Janet looked at his beard and long hair, and thought that he was funny. She didn't refuse, and intentionally said, "I could have dinner here, but if I look at you, I can't eat!"
Bill scratched his head in embarrassment, and Charles immediately said, "Bill, go upstairs and have a shower. I'll ask for a barber to shave off your beard and cut your hair!"
Bill nodded, and while pulling Janet's hand, he said, "Jane, please don't leave. I'll go upstairs and take a shower right now!"
She waved her hand at him. "Go upstairs! I won't leave!"
Bill went upstairs, and Charles pulled Janet to sit with him in the living room. On Janet's left sat Ivanka, and on her right sat Brian, on an armchair.
Joyce' eyes lingered on Janet. He thought Janet was so smart. She could successfully persuade his cousin to go out of room for dinner. She could always catch his cousin's attention.
And thanks to Lyman, it was not so awkward.
Charles was in a much more better mood now that he had a great-grandson, and that also his grandson, whom he had always worried about, was also better.
At dinnertime, Bill came back downstairs. He was now back to his old self, and he was not as tanned now as he was back in Africa.
He sat next to Janet and kept putting food on her plate.
Barry Han, Bill's father, had also returned home before dinner. Seeing Bill at the table, Barry was in a daze, and he thought that he was seeing a stranger.
When he heard Bill called him, Barry happily realized that his son had really returned back to his old self.
Barry knew that all of this was due to Janet, and he kept it in his mind.
Brian looked at all the food, piled up in front of Janet like a mountain, and put some of it on his own plate.
Bill immediately protested, and said, "Hey! Brian! What do you think you're doing?" He seemed to look that he had just returned earlier, and that his arm hadn't been hurt.
Brian rolled his eyes and put a squid ring on Janet's plate with a new fork, saying, "You pile all kinds of different dishes together, and they'll taste bad. How could Janet enjoy the delicious food like this, eh?"
His words made sense, and then he put a sautéed shelled shrimp on Janet's plate.
Watching all of this, Charles was lost in thought.
He glanced at Ivanka, Brian and Janet, and then he got a general idea of the current situation.
Bill wasn't convinced. After Janet ate the squid ring, he still kept putting food on her plate.
Janet was quickly full, but Bill still put a scallop on her plate.
"Bill. I'm already full. You eat it!" It seemed that he was always putting dishes on her plate, overlooking himself from the dinner.
Bill nodded, and then gobbled on some food.
Janet's mobile rang, and when she looked at the screen, she recalled what Spark had said to her earlier in the morning and suddenly started to panic.
"Excuse me, I have to answer a call. Please, continue to eat without me."
Uttering these words, Janet walked out in the middle of dinner, and stood by the window in the living room; she then slid the answer button.
"I'm at the front gate of the Han family. There's no more time. Come out!"
... How did he know that she was there?
"No..." she answered.
"If you don't come out now, I'll come inside and drag you!" The man threatened her, and left her no chance whatsoever to decline him.
Janet looked at the dinning room and saw that other people were also gradually standing up from the table. "Okay, I understand."
After she said her goodbyes to everyone, Brian and Bill saw her on her way out the door.
Brian saw the Rolls-Royce parked not far away from them, and looked at Jane who was talking with Bill. 'Maybe who called her just now was actually Daniel!'
Janet got in her car, said goodbye to Bill again, and then started it.
After she drove away, several cars followed her, and they all passed by the Han's old house, the Rolls-Royce included, which also quickly followed her and caught up with her from behind.
Brian pointed at the luxury car, and said, "Do you see it? That's Daniel's car."
Bill knew what Brian meant, and while looking back at him, he said, "If he treats Jane badly, I'll marry her, and I'll let her call you cousin."
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