After the door was closed, Raeleigh looked at the two people sitting down in front of her. Jenna immediately whined, “Xanthus is Raeleigh’s brother. How can you be so bossy? You are truly hopeless!”
“I was already polite enough, you see. Raeleigh is my daughter-in-law, which makes her brother our family. I’m only asking him to lend a hand with family matters.”
Hansen’s words held another meaning. Raeleigh knew very well that he was making a statement, that come what may, they had already acknowledged her as their daughter-in-law. It was an immutable fact.
But Raeleigh always felt like this was all a joke. The entire Richards family was in a train wreck because of a woman, and she was the culprit.
But that was not a good time for her to speak up. She didn’t want them to think that she was turning down their favor, so Raeleigh didn’t say anything.
The room became quiet. Raeleigh was nodding off. She closed her eyes and fell asleep. Relieved, Jenna looked at her husband. “Are you sleepy? If you are, then you can take a rest first.”
“Nonsense!”
Hansen’s face darkened. She wanted him to rest in his daughter-in-law’s room?
Jenna, on the contrary, did not understand what was going on. She looked at her husband and asked, “What’s with you? Why did you lose your temper? Did you hurt yourself when you were fighting?”
Jenna went over and sat down close to her husband. Over the years, Hansen had always loved her more than anyone else and she, too, had always doted on him. If not, then it would have been impossible that she had never quarreled with him for all these years.
Jenna looked at Hansen lovingly and checked him for injuries. In fact, Hansen hadn’t moved a finger when he was outside, so he wasn’t hurt. In fact, It was Santiago who had held his own in the fight.
Hansen was actually quite offended. When Santiago had fought just then, Xanthus had no intention to help at all. He had been standing at the door of the ward, relishing the fight.
After all, that was his son, but Xanthus did not intend to help him at all. Of course he was angry.
But this was not the point. What triggered him was Jenna telling him to rest in his daughter-in-law’s room. What was this if not a joke?
What was more annoying was that his daughter-in-law didn’t understand what he was trying to imply.
Hansen stood up and said, “I’m going over to the other side.”
“Why?”
Jenna’s face was full of surprise, and her big eyes were more attractive. Hansen felt his desire aroused. But this was Raeleigh’s ward, so he had to control his urges.
“Let’s go. We’ll go over there and get some rest. Leave this to Santiago. I will talk to my mother tomorrow.” Hansen was very displeased with what had happened that day. He did not expect his mother to be so extreme. It was too surprising.
Jenna saw that Hansen was really angry, so she concurred. She did not leave immediately with him but left his arms and turned around to take a look at Raeleigh. She could not bear to disturb her, so she wrote a note for Raeleigh saying that they did not leave and were next door.
Jenna always had pen and paper on her, a habit from when she had to draft down every design of a car whenever inspiration struck her.
However, that time, she had lost her pen and paper several times during the trip. If it was not misplaced, then it was because they had been forcefully taken away by Hansen as she was not allowed to think about work.
Jenna turned around and followed Hansen out. As she walked, she asked with concern, “Are you really unharmed?”
“Yes. Let’s go.” After leaving the ward, Hansen hugged his beloved wife even tighter. He was afraid that someone would take her away. His love for her had been the same all these years.
Hansen walked out of the door and looked at the two men who were handling their matters. He instructed, “Go and get some rest. If there’s anything else, then we’ll settle it tomorrow.”
Santiago raised an eyebrow and continued to talk on the phone. He had one of his feet on the face of the attacker on the ground. He looked unfamiliar and did not look like a local. It seemed that Marissa was very shrewd that time to have marshalled foreign manpower.
The person on the ground struggled. Santiago kicked him and said, “You were brave to come in and cause problems for us, but now you are afraid of death?”
“You want me to die, come at me and gimme a quick death. Don’t be a sissy.” The person on the ground was still tough. Santiago’s lips curled up, taking that as his sign to show no mercy.
“Very well then, I’ll light you up later and see you dance around like a dying shrimp.” Santiago trampled hard on the man’s face. Jenna wanted to say something, but she was whisked away by Hansen.
After entering another room, Jenna was about to say something when Hansen beat her to it. “Get someone to change the sheets, quilts, pillows, and… Change everything.”
Jenna was speechless. Was this not, she thought, a little too overboard?
“Just suck it up and sleep, will you? There is a limit to how you can lord over people. This is a hospital, not a hotel!”
“I don’t care, I want them changed,” Hansen immediately said. It was completely an order. If everything around him reeked of medicine and disinfectants, then sleep would undoubtedly elude him.
Jenna looked back at the outside and said, “Look at the time. Besides, even Alvin is not here. Who are you going to ask to change everything for you?”
After so many years, Jenna finally understood that people’s temper was spoiled, and the more spoiled they were, the worse they will be.
Take Hansen as an example. Things had started to change since he had their youngest son. He had become a little unreasonable. When he saw flowers he disliked, he immediately asked people to change them. When he saw that the design of the house was a bit flawed, he hired people to redesign it. When he got tired of the color of the house, a change was in order. Anything that he could exert his authority over, he would have done it.
His tyranny extended to the company and his family affairs, so there was nothing that could escape the palm of his hand.
There was also his order to revamp everything in this particular hospital room.
This was fine for people who had money to burn. But beggars can’t be choosers.
The couple were locked in a deadlock for a moment. Hansen turned to look at his beloved wife. “I can’t sleep.”
Suddenly, his tone softened, like a child acting coyly. Jenna had just made up her mind and wanted to reject his order, but she had a change of heart again.
“Oh, well. My husband is trouble. Next time when you go out, remember to bring a rucksack and carry your stuff in it.”
After finishing her words, Jenna made a phone call. It was not that there was no one she could find useful. They still had a lot of people around them. It was just that when the two of them were on vacation, Hansen would have a very chronic case of germaphobia, so they could only ask Alvin for help.
Soon, someone came and brought them the change of quilts they needed. Four or five people came out of the corridor. Xanthus thought that Marissa had sent people again and had braced himself for it.
“Easy there, they’re with me,” said Hansen.
When they arrived, some of them held quilts, some pillows, some pyjamas, and some water. In short, the four of them came with bags full of things.
Xanthus leaned to one side and watched the four people pass in front of him. Each of them carried two things and went straight over. They did not care when they saw people lying on the ground. They stepped on them as if they were not there.
After arriving at Hansen’s room he was resting in, they knocked on the door politely. Jenna pushed the door open and came out. Seeing these people, she invited them in.