the past, Mrs. Brent spent almost the same amount of money on thebirthday banquet every year. This year, because of these changes, sheasked for twice as much. If it was still the same as in the past, it woulddefinitely arouse Mr. Brent's suspicion.

Emily thought about it, and Lisa told her that Mrs. Brent was onlyglamorous and noble at the surface. Since Mr. Brent took full control ofthe The Brent Group four years ago, the control over Mrs. Brent hadalso been strict.

In the past, Mrs. Brent could come to the company to draw money atany time, but now she had no right to do so. There was a fixed amountof pocket money every month. It was understandable that Mrs. Brentcame up with this idea to get more money, but Emily thought of morethan that, which was why she had to come here today.

Hearing someone calling her, Emily looked up at the source of thevoice.

Ryan walked over quickly and said with a smile, "It's really you! Ithought I mistake someone else for you. We had no touch since youleft four years ago. I didn't expect you to come back now."

"Oh, it's you. I came back early, didn't you know?" Emily said faintly.Ryan was more mature and steady than four years ago. Although not asfascinating as Franklin, he was a very handsome man.

In fact, Emily had a good impression of him because he had helped hera few times before.

But because he liked Ivy, Ryan often did something stupid that annoyedEmily. Without Ivy, Emily actually liked to chat with him

Ryan smiled and said, "I develop my career in another place and I'vebeen there for three years. I just returned to Lancaster these two days,so I really don't know about you.”

"You went out to develop? Why?" Emily remembered that his father wasFranklin's capable subordinate.

Ryan smiled awkwardly and said, "My father offended uncle Franklinand was sent out directly. I had to go out with him, but fortunately, mylittle uncle didn't forget us. We've been doing well outside for the pasttwo years. I haven't been back for three years. By this birthday banquet,uncle specially allowed me to come back and take a look."

"Ah?" Emily was surprised.

But she quickly realized that it might be because of what had happenedfour years ago. Emily had heard that Alan wanted to seize power, andMrs. Brent also coveted it. And a few people in the Brent Family werebribed by Alan, but finally, all of them were taken over by Franklin whocompletely eliminated the unfaithful people around him.

Presumably, Ryan's father was among them, so Franklin sent him out."Then you and Ivy..." Emily couldn't help but gossip when she thoughtabout Ryan and Ivy.

Just as she was speaking, she didn't expect Ivy to come over. Ivy calledRyan first. When she ran over and saw Emily, her face immediatelychanged.

"Ryan, why are you with her?" Ivy asked unhappily.

Ryan quickly put on a fawning face and said, "I met her. Just said a fewwords."

Emily rolled her eyes in her heart, thinking that Ryan was really a stupidman. When he saw Ivy, he became completely stupid.

However, Emily did not forget the last time Ivy helped her, so she didn'tsneer at Ivy. Emily said something to the two of them and just left withthe plate in her hand.