Charlie had not left his house after rushing back from the Middle East the previous night.
This was because it happened to be Saturday today, and Claire had also not gone to the company. Therefore, the couple had begun reorganizing their small vegetable garden instead.
Charlie’s mother-in-law, Elaine, also tagged along with them on crutches in order to help a little bit. Still, as it was inconvenient for her leg, she basically could not help much at all.
The both of them worked all day until the sky was dark, and the vegetable garden was finally properly cleaned.
Claire then picked some fresh beans and took the initiative to make some pasta for Charlie.
As a southern girl, Claire originally did not know how t o make this kind of pasta. However, she had happened to stumble upon other people’s tutorial videos on Instagram, and since the beans in their vegetable garden had already ripened, Claire thought o f cooking for Charlie.
So, Claire dragged her mother, Elaine, to the kitchen with her to work on preparing the meal together with her while Charlie continued staying in the vegetable garden to clean up and put away the tools that they
had used.
Albert's phone call came in at this time, and as soon a s the call was connected, Albert spoke up respectfully, "Master Wade, I heard Liam telling me that you have introduced an agency job to me?"
"Yes." Charlie smiled and said, "He already told you about it?"
"Yes..." Albert smiled and said, "Liam said that it's a foreigner who wants to invite him out for dinner, and h e asked me to be an intermediary and charge the foreigner five million US dollars for it. I was afraid that Liam might have remembered the figure wrongly and so, I decided to call you and confirm this matter with you first."
Charlie laughed casually and said, "He did not remember it wrongly. When that foreigner comes looking for you, tell him that he will have to give you five million US dollars first if he wants to ask Liam out for dinner."
Albert asked in surprise, "I'm really supposed to ask for five million US dollars?! Won’t the other party think that I'm intentionally trying to rip him off?"
Charlie laughed and said, "It's okay. Just tell him that today's offer is five million US dollars and that it will b e increased by one million US dollars every day. So, he can consider this himself."
Albert could guess from the tone of Charlie's voice that Charlie was definitely playing a joke on someone again and so, he hurriedly said, "Alright then, Master Wade. I've already noted it down. I will transfer the money to you immediately when the other party pays."
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family