Since Noah was born with poor health, he had to take nutrient injections almost every so often.
Therefore, when he got sick at the Conrads' Mansion, Dolores didn't suspect anything when the doctor
gave him the dose of nutrient injection.
After the child recovered from the cold, there were no abnormalities with his body too.
Furthermore, the Conrad family's intention of taking the child back was obvious. And the doctor was
one of Dempsey's men, so Dolores didn't even expect that he would hurt the child.
Clarence's expression became gloomier after hanging up the phone. He looked at his subordinate
aside and coldly instructed, "Bring the doctor from Conrad family to me."
The subordinate left in response.
Half an hour later, the doctor was brought forward to Clarence.
However, he was obviously dumbfounded about the child's illness and the nutrient injection.
The doctor said, "The child was sick at that time, and his body was too weak. I've consulted Master
Conrad, and he agreed to give the nutrient injection, that's why I..."
"What kind of prescriptions were dispensed?"
The doctor named out a few names of the medicine.
These were all the same medications dispensed to Noah when he used to have nutrient injections.
Clarence pressed his lips tightly and didn't say a word.
Maybe the problem wasn't with the nutrient injection?
The doctor thought for a while, and said again, "By the way, after I arrived at the Conrads' Mansion that
day, a servant came to me, told me that Mrs. Conrad was not feeling well, and asked me to go have a
look."
Clarence's eyes instantly turned cold, "Joanna?"
"Yes. Mrs. Conrad was having a small cold, it was not serious. After I left her place, I went straight to
the backyard."
Clarence looked up at the doctor. The latter paused and subconsciously looked away.
Clarence withdrew his gaze, strode forward, and ordered, "Go to the Conrad family."
Seeing that he got in the black car and left, only then did the doctor let out a sigh of relief.
He really didn't know anything. However, someone told him to say that before he came. Otherwise, his
whole family would be in danger.
The doctor walked to the side of the road. As he was about to cross the road, a small car sped towards
him, crashed into him, then slammed on the guardrail.
The doctor and the driver both died on the spot.
…
At the Conrad family.
After Clarence got off the car, he went straight to Joanna's room.
Justin rushed over after hearing the news but was stopped outside, not knowing what had happened.
The things in Joanna's room had not been touched for a long time. Everything was covered in a thin
layer of dust.
Clarence searched through every place he could find, throwing everything to the ground.
The room was thrown into a mess in an instant.
He found Joanna's jewellery box in a drawer. Under the cover of a pile of jewellery, there was a small
glass bottle with a label of "Riverside Pharmaceutical Factory" printed on it.
Clarence's expression became slightly colder. He clutched the glass bottle in his palms, slowly
tightening his grip.
Justin vaguely frowned when he heard the commotion coming from inside Joanna's room. After
Clarence came out, he asked, "Clare, what happened?"
"I'm looking for something."
Justin looked at the room behind Clarence, paused for a few seconds, then said, "You..."
Clarence said, "I still have something to attend to. I'll leave first."
After saying that, he left with big steps.
The men who were blocking Justin outside the door also followed behind him and went downstairs.
The huge mansion fell into silence again.
Justin operated the wheelchair and went into Joanna's room.
Joanna's stuff was scattered on the floor lifelessly.
Justin bent down and picked up the photo frame on the floor. He swept off the glass scraps on it, stared
at it, and fell into deep thought.
After a while, he put the photo frame on his lap, went out of the bedroom, and went to Dempsey's
room.
The lights in the room were dim and gloomy, surrounded by a lifeless aura, without sunlight shining into
the room.
Justin flipped the light switch on the wall, moved in front of the bed, and looked at the man who could
only move his eyes, "Clare came just now."
Dempsey moved his eyes as if he was trying to say something. However, the most he could do was
move his eyelids.
Justin pulled up his blanket and said lightly, "Don't worry. He won't do anything to you since you've
already become like this. The day that you are worried about also won't arrive too."
There was no sound in the room.
Justin said again, "Actually, I always wondered why you insisted on bringing Clarence back after I got
into an accident. Why are you so sure that I will become devastated? Therefore, during that period, I've
tried to adjust my mentality. I told myself, I've lost two legs, but at least I'm still alive, so it was no big
deal."
"After that, I finally realized. What you cared about was only the reputation of the Conrad family. I'm an
embarrassment to you and became a person who needs to spend his entire life sitting in a wheelchair,
so how can I be a successor of the Conrad family?"
"I know that I shouldn't blame you. You just made the most correct and beneficial choice in your place.
I've never hated Clarence too because I know that he didn't have a choice when he came here."
"But everything that you did, your control and scruples over him. It wasn't just me; I think most of them
also didn't know the real reason behind it."
Hearing that, Dempsey's eyes suddenly trembled and widened involuntarily.
Justin twitched the corner of his lips feebly and said with a faint smile, "After I know about the reason
behind it, I find out that everything was actually so absurd and ridiculous."
…
After Clarence got back to the hospital, he passed the medicine bottles to the doctor. Several experts
studied together for a long time, did some research, and finally discovered a problem.
"Mr. Conrad, the nutrient medicine from this pharmaceutical factory has never appeared in the market,
which means it was never examined and approved by the medical department. There might be some
hidden risks."
Clarence said, "Is it possible that the nutrient shot is the main cause of the child's illness?"
The attending doctor nodded, “It’s very likely if he was injected with this shot. I’m sending the medicine
bottle to the laboratory for a thorough examination to find out the ingredients in it. But it may take some
time.”
Clarence replied with an "um", "I'll go over to Riverside City and see what's going on there."
"That'd be the best. If we can contact them, the process will definitely be faster than us researching
without a clear direction. However, seeing that there is a major side effect on this drug, it'd be fine if
they admit it. If they don't admit it, I reckon they probably won't be willing to cooperate..."
Clarence sneered, "Then, let's see capable they are."
Clarence left the doctor's office and went to the ward.
Noah was already awake, but he was still weak and listless. Even though he was holding his favourite
toy in hand, he didn't seem to be bothered in playing with it.
Stella sat beside him. She was smiling forcefully, but her eyes were still red. It had only been a night,
but she had already lost some weight.
Clarence stood outside for a few minutes, then only pushed the door and entered the ward.
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