Dream of a Happy Family

The Guild of Heroes

Although Jacob's face had flushed red as he stood near Paul, he did not have the courage to say anything to defend himself. Paul's right. If a family depends on a woman, what kind of family is that?

Six years ago, when something big happened to Winifred, their family situation would not have deteriorated if Jacob had been more courageous. Over the past six years, Winifred and Blair have had to suffer being treated maliciously and harshly commented on by the Zea family.

Although Jacob still felt very sad about it, yet he did not have the courage to challenge his own family. Therefore, he accepted all the bad things that had happened to him. Even his wife, Helen Cole, had a stronger personality than him.

What kind of man can't protect his own wife and daughter?

That is the justification for the words of Paul, his own father-in-law, who had treated him harshly. Sometimes, even Jacob often underestimated himself.

"I will watch the fighting competition on a flower boat" said Paul, looking sadly at Christine. "You can all stay here and watch the Dragon Boat Paddle Competition alone. Incidentally, Brent was in charge of the flower boat security sector this year. He can get us some tickets."

His face lit up, Stephen quickly pulled out his phone. "Grandfather, I'll call Dad right away to have someone send us the tickets."

"Have him prepare four tickets for us." Paul turned to look at Tyr and Jacob. "You two come with us too. You should take this opportunity to watch and learn how to be a real man!"

Jacob and Tyr were silent. While Jacob was completely speechless, Tyr felt reluctant to say anything. After all, he wanted to find an excuse to go on that flower boat.

Now, because of this coincidence, he did not even need to look for an excuse anymore. Ever since the old man spoke, Tyr did not dare to refuse.

Meanwhile, Holly Cole seemed just as excited." Dad, ask my sister to get an extra ticket. I want to watch the fighting competition too!"

Christine angrily hit the back of Holly's head "You're a woman. Why involve yourself in such things? Your attitude has always been tomboyish since you were a kid. Can't you turn out to be more graceful? If so, you would have been married by now and not single until you were over forty. Stay here with us and watch the Dragon Boat Paddle Competition. Jacob, Tyr, if you don't like it, you don't have to go with them either."

"Cannot be. Helen doesn't have to come, but Tyr and Jacob have to come with us" Paul said angrily. It feels silly for a man to stay around women and do boring things all day. That's not masculine at all!"

Christine looked annoyed, hitting her stick to the ground. "Paul Cole, what do you mean? Have you underestimated a woman? Why didn't you say such things when you chased after me all those years ago? Are you sick of having a wife like me now? In the past, to attract my attention, you even willingly cleaned the dirt in front of my house every day. You even tried to persuade me to harvest cauliflower together. Back then, you seemed to be above the ninth heaven. Why don't you just tell me now that you're tired of me?"

Everyone is speechless. Paul's face suddenly turned red. This old lady actually dared to express her thoughts. He even talked about harvesting cauliflower without any constraints. Everyone around them felt clumsy.

Meanwhile, Blair's eyes opened wide as he looked at Christine in bewilderment. "Grandma, why would Grandpa want to harvest cauliflower together? Are you there to enjoy the view?"

Winifred hurriedly covered Blair's mouth with his hand.

As Paul and Christine looked like they were going to fight, Tyr immediately agreed to his invitation to watch the Dragon Boat Fighting Competition. Therefore, Jacob also had no choice but to nod and agree to it as well.

While Winifred, Christine, and other women stayed in the Brunswick area to watch the Dragon Boat Paddle Competition and enjoy the view of the flowers around them, Paul, Tyr, and others, and the others went to the flower boat to watch the Dragon Boat Fights Competition.

Soon, Tyr and three others arrived at the flower boat. They could see a large boat decorated with lights and fresh flowers floating on the surface of the water. It looks so grand and beautiful.

"Is the flower boat actually a ferry?" asked Tyr while thinking.

"Yes," replied Stephen. "Indeed modified from a ferry. The Dragon Boat Battle Competition is a traditional event held during the Dragon Boat Festival in Riverville City. It used to be an ordinary boat, but it was changed after the Riverville City Alliance was established."

"To promote our culture and architectural design, the Riverville City Alliance purchased this luxury used ferry, and turned it into the flower boat it is today."

When Stephen talked about the Riverville City Alliance, he looked rather proud.

"Tyr, if you knew how great the Riverville City Alliance was, you'd die of shock" he added. "The Riverville City Alliance is the most powerful alliance in Riverville City in recent years. It was led by four families - the Collins family, the Wallace family, the Xander family, and the Quinton family. Today, nearly 80% of the largest families and companies are members of the alliance. They were also considered the most powerful in the entire Riverdale Province."

Stephen then changed the topic, saying If our family's martial arts academy was still active and running, we would also be part of the alliance."

Tyr sighed in his heart. "You seem to have great admiration for the Riverville City Alliance."

"It's not admiration, but respect. A passionate man's respect for great warriors and the alliance of heroes. A useless coward like you will never be able to understand all these things."

"The alliance of heroes?" Ask Tyr.

"Of course, it is" said Stephen, speaking excitedly. "Last year, a criminal did terrible things in Riverville. Any child who hears Patrick Reynolds will not dare to speak at night! Later, the four largest families in Riverville City formed the Alliance of Riverville City to get rid of the evil Patrick Reynold. If they don't do it, the citizens of Riverville City will still live in misery."

Paul snorted in agreement. "Patrick Reynold is really evil. I must say that the Riverville City Alliance is of great help to the citizens of Riverville City."

Tyr seemed to be deep in thought. 'The alliance of the heroes you spoke of was almost annihilated by Patrick Reynold over the past few days.'

Now that Patrick Reynolds is back, this alliance of heroes that these people are so proud of will completely disband if Tyr doesn't help the Collins family

Stephen looked disdainfully at Tyr. "Why would I take the trouble to tell a coward like you about all this? The spirit of the people of Riverville is not the same as a coward like you, who did not even dare to step foot into the arena of battle."

At that time, the four of them had already arrived on the flower boat. As soon as they get tickets from Brent Cole, the four of them start boarding a flower boat.