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The neighborhood Daniel and Hannah were living in was exceptionally crowded today.
Nearly all of the residents were gathered around the entrance as they discussed about what was about to happen.
Hanging above the entrance was a banner that read, A warm welcome to the famous actor Mr. Henry Jones.
The residents had been informed a long time ago that Henry Jones would be coming here today to visit his mother,
Mrs. Jones.
Henry Jones had become quite famous recently and was an idol to many of the youngsters.
If they were able to get a picture with him and post it online, they would be the center of attention.
Thus, they had been waiting there since the crack of dawn.
In the middle of the crowd was none other than Mrs. Jones.
“Mrs. Jones, I told you that Henry was bound to make something out of himself.”
“In my opinion, Mrs. Jones is the only reason behind Henry’s success.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“That’s right! Mrs. Jones has always been known throughout the neighborhood for being a well-mannered and well-
educated woman. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree after all.”
“But Mrs. Jones, you can’t forget about your roots now that you’ve come into money. No matter what where you
move to in the future, this place will always be your home.”
“That’s right! If you’re going to move out, I’ll help you take care of the cleaning of your house.”
Mrs. Jones replied pretentiously, “Don’t worry, guys. I’ve lived here my whole life. Of course, I wouldn’t want to
leave this place. What’s more, I’m not used to staying in villas and mansions.”
“Haha! That’s great!” the crowd cheered.
Noticing the crowd after returning home from work, Daniel and Hannah naturally approached them to find out what
was going on.
But as soon as they saw the red banner that had been put up, they immediately realized what was happening.
They exchanged glances and decided to enter through a side gate instead to steer clear of the crowd.
Their apartment was adjacent to Mrs. Jones. A few years ago, they got into an argument with her as she had strewn
her rubbish all over the corridor. Thus, they hadn’t been on the best terms for the past couple of years.
Now that all the other residents were waiting at the entrance to welcome Mrs. Jones’ son, they definitely didn’t want
to go too close. Otherwise, they would most certainly get ridiculed and mocked by Mrs. Jones.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Jones still managed to spot them. Walking over to the both of them, she asked “Hi, Daniel. Hi,
Hannah. Did both of you just come back from work?”
Not wanting to be rude, Hannah smiled and replied, “Yep, that’s right.”
“You two must have had a hard day at work,” she ‘sympathized’, “Why don’t the both of you come and have lunch
with us? That way, you won’t have to go through all the trouble of whipping something up.”
“My son’s coming back and he’s treating all our neighbors to lunch. Look, the food truck and tables have all been
set up already.”
At that moment, there were about ten or so tables on the open area.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThere was even a heavenly aroma wafted out of the food trucks as the chefs bustled about preparing the meal.
However, Daniel turned down her offer. “That’s fine. We can always just go home and make ourselves a meal.”
Based on his understanding of Mrs. Jones, she was going to make use of the meal to show off. Then, she would
make his wife and him look bad.
They might as well skip it altogether and not attend.
Much to his surprise, the expression on Mrs. Jones’ face soured immediately. “Are you not even willing to do this for
me?”
“You have misunderstood,” Hannah hastily explained, “It’s just that it’s been really busy in the clinic. There are still
more than ten patients waiting in line.”
“We were just going to have a simple lunch before hurrying back to the clinic.”
As she spoke, Daniel put his hand around hers and prepared to leave.
“Daniel,” Mrs. Jones warned coldly, “I hope that you’ll think this through.”
“Right now, your daughter’s the one who is begging to work with my son. If you don’t even have the decency to
have a meal with us, my son might just terminate the partnership in a fit of anger.”
“This...” A consternated expression immediately flashed across both of their faces.
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