Filed To Story: Returning to Her Not-So-Poor Family
“Oh right, there are still more on their way. We’ll hurry up with the cleaning and ironing.”
“He doesn’t have to do this.” Mirabella felt somewhat guilty, “Sorry for the trouble: All these clothes would surely require a lot of manpower to clean and iron.
“No trouble at all, it’s our honor to iron clothes for you!” the maid laughed, “Mr. Griffith really spoils you.
He truly cares for you.”
“I know.” Mirabella replied with a faint smile, “I can see that, and feel it”
“Ms. Collins, you’re a good person too. We’re glad you’re here and hope you’ll visit often.”
Mirabella nodded, the maid bowed with a smile and returned to her tasks.
Looking up at the sky painted by the evening glow, Mirabella suddenly felt how wonderful it was to have a family.
After a while, all the lights suddenly went out, plunging the entire garden into darkness, even the mansion was pitch black.
From a distance, a maid called out, “Did we use too much electricity and cause a power outage?”
Looking at the garden filled with twinkling lights: star lights, moon lights, lights of all shapes, Mirabella figured it was probably an overload causing a circuit breaker to trip.While it was not yet completely dark, she decided to stroll around the garden a little longer. Suddenly, the entire garden and the villa lit up again, casting a warm light.
Joyful music came from the rock-shaped speakers; seven Santas were dancing and singing cheekily, carrying red gift bags and walking towards Mirabella.
“We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, We wish you a merry Christmas, and happy new years.”
As surprised as Mirabella was, she also felt touched, a smile spreading across her face.
The seven Santas sang and held hands, circling around her.
Outside the circle of Santas was a group of maids dressed as elves, also holding hands and singing.
After finishing the first song, they switched to another.
“Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh.”
They let go of each other’s hands, dancing joyfully in front of Mirabella.
Mirabella was amused by their performance. She recognized the seven Santas as her father, mother, uncle, Hans, Chasel, Clark, and David.
How did they find the time to stand before her and surprise her like this.
Mirabella’s eyes started to well up.
When the music stopped, everyone shouted in unison, “Bella, Merry Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas!
Are you surprised? Are you happy?”
Before Mirabella could respond, she was lifted and tossed into the air by her four brothers.Their hands formed a safety net, catching Mirabella as she fell, and then tossing her up again.
“Okay, stop tossing her so high, you’re going to scare her! Put her down!” Louisa, fearing Mirabella might be frightened, hurriedly commanded.
The brothers set Mirabella down.
Mirabella couldn’t help but giggle at their costumes, particularly the white beards.
Snowflakes were cascading down, making the scene even more magical, as if straight out of a fairytale.
Hans gazed at his sister with affection, “When David came up with this idea, I thought it was boring, and I kind of rejected it when he forced me to wear this white beard,. But now, seeing you laugh, I think I might keep it on just to see you smile more.”
“Shoo, stop being so cheesy!” David playfully pushed Hans away, then grinned at Mirabella, “So sis, what do you think of my idea?”
“It’s pretty silly.” Mirabella chuckled, “But it’s a nice surprise. I love it. Thanks, Hans, Chasel, Clark, David, and mom and dad, and uncle Sampson.”
When Mirabella wasn’t being aloof, she had the most beautiful smile.
The brothers made a mental note to make her laugh more often.
Her laughter was therapeutic, infecting everyone around her with joy.
“Sweetie, no need to thank us.” Chasel affectionately ruffled Mirabella’s hair, instigating protests from the other brothers.
“Stop messing up Bella’s hair! Bella, let David help you.”“Hands off, did you wash your hands? Bella, my hands are the cleanest. I’m a forensic scientist, always disinfecting”
“Who’s the cleanest of us all? Don’t you know that?” Hans attempted to keep fixing Mirabella’s hair.
“Where’s Sean?” Louisa suddenly asked, “Where did he go? He never answers his phone or replies to messages.
Bella’s been back for half a year, and he hasn’t even shown his face or called!”
“Mom, Sean’s busy, Hans quickly covered, “I’ll talk to him later.”
“Isn’t it better with one less person accompanying Bella?” Chasel took the opportunity to smooth out a lock of Mirabella’s hair with his hand, only to be swatted away by Clark.
“I’ve just created a group chat and purposely didn’t add Sean Collins. Let him regret it.”
David was smirking when Louisa asked, puzzled, “What group chat? Why wasn’t I added?”
Kenneth also checked his phone, “I’m not in it either?”
“David, that’s not right. We’re all family, and you’re creating separate groups,’ Sampson took on the authoritative tone of an uncle, “Add me in.”
“It’s a chat for us siblings. It wouldn’t be appropriate with you all in it) David chuckled, “With all the grown-ups around, Bella wouldn’t dare to joke around. It’ll make her uncomfortable”
Hearing this, Hans seemed to have caught on, “Did you add Serena as well?”
“No.” David hastily replied, “The vibe would be different with her around. Do you think it’s necessary, Hans? If you think Serena should be in the group, I can create another one and add the rest of us.”At that time, he could always remain silent in the group.
He would stay active in Bella’s group chat.
Serena had been overthinking things recently anyway.
If they were all in the same group and they joked around with Bella, Serena might get upset.
Plus they were quite fond of posting pictures with Bella.
If Serena saw those, she’d definitely think they were doing it on purpose.
“No need, I don’t have that much time to chat. Serena has a lot of exams coming up, don’t disturb her.
With Hans’ words, everyone immediately understood what he meant.
“Did you invite Serena today?” Sampson suddenly asked.
David became confounded, “Uncle Sampson, how could we ask her to come and surprise Bella? That would be like stabbing her in the heart, right? Girls tend to overthink. If she thinks we’re all revolving around Bella and neglecting her…”
“If she thinks we play favorites, then no matter what we do, she’ll think that way. I just hope that she’s an adult now, she should be able to understand some things on her own’ Hans declared.
Louisa looked a bit helpless, “Actually, all of this was just a coincidence. Bella was called by a friend to help with a medical issue, and we didn’t expect her to run into her grandma and uncle Sampson here.
And your dad and I also didn’t expect to run into her.”
Since they had run into each other, as an uncle, naturally, he would want to take his niece around to see the sights.
Adding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day coming up.
There was no reason for everyone to go back home and spend it with Serena alone.“Alright, enough of that. Didn’t you prepare gifts to give to Bella? Who’s going first?” Sampson led the inquiry.
Hans always had his own air about him. He suggested, “By seniority”
First, the parents, then the uncle, and lastly the brothers.
Louisa took out a gift box from a red gift bag, as Mirabella looked, even the wrapping paper was embedded with crystals.
Actually, this kind of wrapping paper was quite common in the upper ten, usually composed of ten thousand crystal-clear crystals, but this gift was quite large, probably using no fewer than twenty thousand.
“Why don’t you open it and see if you like it?” Louisa looked at Mirabella expectantly.
The Christmas-themed planners standing by had long since arranged for a few well-known photographers to capture this scene.
They planned to make it into a video for them to keep as a souvenir later.
“Here’s dad’s too!” Kenneth also pulled out a large gift box from the gift bag.
Mirabella opened it. Kenneth had gifted her a deed to a private island, and Louisa gifted her the largest castle-themed amusement park in the world, which covered areas like a fairytale hotel, fairytale restaurant, dream wheel, etc.
It’s fair to say it was priceless.
“Thank you, mom and dad,’ Mirabella said, moved, “I love them.”
“This is a little something from me,’ Sampson took out a luxurious gift box from the gift bag.Inside was a property deed and a key.
This house was located in the most expensive area of Zion City, covering more than six thousand square meters, a place that could be ranked among the world’s luxury villas. According to the current market price, it was already worth over a hundred million dollars.