Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!-Chapter 1287

Chapter 1287: Chapter 1287: No Matter What, I Am Happy_1 Chapter 1287 -1287: No Matter What, I Am Happy_1 “Christy Xenos is now incredibly corpulent.

She was already short to begin with, and has further compounded it by putting on weight.

Though she isn’t as exaggerated as a round ball, she does look quite squat, plump, and round.

Here was Christy Xenos, a woman of substance, being hoisted up by one arm each by two of Adrian Zhekova’s men, as if it were effortless.

Christy Xenos’ legs thrashed in midair, but to no avail.

And besides, only her hands were untied.

Her mouth was still gagged.

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She was promptly carried out by the two men.

“Ugh ugh ugh!” Unable to resist, Christy Xenos turned her head to look at Wendy Clarke.

But what good would looking at Wendy do now?

Wendy was also still tied up.

A distressed Wendy looked back at Christy: “Ugh Uh Uh!”

Let her go.

But no one could understand her muffled cries.

And just like that, Christy Xenos was taken away.

Now, only Wendy was left in the room.

But Adrian and his men were still numerous.

With Joshua Clarke and Peggy Lewis there earlier, Wendy had felt somewhat afraid, but also considerably reassured.

She felt that with her parents around, they would lend her support even in the face of danger.

Wendy hadn’t realized this.

But the reality is, regardless of your age.

Whether you’re middle-aged, have children of your own, or even if your children are old enough to start their own families.

As long as your parents are alive, one feels assured since they always seem to offer a way out.

Despite their advanced age or their hunched backs.

Even if their pace isn’t as steady as before.

There’s always a sense that your parents can carry the weight of the world for you.

But once the parents are gone, so is your safety net.

You’re just a parent to someone else and no longer a child to your own parents.

You can only offer support to your children and can no longer rely on your parents for the same.

Even more so, it’s as if you can already see the path ahead.

You’ve crossed that threshold, awaiting the end of your lifespan.

Not that Wendy was anticipating her own death at this moment.

After all, she was still young.

However, when Joshua and Christy were around just earlier, she hadn’t felt as panicked as she was now.

Now that Joshua and Christy had both been taken away.

Only she remained here.

Wendy experienced the sheer panic of the sky falling and her parents being absent for the first time.

She missed them tremendously.

She wished for them to come back.

“Last time, you had somebody obstruct Cindy Clarke on the road to the competition.” Adrian stated, “It was you who did it.”

Wendy shook her head, vehemently denying it.

“Ugh ugh!” Wendy negated.

Even though she did do it, she couldn’t confess!

She absolutely couldn’t concede to it now.

“Are you under the impression that I’m questioning you at this point?” Adrian was nauseated by Wendy’s stupidity.

“I’m here to state a fact, not to inquire from you.” Adrian said, “I have proof of everything you’ve done.”

Desperate, Wendy continued to struggle forward.

“Remove the duct tape.” Adrian instructed.

Perry Gustav, who was present, immediately stepped forward and tore the duct tape off Wendy’s mouth.

Having been affixed for too long, the duct tape had been adhering tighter and tighter.

Upon abruptly removing it now, it even ripped off some fine hairs around her mouth and face.

Her lips were swollen due to the long duration of the tape’s attachment and the subsequent tearing.

Starting from her lips and extending around the area of her cheeks, her whole face was severely swollen and beet-red.

Because of the tearing, both her cheeks and mouth were burning with pain.

As if set ablaze.

But Wendy couldn’t care about that now, she could only deny: “It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it!”

“I told you, I’m not here to confirm or question you.” Adrian said.

He gestured to his aide, and Perry Gustav handed him a file.

Adrian methodically tossed each piece of evidence in the file to the floor at Wendy’s feet.

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There were photos, written reports, and audio records of Wendy communicating with those individuals.

Adrian played them all.

The colour drained from Wendy’s face, leaving only the red swelling around her lips and cheeks, making her look even more ridiculous.

“I’ve confirmed it.

You’re the one behind this.” Adrian said.

Wendy was shivering all over, her blood felt as if it had turned ice-cold, causing her to tremble involuntarily.

Even her teeth were chattering.

“Since you’ve got the evidence, why don’t you call the police and arrest me?” Wendy tried to maintain her composure.

Adrian smirked coldly: “What do you think?”

“What do you want to do?” Wendy asked nervously.

“What is your motive for blocking Cindy?” Adrian asked.

For Wendy, she could never reveal that Ethan Zhekova was involved unless it was a last resort.

Otherwise, not only Adrian but Ethan would be after her too.

Thus, she couldn’t expose Ethan not because she was loyal, but out of fear.

“I just didn’t want her to compete, that’s all.” Wendy declared.

“How does her not participating benefit you?” Adrian inquired with raised eyebrows.

“No benefit, I just can’t stand her being successful.” Wendy said coldly.

“As long as it’s bad for her, it makes me happy, regardless of what it is.”

“Her inability to compete will preclude her from gaining fame.

Even if she might say that she never desired fame and only loves the culinary arts.” Wendy mocked, clearly expressing disbelief and even calling Cindy hypercritical.

“Let’s assume that’s the case.

Imagine how difficult it must be for someone who ‘loves the culinary arts’ like her to not be able to attend a competition and do what they love?” Wendy said.

“She can’t compete against others in an event she was due to participate in; she failed to carry out an agreed task.

Her supervisor and teammates were left hanging, strategy had to be abruptly changed, a teammate had to step in at the last moment.

Her single mistake tossed the entire team into disarray.”

“Such a crucial competition faced a major hiccup.

If the entire team ends up losing, it’ll all be her fault.” Wendy now seemed to have taken the ‘devil-may-care’ approach.

She even dared to look Adrian Zhekova in the eye: “That’s why I had someone stop her.”

“I want her to be known as the ‘rotten apple’ of the team, dragging them down so she can never hold her head high again.”

“It has always been like this.

She’s exceptional, better at academics than I am.

Whether it was teachers or classmates in school, they all claimed we were biological sisters yet completely different.

Cindy was always favoured, often praised by teachers.”

“They were always telling me, look at how your sister does this and that.

Even classmates would point at me and whisper, wondering why my younger sister is so brilliant at academics while I always ranked at the bottom.”

“They also criticised me for focusing on dating instead; said I never do anything serious and that I am indiscreet.”

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