In the corridor outside the emergency room, Lillian Young kept wiping her tears, her eyes red from crying. "Aunt Lillian, what happened to my dad?" Talia asked anxiously. While wiping her tears, Lillian said, "Your dad said he was going to the hallway to smoke a cigarette. I waited for a long time and he didn’t come back, so I thought I’d go and check. Waaa... I... I opened the hallway’s security door and saw your dad lying on the ground unconscious, with a pool of blood under his head..." ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel[f]ire.net "How could this happen..." Talia murmured, her gaze hollow. "Waaa... Talia, your dad just went to the hallway for a cigarette, how could he slip and fall? At his age, he shouldn’t have such poor eyesight...to not even see the way..." Lillian’s words hit Talia like a thunderclap. It was Vincent Fletcher. It must be Vincent Fletcher! That lunatic, unable to reach the Jennings Family or find her, targeted those around her to force her out. Talia’s lips trembled uncontrollably with anger, rage reaching its peak in her heart. Why, why does Vincent Fletcher keep hurting her family again and again? First Jasmine, and now her dad. Talia clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging deep into her skin. At this moment, her reason was burned away by the fury, and as a lawyer who knows the law, all she wanted now was to kill! This name, I will remember it. Shawn Rhodes was resuscitated and transferred to a regular ward. Outside the single-patient room in the hospital, two bodyguards stood guard on each side of the door. Lillian Young walked to the door with a thermos flask, her gaze puzzled, "Who are you?" Talia opened the door from inside, "Aunt Lillian, my dad’s fall might not have been an accident, these two bodyguards outside were sent by Adrian to protect my dad." Lillian’s brow furrowed, "Talia, what do you mean by that?" "Come in, let me explain it to you slowly." Lillian looked terrified, her eyes filled with concern, "So now the Jennings Family’s illegitimate child did this to force you to appear by hurting your dad?" Talia nodded seriously, her expression grave. "You all need to be careful these days, Aunt Lillian, you need to take bodyguards with you when going out. Also, it’s better for Jasmine not to go to school for a while, the last time she was kidnapped, it was by Vincent Fletcher’s men." "Okay." Lillian’s eyes were still filled with shock, "I’ll hire a tutor for Jasmine." Talia said, "The tutor must be trustworthy, and their identity and background must be thoroughly checked. I’m afraid they might send someone pretending to be a tutor to infiltrate your home and take you and Jasmine hostage." "Yes, I’ll hire the teacher we used before." "Thank you, Auntie." Talia tiredly rubbed her temples, "How’s Jasmine’s condition? Was she frightened yesterday?" Lillian shook her head, "I didn’t tell Jasmine, your dad had his accident when the birthday party was about to end. I told Jasmine that dad had something to attend to and left early." "Okay. Auntie, I’ll have Adrian select a few skilled bodyguards to protect you and Jasmine." Adrian Jennings finally finished his work and came to the hospital. Lillian Young was sitting by the hospital bed, feeding medicine to Shawn Rhodes, while Talia sat on the sofa, a laptop and a case file bag placed on the small round table in front of her, working while accompanying Shawn Rhodes. Adrian pushed the door open and entered, his assistant Mason Lynch behind him placed the bags of nutritional supplements and fruit baskets on the table nearby. Adrian Jennings: "I’m sorry, Uncle, after the incident, I was busy investigating the perpetrator and didn’t come to see you right away." Shawn Rhodes grunted a muffled "hmm," as a response. Talia raised her head from the computer, "Have you found the perpetrator?" A spark flared in Talia’s eyes, "Where are they?" "They’ve been handed over to the police, but Vincent Fletcher managed to distance himself cleanly, so for now we can only bring the suspect to justice, and there’s no way to arrest Vincent Fletcher." Talia’s gaze darkened, "He wouldn’t be foolish enough to implicate himself." Adrian turned to look at Shawn Rhodes on the hospital bed, apologetically, "Uncle, I’m sorry you got involved. This all started because of me." Shawn Rhodes looked pale and frail, weak in appearance. "Alas, Adrian, Talia has told me everything. Your family has such power and influence, and yet you can’t deal with Vincent Fletcher? Are you going to let him continue hurting people ?" "I’m sorry, Uncle, it’s just my conjecture right now that he ordered someone to do this, but there’s no evidence, so the police cannot assist us." "Adrian, sometimes you don’t have to stick to the gentleman’s way. The other party uses underhanded and unspeakable means, you have to be even more cunning to stop them. You’re not a policeman, why do you need to find evidence?" Adrian lowered his eyes. Of course, he understood this logic. It’s not that he must find evidence to settle scores with Vincent Fletcher, but Vincent had just returned to Veridia, keeps his whereabouts hidden, and is without a fixed residence. Several times, even when he tracked Vincent Fletcher’s location and sent people, it turned out to be in vain. Adrian patiently explained the current situation to Shawn Rhodes. Shawn Rhodes seemed unsatisfied, he sighed and drank his medicine in silence. After briefly explaining the situation of the assailant to The Rhodes Family, Adrian also left a bank card, "Uncle, this is a little token from me, please accept it." Shawn Rhodes was displeased. It wasn’t about money for him. His gaze fell on the card, "Stop with these useless gestures, it’s more important to catch Vincent Fletcher as soon as possible." In front of his father-in-law, Adrian, for Talia’s sake, kept on enduring, his attitude impeccable. He nodded slightly, "Certainly." Before leaving, Adrian was approached by Talia who had put away her computer, and she spoke in a muted tone, "Adrian, I’ll go with you." Shawn Rhodes’s gaze swept over coldly, his face darkened. Talia sighed, "Dad, the purpose of them hurting you is to force me to appear. Only when I show myself will you, Aunt Lillian, and Jasmine be safe." Lillian was taken aback, "Talia, we have bodyguards now, there shouldn’t be anything else happening, but you, you must be careful!" Shawn Rhodes snorted coldly, "If marrying into your Jennings Family brings such calamity to our family, then there’s no need to continue the marriage." Talia froze, her heart sinking heavily, instantly feeling cold all over, as if she’d plunged into an ice cave. She knew very well, Shawn Rhodes was serious, this was not a joke. The most disheartening part was, she had no stance to oppose it. Because the ones being hurt were her sister and father, not herself, she couldn’t selfishly think only of her own love and happiness to let her family be harmed repeatedly. "Dad." Talia’s voice was slightly hoarse, "I’ll have a good talk with Adrian." Shawn Rhodes said in a deep voice, "You two should really talk it out." In the hospital’s underground parking lot. The car was warm with ample heating. Adrian Jennings took off his coat, underneath he wore a black shirt with a tie, dressed like a business elite, looking as if he just came from The Jennings Group. "Adrian." Talia called out, "Let’s talk." Adrian lowered his eyes, hiding his emotions, "What do you want to talk about?" Talia’s heart ached, she found it exceedingly difficult to say that sentence. But her family had been hurt again and again. She could not selfishly only think of her love and happiness. Yesterday Jasmine was kidnapped, today her father was injured, so what about tomorrow? Would it be Aunt Lillian or herself?