"Young lord, are you really going to let them go so easily?" the scarred man asked in confusion.
"Yes." Corbett nodded.
The scarred man frowned at his answer. 'The young lord had tried his best to keep Frank here. Why did he suddenly let him go? I don't understand...'
It was not until Frank was out of sight in the darkness that Corbett turned around and walked into the villa.
Frank held William's hand without looking back. The scorching stare behind him seemed to have followed them for quite some time.
"Well, you don't have to walk so fast." While holding on to Frank, William turned around and saw Corbett was nowhere to be seen.
"I'm afraid that he will regret his words," Frank replied, a little flustered.
"Oh no, he's already back."
"Back... Has he gone back?" Frank looked back quickly, only to see the brightly lit gate and the bodyguards standing on both sides with expressionless faces.
He really went back! Somehow, Frank felt a sense of loss.
"Let's go," said William, taking Frank into the car.
"Isn't this my father's car?" Frank asked after getting in the car.
"Yes." William nodded. "I borrowed it from uncle.
"You've met him?" Frank asked in surprise.
"Yes."
"Did he make things difficult for you?"
"Don't worry." William smiled. "No."
"Really?" Frank asked again with a look of disbelief on his face.
"Yeah." With a smile, William changed the subject. "How were you for the past two days? I'm sorry, I'm late."
"I'm fine. Don't worry," Frank replied, but Corbett's face flashed in his mind.
"Something happened at home," answered William with a frown. "I could have come here earlier but I was delayed."
"What happened? Were you harmed?" Frank asked.
William turned his head and gazed at him for a moment before speaking. "My father and I... We had a fight."
"It's too easy for you to evade the important and dwell on the trivial," Frank said seriously. "Things won't be as easy as you say, William! Tell me!"
"I was locked up by my father." William began to talk about what had happened in the past two days. "And then..."
The car drove from Maple Mountain all the way to the downtown of Tokyo. At the same time, William finished the story intermittently.
"Oh my God..." After hearing the whole story, Frank sighed and apologized. "I'm sorry, William.
"It's not your fault," said William with a smile, patting his hand. "I insisted on coming to you. What's more, at least my father won't be a hindrance to us anymore."
"William..." Frank looked at William's face on the left and was deeply touched.
"We have to see your parents first. They've been worried about you for several days." After saying that, he drove to the residence of the Liang Family.
At dawn, Frank's parents had already woken up. There had been no news from William for the whole night. They had no idea what was going on. "Master, madam." A servant's voice suddenly came from the outside. They then saw him running breathlessly. "Young master, William... They are back!"
"What did you say?! Is it true?" Elise's eyes were full of disbelief as she sat up from the sofa.
"It's true. The car is coming in soon!"
"Oh my God!" Elise screamed. With tears in her eyes, she hurriedly ran outside the door.
Felipe was also moved and walked out quickly.
As soon as they were outside, they saw that the car was parked in the yard.
William and Frank got out of the car slowly.
"Frank!" Elise ran to Frank with a smile and held him in her arms. "Are you okay?"
"It's okay. I'm fine."
"That's good." Tears were streaming down Elise's face.
"Father." Frank looked at his father who was standing not far away and called out.
"Urn." Felipe nodded. His resentment towards his son had turned into endless gratitude at the moment he returned safely.
"William, thank you." Elise wiped her tears, then turned around to thank William. "You're welcome, auntie."
"Let's go inside first," said Elise, looking at everyone.
"Let's go inside!" After saying that, Felipe turned around and walked into the room first.
When everyone had returned to the living room. Felipe sat on sofa with Elise next to him. Meanwhile, William and Frank stood side by side in the middle of the living room. It felt that they were having a negotiation.
"Father," Frank said first, "what did you want me to do in Japan?"
"Frank, you've just arrived. Get some rest first." Seeing that the two men were about to talk about this as soon as they got together, Elise quickly persuaded him.
"If he wants to talk, I'll talk with him," Felipe said in a deep voice. "Anyway, we have to talk about it sooner or later."
"Then please tell me now, Father!"
"Didn't you know why I had asked you to come back?" Felipe said seriously.
"I don't know." Frank straightened up with a tough attitude.
Nancy still had a little consciousness remaining, but she felt that the life in her belly slowly disappeared.
'I'm sorry, my child.'
Nancy stretched out her hand and touched her belly with difficulty. 'I had no choice. Your father didn't want you and even if you came to this world, you wouldn't be happy. You would just blame your mother for not protecting you well.'
"Nancy..." Elise looked at the blood on the ground and cried. The ambulance arrived soon and Nancy was sent to the hospital. Felipe, Elise, William, and Frank were in the hospital hallway, waiting for the doctor to perform surgery on Nancy.
The red light atop the door of the operating room made people feel more uneasy.
The hospital was very quiet. William patted Frank's shoulder, a gesture indicating him not to blame himself. His parents were so anxious they looked as if they had aged ten years overnight.
Ding!
The operation lasted for hours. It was almost four hours before the doctor came out of the operating room.
"How did the operation go?"
As soon as the doctor came out, they surrounded him and asked how the operation went.
"The mother is fine, but the child could not be saved," the doctor replied regretfully.
"Nancy..." Elise burst into tears and almost collapsed.
"Well," said Felipe, who fell heavily on the chair in the corridor, "you can leave now. Just go..."
Frank swallowed hard. He did not know how to describe his feelings at this moment. "The patient hasn't woken up. You can visit her when she wakes up but you should not tire her." The doctor nodded and turned around to leave.
Nancy was soon pushed out of the operating room. She looked so pale and lifeless, with an IV inserted in her cubital area.
They were all silent as they waited outside the ward.
Nobody uttered a word. What should they say anyway? Should they have a big fight?
Perhaps Nancy was hiding from the crowd on purpose, or she really had not woken up. The doctor still did not allow them to visit her even if it was already noon.
"I'm going to buy some food," whispered William to Frank. "Your parents haven't eaten anything in the morning. They can't hold on any longer. I'll be back soon."
"Okay." Frank nodded, looking lonely.
"Okay." William held Frank's shoulder and sighed before walking out of the hospital.
He went to the nearest convenience store and bought soup and rice. He was about to pay for them when he suddenly found his phone in his pocket. It had not been turned on for two days.
'Mary...'
William thought for a moment and borrowed a charger for his phone from the shop assistant.
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