7

"Who are you?" Rena came back to her senses alertly, her eyes fixed on Zena sharply, full of vigilance.

Zena is definitely not an ordinary person and is able to detect something unusual so quickly, investigate the problem efficiently, and even lead the police to arrest him.

She glanced at Rena with extreme disdain and said in a contemptuous tone: "Fools have no right to ask questions."

Then she turned her gaze to me and asked again: "Will you be merciful and let it go, or will you fight for your rights? If you choose to fight, I can help you, but I have my conditions."

"All the compensation I ask for will be donated to the construction of Hope Primary School." She added, " Jason , how about you consider it?" Zena 's words reminded me of the innocent children in Tibet. Their clear eyes were full of infinite desire for the future. Even though they lived in poverty, they never spared their smiles and dreams.

I thought of Ethan again, the child I once took care of. When Bowen was not home, I was always by his side. When we picked him up from school one time, we ran into a sanitation worker. Ethan's first reaction was to cover his nose and avoid him.

I immediately scolded him in dissatisfaction: "Every profession deserves respect. Why do you have to hide? He earns money with his own hands, cleanly. Why do you look down on him?"

However, Ethan retorted with disdain: "Dad, why don't you go sweep the streets?"

I was stunned and it took me a long time to come back to my senses. After returning home, I had a long talk with him, hoping that he could change this wrong idea. But he said: "Mom is right, people of the same kind will subconsciously protect their own kind. You are poor at heart, so you speak for the poor."

Thinking about it now, I finally understood. My self-righteous kindness and carefreeness actually played into their hands. Why didn't I hold on tightly to what was mine?

So, I nodded firmly to Zena: "Deal."

Behind him, Rena's eyes widened, and she was furious: "Jason, the ten years of relationship between you and me is not as good as a few words from others?"

I faced her distorted face, feeling relieved: "I just want to take back what belongs to me."