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,"
“There’s no need to thank me. You already know everything anyway, don’t you? You’ll know the specifics sooner or later.” Zachary was helpless. If it hadn’t been for the fact Jenny had found out about almost everything, he wouldn’t have taken the initiative to tell her about all that.Jenny smiled when she heard that, but her smile was a weak and slightly guilty one. She didn’t dare to tell Zachary she was just trying her luck by pretending to have found out about her true identity. In fact, she didn’t ask about anything when she went to Bardoff City. On top of that, Mr. Spade had already gone to the hospital before she could get to him.Meanwhile, in the kitchen downstairs, Alec instructed the chef to cook the dishes that Jenny liked. Mortimer also walked into the kitchen and looked at Alec coldly. “Why do you insist on being with that woman?”Alec was slightly stunned when he heard this, and did not turn his head to look at Mortimer. He continued to give the chef instructions.“
When the two were in a stalemate, Jenny came down from upstairs. Alec ignored Mortimer right away and walked over to her."Are you done talking to Grandpa?" he asked. Jenny nodded and glanced at Alec meaningfully but didn't say anything. Alec could feel the emotion in her eyes, but if she didn't want to tell him about it, he wouldn't ask—at least, not now.Not long after, Old Mr. Faust came down too. "Let's eat."Soon, the four of them sat at the dining table. Perhaps the atmosphere became a little awkward because of Jenny's presence. Old Mr. Faust knew that Jenny wasn't happy about what he'd told her, but he didn't offer her words of advice. He figured she would have to get over it by herself, and there was no point in others persuading her. It would only make her pull away even further.He then glanced at his grandson and saw that he'd been staring at Jenny. He could only sigh helplessly. Alec was exceptional in every aspect; his only flaw was he loved too deeply when he fell f