Baird Lane snapped the magazine together in his hand, “Wait until you go apologize to Grandpa.”
Christine White beamed, “I know, I would have without you telling me, you waited for me specifically thinking I would run away?”
Baird Lane stood up with a soft huff, “I was afraid you’d run away.”
“No way.” Christine White shook her head seriously, “I won’t run away, even though I didn’t put the poison there, I sent it to Grandpa, I deserve to take the responsibility.”
“That’s fine.” Baird Lane set the magazine aside and stood up, “Let’s go eat.”
Christine White stood at the top of the stairs without moving.
Baird Lane stopped to look at her, “What’s wrong?”
“That … Thank you.” Christine White touched her face and thanked him.
Baird Lane got her point, an unnatural gleam swept into his dark eyes, “You don’t have to thank me, that’s my due, and yesterday, I was too impulsive.”
When he saw the old man in that state yesterday, there was nothing but anger in his head, so he didn’t even have the heart to guess whether it was her who poisoned her or not, and that’s why he hit her in the heat of the moment.
But after calming down later, he also slowly figured out that the person who poisoned her wasn’t her, but it was too late, he had already fought.
That’s why he goes at night to make up for his daytime impulses.
Hearing the apology in Baird Lane’s words, Christine White’s eyes widened slightly for a moment.
But soon, she recovered back and laughed softly, “I understand how you felt at that time, after all, it was indeed me who sent the poisoned soup over, it’s only natural for you to be angry.”
“Well, enough about that, let’s go.” Baird Lane skirted the subject and went to the restaurant.
Christine White glanced at his back, took her hands off her face, and lifted her feet to follow.
After breakfast, Gates popped in, with a file in his hand.
Baird Lane, not at all surprised by his arrival, asked directly, “Found it?”
“Found it.” Gates handed the file over, “The couple from the Yu family was indeed sent out of the country, but there was no placement follow-up after they left the country, so much so that the couple is now stranded at the embassy and can’t return to the country.”
“What?” Upon hearing this, Christine White couldn’t help but exclaim, “Stranded at the embassy?”
Gates gave her a look and nodded, “That’s right.”
“But ….. . didn’t Debby York say that her parents were sent abroad for treatment?” Christine White questioned.
Baird Lane gave a mocking grunt, “Do you think it’s possible?”
Christine White choked, suddenly remembering that Molly Bort was behind this whole thing.
Since it’s Molly Bort, that’s not really possible, except to say that Molly Bort gave Debby York a blank check from the beginning and had no real intention of sending Yu’s father and mother for treatment.
It’s just a pretense of sending two old people out of the country, and then leaving them out of the country and not caring about them.
“This is too much!” After figuring it all out, Christine White hammered her fist on the back of the couch in anger.
Baird Lane glanced at her and said nothing.
Christine White took a deep breath, barely keeping her anger down, and asked, “So what’s their status now?”
Gates pushed up his glasses and was just about to reply.
Baird Lane then tossed the file in his hand to Christine White, “It’s all there, read it for yourself.”
Christine White hastily took the document and turned it over, and after reading it, her heart was quite a bit unpleased and she didn’t know what to say.
Originally, Yu’s father and mother were in poor physical condition and needed a lot of medication to treat them.
But now broken medication, but also sent out of the country, so a lot of tossing and turning, the body is even worse, especially Yu’s father’s legs, it is not easy to have a little bit of improvement, and now it is back to the original state, it is really miserable.
And she couldn’t say that Molly Bort was to blame for all of it, half of it was Debby York, their daughter, and if Debby York hadn’t trusted Molly Bort so easily, they’d still be in the hospital in good shape.
“Baird, can I have this?” Christine White held up the file.
Baird Lane narrowed his eyes, “What do you need this for?”
“I wanted to show it to Debby York to see what she chose and what it caused.” Christine White replied with a grimace.
Baird Lane nodded, “Yes.”
“Thanks.” Christine White put away the papers and thanked her.
Baird Lane tugged at the tie around his neck, “Come on, to the sanitarium.”
“Uh-huh.” Christine White nodded and followed him out the door.
It was almost noon by the time we reached the sanatorium.
Christine White stood in front of the door to the old man’s hospital room, hesitantly afraid to enter.
Baird Lane knew what was wrong with her as soon as he took one look at her frazzled face.
It was nothing more than being afraid of what had happened yesterday, afraid that the old man would not see her.
“What are you standing there for, come in.” Baird Lane urged.
Christine White shook her head at him, “I … I wouldn’t dare!”
“Out of breath!” Baird Lane gave her a disgusted look before taking her by the wrist and pulling her into the hospital room.
In the hospital room, the old man was lying on the hospital bed and was talking to Uncle Fu who was standing at the side.
Seeing that the two had entered, the old man and Uncle Fu both stopped their conversation.
“Coming?” The old man spoke weakly.
Christine White darted a quick glance at him and saw his bloodless, pale face and her heart sank, “Grandpa …”
The old man smiled at her.
The smile was as kind and gentle as ever, but it made Christine White feel even more guilty inside.
She tightened her palms, no longer able to suppress the emotions within her, and lunged towards the old man’s hospital bed before plopping down on her knees.
This kneeling stunned everyone.
Fubar first, Baird Lane couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, “Christine White, what are you doing?”
The old man also looked at Christine White in surprise, “Yes girl, what are you doing, get up.”
He reached for Christine White.
Christine White shook her head and was sorry, “Grandpa, I really didn’t mean it, I didn’t know that there was poison in that soup, I’m sorry Grandpa, I’ve harmed you.”
The old man listened to her apology and froze, then smiled, “So that’s what this is about, get up, I don’t mean to blame you, I knew from the beginning that it wasn’t your doing.”
“You know that, Grandpa?” Christine White was slightly surprised.
She didn’t realize that besides Aunt Lucy, the old man was actually the second person who believed she hadn’t poisoned her.
Even Baird Lane didn’t believe it at first.
With such a comparison, Christine White suddenly felt a little sour inside.
“Yeah.” The old man bent down to help Christine White up, “I know exactly what kind of person you are, old man, and you wouldn’t be the one to do that kind of party.”
Christine White was touched and deflated her mouth, “Grandpa, thank you for recognizing me so much, but I still feel guilty, even though I didn’t give the poison, but I brought it on, I …”
“It’s okay.” The old master patted her hand to comfort her, “Even if you didn’t bring that soup over, I still can’t escape the fate of being poisoned, someone who wants me dead will try to achieve their goal, even if it’s not through your hands to take my life, it will be through other ways, there is no way to prevent it.”
Christine White lowered her head, “It was Molly Bort … She did it.”
“I know all about it, Baird told me last night.” The old man nodded, then thought of something and physically touched her face, “Baird hit you yesterday, didn’t he?”
Christine White glanced toward Baird Lane and shook her head.
The old master cried and laughed, “You’re still hiding it for him, this kind of asshole kid, what’s worth hiding?”