Felix subconsciously said, “It’s okay. I’ll just stay and watch here. I will not cause any delay to the both of you…”The Oskian girl replied offhandedly as she shouted, “We need to take off her clothes to defibrillate her! Aren’t you familiar with the concept that you should not be looking at something that is not consistent with propriety?! Hurry up and go out!”Felix had no choice but to leave the room.At this time, inside the room, one of the girls continued performing chest compressions on Helena whereas the other girl prepared the defibrillator before ripping Helena’s pajamas open as she said, “The defibrillator is ready!”“Okay!” The Oskian girl blurted out, “I will count to three. After three seconds, I will disengage my hands, and you will defibrillate her immediately!”“Okay!”The Oskian girl continued performing compressions on Helena as she shouted, “One, two, three! Defibrillation!”After saying that, she retracted her hands as fast as lightning. The other girl the
Although she had only been unconscious for a few minutes, to Helena, it seemed as though she had spent a century in the dark!So, at the moment when she woke up, she was breathing heavily as if she had already used up all of her oxygen after diving into the bottom of the sea and finally coming up at the very last minute. Immediately afterward, her vision returned, and she gradually recovered all of her other senses.When she saw the two people in front of her, Helena immediately realized that it was her two attendants who had saved her life. They had both received very good first aid training, and the reason why they had come here with her this time was also to ensure her safety. After that, Helena felt another sharp pain in her heart. When she looked down, she saw that the Oskian girl was still holding the syringe with the epinephrine in her hand. Helena was extremely nervous as she asked, “You… You gave me an epinephrine injection?”The Oskian girl replied with a very apolo
The first responders did not expect that there would be two experts here, but at this time, they also did not care to ask them too much about it. They quickly called for a few people to carry Helena onto the stretcher. Felix was flustered, and he felt that there was nothing much that he could do at this time. So, he could only hurry up and call his grandfather, Jeremiah.As soon as the call was connected, Felix hurriedly reported this matter to Jeremiah.When Jeremiah heard about this, he was shocked and stunned for a moment. He was afraid that Helena would die in Oskia at this time. He hurriedly said to Felix, “Tell the first responders to send her to the Wade Group Affiliated Hospital directly. They have the best cardiovascular department in the country! We will rush over there immediately too!”It was only then that Felix recalled that their own hospital was also very authoritative in this aspect. So, he quickly said to the first responders, “Hurry up and send her to the Wade G
When Felix heard this, he was shocked, and he blurted out, “Grandpa, do you want me to send her back to Northern Europe personally? I still have to attend the ancestor worship ceremony!”Jeremiah blurted out, “Something so big has happened. If the Wade family were to just arrange for the doctors to send Helena back, people will definitely have very strong opinions about us on this matter. Moreover, you are the eldest grandson of the Wade family, and you are also Helena’s fiancé. Therefore, you must absolutely represent the Wade family!”“Moreover, since you will be taking the Concorde, you will be able to arrive in Northern Europe in four hours. You can come back immediately after handing her over to the Northern European royal family. You will be able to arrive back home by night time or latest by early morning tomorrow. Your participation in the ancestor worship ceremony will not be disrupted.”As he spoke of this, Jeremiah also urged, “Helena is your fiancée. If you don’t send he
Felix, who was most afraid of being called a heartless man in the future, felt very happy, but he said, “Oh, Helena! That is not what we meant. We simply want to make sure that you will be able to return to your beloved motherland before you die so that you will not be left with any regrets.” Although Felix was saying that, he had already reached his hand into his pocket. He took out his cell phone, turned on the video recording function, and said to Helena, “However, this idea of yours is quite good. I will have to trouble you to explain the situation to everyone in order to avoid people’s misunderstanding about this matter in the future, then.”Helena was not surprised that Felix would do such a thing. So, she faced the camera with much difficulty and said, “Hello, everyone… I’m Helena… I’ve suffered from Tetralogy of Fallot, which is a congenital heart disease ever since I was a child. I’m suffering from a sudden onset of the symptoms now, and it might be difficult for me to get
When Director Zo heard that Felix’s instructions were completely different as compared to Jeremiah’s instructions, he asked, “Eldest Young Master, should I confirm this matter with Lord Wade first?” “No need!” Felix blurted out, “You should hurry up and try to save her life! Make sure that you use all the rescue measures that you can possibly use! If Grandpa is going to blame anyone for this, I will take the blame for it!” When Director Zo heard this, he thought of what Felix had said just now, and he was afraid that if they did not try to resuscitate her, this would only end up as leverage in the other party’s hand. So, he said immediately, “Okay, Eldest Young Master. We will start the resuscitation measures right away!”Helena was staring directly at Felix with her desolate eyes. She wanted to open her mouth to condemn him, but as soon as the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back.She knew that Felix was only thinking about making a completely clean cut from her impen
The female doctor was startled. She did not expect that a dying patient would actually have such fast speed and strength.Just as she was still in doubt, she suddenly glanced at the monitor next to her and blurted out loud in shock, “Director! The patient’s blood pressure, heart rate, and blood pressure indicators have all recovered!”As soon as everyone heard this, they all subconsciously looked at the monitor.On the monitor, Helena’s blood pressure had recovered from 45/30 to 120/70 at an extremely fast rate!Her heart rate had jumped directly from less than twenty beats per minute to seventy-two beats per minute!Her blood oxygen index had soared to 95% from less than 60% before this. Director Zo was completely stunned as he stared at the monitor and muttered, “This… This stupid machine is playing tricks on us, right? Is it broken? Check and see if there is anything wrong with the connection between the patient and the machine! This is too surprising!”The doctor went up to
The immediate family members of the Wade family as well as the two of Helena’s attendants were still anxiously waiting outside the resuscitation room at this time.Everyone had already determined that Helena would definitely die, and so, they were all just waiting for a clear message to come from inside. Jeremiah had also instructed Felix to immediately send the video to the Northern Europe royal family’s butler as soon as Helena’s death was confirmed so that they could clear the relationship.However, Felix felt more or less regretful.After all, Helena was indeed an exotic beauty who was the object of all men’s dreams. Yet, Felix had not been able to even approach her and get on intimate terms with her. This was truly a total waste. Just then, Carmen thought of something, and she secretly asked Jeremiah, “Dad, should we ask Charlie to come over? At that time, it was also said that Charlie was the one who cured Yule. He also discovered the abnormality with Helena’s body at f
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi
Vera was inwardly disappointed to hear that Claire was returning.That meant there were fewer chances of Charlie visiting the Scarlet Pinnacle Manor, as were her chances of seeing him again.Still, she didn't let it show, instead asking casually, "How are things at Champs Elys? Are the warriors improving at a rate to your satisfaction?""Well, most of everyone's improvement is within expectations…" Charlie explained, just as he remembered a certain someone. "By the way, there's something I haven't told you yet. Are you perhaps acquainted with the name Ito Nanako?""Yes," Vera smiled. "The Japanese lady who was with you. What about her?""She attained enlightenment days ago.""Enlightenment?" Vera did a double take and soon pressed, "Enlightenment in what sense? Essential Qi or Reiki?"After all, the former was the path to enlightenment in martial arts, while the latter meant enlightenment in cultivation.But despite the distinction between both domains, enlightenment was a comm
While Charlie had long since gotten used to Elaine and Jacob's bizarre marriage, being near the heart of the storm still took a toll on his senses—to the point that he felt physically sick.Leaving right away was therefore his best solution.Once he left, however, he realized he didn't have anywhere to go. Champs Elys was quite far, and it would take a lot of time.As he started to feel bored stiff, he remembered Vera for some reason and called her.Once Vera answered, she quickly asked in curiosity, "To what do I owe the pleasure? Lunch, perhaps?"Charlie chuckled. "Since you've put it that way… I haven't eaten either, so lunch it is!"Vera giggled. "Come over to my place, then. It's cold outside, and I was just lighting up a hot pot. I'll have Madam Marilyn prepare an additional portion.""Okay!" Charlie agreed to it without hesitation. "I can return her car too. Just wait, I'll be right there!"Once he hung up, he got on the Rolls Roycs he had borrowed from Scarlet Pinnacl