CHAPTER 406


    Chapter 406


    Xander involuntarily stopped in his tracks.


    “Miss Miller, I have an urgent request, Xander asked.


    With that, Xander knelt before Gina and continued, “I hope you can help me find my father. He went


    missing near your hospital. Could you please check if anyoneing and going from the hospital


    has seen him?


    “I know it’s a lot to ask of you, but… I’m out of options. I’ll repay you however I can!” Xander bowed


    to Gina without hesitation. He had already lost his sister and couldn’t bear to lose his only remaining


    family, his father.


    Since his father had disappeared near Gina’s hospital, Gina saw no problem in helping. She


    gestured for him to rise and said, “I can ask around for you, Mr. Xiang. Don’t worry.”


    “Thank you!” Xander said, tearfully grateful.


    Gina suggested, “Let’s check the surveince footage first and see if we can find anything


    After four hours of meticulous review, they discovered that Xander’s father walked into a blind spot


    in the surveince coverage after passing through the rightmost greenery and then disappeared.


    None of the surrounding cameras captured any further footage of him.


    They might need to check the surveince footage from nearby residential buildings.


    Xander was on the brink of copse. Where could his father have gone? The longer there was no


    news, the more likely it seemed to bring bad news.


    Gina assured him and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll have people ask around to see if anyone has seen your


    father.”


    “Thank you,” Xander said.


    Grateful but anxious, Xander left with the police officers.


    Gabriel asked Gina, “Is there anything else you need to take care of?”


    Gina sent a message to Dn, asking him to look into Xander’s father’s disappearance.


    “There’s nothing else for now,” Gina said to Gabriel, putting her phone down.


    Gabriel smiled, took Gina’s hand, and said, “Then we should start nning our engagement. Let’s


    go to Oriata City.”


    Gina was slightly taken aback and asked, “Oriata City? What for?”


    “Don’t cry anymore. If you keep crying, your eyes will be swollen.” Colin sat by ine’s bedside in


    the room,forting her as she sobbed inconsbly.


    He wasn’t good at consoling people, but this was his sister. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have bothered.


    Anyone else crying in front of him would have been pped by now.


    ine leaned against the headboard, unable to control her emotions, and asked again, “Colin, has


    Gina’s mood improved? I can’t get up now. I can’t go anywhere!”


    ine was growing increasingly desperate. Her legs hadpletely lost sensation, and she leared


    that if this continued, they might be permanently


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    paralyzed.


    “She hasn’t contacted me,” Colin replied irritably.


    They were in a difficult position.


    He had already swallowed his pride to negotiate with Gina for ine’s sake, but she remained


    unyielding.


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    And he didn’t have any evidence that Gina caused ine’s legs to lose sensation and be


    unable to stand. He was also very curious about how Gina managed to immobilize ine’s legs


    without any physical contact.


    ine cried even more sorrowfully. She grabbed Colin’s hand and pleaded, “Colin, you have to find


    a way!”


    Colin patted ine’s hand reassuringly and said, “Alright. Don’t worry. I’ll find a way.”


    Colin pondered. Gina wasn’t swayed by money. To make her happy, he’d have to do something


    significant.


    He thought of people who had a grudge against C i n a and suddenly remembered Olivia…


    Since losing a kidney, E’s health had deteriorated rapidly Content property of N?velDra/ma.Org.


    Coupled with James’s death, she was devastated and spent her days weakly lying in bed


    Olivia brought her a bowl of tonic and said, “Mom, take this. You’re too weak.


    E had no desire to take it.


    “Your brother, he…”


    Ashley threatened them, saying if they dared to hold a funeral for James, they would face


    consequences. So, in the end, there was no funeral for James.


    Rolling her eyes internally, Olivia pretended to be caring and consoled E, whose son had long


    been dead. “Mom, don’t be too sad. James wouldn’t me us for not holding a funeral for him. He


    would surely want our family to live well.”


    E didn’t respond, just continued to cry.


    Olivia felt irritated, wishing she could just ssh the bowl of tonic directly onto E’s face. Olivia


    didn’t bother tofort her anymore. “Mom, calm down first. I’ll leave the tonic here for you, and


    you can drink itter,”


    As Olivia got up to leave, the door suddenly swung open. Thinking it was Noah and the others


    returning, she was surprised to see Colin instead.


    Startled, Olivia forced a smile and asked, “Mr. Barnes, what brings you here?”


    Colin looked at both women, “I need to speak with you. No, with both of you.”


    Olivia felt uneasy, sensing something bad was about to happen, “What could be so important that


    you came personally? I’m sorry we didn’t greet you properly,”


    Olivia’s heart sank as a strong sense of foreboding washed over her. The problem was, even if she


    wanted to run, she couldn’t.”


    All she could do was try to ingratiate herself with Colin.


    Colin continued to press on relentlessly.


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    Olivia instinctively backed away and asked, “Mr. Barnes, what’s this about?”


    Colin grabbed her hair and said, “Juste with me.”


    Terrified, Olivia pleaded, “Mr. Bames, can we talk this out?”


    Colin smiled grimly and said, “It’s not me who wants to talk. It’s your dear sister, Gina.”


    Gina?


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    Olivia was stunned.


    Gina must have some extraordinary power tomand Colin to deal with her. Olivia thought, ‘But


    wait, wasn’t Colin also at odds with Gina before? Howe he’s now supporting Gina?”


    “Why, Mr. Barnes? Why are you helping Gina?” Olivia asked.


    Colin dragged her by the hair. “You’ll find out when you see her.”


    E, who was lying on the bed in a down mood, became anxious when she saw Olivia being pulled


    out by Colin. She almost scrambled out of bed, saying. “Where are you taking my daughter?”


    E, her legs weak, nearly stumbled and sat down on the ground. She leaned against the bedside


    table, struggling to stand up. Worried that she couldn’t catch up with them, she disregarded


    everything and grabbed the water ss from the bedside table. Without hesitation, she swung the


    water ss directly at Colin’s back. The ss hit Colin’s back squarely, causing him to halt in his


    tracks.


    Olivia was stunned when she saw the ss hit the ground.