
Soon after, the next day came.
Despite the financial crisis, Noelle's family still attaches great importance to the process of preparing for Noelle's twentieth birthday. After all, Noelle being able to celebrate her birthday happily was the most important thing for her family.
This explains how the originally small birthday banquet ended up being more of a big family gathering.
The place of celebration itself is a large private room—which can accommodate up to thirty people— in Longthorne International Hotel that Noelle's parents have booked for the day.
Among the thirty people invited to the banquet were members of Noelle's family, her classmates, her cousins, and several other relatives including her eldest uncle and all three. They insist on making this birthday party as lively as possible to rid their families of their bad luck.
“Sister-in-law and Second Sister! You are both truly blessed to have such a beautiful daughter like Noelle! He has a good temperament too! I'm sure the two of you will definitely be able to continue living and enjoy a good life together with Noelle in the future! ” said Noelle's third aunt with a smile as she looked at Noelle's parents.
"Enjoy life? What else can be enjoyed? You must be well aware of how messy our family's current financial condition is, Third! We should even start thinking about how we will survive in the second half of our lives!” zavien replied while shaking his head bitterly.
Hearing that, Noelle's oldest and third uncle could only sigh.
“. As long as we can get someone to invest some money into our business, we can definitely get through this crisis! You know, I heard that Preston, the young master of the Wake family, has been actively pursuing Noelle recently. Do any of you know about the strength or background of the Wake family?”
As Noelle's third aunt changed the subject, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to Noelle.
In fact, Noelle's oldest and third uncles were people who only did things that benefited themselves. With that in mind, why would they bother bringing their entire family over just to attend the birthday banquet of a young girl like Noelle?
Frankly, it was because they were well aware of the benefits Noelle could provide for their families.
Even Zavien and Gracie had heard of Preston's pursuit of Noelle, so Noelle's third aunt's statement was not at all wrong.
Apart from that, if Noelle really ends up together with Preston — and Preston is willing to talk to her father about their current situation on their behalf — then the Shadwell family will definitely be able to turn things around and resolve the crisis they are at the moment.
With that said, it's no wonder why Noelle's aunt and uncle took the time to come today just to celebrate her birthday.
“...Mong-by the way about Preston, I heard Noelle invited her to a birthday party, right?” add her third aunt while smiling.
Gracie just laughed softly before saying, “To think that you are even more knowledgeable than me, sister! How do you even know that he invited her? ”
Smiling awkwardly, the third Aunt simply replied, "I ... Coincidentally heard it!"
"I understand! For those who don't know better, I'm sure they'll assume that you've noticed Preston. Unfortunately, even though Faye was quite great, she had absolutely no luck meeting someone like Preston. I guess she still needs to work harder to get the attention and help of people like her, don't you think, Faye?” gracie said as she looked at her aunt's third daughter who was the same age as Noelle.
Gracie couldn't help but feel a little jealous since Third Aunt could know a little about Preston after hearing his name a few times. Simultaneously also made her worry that Noelle's third aunt might be planning to introduce her own daughter, Faye, to Preston. Is he trying to snatch Gracie's future son-in-law away from him? If that's the case, Gracie's only comment is 'dream!'
After thinking about it for a bit more, Gracie went on to say, “Mong-by the way, sister, you may have never heard of this, but Preston gave Noelle a very touching confession before the unfortunate incident happened yesterday! He even knelt in front of her, you know? I heard that many people also watch it all! It is unfortunate that Noelle, as a stubborn girl, refuses to be her boyfriend! ”
"…Is that so? Oh my God, how amazing Noelle is! ” Third Aunt replied as she blushed in embarrassment while praising Noelle in a slightly bitter tone.
At that moment, a servant opened the door of a private room while saying, “Master. Wake up! Please enter!"
After which, a handsome young man wearing a white suit and tie walked into the room with a bouquet of flowers in hand.