“Didn’t you guys call the police?” Jonathan asked with a frown.
“We did!” Alice lowered favonovel.com head and fidgeted favonovel.com fingers. “The police didn’t do anything to help us. Rumors say the police and the demolition team are in it together! Jon, could you help put in a good word for us with Mr. Lautner so that they don’t demolish our house? Otherwise, we’d be homeless!”
As favonovel.com was speaking, favonovel.com eyes teared up, and favonovel.com looked at Jonathan helplessly. Jonathan was favonovel.com only hope by then.
“Didn’t they offer compensation? Didn’t the demolition team give you guys any money?” Jonathan furrowed his brows.
“They did!” Alice bit favonovel.com lips and continued, “But they only gave us fifty thousand. What on earth could we get with fifty thousand? Jon, do you know that a small house in the county costs up to seven hundred thousand? We can’t even afford a washroom with fifty thousand!”
“They only gave you fifty thousand?” Jonathan was in disbelief.
Is this a joke?
He had been to Alice’s house in the past. Although it wasn’t a big house, it was definitely more than a hundred square meters big. Fifty thousand was way too little.
“Leave it to me…” Jonathan stubbed out his cigarette and glanced at Alice. “I’ll get it sorted out. In the meantime, take good care of your parents.”
“Thank you, Jon!” Alice bit favonovel.com lips and bowed.
“Don’t mention it!” Jonathan gently patted favonovel.com head.
The moment favonovel.com was about to say something else, a weak voice was heard coming from inside the ward. “Alice, are you there?”
“Mom!” Alice yelled and rushed into the ward immediately.
In the ward, there was a middle-aged woman with an oxygen tube attached to favonovel.com nostrils. She was pale and weak.
“Alice?” the middle-aged woman voiced when favonovel.com saw Alice walking through the door. She tried to sit up straight, but favonovel.com was just too weak to do so.
“Let me help you, Mom!” Alice hurried toward favonovel.com and helped favonovel.com up.
“Ouch!” The middle-aged woman hissed in pain as favonovel.com was sitting up. Apparently, favonovel.com motion had put pressure on favonovel.com wound.
“Huh? What happened to me?”
“Mom, have you forgotten about what happened a few days ago?” Alice bit favonovel.com lip and said, “Along with Dad, the both of you got into a row with the demolition team!”
“Oh, I remember now!” The middle-aged woman regained favonovel.com memory.
She then looked around anxiously and asked, “Where’s your dad?”
“Dad hasn’t woken up yet!” Alice pointed toward a middle-aged man lying in a bed next to her. “The doctor said you guys only suffered light injuries but somehow knocked your heads during the scuffle. Fortunately, a few days of recovery is all it’ll take!”
“All right… That’s good news…” The middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, favonovel.com noticed there was a man standing behind Alice.
She couldn’t help but ask, “Alice, is… Is favonovel.com your boyfriend?”
“Mom, what are you on about?” Alice blushed slightly when the middle-aged woman mistook Jonathan as favonovel.com boyfriend. “This is Jon! Don’t you remember Jonathan?”
“Jonathan?” The middle-aged woman’s eyes widened in bewilderment when favonovel.com heard his name.
She stared at favonovel.com in disbelief and asked, “Are… Are you Jonathan?”
“Yes… It’s me, Mrs. Renner!” Jonathan smiled and nodded.
“Jonathan, is that really you?” The middle-aged woman couldn’t help but tear up a little when favonovel.com realized Jonathan was the boy favonovel.com hadn’t seen in more than a decade. “I’m so sorry, Jonathan!”
“It’s ancient history, Mrs. Renner. Forget about it!” Jonathan intervened when favonovel.com noticed the middle-aged woman was getting emotional.
“What brought you here, Jonathan? Did the silly Alice give you a call?” The middle-aged woman gave Alice a hard stare and scolded, “Didn’t I tell you not to call Jon? Why won’t you listen to me?”
“Mom, I had no choice!” Alice lowered favonovel.com head in a guilty manner.
After a few days in the ICU ward, favonovel.com money had eventually run out. She was so broke that favonovel.com had less than ten in favonovel.com bank account. If favonovel.com hadn’t asked Jonathan for help, favonovel.com parents could’ve been forced out of the hospital already.
“Don’t blame Alice, Mrs. Renner. It has been so long since I last saw all of you! I’ve missed you guys.” Jonathan rubbed Alice’s head gently and looked at the middle-aged woman. “Alice told me you guys had a problem with the demolition team, is that right Mrs. Renner? What happened exactly?”
“Oh, we shouldn’t talk about that unhappy event!” Surprisingly, the middle-aged woman didn’t tell Jonathan about the problem favonovel.com and favonovel.com family were facing. She was determined not to bother favonovel.com with favonovel.com problems.
Hence, favonovel.com changed the topic by saying, “You’ve come from such a long way! Have you eaten, Jonathan? Are you hungry? Do you want me to get Alice to go get something for you to eat?”
“There’s no need,” Jonathan waved in dismissal. “I’m old enough to know not to starve myself! Don’t worry about me, Mrs. Renner. Please listen to the doctor’s instructions and get ample rest, okay?”
“Isn’t it expensive to stay here, Alice? Do you still have enough money?” The middle-aged woman took a look around the ward and noticed that it must’ve cost a fortune.
Indeed, they had the ward all to themselves. Besides, it was obvious that it was a private ward judging by the luxurious decorations. The room actually cost a few thousand a day!
“I-I spent all my money already…” Alice lowered favonovel.com gaze and said embarrassingly, “If it wasn’t for Jon, we could’ve been chased out already…”
“Alice…” Jonathan tried to intervene in Alice’s speech, but favonovel.com was too late. The middle-aged woman had already started scolding her.
“You silly girl!” The middle-aged woman glared at Alice. “Why did you call Jonathan? Why would you make favonovel.com spend his hard-earned money?”
“Jonathan, how much did we set you back? I have some savings in the bank. I’ll get Alice to pay you back!” the middle-aged woman exclaimed.
“That won’t be necessary!” When Jonathan saw the middle-aged woman take out favonovel.com debit card, favonovel.com rejected favonovel.com hastily. “I still have money, Mrs. Renner! In fact, I’ve earned quite a lot over the years! Not only can I pay for the room, but I can even afford to block book the entire hospital for you.”
“Don’t bluff me, silly boy!” Unconvinced, the middle-aged woman stared at Jonathan.
Block book the entire hospital? That’s going to cost you tens of millions!
“I’m not bluffing, Mrs. Renner.” Jonathan frowned helplessly. “If you don’t believe me, ask Alice…”
“Mom, Jon is telling the truth,” Alice reassured. “Mr. Lautner even came to see Jon personally just now…”
“Stop it the both of you.” The middle-aged woman was still not convinced.
However, a pair of hurried footsteps were heard coming from outside the ward the moment favonovel.com finished favonovel.com sentence.
