Chapter 823



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Nora approached René. She was about to talk to her but, as if she was very scared, Rene suddenly pulled away and ran to the smaller house next door.

Nora: “…”

Through the window, she saw Rene pick up her phone, her hands shaking as she did so. Apparently, he made a phone call. The person he called said something, which frightened Rene so much that his eyes reddened and he began to cry.

Nora frowned.

Rene seemed to have sensed that Nora was looking at her. She was so frightened that she suddenly pulled back the curtains and huddled in a corner. As for what she was doing, Nora couldn’t see.

“Mommy, isn’t Aunt Rene a little shy?”

Find your favorite stories at galnovels .com Nora nodded. After a moment’s thought, she told Cherry to go back into the house. Then she walked over to Rene’s door, raised her hand and knocked on the door.

Rene’s timid voice rang out, “Who is it?”

Nora replied, “It’s your neighbor, I live next door. Thank you for speaking for Cherry…”.

“You’re welcome.”

Rene sounded like she was about to cry. “Please, I beg you, don’t come to see me anymore. I… I don’t want you to lose your job…”

Nora rushed to comfort her. “He won’t lose his job, don’t worry. Can you open the door? I have something to tell you.”

“I don’t have anything to tell you. Please don’t bother me, okay?”

Rene stammered a little as she spoke and didn’t sound very sure of herself.

Nora furrowed her eyebrows. She wanted to knock on the door again, but at that moment the door to Mrs. Long’s house on the opposite side opened. Mrs. Long sneered, “He wouldn’t dare open the door for you. Considering what a coward she is, if she dares to open the door for you, won’t I be offended? If her boyfriend loses his job, she’ll have to go back to her family! When that happens, her foster father will beat her to death.”

After saying this, Mrs. Long began to rant again.

“Don’t step forward to defend others if you are not that capable. If you do something, you should be brave enough to own up to it. Your boyfriend must be very unlucky to fall in love with you. He’s a graduate of a prestigious university – and Staav University – so why did he fall in love with someone like you? When my son came home a few days ago, he even mentioned your boyfriend and said he was thinking of promoting him. But now…? He can forget about being promoted! And instead, let him wait to be fired!”

Mrs. Long was very noisy. Rene’s rental house was the most dilapidated of all, so the sound insulation was not very good. Therefore, he heard everything Mrs. Long said. Instantly, she curled up in fear and even started shaking all over her body.

Nora frowned and sneered, “No word yet on who will be fired!”.

Mrs. Long curved her lips in disdain. “Tsk, tsk. You’re still talking big even at this late date? Heh, maybe you’re not aware of the situation here: my son is your boyfriend’s direct superior!!!!!

Nora wanted to say something, but Rene’s door suddenly opened. Rene, who was thin and skinny as a sheet of paper, appeared. He looked sheepishly at Mrs. Long and then, with choked cries, said, “I was wrong! Please don’t fire my boyfriend, I was wrong! Please, I’ll even get down on my knees.”

As she spoke, she actually got down on her knees with a thump.

Mrs. Long, however, did not flinch.

At that moment, a male voice suddenly reached them.

“Rene, what are you doing? Get up.”

Along with the loud, firm voice, a large, tall figure came running up. The man looked to be about 23 or 24 years old and was obviously a recent college graduate. There was a sense in his face that he was a boy who had just entered the working class.

He was wearing a suit and looked like someone from the upper class, but his actions and demeanor had a masculine feel to them. He seemed very bright and cheerful plus he was very elegant.

He hurried to lift Rene up.

Rene, whose voice was nasal from crying, said, “Liam, I’m sorry I caused you trouble. You have a promising future ahead of you, I mustn’t keep you. Sob…”

Hearing this, Liam Martin pulled René tugged harder. He said loudly and firmly, “Rene, don’t be afraid! I told you I would protect you! Since I got you out of that house, I will definitely protect you! Even if I can’t continue with this job, I can get other jobs! Trust me!”

Rene looked at him shyly. “No, no, it’s my fault. If I get down on my knees and beg Mrs. Long, she’ll forgive you. I can’t mess with your career…”.

Liam sighed. “Rene! That’s enough. All right, I’ll take care of this. You go back to the house, okay?”

Rene wanted to say something, but Liam reached out a finger and pressed it to his lips. “Okay, you go in first! I’ll take care of this.”

A stunned Rene looked at him before she finally lowered her head, her long hair covering her face as if this was the only way she felt safe.

She slowly retreated back inside the house.

Liam closed the door and then looked at Nora. Nora was about to explain when Liam said, “You don’t need to say anything, Rene has already told me everything that happened. He did the right thing.”

After saying that, he looked at Mrs. Long. “You’re already over sixty years old, and you still bullied a five year old girl? You think that makes you very impressive? You may scare Rene, but you’re not going to scare me.”

Mrs. Long scoffed, “Looks like you don’t plan to stay at NTT anymore, do you? Well, I’ll call my son right now!”

She pulled out her phone and made a call. Before long, someone answered, and the voice of her son, Fred Long, rang, “What’s wrong Mom?”

After Mrs. Long told him what had happened, Fred grimaced and said, “I see. Don’t worry, Mom, I’ll make him pay!”.

Then Fred shouted into the phone again.

“Liam, I know you’re listening – you can go straight to HR tomorrow to pick up your pink slip! NTT doesn’t take people like you.”

With that, Fred hung up.

Mrs. Long grimaced, then looked back at Nora and Liam. She said, “Ms. Smith, they fired him entirely because of you!”.

Nora’s eyes were already narrowed. She said dispassionately, “They’re not going to fire him.”

Hearing this, Mrs. Long scoffed. “You think you’re a supervisor at NTT? You’re saying he won’t be fired?”.

Nora replied, “NTT is known in the industry for being fair and equitable. Liam hasn’t made any mistakes, NTT has no right to fire him!”.

Mrs. Long found her words funny. “My God, how naive you are! Do you think this is utopia? Or do you think you’re in a movie? Not only is NTT’s hierarchy very strict, but Liam is a recent college graduate. He has no one at NTT who can speak for him! My son can easily fire him.”

“Really?”

Nora’s lips curved into a smile. “Then let’s see who gets fired tomorrow!”

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