Female Novel
Chapter 2353
Even if Nina had no idea about it, how could Percy not know about it?
Percy had even asked his lawyer to draft the contract.
Jean looked at the satisfied smile on Anna's face. He had this feeling that there was something wrong,so he frowned.
Anna noticed that and said, “Son, we don't have to depend on others anymore in the future. Why areyou still frowning?"
Jean asked, "Mom, let me take a look at the contract."
"Contract? What contract?" Anna was startled for a moment. Then, she realized what Jean was talkingabout and immediately said, "I don't have the contract."
Earlier, Anna was disgusted when she looked at Nina. That was why she did not take the contract. Shehad a feeling that it would bring bad luck to her when she saw Nina's name.
"Why didn't you take it?" Jean's voice was rising uncontrollably.
"Why should I take it? She agreed to sever ties with her family and they gave me the money. She hasnothing to do with us anymore," said Anna.
"Aren't you afraid that they'll set you up?" Jean frowned. Anna used to be smart. Why had she becomeso foolish?
Jean woke up too late.
"What are you afraid of? I've got nothing to lose as long as the money's already in my hands. Son, stopoverthinking. Get well soon and we can get discharged from the hospital. Then, we'll go home and live
our lives comfortably," said Anna.
Their family was initially a middle-class family. However, since they were set up by Marie and Bianca,life had never been easy for them. Jean even got into prison.
Anna realized that it had been a long time since she could live the life she wanted.
Now, as long as the Raynes were not around, she could live her life comfortably.
Jean suddenly thought that what Anna said was right when he saw her being so positive.novelbin
After all, they had nothing to lose. What could Nina and Percy get from them even if they workedtogether to set them up?
It was all a fuss over nothing.
Jean's mood lightened up, but he reminded Anna, "Mom, you must take a close look at the terms andconditions when you're signing a contract with the others. Besides, you'll have to keep a copy of thedocument with you. Otherwise, you'll be fooled by others." “It's a must if I'm signing contracts withothers, but I couldn't be bothered about that contract. It brings bad luck. Besides, I've already askedthem to add in the term that Percy and Nina will be responsible for the person you injured back then.We don't have to bother about it.”
The nurse came in right after Anna finished her sentence. She stood in front of Jean's ward bed.
“What's your name?” the nurse asked.
"Jean Langdon,” replied Jean.
"The doctor has ordered to give you an injection for your pain. I'm going to give you an injection now. Itmight hurt. Please endure it. Turn around and we'll start now,” the nurse said expressionlessly. She
waited for Jean to turn around. Then, she pulled Jean's patient gown up and gave him the injection.
Jean grunted in pain.
After the injection, the nurse said, "It's done. Just press the patient bell if there's anything you need.”
Anna asked in a distressed tone after the nurse left, "Did it hurt...”
"Pain injections hurt." Jean massaged the back of his back. It hurt like hell when the needle stabbedinto him.
Anna let out a sigh and said, “Okay. It's time for you to tell me what happened last night.”
“What?” Jean's gaze wandered.
“Why were you beaten?” Anna asked.
“It's about underworld affairs..” Jean turned his face away, refusing to look at Anna.
"Just be honest. I heard that you ran out of money and borrowed money from them,” said Anna. Shesat beside the bed and looked at him helplessly.
Jean suddenly ran out of patience and said, "It's not much, only a few thousand dollars. Nina hasalready given you the money, after all. Just help me to return the money to them. We don't have toborrow money from anyone in the future."
“Return them the money? Impossible!” Anna sneered. She could not bear to see Jean being injured, soshe said, “I would've returned them the money if they hadn't beaten you up. Look at what they've doneto you. Son, don't worry. I won't give you the money and let you return the money to them. I want themto compensate us instead!”
“How can that be possible..” Jean frowned.
“This is already a criminal case. If those people don't want to go to prison, they'll have to compensate,”said Anna. She thought Jean was in the same situation as the person he injured back then.
“Mom..” Jean wanted to tell her not to mess with Cobra.
Cobra was a loan shark. He would beat that person up if he refused to return the money. This was notJean's first time, but he always came back unharmed.
If Jean refused to return the money and asked him to compensate. Was that even possible?
“Okay. Let's stop talking about this. You've called the police, after all. The police officers will deal with it.We'll hire a lawyer if they can't do anything. Stop talking so much and get some rest. I'm going to informthe doctor about getting discharged from the hospital. The caretaker will stay here and look
after you. Call me if anything happens," said Anna. Nothing was a big deal to her when she had money.
Jean replied embarrassingly, “I don't know where my phone is..."
“Let me go online shopping and get you a new one later. Rest well. Don't do anything to exhaustyourself," said Anna caringly.
The caretaker watched how Anna had treated Jean so kindly. She could not help but secretly let out asigh.
It was her first time seeing such a thing.
Nina was kind to Anna, yet Anna said Nina brought her bad luck and treated her indifferently. On theother hand, anyone could see that Jean was an unfilial son, but Anna favored him over her daughter.
They had the same mother and the same upbringing, but the results were such a big difference.
The caretaker suddenly realized that Jean was unfilial because Anna had been spoiling and pamperinghim.
"Take good care of my son," Anna said to the caretaker with a sulky face. She was rude to thecaretaker.
There was no other reason. It was only because the caretaker was hired by Nina.
The caretaker would inform Nina at the first instance if anything happened to her. She was like asecurity camera. That was why Anna was unhappy with her.
However, she could not afford to pay for a caretaker at that time. Hence, it was useless to look foranother caretaker to replace her.
She did not ask the caretaker to leave now because Jean needed to stay in the hospital for two days.Thus, it did not matter if it was the same caretaker.
"I'll take care of the patient," replied the caretaker.
Anna snorted and left the ward.
Jean shot a glance at the caretaker. Then, he closed his eyes and said nothing more.
The patient in the next bed mocked Jean, "Hey you, did that sister of yours give your mother a sum ofmoney to sever ties with her?"
Jean did not open his eyes and replied, "Stop being nosy when you're sick."
"I'm not. I just noticed that your sister was wearing expensive clothes. I'm curious about how muchmoney she gave your mother to convince your mother to sever ties with her willingly," the man askedwith curiosity.
Jean ended the conversation by remaining silent.
He was not that silly to tell others how much money Nina had given them.
After all, one should not show off one's wealth.
The man stopped asking him when Jean did not answer him.
Jean closed his eyes, thinking about how he should get the money from Anna.
He wanted to start a business.
Jean wanted all those who looked down on him to bow their heads and apologize to him. He wantedthem to kneel before him and lick his boots.