Chapter 265: Chapter 265: What’s Going On with Brother Shane?
Two days later.
The morning light was just appearing, and the air was refreshingly cool.
The faint smell of disinfectant filled the hospital room, not very pleasant.
Ann Vaughn slowly opened her eyes, staring at the white ceiling above her for a long time, her vision still a bit blurry.
"Doctor, my mommy is awake!" A small, childish voice came to her ears, and then Ann Vaughn vaguely felt a doctor taking her temperature and measuring her heartbeat.
Not long after, voices of a conversation came from beside the bed.
"The patient is no longer in critical condition. As long as she rests well for a while, she will recover and be discharged."
"Thank you, doctor, I’ll see you out."
After a sound of footsteps, Ann Vaughn slightly turned her head, meeting a pair of red rabbit eyes, looking quite pitiful.
Kenny pouted his small lips, stretched out his chubby hands to hug Ann Vaughn’s neck, "Mommy, you’ve been sleeping for so long, Kenny was so worried!"
"Did I sleep for a long time?" Ann Vaughn felt that her wounds didn’t hurt much anymore, but due to being wrapped in bandages, they seemed quite serious.
Kenny helped her sit up, then poured a glass of warm water and handed it to her to moisten her lips, gesturing with two fingers, "Mommy slept for two days, Kenny thought that..."
The little bun spoke, with tears welling up in his big eyes, almost falling out.
Naturally not a crybaby, Kenny must have secretly shed quite a few tears these past two days because of her.
Thinking of this, Ann Vaughn felt a bit guilty and reached out to hug his little fragrant body, softly saying, "Mommy is fine, sorry for making you worry, baby."
"Mommy is not sorry to Kenny."
Sadness passed through Kenny’s eyes, this time he had almost lost his mommy, also proving that he was not strong enough yet, unable to protect mommy’s safety.
Even Uncle Jennings had to put in a lot of effort to find mommy’s location, but that man managed to find her much earlier.
Reluctantly, Kenny felt a bit of admiration in his heart.
Though just a little!
The hospital room door opened, and Sutton Jennings walked in carrying a Celestial Pavilion meal box from outside, seeing Ann Vaughn was awake, a smile appeared in his peach blossom eyes.
"You’re awake. Is there any discomfort in your body?" Sutton Jennings walked over and propped up the table, then took out the food from the meal box one by one.
He glanced at the little bun cuddling up to Ann Vaughn, laughing softly.
The little devil who almost scared that group of fierce guys to death, probably only showed this expression in front of Ann Vaughn.
Ann Vaughn wasn’t aware of their eye exchange, until Sutton Jennings brought the food to her mouth, she paused for a moment.
"No, no need, Brother Shane, my hands are much better now, I can do it myself." Ann Vaughn repeatedly refused, her eyes a bit embarrassed.
What’s with Brother Shane?
She wasn’t a little child, she had long passed the age needing to be fed.
Sutton Jennings’ expression did not change, handing her the spoon, smiling, "When I took you to the hospital that day, you were covered in blood, your hands, and feet were the most severely injured, I was still worried..."
So that’s how it was.
Ann Vaughn inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief, "I’m already fine, Sherry probably used a lot of medicine on me."
The fleeting ease in her eyes didn’t escape Sutton Jennings, whose peach blossom eyes showed a hint of disappointment.
Sitting nearby, Kenny couldn’t help but sway his little head, looking like a precocious child.
Ann Vaughn picked up the spoon and stirred the porridge in front of her, a tempting aroma wafted, stimulating her appetite.
She hadn’t eaten for two days, she was already starving.
Considering her body was not suitable for absorbing spicy food now, Sutton Jennings prepared quite a few light dishes in the meal box for her, but they were still delicious.
After eating and drinking enough, Ann Vaughn’s muddled mind cleared up a lot, remembering the kidnapping, her eyes dimmed.
"Mommy, let me show you a funny video!" Kenny noticed what Ann Vaughn was thinking, climbed off the bed to bring the computer, placed it on the table for Ann Vaughn to see.
"What is this?" Ann Vaughn silently pulled her thoughts back, turning her gaze to the screen.
The scene in the video was slightly shaking, judging by the setup and arrangement, it should be in an auction hall on a cruise.
Kenny directly skipped to the main point, enlarging the item on the auction stage.
At the same time, the auctioneer’s voice was heard: "A mysterious ancient prescription that can resurrect the dead, starting price, half a million, each increase must not be less than 100,000!"
Cough cough!
Ann Vaughn almost choked on her own saliva, pointing at the specially aged, antiquated leather book above and asked, "This wouldn’t be the prescription I wrote for those guys that day, would it?"
Beside her, Sutton Jennings slightly nodded, "Initially, we wanted to snatch those prescriptions back from those people, but Kenny believed you wouldn’t give them the real prescription, so we just had people monitor it."
Hearing this, Ann Vaughn couldn’t help but lower her head and kiss Kenny’s soft little cheek, "My baby is amazing."
Kenny’s exquisitely crafted little face immediately turned rosy, his beautiful eyes glistening at Ann Vaughn, radiating an indescribable pride.
At that moment, the video content was already showing the "ancient prescription" being bought by someone from J Country for 99 million.
This was originally a mutually beneficial good deal.
But unfortunately, this person had some knowledge of Chinese medicine, having read related Chinese medicine works.
After examining the ancient prescription, he immediately slammed the leather book on the table, cursing at the attendant.
"Using these few pretentious fake recipes to deceive, do you think The Onyx Syndicate is easy to bully?!"
The scene turned chaotic, as the man who claimed to be from The Onyx Syndicate had his bodyguards rushing forward, engaging in a brawl with the auction hall security.
"This person has quite an eye." Ann Vaughn watched the video, her eyes curved as she spoke.
The "ancient prescriptions" she wrote for those kidnappers, besides content from the "Compendium of Materia Medica," included content from nearly ten other medical books.
But combined, they were all just grandiose nonsense, highly misleading.
She just hadn’t expected those people to be so greedy, wanting to exchange this "ancient prescription" for such immense profit.
"The Onyx Syndicate is known for holding grudges, once they’ve set their sights on someone, if they don’t die they’ll be skinned." Sutton Jennings said slowly, "Saves us the trouble of finding them one by one."
After he and Kenny met those kidnappers and the mastermind behind them, those people disappeared.
This disappearance wasn’t in the literal sense, but their identities and any traces they left in the world vanished, disappearing without a trace.
As if those people had never existed on this earth.
"Who is going to so much trouble to deal with me?" Ann Vaughn asked in confusion.
"The mastermind is the head of a pharmaceutical company on the brink of bankruptcy, probably driven by greed over rumored stories, hoping to use this to make a comeback."