Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

“Whether there’s any affection or not, he’s still my father, and as long as he's in the hospital, I’m going to visit him,” Kathryn said firmly.

“Yeah, I feel down every time I leave, but how do you think he feels?” The strained relationship between Kathryn, her father, and her brothers was marked by resentment and constant friction.

Pedro didn’t respond, letting the silence settle between them.

On the way, Kathryn asked Pedro to pull over in front of a flower shop.

She stepped out and returned with a bouquet, skipping the fruit and nutritional supplements.

Pedro couldn't help but smirk.

“Mr. Janzen is going to be annoyed if you only brought flowers.

They arent practical; they're not expensive, they can't be eaten, and they'll wilt in a few days.

He'd prefer if you brought something useful, like nutritional supplements.” “If I brought those, he'd just resell them for cash,” Kathryn said with a touch of irony.

feels like they're obsessed with hoarding as much money as possible, trying to sell anything that holds value.” She knew her father and

for my father, the rest of them are

worth, they'll try to sell it.” Pedro was quiet for a moment before saying, “Your mother restructured her will before she passed,

They didn't get much.

been good at managing their own

they lost, it was never their own money, so they didn't care, Kathryn said with a shake of

terrified of being cut off from the Farrell Group.” She continued, “What's the point of leaving money for descendants who aren't capable? If they're more competent than me, they don't

competent,

it away.” Marco and his brothers had never mastered running a

boom, when almost everyone

buildings they developed couldn't sell, and they ended up

Group that stepped in and took

the Feng Group, the properties were

that fiasco, Mom wouldnt let them touch real estate again,” Kathryn

used to burning through

income,