Chapter 113


    ine shot to her feet.


    “Is he still downstairs? I’ll chase him away. Honestly, what a delusional upstart.”


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    Just as she was about to leave the room, udia called out to her.


    “Wait.”


    “udia?”


    To ine’s surprise, udia smiled and gently said, “Let him in.”


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    Everyone in the ward stared at her in shock as they all cried out at the same time.


    “udia?” they shrieked.


    “Did you forget what he did to you?” ine eximed. “Christopher Drevel is a


    ruffian. If you let him in, you’ll…”


    “ine,” udia interrupted in a soft voice. “No matter what he did to me before, I


    am now hurt. If he knew of that and came here to visit me at the hospital, that


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    means he cares about me. Should I not be touched by someone capable of showing


    me such concern? How could I chase him away?”


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    Everyone else disagreed with that sentiment.


    “udia, he doesn’t care about you. He likes you. If you acknowledge him, he will


    only get worse. Let’s ignore him, please?”


    “Yes, udia. I know you are so nice that you think he’s being nice by visiting you,


    but why would he visit you unless he had an ulterior motive in mind?”


    “Harden your heart. What if he does something to you?”


    However, udia was unexpectedly stubborn that day. “He wouldn’t do anything to


    1. me. I know you’re concerned about me, but he’s really here to visit me. Let hime


    in.”


    Seeing that they were going to continue protesting, she smiled and added, “Alright.


    I’ve made up my mind. You can stop.”


    When they realized there was no way to convince her, they had no choice but to call


    Christopher in.


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    Still, that did not stop them from grumbling as they went.


    “What’s going on with udia? She hates Christopher, right? Why would she let him


    in?”


    “Perhaps she changed her mind due to how bad her injuries are. Somehow, that


    made her think he’s really here just to visit her.”


    “Oh, I just don’t understand her.”


    They headed downstairs to find Christopher still waiting with a floral bouquet. He


    was a thug, someone who knew udia in school but had long since dropped out.


    However, he continued to bother her after dropping out.


    He only stopped when she moved abroad where he could not follow her.


    Recently, he had somehow heard about udia’s return and was back to harass her.


    He was quite handsome but with an alcoholic father, a mother who worked at a


    massage parlor, and no proper job of his own, who would want to date him?


    Nevertheless, udia was the daughter of someone rich and powerful. Hence,


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    everyone went along with what she said.


    They soon led him up to udia’s room.


    He had been so overjoyed to hear about being given permission to see her that he


    followed close behind them with his bright and gaudy bouquet.


    When Christopher walked into the room, he found udia sitting on the bed,


    looking miserable and pitiful with her head covered in thick loops of gauze


    bandages.


    “udia!”


    He initially wanted to take a few steps forward in his excitement, but with


    consideration that she had potentially run away to spend years overseas because


    he had been too fervent in his pursuit, he decided to instead vibrate on the same


    spot as he stared at her.


    The passion in his eyes made udia’s stomach churn with disgust. Every inch of


    him, including the so–called trendy outfit he had curated for himself, was revolting to


    her.


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    She would never have allowed someone like him into her territory if he were of no


    use to her goal.


    “How did you get hurt, udia? Are you okay? I–I bought you a bouquet. Do you like


    it? I was going to bring you some fruits as well, but I wasn’t sure what you liked,” he


    said.


    He was so cautious and tentative in his speech.


    She found his voice grating. It was too coarse, too crass, and too insecure.


    She still suppressed her dislike to force a smile on her face. “I’m okay. It’s good


    enough that you’re here. You didn’t have to buy me anything,” she said.


    “How can I visit you with empty hands? That would be rude,” he responded.


    Disdain was painted all over the faces of the others in the room.


    “No one’s asking you toe empty–handed, but you should at the very least bring


    something nice with you. Look at the flowers you brought! They’re so ugly and


    gaudy. Did you find them on the side of the road?” someonemented.


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    “Yeah! How could you even visit udia with that bouquet?” someone else said


    with a scoff.


    The disparaging remarks caused a dark look to sh in his eyes as his hands


    tightened around the bouquet. udia noted every twitch of his body. She pursed


    her lips and tentatively called out, “Please stop saying that. It’s good enough that


    he’s willing to visit me. Mr. Drevel, you can juste empty–handed next time. You


    don’t have to buy anything special.”


    As expected, the dark look vanished the moment she spoke up. He then replied to


    her in a sweet voice, “Okay.”


    “udia!”


    Everyone shot her looks of disagreement.


    She ignored them to continue to cheerfully chat with him. The longer the


    conversation went on, the more Christopher admired her. As expected, the woman


    he chose was not like other girls. udia did not look down on him at all.


    She was so different…


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    Everyone merely thought that udia was behaving oddly. After all, she was


    actually talking to Christopher, a thug!


    They nced at each other and decided to turn their attention to him instead.


    “Hey, you’ve seen her now. The bouquet is in her hands. You should go now,” one of


    them called out.


    “L…”


    “What? We only let you in to visit her. Did you think you could stay here? Look at


    yourself first. Do you think you’re worthy of her?” someone else interrupted.


    “Enough. Stop that. He’s… Ah!” udia suddenly fell to her side and let out a cry of


    pain in the middle of her sentence.


    “udia!”


    Everyone hurried over in worry.


    “Are you okay, udia? Is it your head?”


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    With closed eyes and a pale face, udia shook her head while leaning into ine’s


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    arms. It took her a moment before she forced a smile on her lips once more.


    “I’m fine. You don’t have to worry about me,” she said.


    Her feeble appearance had her friends clenching their fists in anger. “It’s all Victoria


    Selwyn’s fault. If she hadn’t pushed you, you would not be hurt. You’re even going to


    have a scar now.”


    udia weakly shook her head once more. “It’s all in the past. Please forgive her


    actions.”


    Christopher narrowed his eyes as he processed what he heard. “What did you just


    say? Who pushed udia?”


    She froze. She was about to speak up when someone answered, “Victoria Selwyn.


    She was one of our schoolmates. You’ve seen her before, Christopher.”


    That jogged his memory.


    With udia still in her arms, ine smirked as if a thought suddenly struck her.


    “You keep iming you like udia and that you would do anything for her. Now,


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    you have a chance to prove that. Victoria is the one who hurt her. Shouldn’t you do


    something about that?”


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