Aiden Finnegan the Alchemist in Delcord novel Chapter 2

"Who are you?!" The overwhelming thoughts flooded Aiden's brain and caused him to wake up with a yell. He had a splitting headache when his eyes snapped open and found himself lying on a hospital bed!

When he looked around the ward, he saw a beautiful woman sitting next to him. Her face was lit up with joy at his wakefulness!

"Thank God! You've finally woken up! You scared me half to death! The doctor said that it was just abrasions, but you didn't wake up. I thought you were going to die!" The woman patted her chest in relief.

The sudden jolt made Aiden dizzy!

Aiden checked the time in a panic. It was too late to be admiring the beautiful woman. It was already 11.30AM!

"Oh no! I'm going to be late!"

"Where's my painting?" Aiden jumped up from the hospital bed and frantically looked around.

When the woman saw Aiden jumping up, she was startled and hurriedly said, "I destroyed your painting when I crashed into you. I happened to have another one in my car. You can take it as a replacement!"

"Thank you!" Aiden took the painting and ran out of the ward without even glancing at it!

"Hey! Let me have your number!" The woman shouted hastily behind Aiden. "I'm Gina Harper!"

But his only response to Gina was a closing door.

Aiden, who was running on the road in a panic, suddenly froze in his tracks. He looked at his hands and felt his heartbeat.

There was a red mark in the middle of Aiden's palm, exactly the same shape and size as the jade pendant he had.

Aiden burst into tears…

That was because he could feel a steady stream of internal force flowing throughout his body, and his destroyed martial arts foundation was repaired!

Suddenly, he found himself practically swimming in the vast amount of medical knowledge that surged in his mind…

The bursting internal force in his body…

It meant that the wild dream he had earlier was true!

It is real! Everything is true! Aiden cried out excitedly in his mind!

What happened was real, and it wasn't just a dream!

"God, you've finally heard my prayers!" Aiden looked up and cried to the sky. His tears streamed down his face.

"That man is crazy!"

"He probably is! He suddenly stopped running and burst into tears!" Passersby looked at Aiden's disheveled appearance and commented.

They even laughed at him, but Aiden didn't care. Instead, he felt as though he was on cloud nine. Those disparaging remarks only made him more anchored to reality, and he told himself that this was definitely not a dream!

"Then, why did the Finnegan Family decide to force me into a corner and eliminate me? Who was the one who trapped me in that hell?!"

Aiden muttered to himself, "Since God gave me another chance, I need to find out the truth. I couldn't call myself a man if I didn't avenge myself! That network that I painstakingly built didn't even search for me! Still, considering how I'm going in utterly blind, I should remain a useless son-in-law!"

Aiden had made up his mind to secretly investigate the events that year, but now his foundation of martial arts had been restored, and those medical skills that were bestowed upon him… Finally, he had the capital to pick a bone with the Finnegan Family! Anyone who had wronged him before was about to face his wrath!

Now he could really face Angelina!

That way, she could see for herself if Ronald really chose a useless husband for her!

Aiden looked at the time and hastily hailed a cab before rushing toward the hotel.

He sat in the car in excitement after he got a new lease on life. Then, just when he thought he would spend his whole life slaving away, God gave him another chance!

"Now, the most important thing was to hide my identity!"

"Aiden, what are you holding in your hands? Is it a gift for grandma?" Kevin looked at Aiden in disdain. "You didn't buy it from a random stall outside, did you?"

"I did!" Aiden replied honestly.

When the other family members heard it, they all burst into laughter. Angelina's face flushed red in embarrassment. She honestly didn't expect Aiden to embarrass her as soon as he arrived at the hotel!

Regardless, Angelina didn't respond. In fact, she never regarded Aiden as a family member anyway. So, as long as the fire didn't reach her, she wouldn't speak up for him.

"A good-for-nothing will always be a good-for-nothing, even at a family event. He even prepared a bogus gift for grandma. I don't know what grandpa saw in you that time!" Kevin said with a mocking smile on his face.

"I'll show you mine! This painting cost me 60,000!" Kevin said proudly as he presented the painting in his hands. "Hurry up and throw yours away so you won't be embarrassed!"

Aiden didn't respond but just glanced at Angelina. He reminded himself that she told him not to speak, so he chose to remain silent!

"Kevin, I think that's enough! You don't have to show off how rich you are in front of us!" Angelina said lightly.

Aiden looked at Angelina in shock. This was the first time she had spoken up for him in the last three years since he joined the family!

"You…" Angelina's face flushed further when Kevin said those harsh words. Since her grandfather died, her status in the family fell instantly to the lowest of low, and naturally, her financial situation wasn't as good as Kevin's.

Aiden's words were like a bomb. Everyone in the Gray Family instantly looked at him in shock!

Aiden had dared to argue against Kevin!

He had even implied to everyone else that Kevin's painting was fake!