Chapter 683 Sharp-tongued but Tender-hearted


    After making the call, Max headed back to the ward. He saw from outside the window that his mother


    was sitting by the hospital bed, tucking her father in.


    Her face clearly registered concern and anguish. She did not look like her usually fierce self at all.


    Max didn’t go in immediately but stood by the window for a while. His lips quietly curved into a tiny


    smile.


    “This is the way with Mom.”


    “She’s sharp-tongued but soft-hearted. Sheins about Dad a lot. She talks about how she


    distastes him and how annoying he is.”


    “But when something happens to him, Mom will be the one who worries most.”


    “Maybe this is what true love is.”


    As he contemted, he couldn’t help but think of Kristina.


    Others might not have noticed anything.


    But just now, he observed that the look in Kristina’s eyes was quite special when she saw his father.


    Associating this with that photo of Kristina hidden in his father’s book, Max guessed his father also


    feared that his mother would find out about this woman.


    “What''s going on between them? Why does it seem that Mom utterly dislikes Kristina?


    “And what feelings does Kristina have for Dad?”


    Max felt he could try to ask his mother about this.


    Therefore, he pushed the door open and walked. Smiling, he said, “Mom, I’ve talked to Kevin. He’ll


    Christine nodded.


    She had two sons. But her two sons had opposite dispositions and ways of doing things.


    Kevin was mature and steady, while Max was free and erratic. Thus, she knew she had nothing to


    worry about now that Kevin was handling the business.


    With that thought in mind, Christine looked up at Max.


    “You’re no help here. Go back to your business. I’ll call you when your father is up.”


    But Max didn’t leave. Instead, he fetched a stool and sat down beside his mother.


    “Mom, you’re being a bit cold. You didn’t want me to go when Dad was in surgery. Now Dad is fine and


    your backbone is back, you can’t wait to get me out of your hair. But I won’t budge.”


    Christine had learned how glib-tongued Max was since he was a child.


    Now Chad was out of danger, she was also in the mood for jokes.


    She turned around to look at him with a faint smile, then teased, “Well, why are you never so clingy to


    me when your wife is around? Who did you learn this two-faced strategy from?”


    Max instantly stiffened.


    But the next moment, he spotted the w in her words.


    With eyes gleaming, he asked in surprise, “Mom, you finally admitted that Laura is my wife, didn’t you?”


    Christine’s face turned stern.


    She made that remark without giving it too much thinking.


    She didn’t mean to acknowledge Laura as her son-inw.


    After all, she hadn’tpletely gotten over her bias against people in the entertainment circle that she


    formed because of Kristina. Plus, she really couldn’t bear Laura’s unbending character.


    For these reasons, she still hoped Max and Laura would end the marriage if they could.


    Max was very erratic. She felt that he needed a sweeter and more sensible woman to be with him.


    Only that kind of woman could take care of him and keep himpany for a lifetime.


    But seeing Max’s bright, expectant eyes, somehow, Christine could not bring herself to disappoint him,


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    so the word “no” got stuck in her throat.


    Atst, he snorted heavily and threw Max a hard look.


    “You wish! I didn’t say that.”


    Though that was what she imed, her cocky expression showed it was not a deny, but an indirect


    acknowledgment.


    Max sniggered.


    But he didn’t try to press Christine into admitting it. Instead, he picked up an orange from the table.


    While peeling the orange, he asked, “Mom, there’s something I want to ask you.”


    Christine hadn’t talked with Max in such a quiet environment for a long time. Before the ident, Max


    was often not at home. But when he was, he always upset her so much that she didn’t want to speak to


    him at all.


    Thus, though the mother and son spent quite a lot of time together, they seldom had a chance to sit


    down and talk.


    Today, because of the ident, they could have a deep-going talk. Christine also cherished this


    chance very much.


    She grunted “Um”, then asked, “What do you want to ask?”


    Max inquired with curiosity, “It’s about that woman named Kristina. You’ve known her since a long time


    ago? Who is she? Why do I feel that there is a weird vibe between you two?”


    Christine’s face turned stern.


    She never knew Max would want to know about this.


    In truth, she didn’t want the younger generation to know more about the older generation when it came


    to rtionships.


    But since Max was asking about this, Christine didn’t want to lie.


    Thus, she told Max that Kristina was adopted and raised by her family, who then met Chad because of


    her.


    But on the night she was marrying Chad, Kristina got drunk on purpose, walked into the wrong room,


    and had sex with Chad.


    Max was a grown-up after all. He had already been married.


    So Christine didn’t shun the topic of sex in front of him.


    Max was astounded by the story.


    He had guessed that Kristina had some kind of entanglement with his parents.


    But he never knew the truth could be so brutal.


    For a moment, he couldn’t speak. Christine tilted her head toward him and said ndly, “You don’t


    have to feel bad. You have nothing to do with what happened among the older generation.”


    Max gave a wry smile.


    “It would be great if that was the case. But if you really thought so, you wouldn’t have gotten mad


    because Laura didn’t tell you she knew Kristina? It’s obvious that you still care.”


    Christine froze in ce.


    A whileter, she snorted with unease.


    “Laura is different. I can’t treat her like I treat you.”


    Hearing that, Max knew his mother’s bias was deeply rooted and couldn’t be lifted easily.


    Hence, he didn’t continue with the subject. Chad then woke up at six o’clock in the afternoon. Kevin


    also came. After they talked for a while, Max left the ward.


    The cause of the car crash didn’t surface until the next day at noon.


    The people Kevin sent out fetched the surveince footage at the site of the ident.


    ording to the footage, the truck barged onto the highway from a side road and crashed into Chad’s


    car as if it was out of control.


    The driver of the truck died in a huge collision. Therefore, they couldn’t question the driver.


    But the footage showed that before the truck smashed into Chad’s car, the driver in the truck already


    seemed woozy.


    Kevin immediately requested an autopsy and sent his men to investigate the truck driver’s recent


    associates and bank ount statement.


    The investigation went smoothly. The bank and the police station were both very cooperative.


    Thus, three dayster, all the files of the investigation were delivered to Kevin.


    But Kevin didn’t read the files on his own. He brought the files to the hospital to study them together


    with Chad.