The light in Christina's bedroom was bright, and it was even a little dazzling. It was strange becauseit was dark all around the house.

It was at midnight, and she still turned on all the lights.

Nanny Faang knocked on the door and walked in with a bowl of herb soup with sedative effectes inher hand. The doctor asked Christina to take it regularly.

Christina turned around and suddenly shouted angrily, "I'm not sick!"

Nanny Faang was shocked. She felt that Christina was in a particularly irritable mood tonight, butshe didn't think too much. Instead, she put the herb soup on the table and said gently, "This kind ofchinese medicine can be taken even if you are sick. It helps you sleep..."

"Young Master Hopkins seems to be busy tonight. He's not going home. Go to bed early.”

Nanny Faang finished her sentence quickly and walked away quietly. She went out and closed thedoor. Suddenly, the sound of a bowl being broken came from the room.

Nanny Faang stood outside the door and frowned. Every night, two maids were on duty outside themaster bedroom. The maids looked panicked. Ever since the doctor prescribed medicine for theiryoung madam, they, as servants, were often worried about any unexpected accidents.

"Nanny Faang, young madam has been really abnormal recently. She refuses to drink the herb soupand must turn on all the lights at night..."

Nanny Faang scolded the maid angrily, "Stop saying this."

"Okay." The maid bowed her head

Christina was anxious under the bright light. She couldn't sleep. Her confused thoughts wereintertwined in her mind, and she was restless.

Patrick seemed to be busy tonight. He was a busy man, and they really had little time to sit downand talk.

She had a lot of things to say to him, but these things could not be explained in a single phone call.Her mind was in a mess and was about to explode. She didn't know how to start their conversation."Young madam, where are you going?"

The two maids outside the door were rattled. Looking at Christina, who had changed into a newoutfit, they knew that she was going out in the middle of the night.

"I'm going to the hospital to see Charles's brother.”

Christina rummaged through her handbag for the car keys and said quickly, "If anyone here asksabout me, you can say that the Shepherd family needs me to come over. I was a witness at thattime. I should go over to explain clearly and provide help..."

"But, but...” The maid hesitated and felt that it was inappropriate. "Young madam, it's already 2: 00in the morning. Why don't you ask the driver to send you there at dawn..."

Christina looked at them with a serious look. "Do you want to disturb Senior Mr. Hopkins's rest atmidnight for such a small matter!" She clutched the car keys in her right hand.

"No, no.” The maids were frightened by her imposing manner and immediately lowered their heads"Call me if something is wrong. Don't worry. I'm not gonna turn my phone off."

After saying this, Christina quickly walked downstairs in her high heels. Even the man on dutydownstairs who wanted to contact her driver was rejected by her. She drove faster by herself.

The congested road during the day seemed empty and cold at midnight. Christina drove very fast asif she was venting the depression in her heart.

She really couldn't sleep. The bedroom was very comfortable but she couldn't feel cozy there.

Her uneasy heart seemed to have nowhere to rest. She was very upset, so she simply went to thehospital and waited for Peter to wake up. Maybe after Peter woke up, she could know something.The people from the Shepherd family were surprised to see her.

"How is Peter now? When will he wake up?”

Christina looked anxious. She was driving an open-top sports car. The night wind messed up herhair, and she didn't seem to care about these personal etiquette.

"He has accepted a detailed examination. He is fine, but he is malnourished. The doctor said hewould wake up in 24 hours..."

As Mrs. Shepherd spoke, she looked at Christina and asked, "Did you come here alone?"

Yes:

Mrs. Shepherd frowned. "But it's 2: 00 in the morning...” It was strange that a woman rushed to thehospital in such a hurry as if she could not wait for a moment. "Christina, go back to rest first.Thanks for your concern for Peter.”

Christina found an empty seat and sat down. She looked calm. "I'm not sleepy. I'll wait with you."She spoke without hesitation, but Mrs. Shepherd and Mr. Shepherd looked at each other and bothfelt that it was inappropriate. Christina and their eldest son were not close. How could this be... Andshe was the granddaughter-in-law of Hopkins family.

Mrs. Shepherd looked at Christina who sat in the hospital chair and felt that it was a little awkward."Christina, you don't have to wait here. I will ask my husband to take you home..."

"I can't fall asleep at home.” Christina did not look up and mumbled.

Mrs. Shepherd looked at her doubtfully, not sure if she had misheard Christina's words.

Peter's younger brother came over, and the young man did not have so many polite scruples."Mom, she wants to stay here. Why do you want to chase her away?"

Mrs. Shepherd glared at him angrily.

He looked at Christina, sat directly next to her, and asked, "I heard that Charles was driving andPeter rushed out by himself. You sat in the passenger seat. Did you see how Peter looked at thattime? Did he say anything..."

Christina looked up and told him in a calm and honest voice, "Peter looked very flustered as if hehad been frightened by something. I saw him looking back from time to time, as if he had beenchased by something. He suddenly rushed out of the road and Charles quickly turned the steeringwheel. At first, we didn't know that he was Peter. His hair, face, and clothes were dirty and messy.The car didn't hit him. He fell in front of the car and fainted. He didn't say anything..."

"It seems that Peter really has an accident.” He was angry. "Who hurts Peter? We will not spare him."Christina looked at him calmly. "Remember to let me know when you replace that person.”

He was surprised. He didn't expect her to say that.

He didn't mind much and smiled. "Don't worry. If Peter wakes up, we will spend our entire effort toreplace that person .”

He gave her a cup of hot coffee. He felt that she was neither pretentious nor weak. No wonderCharles often regarded her as his homie.

"Charles just received a call from Patrick. I didn't hear their conversation clearly. I don't know whathappened.” He regarded Christina as his own friend. "It seemed that even Chandler rushed over... Itprobably has something to do with Peter.”

Christina took a sip of the hot coffee and grunted.

The quiet night passed, and the sun shone in through the window. Christina's face looked a littlepale in the sun.

At eight o'clock in the morning, several attending doctors came to check on the ward.

The people from the Shepherd family were talking to the doctors in the ward, and Christina waslistening.

"Although the patient's life is not in danger, he is very weak and severely dehydrated. Don't wakehim up now. Try to let him sleep more and repair his brain cells naturally..."

The attending doctor in white gown turned to Mr. Shepherd and pulled up the patient's sleeve, "Inaddition, there are many damages caused by needle in the blood vessels of both his hands. Wesuspect that he was continuously injected with something some time ago.”

Mrs. Shepherd looked at Peter's fair arms, which were full of damages, and her eyes were red.Peter's face was pale and haggard, and his body was thin and malnourished. It was obvious that hehad suffered a lot a while ago.

Peter's brother shouted angrily, "If I replace out that person, I will let him suffer!”

Christina on the other hand, was relatively calm. She looked at Peter on the bed seriously. Peter layflat and breathed weakly, his brows furrowed, as if he was preoccupied even in a dream. He couldn'tsleep soundly.

They were asked out of the ward, and the doctor told them not to casually enter the ward to disturbthe patient, so Christina had no chance to ask Peter questions.

She still stayed in the hospital. The hospital was busy during the day. Doctors, patients, nurses, andpatients came and went. She and the people of Shepherd family sat outside the ward, waiting...

It was sunset again.

The day passed quickly and peacefully. The people from Shepherd family did not understand whyChristina stayed here, but they did not chase her away.

During this period, Nanny Faang called Christina and confirmed that Christina was staying in thehospital and did not run around. She did not dare to order Christina to go back. She just asked Mrs.Shepherd to answer the phone and politely requested her to take care of Christina. The Hopkinsfamily had always attached great importance to rules and etiquette. But Mrs. Shepherd could feelthat the Hopkins family seemed to have an invisible supervision over Christina.

Peter's younger brother had spent the whole day with Christina. He joked with her, "Patrick is afraidthat you will get lost?"

Christina thought for a moment and told him seriously, "He asks me to take a children’s wristwatchwith me." There was a positioning system.

He laughed when he heard this.

There were four boys in the Shepherd family, and his mother had complained about not having adaughter for many years. Today, he learned that it would be interesting to have a girl in the family."Are you sleepy?" Christina looked very tired.

But she held on. "No."

He didn't know how to get along with women, so he didn't persuade her to go back to rest. Hestood up and saw that it was getting late. "Let's go out to the restaurant for dinner.”

There were doctors and nurses watching over here. They also hired some people to guard the wardjust in case. They had been waiting outside the ward for almost a day and a night, and they didn'teat well.

"There's a restaurant near the hospital..."

Mr. Shepherd and Mrs. Shepherd also agreed to go out for a walk. It was really tiring to stay in thehospital all day and night.

But Christina shook her head. "I'm not going. Buy me a loaf of bread..."

The people from the Shepherd family also knew her stubborn temper. They were a littleembarrassed and did not understand why she was so persistent. Peter's younger brother eventhought in his heart that all girls were so stubborn.

The people of the Shepherd family walked out of the hospital to get some air. Christina leanedagainst her seat and closed her eyes to rest. After about five minutes, she opened her eyes.

At dinner time, there was no one in the hospital corridor.

There were two bodyguards standing outside the ward. They also knew that Christina wouldn't hurtPeter and were not on guard against her.

Christina took the opportunity to slip into the ward. "Peter!" She called out to the person on thebed. The name was unfamiliar to her because she had not even spoken to him.

But she really didn't want to wait. She had been waiting here all day and night.

"Peter, wake up!"

"Was Derek staying with you these days?"

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