Chapter 627

Steven and I were taken aback when Zion brought us to the rented houses near Tranquil Garden.

This was Huma, where every inch of land was valuable. I never imagined that there would be a slumlike alley so close to the affluent district.

The alley was extremely narrow-it would be cramped even for two people to walk side by side. It was just a small walkway between the new buildings and the old ones in the neighborhood.

This alley seemed to separate the poor and the wealthy in Huma.

Standing at the end of the alley, I glanced at the towering high-rises on the right and then at the dilapidated buildings yet to be demolished on the left. Even though the wealthy and the poor were so physically near, yet they were miles apart.

"The rent here is cheap over a thousand dollars per month. But that's the average wage in other cities. Nothing is left after paying rent," Zion mumbled before sighing.

"That was why such a huge conflict arose because of the disparity between the wealthy and the poor. The poor have never seen the joy of the wealthy, and the wealthy despise the effort and labor of the poor," he said.

the nearby dilapidated buildings to be occupied by migrant workers?" Many of the wealthy protested, "It smells

while those wealthy pointed fingers and scolded others. They might not be the wealthiest in the area, yet compared to the true elites from the upper class, these middle-class people seemed to look down on

had other people kicking the migrant

thrown out, ending up damaged with its zipper torn. Clothes

in his 60s. He

he wasn't dressed in the best clothes, he was still clean. His stubble was turning gray, and

from here, all of you! You migrant workers are just like beggars!" That woman was still cursing with a hand over her nose disdainfully. She was about

to grab her by the collar and dragged her aside. Frowning, I asked, "Are you planning to stay in jail for a few days for

department," Zion said as

a police officer? We've already bought over this place for demolition. It's only fair to get them to

paid a month's worth of rental," the man said earnestly before

their house, and now, it belongs to

not voided by sales,"

"I'm the homeowner. What I

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