Chapter 561

Max chuckled before he assured them. “It’s correct, Ed and Wendy. It’s really a total of 18.73 million.

This is just the cash I’m talking about; I haven’t included the other gifts that some people sent over. I made a list of all the gifts collected; there were quite a number of people who brought gold jewelry and such—it took about six boxes to fit everything inside.

Wendy, perhaps you can take a look at these accessories soon. That way, you can keep those that you like and get rid of those that you don’t. Otherwise, having so much jewelry at home would be equivalent to inviting robbers into our house, and just keeping it around would be troublesome anyway.”

Ed and Wendy were still shocked by what they just heard. “H-How did things turn out this way? Where did all these gifts come from? Why would people give us jewelry? T-That’s such an expensive gift!”

Wendy commented.

With a faint smile, Max explained, “Ed, Wendy, this is how things are done nowadays. Attending a wedding with just a cash offering would indicate that one only has a distant relationship with the couple, but sending in jewelry and accessories would show that one truly has a close relationship with them.

Since almost everyone brought jewelries and other gifts over today, it means that all of them wish to form tight relationships with you.

Even the amount of cash offerings were pretty much as expected. Master Burch alone had already contributed 888,888; the rest of them all paid a few hundred thousand each. Even without any contribution from your neighbors, we already have about 20 million.

Furthermore, these people all received personal invitations from Master Tiger; some of them who hadn’t been invited didn’t even get to enter once they arrived. If everyone actually entered, we might have had up to 30 million here.”

Both Ed and Wendy simply gaped at the man who just finished talking. A while ago, they were both getting concerned over a few hundred dollars. Who could’ve expected for them to become so rich right after they got married? “T-This is too much. We can’t take all of it. Mr. Mussolini, why don’t you… help us send all this money back?” Wendy waved and gestured for the money to be sent away.

What she got in return was a stunned expression from Max. This girl is truly impressive, he thought.

There’s so much money here, and yet her first thought is to send it all back. This is a rare sight indeed.

There are only a few people nowadays who aren’t greedy for money, let alone a family like theirs, who actually needed the money.

“You don’t have to call me that, Wendy. You can just call me Max in the future. Also, we can’t send the money back. They sent this over as a show of their respect for us; we’ll have to take it in order to acknowledge their kind intentions. If we send it back, it means that we’re rejecting their offerings; it’d be rude to do that!

Once Ed starts running the whole Wellness Herbary in the future, he’ll need to build relationships with a great number of people. Such traditions and etiquettes will have to be done right,” Max spoke.

Confused, Wendy said, “But this is such a huge sum of money. It’s too generous of them to do this.

How can we ever repay such generosity?”

“Don’t worry about that, Wendy. Nothing’s impossible. I’m sure Ed’s income will be pretty high after he takes over Wellness Herbary. In the future, if any of these people host events of any sort, we can always attend and return their kindness. Furthermore, it really isn’t about the money right now; what matters is the relationships that you build with them.”

After that, Wendy simply fell silent as she accepted the new reality she was in. Max handed the list over to Ed as he said, “Take a look, Ed. If everything’s fine, we can pack up and leave. I’ve called for my men to come along, and they will help you to move your things later.”

“What? Move where?” Ed questioned him with a stunned look on his face.

“It was Master Tiger’s last orders before he left. He said that you’ll have to live in the worker’s dorm when you’re working at Wellness Herbary, so all your things will have to be moved over,” Max said with a smile.

After understanding the situation, Ed then uttered, “Well, you don’t need to ask for your men’s help. I can just pack a few clothes and leave.”

This time, with a quieter voice, Max muttered, “The worker’s dorm that Master Tiger gave you is a big bungalow with a size of nearly 300 square meters. What he’s trying to say is that your whole family might as well move over to live there instead.”