***** Upon hearing her grandma's cold, emotionless voice, Fiona trembled instantly. Nevertheless, she responded while her gaze remained fixated on her palms resting on her lap. “Grandma, it… it was because I'm already married to the man provided by my brother.”As soon as these words reached the ears of everybody present, they became still. It was as if a heavy weight of emotion had descended upon them.They couldn’t help but suddenly remember the person known well to all the members of the Johnson family, Ronald Johnson, Fiona's Brother.He was the young and lone man who had single-handedly made the Johnson family a first-rated family when he was alive.Till today, nobody has forgotten him.In fact, some people still don’t believe in his death to date because they hadn’t seen his corpse or heard of anyone seeing it for the past three years.Suddenly, the old matriarch involuntarily squeeze her eyes shut for a moment and upon reopening them, they had become utterly devoid
***** Not knowing that his wife was being schemed against, Rex Magnus is presently blaming himself inside a hospital lounge. It’s a hospital of a moderate size that falls somewhere in between the best and worst options available in Chase City. This was the first hospital Rex Magnus had sighted earlier after searching about, so he had brought the old man and his granddaughter here. Who would have thought that after Rex Magnus and some nurses had finished moving the patient into the best ward within the hospital, he would be detained because that was what happened? In all honesty, Rex Magnus could leave if he so much desired, but to avoid unnecessary complications, he chooses to remain and he was left at one side while everybody instantly became extremely busy. It was as if something significant had occurred within the hospital, everywhere became abuzz with activities as doctors, nurses, and cleaners rushed about to create the best possible environment for the elderly man. Re
***** “Master Rodriguez's condition is by no way looking good at all this time around.”As soon as everybody standing before Rex Magnus heard this, they became filled with fear and hastily advanced, their face etched with deep concern and anxiety, leaving Rex Magnus alone with an expressionless and unconcerned face.Without being hasty at all, Rex Magnus took his time to enter before turning his gaze to study the patient currently lying on the bed dismissively.Done with this, he glanced at the old man currently checking the patient’s pulse with a still utterly blank face.Without making a sound, Rex Magnus stepped to the side to watch further.“Mi… mister Du, plea… please, could… could you… you save father?”One of the three middle-aged men wearing expressions of extreme concern on their faces suddenly implored earnestly. This was instantly followed by the remaining two men and the young girl, all of whom began to give pitiful pleading looks.“Please mister Du, help us
***** Everybody was currently glaring ferociously at Rex Magnus with killing intent visible in their eyes, but like he doesn’t notice, Rex Magnus remained unfazed.To him, their killing intent that could scare ordinary people to death was nothing but the roaring of a fly before a huge elephant.Rex Magnus stared at the Old Man Du's face with a vacant expression and monotonously repeated his words, infuriating the elderly man even more. Just as the old man was about to spit angrily, two loud voices roared.“You… you… you, which son of a peasant are you? How dare a piece of trash like you curse my father, are you tired of living?”“You fucking brat, how dare you speak nonsense that Mister Du would kill my father, are you really that tired of being alive?”“Young man, please watch your mouth please, don’t do what would make your good turn evil!”Despite being the only person who was kind to Rex Magnus earlier, even the little girl’s father is extremely mad right now.He
***** As they witnessed the expression on Old Mister Du’s face and overheard his muttered words, all present except for Rex Magnus became struck with intense fear. Abruptly, they gathered around the patient whose state was deteriorating rapidly with each passing moment.“Father (boohoo!!) please hold on, please don’t die, we can’t do anything without you!”“Father Please don’t leave us like this, please!!! (Boohoo!)”“Grandpa, please don’t die yet, you still haven’t fulfilled your promise to me that you would be there at my wedding and make sure my husband wouldn’t bully me.”Although all this was witnessed by Rex Magnus and he was immediately filled with pity for them, he had promised himself to keep mute since nobody would believe him anyways.Promptly, he gazed at the hysterically trembling old man on the bed and shakes his head pitifully.‘Poor old man, he must be praying for a swift death in his subconscious mind right now due to the unendurable agony he must be
***** Upon hearing this, Rex Magnus reacted as though he had just heard the funniest joke in existence. He then shifted his gaze toward the middle-aged man and smiled slightly.‘Not even those millions of experts in all war forms were able to stop me, who do you think you are?’His gaze became contemptuous, but he was too lazy to say a word.It was at this moment that a little voice filled with shock sounded.“Look… look at grandpa, he… he seemed to be slowing down!”Everybody instantly became startled when they heard this and immediately turned their gazes toward the bed before becoming stunned to the core.As Rose had stuttered, the old man's trashing movement could be seen slowing down right now at a speed visible to the eyes.The intense movements caused everyone’s hearts to start pounding heavily in their chests as if they might jump out of their bodies at any moment.They watched quietly and unblinkingly.If not for their heartbeat making thunderous sounds, the w
***** Had Rex Magnus uttered what he just said previously, he would have been condemned to damnation by the three brothers, and the little girl Rose would definitely have thought he was being too much, but now, could they still think like that?Of cause no!They were presently gaping at Rex Magnus in disbelief not because he had declined to be the Old Mister Du’s teacher, but because he had accomplished what nobody believed he could.While the family was still busy being shocked, Old Mister Du spoke nervously after deliberating for a while which immediately dumbfounded everybody to their core.“Sir, I… I… I promise to be a good student. In fact, you don’t have to be my master, being your medical servant is enough by me!”As for Rex Magnus, he finally glanced away from the people still ogling at him like he was an alien and turned his gaze at the old man who was still kneeling on the floor before him.He felt nothing at all by this though.Emotionlessly and not giving a fu
***** Everybody's hearts trembled after hearing Rex Magnus' question.“I'm sorry sir, I’m really very sorry for keeping you waiting, please let me drop you home.” Rose's father immediately apologized and Rex Magnus released a sigh, looking irritated, then he nodded his head.Just as Rex Magnus and the middle-aged man were about to exit, Rose's tiny voice sounded.“Thank you very much for saving my grandpa, big brother.”Hearing her, Rex Magnus smiled gently and looked back at the little girl before nodding his head to her.“Do make sure to take care of your grandpa well in the future and also remember to never stop being a good girl, okay?”“Yes, big brother. Thank you very much.”Rex Magnus nodded again before eventually following the little girl's father out of the ward and the place descended into a dead silence.It was only five minutes later when he was sure that Rex Magnus must have gone pretty far that the rudest brother suddenly spat angrily.“What an arrogant