Chapter 731


    Biting her bottom lip, ine shed tears when listening to him. She retorted in a low voice, “But... But


    these kinds of things are not for reasoning. Didn’t you cry when Grandpa Bancroft left?”


    “No, I didn’t.”


    ine looked at him in disbelief with her tearful eyes. Probably, she had never expected that he was so


    cold-hearted.


    Darnell looked down to check his watch. “The jet willnd in half an hour. If you want to cry, you can do


    it now. But you must know tears are the most useless things in this world. Crying can’t resolve any


    problems.”


    ine choked. She didn’t cry out. Turning around, she trotted into the bedroom, locked from the inside,


    lay prone on the bed, and cried sadly.


    Half an hourter, the jetnded in the private airport on time.


    On the way to the hospital, ine leaned against the car window with reddish eyes, sobbing from time


    to time.


    A lot of reporters were gathering at the door of the hospital. They heard about Hilbert’s sickness from


    nowhere, so they waited at the door for thetest news.


    Outside and inside the hospital, members of the James family with different intentions came and go.


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    The ck car was parked at the side door of the hospital, where several vehicles had been parked.


    None of them wanted to be interrupted by the reporters.


    ine got down the car and rushed to the hospital. After she rushed a few steps, she heard a man’s


    voice behind.


    “Stop.”


    ine looked back and said between sobs, “What...”


    Seeing Darnell walk towards her, she subconsciously stepped back.


    Darnell said, “Stand still. Don’t move.”


    ine immediately stood there motionlessly.


    Darnell took off his suit jacket and put it on her shoulders. Then he walked forward.


    ine was taken aback, looking down at herself. It wasn’t until then did she realize that she was still


    wearing pajamas.


    She wrapped herself with the jacket, followed Darnell, and strode in.


    A lot of people were gathered outside the ward.


    When Darnell appeared, the tense atmosphere became even tenser.


    Seeing ine behind him, they had different expressions.


    Right then, Franklin walked out of the ward.


    ine walked to him, ready to be hit. “Dad...”


    However, Franklin didn’t blow up on her. He said, “Go ahead to meet your great-grandfather for thest


    time.”


    ine’s tears that were just held back now started to drop again. She hurriedly walked into the ward.


    In the war, Hilbert was lying on the bed as if he were sleeping.


    ine squatted down and couldn’t help sobbing. “Great-grandpa...”


    Hilbert opened his eyes a bit. His lips parted. “ine.”


    ine couldn’t catch her breath while weeping. “Great-grandpa, it’s my bad. I shouldn’t have sneaked


    to City N secretly. I’ll be obedient in the future. Please don’t go...”


    Hilbert looked delighted. In difficulty, he raised his hand and patted her head. He wheezed difficultly,


    “Good... you are back...”


    The next second, she heard the long beep from the electrocardiograph nearby.


    “Great-grandpa!”


    ...


    The sunshine was radiant at noon. It fell through the French Window, heating up the room.


    Ste was awake because of the heat of the sunshine.


    She sat up on the bed, turning her neck. She felt sore all over her body, as well as a migraine from


    drinking wine.


    The pain is killing her.


    She pulled out her cell phone and checked the time. It was five minutes to twelve.


    rence was seen nowhere.


    Ste lifted the quilt. When she was about to get up, the bedroom door was open. rence came in.


    She rubbed her eyes. “It’s sote now. Why didn’t you wake me...”


    rence interrupted her, “Get ready. We’ll go to Riverside City this afternoon.”


    Ste was taken aback, looking over at him. “Didn’t you say we would go there this weekend?”


    rence walked to her. “The n is changed. Hilbert James passed away. We can’t wait until the


    weekend.”


    “When did it happen?”


    “This morning.”


    “ine...”


    “Last night, Darnell picked her up. When Hilbert passed away, she was with him.”


    Ste heaved a sigh slightly. Fortunately, ine had rushed back in time. Otherwise, it would be the


    biggest regret in her life.


    While getting off the bed, she said, “Let’s hurry up...”


    Stepping on the floor, Ste’s legs were weakened. She almost lost her bnce.


    rence reached out to help her up.


    Ste turned to re at him, the culprit!


    rence looked away and made an excuse. “This is a sudden incident beyond control. You can’t


    me me for that.”


    Ste said crossly, “Have some mercy on poor me, okay?”


    Entering the bathroom, Ste took a hot shower and tidied herself up. Finally, she felt the soreness and


    tiredness fade away from her body.


    She didn’t know how long she would stay in Riverside City this time. Back to the apartment, she


    packed up and put a few clothes into the suitcase.


    After that, it was still early, so Ste went to the studio.


    rence also needed to deal with something in Steward Group. He woulde to pick her up after he


    had done it.


    The studio.


    Seeing Ste, Sherry put down her work and followed her to the office. “Ste, good you’vee. Can


    you get in touch with ine? I went to see her this morning, but no one was there. I called her, but she


    didn’t answer. Has anything happened?”


    Ste nodded. “Yes. Her grandfather passed away. She went back to Riverside Cityst night.”


    Sherry didn’t expect to hear such an answer. She was taken aback and then sighed in silence.


    Ste added, “rence and I will also fly to Riverside Cityter this afternoon. I don’t know when we


    wille back.”


    Sherry said, “Please go ahead. Leave everything here to me. No worries.”


    Ste pressed her draft book into her bag. After a few seconds of silence, she continued, “Sherry, I


    have something to tell you.”


    “Yes?”


    Ste looked at her. “It’s about Daniel. rence has sent someone to look into his matter. It’s not like


    what you’ve seen. Although I don’t know what the rtionship between him and that woman is, I’m


    sure she has controlled Daniel.”


    Upon hearing it, Sherry waved her hand and said with a weak smile, “I know you want tofort me.


    He’s so tall and strong. That woman is almost the same height as us. How could it be possible...”


    “They found syringes inside the house, in which the ingredients of knock-out drugs were found.


    Besides...” Ste paused a few seconds before she continued, “Daniel has been injured and not


    recovered yet. It’s easy for a woman to control him under such a circumstance.”


    Sherry still couldn’t believe it. “But, when I saw himst time, he looked pretty well. I couldn’t tell he was


    injured at all.”


    Ste pulled out her phone and tabbed to open the photo of the ckmail, showing it to Sherry.


    She added, “Since Daniel escaped from Lyndon Steward’s ce, it has only been less than half a


    month. His wounds couldn’t be recovered so soon.”