Gathering II

"Why are they here, Nath?"

"I thought Michael would have brought his family back to their house after the altercation between my mother and Selena earlier, but they're here now." Natasha quickly hugged Eddie's arm intimately when Jamie looked at them. "Your half-brother is not as good as you."

Eddie momentarily raised an eyebrow, looking at Jamie. He could see that his half-brother had an interest in his lover. He smiled faintly and directly gave Natasha a gentle kiss on the lips, showing off their relationship.

Natasha unhesitantly followed her lover's game by hugging his neck and kissing him back. The two of them kissed hotly without caring about people's gazes at them.

Eddie had one hand behind Natasha's head, and his other hand was on her buttocks. He kissed her deeper, and his hand gently massaged her buttocks.

Liem and Vivian, who watched their kiss from not too far away, just smiled when they saw that. They didn't stop or greet the two, and they kept walking to the main building.

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Selena scowled at that before speaking to her son. "At first, I wanted to match her to you, but she's just a cheap and shameless woman. You don't have to bother with her, and I'll introduce you to a woman who is more attractive than her."

Jamie didn't say anything and rushed into the main building to find his friend. Yuning, who disliked their mother's remarks about Natasha, hurriedly followed her brother.

Selena noticed her husband's gaze in another direction, and she looked in that direction directly. She folded her forehead when she saw Vivian, who was walking by Liem's ​​side. "Are you still not over that poor woman?"

"You should watch your mouth." Michael coldly replied to his wife. "Vivian is Liem's ​​wife, and the Kho family has helped our family a lot. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be able to enjoy the luxurious life we ​​have now."

Selena gritted her teeth, but she was aware that the Kho family's influence was too high, and their wealth was much greater than that of her family and her husband's family combined. She had her eyes on Liem Kho when they were young because his family was wealthy, but he never spared a glance at her. She shifted her target to Michael, and they eventually married because of their parents' good relationship.

"Michael." Liem greeted him as soon as he and Vivian arrived in front of them.

"Liem." Michael greeted him back. "I thought you were going to Indonesia to discuss investment there, but you are here now."

"I was supposed to leave for Indonesia today, but someone contacted me about something important. Therefore, I canceled my trip, and I chose to accompany my daughter to attend this event." Liem then looked at the group of people who had just arrived. "Jason Chen and his wife have just arrived."

"Michael! Liam!" Jason Chen called out to them as he and his wife approached them. "Why are you two here?"

Liem told him straight away. "Jessica asked Vivian and me to attend this event, so I canceled my trip. I was confused about it at first, but my decision was the right one."

"Oh?" Jason was surprised. "What did my daughter talk to you two about? Why didn't she inform me before hand?"

Liem secretly glanced at Michael. "We plan to visit your house tomorrow, and we will talk about the matter there."

"I'll wait for you at home tomorrow." Jason then asked Michael. "What about you?"

"Something was bothering me, so I canceled our dinner." Michael replied while stealing a glance at Vivian, but she immediately looked away.

Michael's action did not escape Selena's eyes, which made her angry. She immediately pulled him away in the main building, leaving them confused by her attitude.

"Hehe." Jason's wife, Lilian Jiang, chuckled. "Selena never changes, and she will never stop being jealous of you, Vivian."

Vivian responded with a smile. "Lilian, our relationship ended a long time ago, and I've long forgotten him. Liem is my husband now, so Selena would be stupid to be jealous of me."

"We all know that Selesa had a crush on Liem in the past, but he ignored her and chose you as his wife, so you've beaten her twice." Lilian then looked at Eddie and Natasha, who were walking towards them. " You two are inseparable love birds."

"Hehe." Natasha giggled softly. "Aunt, you taught me to stick to Eddie so that no other woman would approach him, and I did according to your teachings."

Lilian nodded at her. "My son is handsome and dashing, and he always attracts many women to him. You must stick to him forever and don't let other women snatch him from you."

"Mom, you know that I won't like any other woman, so you don't need to teach Nath like that." Eddie then led Natasha to walk in front of them. "We have to meet my grandpa now, or he will scold us."

Jason took Lilian and followed behind the two of them, as did Liem and Vivian.

Vivian was sad and nervous as she walked by her husband's side. She was nervous because her lost son was in front of her, and she wanted to hug him so badly, but she was sad because he didn't greet her. Liem, who realized his wife's situation, hugged her to calm her down.

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When they arrived inside, many guests had already filled the place. Most of them are young cultivators from several countries.

Eddie took Natasha to an old man with white hair and a white beard, who was talking to Jessica, Jordan, and Leah. "Grandpa."

"Hahaha." Kevin Chen grabbed Eddie's shoulders. "Congratulations, Ed. Previously, Jessica told me about your breakthrough, but I didn't believe her, and I can finally feel your cultivation myself."

"When did you break through?" Liliana asked Eddie.

Eddie shook his head at his adoptive mother. "My cultivation had already broken through when I woke up this morning, and I didn't feel the process at all."

They felt strange about Eddie's answer because they had already broken through from the elementary realm to the foundation realm, and the process was quite difficult, but he said that he didn't feel his breakthrough.

Jason spoke immediately. "I don't know how you didn't feel your breakthrough, but congratulations, you finally broke through to the foundation realm, Ed. I hope your cultivation will not encounter any more obstacles, and you can cultivate as fast as before. Nath has been looking forward to becoming your wife, so you must reach her level as soon as possible to marry her."

"Don't worry, Father. I will try hard to reach Nath's level, and I will marry her then." Eddie raised Natasha's hand. "She has accepted my proposal, and I'm just waiting for the time to formalize our relationship."

"Hahaha!" Kevin unexpectedly burst into laughter, surprising the people already present at the event, as he patted Eddie's shoulder. "Ed, you have proposed to Nath, and she has also accepted your proposal. As a grown man, you must be responsible and not disappoint her, so you must try hard to take her as your official wife. If you are irresponsible and disappoint her, I will kick your buttocks until they swell."

Jason and Lilian had always liked Natasha, and they had been waiting for their wedding for a long time, so they were pleased to hear that their son had proposed to her.

Even though Eddie still doesn't know and accept Vivian, she is still his biological mother, and she is thrilled to hear the news that her son has chosen a woman like Natasha as his fiancée.

Unlike them, Jessica's expression looked bitter behind her beaming smile after finding out that Eddie had proposed to Natasha, but she didn't show it and congratulated them.

Since they had known each other since childhood, Natasha noticed the difference in Jessica's expression, which proved her previous suspicion.

A few minutes later, a man and a woman entered from the back door and stood in front of the audience. The man spoke directly to them. "We have examined the new ruins that suddenly appeared on the border with Russia, and we can confirm that it is a D rank. Our people did not detect the presence of other cultivators in it, but they did detect a large population of beasts there. We estimate that the area is as large as Guangzhou city. You may encounter many traps inside, so exercise caution during tomorrow's exploration. Immediately return to the entrance if you sense the ruins are closing, or else you will remain trapped inside until they reappear."

"As for the list of groups, our people should have sent the details to your respective emails, so you can read it now." All the young cultivators hurriedly opened their smartphones to see the list of groups. "Once you've reviewed the list, find your group members to finalize the exploration plan. We have divided everyone equally into attack, defense, and healing. If you all work well together, you'll succeed in tomorrow's exploration."

Eddie immediately opened his smartphone to see his group. He was in a party with Natasha, Jordan, Leah, and two young cultivators from another country. "Richard Tanjung and Dea Ardilla from Indonesia, huh? Do you know who they are, Nath?"

"They are the ones." Jessica pointed to a young man and a young woman who were standing slightly apart from the others. "Based on their data, Richard has good defense abilities, and Dea's healing abilities are not inferior to Eva Feulner's."

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