Chapter 80 – Disdained Son-in-Law, Destined Riches

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Joe frowned and said, “See? I told you, if you move around again, you can say goodbye to your leg. Even if you go to the hospital now, it’s impossible to treat it. Besides, you’re losing too much blood, you’ll die in hypovolemic shock before the ambulance comes. So, the treatment or die, choose now!”

Clutching her leg, Loreen knew the man wasn’t bluffing as she saw blood leaking in between her fingers. But her mind was struggling when she thought about taking off her pants in front of a strange man.

In the face of life and death, Loreen hesitated for a while and finally compromised to reality.

She didn’t want to die, let alone become disabled.

Loreen looked up at the masked man, her face was turning into an embarrassing shade of red, her heart was pounding violently, her whole body wiggled awkwardly.

Finally, she said faintly, “Okay, thank you.”

Joe nodded at her compliance. He squatted down, grabbed her pants with both hands, and tore it forcefully.

Loreen lowered her head and looked the other way, she sucked in a deep breath, her face was hot to touch, her heart almost escaped the rib cage due to the violent thumping.

Joe was as calm as the lake. Seeing that the stab wound was on her left leg, he put his index and middle fingers together, aimed at the acupoints, and pressed on it hard.

A hint of Reiki transferred from his fingers into the injury.

Joe focused his gaze at the wound and nowhere else.

He was as fast as the bullet. After a few acupoints, the blood in the wound gradually stopped.

According to the medical techniques illustrated in the Apocalyptic Book, he could easily heal Loreen’s injuries and reconnected her veins and tissues, he could even close the wound right there and then, but he didn’t want to overwhelm her.

He simply used his fingers as the acupuncture needles to stop her bleeding and healed her severed veins and muscles. She only needed to go to the hospital for superficial wounds and be discharged.

Loreen’s heart was thumping nervously as the masked man worked on her injury. Surprisingly, after he tapped his fingers on her leg, the pain was reduced and the blood stopped, which made her extremely shocked.

She didn’t expect that Chinese medicine, which her family thought was useless and futile, was more effective and efficient than Western medicine!

“Okay, all done,” Joe said flatly and stood up without a second glance. “Try to stand up and see.”

As suggested, Loreen tried to stand up and was genuinely surprised as her legs had stopped bleeding.

She lifted her blushing face and said timidly, “Since you don’t want to tell me your name, can you at least give me a chance to repay your favor?”

“No thanks,” Joe said firmly. He didn’t want to reveal himself.

“But you saved me. If I can’t even properly thank you, I’ll owe you the favor forever,” Loreen said stubbornly. She took off a necklace from her neck and said, “This necklace was a gift from my grandpa at my coming-of-age party. You saved my life, I want to give it to you.”

In her palm was a platinum chain with a crystal clear pink diamond inlaid on the pendant.

Joe wanted to refuse the gift but he felt a light Reiki radiating on the pink diamond, so he changed his mind and accepted it.

Then, he took off his jacket, tied it around her waist, and said, “I’m sorry for tearing off your pants just now. I’ve called the nearest hospital using your phone, the ambulance will arrive in a few minutes’ time. You’re safe now. I have something else to do, excuse me.”

Then, Joe turned and disappeared into the dense bushes without looking back.

“Hey, wait…” Loreen shouted but the man disappeared in her sight.

At the moment, she heard the ambulance’s siren ringing outside the park.

She looked down at the jacket wrapping her waist and then at the direction in which the masked man disappeared, feeling lost and confused.

Suddenly, she felt that the man looked very familiar when he turned around and left.

She dug through her memory, trying to impose the image, and suddenly remembered that the figure looked exactly like the chairman!

“Is he the chairman of Emgrand Group?” Loreen’s heart skipped a beat.

But she didn’t get his name, nor did she see the man’s look, how could she know that her guess was correct?

Right at this moment, Loreen found a gray-white pebble at the spot where the man had just squatted, the pebble with the words “peace and wealth” on it.

Who did this pebble belong to? Did it belong to the masked man? Did he drop the pebble by accident?

Loreen clutched the pebble tightly as if she was holding a precious diamond.

If she never saw him again, this stone would be the only thing he had left her.

The ambulance took Loreen to the hospital. After a series of diagnoses, the doctor was genuinely surprised to find that her injuries were not serious, without knowing Joe had attended to her wound previously.

Judging from the stab wound on her leg, it would either rupture her hamstring or worse, damage her muscles and blood veins.

However, other than the superficial wound, the veins and tendons inside were intact as if they were reconnected and much firmer than before.

The doctor said, “Your wound will heal after a few days of rest. By the way, this is very incredible. Did you do something to the wound?”

Loreen was thinking about the mysterious masked man, but she said, “No, I didn’t do anything.”

The doctor exclaimed, “It’s a miracle!” Then, he continued, “Oh yes, I’ve notified the police, they will come soon. You can tell them about the attack.”

Loreen nodded gently.

The police came pretty soon. They took the case very seriously since the fight occurred in the downtown area that involved weapons and the injured victim was the top executive of Emgrand Group.

Among the police officers who came, someone knew the Wilson family and that Loreen was their guest, so he notified the Wilson family about it.

Meanwhile, at the Wilson family villa, the family members were discussing what they should do.

Harold told them about Loreen’s incident, but he didn’t say that the incident had happened because of him. Lady Wilson thought that this was a great chance for her family to act. They must find a way to get to Loreen and save her from the demise. At the same time, they should help Harold create a heroic scene into it so that he could tackle Loreen’s heart.

When they heard that Loreen was in the hospital, Lady Wilson was utterly disappointed. “It would be great if only Harold was there for the damsel in distress!”

Then, she urged them, “Hurry, let’s go to the hospital to check her out!”

Harold was treading on thin ice, he could only bite the bullet and go to the hospital with his family.

On the way to the hospital, Harold had drafted a series of speeches on his own, but he didn’t know if Loreen would believe him.

Upon arriving at the hospital and seeing Loreen, Harold put on a surprised look on his face and said earnestly as he approached her, “Loreen, are you alright? I’m about to call my dad and bring a team to save you!”

“Save me?” A hint of irony flashed across Loreen’s cold face. “You almost killed me!”

Harold frantically explained, “Loreen, please don’t get me wrong. I was trying to distract them. After all, they were after me, not you, I thought they wouldn’t harm you.”

Loreen snorted in annoyance. She turned her head away from him and was reluctant to converse with him anymore. She had already seen the man inside out, she only wanted to stay as far away from him as possible.

Since Loreen had stopped chiding him, Harold assumed that she bought his statement, so he eyed Loreen carefully and saw a man’s jacket was wrapped around her waist. He frowned and asked, “Loreen, where are your pants? What did they do to you?”

Loreen sighed in irritation, she didn’t want to talk to him at all. “It’s none of your business!”

Alerted, Lady Wilson glanced at Loreen and saw the male jacket on her. She walked forward and asked, “Loreen, you can tell me anything. Did they do something to you?”

Loreen said in an emotionless face, “They stabbed me. Fortunately, a young man who passed by the scene saved me. He helped me treat my stab wound, and because my pants were torn, he gave me his jacket to cover myself. Why? Is there a problem?”

“A young man?” Lady Wilson was taken aback.

A young man saved Loreen? Oh no, it’s not good! If Loreen fell for the young man, her precious grandson Harold would lose his chance!

Harold asked in an envious tone, “How did he treat you? Did he take off your pants and treat you?”

Loreen sneered sarcastically. “Again, it’s none of your business!”

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