Rachel and Linda were taken to Chief Ren's office, where the chief took pains to see to their comfort by
serving them coffee and ensuring that the air conditioning was at the optimal temperature. Then, he
said that he was going to see Eric and left the office.
Linda stood up and walked around with the coffee cup in her hand. She raised an eyebrow and said to
Rachel, "Your boyfriend is really awesome. He even managed to frighten them."
Rachel smiled in response and said nothing.
She sat back down on the sofa and continued, "Eric told me some time ago that you two are getting
married again. Is that true? I think you'd better hurry up and get married as soon as possible so you
could feel at ease."
"At ease?" Rachel asked with a frown on her face, not understanding what her aunt meant.
Linda choked in disbelief and anger and resentfully remarked, "How hard is it for you to understand?
With Jack's status, there must be hordes of women who want to take your place beside him and are
willing to seduce him away from you. So you must marry him as soon as possible."
She rolled her eyes and tapped her chin with a finger. "As your aunt, I think that I should pay Jack's
parents a visit as soon as possible."
Rachel knew that her aunt was already imagining what she would say to Jack's parents and what
requests she would make when they met, so she quickly interrupted, "Aunt Linda, we don't need to
think about it until after Eric's problem has been resolved, okay?"
Linda's hand on her shoulder gradually slid down, and her bright eyes dimmed slightly. She pursed her
lips and asked, "Why hasn't Eric come out yet? Is this matter really that difficult to solve?"
As soon as she finished her frustrated words, they heard the sound of footsteps approaching. Eric
walked in and sat down on the sofa. He stretched his legs and huffed with his lips curled. "Today is
really a bad day for me. You wouldn't believe what a group of psychos I met."
Rachel handed her cup of coffee to him and asked, "What happened?"
She checked the room earlier and saw an unconscious man, and she couldn't clearly understand what
the others were saying.
Eric leaned back, his teeth gnashing in anger, and said fiercely, "I couldn't have fought with them, but
someone kicked me in the belly. I couldn't stand it anymore. Who would have thought that the man
doesn't really fight? I didn't even use my full strength, but he fainted just like that. What a bastard!"
Eric was a chatterbox, so it was difficult for him to close his mouth. He continued to talk about the
unreasonable mess caused by those people that time, and Rachel just listened him quietly. If she did
not see them with her own eyes, she would never have believed that someone could do such a
shameless thing.
The three of them sat in silence for a while. Then, they said goodbye to Chief Ren and left the police
station.
Rachel contacted Jack, who had just come from the hospital. They agreed to just see each other at
home shortly.
At home, Jack's phone rang as he was pouring himself a cup of tea. At the other end of the phone,
Austin said in a dispirited voice, "Mr. Fu, the negotiation failed."
"It's okay." He rubbed the furrow between his eyebrows. He had been in charge of this matter all along,
whereas Austin only knew the rudiments of it. It must have been difficult for him to handle the whole
meeting.
Jack was not the sort of boss who placed the blame on his employees.
Austin sighed softly and added, "They did agree to give us another chance, Mr. Fu. I tried convincing
them with all that I had."
"Good job, Austin." Hearing the sound of door opening, Jack disconnected the call with a smile on his
lips. He turned toward the door to see Rachel push the door open and walk in.
He looked behind her, expecting other people. "Where are Eric and his mom?"
"They went home. Aunt said she has a headache. I don't know why." Rachel took off her high heels and
pinched her sore ankles.
Jack narrowed his eyes slightly. At this point, he had become a little too worried about the word
"headache." In the past, Tracy had watched too many soap operas in which the heroine recovered her
memory after a headache.
Although he knew that dramas and real life were different, he had become a little nervous.
Rachel watched Jack curiously. "You went to the hospital. What did they say?"
"They won't be pressing charges," replied Jack with a smile.
Owing to Jack's poker face and their own guilty consciences, the folks at the hospital decided to evict
him from the ward.
He simply stood there and let them usher him out, but he already kept an eye on the proceedings when
he came and asked Celia to take a photo of the scene using her phone.
Afterward, he said to Celia with a blank expression, "Call the police for me."
"What?" Celia was confused.
The group of people were so frightened that the man in black jumped out and said, "Now, look here,
this is a private place. You should get out!"
Jack kept silent. He didn't want to waste his time on such an unreasonable group of people.
After a few minutes of silence, he turned around and walked out. He said in a low voice, "Celia, you
can go back to work. I'll head out first."
The people inside the room were confused by his suddenly indifferent attitude. They looked at each
other, at a loss. Just then, Kale came back.
As their eyes fell on Kale, they immediately pointed at Jack, indicating for him to persuade the other
man.
Kale came to his senses and blocked Jack's way. Rubbing his hands nervously, he said, "Don't worry. I
have just come back from the police station to withdraw the case. I have made it clear that everything
was a misunderstanding."
"What misunderstanding?"
A woman came over and poked Kale's temple, "How dare you withdraw the case? Do you feel sorry
because that guy is that woman's son?"
The scene was a mess.
Satisfied that his original goal had been achieved, Jack turned his back on them and left.
After a considerable dry spell, rain had started to fall in Ninwell City. Bemused, Linda stood on the
balcony and stared at the rain for a long time. She was supposed to go out for a walk, but she had to
abandon the idea when she saw the wet ground.
She went back to the living room and turned on the TV. Her favorite TV series was about to start when
the doorbell suddenly rang.
Eric and Rachel were at work, so she wasn't expecting anyone.
Linda looked through the peephole on the door. At the sight of the person on the other side of the door,
she rolled her eyes and pretended that she was not at home.
Kale gave up ringing the doorbell and knocked on the door instead. "Linda, open the door. There's
something I need to tell you."
Linda wanted to ignore him, but his persistent voice was too noisy. She opened the door and said
impatiently, "I'll give you ten minutes. Just say what you want to say and then leave."
Her attitude was strong and imposing.
Kale didn't expect that. After standing there stunned for a few moments, he came to his senses and
said, "Linda, I didn't expect you to be so straightforward."
This time, it was Linda who did not know how to react. After hesitating for a few seconds, she pointed
to the sofa and said, "Have a seat. Don't stand there anymore."
Kale walked toward the sofa and sat down. Linda went to the kitchen to pour a glass of water and
placed it on the coffee table. She pointed at her watch and said in a low voice, "One minute has
passed."
Kale didn't think that Linda was actually going to time him. He flinched, and suddenly the words rushed
out of him. "Linda, I know you have forgotten everything in the past, but I think I owe you an apology. I
still want to say sorry to you face to face."
In the hospital, Rachel was extremely busy and decided to fix herself a cup of coffee during a break.
Last night, Jack held her tightly and wouldn't let her go for some unknown reason.
In the end, she had no choice but to give up her struggling and suffer through the night in his arms. She
didn't sleep well.
She yawned and picked up her cup. She was about to walk into the pantry when her office phone rang.
On the other end, the director said in a deep voice, "Rachel, come into my office."
Rachel knew that the reason for this discussion was the group of people yesterday.
Sure enough, as soon as she pushed the door open and walked into the office, the director said in an
unnaturally formal voice, "Rachel, I'd like to thank you for the way you handled yesterday's events.
Now, the patient's family members are amenable to the hospital's arrangement, and it's much easier to
deal with them."
With a smile lifting the corners of her mouth, Rachel said in a low voice, "Director, I was just doing my
job. You didn't have to be so polite as to call me here to thank me."
"I've said what I have to say, so don't push it,"
the director good-naturedly replied while sifting through a sheaf of documents in his right hand. Rachel
thought that they were done and was about to leave, but the director suddenly pulled out a document
from the pile and handed it to her. "There will be another training program next month. What do you
think? I heard that the hospital board will be selecting several vice directors from a list of participants
for further study, as nominated by their respective departments. Rachel, I think that you are the most
capable and dedicated person in our department."
"Director, I greatly appreciate the sentiment."
Rachel flashed him a smile and continued, "Both Dr. Zhang and Dr. Chen are young, promising
doctors. I think that the two of them are more suitable than me."
By saying so, she indirectly refused this opportunity for further study.
The director opened his mouth to say something more, but Rachel smiled and nodded slightly.
"Director, I have a patient waiting for me, so I have to get back to work."
This advanced training program only involved presenting several case studies that showed how to
solve problems that might be encountered in certain departments. There was no training specifically
tailored for cardiothoracic and lung surgery.
Rachel was not interested.
As soon as she returned to her office, she picked up her phone from the table and glanced at it. She
saw three missed calls from Eric, so she quickly rang him back. "I was busy just now. What's up?"
Eric chuckled. Every time he laughed like this, Rachel knew instantly that he was up to no good.
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