The Mysterious Man was gone.
He didn’t really leave, but he was hidden in a dark corner.
He said that he shouldn’t be too exposed to the light.
Jack was still sitting on the bench in the corridor, holding a half box of cigarettes that the Mysterious Man had handed him.
For some reasons, he had been smoking more and more those days.
At the beginning of the relationship with Amber, because she hated the smell of smoke, he once gave up smoking, but now, the distress and resentment in his heart maybe could only be exposed through the smoke.
He looked lonely, furrowing his brows.
Jack reignited a cigarette and was thinking about the matter seriously.
Of course, he understood what the Mysterious Man meant.
Now, for everyone, he was nothing but the illegitimate son of the Hughes Family’s old Master, just a bastard.
Even he had great achievements and his clan was not weaker than a wealthy Family, and anyway it was still difficult to get rid of the word “bastard”.
Dealing with the Kool Family, dealing with those secret forces, after all, was almost impossible.
He was waiting for the day of his father’s birthday when he would defeat all the successors and become, under the watchful eyes of many people, the next family head of the Hughes Family.
At that moment, he would mobilize all the forces of the Hughes Family!
Then he could be ruthless.
The Kool Family, the Bloody Angel and the other forces were much easier to deal with.
“Maybe… my Father also thinks so, right?”
Jack whispered softly, rubbing his face with both hands.
He turned to look at the ward where Amber was.
An extremely strong sense of guilt was like a sharp knife that had been heated up cutting all over his body.
If it was like the Mysterious Man said, how should he face Amber? How could he face his in-laws? And how to deal with the loss of a child?
A jumble of thoughts filled Jack’s mind like a long and dense thread.
His eyes were sometimes gloomy, sometimes violent and sometimes hollow and empty.
The momentum of the whole body changed from time to time.
In the silence.
Jack took out the ‘Tao Te Ching’ given by the Mysterious Man and read it carefully.
Its words were simple and eloquent and their preciosity was like a heavy hammer hitting his heart. Jack gradually calmed down.
While Jack was savoring the ‘Tao Te Ching’, the door of a ward not far away opened a gap.
The Mysterious Man looked at Jack who was sitting on the bench turning the pages of the scriptures. His brows twisted slightly and he whispered in amazement, “These scriptures are useless, does the ‘Tao Te Ching’ have miraculous effects?”
That night passed quickly.
When it got light, Isaac Wells walked to the top floor.
Jack didn’t sleep all night, but as the sun began to rise, he moved from the corridor’s bench to the wheelchair.
Therefore, when Isaac went upstairs, he didn’t notice the slightest abnormality.
Seeing Isaac, he said, “Boss, are you leaving?”
“Yeah, everything is packed.”
Isaac nodded, “Rena is better now. After a simple treatment, the journey won’t be delayed. After I go back, I will arrange for her to receive more treatment. Besides, you don’t need to see me off, take care of your wife.”
Pronouncing the word “wife”, he accentuated his tone.
It was like a reminder to Jack.
Jack nodded, clasped his fists and said, “It’s a long way, sorry for not seeing you off. Thank you and Lieutenant Yales.”
Isaac’s expression was grim, his eyes flickered, as if he was hesitating.
Three seconds later, his look became resolute and he slowly said, “I know that I can’t dissuade you from the blood feud for your wife and child, but I personally suggest you to hold it off!”
Jack frowned and looked at Isaac.
Isaac shrugged, “As long as the hidden great forces can avoid the Grand Freemasons’ investigation, it’s really not a wise move to rush for revenge. It’s not too late for a great man to take his revenge even after ten years.”
He knew that he could not disclose the Kool Family’s information, but he had to use such a cryptic tone in the hope of persuading jack.
After speaking, Isaac waved his hand, turned and left.
Jack didn’t see him off, he remained where he was and frowned.
After reading the ‘Tao Te Ching’ overnight, he calmed down, but thinking about Isaac’s words made him fluctuate again.
Everyone knew how to judge that situation.
Those words were too easy to say but too hard to do.
Jack, he really couldn’t do it because of the pressure and the fear of the facing danger, even the blood feud for his wife and child could be put aside for the time being.
Such a person was an unscrupulous and ambitious man who could afford to let go.
Any generation could stand on the crest of the wave and have high ambitions.
Jack raised his hand and rubbed his nose,”I can be ruthless,” he murmured gloomily. “But I can’t be an ambitious leader.”
Suppressing his emotions, Jack turned again and pushed the wheelchair to the ward.
It was not easy for Amber to have a good sleep, so he needed to stay in front of her when she woke up.
Only when Jack entered the ward, she was a little stunned.
Amber was already awake and she was sitting on the bed with a sleepy face.
“Woke up so early?”
Looking at Amber, who was lazy like a kitten, Jack’s emotions turned into tenderness.
For him, it was really lucky to see Amber’s sleepy eyes in those two days.
“Well, I didn’t have any nightmare all night, and I slept very well.”
Amber nodded, raised her finger to the earplugs on the bedside table and frowned, “When did you put these earplugs in my ear?”
Jack glanced at the earplugs and smiled softly, “When you fell asleep last night, I stuffed it in. I wanted you to sleep more.
With that said, Jack raised his hand and scratched the bridge of Amber’s nose, after he said with a smile, “You got up too early. Daisy hasn’t brought the breakfast yet. Do you want to sleep a bit more?”
Amber calmly shook his head and looked at Jack. Her eyes suddenly became distressed.
Jack was a little stunned and confused by Amber’s changing expression.
“What’s wrong?” he asked softly.
As soon as he asked it, he felt a little muddled.
Because he clearly saw that a mist was gradually forming in Amber’s eyes.
A second later.
A crying voice echoed in the ward.
“Hubby, put it on hold.”
Boom!
In a split second, Jack felt as if he was struck by a thunderbolt.
He stared at Amber in astonishment, and he fell completely in a state of daze.
“You… woke up early and heard everything?”
Amber lowered her head, her body trembling, and slowly rubbed into Jack’s arms.
Although sobbing, he still said with difficulty, “Let’s put it down for now. Isaac is right. Even their forces can’t detect the existence of the intelligence. If you are too radical, you will be put into a greater danger.”
While talking, Amber wrapped Jack’s neck with both hands with some strength.
“Boohoo… the baby is gone, I don’t want you to be in any more danger.”
“As long as you are good, we can hold on for this matter, or even we can give up…”
That cry in his arms was like a sharp knife digging into the heart.
For a moment, Jack was at a loss and felt faint and dizzy.
His eyes were blackening.
Feeling that trembling body in his arms, Jack’s eyes turned red in an instant and were filled with tears.
That guilt was too much for him…
Amber did a lot for him and endured too much.
He knew Amber’s pain, making that kind of decision, for her, it was like choosing to die.
But Amber… did it after all!
Listening to Amber’s cry of collapse in his arms, Jack became extremely sorrowful and a strong sense of suffocation surged along his nasal cavity.
His chest cavity seemed to be completely blocked.
It was a blessing to have such a wife!