Chapter - 174

Emily and her mother no longer had the nerve to stay there, so they scurried away.

Whereas Adam and Jeremy stood rooted to the spot, not knowing what to do.

Initially, they didn’t come to the coming-of-age ceremony with the excuse that they had received an invitation from the Clemons.

But after this incident, the two of them felt extremely embarrassed.

At this time, Susan arrived.

Upon seeing Douglas, she hurried over. “Mr. Hill, sorry for keeping you waiting.”

Douglas politely replied, “It’s okay. I’ve just arrived as well.”

Susan then glanced at Daniel and said, “Mr. Hinton, what a coincidence. You’re here too. I was about to call you.”

Daniel was dumbfounded. “Call me? For what?”

Susan explained, “I’m going to collaborate with Reinz Pharmaceutical soon, but I’m afraid that | will not be able to do this job well on my own. Therefore, I want to work with you!”

W-What!?

Daniel was so excited that he became incoherent.

Susan has just invited me to collaborate with Reinz Pharmaceutical together!

Being able to collaborate with Reinz Pharmaceutical was the dream of Daniel and even every single TCM practitioner.

And now, his dream had come true!

“I-I’m in!” Daniel hurriedly said, “Why don’t we go and talk in detail inside the suite, Mr. Hill, Ms. Raynor?”

Douglas looked at Zeke with a worried expression. “I-Is this okay? We can perhaps talk after you’re done with the coming-of-age ceremony. We’ll be waiting for you outside.”

Zeke nodded his head. “Sounds good.”

“That’s great.” Douglas smiled, also nodding his head.

They returned to the Couleur together.

Adam and Jeremy decided to leave after giving it some thought.

They still refused to give Lacey their blessings.

Lacey’s grandmother called after them, “Mr. Hinton, are you really not attending Lacey’s coming-of-age ceremony?”

“We’re not free,” Adam replied in an indifferent manner.

Lacey’s grandmother was disappointed. “Okay.”

However, Zeke suddenly raised his voice at them, “Come back inside, and sit!”

Adam was furious. “Such an ill-mannered bastard. This is outrageous! We will leave whenever we want. What makes you think you can order us around?”

“Because Lily owes us one hundred million dollars.” Zeke threatened, “If you dare leave, I will call the police now and ask the police to arrest Lily!”

Due to the dowry incident with the Williams family of Atheville, Lily still owed Zeke one hundred million dollars.

Hannah’s siblings were stupefied.

Lily actually owes them one hundred million dollars!

Adam chickened out.

They could barely even take out ten thousand dollars, let alone one hundred million!

However, Adam said, with a false sense of pride, “Humph, of course, we will attend Lacey’s coming of-age ceremony. But our decision to stay has nothing to do with you.”

The two of them obediently entered the Couleur.

Zeke made the two stay not because he wanted them to give Lacey their blessings. It was because he simply wanted to flaunt Lacey’s current capital and power to intimidate them, lest they continued to bully Lacey unscrupulously in the future.

Lacey’s grandmother looked at Daniel with mixed feelings.

She didn’t expect that this useless son-in-law whom she had despised for a long time would have such great ability to work with Reinz Pharmaceutical.

Alas, I’ve underestimated him too much.

Lacey’s grandmother put some food on Daniel’s plate, and said meaningfully, “Eat more, Daniel. I didn’t expect you to actually collaborate with Reinz Pharmaceutical. You’ve really earned it. Forgive me for underestimating you previously.”

The words of Lacey’s grandmother gave Daniel and Hannah mixed feelings.

Daniel’s eyes even brimmed with tears.