Chapter 563


    “Ethan, what’s on your mind?” J looked at her gloomy husband questioningly.


    Ethan was sitting quietly on the sofa with furrowed brows and a deep-set frown.


    “Anything wrong?” J pursed her lips worriedly.


    “Nothing. It’s just work. I rushed here straight from work when I heard you were in the hospital,” Ethan


    answered perfunctorily.


    “You should go back then. I’ll be fine here.” J smiled.


    Just then, the door to the ward swung open.


    “J! Are you feeling better?” Garrett strode in with several bags of tonics. Seeing so many people in


    the ward, he stopped in his tracks and said sorry.


    Bearing gifts, he walked over to Ethan on the sofa.


    Garrett’s sharp eyes picked up on Ethan’s gloominess instantly. He lowered his voice and asked,


    “What’s wrong?”


    He nced at J, who was in bed, and then looked back at Ethan. “J’s fine. What’s with the


    long face?”


    Ethan didn’t answer. His cold eyes swept across the people in the ward. In a low voice, he said to


    Garret, “Let’s talk outside.”


    As he spoke, he stood up and headed for the door. Once outside, he took out his phone and called


    Frank.


    “You haven’t contacted me in months. I thought you’ve forgotten all about me.” Frank’s tone was t


    and blunt. Perhaps he was still angry that Garrett and Ethan hadn’t called him since they moved to


    Barnes.


    “I’ll ask my assistant to book you a flight. I need you toe to Barnes right away.” Without saying


    anything more, he hung up before Frank could respond.


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    Overhearing Ethan’s conversation just now, Garrett realized the gravity of the situation. “Is J sick?”


    “No.” Ethan shook his head. His eyes were as dark and cloudy as the night sky. “The murderer from


    twenty years ago has resurfaced.”


    After saying that, he went back to the ward and gave some instructions to the attending medical staff.


    “Please draw some of her blood and save it for testing.”


    Everyone looked at Ethan in confusion.


    J also frowned and asked, “Why? What’s wrong?”


    Ethan didn’t go into any details. He simply walked over to her bedside and stroked her hair gently.


    “There’s something I just want to check.”


    *******


    Franknded in Barnes around midnight, and Ethan came to pick him up personally.


    “What’s up? You sounded really serious on the phone earlier,” Frank asked.


    Ethan handed J’s blood sample to him and said, “Check if there’s anything suspicious. I can get


    you any test equipment you need.”


    Frank took the blood sample, confused, but didn’t ask more questions.


    A few dayster, Frank called Ethan with the results. His voice sounded surprised. “Whose blood did


    you give me? There are trace amounts of poison in it. Whoever owns this blood was poisoned.”


    When Ethan received Frank’s phone call, he was at home with J. When he heard what Frank had


    to say, his expression hardened.


    “Wait,” he said to Frank in a low voice.


    Ever since J was discharged from the hospital, she had been given a short holiday so that she


    could properly recuperate at home.


    J didn’t think there was anything seriously wrong with her. Still, she was d to have some time off


    to keep Ethanpany.


    “Stay put in bed, honey,” Ethan said to J gently. “I’ll be right back.” After tucking her in, Ethan stood


    up and left the room, making sure to close the door behind him. He went downstairs and continued his


    conversation with Frank on the phone.


    “What kind of poison are we talking about?”