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Chapter 1858 - 446: Shocking, the person who bid on the conch pearl is Mr. Xianting! _2

Chapter 1858: 446: Shocking, the person who bid on the conch pearl is Mr. Xianting! _2

At that time, William Astir was in poor health and needed regular medication, but he had no money to pay for Isla Astir’s tuition, so he had to borrow from relatives.

Who would have known?

William’s several brothers immediately said that a girl would inevitably marry off someday, and that attending high school was meaningless.

Especially since Isla was so beautiful, they argued that even if not for her family, she would eventually elope with someone.

Almost nobody agreed to the idea of Isla attending high school.

Still, it was Windy Armstrong who loaned the money for Isla to attend high school.

Though she now had the tuition, she still needed living expenses and miscellaneous fees. Fortunately, Isla was determined; she took part-time jobs every winter and summer vacation. By her senior year, her comic drawing skills had started to improve significantly, and she earned her first sizable payment.

6000.

However, because of comics, Isla performed poorly in the College Entrance Examination and only got into an ordinary university.

Otherwise, Isla definitely could have been admitted to a "Project 985" university.

Olivia and Edward Armstrong discussed the possibility of letting Isla retake the examination, but she didn’t want to.

She felt that there wasn’t much difference between a regular university and "Project 985."

Moreover, she loved comics more.

If she really liked the prestigious schools within "Project 985," she could go for a master’s degree.

Olivia and William naturally respected Isla’s decision.

The first thing Isla did after starting university was to buy a house in Capital City.

She bought a fully furnished one.

One could just move in with bags.

Thus, during the National Day holiday, Isla returned to her hometown and took her parents to live in Capital City.

Don’t think Olivia and William now had it easy.

In fact, it was only last year that the two started living the life they have now.

Olivia was always proud of having such an exceptional daughter. At the moment, while filming a video, she said, "Look, look, here’s the birthday surprise Wennie prepared for her dad. This child is always up to something. I told her there’s no need, no need, yet she insisted! Can’t stop her!"

Then, Olivia walked into Isla’s room, continuing to film, "See, she even spent 6000 on two dogs for her dad! I heard they’re some kind of competition dogs. Look at these little dogs; can you believe they cost so much? These little dogs can earn more than the big pigs in our village, I just don’t get these young people!"

Olivia grew more delighted as she boasted, then aimed the camera at the large gold bracelet on her left hand, "Wennie, this child, spends so freely, no sense of thrift! Just last month, she bought gold bracelets and chains for her dad and me. Look at my bracelet, it’s so wide! It’s over a hundred grams! I even find it heavy to wear!"

The moment the three videos were sent out, the busy chat group suddenly fell silent.

Who wouldn’t envy Olivia?

And who could have imagined that a girl could be even more filial than boys!

Olivia really was so fortunate!

How did such a treasure end up being picked up by her?

To prevent William from noticing the surprise on WhatsApp that Isla had secretly prepared, Olivia logged into his account and deleted the messages.

Soon it was six in the evening.

William and three buddies came home.

William smiled at his friends, "Tonight, we definitely have to drink up."

"Right, we won’t return until we’re drunk."

Tick.

The password lock opened.

The lights inside were off.

It was pitch dark.

William was a little puzzled, feeling for the light switch while muttering, "Where is everyone? Aren’t Wennie’s mom and Wennie home?"

Just as William was wondering if the electricity had tripped, suddenly, little starlights lit up in the living room.

They were LED string lights.

Then the ’Happy Birthday’ song started playing.

Just as William was still catching up with what was happening, Olivia came over, put a birthday hat on William, and Isla brought out the birthday cake with lit candles.

"Happy birthday, Dad."

William was stunned for a moment, then his eyes welled up.

Isla smiled and said, "Dad, make a wish first, then blow out the candles."

"Okay," William clasped his hands together devoutly to make a wish.

He hoped his daughter would have a safe and happy life.

A moment later, William blew out the candles.

Olivia turned on all the lights in the house, smiling as she ushered in William’s three friends, "Big Brother Zhang, Big Brother Wang, Brother Li, please come in! Thank you for coming to celebrate old man Han’s birthday."

"Sister-in-law, no need for thanks! What kind of relationship do we have with Price?" the three laughed.

As they finished speaking, Clifford looked at Olivia with envy, "You really raised a good daughter. My son probably doesn’t even know when my birthday is."