Such a Rude and Noisy Woman novel Chapter 20

Rachel's father passed away when she was still a high school student. It was already over a decade ago.

It had been a long time since she last called someone 'dad'. That was why she was so shy to call Gavin 'dad'.

But at that moment, all of them were looking at her, waiting for her answer.

Joanna had been holding the red envelop in her hands for some time. She would give it to Rachel as soon as she called 'dad'.

Gavin smiled kindly and said,"Alright, Joanna. This is Rachel's first time to meet me. Come on, don't make her feel so embarrassed."

"Dad..."

Rachel called him while biting her lip. She thought that even if it wasn't for the red envelop, she should do it. It didn't hurt anyway.

"Yes, yes!" Gavin exclaimed happily the first time he heard Rachel call him 'dad'.

Joanna smiled, finally handed the red envelop in Rachel's hands and said,"Ah! Good girl! Good girl! Rachel, whenever you are free, please come back here and chat with me. I will also prepare a good dinner for you."

Rachel accepted the red envelop. She pinched the envelop secretly. It was so thick; it might contain a lot of money. She felt that what she did had a great value.

After the dinner, Hiram and Rachel sat for a while. Hiram thought it was late and that they should leave. However, Joanna stopped them.

"Hiram, my boy, I understand that you are so busy with your work, and that you need to travel a lot for your business. But now you're here. Please stay for just one night so that Rachel and I can have a talk. You can also play chess with you father."

Joanna grabbed Rachel's hand, led Rachel to her bedroom and said,"Come with me, my baby, I really need to show you something."

Rachel realized that the better Joanna treated her, the guiltier she would be. She wanted to tell Joanna the truth several times, In particular the real attitude and character of her son.

After entering the room, Joanna took a box from her cabinet and waved her hands to Rachel. "Rachel, come and sit here."

"Mom, what is that?" Rachel asked. She looked at the dusty box curiously. The box looked very ancient. The red paint on it was worn out as if it had been touched many times.

"Well, this is my ancestral treasure. My mother gave it to me when I got married." Joanna opened the wooden box slowly with reminiscence in her eyes.

There was a complete set of jewelry inside that unappealing box.

The emerald necklace, though less delicate and gorgeous than the jewels today, looked fairly big and valuable. It showed a sense of immortality.

Rachel knew that Joanna was from an ordinary literary family. It was extremely difficult for them to have such set of jewelry passed on from generation to generation.

The necklace alone was expensive enough. Not to mention that there were also a bracelet and earrings that had the same color.

"Mom, I can't take them! They are too valuable for me to have. I just can't!" Rachel shook her head instantly. She decided that she would refuse to have the jewelry whatever Joanna would say.

The neclace was no doubt a symbol of inheritance.

Moreover, it was more like a validation of her status as the daughter-in-law of the Rongs.

How could she, a pretentious daughter-in-law for only a month, receive such precious gift?

Even though she could accept and put them on auction after she divorced Hiram, her conscience couldn't allow her to do that.