Love Comes Secretly After Their Contract Marriage novel Chapter 372

Elliot's voice came from the other side of the phone." Are you still sleeping?"

"Hmm..." Yvonne hummed and turned over.

Elliot screamed, "It's almost ten o’clock and you’re still sleeping?"

His loud voice gave Yvonne a slight headache that the blue veins on her forehead thumped. "What's wrong with you?"

Perhaps Elliot heard the impatience in Yvonne's tone. He coughed softly and quickly adjusted his attitude." Well, there’s bad news."

"What's the bad news?" Yvonne yawned and asked.

Elliot piqued her curiosity. "Do you remember the land that Mr. Lancaster bought some time ago? The one that belongs to Mr. Wright."

"Yeah. What's the matter?" Yvonne opened her eyes.

Elliot said happily, "Something happened to that piece of land!"

"What?" Yvonne jumped out of bed abruptly. She was half asleep but completely awake now.

She held the phone tightly and asked eagerly, "What happened?" "Ancient tombs were dug out of the land by excavators last night and it has been reported," Elliot answered.

Yvonne was stunned. "Ancient...ancient tombs?”

"Yes. Isn't that surprising?" Elliot laughed.

But Yvonne was very panicked. "How can there be ancient tombs? Henry clearly asked Joe to inspect the land before buying it. There was no problem at all. But now..."

"It's not absolute," Elliot interrupted her.

Yvonne didn't understand what he meant.

He explained, “Mr. Wright’s land was passed down by his ancestors. Even Mr. Wright himself didn't know that there were ancient tombs underneath, so the buyer definitely didn't know about it. Most buyers will just check on the surrounding environment and will not explore the underground area, so..."

"So what?" Yvonne pursed her lips.

Elliot chuckled, "So it's hard to find out if there are ancient tombs underground. Although this situation has happened before, it's very rare. Furthermore, every time a tomb is dug out, no operation can be carried out. Therefore, the billions of dollars Mr. Lancaster amounts to a total loss."

"How can it be..." Yvonne muttered with her dull eyes after hearing this.

There were so many problems at the construction site and a few billion was wasted every time. Even if the Lancaster Group was large and wealthy, they couldn’t withstand these losses.

"Elliot, now that the land can't be constructed, can it b e sold to others?" Yvonne asked.

If it could be sold to others, perhaps Henry could recover little losses.

However, Elliot told her regretfully, "No. There's no one who will buy this piece of land after knowing there are ancient underground tombs. As I mentioned earlier, someone reported this incident. So this piece o f land will be expropriated by the state, but they should give some compensation to Mr. Lancaster."

"How much will it be?" Yvonne bit her lip. "Is the compensation according to the market price?"

Elliot laughed, "How is that possible? You think too much. The piece of land will mostly be expropriated b y the National Archaeology department, which is the poorest department. How can they compensate based on the market price? At most, it might just be a ten thousand dollar with a medal? Hahaha..."

Listening to the gloating laughter on the other end of the phone, Yvonne was very angry. "Stop laughing!”

"Okay... Alright. I won't laugh anymore. Hahaha....” Elliot agreed but he continued to laugh intermittently.

Yvonne was furious. "What’s so funny about it?”

"It’s funny, really funny. You know what? I’ve never seen Mr. Lancaster suffer a loss or run a loss-making business. But it happened twice in a month. Of course, I have to laugh about it. Luckily I got another piece of land and gave this to Mr. Lancaster. Otherwise, I'd be the one at a loss now," Elliot said gratefully.

Yvonne couldn’t listen to him anymore and she hung u p the phone.