Adrian never thought that Joshua would be able to uncover secrets that happened more than 20 years ago, even before he was born!Adrian immediately broke out in cold sweats. He stood up and said in a shaky voice, “Does this… Does this mean that if I visit Mother now, you won’t…track down the doctor who tried to save your mother?”Joshua glanced at him. “What do you think?”“I…” Adrian let out an exhale. “I think that as long as I visit Mother now, you’ll let all of this go!”With that, he circled past Joshua, hurried down the hallway, and disappeared from view. Joshua narrowed his eyes as he watched Adrian leave. He curled his lips into a smirk and tucked his phone away.Of course he would not let Adrian off the hook so quickly.No one—apart from Rianna herself—could forgive Adrian for what he had done. Alas, she had been dead for more than 20 years.The only reason Joshua did this was to soothe Granny’s worries about the rivalry between him and Adrian as much as possible befo
“Don’t worry about it.” Luna tucked a few stray hairs behind her ear and continued, “As long as you’re happy.”Granny Lynch closed her eyes and was about to say something when all of sudden, she coughed out a mouthful of blood and passed out. This had happened a few times prior, so Joshua immediately brought Luna and the children out of the ward and summoned some doctors for help.The five of them stood outside the glass window of the ICU and watched as the doctors desperately tried to save Granny Lynch.All of them were saddened at this sight. Nellie was sobbing while Nigel wiped away his tears in silence.Even Neil, who was usually the strong one, teared up at this sight.Luna walked over to Joshua’s side and gently grabbed hold of his hand.“Get out of the way!” All of a sudden, Dr. Janet emerged from the elevator and stormed into Granny’s room.She injected a white liquid into Granny Lynch’s veins, and after a while, Granny Lynch woke up.When the door was pushed open, Ne
Neil’s appearance made Luna and Joshua pause.After a moment, Luna walked over to Neil’s side and squatted in front of him. She stared at the boy in the wheelchair, whose legs were still not fully recovered yet, and said, “Are you sure you want to help us find the antidote?”Luna knew that after all the time Neil spent with Aura, he would definitely know where Aura’s hideouts were, but according to the psychiatrist that counseled Neil previously, he had suffered too much psychological trauma from Aura. If Neil wanted to heal from the trauma, he would have to stay away from Aura, including anything to do with her. The only way for him to leave all those traumatic memories behind would be to withdraw himself from anything related to Aura.Only after leaving all those memories behind would Neil be able to maintain a healthy headspace and find the lost memories of his past.Because of this, Luna had tried to steer him away during this time and not let him get involved with anything t
Granny Lynch let out a deep sigh as she watched the two children leave. “In the future, you’ll have to take care of Joshua and the three children…”Luna pursed her lips and tried to suppress the tears that were about to burst. “Please don’t say this, Granny. You’ll get better soon…”…Neil, along with Joshua and his men, circled Banyan City a few times.They went to the abandoned factories on the city’s outskirts belonging to the Landry family, then to the basement in the city center, and finally arrived at a few hidden rooms concealed within some five-star hotels. All of these were buildings leftover from when the Landry family dominated Banyan City in the past.In the past, because of the promise he made to Granny Lynch, Joshua did not take revenge on the Landry family for their wrongdoings. Because of this, he had no idea that the Landry family had so many hideouts in Banyan City. These places became Aura’s hideouts after she returned to Banyan City.This was why neither he no
Thud!The box, which Joshua had previously safeguarded, fell to the ground with a crash.All the bottles of antidote, which had been so carefully and meticulously gathered, broke upon impact, spilling white liquid everywhere.However, Joshua seemed not to notice this and instead stood motionless at the door, staring at the sight before him with shocked, panic-stricken eyes.How could this be?The entire room was covered in blood.Granny Lynch laid on the bed, her eyes wide, but she was no longer breathing.All the blood that had seeped out onto the floor was pouring out of the multiple knife wounds in Granny’s chest. Meanwhile, Luna was passed out on the floor next to the bed, still clutching a bloodstained fruit knife in her hand. “Oh my God!” a horrified shriek rang out from behind Joshua, accompanied by the sound of cameras flashing.Joshua furrowed his brows and immediately came to. He regained his composure and tried to close the door behind him, but it was too late.
Lucas’ reply sounded even curter in the silence of the hallway. “I’ll bring everyone back right now and destroy the cameras.”The reporters glanced at each other. They did not dare continue taking photos of the scene, yet they did not dare hide their cameras either.Joshua swept his cold glance over the crowd and said, “This is the Lynch family’s business and will require further investigation. The police will be involved. “If any one of you spread any rumors about what happened here today or start circulating the photos online, I’ll make sure you and your entire family are chased out of Banyan City. You can take my word for it.”He glanced at everyone with a murderous expression. “You should know better than anyone that Joshua Lynch never breaks his promises!”The entire hallway was silent.Some reporters were already removing the SD cards from their cameras and snapping them into two, right in front of Joshua.Some of them set their cameras down on the floor and awaited Lucas
Joshua’s gaze was so sharp and cold that Adrian did not dare meet his gaze, turning his head away instead. “What’s this about my IQ? What makes you think I can’t come up with…”As soon as he said this, he realized that he had fallen right into Joshua’s trap and immediately corrected himself, “Who—Who’s trying to frame Luna? She’s the one who killed Granny; everyone here knows and saw it!“The wound in Granny’s chest is made by the knife that Luna is holding! Everyone here, including you and me, saw that as clear as day!”Adrian pointed toward Granny’s dead body and Luna’s unconscious figure on the floor. “Look, she’s already passed out, but she’s holding the knife so tightly in her hand! Everything at the scene clearly explains what happened before we arrived. What do you mean, someone is trying to frame Luna?”With that, he turned to glance at the reporters gathered in the hallway. “Am I wrong?”The reporters exchanged glances, and some of them started whispering under their brea
When Luna opened her eyes, she saw nothing but blood.A man plunged a knife right into Granny Lynch’s heart.When she saw this, Luna wanted to get up and scream for help, but she could not let out a single sound due to fear.That was when she dialed Joshua’s number on instinct.Just as Luna pressed the call button—Someone gave her a blow on the back of her neck, and she passed out.When she finally came to, Luna was so shocked by the scene before her that she felt as though her entire body had been struck by lightning.She could not move, think, or talk.A pained expression flashed across Joshua’s face when he saw how helpless Luna looked, sitting on the floor.He pursed his thin lips.He wanted to enter the room and give her a hug for comfort, but he could not.If he entered the room, he would be trespassing and destroying evidence.He believed that Luna was innocent and that she would not hurt Granny at all.It was precisely because of this that he could not destroy any