Chapter 236 Reunion

“Didn’t you guys call the police?” Jonathan asked with a frown.

“We did!” Alice lowered her head and fidgeted her 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 she was speaking, her eyes teared up, and she looked at Jonathan helplessly.

Jonathan was her 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 her 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 her lips and bowed.

to say something else, a weak voice was heard coming from inside the ward.

Alice yelled and rushed into the ward

a middle-aged woman with an oxygen tube attached to her nostrils. She was

saw Alice walking through the door. She

hurried

The middle-aged woman hissed in pain as she was sitting up. Apparently, her motion had put pressure on her wound. “What happened

happened a few days ago?” Alice bit her lip and said, “Along with Dad, the both of you

I remember now!” The middle-aged woman regained her memory. She

her. “The doctor said you guys only suffered light injuries but somehow knocked

news!” The middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, she noticed there

middle-aged woman

woman’s eyes widened in bewilderment when she heard his name. She stared at

Renner!”

middle-aged woman couldn’t help but tear up a little when she realized Jonathan was the boy she hadn’t seen in more than a decade. “I’m so sorry,

Mrs. Renner. Forget about it!” Jonathan intervened when

woman gave Alice a hard stare and scolded, “Didn’t I tell

had no choice!” Alice lowered her head in a guilty

less than ten in her bank account. If

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

him with her problems. Hence, she changed the topic by saying, “You’ve come from such a long way! Have you eaten, Jonathan? Are you hungry? Do you want me

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