Son-In-Law Gets an Upgrade
Chapter 436

Chapter 436 His Grandparents

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"Is this your boyfriend, Reine? Your taste in men must be degrading if you're settling for someone so old-fashioned," the young man mocked as he sized up Alex.

Reine shot the young man an angry look but did not reply to him.

Seeing her indifference, the young woman standing beside the young man started to ridicule Reine too. "Well, the Morton family is going bankrupt soon. In a few days, our princess here is going to go from riches to rags. Of course, she's going to settle for the closest bumpkin she can replace."

At that, the young man laughed and took the young woman's hand and they strolled towards the park together.

"What was all that about the Morton family going bankrupt?" Alex asked. His previous impression of his grandfather's business was that it was still successful.

Reine hesitated before saying, "Granny told us that eight years ago, the Morrisons started to target our family to crush our business. Things haven't been going well for us since then, but we still managed to scrape by. The Morrisons ignored us in the past few years because our family business was already in shambles, and our family is no longer doing well like before."

"It was a break for us, but two months ago, our company accepted a two hundred million project. We took out a loan worth a hundred and fifty million from the bank, but the bank suddenly changed their stance and ordered our family to repay the money immediately."

Alex immediately understood what happened as soon as he heard Reine's words.

The Mortons barely escaped from the Morrisons' jaws only to replace themselves relentlessly bullied by another enemy.

But there was still a possibility that it could also be the Morrisons threatening them again.

Alex guessed that the Morrisons were using this as an opportunity to get their revenge for the murders of Samson and Susan Morrison. They could not touch Alex, so they took their anger out on the Mortons. After getting in Reine's car, Alex requested her to bring him to the mall to purchase some gifts before returning to the Morton family home.

Half an hour later, they finally arrived at the Morton family home.

The Mortons' villa was an old building that reflected the bleak state of the Morton family's finances. They did not have the money to move into a bigger villa.

"Grandpa, Grandma, look at who I have brought home today!" Reine was unable to contain her excitement that she rushed to the backyard as soon as she got out of the car.

In the backyard, the elderly couple was busy with some work in the pavilion when they heard their granddaughter's excited voice. So they turned around to look in her direction. They saw a young man walking into the yard slowly behind Reine. Looking at the young man's familiar yet unknown face, their expressions changed suddenly.

"Alex!"

For the past few years, they thought that Susan had killed Alex. Thus, they never expected to see their

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Chapter 436 His Grandparents

grandson alive again, let alone standing in front of them today.

"Grandpa, Grandma." Alex hurried forwards, bowing deeply to both of them.

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"Is that really you, our little Alex?" Jeanne grabbed Alex's hands in astonishment, staring at him with tear- filled eyes.

"It is me, Grandma. I've been hiding in Nebula City for the past few years to avoid Susan," Alex said, nodding slowly.

On the other hand, Hugo just looked at Reine with a worried expression. "Did you make sure you weren't followed when you came here, Reine?"

Understanding the meaning behind his grandfather's words, Alex smiled. "You can relax, Grandpa. Susan is dead by my hand. I've already gotten revenge for Mom. In fact, I'm here to pay my respect to her today."

Hugo only grew more uneasy. "The Morrisons will never let you off the hook for killing Susan. You'd better return to Nebula City as soon as possible."

Alex shook his head. "Grandpa, I killed Samson as well. He was the Morrisons' only Master-rank warrior. The only way the Morrisons can defeat me now is by asking the Phoenix Organization for help. But now that the pandemic is still ongoing overseas, the Phoenix Organization won't be able to send anyone to Eurasia so soon. I'll be fine for now."

"Well, that's good to know." Hugo nodded, finally able to lay his worries to rest.

If Alex could defeat a Master rank warrior, that would mean that Alex already achieved at least a Master rank as well. All of Hugo's remaining worry vanished, leaving only a sense of pride in Alex's accomplishments.

"Alex? You're not dead? You b*stard! You should've just died! If it weren't for you, we Mortons would never have ended up in this state of disgrace in the first place!"

At this moment, a young man came storming into the yard. When he saw Alex, he grew even more furious, yelling angrily at him.