That person was the illegitimate child of Second Uncle outside of the family.
Second Aunt couldn't have children, and with her family's background and power, her husband secretly had a child outside of the marriage.
"Aunt, if I can avoid going back to that family, I will. Grandfather likes him, and it has nothing to do with me."
"Ethan , Aunt knows that you have built your own empire outside of the family in recent years, but the family's assets are not small. Can you watch as the family is taken over by him alone?"
"Of course not."
Ethan sneered.
"Don't worry, Aunt. Although I am not in the family, at least half of that family belongs to me. I won't hand over what belongs to me to those villains. The Blackwood family will eventually be in my hands, it's just a matter of time."
Seeing that Ethan had no intention of giving up, Lena finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"You can think like this. My efforts over the years have not been in vain."
"Well, you can go back first. I'll stay here."
"Okay, if there's anything, remember to contact me."
After Lena gave some instructions on the treatment of Julian's chickenpox, she left the hospital.
After she left, Ethan waited alone outside the wound cleaning room.
The cut on Avery's forehead from the bed frame was five centimeters long. During the stitching, because it was on her head, the doctor didn't dare to use too much anesthesia. She was awakened by the pain during the stitching.
The Medical staff quickly comforted her, "Hang in there, just a few more stitches to go."
Although not a three-year-old child, Avery gritted her teeth and endured the pain. After the needle was sewn, she felt like she had lost half of her life. "Miss Wells, the wound has been treated. It's best not to wash your hair for the next half of the month to avoid infection," said the doctor as he opened the door of the dressing room and escorted her out.
She lowered her head and walked out, while gently touching the edge of the stitches with her hand. She was thinking about what happened before she passed out. It was Ethan, the jerk who kept a terrible snake in the basement. She remembered the snake repeatedly pouncing at her, and the last time it pounced, she was so scared that she fainted. The wound on her forehead was probably caused by something when she fell.
No, that's not the point. The point is, why did he bring her to the basement and scare her with a snake? Avery couldn't figure it out. Did she do something wrong? After thinking about it, she was very sure that she had never done anything wrong to him, whether it was today, yesterday, or the past ten days she lived in his house.
So why did he behave so abnormally? Or was he just a terrifying person with a strange temper? Thinking of this, Avery felt a chill down her spine, and she had to go back to that house and live with that demon-like man at night.
Just as she walked out of the dressing room, she heard the doctor's courteous words behind her. "Third Master, the wound has been treated. You can take Miss Wells back now."
"What...what? Third Master?"
Avery suddenly raised her head and met the man's deep gaze. A hint of fear flashed across her fair face.
She subconsciously took two steps back, wanting to distance herself from him. But the man did not give her a chance to hide. Soon, his slender arm reached out towards her and grabbed her shoulder.
"Don't..." She blurted out with lingering fear. The next moment, she heard the man's gentle voice, "You must have been scared. I'm sorry. I originally wanted to introduce Ash to you, but I didn't expect you to be afraid."
Ethan had not yet realized that he was angry and jealous. He felt that she had done something wrong to ask other men for money instead of him, and he was unhappy. That feeling was uncontrollable, so he had someone bring her back home, to the basement, and wanted to scare her with Ash. He thought that after she was scared, he would ask her why she needed money urgently and why she didn't ask him for help beforehand.
But he didn't expect to hurt her so badly.
He felt guilty, but he never showed his guilt on his face. He had never been able to do so since he was very young.
Being able to say "I'm sorry" to Avery was already an exception.
Avery was originally afraid of him because of the incident with the basement's poisonous snake. But she did not expect that the man who usually looked cold and aloof would say "I'm sorry" to her. She looked at him in surprise and her mouth said uncontrollably, "I'm...I'm fine."
"That's good. Be good. You lost a lot of blood this time. You must go back and take good care of yourself," Ethan raised his hand and gently placed it on the girl's head.
"By the way, Auntie came by earlier and wanted to give you a bank card. After all, you are my wife, so I refused it for you."
His narrow phoenix eyes stared at Avery's eyes, wanting to hear her speak to him. As long as she spoke, he would give her not only 500,000 but also 50 million.
But he didn't hear what he wanted to hear. Lu Shiqian just said "oh" and didn't say anything else. The warmth in his eyes gradually disappeared, and he resumed his usual indifferent look. "Since the surgery is done, go home now and rest well."
"What about Julian? I want to go see him." Since they were already in the hospital, how could she not go see him before leaving?
However, Ethan gave her a cold glance. "See him tomorrow. Behave."
Hearing this, Avery had to compromise.
She dared not disobey him now. Although he had said that he wanted her to meet Ash, she didn't want to experience it a second time.
On the way back, Ethan didn't speak again. Avery on the other hand looked out the window and remained silent.
Several times she turned her head to look at the man beside her, but he was still as cold as ever, with that icy face. However, there seemed to be something more in his beautiful eyebrows.
But she didn't have the mood to care about him now.
Whey she heard Ethan refuse the 500,000 dollars from his aunt to help her Grandma , her heart sank like it had fallen into an abyss.
She had finally mustered up the courage to ask her aunt, and her aunt had agreed to lend her the money, but he refused it.
Thinking about this made her angry, but she didn't dare to get angry with Ethan . She was afraid of snakes, very afraid, and afraid that he would scare her with snakes again.
Without the 500,000 dollars from her aunt, what would happen to Grandma's surgery?
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Hospital ward, ninth floor VIP level.
"Mr. Wells, you can't leave the hospital now. The cast cannot be removed yet..."
"I want to leave the hospital, so call the doctor to remove it for me."
After ten minutes, the man who insisted on having the nurse remove his cast sneaked past Julian's ward.