As soon as he finished his sentence, the three adults fell into silence. Bonnie crossed her arms in front of her chest confidently, waiting to see what would happen next.Joshua stared at Nigel with a frown, waiting to hear what he had to say.As for Aura…Her face was as pale as the wall behind her. She glared at Nigel in malice, worried that he would say something he should not have.Nellie could not help but curl her lips into a smile when she saw Aura’s reaction.She smoothed down her hair and clothes, pattering over to Aura and stared at her with watery, innocent eyes. “Why are you sweating, Aunty Aura? Are you feeling hot?“It’s already autumn, though. Are you sick? You look very pale. Do you want me to bring you for a checkup?”Aura’s expression darkened when she heard this. She shot Nellie a murderous glare but did not reply.Bonnie noticed the hostile expression in Aura’s eyes and immediately picked Nellie up, afraid that Aura would hurt her. “Don’t be troublesome, N
Aura clung onto Joshua’s arm, signaling for him to leave.Bonnie furrowed her brows at this sight and was about to say something when Nigel piped up, “Alright then. Goodbye, Daddy, Aunty Aura. Nellie, Aunty Bonnie, and I are going to visit Mommy now. I can’t stop worrying about Mommy knowing how sick she is!”With that, he let out a sigh and grabbed Nellie’s hand. “Don’t cry. You’ve been crying the entire journey.”Joshua, who had been just about to leave, stopped in his tracks when he heard this. He turned around to look at Nigel and Nellie. “Aren’t you here to visit Granny?”Nigel blinked innocently and replied, “Yes, we are, but we’re mainly here to visit Mommy.”He cocked his head to one side and continued with an innocent expression, “Daddy, weren’t you the one who asked Aunty Aura to text me saying we should come over to visit Mommy? Why are you so shocked?”Aura’s entire body stiffened when she heard this. Joshua furrowed his brows once more, and he turned to glance at A
“No, no, no!” Aura immediately tried to deny everything. She was so agitated that tears started streaming down her face. “How can you suspect me, Joshua? I’m really…”She bit down on her lip nervously. Her face was already red from the crying, and it made her look exceptionally pitiful. “I was just afraid that the children wouldn’t be able to see Luna for the last time…”She lowered her head and continued in a sobbing voice, “If I had known there was only one car—one that had broken brake cables—left at Lynch Mansion, I wouldn’t have asked them to come in the first place!”She turned and shot Nigel and Nellie an aggrieved look as she said, “It’s all Aunty Aura’s fault. Can you forgive me?”Nigel narrowed his eyes and turned to glance at Joshua. He knew that Joshua had no intention of punishing Aura for this. Even though he felt a little displeased by this, he still knew that there were reasons as to why adults choose to do certain things.Therefore, he stopped Nellie, who was ju
“After that, you started to go crazy because you missed your child too much, so Jason had no choice but to contact me. We had to go through many connections before we could finally find some medicine to wipe your memory and let you forget the past.“If your child is still alive now, he’d be the same age as Nigel and Nellie now, but… Tsk, tsk. Too bad you won’t be able to see him at all.”Aura turned around and grabbed hold of Joshua’s arm. “Since you’re so free, why don’t you mind your own business instead of sticking your nose into everyone else’s?”With that, Aura turned and strode away with Joshua.Bonnie stood in the same spot, frozen in shock. Then, after a moment, she reached out a hand to knock on her head.Aura was right…Six years ago, before Jason left Banyan City, Bonnie had indeed lost about a year’s memory. However, Jason had told her this was due to a fever, which led to a concussion and subsequent memory loss, but it seemed that...“Aunty Bonnie.” All of a sudden,
Bonnie almost dropped her phone when she heard this.Neil was missing?Bonnie bit down on her lip and forced herself to calm down. “When was this, and how did this happen?”Theo let out an exhale and explained, “Neil has been in the hospital with me. His broken leg still hasn’t recovered yet, so Luna got someone to make him a special wheelchair so he can move around freely.“Today, the wheelchair finally arrived at the hospital, so he tried to get in touch with Luna to tell her the good news, but he couldn’t get through to her at all.“After that, Luna’s phone was picked up by a nurse, and the nurse told him that Luna’s fallen ill, that she’s in a grave condition now…“I wanted to visit her today with Neil, but I left for a short while to buy him lunch and returned, he was nowhere to be found!“Can you help me find him? I don’t feel like contacting Joshua about this…”Bonnie gripped her phone tightly and snickered. “Even if you contact him now, I don’t think he’ll have the time
Nellie pursed her lips but did not reply. The three of them quickly entered Blue Bay Villa’s living room.Inside the living room, Neil was sitting in his wheelchair in silence. Meanwhile, Aura’s arm had been slashed with a knife and was bleeding profusely. At this moment, the doctor was wrapping her arm up.Joshua sat in the distance, his expression dark. No one could make out what he was thinking.The doctor soon finished wrapping up Aura’s wound. “Mr. Lynch, Ms. Gibson is fine now, but…”The doctor pushed his spectacles up on his nose bridge and continued, “Just now, when I did a checkup for Ms. Gibson, I discovered that her blood panel didn’t seem quite right, and it turns out she’s pregnant.“Therefore, I gave Ms. Gibson some medication that won’t harm the fetus, so you don’t have to worry about that.”This was the first thing Bonnie heard as soon as she stepped foot through the door. She furrowed her brows and shot Aura a stern look. “She’s pregnant?”The doctor nodded.
Aura let out a sigh. “This antidote is only enough to save one person.”With that, she lifted her head to glance at Joshua, then at the rest, who had turned pale as soon as they heard this. “The reason why I didn’t bring out the antidote earlier is that I haven’t decided whether this antidote would be used to save Luna or Granny Lynch…”The entire house fell into silence upon hearing this.Neil, who was sitting in his wheelchair, froze in shock. He turned to glance at Aura, then at Joshua. “This antidote can…save only one person?” Neil had always known that Aura had the antidote with her but did not know that…the antidote was only enough to cure one person. One was their well-respected Great-Granny and Daddy’s most important family member.The other was their beloved Mommy.The three children fell into silence as they mulled over this. Bonnie opened her mouth, then quickly snapped it shut. She, too, was unsure of what to say at this moment.Everyone’s gaze fell unanimously
Aura let out an exhale and said, “Actually, the antidote isn’t with me. I need my sister…my friend, to send it over.” She lowered her head to glance at the time and calculated before adding, “It’ll need about three days.”With that, she snaked her arm around Joshua’s and fixated her wide eyes on him. “Even though the antidote will only be here in three days, I have some medication that can help ease Granny’s symptoms. Should we bring it to the hospital for her?” Joshua went silent for a moment, then smiled and patted Aura on the head. “Sure.” This scene pained Bonnie and the three children. The four of them exchanged glances and seemed as though they wanted to say something, but they could not.After all, they could not reprimand Joshua and tell him that he should not save his grandmother, could they?After a long pause, Bonnie said in a husky voice, “Neil, let’s send you back to the hospital. Theo can’t find you, and he’s worried sick.” Neil shot Joshua a meaningful glance bu