“Why? This fool.”Mrs. Laura once again hurled insults at Mr. Thomas. She pointed at his face while scolding, “Someone as foolish as you will never get rich. Just think about it. That brat Justin is so wealthy. If we mess with Katherine and Julie now, wouldn’t it be humiliating for us? We might as well sever this relationship completely. What we need to do now is to build a good relationship with him. We are his in-laws, and he’s trying to make amends for Katherine and Julie. When that happens, we can profit as much as we want.”Mrs. Laura felt pleased with her thoughts. She leaned back, dreaming about moving to a bigger, more elegant place, maybe a mansion no less grand than the current Sherwood estate. She couldn’t contain her laughter at the idea.The dream of wealth seemed just a touch away, with luxury cars, gold and silver, designer goods, spending without a second thought; everything seemed so simple.“So now what we need to do is to sweet-talk Katherine and Julie. Let the bait
“This depends on each individual’s condition. Not everyone exhibits obvious symptoms. Symptoms, like other common ailments such as coughs, back pain, are often overlooked.”Verney pushed his glasses up and spoke evenly.But Justin’s heart was no longer calm. He still felt something unsettling, not right, in his intuition about this. A bit of tension.Caesar spoke up:“I remember the last time our lord coughed up blood. Could that be a sign?”He seemed to question himself, but also addressing everyone.“The last time His Majesty coughed up blood...”This reminded Justin of the time before when he also coughed up blood before boarding the fighter jet. Back then, he had paid little attention to his health.At this moment, the Duke suddenly reached out and lightly patted Justin’s shoulder.“Justin, don’t worry. Although there is currently no specific treatment for this condition, Verney mentioned there are palliative drugs available, and he is also researching a cure. As long as there is
"Alright, you go ahead," Verney said, obviously having no reason to stop Justin and also unable to stop him.In a fleeting moment, Justin assessed his surroundings. To his right was the IV stand, and to his left were some medical machines of some sort. Justin glanced upward and saw the pale yellow fluid inside; he truly had no idea what it was, and he knew that if he asked, he would only receive vague answers.Currently, the distance from Justin's hand to the IV stand was about thirty centimeters, his arm span was about sixty centimeters, and Verney was standing at a sixty-degree angle relative to the IV stand. If Justin were to swing his arm now, it would collide with the stand, causing it to tilt towards him. Verney's current distance from the stand was about one meter, and at his fastest speed, he wouldn't be able to reach it in time to catch it.Furthermore, a human can lean and twist their body to catch an object at about forty-five degrees, plus the length of their arm span. Ver
“So... Lyly...”“Miss Lyly is currently in the emergency room, sir,” Harry said, his face pale with worry. Upon hearing this, Verney also staggered towards the emergency room.“Let me attend to her. I have to be the one to attend to her...”“Sir, you’re not calm right now. You can’t. Head of department Robert and Dr. Nor are already there. Miss Lyly will be fine...” Harry interrupted Verney’s anxious speech, trying to advise his teacher but seemingly in vain.“No!”Verney pushed Harry aside, the force causing him to collide with the wall behind. Then Harry staggered back towards the emergency room.Justin stood behind, witnessing everything. He furrowed his brows slightly, surprised that this arrow had hit two targets this time.Perhaps there was something more than a simple teacher-student relationship between Verney and Lyly. Verney was normally calm and had a powerful spirit. Those who practiced medicine had already toughened their spirits, and Verney, being a prodigy from a young
Justin carried his suspicions with him, determined to clarify this matter before returning to Newtown City.Holding the pill bottle in his hand, he silently stowed it away in the secret pocket of his uniform, then closed his eyes to sleep.According to the schedule, this afternoon was the time Justin would leave the Mozzafiato country.Therefore, in the morning, he woke up early, changed clothes, and went to the hospital’s pharmacy.But halfway there, he remembered that the pharmacy had been blown up since yesterday.Justin turned around, silently analyzing whom he should seek. At that moment, as he lifted his head, he suddenly saw Harry approaching from the opposite direction.“Lord Justin.”Harry had also spotted Justin and quickly approached, bowing his head in greeting.In Justin’s mind at that moment, he thought it was perfect timing. Just as he was wondering whom to seek, Harry appeared, and he seemed like a decent choice right now.“Perfect timing. I was just looking for you,”
Katherine was doing a hush at Mrs. Laura’s words, like an unaffected statue.But when she heard Mrs. Laura mention Justin, Katherine seemed to bristle involuntarily, or, to be more precise, the name Justin acted like a switch “turning on” a robot, and Katherine started up.“Mom, please stop it,” Katherine raised her voice.Seeing her suddenly raise her voice, Mrs. Laura was shocked, too. She stared at her with wide eyes, simultaneously frozen as if she couldn’t believe it.“What... what’s happening...” In Mrs. Laura’s memory, Katherine had never dared to raise her voice or speak up to her.But now, Katherine stood her ground.“I don’t need to change rooms. I’m used to being here. Besides, from now on, don’t mention Justin anymore. You don’t have any good intentions or sincerity towards him, anyway.”Katherine didn’t hold back, hitting Mrs. Laura straight in the dark heart, exposing her deceit and manipulation, leaving her stunned for a few minutes.When she regained consciousness, she
Katherine surfed the recruitment information website, from top to bottom. She did not believe that she would not find a suitable job for her.And God seemed to have not ignored her.When Katherine had just moved the mouse down two notches, she saw a job advertisement for office staff, whose job was to enter data and advise customers.It is very suitable for her as well as the previous field of study that Katherine pursued.She immediately clicked, then sent her CV in an extremely nervous state.To be more certain, she not only applied to one company but also found some other recruitment information that she felt was suitable to send her CV. Hope to find a job as soon as possible.After spreading her CV to over ten companies and being sure that she would be called for an interview at least four companies, Katherine felt secure enough to turn off her laptop and go to bed.Returning to bed, she saw Julie asleep. In the past five years, Katherine has lost count of the number of times she
Katherine bent down and picked up the card, a black card... with the name of Justin, Justin Kimberly.At that moment, in her mind, Katherine suddenly imagined the memory from a few days ago when Justin couldn’t find his bank card. It was highly likely that he had left it somewhere on his person and then dropped it here.Katherine held the bank card in her hand, and an inappropriate thought suddenly flashed through her mind. Right at that moment, Julie suddenly opened the door and stepped in.“Mom, I’ve finished my personal hygiene and changing clothes.”Julie’s sudden appearance startled Katherine; perhaps because of the existing unease in her heart, her startle seemed exaggerated. Katherine hastily hid the bank card, then replied hesitantly.“Oh, alright, just wait a moment, dear. Once I’m done changing, I’ll take you to school immediately. You go downstairs first.”Julie noticed her mother’s strange behavior but said nothing, simply obeying her mother’s words, and quickly went downs