Chapter 686
Once the butler left, the servants were left leaderless. They stared at Heather, who was lying on the
couch, looking resigned as they were at a loss of what to do. Worried about Heather’s condition, they
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stared at each other. What’s taking the ambnce so long?
They nced up the second floor, but the butler had already disappeared. Although Heather seldom
showed herself in the Langston Residence, the servants deemed her an important person because she
was the granddaughter whom Robert cared for the most after all.
Robert was already in such a terrible condition, so the servants were worried that if something
happened to Heather, Robert might vent his anger on them. As such, the servants were distressed
about their circumstances. Robert’s temperament was rather unstabletely. Therefore, anything that
had to do with Heather would make him blow up instantly.
Meanwhile, the butler was already by Robert’s side. After the conversation with Heather, Robert
couldn’t fall asleep at all right now. He looked at the butler arduously and wanted to say something, but
his throat hurt so much that he couldn’t speak up.
“Old Master Langston, please take some rest,” the butler advised. The ambnce would arrive soon,
and in Robert’s current state, he could be very sensitive to the sound of the siren.
Blinking, Robert just couldn’t fall asleep. His energy was already depleted in the conversation with
Heather just now. With that, he could only lie down weakly, yet he wasn’t able to doze off.
“Old Master Langston, is something bothering you?” The butler could tell that Robert was in a bad
mood, and he reckoned that thetter was irritated from the talk with Heather earlier.
“Where’s Heather?” Robert asked in difficulty. His lips were dry and peeling, as if the water in his body
waspletely drawn out.
“Miss Heather went back to her room.” The butler told the lie naturally. Robert had always trusted him,
so he didn’t suspect a thing.
After that, Robert seemed to be slightly relieved. The butler knew Robert was worried about Heather
and thought if he should talk to Robert about her.
“Old Master, Miss Heather is much more mature now. Please don’t worry about her.” The butler put in a
good word for Heather since Robert would only be at peace if Heather was fine.
However, Robert shook his head. “I will always be worried about her.” At this time, Robert’s throat hurt
intensely with every word he spoke. He wished to continue talking with the butler, but his body just
wasn’t able to let him continue.
The butler didn’t want Robert to be tortured like this, so he said, “Old Master, please take a nap. Who
knows, you might feel better after waking up.” The butler smiled while he said that. Oh, how I wish
Robert would recover. If Robert really passed away one day, the butler wouldn’t know what he should
do either. He could retire at this age, but he would feel empty in his heart.
The butler had devoted his entire life to the Langston Family. He never had the idea of leaving the
family someday because he believed that he would breathe hisst breath in the Langston Residence.
However, that seemed to be impossible now. Thinking of Robert’s current situation and the other
members of the Langston Family, the butler thought it was unlikely that anyone would ask him to stay.
Perhaps Heather would, but the butler knew that once Robert was gone, Heather wouldn’t possibly
continue staying in the Langston Residence either.
The butler was feeling perplexed regarding his future. He didn’t know where else he could go in the
future if he couldn’t stay in the Langston Residence anymore. But right now, the only wish he had was
for Robert to get well quickly and survive the illness no matter how serious it was, just likest time.
“I’m afraid I won’t wake up anymore once I sleep,” Robert croaked thirstily. He was dying to have some
water, but the doctor had exhorted that he shouldn’t drink anything before his respiratory system
recovered.
“Please don’t think that way, Old Master. Everything will be fine. Please don’t worry.” The butler didn’t
know how tofort Robert seeing that even Robert was about to give up on himself. If that was the
case, how would Heather be able to handle that blow?
Robert closed his eyes and shook his head incessantly. Just then, an ear-piercing siren came forth
from the outside—the ambnce was finally here. TV shows had always depicted that ambnces
would arrive within 5 minutes, but that was nearly impossible in reality.
Needless to say, the old man was rmed by the ambnce’s siren. He snapped open his eyes
immediately with a terrifying look in his eyes. He was very disturbed by the sound of the siren, so he
asked in distress, “An ambnce?”
The butler moved forward and gently ced his hand on Robert’s chest. He could feel Robert’s
heartbeat elerating all of a sudden.
“Old Master, Mr. Zach, one of the cooks, had a heart attack. Please don’t worry about it.” This was the
best excuse the butler could think of.
Robert looked at the butler in suspicion as if he was trying to catch a trace of him lying from his
expression. However, the butler wore a calm look, which sessfully made Robert disperse his
suspicion instantly.
After that, the butler continued staying beside Robert for some time. He knew Robert was prone to
suspicion, so he had to behave as naturally as possible lest Robert would see through him.
“Get out,” Robertmanded the butler. Nowadays, he preferred to be alone and didn’t like having
someone in his room––not even the butler. In fact, he still had a lot to say to the butler, but his body
wouldn’t allow him to do that at all. Feeling vexed, Robert rather not see anyone.
Currently, Robert’s temperament was very unstable. Naturally, the butler had to obey Robert, so he
obediently walked out of thetter’s room. His little bluff earlier managed to convince Robert, so he
didn’t have the need to stay longer.
When the butler went downstairs, Heather was already being carried into the ambnce. Seeing the
ambnce disappear out of his sight, the butler couldn’t help but wonder who tagged along to the
hospital. He was restless as he couldn’t go to the hospital because he worried Robert might summon
him at any time.
As such, he could only leave Heather’s matter to the servants, who were ordinary in the usual days.
Presently, there was no one else in the Langston Family who could be in charge of the situation. In
addition, the rtionship between Heather and the other members of the Langston Family was hostile
to begin with.
In the hospital, Heather was lying on the bed with her eyes closed. The servant who had little medical
knowledge stayed beside her. It had been more than an hour since she was admitted to the hospital,
but she hadn’t regained consciousness.
In the meantime, none of the Langstons came to visit her. Truth was, the butler didn’t dare to inform
any of the Langstons as he was worried that they would be gloating instead of caring for Heather.
Besides, he was worried that they would let the cat out of the bag in front of Robert.
Just then, the butler thought of Matthias and felt like it was most appropriate to inform him about it. The
butler called Matthias without wasting more time as he didn’t want Heather to wake up surrounded by
no one she was familiar with.
Matthias was in a board meeting when he received the butler’s call. Looking at the unknown number on
his phone, he ignored it without hesitation.
Staring at the phone, the butler thought he was being too abrupt. After all, Matthias wouldn’t know of
his existence at all. At this thought, the butler decided that it was more appropriate for him to send a
message to Matthias.
A momentter, Matthias received a message from the unknown number earlier. His expression
changed immediately after he read the content. He sprang up from his seat with anxiousness stered
all over his face, while the other board members were dumbfounded by his sudden action.
Mr. Harlow, who was in the middle of his speech, mmed up immediately and looked at Matthias in
puzzlement as he thought some of his words had annoyed Matthias.