Ch. 1531..1540

Chapter 1531 Alex’s summer house that was located halfway up the mountain was usually kept empty. That was because Alex was not often in South city. Ever since Jane had left, that place had become even more desolate. Originally, as Alex was going to spend many days in South City, Sebastian did not want to let him stay at that place. Sebastian had already arranged a place for Alex to stay, but Alex just was not willing to stay there.

Alex insisted on staying at the desolate place halfway up the mountain. This was because there were Jane’s shadows everywhere here. Also, because Jane had been kicked out of this place by him. Therefore, every single time he came back to this place and sat in the large living room, he would think of that day from three days ago.

The way he kicked her out was calm and heartless. She had left so quietly, and she did not even say anything to pester him. Every time he thought of it, Alex wanted to raise his powerful fist and violently punch himself in the head. It would be best if he could smash his head into pieces.

Alex made another call to Kidon City on the way there. “Where is Miss Lily these days?” Alex directly asked the Parker family’s maid.

The maid was indifferent towards Alex. “Mr Poole, aren’t you broken up with our lady? why did you think of our lady now?” “I’m asking you where Lily Parker is?” Alex suddenly shouted angrily.

The driver, Andrew, shuddered violently in fear. The Parker family’s maid was so frightened that she almost cried. “I...I don’t know. She never entered the house. Even if she were to return to Kidon City, she would go to the Poole residence most of the time. I still remember that the last time I saw her was half a month ago. she said that she wanted to go to the Poole residence to visit Old Master Poole.” Alex was speechless. That sense of foreboding was getting stronger and stronger. If it truly was Lily and if any harm were to happen to Jane, then Alex certainly must let Lily receive the most severe punishment!

After hanging up the call, Alex made another call to the Poole family’s bodyguards in Kidon city.

“Go find out where Lily Parker is! Find out immediately! ” On the other end of the call, the Poole family’s bodyguards immediately were frightened until they did not even dare to breathe loudly.

“Yes, Master Alex. We’ll go search for her immediately.” Less than five minutes after Alex ended the call, his phone rang again, and he answered it.

“Have you found her? Where is that woman?” “Master Alex, Miss Lily had made a trip to the Poole residence yesterday, but she left without entering.” “I’m asking you where she is now! ” Alex only wanted to scold others.

The bodyguard only said, “Now...Miss Lily should be... in South City, she had gone to South City after she had left yesterday. I heard...I heard she had gone to South City to find you...” 1 Alex was speechless. That d*mned woman was actually in South City? Alex’s hand was gripping the phone so hard that he almost crushed it. Alex did not hear what the bodyguard was shouting on the other end of the line, he just held his phone tightly. Upon hanging up the call, Alex then closed his eyes and gritted his teeth. Lily was actually in South city! since she had come to South City, then where could she go? Unknowingly, the driver, Andrew, had driven the car to the mansion halfway up the mountain. It was late winter. Although South City was not as old as the northeastern land, withered leaves could be seen all over the ground. That made the mansion even more cold and desolate. Even Andrew’s mood became extra solemn because of the leaves on this desolate ground.

He parked the car, and just when he was about to get out of the car, he suddenly saw a figure in front of the iron gate outside the mansion.

“Master, Master, quickly look at who that is! ” Andrew immediately called out to Alex.

Chapter 1532 Alex immediately raised his head and looked over. If that woman who stood in front of the iron gate was not Lily, then who was it?

It was late winter, and everything had withered. However, Lily wore a white mink coat. That mink coat appeared to be dazzling in the winter. Lily appeared to be extremely noble with that white mink coat and also that coffee-colored crocodile leather belt. Lily's skin was very well taken care of. That white mink coat brought out her rosy cheeks and made her look very energetic.

She was wearing knee boots and was looking at Alex with a smile, she then called out daintily, “Darling Alex...” Alex got out of the car with a cold and solemn expression. “Why are you here?” Lily looked like she had a glow. “Well, I had recently got the lady of the Ford family, Rose, as my godmother, she misses me, so I came over to accompany her for a few days. Alex, although we had broken up, we’re still friends in my heart. As a friend, can’t I come and visit you?” Lily asked Alex politely. The smugness on her face could not be concealed.

“Have you been in a good mood lately?” Alex asked.

Lily did not answer, but she asked him in return, “ Alex, you’ve lost weight recently. You don’t look very good either. I heard that you’ve gone looking for...her earlier on?” Seeing Alex did not say anything, Lily knowingly asked, “what’s the matter? She.Jsn’t willing to come back? I...I have already withdrawn myself and given up the position for her, but she still won’t come back?” Seeing that Alex still did not answer, Lily then asked, “ Alex, I heard...I heard that she...had only left you for more than three months, but she already...already has another man out there?” Alex answered, “Yes.” Lily looked like she was extremely shocked. “Ah...” There was a pause before she consoled Alex and said, “ That woman...is too unfaithful, right? To think that you had been so nice to her in the past eight years.

You had provided her with the best and doted on her as if she was a wealthy housewife, which woman in all of Kidon City was not envious of her? You have gone looking for her, but how could she move on so quickly when it had only been about three months? This woman truly is too unfaithful! It is true that people often say b*tches are heartless...I’m sorry, Alex, I... I’m just talking nonsense...” “Where have you been lately?” Alex asked once again.

“Alex, why are you suddenly caring so much about me? Was it because that woman had been ignoring you, so you’ve thought about me again?” Lily smiled gently while looking at Alex.

Alex gritted his teeth. “I am asking you! where have you been lately?” Alex’s pair of black eyes were radiating a cold and sinister gaze, and Lily was frightened by it.

Her heart sank for a moment. Alex could not possibly have found out so quickly. After all, the northeast region and South City was nearly three thousand kilometers away. Besides, when Alex had returned from the northeast, he had already dispersed all of his men there. It was impossible for him to learn the news on that end within such a short period of time.

Absolutely impossible! Then why was Alex having a stern expression? Ha! She got it! Alex must have made the decision to give up on Jane, but he felt sad from the bottom of his heart, and he could not bear to let go. Therefore, he had thought of returning to Lily in search of comfort, but he could not find her for a while.

Was this not a good moment for her, Lily, to appear?

Chapter 1534 Lily was wearing high heels, so she was practically unable to stand still. In the end, she fell right in front of Alex’scar.

Andrew, who was still thinking that his master should reconcile with Miss Lily, was thoroughly stunned. Lily has blood streaming out of her nose after being slapped by Alex. The blood then dripped on her mink coat that was pure white, which made it look glaring. There was also blood on the car window. Lily was shocked when she looked at her blood.

At that moment, she suddenly realized that she could not fool Alex easily. What had Alex found out and how much did Alex actually know? He was far away in South City, so how could he have possibly known what she had done in the past half a month?

However, at that moment, Lily already had no time to think too much about it anymore. There was only fear left in her heart. The only thing left was fear. 1 Before she could react in time, Alex, who was behind her, had already taken a big step forward and came to the front of Lily. Andrew was terrified when he saw that Alex had once again grabbed Lily’s hair.

“Ah! ” Lily suddenly screamed in fear, she burst out into tears after truly being frightened. Alex’s expression indeed was very frightening. He looked like a furious lion. Both of his eyes had a burning rage, and they seemed to have almost burnt Lily.

“Alex...” Lily was truly afraid, she could not even feel the pain on her cheeks or Alex grabbing her hair at that moment anymore. “Forgive...forgive me, please. Don’t...don’t beat me to death,” she pleaded pitifully. 1 Alex did not bother to listen to her at all. He grabbed her hair, and with another abrupt and forceful fling, he fiercely flung Lily to the side of the gate.

“Ouch! ” Lily hit the pillar.

“Woman! If you don’t tell me what you have done to Jane and also her whereabouts today, I, Alex Poole, will send you to meet Hades in hell! No! Before letting you meet Hades, I will let you have a taste of being personally kicked and punched to death by me! This is the first time for me to beat up a woman. I also want to try what it feels like to personally beat a woman to death!” As he said that, Alex came up to Lily with a ferocious gaze and assaulted her. Lily immediately dodged it. She knelt before him. “Darling Alex...” It was only at that moment did Lily truly feel fearful. She could smell death, she knew Alex was being serious when he said he wanted to beat her to death.

Lily had been a pampered princess, who had been born with a silver spoon in her mouth, so who had ever beaten her up? However, ever since Lily met that Jane sheen, Lily had frequently been beaten up. In the past four months, she had been beaten up by Ruth, Yvonne, and Aino. After that, she was beaten up again by Holden at the bar. Later on, she was beaten up by two young men. Within a few months, she had already been beaten up four times. At this moment, even Alex was also beating her! 2 “Darling Alex, do you really want to beat me to death? Are you just going to beat me to death without finding out what happened?” Lily raised her tearful eyes and looked at Alex as if she was a beggar.

“Have you forgotten that when I was little and was learning ballet, you would watch me by the side, and then you would personally massage my legs when they were sore from dance practice? Have you forgotten that you had been protecting me in the years I spent wandering around abroad? Now, you want to beat me to death?”

Chapter 1535 “Darling Alex, you have loved me for ten years. Was that all fake? You’re the man I love the most in this world! It was you who told me that you have been loving me. Were you lying to me? Not only do you not love me, but you want to beat me to death too? You actually would beat the woman you had loved for ten years to death?” 1 At that moment, Lily had no other better way but to keep reminding Alex that she was the girl whom Alex had once loved the most, she wanted to use that to let Alex pity her, then only she could escape death. This was because she could tell Alex truly wanted to get her killed by beating her up that day.

Alex had indeed stopped.

Lily had a sense of joy as if she had escaped death. “ Darling Alex, you could not bear to beat me up, right? You still love me very much. You had once doted on me very much and was very tolerating with me... ” 1 Alex suddenly pinched Lily’s chin so hard that she felt as if her lower jaw was going to be shattered.

Alex did not have the intention to let it go, and he just said ferociously, “You d*mned woman! Devil! You were actually aware that I had loved you for so many years? I have loved you so much, but what have you given to me? What exactly have you given to me? You have only given me a sense of endless emptiness, and you have given me trouble time after time. You never even had any sense of warmth.

You have never known my hardships. You’re a woman who only takes but never gives! Who are you and what right do you have to tell me that I had loved you for ten years at this moment? Ten years! Do you know how I got by in these ten years? It was Jane! It was Jane who had been keeping me accompanied! My ten years with you had always been an illusion. It was just an illusion! 1 He continued. “However, there were traces of the seven years I spent with Jane everywhere! she was in my life and had been with me for seven years. She had used her life to love me. Even if she doesn’t love me anymore now, I also should use my life to repay her! How could such a vicious woman like you understand this? The rule of your life is to take! You just keep taking everything endlessly! You have never known what is giving! I’m afraid it’s not as simple as you not knowing how to give. How vicious the heart of such a selfish woman like you is beyond anyone's imagination! My subordinate, Garrett, had already told me what exactly happened in the past half a month. What was it? My wife had once been to the northeast to look for Jane?

Alex scoffed, “who is my wife? In this world, other than you, a shameless woman, would pretend to be my life, who else could it be? Tell me! What have you done to Jane in the past half a month? where is she? If you don’t tell me, I will skin you alive today! I will get you killed!” said Alex. After that, he pinched her chin even harder. He wanted to crush Lily’s chin.

At that critical moment, Andrew suddenly called out from inside the car. “Master...Alex, your phone is ringing.” After saying that, Andrew took Alex’s phone and opened the car door to get down, when Alex saw Lily at the gate just now, he was so furious that he had gotten out of the car in a hurry, so he had left his phone on the seat. The phone suddenly rang at that moment, and Andrew took it to have a look. It was surprisingly a call from the military hospital at Kidon City.

Andrew knew that it should be the hospital that Old Master Poole was at, so he did not dare to cause any delay. He then got down the car and handed the phone to Alex. Alex temporarily let go of Lily and picked up the call. “Hello?” “Mr Poole, your father is in a severe condition...,” said the doctor on the other end.

“What?” Alex was stunned.

He suddenly heard a tire screeching. Alex turned around to have a look, and he saw that Lily had driven his car and sped down the mountain.

Andrew was speechless.

Chapter 1536 No one had expected that Lily would drive down the mountain in Alex’s car. Lily could tell that Alex was never going to let her go today. At that moment, Lily was truly afraid. She even regretted that she had gone overboard with what she had done in the northeast. If Alex could not find Jane in this life, then he absolutely would not let her live.

‘What to do?’ Lily pondered as she drove, and she was covered in tears. When Lily arrived at the bus station at the bottom of the mountain, a bus happened to be coming from afar. Lily then got off the car and got on the bus.

She knew she could only escape for a moment. If she were to drive a little further, even if Alex did not have large enough power in South City, his blood brother, Sebastian, would have her car surrounded with no way to escape. The best way was to escape by bus.

Many people on the bus were looking at her. what a strange woman. She was bleeding out of her nose and her hair was in a mess. It was as if she had been taken advantage of by someone.

However, Lily did not say anything, and nobody spoke to her either, who would be bothered these days?

After about six stops, Lily got off the bus and immediately hailed a cab. she then went straight to the Ford Residence. The only people in South City who could save her are the ones in the Ford Residence.

“Godmother and Godfather! Save me!” Lily knelt before Sean and Rose when she arrived.

Sean and Rose were startled, especially Rose, she had been particularly happy being flattered by Lily. After all, she was an elderly person who had lost a few sons and had no one by her side to lean on. With the type of enthusiasm Lily had towards her, Rose truly felt as if Lily was the daughter that she had gotten.

“What’s wrong, Lily? Tell me, who bullied you? I can still stand up for you in South City, ” said Rose as she supported Lily by the arm.

However, Lily knelt before Sean again and looked at Sean with tearful eyes. “Godfather, do you know why I take both of you as my godparents? Because...

because I am carrying your grandchild in my belly.” Sean and Rose were both stunned by what Lily had just said.

It was particularly so for Sean. “What...what did you say? You’re pregnant with Sebastian’s child? when... did you and Sebastian have that kind of relationship? Aren’t you the fiancee of Sebastian’s blood brother, Alex?

Lily shook her head. “I...I’m not talking about Sebastian. I’m talking about...” Lily turned and glanced at Rose. “It’s Holden’s child.” Rose and Sean were both speechless. Seeing both of them bewildered, Lily then explained truthfully, “It has been almost three months. At that time, I had a conflict with Alex because Jane forced herself in between Alex and me. I was too upset, so I went to drink alone at the bar. My mood was bad at that time, so I threw a temper tantrum at the bar when I got drunk. It happened that Holden was also in a terrible mood at that time, so we had a flight.” 1 Speaking of that, Lily then smiled bitterly. “You know that I was just a mere woman, so I was no match for Holden. Not only was I beaten up by him, he even...” 2 She hesitated. “I know that both of you definitely would not believe that I...have a child in my belly. You will know once you’ve conducted a paternity test one day when the child is born. Not only did you...gain a son, but you also gained a grandchild,” said Lily gently. 3 Sean was speechless.

Chapter 1537 Rose was speechless. Indeed, this news came too suddenly. She was first surprised, but then she held Lily. “Oh, my daughter-in-law, is...this all true?” Lily was secretly happy in her heart, she could clearly figure out Rose’s thoughts and feelings. All of Rose’s sons had passed away. She was already old and she needed someone to lean on.

Therefore, she took out all of her properties to send Holden abroad. At that moment, Lily was pregnant with Holden’s child, which also was equivalent to giving additional bargain chips to Rose. In the future, this child would be Rose’s grandchild, and there was a saying that the bond between grandparents and grandchildren was strong!

“Godmother, are you...still willing to acknowledge me as your daughter-in-law?” asked Lily. 2 “Of course! of course, I do!” Rose turned her head and looked at Sean. “Darling, don’t you acknowledge her as your daughter-in-law? Sebastian is not close to us, and he kept treating US as his enemies. Now, Lily’s pregnant with Holden’s child, and the child will be our grandson when he is born in the future! ” 1 Sean looked happy. “Yes...yes! We...finally have a grandson?” At that moment, Lily once again knelt before Sean and Rose. “Godmother and Godfather!

Please save me!” “What’s the matter?” Rose asked with concern. “Did you offend Sabrina in South City? oh, my child, don’t go offending her. she is now Sebastian’s most beloved person, what are you doing offending her?” “No... It’s not her, it’s Alex.” Lily then told Sean and Rose the story between herself and Alex from the beginning, of course, she painted herself in a good light as she did so, but she kept telling them that it was Jane who became the other woman in her relationship with Alex. In that way, both Rose and Sean cursed after they finished listening to the story. “They are all vixens who wanted to reach above their stations!” “Sabrina was like that! Grace was like that in the past! Now, this Jane is also like that!” Rose said viciously.

Rose said to Lily, “Don’t be afraid. From nowon, you are our daughter-in-law. Sean and I will escort you to Kidon City. After that, we’ll ask Axel to send you abroad using the same old route.” Lily finally felt relieved. The three of them did not stay any longer at Kidon City, and they returned to Kidon City by car. On the way, Lily took advantage of the free time when going to the restroom to call Cindy, who was in the faraway northeastern land.

On another end of the line, Cindy picked up the call very quickly. “Mrs Poole, everything here is going smoothly. Are there...still any orders?” Lily immediately said in a condescending tone, “Miss Miller, Alex is very grateful for all the things you’ve done for US in the northeast. I...am pregnant with Alex’s child, so it’s inconvenient for me to head out. Alex will personally be going to the northeast to thank you for seeking justice for him. When he arrives at your end, you must perform well. It would be best if you make Jane’s life a living hell. My husband indeed hates that woman too much for cheating on him.” At the other end of the line, Cindy was nodding her head vigorously as if she was a chicken pecking on grains. “Don’t worry, Madam. I will definitely let Mr Poole be satisfied.” “Very good. Thank you. Come over and visit after I’ve given birth,” said Lily.

“It would be a great honor, Mrs Poole.” 3 “See you.” After hanging up the call, Lily smirked. She could never have Alex anymore in this life. Not only that, she might have to live in exile from now on. She might also have to keep the devil, Holden, accompanied. Therefore, she must not let Jane live a good life.

It would be best if Jane could live a life worse than death!

Lily sneered. “Jane sheen! You must have it worse than me!”

Chapter 1538 In that afternoon, Lily and Alex were respectively rushing to Kidon City from South City. Lily first returned to her parent’s house, accompanied by Sean and Rose. After briefly telling her parents about the matter, her parents wanted to beat her to death with a stick!

“How can you be so d*mned? It’s all our fault for spoiling you since you’re a child.” Lily’s mother was so angered that she pounded her chest and stomped.

Lily’s father sighed woefully. “Look at you. Wouldn’t it have been great if you hadn’t gone abroad so willfully back then, and just got married to Alex instead? Your child could have been in kindergarten by now. However, you went looking for trouble instead, and you spent ten years wandering out there. Do you think he will wait for you for ten years? what are you doing back here again? Alex was then forced by you to drive his girlfriend away. Now, look! You came out empty-handed, and you even caused this kind of a mess. Leave, get lost! ” Lily’s father was a doctor, and he had always been very stern. However, when it came to raising the daughter, then the Parker family had truly spoiled her! Never mind if their daughter was willful in terms of marriage, but she had actually killed someone.

“Dad and Mom, don’t reprimand me anymore. It’s already useless to say anything now! I want to escape! My godfather and godmother have already made all the arrangements for me. Take care of your health these few years. I’ll get going now, Mom and Dad.” Lily then knelt in front of her parents. 1 “Just go! You’ve never been around US to take care of us anyway.” Her parents were very heartbroken, but they could only let Lily leave at that moment.

That night, Lily was sent abroad by Sean and Roset. Alex had also rushed from South City to Kidon City. He did not even bother returning home, but he went straight to the hospital instead. In the hospital, his father had already successfully been resuscitated. Seeing Alex, old Master Poole picked up a vase and threw it at Alex.

“You d*mned child! Are you planning to stop only after I’m dead from being angered?” Alex’s father asked irritably.

Alex asked in a miserable tone that also had a tinge of impatience. “Dad, is your condition not severe?” His father was so angered that he could not speak for a long while. The doctor at the side then explained, “ Mr Poole, old Master Poole’s condition indeed is severe. He had just been resuscitated.” After Old Master Poole calmed himself for a while, only then did he say weakly, “Do you want to get into such a mess with the Parker family for just a maid? Do you know that the Parker family only has this daughter alone?

“Do you want to learn from your grandpa and have a mistress out there, who then gave birth to your Uncle Axel? Could it be that you had no memory of it at all? Your Uncle Axel and her mother had been wanting to get our family killed! Have you learned nothing from that at all? Is that so? You d*mned child! ” Old Master Poole was truly mad from being angered by this son of his. Seeing his father so angry, Alex had no choice but to be patient and put his cards on the table to show his father.

“Dad! I originally didn’t plan to return to Kidon city. I had planned to go straight to the northeastern region to find Jane.” Old Master Shaw stuttered, “You...” Alex laughed at himself. “I came to see you in the hospital, but you compare me with my grandfather instead. You really think too highly of me! I have learned a great lesson from my grandfather’s matter since I was young. It was because my grandfather had married two wives and both the wives had each given a son that his sons had never gotten along with each other since young. So much so that Uncle Axel still treats our family as his arch-enemy now. I am more familiar with this matter than anyone else. Since you’re familiar with it, you still want to find that maid to be your second wife? How exactly did that maid serve you and made you so comfortable? You are a man who could command the wind and waves on the battlefield, but you can’t even control your lust! ” Alex’s father was so angered that he kept coughing without stopping.

Alex snorted. “Dad! How can you talk about your son like this? No matter how much I can’t control my lust, I also only have Jane alone! I’m going to tell you once more. Jane is not any maid! She is also not any servant! she is the woman who has been with me for seven years! she has terminated almost four pregnancies for me! Now, she is still carrying my child in her belly! As for the Parker family’s daughter, I have never wronged her since I was young! she was the one who had abandoned me first! ”

Chapter 1539 “Dad, she can’t just abandon as she pleases. And then when she comes looking for me ten years later, I still have to be waiting for her in the same place? she returned after ten years! If she were to return after twenty years instead, am I supposed to wait for her until I’m old and grey? Am I supposed to not get married and have children in this life then?” Old Master Poole was speechless. There was a pause before he sighed. “It’s not that I don’t know this reasoning, but son, our family and the Parker family have been friends for generations! You would rather have the maid than her...” “Friend for generations?” Alex sneered miserably. “ Our families have been friends for generations, and yet, she dumped me for ten years? Would a family friend be so cruel to harm the woman I loved?” “What are you talking about?” “You think of Jane as a maid, but she also thinks of herself as a maid, she is not willing to be your daughter-in-law at all. she already got married in the northeastern region. 1 Old Master Poole looked shocked. “She...actually gave up on you, and got...married?” This was something that old Master Poole never expected.

Alex gritted his teeth and said, “She just wants a quiet life! Quiet! Quiet, do you understand? However, her quiet had been destroyed by your so-called family friend, Lily Parker! Is this daughter of that family friend of yours? Jane is no longer willing to follow me back and had already asked me not to pester her, but Lily still wanted to back her into a corner and have her killed!” 2 The old master was shocked and dumbfounded.

Alex sighed and changed the topic. “How...exactly are you doing?” At that moment, he was a bundle of nerves. However, he could not leave because of his elderly father’s condition. It so happened that the doctor was holding Old Master Poole’s results for various medical tests.

“How is my father?” Alex asked.

The doctor said seriously, “old Master Poole’s health has always been quite good. It’s just that he had been a little agitated the past couple of days, and he had been worrying about you in the hospital as well, so he had acute myocarditis yesterday. It was fortunate that he had been resuscitated. As long as he takes proper rest and doesn’t get too angry, there should be no big problems.” Alex nodded. “That’s good.” After the doctor had left, Alex said to his father in a very cold and serious manner, “Dad, I have already wronged Jane very much! If I don’t take care of her in this life, then I am not a man! Therefore, I must find her and let her settle down nicely! ” Old Master Poole sighed. “The Poole family can’t have a man who has wronged a woman. Just...go. I’ll be fine.” Only then did Alex feel at ease and left in a hurry from the hospital his father was admitted. He had originally planned to take a direct flight from South City to the northeastern region, and then drive to Bay County after he had handed over everything to Sebastian. However, there had been a two-day delay at that moment, and he had no idea how many things could have happened in two days.

Therefore, he got on to the quickest flight to the northeastern region. After he had gotten off the plane, he drove straight to Bay County. Garrett and a few other subordinates had long been waiting for him there.

Alex did not go to the mansion again as he knew there was nobody here. Garett led Alex directly to the outside of the restaurant that Jane and Noah had opened.

At first glance, the restaurant looked brand new and also was just renovated. However, that was outside of the door to the restaurant, which was locked. Alex, who was standing outside the restaurant, was bewildered.

"Excuse me, who...are you looking for?" asked an old voice from behind him.

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Chapter 1540 Alex turned around and saw an old woman. The old person’s back was hunched over. She was carrying a bag on her back and was holding a bowl with broken edges in her hand.

“Ma’am, you are...” Alex originally thought that this old person was Noah’s mother. However, after he had taken a closer look, this old woman was much older than Noah’s mother. Also, she was more shabbily dressed than Noah’s mother. Therefore, who was this old woman?

The old woman raised her aged and cloudy gaze to look at Alex. “You are the big shots from Kidon City, right?” Alex was speechless.

“I’m an old woman who begs for food. I have also lived long enough, so I don’t fear death anymore! I just wanted to ask you, what exactly did this family do to you? Why do you bully them so miserably? I don’t believe such a nice family would do anything illicit! You are all just taking advantage of your power to bully them!” muttered the old woman. Then, she left in resentment.

She was banging on the bowl in her hands while walking away. “Such a nice old woman, who would still chat with me. Her daughter-in-law would also reheat the leftovers when she gave them to me. I have never met such nice people. The good people just don’t live for a long life...” In the end, the old woman was choked up as she walked further away.

Alex was speechless. Alex had brought more men that time than the previous time he came to the northeastern region. However, he still conducted thorough investigations both in open and in secret, and he was even more careful than the last time he was searching for Jane. He did not wish to alarm anybody. Most importantly, he was worried if Jane was still alive, she would still be hiding from him. Therefore, at that moment when he saw the old woman walking further away, Alex also did not make a big fuss to chase after her. He just sat quietly in the car without saying a word.

When the night had almost fallen and Alex was still waiting outside the restaurant, he noticed that there were very few people on this street. It was not until night time that waves of people came out from another restaurant, and the owner of that restaurant and his wife were warmly greeting the customers. Garrett and Alex waited for all the customers to leave, then only they walked forward.

The owner saw that the two of them were dressed quite well, so he asked, “what would you two like to eat?” “Serve us whatever you have,” Alex said.

“Welcome, welcome, come on in.” The street was rather empty, but there were still customers at this late hour, so it was only natural for the owner to greet the customers with enthusiasm. Alex and Garrett started to order. They ordered all the expensive food on the menu and were very generous. After the dishes were served, they also ordered some fine alcohol. This way, the owner was even happier.

Seeing the two customers this generous, the owner also became chattier. “From the way the two of you speak, it seems like you’re not from around here, right?” “No,” Alex said truthfully.

Garrett complimented the owner. “Your dishes here are not bad.” “Really? Then you two gentlemen should come more often,” said the owner joyfully.

Garrett said again, “Perhaps we may truly come here often in the future. We are from Haf City Real Estate Company, and we’re going to be developing this county shortly. We’ll frequent your restaurant in the future. May I have your business card?” “Sure! ” The restaurant owner immediately went to take his business card happily.

Within a minute, the business card was already placed in Garrett’s hand. The owner also took the advantage to get to know them. “May I also have your business cards too?” Garrett then immediately handed his business card to the owner of the restaurant.

“Jason Zandra. Regional Manager of Haf City Real Estate Company.” The restaurant owner read the business card with unconcealable excitement. He looked at Alex again. “This is...” “Our boss.”