Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Although the chefs were delighted, Elena couldn’t help but frown when a thought crossed her mind.

The next moment, she rushed toward Casper and whispered, “Mr. Simpson, someone from our hotel

will surely reveal that Ms. Sheryl was here.”

However, the man waved his hand confidently as though he had expected it.

“I’d like to find out how the management of Lingham Hotel will respond to it. With that, we can do our

planning to make a counterattack. Besides, the sooner we solve the problem related to Ms. Sheryl, the

better the situation will be for us.”

While listening quietly, Elena felt it was increasingly difficult for her to understand what was on Casper’s

mind. Judging from his young face, one could hardly imagine that he was very astute.

As Elena was deep in thought, Casper suddenly smelled her pleasant body order. He turned around

and saw her impeccable face right in front of him. They were close to each other, so much so that both

could hear their breaths.

“What a beauty…”

As Casper moved his gaze downward, he brought a faint blush to Elena’s cheeks. Once the woman

came back to her senses, she instinctively yelled and took a step back.

Feeling awkward due to his Freudian slip, the man touched his nose and said, “Well… Ms. Schneider,

were you contemplating life? Stop spacing out. Let’s go to Ms. Alder’s house!”

They looked the other way as soon as their eyes met.

Sharon raised her eyebrows upon seeing this. She was surprised to find out that Casper seemed like a

pure and innocent man instead of a playboy.

It seems like I’ve misunderstood him.

Sharon rarely felt apologetic to anyone, and Casper became one of the few.

“You may leave,” she said to her two sous chefs a moment later.

The sous chefs nodded and began cleaning the cutlery. Sharon immediately waved her hands and

added, “It’s okay. I’ll ask Mr. Simpson to get some men for help when I come back later.”

Meanwhile, Casper felt a little surprised when he heard her call him Mr. Simpson. He immediately said,

“Ms. Alder, you’re too polite. Please call me Casper.”

“I have to respect you, Mr. Simpson. You’re an outstanding man for being magnanimous and having

superb culinary skills.”

Casper’s smile froze for a second before he heaved a sigh and asked, “Ms. Alder, why must you reject

my kindness? Do you think Tycoon Hotel is not up to par with your standards?”

When Sharon fell silent and looked reluctant, Elena interrupted to smooth things over, “Why don’t we

visit Ms. Alder’s sister now? Since it’s getting late, I think we should make a move now.”

Casper nodded in response. As such, the three of them departed to Sharon’s house.

The woman’s house was in the neighborhood near Lingham Hotel, which was an expensive residential

area. Although Sharon became the head chef of Lingham Hotel, she couldn’t afford to make a down

payment for any houses here.

“Is your house in this residential area?” Casper asked.

“No. The Lingham family let Sheryl and I live here. We’ve been in this house for two years.”

Sharon hesitated for a while but decided to tell him anyway.

“Can you tell us briefly what happened to Sheryl?”

Sharon’s body shivered in anger whenever someone brought up the incident. After calming herself

down, she growled ferociously, “The man’s a jerk and a bastard! He always finds new targets just

because he has good looks.”

Sharon and Sheryl had always depended on one another since they were young. It was said that the

family produced many generations of prominent chefs. However, after the family’s downfall, their father

ended up becoming a sous chef in a hotel. Besides, their mother died when Sharon was still young. At

that time, she was seriously ill, but she didn’t have money to receive treatment.

Despite the difficulties in life, their father was always optimistic and never stopped smiling. No matter

how tired he was, he consistently prepared meals for Sharon and Sheryl every day.

After Sheryl grew up, she began to learn culinary skills from their father, hoping to lessen his burden

and prepare meals for him.

Eventually, their father realized that Sheryl had culinary talents. Since the girl was a rare genius, he

was determined to impart all his knowledge and skills to her.

Being a mere sous chef, he was aware of his limitations. Given that Sheryl’s culinary skills surpassed

his, he wanted to develop her talents further. As such, he hired many great chefs to teach her. He even

brought expensive ingredients for her to practice with every month.

Unfortunately, the price of doing so was that the family’s expenses skyrocketed. Hence, their father had

no choice but to do multiple jobs to get enough money.

Knowing that their father got increasingly exhausted, Sheryl felt sorry for him and thought of giving up

on being a chef.

After realizing his daughter’s thoughts, he was furious and scolded her for the first time in many years.

Sharon remembered vividly that both of them couldn’t hold their tears.

He said their mother passed away because he couldn’t become successful despite his hard work.

Feeling guilty toward their mother, he was determined to take good care of Sheryl and Sharon. Also,

since Sheryl was talented, he wished that she could strive to escape from poverty. Moreover, he said

his sense of tiredness would fade away as long as both Sheryl and Sharon could take good care of

themselves.

Back then, both girls didn’t understand what their father meant. Nine years later, he passed away due

to severe liver failure. Nevertheless, the doctor said it was a miracle, for he had already suffered from

severe liver failure nine years ago. Under such a grave health condition, most ordinary people couldn’t

even survive for a year, yet their father fought on and lived for nine years.

He persevered and finally felt relieved because Sheryl and Sharon were already grown-ups.

Sharon told Caspar and Elena the story about her father while sobbing non-stop. Then, she wiped

away the tears and continued, “My dad worked hard so that I could go to school while Sheryl could

learn culinary arts. He was the most selfless man I’ve ever met. Sheryl felt heartbroken after my dad

passed away. It was at that time that the jerk took the advantage to deceive her. His name is Hanson

Woods. I believe you know him, for he is famous on the internet now.”

Casper shook his head in response, for he was unconcerned about the social media influencers. He

only began to know some social media influencers on different live streaming platforms because of

Giselle.

Meanwhile, Elena’s eyes sparkled once she heard the name. “I know who Hanson is! He’s a celebrity

who becomes famous by creating videos about delicacies. He has several millions of fans on the

internet. Besides, our hotel also used to invite him to comment on our food!”

“Oh? Was he rude?” Casper asked.

“To be fair, he wasn’t. However, he asked for a very high price and easily felt disgruntled by some trivial

matters. More importantly, he was just a mediocre chef. I wonder how he created all the videos about

food,” Elena explained once the memory flashed through her mind.

The next moment, Sharon snickered, “All food videos were actually shot by Sheryl. He deceived her

and took all of them away!”