Mond watched Andrew lying on the ground in front of him and decided not to help him. He asked himself, 'He fell down in front of me; does that mean that I've at last defeated him? Or is he just apologizing to me for all of the things that he did in the past?'
At that moment, Cherry had also come downstairs. She saw Andrew lying on the ground at the door, and then glanced at Mond, who was quietly standing beside Andrew with his eyes focused on him.
Cherry was immediately shocked at the sight of that scene. She then quickly ran to Andrew and loudly shouted, "Grandpa! Grandpa!"
She squatted down beside Andrew and shook his shoulders with her hands, but no matter how hard she tried to wake him up, he still couldn't snap out of it.
Cherry was more anxious than a cat on hot bricks. She then looked up at Mond, and shouted, "What have you done?"
She then looked again at Andrew and tried again to wake him up.
"I've done nothing to him. Actually, I haven't even stepped inside your house, " calmly replied Mond. It was true that he hadn't entered the Chu Family's home, because he was still standing at the door.
At that same time, Jackson had already returned to the residential compound and had gotten out of his car. Before he arrived at the house, he caught sight of Mond standing in the door from a distance, and as he walked even closer, he also saw that Andrew was lying on the ground, and Cherry trying to hold him up.
He then immediately started to quicken his pace and rushed to them.
When he arrived at the door, he furiously pushed Mond aside, and squatted down beside Andrew. He then pulled him into his arms, shaking Cherry's hands away.
"Grandpa! Grandpa! What happened to you?" hastily asked Jackson, as he kept shaking Andrew's body, trying to wake him.
Cherry was both astonished and terrified when she saw that Jackson had come back. She slowly called his name out, but she didn't know how she would explain what had happened to him.
Jackson then stared at her with resentful eyes, and furiously asked, "I didn't punish you for meeting him without my permission, and now you even bring him in our home! Don't you know that it's overwhelming for Grandpa to even see him?"
Jackson's loud voice and stern tone almost scared Cherry to death. She had never seen Jackson so berserk, and she knew that he was in an incredible fit of rage now.
"Jackson, it's not what you think! Please, just listen to me!" explained Cherry, while clutching Jackson's arm with her hand.
But Jackson didn't want to hear a word out of her, and immediately shook her hand off of his. He shouted, "Don't touch me! Get out of here, now!"
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