Jenny had just arrived at her office and hadn't had a chance to do her rounds when someone knocked on her door. She was quite surprised to see Natalia when she opened it."Dr. Walter," Natalia said, forcing a smile as she walked in. She didn't know how to face Jenny, but for the sake of her grandfather, she had to swallow her embarrassment.Jenny sat on her chair and watched as Natalia approached her. "Do you need something, Miss Cruz?" she asked.Natalia nodded. "Yes," she said, taking a seat in front of Jenny. Jenny waited for her to speak. However, Natalia fell silent, seemingly unsure of how to begin. She felt embarrassed, especially because she and Alec had pretended to be a couple. "Dr. Walter, have you and Alec gotten back together?" she finally asked. She had been away for some time, so she assumed Alec must have explained everything to Jenny by then. Jenny frowned upon hearing that. She thought Natalia had come to talk about something important, but she was just there t
To Natalia, Jenny was officially her savior by saying those words. Having a choice was good news to her; it was worrisome if there wasn't any choice available at all."Your grandfather's condition is indeed very serious, and you know this yourself," Jenny said calmly as she looked at Natalia. Upon seeing her nod, she continued, "The only way to extend his lifespan would be through surgery."Hearing her words, Natalia's eyes widened in disbelief. "Is surgery still possible? The doctors in Bardoff City don't recommend going for surgery.""While surgery is possible, the risk is extremely high. What they said was not entirely wrong."Not everyone was willing to take risks, especially when it concerned the head of the Cruz family. No one could bear the responsibility if he were to die by their hands."As long as there's a chance, I won't give up," Natalia said firmly without any hesitation. She couldn't just sit and watch her grandfather perish.Seeing Natalia's determination, Jenny c
Suddenly, she thought of something, and a hint of a smile appeared on her gloomy face. However, her smile was somewhat chilling to look at. She got up from the hospital bed, walked out of the ward, and headed straight to the nurse's station."Excuse me, can you tell me which ward Alicia Flynn is staying in?" she asked the nurse at the station with a smile. Her injured face made her look particularly pitiful.The nurses all knew why she was admitted to the hospital, and they couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic toward her. "She's in Room 308 on the third floor.""Okay, thank you," Yvonne said. She then turned and headed toward the third floor.Alicia was Jonathan's younger sister. When Jonathan had promised to help Yvonne deal with Jenny, his condition was that she would fork out the money to save Alicia's life. At that time, she had only paid a deposit. Truth be told, she wasn't even sure if Alicia was still alive.Since she was still in the hospital, it meant that she was
Yvonne was clever, as not everything she'd told Alicia was fake. For example, the fact that she'd hired Jonathan and that Jonathan had committed suicide were all true. Even if Alicia looked into it later, she would find things were as she said."My brother has committed suicide?" Alicia asked wordlessly.She was in shock for quite some time as she looked at Yvonne incredulously. The truth was too much for her to bear. The next second, she started shouting at Yvonne angrily, "Don't talk nonsense here. My brother wouldn't have committed suicide!"He was such a capable person. How would he be driven to take his own life?"Don't get too worked up. It's not good for your recovery." Yvonne pretended to give her caring words of advice before she continued, "I know you'll find all this hard to accept, but it's the truth. If you don't believe me, you can investigate it after you leave the hospital."Jonathan's death was related to Jenny anyway. She had sent him to prison, and she was also
Alicia looked at Yvonne's wounded face and gathered that she wasn't having a good time either. At that moment, she didn't know what to do with her."You can leave now and don't show up in front of me again. I'll investigate what you just said. If you were one bit untruthful, I wouldn't let it slide," Alicia warned."Little girl, what made you think you have what it takes to come after me? Who do you think you are?" she sarcastically asked internally, thinking people these days like to talk big. If it weren't for the fact that Jonathan had a mentor that might be of use, she wouldn't bother coming to see someone as useless as Alicia. At the hospital, after a busy day, Jenny was about to leave work when Alec appeared in her office."Weren't we supposed to see Grandpa tonight? Haven't you finished your work?" Alec asked, showing some concern.Jenny finished organizing the patient files and got up from her chair. "I'm done. Let's go.""Okay."As they walked out of the office and out
"Grandpa."Mortimer ignored Jenny, and Jenny also couldn't be bothered to pay attention to him. She looked at the old man sitting nearby and walked toward him with a smile.The old man nodded, smiling. "Jenny, it's been a long time since you've visited me.""You know I'm busy. Please don't be mad at me." Jenny returned the smile. The two got along very well. An outsider would have thought that Jenny was still his granddaughter-in-law."I understand. Of course I'm not mad at you." Old Mr. Faust wasn't senile. He knew why Jenny hadn't visited the Old Mansion better than anyone else.As they spoke, Mortimer and Alec sat in the living room and said nothing. They just listened to Jenny and Old Mr. Faust's conversation."Grandpa, shall we go to the study to talk?" After the pleasantries were exchanged, Jenny was ready to get to the point. She came with a purpose today.Old Mr. Faust was slightly surprised but didn't refuse. "Okay." He stood up and looked at Alec and Mortimer, who were
Jenny felt that she got her work cut out for her. She wouldn't be here testing the waters if she knew everything."Although I know everything, I still want to hear it directly from you. After all, I always thought you were genuinely kind to me." She looked at Old Mr. Faust with a deep gaze.He felt unsettled being looked at like that. At first, he'd arranged for Alec to marry Jenny with a specific purpose in mind. Later, even he couldn't tell whether he wanted her to be his grandson's spouse because of her identity or truly accepted her as his granddaughter-in-law.Now, telling her these things seemed to be meaningless.Old Mr. Faust sighed and didn't doubt what Jenny had said. "Jenny, since you put it that way, I won't deny it any longer. I did arrange for Alec to marry you because of your identity."Jenny had an indescribable feeling in her heart, but she wasn't too sad. After all, this was something she'd expected."Is my identity that attractive to you? The Fausts are already
Even with that, Old Mr. Faust still told Jenny truthfully, "Actually, I don't know much about it either. I just happened to be in Parrington when this incident occurred, so I learned about it by chance.""By chance?" Jenny didn't believe there could be such a coincidence."Ah, never mind. It was actually because of your grandfather that I knew. He told me about it when he was still the Walters' servant." Old Mr. Faust knew that Jenny didn't believe him, so he decided to be honest. Since Jenny had already found out that much, there was no longer a need to hide anything."My grandfather? Why would he tell you?" Jenny didn't understand. Under reasonable circumstances, her grandfather should have kept this a secret and not told Old Mr. Faust."Your grandfather and I were good friends in Bardoff City. Later, when he brought you to Orchid Village, he couldn't ask the Walters to provide assistance, or it would attract attention. So, I was the one who had been helping him all these years,"