Just when everyone thought his comment was a reprieve from the situation, he spoke once more.
"Grandma Maria, my mom did cook, and the hair did fall into the soup. But who can be sure the hair is
my mother's, did you test the DNA?"
A question from Luke froze Maria momentarily, and seeing that Maria didn't say anything, Luke
continued.
"Grandma Maria, why did you presume that my mother had a malicious intention to harm Great
Grandpa? Did you get the police to investigate?"
The second question was asked, once again gagging Maria. However, Luke didn't have the intention to
stop.
"Grandma Maria, none of that matters. I just want to ask you how you're going to explain what you just
said if this hair isn't my mother's?"
Luke was premeditating something. His eyes were full of shrewdness, and Maria looked scared.
"It's your mother's, no one but her could do such a bad thing."
Maria was still unrelenting and held up the hair in her hand for everyone to see. But this time her words
were spoken with some heartfelt panic.
"You're so persistent, Grandma Maria. Here, give me the hair."
With that, Luke walked over to Maria and took that hair directly into his hands.
"Everyone, take a closer look, Grandma Maria especially you."
Luke said this purely to get everyone's attention. It was the next moment that was exciting.
"The people at this table ......"
Speaking of which, Luke stopped himself and looked around the entire house, including the kitchen,
without leaving every single person behind.
"I stand corrected, in the whole family, there are only two people in the whole family with hair this long,
and one is my mom ......"
"You're right about that, the hair is the same length as your mother's."
Maria took the opportunity to interrupt Luke when she saw hope like this.
"Don't worry, I haven't finished my sentence. I said there are two of them, my mother is only one of
them, and the other is you, Grandma Maria."
When Luke said that, everyone's attention was more focused, looking at Winnie's short hair, and then
looking at Maria's short hair, the length was indeed the same.
At this time, Maria’s face changed, and she became even more panicked. So she eagerly tried to prove
her innocence, but forgot the truth that things would turn around.
"I didn't cook or go to the kitchen, there's no way it's my hair."
"Grandma Maria, you got the point with that one, but did you notice that my mother's hair is straight and
the one in my hand is curved."
Luke said and held the hair up for everyone to see clearly.
It was only when he said that that all of them noticed that it was really curved.
"What do you mean? You're saying it is my hair."
Maria was completely flustered, she didn't expect to be seen by a child, and blamed herself for not
noticing this.
"I'm not as sure as Grandma Maria, I don't just spit obscenities and hurt people until I'm sure."
"It's a different color than Mom's hair too, this one is black and Mom's is colored."
Luke continued to talk about the evidence to prove that it wasn't his mother's hair, but he was a bit
confused about the color and couldn't say which color his mother's hair belonged to, only that black
was Grandma Maria's hair was black.
With these words, Luke was considered to have completely cleared her mother's name. But his mother
had just been insulted, and he couldn't swallow the anger.
"Dad, we can't just let this go. Right now Mom can't be ruled out, which means Mom and Grandma
Maria could both be possibilities."
"You take the hair, take Mom and Grandma Maria to have a DNA test. If it's Mom's hair, we apologize
to the whole family, if it's Grandma Maria's, she has to apologize to Mom."
Luke's last sentence was said in a stern voice, and really had the domineering style of Brian.
Luke said and handed the hair to his dad.
Brian reached for the hair and looked at his son with an appreciative gaze.
He hadn't even thought that the child could be so observant, nor had he expected the child to be so
sensible in his approach to solving problems. It was time for him to learn from his son.
Right after Brian picked up the hair, another scene from Maria began to play out.
She suddenly yelled loudly, and cried.
"How dare you get a child to embarrass me, you premeditated it, didn't you? Why should I be teased by
you all?"
"Rufus, if you don't give me a statement today, I'll die in your house."
Maria got emotional and slammed her head down towards the table, things were looking defeated and
she had to be hard on herself to cover it up.
This move of hers scared everyone present, and everyone got up to stop her, and it was fortunate that
Jack was close enough to get in and stop Maria directly.
"Mom, what are you doing, stop it, will you? Everyone's pretty happy, what's all the fuss you're
making?"
Jack also felt upset when he saw his mother's embarrassment, but he was even more angry at his
mother for being irrational and finding excuses to make a scene.
"You say the same about me, are you still my son? Don't you stop me, how can I be embarrassed by a
child? You leave me to die ......"
Maria started to make a scene, causing chaos in the dinning room.
"Mom ......"
"Maria, be sensible."
"Aunt Maria, you can't do this."
"Aunt Maria ......"
Jack's voice, Stella's voice, Joshua's voice, and Thomas's voice were all sounded.
The voices mingled together in a chaotic mess.
It was at this time that came the voice of Felix.
He didn't stop Maria, but shouted Rufus' name.
Everyone followed the sound and saw Rufus had slumped out of his chair onto the floor.
"Dad ......"
"Dad ......"
"Uncle ......"
"Uncle ......"
"Grandpa, Grandpa, what's wrong with you, Grandpa?"
Everyone quickly gathered around, screaming for Rufus, except for Megan who was already crying out
with a loud wail.
"Rufus, what's wrong with you? Wake up."
"Call an ambulance, call the hospital now."
"It is too slow, Joshua, you get the car, I'll take him to the hospital."
The dinning room was in chaos, not even knowing who had said what. And at that moment, Maria fell
silent and looked at the chaotic situation in front of her with a dumbfounded face.
Rufus was carried out by Brian and then went to the hospital. Those who followed them to the hospital
were Winnie, Stella, Joshua, Thomas and Felix.
Rufus had a thorough examination in the hospital and the results didn't come out that quickly and he
had not waken up. But the doctor said he was out of danger.
"Uncle Thomas, it's getting late, so take Grandpa back first. The doctor said Dad is fine."
Stella explained the situation and told Grandpa to go back first because she was afraid he wouldn't be
able to support himself in his old age.
"Fine, I'll take your grandfather back first. If your dad wakes up, let me know."
Thomas was nervous, not expecting the consequence to be his big brother fainting.
"Well, I'll send you a message when my dad wakes up. Please enlighten grandpa not to worry him."
Stella said.
"Don't worry."
"Stella, don't blame your Aunt Maria, she's just a person who is careless. I'll make sure to teach her a
lesson when I get home."
Thomas apologized to Stella with slight guilt, hoping that Stella wouldn't make a big deal out of it.
"Uncle Thomas, go back, we are families, so I will not be angry."
Right now she didn't want to pursue who was right and who was wrong, but she had to focus on her
dad. The reason for her Dad's unconsciousness had yet to be found, and she couldn't just assume that
it was Aunt Maria's fault.
Their family's relationship was already sensitive, and if they accidentally touched the bottom line, all
those years of hard work would be wasted.
Thomas took Felix back first, and the rest of them waited in the ward for Rufus to wake up.
"Stella, you're pregnant, so go back first. I can be here."
Winnie was worried about Stella's health and wanted to let Stella go home first to rest.
"I'm fine, if I can't hold on, I'll go back. But didn’t you leave tonight? It's holding you up."
Stella couldn't go back even if she couldn't hold on, she wouldn't leave until she saw her father wake
up with her own eyes. Even if she went home, she was too worried to sleep.
"I'm fine, I will ask for leave tomorrow. Right now, Rufus is most important."
Winnie's voice had been low and tinged with self-reproach.
"Stella, Brian, I'm to be blamed for what happened today, if I hadn't come, all these unpleasant things
wouldn't have happened, and Rufus wouldn't have fainted."
"I'm sorry."
Winnie apologized penitently, then bent down and bowed to show her most sincere apologies.
But she was stopped by Brian.
"Don't you do that, this has nothing to do with you."
"Yes, Winnie, don't say that, it's Aunt Maria who's deliberately looking for trouble, it has nothing to do
with you."
Stella explained that no one meant to blame Winnie, but was afraid that she would take the blame on
herself.
Even the kids could see that it was Aunt Maria's intention to find trouble, and Winnie was merely a
target of Aunt Maria.
Originally, everyone was anxious, and Winnie’s apology made Brian feel worse..
He thought he had called Winnie over for everyone to have a happy thanksgiving, but he didn't expect
Aunt Maria to be so unreasonable. Now Winnie must be blaming herself, and that was the last thing he
wanted to see.
"Winwin ......"
Just as Brian opened his mouth to try to comfort Winnie, Kevin pushed the door open.
"I got the result, come to my office."
Kevin's face was so grave that he looked worried.
Kevin arranged a nurse to be in Rufus' ward, and then everyone followed Kevin to the doctor's office.
Kevin saw everyone staring at him nervously, so he went straight to the point.
"The cause of Rufus' fainting was not anger, but a tumor in his lung."
"A tumor?"
"A tumor?"
Everyone was stunned to hear the word tumor, they were under the impression that a tumor was a very
serious disease that could even kill a person.
"But right now it's not sure if it's benign or malignant. It will require a minor surgery."
Seeing that everyone was stunned, Kevin continued to explain the situation.
"Then do it now, while he has not awake."
Stella was so anxious that she was on the verge of tears, how could she have ever imagined that her
father had such a serious illness? At this moment, she suddenly got scared that her father would
die.
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