Upon hearing Madeline’s answer, Fabian felt like he was dreaming.
How was that possible?
Jeremy and Madeline were not opposed to it?
Upon seeing the dazed Fabian, disbelief on his face, Shirley, as a bystander, also spoke up.
“Actually, even an outsider like me can see clearly that you really care about Lily, Mr. Johnson. With you taking care of her, I think any parent would be at ease.“
Upon hearing Shirley’s words, Fabian felt a little embarrassed.
“You should continue chatting, I ‘ll head back to the room first. I have to work out an antidote as soon as possible so that the rashes on Lily’s body disappear soon.“
Shirley said and turned the wheelchair.
Madeline glanced at Jeremy before following Shirley, “I’ll take you back to the room.“
Shirley wanted to refuse, but she figured that maybe Madeline had something to tell her, so she did not refuse.
After returning to the room, Shirley went straight to the desk.
Madeline saw the data that Shirley had studied in the past few days on the desk, and it could be seen that she was truly serious about developing an antidote.
“I’m sorry,“ Shirley apologized suddenly, “I really didn’t expect Carter to do this to Lily.“
“You don’t have to apologize to me. It was all Carter, and it has nothing to do with you, “ Madeline said calmly.
“How can it have nothing to do with me? I developed the test reagents. I was the one who developed all those harmful things. For example, the poison in Jeremy’s body and the anti-toxoid test reagent that was injected into your body back then.“
Shirley lowered her eyes guiltily.
“My parents and my younger brother used their talents to save people, but I have been harming people. But all of them left the world before me, and I, the evildoer, is still struggling on whilst at death’s door…“
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