At Jeremy’s urging, Madeline questioned no further. She quickly retrieved the anti-toxoid test reagent she kept in her pocket and handed it to Jeremy.Jeremy took it just as Carter walked out from the entryway.He immediately spotted Jeremy and Madeline, then walked straight over.He shifted his gaze toward the vial of anti-toxoid test reagent that laid next to Jeremy. Upon seeing the shattered pieces of the vial, Carter’s eyes flashed with delight, then darkened further.“Jeremy, that was the only available vial of anti-toxoid test reagent that could help Madeline, and now it has been shattered. Now, you can only watch the suffering of your beloved. Unless you release Shirley. She’ll then have time to develop the anti-toxoid test reagent.”After listening to Carter’s words, Jeremy calmly stood up.Madeline got up as well. She lightly patted away the snowflakes on Jeremy’s coat, looking at the shattered vial by Jeremy’s feet with a grave expression.“Carter, you still dare think
With that, Carter turned and left with a carefree demeanor.Madeline, staring at Carter’s back as he walked away with such finality, felt slightly uneasy.She felt her chest tightened upon seeing the vial of anti-toxoid test reagent shattered on the snow.Noticing the changes in Madeline’s mood, Jeremy, whose face was surprisingly happy, held her hand and comforted her.“Linnie, I know you’re worried about me, but your condition is more urgent now. Even if poison inside me were to flare up, it wouldn’t be much of a problem with Adam around. However, it’s a different story for you. Carter would never genuinely give you the anti-toxoid test reagent.”Madeline could not deny that Jeremy had a point. Nonetheless, she was still fairly upset seeing the shattered vial. Once Carter had left, Madeline and Jeremy returned to the guest room once again.Jeremy examined the room’s condition and inspected the puddle of blood.It was indeed human blood, and judging from the state of which it
The light in the basement was dim, so Shirley could not see the woman’s face. However, she could imagine how malicious this woman’s face would look now.“What are you trying to do?” Shirley supported herself with both hands and tried her best to move backward.She was not scared of the torture this woman would inflict on her, but she could not accept sustaining any injuries on her face.No woman could accept this.The woman waved the fruit knife and strode in front of Shirley, towering over her as she arrogantly peered askance at Shirley.“Shirley, I know I can never compare to you in some aspects and I can never replace you. The only thing I can do now is to change your physical appearance.”After Shirley heard this, she was even more certain that this woman wanted to disfigure her.She knew if she did not fight back, her face would be atrociously disfigured in her hands.She could not sit here and resign to her fate.When she saw the woman waving the knife at her face, Shirl
Shirley clutched her face and ran forward without bothering which way she was going, braving the biting cold wind and snow.The blood that seeped through the gaps of her fingers fell on the white snow drop by drop, and beautiful blooming flowers seemed to appear on the ground in a split secondShirley did not know how long she had been running for, nor did she know where she was headed to. Her consciousness was getting more and more blurry. When she almost fainted, she rushed out into the road.A taxi could not stop in time and directly crashed into Shirley who was running around blindly.The taxi driver quickly hit the brakes and was so scared by this sudden incident that he was holding the steering wheel without budging an inch.“It’s not my fault. She ran out into the road. It’s not my fault.”The driver kept emphasizing.When Adam and Cathy saw this from the backseat, the two of them opened the door and got out at the same time.As a doctor, Adam would not leave the wounded
She would not feel assured if she did not have the anti-toxoid test reagent that Adam gave her with her.If Jeremy were to experience another flare-up at a sudden timing, she would not know what to do.However, even though she could get through to Adam, no one was picking up the call.Madeline figured that Adam might be busy, so she thought she would call him later. However, when she was about to put her phone away, Adam called her back.Madeline quickly answered the call and heard Cathy’s voice from the other side.“Evie, it’s me.”“Cathy, are you with Adam? Is he unable to come to the phone now?”“Evie, he can’t come to the phone because…”After Madeline heard what Cathy said, her eyes flashed suddenly.Jeremy came back into the ward after making the call. When he saw Madeline’s strange expression, he strode to her and asked, “Linnie, what’s going on?”“Something bad has happened to Shirley.” After Madeline said that, she grabbed Jeremy’s hand to walk out of the ward. At th
After hearing this, Adam felt his heart turn ice-cold. It was as though it had been submerged in bone-chilling ice water, causing his entire body to freeze.When Madeline heard this while standing at the side, she found the situation to be strange. She did not dare to believe that Shirley would die just like this. “Doctor, how’s the patient doing now?”When the doctor saw that Madeline was with Adam, he explained in detail, “Judging from the current situation, she may end up losing her mobility and will have to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. The wound on her face is also abnormally deep, so it can be said that she’ll be disfigured.”Disability and disfigurement.Madeline immediately recalled her own situation from back then. She had been blind and also disfigured. It could be said that she had gone through the exact same thing as what Shirley was going through now.“This is the patient’s current state. Perhaps she might improve after a recovery period, but it might
“I don’t know if her leg will recover, but I’m sure you have a way to heal her face, right?”When Cathy asked this, her eyes were twinkling.She believed that Adam had this ability.After she asked that, both of them fell into a brief moment of silence.Adam looked as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he lifted his head and looked at Cathy with a small smile on his handsome, flawless face.“Thank you, Cathy.”“If you thank me, you’re treating me as an outsider. Adam, you’re like my family member, so you don’t have to be courteous to me.”Family member.When those two words reached Adam’s ears, he felt happy yet disappointed at the same time.However, he was feeling more delighted than anything.After all, a family member went beyond a friend; it was a special presence.Shirley was transferred to a private hospital ward.After being unconscious for a day, she woke up in the middle of the night.Despite feeling very weak when she lifted her hand, she still u
Shirley could tell that those hands were that of a woman.Dazed, she lifted her eyes and was met with a pair of clear, wide eyes.“The doctor said that your injuries will need proper care to recover, so it’s better if you rest,” Cathy said gently as she slowly helped Shirley back to the bed.Shirley sat back down, then gave a cold chuckle.“Which quack said that? Could I ever recover from my current condition? If they can’t even make the most basic of judgments, they shouldn’t even be doctors!”She mocked cynically while enduring her pain.“Do those pompous quacks think that they’re being kind by telling such lies? I don’t need such hollow kindnesses! Just say that I am crippled and disfigured! There’s no hope for recovery!”Upon seeing Shirley giving in to despair, Cathy sternly emphasized.“Of course there’s hope! Yes, there might be a lot of unqualified doctors out there, but there are also a lot of good doctors, like Adam, who’s also your brother. Believe in him. He’ll defi