After Divorce I Married a Tycoon-Chapter 138: The Wedding Turns Into a Seniors’ Association Gathering
The wife of the second branch looked at her daughter, Shanna Sinclair, with an appreciative expression.
"You’re right. Our family was always pretty decent to Claire Mercer in the past."
"You and your brother never gave her any trouble, and you were always respectful to her."
"Even if she hates the main branch, she wouldn’t take it out on us."
"Besides, our branch is in a life-or-death struggle with the main branch right now."
"Claire Mercer must despise the main branch, and the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
"We can totally use our connection to Claire Mercer to get in with the Rowan Family."
"Then, using the Rowan Family’s influence, we can snatch the Sinclair Group from the main branch."
With this plan in mind, the mother and daughter exchanged a knowing smile.
Shanna Sinclair decided she would find more opportunities to get close to Claire Mercer from now on.
Although she used to look down on her a bit because of her background.
Her respect and politeness toward her had been entirely for the old matriarch’s sake.
But now, Claire Mercer was no longer the person she once was.
She had the Rowan Family backing her now.
She heard the gown Claire wore today cost over six million and was custom-made by the House of T.
This showed that the Rowan Family valued Claire Mercer to a degree that completely exceeded their imagination.
She couldn’t understand why the Rowan Family would place so much importance on Claire Mercer.
’There doesn’t seem to be anything special about Claire Mercer, so how did she win Mrs. Rowan’s favor and earn such high regard from the Rowan Family?’
Shanna Sinclair couldn’t figure it out, and she couldn’t be bothered to try.
In any case, Claire Mercer was now someone they needed to suck up to.
All she had to do was find opportunities to please her, flatter her, and use her...
As for everything else, she couldn’t be bothered to guess.
Then, the wife of the second branch said, "Getting on good terms with Claire Mercer is a must, but that’s all for later."
"For now, let’s just sit back and enjoy the main branch’s humiliation."
Looking at the empty banquet hall and thinking about the "wedding of the century" the main branch had been boasting about...
The wife of the second branch and Shanna Sinclair were about to die from laughter.
But a moment later, she saw people continuously streaming into the banquet hall.
Most of them were elderly men and women.
There were also some middle-aged people, but only a handful of young ones.
They were dressed very simply; the total cost of their outfits from head to toe probably didn’t exceed five hundred.
It was all rather shabby.
Furthermore, their words and actions could hardly be called proper.
Some were speaking in the Rhonia dialect, their words even a bit coarse.
Upon entering the banquet hall, they all gaped in astonishment.
They stared at the opulent and luxurious hall, looking like country folk visiting the city for the first time.
They all marveled at how grand and magnificent the seven-star hotel was.
In an instant, the once-deserted banquet hall became as noisy as a wet market.
They looked completely out of place compared to the guests at the thirty-odd tables who had arrived earlier.
The wife of the second branch frowned and asked:
"Where did all these people come from?"
Shanna Sinclair also shook her head in confusion.
"I don’t know."
Meanwhile, when Rose Gable saw the passersby who had arrived—most of them elderly folks who couldn’t even speak Mandarin—
her already unpleasant expression instantly turned thunderous.
"Where did you find all these country bumpkins?"
"And you expect them to speak up for the Sinclair Family? I bet they don’t even know how to use a smartphone."
Hearing Rose Gable’s words and seeing the luxurious banquet hall instantly become as boisterous and noisy as a wet market,
Felix Sinclair’s expression soured as well.
’Is this a wedding reception?’
’Anyone who didn’t know better would think it was a wet market.’
’No... it’s worse than a wet market.’
’This is basically a senior citizens’ association meeting.’
Before, it was embarrassingly empty.
Now, it was excessively rowdy.
He immediately summoned his assistant.
Pointing at the elderly men and women waiting for the banquet to start, he asked with a dark expression:
"Look at the kind of people you found!"
The assistant to the general manager glanced at the elderly crowd and replied helplessly.
"Mr. Sinclair, it’s not that I didn’t try to find some more respectable, elite-looking passersby."
"It’s just that when people heard the Sinclair Family was inviting everyone to a free banquet... they were afraid there was some kind of scheme or trap involved."
"So..."
Rose Gable scoffed, "We invite them to a free meal, and they’re afraid of this and that. They simply don’t know what’s good for them."
The assistant glanced at Rose Gable and didn’t dare say anything more.
The truth was, people were disdainful of attending the wedding banquet of the Sinclair Family’s eldest son and his new wife.
After all, the Sinclair Family’s scandal had been all over the place.
Some self-righteous passersby naturally despised the cheating scumbag and the other woman.
The young people who followed online drama had gotten more than their fill of the Sinclair Family’s gossip.
The things the Sinclair Family had done were the talk of the town for days.
As soon as people heard that Gavin Sinclair and Scarlett Jewel were getting married today, they didn’t hesitate to voice their contempt right to the assistant’s face.
"How dare that cheating scumbag and his mistress hold such a high-profile wedding banquet?"
"If it were me, I’d keep my head down and live quietly."
Their companion agreed, "Exactly."
Some young women wanted to come to the upscale, luxurious seven-star hotel just to see what it was like.
But they were immediately pulled back by their friends.
"Girl, have you forgotten how the Sinclair family’s matriarch treated Ms. Mercer?"
"She used a fake marriage certificate to trick her into being a free nanny for her son for two years."
"After the fake certificate was exposed, she even had a maid watch Ms. Mercer while she packed her things, treating her like a thief."
"She supposedly gifted her a villa, but after the fake marriage was revealed, she kicked her out."
"Miss Mercer was Sinclair’s nanny for two years and didn’t get a single cent out of it."
"We’re complete strangers to the Sinclair Family. Do you really think a family that’s so shrewd, stingy, and calculating would let us take advantage of them for free?"
"There’s definitely some kind of scheme waiting for us. You need to get a grip."
Hearing her friend’s words, the young woman instantly came to her senses, her heart pounding with fear.
"You’re right. The Sinclairs are so stingy, why would they be kind enough to invite a bunch of random passersby like us to a free banquet?"
"Besides, it’s the wedding of a cheating scumbag and his mistress. If I ate that food, I’m afraid I’d get indigestion."
"..."
There were far too many similar situations.
At first, the assistant couldn’t understand why no one was willing to come for a free meal at a seven-star hotel.
It was only after hearing these complaints that he realized the Sinclair Family’s reputation was simply too terrible.
Because of what happened before, the young people who surfed the web had absolutely no good impression of the Sinclair Family.
So, in the end, the only people who came to the banquet hall were elderly men and women who loved a good bargain.
You really couldn’t blame him for being incompetent.
It was just that the Sinclair Family’s way of doing things was so deplorable that people were wary.
They were terrified of falling into a trap set by the Sinclairs.
When Scarlett Jewel saw her wedding reception turn into a wet market for a senior citizens’ association, she was so furious she nearly fainted on the spot.
The banquet hall that had been empty half an hour ago was now packed to the rafters.
Some of the elderly folks even arrived a little late and couldn’t find a place to sit.
They were not happy about this at all, feeling they had been deceived and made a fool of.
They had come thinking there was such a thing as a free lunch, and it would be a waste not to take it—especially a high-end banquet at such a fancy hotel. They absolutely couldn’t miss out on this free meal.
So when they saw there were no seats left and they couldn’t get their free, high-end banquet, how could they possibly stand for it?
The elderly men and women immediately started causing a scene in the banquet hall.
