Chapter 122 Overnight Turned into Enemies
Voice echoed throughout the
In his excitement, Jacob didn’t consciously control his tone, so his corridor. If he had spoken clearly in standard Mandarin, Raymond would definitely understand what they were arguing about and guess Selena’s identity after all Jacob had already called out her
full name.
he But unfortunately, Jacob dropped out of school early, and during the years he didn’t study, I worked on construction sites in several coastal counties where he met people from all over the country who came from rural areas to work.
Coupled with the fact that he rarely received formal education, Jacob spoke with a heavy accent.
Selena wanted to escape from the impoverished county of Ridgefield, so she deliberately learned the accents of other people.
It’s not difficult to understand the meaning behind someone’s regional accent, but when accents from multiple counties mix together, it becomes difficult to articulate and sounds strange. Therefore, Raymond had no idea what the two of them were arguing about; he could only vaguely
hear Selena’s words.
As for Jacob’s language, he couldn’t understand a single word. He was fluent in several foreign. languages, but couldn’t comprehend Jacob’s language. Outside the hallway, Selena fell silent for a moment and almost burst into laughter.
“If it weren’t for my uncle and aunt, do you think I would willingly take care of you?”
A twenty–eight–year–old man who still hadn’t found a decent job, who took hundreds of thousands from clients and ran away, lost over a million in gambling, and made his parents pay off high-
interest loans for him.
What face did he have to complain here? Selena grabbed his hand and pressed the answer button.
without hesitation.
“Uncle.” However, it wasn’t Brian who called, but her aunt Erin. Erin’s voice was tired and hoarse. “Selena, your aunt doesn’t want to make this call, but I have no other choice. We don’t have Mr. Fu’s contact information, and the police won’t release your sister–in–law who’s involved.
We don’t have that much money, and with the impending demolition here, we borrowed money from relatives and bought a few houses from the neighbors. We thought we could manage and start repaying some of it, but now that the demolition news is out, their children came knocking
at our door.
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Your uncle’s leg is broken, and he’s bleeding from his head. He’s still in the hospital, and I can’t come up with the money for his surgery right now. We already used up the money on Megan, and now that she’s in the police station, I can’t find her
I have no other options. Upon hearing this, Selena’s heart clenched. She felt both angry and powerless. She initially thought that her husband and ount would let Megan spend some time in jail, and once a month had passed, Selena would find a way to gather the money and bail her out.
After all, Megan had a habit of speaking recklessly, and she would inevitably get into trouble in the future. Keeping her in jail for a month would be a small lesson for her. But she never expected that her uncle and aunt wouldn’t let Megan suffer and would actually resort to taking other people’s houses.
They had lived in the same neighborhood for so many years, and they were familiar with the neighbors. They knew in advance that the area was going to be demolished, so they bought the houses before it happened.
Now, with the demolition news coming out just a few days after selling the houses, the affected people were understandably upset. Even blood relatives need to settle their accounts, and overnight, decades–long neighbors became enemies. It was risky for the couple to do such a thing.
Selena felt a wave of powerlessness and could only comfort her aunt for now.
“Aunt, don’t worry. I’ll send you the money right away, and Jacob and I will come back tonight from New York. Use the money for medical expenses, and we’ll be there soon.”
Jacob stood by, seemingly indifferent to the situation. She did not show any fear of scalding water and threatened,
“Selena, I’m not going back, if you want to go back, go by yourself. I don’t want to go back to that house in my whole life…”
“Smack!”
As soon as the words fell, Selena raised her hand and slapped him directly. Jacob’s cheek was heavily hit by the slap, and there was a taste of blood in his mouth. He couldn’t believe his eyes as he looked at Selena, and it took him a few seconds to react and touch his cheek.
“You hit me?”
Previously, when Selena stayed at his house, she was a well–behaved and calm girl. Who would have thought she would slap him, Jacob never thought about retaliating. After all, she was his cousin, and it would be condemned for a man to hit a woman.
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His eyes instantly turned red as he touched his face.
Selena looked at him coldly,
“Are you awake now? Megan is the one you want to marry into the family. She intentionally damaged Mr. Montague’s car and demands eight million in compensation. Uncle and Aunt took a risk for this money, and uncle is still in a critical condition. Are you really not going back, Jacob? If you don’t go back, I will call those hooligans to come back and kill you right away.”
Jacob’s body trembled, and he bit his lips with a lack of determination. All the conflict between the two was seen by Raymond. Within a moment of seeing Selena slap him, he raised an eyebrow slightly.
