Ch. 1691..1700

Chapter 1691 she was truly disgusted by this inhumane thing! Neo, on the other hand, called out behind the old lady “Ceci -Cecilia...you...” He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. As he walked out of the city hall, he seemed to be as old as a seventy years old man. His wife had left him. In the future, he would be left all alone at home, then who would cook for him? who would take care of him? His children? All of his sons did not know how to take care of others, and their wives certainly would not take care of him. What about his daughters? Was it not highly improper to have his daughters serve him so closely?

It was best to have his partner, but she did not even turn her head around and take another glance at him. At that moment, Neo unexpectedly was covered in tears. “Cecilia...don’t leave.” The old lady actually heard Neo’s cry. However, what has that got to do with her? They were already divorced, she would never be anybody’s nanny for free anymore and be scolded by others. From then onwards, she would be paid to be a nanny, maid, and even cleaning the toilet.

After she had returned to her hotel, the old lady took her bag with her, and then she started to look for a job. However, job hunting was not as simple as she thought. As all her hair had turned white from working hard in the Dixon family for the past ten years, many families who were hiring did not want her. However, the old lady also did not feel dejected. She had first found a place to stay. After she had settled in, she then went out to look for a job every day. After half a month since she had settled in, the old lady met her niece, whom she had not met for almost more than a decade when she went to look for a job at a restaurant again.

When the aunt and her niece met each other, both of them hugged each other and bawled their eyes out.

“Hana, you ran away from home when you were sixteen that year. I have been searching for you for a very long time. Where have you been? I have not seen you for more than twenty years, my child.” The old lady looked at her niece and cried in sorrow.

The old lady was the second aunt to Hana. She was eight years younger than Hana’s mother and was sixteen years older than Hana. That year when Hana was backed into a dead-end by her father and stepmother, the old lady had also just lost her husband and her child was not even ten years old yet. Life had been incomparably difficult for her, so she did not have time to care for her niece.

Later on, she heard that Hana was forced to go out and work when she was just sixteen years old. From then onwards, the people in the rural area, as well as the old lady, had never seen Hana again. More than twenty years had passed in a blink of an eye since then.

When she saw her own niece again, the old lady suddenly felt like she finally had someone to rely on.

Sure enough, Hana cried. “Aunt Cecilia, I’m here and I will certainly never let you live like that again in the future. Aunt Cecilia, my mother had passed away when I was young. It was you who hugged me to sleep when I was still very little. At that time, you were not married yet and was only eighteen years old. You have loved me more than my mother, so I will love you from now on. I will earn more money to pay for your grandson’s tuition.” “Oh, Hana, we will both depend on each other to survive from now on.” “Mm-hmm!” Hana took her aunt to her house. Although Hana’s house was very small, it was enough to let her aunt stay there as well. They have lived quite well together. The old lady cleaned up at home. Hana had been working five jobs from dawn to dusk every day. she felt very happy to be able to have a bite of a hot meal once she returned home.

However, such a happy life only lasted a month. One day, a few strangers suddenly barged into their house. There were both women and men among them, and they all were dressed very glamorously. They looked like decent people at a glance. The group of people barged into the house and saw the old lady. He shouted, “You’re a habitual thief! Let’s see where else you can hide!”

Chapter 1692 Habitual thief?

Hana looked at her aunt. “Aunt Cecilia, are you a thief?” Cecilia’s face was flustered when she saw the person who came. “Stefan, it seems that you knew I took the fifty thousand dollars in the house?” Among the people who came looking for the old lady, the person in the forefront was Neo’s eldest son, Stefan. He pointed at the old lady. “You shameless old woman with sticky fingers!

You actually stole money from your own house! It’s true that it’s difficult to guard against a thief in the family! Listening to the way you speak, you’re admitting that you stole my father’s fifty thousand dollars?” The old lady blushed but remained calm. “I took it. I didn’t steal it. Indeed, I have taken the fifty thousand dollars from the house.” As soon as she said that, Hana looked at her with her eyes widened. “Aunt Cecilia, you...this kind of thing... how can you do such a thing? How can you be like this?” Stefan sneered. “D*mned old woman! Even your niece is criticizing you this way, what else do you have to say? Since you have admitted it yourself, do you want to go to the police yourself or do you want me to call them to arrest you now?” Hearing about going to the police station, Hana instantly panicked, she grabbed Stefan’s hand and pleaded. “Don’t, Don’t, Sir, we...we’ll pay back the money, alright?” “No!” Stefan refused without hesitation.

“Then what do you say? As long as you don’t send my aunt to prison, what do you say?” Hana asked Stefan.

Stefan took a side-long glance at the old lady, then said resentfully, “Let this old thing go back to take care of my father! My father is now lying in bed and unable to move after being betrayed by her! All this happened because of her. Let her take care of my father until he dies! Also, she can’t be sticky fingers during this period! she also has to take good care of my father! otherwise, I will call the police immediately. Fifty thousand dollars is not a small figure! You don’t have to call, I’ll call! ” The old lady spoke up at that moment, “when I took the fifty thousand dollars from the house, I never thought that I could escape from it. I initially thought that I had to be imprisoned. That’s fine too. I’ll call the police now. Also, when I call the police, I wonder if it’s considered breaking the law for a few of you tall and well-built men and women to trespass my niece’s house?” The old lady looked calmly at the few people.

The leader, Stefan, was first stunned. He did not expect that the old lady would take the initiative to call the police. The purpose for him to go over that day actually was not entirely to ask for the fifty thousand dollars. It was indeed detestable for that d* mn old sticky fingers to take away the money in the house. What was more detestable was that ever since the old lady left their house, their father’s life became a mess as he lived alone. He did not know how to cook, and he also did not know how to do his own laundry. He continued living with a dirtied face and messy hair every day and he did not have a hot meal anymore. There was no one to prepare the foot bath at night for him, and wash and massage his leg anymore.

In less than a week, Neo fell HL He had been having diarrhea continuously for several days, to the extent that his legs could not help him stand anymore. He had been directly admitted to the hospital. They only found out after asking him because there had been no one to cook for him for more than ten days, he had been ordering food delivery. He then got diarrhea because of the food and had lost a lot of weight. He could not stand up in a stable manner when he got off the bed to walk, so he could only sit in a wheelchair.

Not only was Neo sitting in a wheelchair, but he also needed someone to take care of him. He needed someone to take care of him all day long. His children had their own jobs and also children. Nobody could stay by their father’s side twenty-four hours a day to take care of him.

Even when a few of them took turns, it was very troublesome. This was because the sons were willing to take turns, but their wives were not so willing.

Chapter 1693 Even if he was Neo’s biological son, he was not very willing to take care of the old man, especially to help him answer nature’s call. The best way to take care of the old man was to let him have a partner. He did have a partner, and she had only divorced him a month ago. Neo’s children were so furious when they thought of the old lady, who had abandoned their father and even stole fifty thousand dollars from the house, that they desperately hoped that they could let her face the most severe punishment.

They had searched for a very long time and had even inquired about the old lady from her neighbors in her hometown. After a month of searching, they finally found the old lady at her niece’s house. Actually, their true purpose was to let the old lady take care of the old man. That way, it would be less of a hassle for the entire Dixon family. However, they also knew that the old lady was very resolute when she divorced the old man, so it was not quite possible for her to return. It so happened that the old man was indeed angered because the old lady had stolen his money. Therefore, the few siblings had a discussion and reached a unanimous decision to use the fifty thousand dollars to blackmail the old lady.

They had come with the intention of having the old lady subdued, taking her away, and letting her take care of the old man like a servant just like before.

However, never would they have expected that the old lady would rather go to prison than to follow them back. The old lady took out her phone without any hesitation and made a call under the watchful eyes of everyone present, and that made Stefan and his siblings panic. Right at that moment, Stefan’s phone rang. He picked it up and answered it. Unexpectedly, his father's condition got worse, and they were asked to return immediately, then only did the siblings leave Hana’s house, upset. The old lady was calling the police, but she hung up the call.

After Stefan and his siblings left, Hana started to reprimand the old lady. “Aunt Cecilia, you should not have stolen anything no matter what the situation was like.” The old lady cried. “I had never stolen anything in my life. I did not even steal when I was very poor. I did it out of desperation after being forced into a corner with no other way. I had already given up after everything I’ve done was not reciprocated. I had already been married to Neo for ten years. We were a married couple for ten years. We have dined together, lived together, and slept in the same bed, but he had been guarding against me as if I was a thief. I had to wash and massage his feet and even sleep with him at night. I also had to do the laundry, prepare three meals a day, and also clean the house during the day. These are all the things that I should be doing as a wife. However, what did he say?” “He said, I am the wife from the second marriage, after all, so he had to guard against me! ” she cried. “ He said that no matter what, the relationship of a married couple in the second marriage just would not be close enough. They just would not be a family like how they were with their spouse in the first marriage. He said that the salary was his, so I can’t get a single penny of it. He could feed me and let me have a roof over my head, but he would not care about my relatives, including my grandson. I only have this grandson, and he is a stick as he had been going hungry since young.” She looked at Hana tearfully. “Hana, the worst mistake I have made in this life was getting married to him. If I had known this would happen, I would have wandered everywhere and do odd jobs while taking my grandson along with me. I can raise my grandson even if I am in my forties. The child is already ten years old and is already going to fourth grade, but he did not want to pay for the child’s tuition. I truly was at my wit's end, so I went big and took away the fifty thousand dollars that were in the house to pay for my grandson’s tuition and living expenses for the next four years. I had already done the calculations. Your cousin would be coming out of prison in another three years. I had originally thought of turning myself in after I had paid for the child’s living expenses and tuition fee, but do you know what the staff at the city hall told me? He said that I have been married to the old man for ten years. Half of his salary in those ten years was mine. I could at least get forty thousand dollars. He also said that taking the money myself is not called stealing. I thought that since I did not break any law, I can’t let this go easily, so I will continue to take them to court. They can’t do anything to me anyway! ” 3 “Aunt Cecilia, indeed you did not break the law, but it’s not good for your reputation either, what happens if they come again in the future?” Hana was incredibly worried.

There was a pause before Hana said straightforwardly, “Let’s move away! ”

Chapter 1694

Moving away was simply just to avoid Stefan and his siblings from coming over again. Hana

could tell that the main purpose for them coming over was not to let her aunt pay them back.

Although it was not quite honorable for her aunt to take the fifty thousand dollars in the house,

she truly did not break the law. Even if they were to go to the police, no one could say that she

had stolen the money. The greatest purpose for them to find her aunt was to let her continue

taking care of the old man.

Of course, her Aunt Cecilia would not leave with them. After ten years of hard work starting from

when she was forty-six years old to the year she became fifty- six years old, her aunt was

already incredibly old and gray. Those ten years of her life after being remarried had taken a toll

on her aunt, she absolutely could not go back anymore.

Hana was a very efficient person. They moved out within a day after she said they were moving

away. However, after they had just settled in the new house, her Aunt Cecilia fell ill. They went to

the hospital and only then did they find out that she had rheumatic heart disease which was

caused by long term malnourishment, coupled with depression. Her aunt was sick for almost half

a year, it had cost Hana quite a sum of her savings.

Cecilia did not agree to receive treatment. “Hana, I am already old. It doesn’t matter if I die. I

don’t want to spend your money. You are having it hard on your own, my child!”

Hana hugged her aunt. “Aunt Cecilia, you’ll recover soon. You’ll be fully recovered after taking a

few more months of medicine! Be good. You must get well.”

“Hana, I can’t be a burden to you. You’re still earning money to bring your daughter, Tessa,

home. You’re already working so hard and you still have to take care of me. How can I be alright

with that? ” said Aunt Cecilia with difficulty.

Hana smiled instead. “Aunt Cecilia, I don’t have a mother growing up. You were the one taking

care of me when I was a child. If it weren’t for your care and help, I wouldn’t have made it past

my sixteenth birthday, let alone getting married and having a child later on. Although Tessa is not

willing to acknowledge me as her mother, she still is my daughter. As long as I have her, I have a

goal and hope that I can look forward to. Don’t worry, Aunt Cecilia. Everything will be better. You

will be fully recovered in a few months.”

As Hana was insistent, the old lady then rested for another few months and finally recovered.

However, just when she had recovered, the children from the Dixon family found them again.

Obviously, after a year had passed, the Dixon family were well prepared when they found the old

lady again. This time, they were not afraid of the old lady calling the police anymore.

Stefan even told the old lady directly, “You said you were a member of our family, so taking that

money was not considered as stealing. Then let me tell you this, that sum of money was from

before your marriage. After you and my father got married, all of his money was controlled by

you. old hag! I have ways to send you to prison! Everything could be clearly seen in the

surveillance at our house. You had indeed stolen our money! Not only did you steal the money,

but you were also a habitual thief! I have ways to let you rot in prison!” Stefan threatened the old

lady.

The old lady had no choice but to ask helplessly, “Tell me. How much money do you want me to

pay you? There’s absolutely no way for you to let me go back and take care of your paralyzed

father. Tell me how much do you want from me?”

“Tenfold! Five hundred thousand dollars!” said Stefan.

The old lady and Hana were both left speechless. 1

“Either pay US the five hundred thousand dollars or obediently return and remarry my father. I

will give you some time to consider.” Stefan brought his siblings along with him and left after

saying that. Since then, Stefan would come over from time to time.

Chapter 1695 In the end, the old lady was so backed into the corner that she was slightly buying into the idea of going with the flow. She turned to Hana, “why don’t I just go and serve that old d*mned thing?” “Aunt Cecilia, we can always figure something out. The Dixon family is threatening US, and they will not get away with it. In a few days, after I have finished the business at hand, I will accompany you to report the case,” said Hana to her aunt, frowning.

The old lady could tell that Hana seemed to have something on her mind, so she asked, “Hana, what happened?” Hana did not hide the matter from her aunt as well, she simply said, “Aunt Cecilia, I have witnessed my daughter, Tessa, following my footsteps. She actually is in a relationship with a man who is ten years older than her. That man is indeed rich, but he is a playboy in South City.

He was ignorant and incompetent when he was younger. How can I let Tessa walk into such a dangerous situation? I must stop Tessa. ” 1 In the few days after Hana had learned that Tessa was in a relationship with a man renowned for being a playboy in South City, she had been continuously following and investigating Zayn. she had also hidden at a distance and witnessed how Zayn helped those homeless people. In fact, Hana had seen all that and she had also discussed it over with her aunt when return.

Aunt Cecilia had once persuaded Hana. “Hana, people will turn over a new leaf sometimes.

Mister Smith put in so much effort in helping these homeless people, so he is truly a responsible man.” Hana had already began to hesitate. Just when she was feeling conflicted, Neo’s children came over again. This time, the old lady was already hell-bent on no longer being a burden to the niece. After all, her niece had already taken care of her for almost a year and her niece’s life was also quite tough. Taking advantage of her niece not being in the house, the old lady packed up her things by herself and actually thought of looking for Zayn with the address that her niece had once told her. she hoped that Zayn could introduce a job to her just like how he had introduced a job to the woman who had already returned to her hometown.

However, what she did not expect was that her niece came for her right when she had just found Zayn.

Also, it was truly a coincidence for her to bump into Zayn. What made the old lady and Hana even more touched was that Zayn had personally sent them home. However, Hana and her aunt felt awkward when the children of the Dixon family came to their door.

At that moment, the old lady had placed all of her hopes on Zayn. she heard from her niece that Zayn was a prominent person in South City. If Zayn could get her a job that also included meals and accommodation, the Dixon family would not be able to find her anymore and she would no longer be a burden to her niece as well.

Zayn watched the old lady wipe her tears away, she wanted to kneel before Zayn again, but he stopped her by holding her.

“Ma’am, I have already understood your situation. Just discussing this matter alone, you truly shouldn’t have kept it from your ex-husband and taken the fifty thousand dollars,” Zayn said straightforwardly.

The old lady nodded. “I know. I already know I’m wrong, Mister Smith. I...was truly at my wit’s end.” Zayn nodded. “I know. I understand your hardships. I have to first help you pay back this money. I will now resolve this matter for you now, and I’ll see who still dared to force you to go back and take care of that old man. Also, after I have returned the fifty thousand dollars with interest to them, I will then help you get back all the properties that you should have gotten in the ten years you’ve been in the Dixon family.” The old lady's eyes instantly lit up. “Real...really?” Aino, who was lying in her uncle’s arms, spoke up with pride, “of course, it’s real! Don’t worry, Ma’am. No one would dare to bully you again if my uncle helped you resolve this matter.” The old lady immediately said with gratitude, “Thank you, thank you. Master Zayn.” Hana was also feeling grateful. “Master Zayn, you truly have changed. You’re no longer like the person that the people in South City had spoken of seven years ago. I’m sorry. In the future, I will never...” Before she finished her words, she heard Aino say cheerfully, “Madam Sharpe, you can now be relieved and be my uncle’s girlfriend, right?”

Chapter 1696 when Aino said that, both Zayn and Hana felt extremely awkward. It was particularly so for Hana.

She blushed suddenly, then she squatted and looked at Aino very apologetically. “Aino, you are a good child. I know that you’re very kind, and you care a lot for me, right? However, I...I am already very old, so I am not...compatible with your uncle. Besides, your uncle and my daughter truly love each other. As long as they love each other wholeheartedly and as long as your uncle treats my daughter well, as a mother, I will certainly give them my blessings. You should also wish them happiness and contentment together, alright?” Aino instantly began to tear up. “Madam Sharpe, are you not going to get yourself a boyfriend anymore?” Hana smiled. “I am already in my forties this year, why should I find myself a boyfriend?” There was a pause before her tone suddenly became dull. “In this life, I have already been so hurt by men that I no longer have the intention to be in a relationship anymore. From now on, I will live my life together with my aunt, and will no longer seek a man anymore.” Aino was speechless.

“Don’t be upset, Aino. Together with me, let’s wish your uncle well, alright?” Hana continued to console Aino.

Aino was very upset, but she also very sensibly nodded her head. She had tears in her eyes.

“Alright, I got it, Madam Sharpe.” Zayn felt bad when he saw Hana being so understanding towards a child. He had a prejudice against her because he had heard Tessa and Hector speak ill of Hana often, so Zayn had rejected and despised Hana in his heart. However, at that moment, all of the rejection and despise that he had towards Hana vanished.

At that moment when he looked at his future mother- in-law again, he thought that she still looked very young. More importantly, she was not a cheater who only sat idle and did not engage in honest work like how Hector had described her. On the contrary, not only was his young future mother-in-law someone with a clear and coherent mind, but she also was a very hardworking and efficient woman. This house that she rented was simple and small, but she had tidied it up into a very neat and cozy house. He truly had no idea how she did it when she had been working almost five jobs a day. On top of that, she even took care of her aunt who was severely ill that year, she truly was quite a great woman.

When he thought of that, Zayn said, “Well...” He wanted to address her as madam, but he felt that it was not quite appropriate as she was only eight years older than him. Their age gap was even smaller than the age gap between him and Tessa. Zayn truly could not address her as madam, so he said, “Don’t worry. I will resolve all of your aunt’s matters. As for your relationship with Tessa, I will certainly think of a way to be the mediator for both of you. Believe in me. No matter what had once happened between the two of you, your relationship by blood as a pair of biological mother and daughter will never change. I will think of a way for both of you to reconcile.” Hana instantly teared up. “Thank-thankyou, Master Zayn. I...I had misunderstood you in the past.

My daughter has a good eye. I am very relieved that she could marry you. I’m very happy.” Zayn smiled. “Don’t mention it. The most important thing now is for US to resolve your aunt’s matter. It can’t be delayed any further. Does she have the contact number for the Dixon family?

Do you remember their house address? Without any delay, we will go look for them early in the morning tomorrow and resolve this matter face-to-face. Then, there will be no more troubles in the future.” “Sure, alright. Thank you!” said Hana, she then urged the old lady. “Aunt Cecilia, look up the address and contact for the Dixon family and hand it to Master Zayn.” The old lady then went to look for it without hesitation.

“Also, bring your divorce certificate along as well.” “Oh, alright!” said the old lady with excitement.

Zayn looked at his watch, then he said, “Both of you should rest. It’s already getting late. I have to send Aino back first. After I have handled the business affairs in my company tomorrow morning, I will drive over and pick you up. Then, we will go directly to the Dixon family’s house to resolve this matter, alright?”

Chapter 1697 “Alright, alright. Thank you, Master Zayn.” Hana was extremely grateful, but she did not go overboard with her mannerism. Since the very beginning, Hana had never appeared to be fawning over Zayn or anything like such. When Zayn was leaving Hana’s house in his car, he thought to himself that no matter how he looked at it, Tessa’s mother seemed to be a woman who behaved with propriety and had self-restraint. She was not at all like the unbearable woman that Tessa’s father had described her to be. Could it be that Hector and Tessa were both lying?

Especially Hector, who had once thought of committing a crime and had a gambling problem in the past. Zayn was slightly doubtful of Hector’s character.

When Zayn left Hana’s house, he wanted to call Tessa to ask her about the matter, but after he thought about it, this matter was not something that could be easily clarified with just a few words. He thought that it would be better to slowly talk about it in the future after resolving the old lady’s matter.

After Zayn sent Aino back to her house, he went home. After he finished washing up that night, he received a call from Tessa. He called out gently into the phone. “Tessa, haven’t gone to bed yet?” “Mm-hmm! You had promised to treat me to dinner today, but it fell through in the end, so I can’t fall asleep,” Tessa chirped.

“Then I will make it up to you next time. I will do a lot more to make it up to you, alright?” Zayn said gently.

On the other end, Tessa acted like a pampered child. “ Mm-hmm. I am also a little jealous. Zayn, how great would it be when you love me as much as you love Aino?

Zayn laughed. “I love you and Aino all the same.” After giving it some thought, he said truthfully, “ Perhaps I will love you more than Aino someday in the future. After all, Aino is growing up. After she is all grown up, she will have her own life, have her own boyfriend, and then get married. She could meet someone who cares and loves her. Gradually, she will no longer need her parents and uncle to meticulously care for her anymore. However, we’re different. We have to go through thick and thin together for life. Our affection will grow deeper with time.” Tessa was touched when she heard that. “Is that true, Zayn?” Zayn smiled, “of course! So, do as I say, alright?” Tessa replied in a sweet tone, “Don’t worry, Zayn. I will do everything as you say. I’ll be at your disposal for life.” “Good. You have to keep your words,” Zayn said with an underlying meaning in his words.

“Mm-hmm! I will keep my word.” “Then I order you to go to bed now. You have to turn in early, then only you can get up early tomorrow,” said Zayn.

“Alright. Bye-bye, Zayn. Love you!” Tessa was still being lovey-dovey when she was going to hang up the call soon. However, Zayn loved her being lovey- dovey. Zayn, who had been lonely for a very long time, could then have sweet dreams then.

The following day, Zayn first went to handle his business affairs at the company. After more than an hour, he departed his company and went straight to the house that Hana and her aunt were staying at. 1 When he arrived at the house, he knocked on the door and it opened, when Zayn saw the people in the house, he was completely stunned. “You...”

Chapter 1698 The person who opened the door was Hana. However, Hana appeared to be drastically different from the day before. She had light makeup on. Although her clothes were not from any luxury brands, they were decent and very professional. Also, the forty-year-old Hana had a nice figure.

Her hair was very combed neatly. The way she looked gave Zayn a very intellectual and professional kind of feeling. She did not appear to be pitiful at all. she was drastically different from the homeless woman that Zayn saw a few days ago, who had been squatting in a corner of the wall at the Ford Group. Zayn was completely stunned by what he saw. For a moment, he even thought that just by looking at his young mother-in- law alone, he truly did not deserve to be with Tessa. He was too old. Tessa and her mother, on the other hand, were too young.

Perhaps she had noticed that Zayn was stunned, Hana immediately said, “They had repeatedly come over to look for my aunt countless times. Today, I have to let them see that my aunt also has someone backing her up!” Zayn laughed. “That’s right!” He opened the door a little wider, and together with Hana, they helped Cecilia get into the car.

Cecilia also dressed up quite well that day. She had a head full of gray hair, but her back was not hunched, so she did not appear to be too old. If she had not married that old man with Dixon as his last name back then, she would not have worked so hard for so many years, so she may even appear even younger.

Zayn had his navigation system turned on and was driving in the direction given by the old lady.

After more than an hour, they arrived at that accommodation for faculty members that the old lady had once stayed in. That was a town in the suburban area in South City. The accommodation appeared to be quite quaint. There were even people exercising in the yard. Life just seemed very harmonious there. Everyone there appeared to be civilized and polite at a glance. After that, there was the accommodation for faculty members and their families.

Once Zayn got down the car after he parking it, he attracted quite a few sidelong glances from the people in there. After all, he was a mature man who was more than one hundred and eighty meters tall. He had a gentle appearance and expression and was driving a Land Rover. Anybody would not be able to help themselves but to take another look at him. 1 There was a commotion among the crowd when those people saw the old lady, who had always been submissive, being escorted out of the car by a mature lady in her forties. Many people were whispering to one another. Although their voice was not loud, a little bit of what they said could more or less still be heard.

“I told you! That old man, Neo, had gone overboard in bullying others. He has been bullying Cecilia as if she had no family to back her up! ” “That’s right! I could never get used to seeing the way he behaved. He appeared to be a civilized and intellectual man at a glance, but in actuality, he is a bully! He was the one who got a partner to keep him accompanied in bed. Never mind that she had stayed with him for ten years, but she was even treated as a free nanny! That was not enough for him. He even bullied her!” “I was extremely upset when I saw Cecilia being submissive back then. Now, seeing her being accompanied by two people, I just feel great!” “I had secretly persuaded Cecilia many times in the past! I told her that Neo did not treat her as a human and treated her as a worker who worked for free. He himself, on the other hand, was living quite a good life, so what was she expecting out of it? she would say every time that they were already married for so many years, so she could not bear to leave him to be alone. In fact, that man, Neo, truly was mean.” “He behaved all high and mighty! He also took advantage of his power to bully others! He felt that she did not have a strong family to back her up, so he took advantage of her while telling others that she was relying on him! ” “D*mned! He is not worthy of being a teacher! ” “No wonder Neo is now in a wheelchair and is bone- thin! Served him right!” “Come on, let’s go. Let’s go have a look. Let’s watch how Cecilia’s family fights back against Neo!” Actually, a vast majority of the people there felt unjust for the old lady. They felt that the old man truly had been too much. Since he was already married to her, he should still have some basic respect for her, right? Neo, on the other hand, had been shouting at her every day. He had never given a single penny for the old lady to spend. He even told anyone that passed him by that the old lady did not have any income, so she had been eating his food, drinking his water, and even living in his house. Such a person truly was a bully!

Then, several people followed Zayn, Cecilia, and Hana quietly.

Chapter 1699 Zayn and Hana helped the old lady into the yard. The old lady then called out in a low voice, “Neo Dixon, are you at home?” “Who is it?” A very aged voice came from inside of the house. Logically speaking, the old man should only be sixty-six years old that year, so he was not considered to be too old. However, that voice sounded like an old man who was almost in his eighties.

“I am Cecilia and I am here to discuss the matter of the fifty thousand dollars with you.” “You came back? Do you have nowhere else to go out there anymore, so that’s why you’ve returned?

This is not a shelter and this is also not a hotel. Do you think you can just come and go as you wish?

Who do you think you are? Go to hell! Get the hell away! ” said the old man. His door was opened right when he finished his words.

A wheelchair then rolled out from inside the house, and there was an old man, who was stick-thin, sitting on it. The old man glanced at Cecilia and his eyes were affixed on her. Cecilia was ten years younger than him. She was just 45 years old when she married him. To him, who was already 55 years old back then, Cecilia was still full of a kind of youthful beauty. He had enjoyed a new lease of life for ten years after he had married Cecilia. He originally thought that after not meeting her for more than a year, the homeless Cecilia certainly would be dressed in tattered clothes. However, never would he have expected that Cecilia appeared to be very clean and in good spirits. She had a head full of gray hair, but that also was a unique style.

“You...” The old man could not take his eyes away from her. He had been missing this woman every day for so many days and nights, when this woman was living with him, he had lived a good life. He did not need to cook for himself or do his laundry. He could sleep in every day and could take a quiet nap every afternoon. Even if there were children playing in the yard, the old lady also would persuade those children to leave so as to not disturb her old man from resting. In those ten years, the old lady had been very skilled in cooking. He could no longer get used to the dishes served outside because of that.

Not only that, but he also realized that ever since the old lady left, although his children would take turns to come over and serve him, none of them could be as meticulous as the old lady. In the end, his children got tired of him. After all, they also had their jobs and had to take care of their own children as well.

Among them, the person who complained the loudest was his eldest son. “Dad! You’re only in your sixties. If it was according to the retirement age in other countries, you’re still not retired yet, let alone being at that age where you start to become a burden to your children, when will this ever end?” “Go...find that woman and bring her back. As long as she...could serve me well,” said the old man to his children. They thought that it was the best solution. It was great! Therefore, they kept going to look for Cecilia and kept harassing and threatening her. Their threats truly had an effect after they had intimidated her so many times. At that moment, the old lady was standing right in front of the old man himself.

When he saw that radiant and high-spirited old lady standing in front of him, Neo desperately wanted to rush to her in an instant and hug her. However, he still wanted to put on airs. In that house, he had been taking on the dominant position. This was because the old lady had no income and was spending all his money.

The old man looked at the old lady with a sneer. “ What are you doing, all dressed up so glamorously?

Could you escape from your fate of being homeless when you dressed up so glamorously? I simply don’t believe it! Even my biological children also don’t care about me, could your relatives care for you for the rest of your life? In the end, you still have to obediently comeback to me! Hmph! How disgusting!

Hurry up, come in and cook for me! ” Seeing such an arrogant and impertinent old man, Zayn truly wanted to go up and give him a kick. On the other hand, Hana’s eyes were red with rage. However, the old lady stayed calm. “Neo, I'm here to settle the dispute between you and me!"

Chapter 1700 The old man was stunned, “what?” The old lady remained calm. “I am here to pay you back the fifty thousand dollars to you, I will also pay back the interest! However, I have also brought along the ledger that I have been using for bookkeeping in those ten years today. Every single expense is recorded on it. Taking away the expenses, we should still have savings of six hundred thousand in our house. Half of the fifty thousand dollars that I had taken should be considered mine, and the other half is yours. You also have to give me half of the six hundred thousand dollars.” Neo was suddenly terrified. “Are you...here to threaten me?” He wholeheartedly thought that the old lady was here to take care of him, but he did not expect that she was here to split up the properties with him. At that moment, Neo was not only feeling heartbroken from having his properties being divided and taken away, but he was more terrified that if he no longer has the care from the old lady in the future, he may not live for too long. He looked at the old lady in horror. The old lady, on the other hand, was still very calm.

In those ten years, all the anger and sadness in her heart had long been worn down into nothing by this d *mned old scoundrel who only pretended to maintain solemnity! she calmly said, “No, I am only taking the portion that I deserved! I will also warn you in passing that if your children come to harass me again, I will call the police! If I have no other ways to deal with you, then I will kill all of you! I am already a homeless old woman, so what should I be afraid of?” Neo was speechless.

At that moment, Zayn spoke up. “Sir, I have contacted the people from the court. They will come over to verify your fixed assets in a while. If you can’t compensate Cecilia for the property settlement that she deserved, then this house of yours will be auctioned.” “You...you want to auction off my house?” asked Neo, trembling in fear.

Not only was he going to lose someone to take care of him in the future, but even his house would be auctioned?

Zayn shrugged his shoulders innocently. “Not necessarily! If you can immediately take the money out and pay Cecilia on the spot, then no one will sell your house. Even if you can’t take the money out, I’m not the one who wants to sell your house anyway. It will be executed by force from the court. They will first sell your house at an auction. After they sell the house, a portion of the money will be given to Cecilia, and the remaining sum will be returned to you! ” 2 Neo was speechless. Just when he was still in a daze, the staff, who were here to examine the site, had already arrived. They asked Neo very solemnly, “Were you and Cecilia a married couple for ten years?” Neo huffed angrily. “No, she is just a freeloading parasite!” “Sir, please cooperate with us! Were you and Cecilia a married couple for ten years?” Neo glared. “Yes...yes!” “Did she take fifty thousand dollars away while the both of you were still married?” asked the examiner again.

“She stole it!” “I’m sorry! ” The examiner from the court explained to him truthfully, “If she had taken the fifty thousand dollars while both of you were still married, then she was just taking the money from her house, so there is no such thing as stealing! ” The old man was speechless.

“Even if you were separated later on, that portion of the money is still considered as a property between both of you, so twenty-five thousand dollars from that money is hers. Putting aside all the expenses through the years, both of your savings still have six hundred thousand dollars left.

May I know if you have the ability to pay your ex-wife three hundred thousand dollars, no, I mean two hundred and seventy -five thousand dollars?” Neo was speechless. At that moment he did not dare to answer. Did he have money? Yes, he did. However, he did not have as much as six hundred thousand dollars anymore. A year ago, he had six hundred thousand dollars in his house. Actually, he had even more than that. He had more than seven hundred thousand dollars. However, within that year, he had already spent more than one hundred thousand dollars on his medical treatment alone. In order to please his own children, he took out another one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and divided it between his three sons and two daughters. In other words, he had given each of his children thirty thousand dollars in hopes that they could take care of him more.

That was still nothing. Earlier on, he had hired a caregiver, who was only in her thirties. Not only was her cooking not as good as his ex-wife’s, but she was also very lazy. However, she was a sweet talker.