Christine White shook her head, “Don’t ask Aunt Lucy, I’m in a bit of pain here, I’ll go upstairs and rest for a while.”
She pointed to the ribs.
Aunt Lucy naturally couldn’t continue to ask, she could only agree, “Okay, ma’am, you go back to your room and rest, I’ll call you when the meal is ready in a while.”
“Uh-huh.” Christine White nodded her head lightly, propped herself up on the arm of the couch, and slowly made her way upstairs.
Back in her room, instead of resting like she said she would, she took out her cell phone and dialed the old man’s number.
The old man was still very surprised and surprised when he received her call, “Christine, why are you calling grandpa all of a sudden?”
“Grandpa, let me ask you something, do you know about me being kidnapped a few days ago?” Christine White asked in a serious tone.
The old man was on the other side of the phone but he was terrified, “What, you were kidnapped again? Who did this?”
Christine White bit her lip.
Sure enough, Baird Lane didn’t tell the old man about it.
Two days ago, she asked about whether he had asked for any news about that old man from the old man, and when he didn’t answer her at that time, she already suspected that he hadn’t told the old man.
Now when I asked the old man, it was true.
“Who did it I don’t know, the guy just said it was an enemy of The Lane Family.” Christine White returned.
The old man’s voice sank much deeper, “The Lane Family’s enemies ….. … Christine, tell Grandpa me carefully about your kidnapping, what’s going on here!”
“Good.” Christine White answered and then told what had happened.
After hearing this, the old man’s breath caught in his throat, “Good, after such a big thing happened, that Baird kid didn’t even tell me, what a good boy.”
“Grandpa, don’t blame him, he probably has some scruples.” Christine White couldn’t help but speak for Baird Lane when she saw that the old man was starting to get angry with Baird Lane.
The old master coldly hummed, “Scruples? What scruples can there be, I think he clearly doesn’t want to say.”
Christine White was silent.
In fact, she couldn’t figure out why Baird Lane changed his mind later when he had obviously said that he would go back to the old mansion and ask the old man.
“Alright Christine, this matter is known to grandpa, and thank you for telling grandpa about it, grandpa will have Lao Fu send you some tonic over in a while, so get well and take care of your injuries, and leave the rest to grandpa.”
After saying that, the old man hung up the phone so fast that Christine White was too late to block it.
She took down her cell phone and muttered through tears, “I haven’t asked the question about the old man yet.”
But never mind, the old man would have gone to Baird Lane by now, and Baird Lane would have asked about it.
She’d better wait for Baird Lane to come back and ask him about it.
This wait, however, lasted until evening.
Baird Lane came back with a somewhat less-than-stellar, somber and dour look on his face.
He walked over to Christine White, who was watching TV, and put down the briefcase he was holding before he coldly questioned, “Who told you to tell Grandpa what happened?”
Christine White pauses the TV, “Can’t tell?”
“Grandpa’s not well, and he’ll be irritated if you tell him that.” Baird Lane’s thin lips pursed into a straight line.
Christine White froze slightly, “Is that why you didn’t go to the old mansion and ask Grandpa then?”
Baird Lane sat down holding down his brow bone, “I went to the old mansion and was going to ask Grandpa, but when I saw him coughing, I dismissed the idea.”
“So that’s it.” Christine White looked a little disheveled, “I don’t know, I was just worried about you, I wanted you to find out about The Lane Family’s enemies earlier to avoid some unnecessary danger, so … I’m sorry …”
She stood up and bowed to him.
Baird Lane waved his hand, “Never mind, it’s a good thing grandpa is emotionally stable, but next time don’t be so impulsive, talk to me before you decide.”
“Uh-huh.” Christine White nodded repeatedly.
Baird Lane poured himself a glass of water, “I asked Grandpa this afternoon, and he said that The Lane Family did have an enemy about his age, but that he died three years ago, and more than that, Grandpa didn’t know.”
“So Grandpa doesn’t know who this old man who came out of nowhere really is.” Christine White looked at him.
Baird Lane nodded.
Christine White raises a smile, “It’s okay, I’m sure you’ll always be able to find out who he is, but in the meantime, be careful, I’m worried he’ll take a shot at you.”
“I know.” Baird Lane nodded, his expression easing considerably.
Christine White’s lifted heart finally fell back into place when she saw he wasn’t angry anymore, “That …”
“Say.” Baird Lane spat out a word.
Christine White squeezed her palms, “Can I stop by the office tomorrow?”
“You want to go back to work?” Baird Lane narrowed his eyes.
Christine White waved her hand, “No, it’s to get some things.”
“Important?”
“Well, some useful information on costume design.” Christine White elaborated.
Baird Lane lifted his chin, “I know, I’ll have Gates send you back tomorrow after I get the information.”
“Well, thank you Baird,” Christine White smiled.
Baird Lane put down his glass of water, “Rest.”
He rose and held out a hand toward her.
Christine White saw this, understood what was going on, and placed her hand gently on his.
He squeezed it tightly with one hand, then pulled her up the stairs.
A good night’s sleep, the next day.
Christine White arrived at the office, said hello to her manager, and then went to the main office to gather her materials to take back with her.
Just as she had finished packing to leave, Debby York came back in, pulled out her chair with her head down and sat down before slumping down on her desk with a small sob.
Seeing this, Christine White’s heart tightened and she put down the information in her hands, “Debby , what’s wrong with you?”
Debby York heard her voice and gave a sob, then brought her head up, surprise written all over her tear-stained face, “Christine, what are you doing back here? Didn’t the manager say that you took a long vacation?”
“Well, I came back to pick up a few things, and I’ll be leaving in a while.” Christine White patted the information she had just packed and asked, “It’s you, where did you just go? I didn’t even see you when I came back, it was so hard to see you and you were still crying.”
Debby York dropped her eyelids and returned with a choked voice, “I went to HR.”
“What’s the point of going to HR?” A bad feeling rose in Christine White’s heart.
Debby York looked up and took a breath, “I went to quit my job.”
At those words, Christine White’s brain gave an on-the-spot lurch, and it took her a long time to slow down, “Debby , what did you just say, you quit?”
She looked at Debby York incredulously.
Debby York wiped the tears from her eyes and forced a smile, “You heard right, I just quit.”
“Why?” Christine White perked up, “What are you doing quitting your job for good reason?”
“I can’t not quit.” Debby York covered her face as her emotions broke down once more, “So much has happened to my family in the past few days, the doctor said that my dad will be completely cut off from the possibility of standing up in the future with this fall, and he also fell on his head, and he hasn’t woken up until now, and he probably won’t wake up in the future either.”
“What?” Christine White was a little confused, “How could the situation be so serious?”
“Yes, I also wonder why the situation is so serious, but this is not the most serious, the most serious is that my mom heard that my dad may not wake up, and in a hurry, she suffered a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and is now lying in the hospital as well, if I don’t quit my job, who is going to take care of them.” Speaking of this, Debby York cried out again, crying full of bewilderment and despair about the future.
Christine White, now completely stunned, only found her voice a moment later, “So how is Auntie now? Has the danger period passed?”