Chapter 71


    Katherine flipped through a file Theodore handed over after she entered the car. "Are all of these the


    latest data from the clinical trial? Why does this patient''s reading have such a massive fluctuation? Did


    you guys encounter a problem?" she asked as her gazended on a patient''s data.


    Theodore leaned over to take a look before taking the file from Katherine. "This patient''s situation is a


    littleplicated. I''m afraid we''ll only know the details after you''ve taken a look at him. He has been in


    aa for a solid twenty years. During the early stages, his condition was pretty positive after taking


    our medicine. However, with time, his body seemed to have built up a tolerance for the medication and


    is now suddenly immune to it. The medication does nothing to him anymore."


    "Is that so? I''ll go and take a look after I get there." Katherine nodded thoughtfully, then asked for the


    file again. After scrutinizing the reports a few more times, she returned them to Theodore, who paused


    for a second while taking the file from her and said, "By the way, we have a neer in the institute.


    However, since she isn''t working on your experimental medicine, I didn''t tell you in advance."


    "Your hires have nothing to do with me, so there''s no need to tell me about it. It''s fine even if they''re


    involved in the experimental medication''s research, as long as you''re certain they''re trustworthy and


    won''t leak any information." Katherine took a strange gander at Theodore, wondering why he would


    suddenly tell her this.


    At that, Theodore cleared his throat and exined, "It''s sort of personal. The neer''s my


    granddaughter, you see. She''s my only granddaughter, so I tend to—"


    Mid-speaking, the chauffeur suddenly screamed and turned the steering wheel in a panic, causing the


    car to ram onto the guardrail on the opposite.


    Because of the car''s impable shockproofing system, the airbag at the driver''s seat deployed in time,


    causing the chauffeur to suffer only minor injuries.


    Meanwhile, at the back, as neither Katherine nor Theodore had put their seatbelts on, they hurled


    forward, mming themselves against the front seats due to the momentum from the intense collision.


    Fortunately, a Rolls-Royce car was reliable, and the two suffered no physical injuries.


    However, Theodore held his chest with a pallid face, short of breath.


    Startled, Katherine hurriedly helped the professor up.


    "I-I''m fine… I''m fine…" Theodore spoke weakly with closed eyes and a ghastly pale face.


    "Don''t say anything. Where are your meds? Do you have it with you?" Katherine reached into the


    professor''s pockets but didn''t find any of his regr medication.


    However, Theodore couldn''t speak anymore, only heaving. Worse, his face was beginning to turn


    purple, looking to be in a dire situation.


    "Sh*t!" Katherine cussed as she pulled out three of the needles she normally had on her and inserted


    them into Theodore.


    Atst, the professor''s breathing finally eased, and hisplexion was looking better.


    Relieved, Katherine turned to the chauffeur. "Who else apart from you knows that Professor Muller is


    out today? Has his whereabouts been leaked?"


    Though the chauffeur was still ovee with fear, he recollected gravely before shaking his head. "No,


    the professor decided to pick you up on a whim. No one else should''ve known about this."


    Katherine frowned and mused in response but asked no more.


    Theodore, on the other hand, turned grim, for he had a guess.


    No outsider would know of his whereabouts, but there was this one person he would never hide


    anything from.


    He recalled how Beatrice had deliberately asked him before he headed out if he was picking up


    Katherine.


    Though he didn''t want to believe his dear granddaughter could be so wicked, he had to be suspicious


    at this point.


    At that, he closed his eyes and said nothing.


    Later, the chauffeur got out to check on the vehicle to find only the front suffered some scratches


    thanks to its near indestructibility. But because the brake suddenly failed just now, the chauffeur dared


    not choose to be rash and continue driving the car, calling for a tow truck instead.


    With that, Katherine and Theodore got out of the vehicle. Since the professor was still pretty weak,


    Katherine supported him while waiting for aid on the side of the road.


    Just then, a ck Phaeton drove past them but very quickly reversed and rolled a window down,


    revealing a familiar face.


    "Miss Cornell, Professor Muller?"


    Ben was initially somewhat stumped when he saw Katherine, but he nearly cussed out loud when he


    finally realized who the elderly next to her was.


    Katherine knows Professor Muller?! They even seem pretty close!


    "Do you need a ride?" Despite the plethora of questions running through his mind, he didn''t know which


    one to ask first. As he looked at Katherine, he thought something might be off with the world.


    Though already having overestimated the young woman, it still never urred to him that she would


    have connections with an academic and legend in medicine.


    It was currently the end of June. As it neared July, the temperature outside was at a staggering


    hundred-plus degrees fahrenheit.


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    Katherine wasn''t bothered by the scorching weather as neither the cold nor the heat ever bothered her.


    However, Theodore had just suffered an episode and was currently frail. His face had already begun


    nching when they had only stood outside for a short while.


    After a moment''s hesitation, Katherine led Theodore toward Ben''s car.


    At that, the young man hurriedly got out and opened the door, weing Theodore and Katherine into


    his car deferentially.


    "Where are you guys heading?" Ben asked intentionally, causing Katherine to nce at him with a


    quirked brow. At the thought of his closeness with Joaquin, she bet this big mouth would tell the whole


    world about his encounterter.


    It''s going to be a problem if people know who I am. Should I maybe poison him so that he can never


    speak again, or should I just turn him into a retard with one needle to keep this secret…


    Suddenly, Ben felt an eerie chilling from behind him, and he looked into the rearview mirror only to


    find Katherine''s gaze at him was one of inexplicable malice, very much simr to when Joaquin wanted


    to kill.


    At that, he tucked his neck and dared not ask any more questions but only kept his eyes on the road.


    There was barely anyone in Hovington who didn''t know the location of Theodore''s research institute, so


    Ben found the entrance pretty easily, dropping the two off safely.


    After Katherine helped Theodore out of the car, she turned to Ben, zipping her mouth and slicing her


    hand across her neck to serve as a threat before assisting the professor into the institution.


    F*cking hell! Ben felt as though he had just died right then. This woman''s animosity is even f*cking


    stronger than Joaquin''s! Just how many people has she killed to be able to bear such intense hostility?!


    While the man was shuddering, Joaquin''s call came, frightening him into hanging up on thetter by


    ident.


    It was only after he hung up on the call that he realized what he had done.


    He, the great Ben Carlson, barely made any mistakes his entire life, but lo and behold, he made all


    sorts of them on this day of all days.


    At that, he returned Joaquin''s call with trembling hands. The second the call connected, Joaquin''s


    vitriolic voice traveled from the other end of the line. "What? Is Mr. Carlson enjoying thepany of a


    woman so much that he''s unwilling to get up and answer my call, hmm?"