Cierra was determined to give William a gift, so she had to follow through.
How could she stop halfway?
After searching around, she finally found a satisfactory gift-
A cute and ugly piggy bank.
“I painted this myself, and there are half a year’s worth of coins inside. I’m giving it to you.”
She was planning to secretly take the money to buy snacks, but she couldn’t just give the piggy bank with the money emptied out.
Oliver got jealous again.
Silly little sister!
Half of the money in there was his!
William looked at the adorable piggy bank in front of him and burst out laughing.
“Why is every other pig pink, but your little piggy is green? And it’s wearing a red outfit.”
“Because the color green represents the grass, and I hope it can run freely on the grass. William, do you want it?”
There’s over four hundred bucks inside…
William once again felt a hint of displeasure in the looks Oliver cast his way.
On one side was Cierra’s innocent face, looking at him with hope.
In the end, he chose to stand by Cierra.
“Yes! Thank you, Cierra, I really like this gift. When I get home, I’ll give you a gift too.”
A teddy bear will do!
He had a matching pair, so he could give her the pink one.
Oliver wanted to say something, but his silly little sister unexpectedly happily rushed over.
A kiss landed on William’s cheek.
“Thank you, William. I’ll be waiting for your gift.”
Cierra didn’t think much of making that move; it was just that every time she saw Dad giving Mom a gift, Mom would kiss Dad like that.
And Great-grandpa liked to kiss her when he was happy.
Her godmother would kiss her and her brother every time they met, so in Cierra’s eyes, a kiss represented a happy emotional expression.
But William was different; he was already eight years old and sometimes saw some sultry scenes in TV dramas.
And they called it kissing; only wives could do that to their husbands.
So, did Cierra kissing him mean she wanted to be his future wife?
Thinking about this, William couldn’t help but take a closer look at Cierra this time, examining her carefully.
Cierra was very pretty, her eyes like stars, and when she smiled, she looked like a sunflower. It wouldn’t be bad to have her as his wife.
“Well, I will definitely remember.”
Meanwhile, Oliver, with a tight grip on Cierra’s hand, scolded loudly:
“Are you not embarrassed, Cierra? Your saliva is all over his face. If you do this again, I’ll tell Dad!”
Cierra wasn’t afraid at all; she made a funny face towards her brother.
“You’re always so fierce; I haven’t even thought of kissing you.”
“I don’t care!”
“But William is so nice to me, you should learn from him!”
This time, Oliver was truly frustrated. He stood up and slammed the door, leaving the room without looking back.
He casually shut the door behind him, producing a loud noise.
“My brother seems really angry. William, what should I do?”
William glanced at the departed Oliver and gently narrowed his beautiful eyes. Turning back, he smiled warmly at Cierra.
“It’s okay. You didn’t do anything wrong. I’ll play with you.”
“How about building blocks?”
It might be too challenging for her to do a puzzle.
Outside the room,
Oliver hadn’t gone far; he was hiding behind the door, secretly watching the two inside playing and chatting.
Before, if he got angry, his silly little sister would come out to coax him.
But not today.
Now that she had another brother, she didn’t need her own dear brother anymore, did she?
That damn idiot, didn’t she know that only they were each other’s closest relatives in this world?
Thinking this, Oliver felt a bit sad. He hoped this “brother” named William would leave soon.
Humph!
Downstairs, while Cheyenne and Paisley were chatting happily, Master Iker and Mr. Murillo arrived.
They had come mainly to see Cierra as they heard she had returned and to inform her that Vincent had been caught.
He was currently sitting in the station, but he refused to cooperate with interrogation. It would take some time to extract useful information from him.
Upon hearing this news, old Mr. Foley just sighed deeply, then leaned on his cane and slowly descended the stairs.
Arriving in front of everyone, he stood still.
His gaze turned to Gordon as he slowly asked, “Mr. Murillo, could you do me a favor… I want to see this villain once, maybe he’ll be willing to talk then?”
Legally, important prisoners like Vincent couldn’t be visited before a public trial.
But given his relationship with Cheyenne, this small favor was something he could grant.
“If old Mr. Foley wants to go, you can come with me later.”
“Thanks.”
Cheyenne also wanted to go see, but Gordon had something more important to discuss with her regarding the hospital.
Monica committed suicide!
It happened last night at midnight; she set a fire in her ward.
Luckily, it was discovered in time and didn’t harm the other patients. But when they rushed in to save her, it was too late.
Because she had already cut her wrists before starting the fire.
“What did you say? Why would she… suddenly commit suicide?”
Cheyenne never expected this; she had checked on Monica before leaving Akloit, and her condition seemed stable.
For his part, Iker felt self-blame.
“In fact, her condition had deteriorated a week ago, but Monica didn’t want to worry everyone and kept herself alert by self-harming.”
But as the self-harm worsened, her waking hours grew shorter.
“People with less willpower than her died on the third day after showing symptoms.”
Cheyenne took a deep breath, her face serious. “Give me a specific number, how many people have died so far?”
“318 people.”
Half of them belonged to the unit he had taken out of the country, and the rest were infected upon returning.
“And how many people have been infected?”
“2813 people.”
This number had doubled, confirming Leandro’s initial speculation.
“Let’s go, let’s go to the hospital.”
“Yes.”
Because these patients were quite unique, a whole building in the hospital was dedicated to them.
Guarded, only medical staff and military guards were allowed near, with nobody else permitted.
Later on, when they arrived at the hospital, Leandro had been eagerly waiting in the lab.
“Cheyenne, you’re finally here!”
However, when he saw the couple standing behind Cheyenne, he was instantly shocked.
“Could… could this be… Professor Bray?”