Chapter 1

During the New Year's Eve dinner, my pineapple juice was secretly swapped for alcohol. But I had taken cephalosporin earlier on.

The doctors used a lot of effort to save me, but my wife, Jennifer Robinson, shielded the person who was responsible behind her.

"This matter ends here. Be generous and forgive him. He didn't do it on purpose."

I didn't plan on letting this man off so easily. He had an ambiguous relationship with my wife.

But Jennifer interrupted me with a frown. "That's enough! He's only a fresh graduate. What's the point of making a fuss? Do you have to ruin the rest of his life to feel satisfied?"

I looked at how my wife was protecting him and my heart sank.

"Then you two can spend the rest of your lives together."

"What do you mean by that? Lee, can't you not be so narrow-minded? As the employer, what's wrong with me caring for my employees? Why did you have to overthink our relationship? You've ruined our New Year's Eve dinner!"

My words seemed to have exposed what Jennifer was thinking. This caused her to raise her voice guiltily.

I sneered and asked, "Oh? It seems that you've put a lot of effort into taking care of him. You care about him even more than you care about your husband. When I collapsed during dinner, you're the one who took a step back, right?"

Jennifer was taken aback by my words. Her voice then softened. It was obvious that she was trying her best to suppress the anger inside.

"Lee, I know you're upset. I'll definitely punish Henry for what he's done and make you feel at ease. But as for calling the police, that's absolutely unnecessary. He's only a fresh graduate..."

"How are you going to punish him?" After experiencing a life-and-death situation, I seemed to have come to my senses. I then massaged my temples and interrupted Jennifer.

After a short pause, Jennifer mumbled, "I'll deduct three days' wages."

"I almost got killed and all you're going to do is to deduct three days' wages?" I couldn't believe what I heard and almost laughed out loud.

"That's enough! He didn't do it on purpose. He's a fresh graduate, how much money can he possibly have? He still needs to pay the rent and other living expenses. My punishment is already very serious! How do you expect him to make it through next month?"

Jennifer's face was darker than ever. All she wanted was for me to stop making a fuss, but I had no interest in talking to her anymore. I took out my phone and was about to call the police.

'A fresh graduate? I'm afraid as long as he's an adult, he'll need to be responsible for his actions.'

When I was about to make the call, Jennifer snatched my phone from me and cursed angrily, "Do you have to ruin someone else's future? He's still young, what does he know?"

"I just want to tell the police what really happened. He knew what he'd done."

I frowned and was about to take back my phone. The atmosphere in the ward became tense. Neither me or Jennifer was backing down.

Knock knock knock!

At that moment, someone knocked on the door of the ward. When the door was opened, we saw that it was Henry standing at the door with a fruit basket.

He had tears in his eyes and seemed a little nervous and scared as he walked into the ward. When he looked at me in the eyes, he bowed. "I'm so sorry, Lee. This is all my fault. I'm truly sorry."

"Henry, quick, have a seat."

Seeing that it was Henry, Jennifer quickly asked him to take a seat.

She took the fruit basket from him and patted his shoulder. "There's no need to waste money on fruit baskets. Lee is fine. Why are you crying? Don't be scared."

"I'm sorry to have caused you so much trouble, Jennifer."

As soon as Henry said those words, his eyes turned red. It was as if he was startled. This caused Jennifer's heart to ache even more.

When tears welled up in Henry's eyes, he raised his head to look at me. There was a proud look in his eyes.

I furrowed my brows and was about to tell him to stop acting, but the next second, he knelt by my bed and bowed.

He cried as he said, "I'm so sorry, Lee. I didn't know you had taken cephalosporin. I switched your drink to alcohol to lighten the atmosphere. I really didn't mean to hurt you."

"Henry, what are you doing? Get up!"

Jennifer was dumbfounded. She walked forward and was about to pull Henry off the ground.

When she turned around and saw me with an indifferent expression on my face, she shouted angrily, "Do you still not believe him even now? Lee, why have I never noticed that you were so heartless?

"Forgive him right now and stop making things difficult for him! Get up, Henry. I don't want to see you like this either."

Henry's face was filled with tears. He remained on his knees and begged for my forgiveness. I only felt a headache coming on and couldn't be bothered to watch his act.

Seeing that I was still not moved at all, Jennifer came over and slapped me in the face. "Lee, you are shameless!"

Slap!

Everything happened so fast and I felt a sharp pain in my right cheek.

Jennifer's actions caused me to lose all feelings for her.