She coaxed him so well that she had borrowed a hundred thousand dollars from him in just a few days, and the caregiver never appeared again since then. Also, because he had no one to take care of him during that period, he had spent almost ten thousand dollars every month on ordering takeout food and hiring hourly workers. How much money would he have left? With a rough estimation, it would already be not bad if there were still two hundred thousand dollars left at home. However, even if he had taken all of the two hundred thousand dollars out, it would also not be enough for him to pay Cecilia.
"Sir, please answer me. When are you going to pay Cecilia the division of property?"
Neo answered, "I...I don't have money."
"Then we will take the house. I will give you one week for you to move. One week later, we will come and collect the key and then sell it at an auction!" After saying that, the people from the court left in a very serious manner without wasting any time and effort.
Neo was left frozen in place as he sat on his wheelchair. Was he...truly going to lose the house that had its own courtyard, which he had been living in for decades? How could that be? Was he also going to be homeless? He looked at his surroundings pitifully. He was surrounded by people who had been neighbors
with him for years, but at that moment, no one helped t o speak up for him anymore. That was because everyone knew that since it was an order by force from the court, that clearly meant that the old lady indeed was in the right. Also, the old lady did not come here in a friendly manner, so who dared to even say anything unreasonable? They just watched the old lady leave with the pair of young woman and man who had come with her. She left with such resolution. She did not even look back and did not have the slightest sense of being reluctant to leave at all.
The old man suddenly called out miserably. "Cecilia, d o you...truly not want me anymore? I am your husband! We had depended on each other for ten years!"
The old lady turned to him. "In those ten years, have you ever treated me as your wife? I'm afraid that you have always been treating me as the nanny in your house in those ten years, and I, on the other hand, was supposed to be the one who is grateful to you, right? You have to know that even if I were to work as a full-time nanny for someone else, I would also be getting three thousand dollars a month, and that is thirty-six thousand dollars a year. At the end of the year, your family should also be giving me a bonus, right? That should be a total of forty thousand dollars in a year. In ten years, I can earn four hundred thousand dollars. However, what did I get from you? Ten years of free service, and all I have gotten in exchange was either cursing or beatings from you. You even wanted to drive my grandson out. If you had treated me as your wife and treated us as a true couple, then would you have an attitude that only your grandchildren are taken seriously, but mine is not?"
The old lady was covered in tears. Neo could not answer her at all.
"You don't have to sell your house. How much do you have on hand?" The old lady was still softhearted, after all.
However, without missing a beat, Zayn said, "Ma’am, this money is your pension and it's also what you deserved, so you can’t give in!"
The old lady was speechless. Zayn looked at the old man coldly. "Sir, one week later, either take out the money or sell the house. You can do as you see fit!" After saying that, he wrapped a hand around the old lady and walked out.
There were plenty of people in this world who were not worthy of sympathy, such a cultured person who was a teacher like Neo was particularly so. Hana, who was at that side, looked at Zayn in relief. "Master Zayn, I have never expected you to be so righteous. I...I'm sorry," said Hana from the bottom of her heart.
"It's nothing."
Zayn turned and saw that the old lady’s lips were a little dry from talking, so he said, "Both of you go ahead and wait for me in front of the car. I'll go buy a bottle of water." "Mm-hmm."
Zayn then walked into a convenience store and came out with three bottles of purified water in his hands. Just when he had just gotten close to the front of his car, a huge wooden stick came crushing over suddenly from the side. "Son of a b*tch! Who asked you to be nosy!"
"Watch out, Master Zayn!" Without thinking, Hana bent over and hugged Zayn.
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