“Otherwise?” Evelyn glanced at him, “Should I, as a delicate woman, go in and fight him?”
Zane: “…”
‘Delicate?! Are you kidding me? You didn’t seem delicate at all when you were hitting me…’ Zane looked at Evelyn’s eyes, pursed his lips, and held back everything he wanted to say.
The office wasn’t his, and the one who would suffer next wasn’t him. Why bother caring?
“I’ll take you to the new office.”
With that, he led Evelyn through the corner of the corridor and arrived at an extremely dark and cramped room, more like a storage space than an office.
Evelyn frowned as she looked at the dust all over the room.
Winter, damn it.
“You can leave now.” Saying this, Evelyn gracefully entered the new office.
The office door closed, and Evelyn immediately took out her phone, and sent a message.
‘Immediately, right now, dig up all the dirt on Perry for me.’
Gavin replied instantly, ‘Don’t worry, boss. I’ve been prepared for this for a while.’
During Evelyn’s time of injury, he had been monitoring YR Company’s movements. When he learned that Winter was going to use Perry, he began preparing, and now the dirt was basically ready.
In the research institute, Gavin put down his phone, found the relevant documents, and casually took a few pictures to send to Evelyn.
‘Take a look. Once these are released, it’ll be explosive.’
Evelyn glanced at them, a satisfied smile playing on her lips.
Gavin then edited another message, ‘Boss, there’s something you’ll definitely find interesting.’
He sent a separate folder to Evelyn and then sent the location.
Curious, Evelyn opened it, and when she saw the contents, she froze.
Scarlett! Her stepmother, Mia’s biological mother.
The folder contained a medical case and a set of photos taken in the hospital and during examinations. Scarlett looked very beautiful, even though she was over forty, she still had the charm of an beauty that men couldn’t resist.
In the photos, Scarlett looked almost the same as Evelyn remembered, just a bit more frail.
Evelyn then turned to the medical case, and the words ‘renal failure’…
In her memory, Scarlett should be traveling the world at this time. How did she suddenly appear in the hospital?
Evelyn felt like she had missed something, but she couldn’t recall it.
Searching through the hospital records, she finally clarified her thoughts a bit. Scarlett seemed to be seeking medical treatment in the name of traveling around the world. Faced with constant setbacks, she turned to NS Research Institute as a last resort.
The news about seeking medical treatment was sent three days ago, and Gavin had been waiting for Evelyn’s opinion before responding.
After some contemplation, Evelyn replied, ‘Have Richard go to the hospital and wait for me. Take this case.’
Richard was Nicholas’s brother, specialized in internal organ-related diseases.
Half an hour later, Evelyn arrived at the hospital.
Richard happened to be giving a lecture there and hadn’t left yet. Seeing Evelyn, the mastermind behind the scenes, Richard was slightly excited, but as a doctor, he quickly calmed down.
“Master… Miss Taylor, I just went to see Scarlett. Her kidneys on both sides are severely failing, and because she has already had a kidney transplant surgery once, it makes the situation more complicated.”
Evelyn exclaimed, “Are you saying her kidney disease isn’t sudden but has been going on for a long time?”
Richard replied, “It appears to be congenital and quite severe.”
Such a serious illness, and she only found out about it now, having lived two lifetimes.
Evelyn’s mind was racing, trying to find the loopholes she hadn’t noticed in these two lifetimes. Normally, when someone is sick, they seek treatment rather than trying to conceal the condition. And those two kidneys, when were they replaced, and whose were they replaced with?
She lowered her head slightly. “I’ll go in and take a look.”
Richard didn’t stop her.
At this moment, the door to Scarlett’s ward suddenly opened. Seeing Evelyn, she stiffened.
Evelyn and her mother looked so alike that Scarlett easily recognized her.
“Miss Taylor, what’s going on?” Richard asked softly.
“I don’t want Scarlett to recognize me…”
Richard noticed Scarlett trying to approach and immediately displayed a terrifying anger on his face.
“I’ve told you before, keep a close eye on the patient in bed number nine. Why were you late? Starting to slack off before becoming a regular employee? Don’t want this job anymore?”
Evelyn lowered her head, instantly transforming into an intern too scared to breathe.
Scarlett immediately froze in place.
Seeing this, Richard waved his hand, pointing to the changing room. “Go and get ready.”
“I got it.” Evelyn turned around and hurried away, leaving Scarlett with only her back.
But the more Scarlett looked at that back, the more a sense of familiarity overwhelmed her.
James suddenly appeared behind her, pulling her into an embrace. “The doctor told you to rest more. Why are you standing here?”
“James, I feel like I saw her again.”
“Her?” James’s expression changed, “Her kidneys are already inside your body, she can’t possibly be alive. Stop overthinking.”
“Alright. ” Scarlett nodded.
James helped her back to the ward, and as he just brought in freshly made chicken soup, the door was pushed open.
“Scarlett, you need to undergo another examination,” Evelyn walked in disguise, deliberately deepening her voice.
James glanced at her, somewhat displeased, “She just had an examination. Why does she need another one? You guys don’t let her rest at all??”
“If we don’t monitor her condition in real-time, how can we treat her in a timely manner?” Evelyn retorted coldly.
“You!…” James’s face turned blue with anger.
“James, please stop.” Scarlett looked at Evelyn’s familiar eyes, “Could you take off your mask, doctor? Your eyes look just like my daughter’s. But because of this illness, I haven’t seen her in a long time.”
Evelyn replied, “Maintaining a sterile environment is crucial in the ward, so I’m sorry I can’t…”
Richard also stepped forward at the right moment, “Madam, please uncover your clothes, and I’ll check the transplant scar.”
Scarlett cooperated without hesitation, observing Evelyn at the same time.
Evelyn kept her eyes lowered. In her hands, she held a more detailed medical report that had been recorded since Scarlett was eighteen. At the age of her twenty, James’s name appeared among her caretakers.
So, this man had been involved with Scarlett when before he married her mother.
Looking at the blood type column, which was the same as her own, Evelyn’s brows furrowed.
Richard suddenly asked, “How long ago was the surgery?”
“Almost ten years.”
Ten years! This time coincided strangely with the time of her mother’s accident.
Was it really a coincidence, or were they…
Thinking of that possibility, a raging anger surged in Evelyn’s icy eyes.
“Doctor, the scar suddenly hurts a lot,” Scarlett, holding the somewhat infected old scar, suddenly jumped off the bed. In her struggle, she reached out and precisely tore off Evelyn’s mask.
Evelyn clenched her wrist, applying force, causing Scarlett to scream in pain.
“James, quickly tell her to let go. I didn’t mean it, really, I didn’t mean it.”
James, full of anger, said, “You bitch, you… ah!” He approached, caught sight of Evelyn’s face, and was scared to the point, “How could the hospital have such a terrifying doctor like you?”
As soon as Scarlett was released, she quickly turned around. Upon seeing Evelyn, she first paused, then let out a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness, it wasn’t her.
At this moment, Evelyn’s facial skin under her eyes was covered in burning scars, some even oozing thick and bloody fluids, making her almost unrecognizable. She had found this disguise mask in Gavin’s treasure chest. Thinking that Scarlett was suspicious of her identity, she decided to wear it while changing clothes. Now, looking at the displeased expressions of James and Scarlett, Evelyn felt that the effect was quite good.
Apart from this face disguise, she had scavenged many useful items from Gavin, and they might come in handy soon.
Scarlett was helped back to the bed, wiped the sweat from her forehead, she apologized, “I’m really sorry. It was too painful just now, and I lost control for a moment.”
The apologetic look and guilty expression were more skillful than Mia’s, displaying top-notch acting skills.
Evelyn approached, took out a small black bottle from her pocket, and said, “This is a painkiller prepared by the doctor, which also has a certain recovery effect on your wounds. Use it once every night, remember to use it on time.”
As soon as the black bottle was opened, a peculiar fragrance spread out.
Scarlett, who was knowledgeable, recognized it as a valuable item and gestured for James to take it.
“Thank you, doctor.”