Henry's body stiffened, clearly Stanley was right.
It was true that he had not thought of his parents.
After learning of Ivy's death, he rushed here and saw her corpse. At that moment, his mind completely collapsed, and then he sat on the ground next to Ivy's corpse, his whole body sinking into deep pain and despair.
After all, Ivy was the only person he had ever loved for more than ten years, and once Ivy died, he was the one who could least accept it.
So at that time, his subconscious thought was to simply accompany Ivy, so that perhaps down there, they could actually be together.
Yet from the time he had that idea, he hadn't really thought about what would happen to his parents afterwards.
Seeing Henry's pale face, Stanley's fists clenched, he crouched down and hammered a fist into Henry's face.
Henry grunted as he was hammered and subconsciously held his head in his hands.
Stanley withdrew his fist and said in an icy sneer, "You really think so, your parents raised you so well, but you want to be a martyr, you're really ungrateful!"
Henry's body trembled and he did not speak.
For he had nothing to say and no way to refute it.
He was indeed an ungrateful son.
Stanley looked at Henry who had tears sliding down from the corners of his eyes, stood up and added, "I don't understand, why do you love Ivy so much, so much that you're even willing to accompany her to her death. She's done so many bad things, shouldn't you be disgusted with her? Why would you like her and not change for more than ten years?"
Henry raised his arm, shielding it from his eyes, the corners of his mouth curled up bitterly, his voice hoarse as he replied, "I don't know, feelings are just so strange, I just like her."
Stanley frowned, "What kind of answer is that?"
Henry closed his eyes and didn't speak anymore.
Stanley didn't bother anymore, he took the handkerchief and elegantly wiped his hand, "I've already told you everything that needs to be said, if you still want to accompany Ivy to her death, go ahead, I will never stop you, and I won't care your parents in the future, so take care of yourself."
When he finished, he dropped the handkerchief directly on Henry, put his hands in his trouser pockets, and turned to head for the lift.
Fraser did not follow him, but pointed at the two guards and pointed at Henry, meaning that the two guards should keep an eye on Henry and not let him really do something stupid before turning around to chase after Stanley.
He knew that although Mr. Murphy said that he would not stop Dr. Baxter from dying, in his heart he must not want Dr. Baxter to really die, otherwise, he would not have made this special trip and mentioned Dr. Baxter's parents to lecture Dr. Baxter.
So in the end, Mr. Murphy cared about Henry.
When he arrived outside the hospital gate, Stanley suddenly stopped in his tracks and then, under Fraser's confusion, took out his mobile phone and dialed a number out.
Soon Fraser knew he had called Henry's parents and told them about Ivy's death and Henry's despondency.
When Henry's parents heard this, they almost fainted from anger.
They were also aware of how Ivy was like, so they had always disapproved of Henry's liking for Ivy, especially a few months before, when Henry and Ivy were dating, which was unanimously opposed by them, and Henry even had a big falling out with them over Ivy.
But in the end they compromised and let Henry date with Ivy, because they could see that Ivy did not like Henry at all, and that being with Henry was just a use, and that she would definitely dump him later.
They thought that by that time, when Henry had suffered, he would see Ivy for what she really was, and that was why they finally let them be together.
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