Power of Money

Chapter 24

"What's wrong with you?" Jason asked in confusion.

"I, I'm fine."

Although Emily said so, her eyes were fixed on the window in the opposite of the road.

At this moment, Sean Chan and Sherry Lin also parted with the young man behind them and left by car.

"Young master, why don't you take a taxi back first? I, I have something else to do. I want to go back later." Emily said with some hesitation.

"Well, go and deal with your business. I will walk back."

Jason nodded and turned to leave.

Until Jason's figure disappeared in sight, Emily bit her lip, stepped through the road, and walked into the residential area.

But Emily didn't know that not long after she got into the corridor, Jason, who should have gone far, turned back and followed her quietly along the stairs where she disappeared.

The houses here looked like the buildings of the last century.

The stairs were narrow and crooked, and there was no light. Jason did not pay attention and almost fell down several times.

However, just as he went to the second floor and hadn't turned out, Emily's voice faintly came into his ears.

"Mom, did those people make trouble for you again? Didn't I call the police last time? How dare they come?"

Emily's voice was as considerate and gentle as ever.

But in contrast, there was another woman's voice which was disharmonious .

"Is it useful to call the police? Now I'm the only one who hasn't moved in the whole building. The developer has stopped our water and electricity, and he has said that if I don't move today, even the sewer will be blocked tomorrow. What's more, he also poured the paint and build the mourning hall at my door. I ask you, do you still want me and your father to live?"

It turned out that the thing mentioned by Simon Lin in DIO Coffee was actually demolition?

But since the whole building had been moved, why did Emily and her family not move? Did they want to be nail households?

Jason walked out of the stairs quietly. He didn't want to disturb Emily, so he stood in the dark corner of the stairs and looked into the window.

There are the shabby doors and windows and old-fashioned furniture. Through the window lattice, one could see a white candle in the mouth of the bottle. The swaying candlelight made the whole house even more dilapidated.

"Is this Emily's home?"

Jason was really surprised.

He knew that Emily came back from studying abroad from the UK. In Jason's opinion, if she could study abroad, especially in a country like the UK and the US, her family conditions should be very good. Otherwise, ordinary families could not afford such expensive tuition fees.

More importantly, the salary of the hospital was fairly good.

Even private attendant like Emily, who hadn't become an official employee yet, had an internship salary of more than 10,000 yuan in the first few months, which didn't include some other benefits.

All kinds of situations were not quite in line with what Jason had seen.

Emily turned her back to Jason, facing a middle-aged woman wearing a large-size T-shirt with a curly-rolled hair.

The middle-aged woman was full of anger. Before Emily opened her mouth, she continued aggressively, "Did you get your salary this month? Can't you tell that your family is in trouble? I don't know what you are busy with every day. If it goes on like this, you don't know when your father and I will die at home one day."

"I just went to work, and I haven't get the first-month salary. Besides, I gave you 5,000 yuan last month. Why did you spend it so quickly?" Emily asked softly.

"Five thousand yuan? What can we do with this? More than three thousand yuan was paid for your father's bet alone, and only one thousand yuan is left. Don't we need to eat and drink? I don't know why you are going to that broken hospital. You could have been a young mistress of the Lin family, but you are still working for others. If you marry Simon Lin, can I have so much trouble now? Emily, you are such a big girl, can you consider for us and let us enjoy a good life? It's really a waste of money in the UK."

The more the woman said, the angrier she became. She even wanted to point her fingers directly at Emily's face. While Emily kept her head down with her shoulders shaking. She was already sobbing with grievance.

"Mom, why do you mention Simon Lin again? You know what kind of person he is, he changes several girlfriends a month. What's the benefit of marrying him? Aren't you pushing your daughter into a fire pit?"

"A fire pit? Forget it. Which rich man doesn't love several women? Honest people are loyal, but you dare to marry a poor honest man? Besides, don't you know how rich Simion Lin's father is now? Half of the building in Nandu is owned by his father. Do you know why the compensation for our house is the lowest one among this building? Because the company responsible for the demolition is under Lin's father's control. You refused Simon's pursuit many times. Will his father treat us well?"

Emily frowned and looked at her own mother with tears. "Mom, you mean that as long as I marry Simon Lin, you and my father can live a carefree life without worrying about me?" Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

A hint of joy flashed in the middle- aged woman's eyes. She took Emily's hand and said earnestly, "This is for your own good. What kind of future do you think you will have by working in that poor private hospital? With your monthly salary, when can you buy a house for me and your father? But look at the daughter of the Liu family next door. She married a man who is far worse than Simon Lin, but she has already moved away. She and her family also lives in a big house of 160 square meters. Her father even showed off in front of me two days ago. He told me that his son-in-law paid them 30,000 yuan worth of bride price, which was all spent by the Lius. If you could marry Simon Lin, your father and I would definitely raise our heads in front of our neighbours!"

Hearing this, Jason couldn't help but have an impulse to curse.

He thought this kind of parents who wanted to improve their lives by selling their daughters could only be found in his hometown in the countryside.

But he didn't expect that the people in the city would do the same.

And they went farther.

Hearing this, Jason wanted to turn around and leave.

However, he suddenly remembered what Emily said to Nina Lyu in the cafe.

So he listened patiently.

Then, the middle-aged woman seemed to feel that it was not enough. She added, "And Simon's father came to my house this afternoon about the demolition. As long as you promise to be with Simon, no matter whether you can get married in the future, the compensation ratio of our family is twice as high as others. Moreover, the two families will become relatives and they will arrange a job for you. Look how nice they are to us, and they drove Benz. Emily, you can't let Uncle Lin down."

Hearing this, Jason basically understood what was going on.

It could not be seen that Simon still wanted Emily to be his girlfriend.

He hooked up with Emily while asking his father to persuade Emily's parents.

Two methods together.

However, a rich second generation could do this. If it were an ordinary woman, she would have thrown herself into his arms.

But Emily was obviously unmoved. She gently wiped her tears and said, "Mom, do you mean that only if I have a relationship with Simon Lin, can you and Dad have a good life?"

"Of course!" When the middle-aged woman saw Emily seemed to be moved, she immediately said excitedly, "Your dad and I have no other wishes as we are old, if only we could have our own house in Nandu. If you can marry Simon in the end, we will become relatives with his family. Then we will eat and drink whatever we want. Your dad and I can also enjoy your happiness!"

At this point, the room fell into silence.

Jason could tell from her back that Emily must have fallen into a struggle at this time.

One side was the man she hated to the extreme, and the other side was the parents who had arduously raised her.

Moreover, her mother's words were too harsh, and so pushy.

With Emily's personality, she certainly couldn't accept it.

Thinking of this, Jason couldn't help but sigh.

He couldn't help but think of the bank card David Shen gave him.

If he hadn't been acquainted with his biological parents, he would have been treated by his future mother-in-law like this with his previous family condition, even if he could get a wife.

At this moment, Jason's sigh came into the room. He heard the middle- aged woman shouting warily, "Who is it?"