Conan thinks more than Claire. Claire is just enraged by Juan’s deception and betrayal, but as a half outsider, Conan can feel that Juan’s love for Claire has reached the point of possessiveness.
Juan did those things for love.
Conan smiles helplessly. Apart from feeling that Juan is unlucky, he can’t do anything.
Anyway, Juan made a mistake last time. Even if Conan feels guilty now, he doesn’t regret his decision at that time.
Because if he didn’t hurt Juan, the victims would be Claire and Leo. In that case, Conan will be not only guilty.
Conan stays up all night thinking about these things.
...
When they get to the hospital, Claire sees Conan’s black eyes and asks anxiously, “Conan, have you stayed up late playing with your computer again?”
Conan shakes his head and thinks of his dream last night. He wants to explain but he restrains.
It’s not fair for Juan if Conan doesn’t say it, but Juan and Claire can’t be together. They’d better break up because of it.
“You are so cute.” Claire looks at Conan and thinks he’s cute, so she teases.
“Mommy, I’m a national treasure!” Conan rubs his eyes and makes a face.
Luke smiles and says, “I think you’re both cute. By the way, has Kate ever been here?”
Claire doesn’t know what happened last night. When Luke mentions it, she covers her mouth and says with a smile, “Luke, you react quickly. You are a perfect match. Neither of you takes the initiative. As a man, you should do something, right?”
Luke is not a timid person, but Kate is different from the others. If it is another girl, Luke will have got her.
Luke says with a wry smile, “there are some troubles, but Conan helps me solve them halfway. I’ll tell you more later.”
Conan nods and says, “OK, but when Kate was drinking last night, she admitted that she liked you. Don’t let her down.”
Luke doesn’t retort this time, but smiles softly, “don’t worry.”
After they finish, they look at Leo and sigh together.
Claire walks slowly to the hospital bed and says sadly, “the doctor said the other day that although his condition did not get worse, there was no sign of improvement.”
Leo can’t eat because he is in a coma and now he’s full of tubes. Some of them are nutritious liquid and some are medicine.
“It’s really painful that you look like this...” Claire lowers her head and looks at Leo’s thin face carefully.
Conan goes over and takes Claire’s hand and says, “Mommy, don’t worry. Daddy will surely wake up.”
Claire also clenches Conan’s hand. They stand in front of Leo’s bed in silence.
Luke is moved when he sees this scene. Suddenly, there is a sound of footsteps outside the ward. Luke’s heart tightens because he is familiar with the footsteps.
It’s Kate!
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The readers' comments on the novel: Genius Son Sells his Mom to Dad
The storyline could have been better -- organization and cohesion of episodes could stand improvement, ending could have been more definitive resolving the many conflicts between the protagonists. Of course, the despicable treatment of Leo towards Claire initially, e.g., selling her off in an auction and giving her to the madam of the club as princess is inhuman and a violation to the wife's rights and honor. I was wondering why she did not leave after these maltreatments. Oh, well, the conclusion [if the narrative ends in Chapter 488] is quite disappointing and anti-climactic. Thank you just the same....
The end of the story is wanting, considering how the episodes build up to conflict after conflict and concluding in yet another conflict. But then c'est la vie! Thank you....