The Legendary Man

Chapter 236

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.

moment he was about to say something else, a weak voice was heard coming from inside

and rushed into the ward

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

Alice walking through the door. She tried to sit up straight,

help you, Mom!” Alice hurried toward her

up. Apparently, her motion had put pressure on her

Alice bit her lip and said,

woman regained her memory. She then looked around anxiously and asked, “Where’s your

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

The middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, she noticed there was a man standing behind Alice. She

blushed slightly when the middle-aged woman mistook Jonathan as her boyfriend.

when she heard his name. She stared

It’s me, Mrs. Renner!” Jonathan

little when she realized Jonathan was the boy she hadn’t seen in

intervened when he noticed the

a call?” The middle-aged woman gave Alice a hard stare and scolded, “Didn’t I tell you not to call Jon? Why

Alice lowered

her money had eventually run out. She was so broke that she had less than ten

Jonathan rubbed Alice’s head gently and looked at the middle-aged woman. “Alice

event!” Surprisingly, the middle-aged woman didn’t tell Jonathan about the problem she and her family were facing. She was determined not to bother him with her problems. Hence, she changed the topic by saying, “You’ve come from such a long

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