Chapter 250: Just Talking About Money
"Miss Petty, I’ve come to pick you up," Yusuf Zuck and Alec Petty got out of the car as two more people descended from the Toyota Alphard van, one being the young driver with a sharp glint in his eyes, and the other a middle-aged man around his fifties, dressed in a crisp suit.
He addressed Alec Petty as Miss Petty and did so with exceptional reverence.
"Uncle Lin, why have you come in person?" Alec Petty hurried forward to greet and embrace Uncle Lin.
"The family has been awake all night knowing that you were coming back, everyone’s waiting for you," Uncle Lin said, glancing at Lance Torres before nodding and adding, "Good to see you, Lance. Do you remember me?"
"Hello, Uncle Lin, hello, of course, I remember," Lance Torres greeted Uncle Lin with a handshake.
"Uncle Lin, let me introduce you, this is Doctor Zuck," Alec Petty promptly introduced Yusuf Zuck.
"Good to see you, Doctor Zuck, everyone please get in the car," Uncle Lin said as he shook hands with Yusuf Zuck and then gestured for the three of them to board the vehicle.
Dawn was breaking, Yusuf Zuck and his companions had flown to Shenzhen at night, then drove to Hong Kong, spending the whole night traveling, and by the time they arrived in Hong Kong, the horizon was already tinged with morning red.
"Miss Petty, it’s been fifteen years since you’ve been home, the family misses you dearly," Uncle Lin said warmly from the car, his eyes brimming with tears. The Petty family’s Miss Petty was famously hot-tempered. She had once brought her fiancé home, but the family disapproved of him, which led to a heated argument, and eventually, Miss Petty left in a huff for mainland Northeast.
She had been gone for fifteen years; though there had been sporadic contact, even when she came to Hong Kong on business, she never entered the family home.