CEO Proposed to His Ex-wife 99 Times novel Chapter 406

Marshall was quite efficient. Since everything was settled, the group gathered, trying to set a date of departure.

Now nearly ten people were about to leave, and it caused an uproar in the village. Many people rushed to Katherine’s house, asking her what those people would do after they left for the city with her. Not to mention the men in the village, but the women were also trying to find a new way to fend for themselves, because everyone knew they had no future sitting around in such an obscure village.

However, it was impossible for Katherine to take the whole village away with her, so she could only pacify the rest villagers, telling them that if the first group of people was able to accommodate themselves to the city life, she would help more villagers find jobs in the city and see the world.

The village head also came, expressing his gratitude to Katherine for Marshall building a road in the village and helping the rural laborers earn a living. It was because of her that their lives took a favorable turn. Katherine, nonetheless, felt a little guilty because in fact, she didn’t help. The credit didn’t belong to her at all.

Before long, word got out, and Reuben naturally got wind of it, so he came to Katherine again.

He was still wearing the clothes he had worn last time, but he made himself tidy this time. However, one could tell at a glance that he was living a hard life.

When Reuben arrived, the villagers were still at Katherine’s. He approached the crowd with a smile. "Well well, everyone is here. What are you guys talking about?"

The boisterous crowd fell into dull silence the moment they saw Reuben.

Reuben, nevertheless, kept smiling as if he didn’t notice anything unusual with these people and went on, "I heard that Katherine is going to leave. You just arrived like, a few days ago, and you should stay longer. It’s not like you come back that often."

No one replied to him.

Standing in the courtyard, Katherine stared at Reuben, poker-faced.

Meanwhile, Marshall was talking about the route with the men in the house, and telling them that there would be people picking them up when they arrived. Therefore, he didn’t take notice of what was happening in the courtyard.

Reuben’s gaze swept across the faces of the villagers. He chuckled and walked up to Katherine. "Yesterday, I wanted to visit your grandpa’s grave, but I failed to find it. Katherine, take me with you. I’ve missed your grandfather, and I haven’t visited his grave for years. I think he must have been missing me as well."

One could hardly feel any emotion in Reuben’s tone, and Katherine also failed to detect a note of guilt or regret in it.

Katherine replied, her face grim, "What makes you think you have the right to visit my grandpa’s grave? My grandpa doesn’t want to see you. He burned all the things you and your wife left and said, he would just think of you two as dead. You were dead, and have nothing to do with us anymore."

Reuben clicked his tongue. "You’re such an ungrateful child. I know you hate me, and that’s between the two of us, but your grandpa is my father, and you can’t just stop me from visiting his grave. Your grandpa would get mad at you, and he is still waiting to see me. Katherine, stop holding a grudge against your father. This is not the time to do that."

Katherine scowled at Reuben. She didn’t remember anything about him, but anger welled up within her when she thought of what kind of people her parents were and how they had treated her before. In her opinion, when people reached their fifties, they should become stabler and have much higher self-esteem. Even if they were living a tough life, they should at least have a sense of shame.

However, this rule didn’t apply to Reuben, who had a lack of self-worth. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have assumed such an air of nonchalance at this point.