Chapter 170 Abnormal Indicators

Christian wanted to say something, but Freya ignored him and sat back at her desk.

He had no choice but to go to the next room to change clothes. He then discovered that this was actually Freya’s dressing room. It was filled with clothes, shoes, jewelry, and bags. The quantity was so huge that it dazzled him.

But now was not the time to lament about this, he quickly changed into his suit, and it was just perfect! It fit him perfectly!

“I’m already as fat as Grant?” He was shocked, opened the door and sat back in his seat.

Freya acted as if nothing had happened. She kept turning the pen in her hand, as if she was thinking about something. After a while, she said, “Let’s stop here for today. You can go back.” Christian was more than happy to accept. He nodded and picked up the clothes he had placed aside and prepared to leave. At this time, Freya said, “Leave your clothes here with me. I’ll ask Autumn to take them to the dry cleaners tomorrow.”

“Freya, you don’t need this.” Christian said with a smile, “This is all my carelessness. How can I let you spend this money?”

“Put it down, just put it down.” Freya said in a commanding tone, “Do I need you to do this?”

“This...” Christian hesitated for a moment before nodding, “Okay, then I’ll trouble Freya and Autumn.” After closing the door of Freya’s office, Christian let out a long sigh, squatted down and pulled up the heels of his shoes. At the same time, he waved his arm and caught the tissue that he had just thrown at the foot of the wall between his fingers, and then left the company as usual.

It was not until he was two blocks away from the company that he found a place to stop and found a sealed bag to put the small ball of tissue paper.

He thought about it for a long time last night before deciding to do this. The choking and coughing were fake, and the coffee was not placed firmly on purpose, so that the coffee could splash on his clothes, so that he could take the coffee out of the company openly.

At the same time, he also considered that if it was really Freya who poisoned him, she might be careful not to take the coffee away from him. In this case, he had a second plan. When the coffee spilled on the ground, he would quickly wipe it with tissue paper and then cut off a piece of tissue paper to take away.

However, Freya completely ignored her boss’s identity and wiped the floor herself, which put Christian in a passive position. Fortunately, when Freya walked out of the desk, he crumpled a tissue that had been soaked with coffee in its palm. Fortunately, the mop was placed outside the office, which gave Christian the opportunity to hide the tissue. Taking the opportunity to get the mop, he threw the tissue at the foot of the wall.

Facts have proved that his action was correct, and it also indirectly confirmed his guess - Freya must be the one who poisoned herself, and her poison carrier was coffee, otherwise she would not be so nervous and would not allow herself to take away even a trace of coffee.

After figuring this out, Christian’s face darkened. What on earth was this woman trying to achieve by treating him like this?

When they got home, Martha Holly and both parents were downstairs. Seeing Christian coming back, Darren said with a smile, “Christian is back!”

“Hey, Dad.” Christian also called him with a smile, “The boss had something to do today, so he asked me to come back first.”

“Okay, it’s getting late, Louise and I will go back.” Darren stood up and prepared to leave. Edwin followed him to see them out. Kathryn also followed him out. When she walked past her son, her cheeks turned red for no reason, and her whole body felt like it was covered with thorns. She hurried to catch up with Louise.

Christian didn’t notice her actions. After hugging and kissing Martha and Holly, the three of them went upstairs together. Kathryn hadn’t made any tonic soup for him recently, so he had nothing to drink.

Nothing happened that night. On Wednesday afternoon, Christian finally found a chance to call Louise and told her his guess. Louise’s suggestion coincided with his idea, which was to first determine whether the problem was with the cup of coffee.

When Christian told her that he had used some methods to bring the coffee out, Louise was immediately ecstatic and told Christian all her thoughts, including that she had asked her sister for help and could take Christian for a check-up at any time.

But in a moment, her mood fell again. Darren’s sudden return interrupted her original plan. Now she could only wait for Darren and Edwin to go on a business trip before she could let her sister take her to get tested.

Christian, on the other hand, was very calm. If he could bring out coffee once, he could certainly do it a second and third time. The most important thing now was when the two fathers would leave home.

The two talked for a while longer, expressing their longing for each other, and then reluctantly hung up the phone.

The day after the two of them talked on the phone, which was Thursday, Edwin and Darren drove off on a business trip early in the morning. When they came back, they had no intention of staying long.

All of a sudden, three people breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Louise and Christian, of course, were relieved because they had to leave home so Christian could get tested. But the third person who breathed a sigh of relief was Kathryn.

Ever since her breasts began to secrete turbid fluid, she had been wanting to find time to go to the hospital for a checkup to see what was going on. However, at first, she was worried that she would run into colleagues or people she knew, which would make it difficult to explain. However, after these few days of fear when Edwin was at home, she made up her mind to put the matter of going to the hospital on the agenda. She had to get rid of the burden on her body as soon as possible to avoid similar incidents from happening again. After all, the longer the night, the more trouble she would have.

Now that Darren and Edwin were gone, Louise felt it was time to arrange for Christian to be tested, and she called him that afternoon.

Christian didn’t expect Louise to be so decisive. He felt that she held him at the top of her heart. He felt that he was being too slow. The coffee liquid had been out for two days and had not been sent for testing. So he said that he would find a testing agency to test the coffee tomorrow afternoon and try to get the results on the same day.

“Christian, don’t be impatient.” After hearing what Christian said, Louise quickly interrupted.

Christian asked curiously, “Why?”

Louise was silent for a moment, then said, “I think you shouldn’t have the coffee tested by a third-party testing agency. You should first check your body to see if anything in it exceeds the standard. Then, specifically test the coffee to see if that ingredient exists. If both tests match, then it means the coffee is causing your health problems.”

“Hmm...yes.” Christian nodded as he listened. “Indeed, if we just send the coffee for testing, we don’t know what ingredients we should check for.”

“Yes, it’s like looking for a needle in a haystack.” Louise agreed. “After all, it’s not easy to sneak the coffee out. We can’t let any of it go to waste.” After a while of communication, the two decided to go for the inspection on Friday or Saturday. After hanging up the phone, Louise immediately contacted Jocelyn and finally set the date for late Saturday night. On the one hand, it was to give Christian time to have a good rest, and on the other hand, it was time to say hello to his sister.

Without further ado, it was soon Saturday night.

After dinner was ready, everyone was busy putting the food on the table. After everyone sat down, Christian stood up attentively and served a bowl of soup to each girl before sitting down again. After dinner, Louise still stayed at Edwin’s house. Everyone chatted briefly downstairs and then returned to their respective rooms.

Soon, the house fell into silence. Louise didn’t dare to close her eyes and kept watching TV series. Originally, Martha said she wanted to sleep with her, but she said that Martha always snatched the quilt at night and made it difficult for her to sleep, so today she asked her not to sleep with her. Although Martha complained, she thought about the fact that she did have the habit of snatching the quilt, so she could only reluctantly go back to the next room and sleep in the same bed with Holly.

After quietly opening the door several times to check on the others, it was already past midnight before Louise quietly opened the door and listened to the noises outside. After making sure that everyone else was asleep, she quickly got dressed and quietly went downstairs to Christian’s room.

Christian was still awake, and the light in the room was still on. He was startled when he saw her come in, but then he asked softly, “Are you all asleep?”

“Well, let’s go!” Louise nodded and said softly. Christian also quickly got up and changed his clothes. The two turned off the lights and tiptoed to the first floor together.

They opened and locked the door like thieves, and only breathed a sigh of relief after getting into the car.

“Let’s go. I’ll contact my sister right away.” Louise wiped the sweat from her forehead and said in an order, “The sooner we get it done, the better. This way, they won’t wake up.”

“Yeah.” Christian nodded in agreement and continued, “Don’t worry, I put that in the soup. They shouldn’t wake up.”

“Well, how much did you put in?” Louise was also a little nervous. “If you put too little, it might not work, but if you put too much, I’m worried it might affect their health, especially since Martha is still trying to get pregnant!”

“Don’t worry, I’ve checked. If you take too much at once, the worst you’ll experience is drowsiness, deep sleep, and a slightly groggy head the next day. Other side effects are pretty normal,” Christian said confidently. “Besides, I only put seven or eight pills in total. With so much soup and so many people, even if there are a few more, it won’t be a big deal.”

“Well, I’m glad you’re sure.” Louise nodded, feeling relieved, and picked up her phone to call Jocelyn.

“Well, let’s go.” Louise said, “Okay, we’ll be there in about ten or fifteen minutes.” After hanging up the phone, Louise said, “Let’s go to the place where you and Martha had the check-up last time.” Christian nodded without saying anything. In the quiet winter night, the two drove silently towards the clinic.

When they arrived at the door of the clinic, the headlights of a car not far away flashed twice, and then it started up and drove slowly, as if asking Christian to follow.

Louise looked at the license plate and said, “It’s my sister’s car, follow it.”

Jocelyn drove in front and took them to a secluded corner behind the clinic and stopped. After getting out of the car, she stood beside it waiting. Louise and Christian also hurried over.

Jocelyn looked at Christian, then at her sister. It was hard to tell whether her eyes were complicated or conflicted. She seemed to want to say something, but she turned around and walked forward.

The three of them quietly entered the clinic through the back door without turning on the lights. Instead, they used the emergency light source to find the testing room they were going to. Before entering, they pulled all the light-transmitting curtains around them tightly until even the light from the street lamps outside could not get in. There was no other light in the entire clinic except the green emergency indicator light. Jocelyn fumbled to turn on the light in the testing room.

Finding the equipment for drawing blood from the cabinet, Jocelyn pointed to the stool next to her and said, “Sit down and expose your arms.” Christian sat down obediently, took off his coat, and rolled up his sleeves. Jocelyn tied a blood cuff on him, inserted a blood collection tube, and installed two or three storage tubes of different colors. She pulled off the blood cuff roughly, pulled out the needle, and pressed a cotton ball on it. She said in a cold tone, “Press it.” After that, she picked up the storage tubes, turned around and went to the other side to test.

Louise had been standing by, watching her sister’s movements. She knew she was unhappy, so she gestured to Christian to get out. Christian understood and stood up, saying, “Mom, Auntie, I’ll go sit outside. Let me know when the test is done.”

Jocelyn was indifferent to his words. Louise smiled and said, “Well, go ahead. It’s a good opportunity for me to chat with my sister.” Christian went out. Louise didn’t rush to talk to her sister. Instead, she watched her sister curiously insert the blood vessels into the instrument and watch the various data and lights flashing on the instrument. Both of them were silent in the testing room, and the silence seemed even more silent against the backdrop of the sound of the instrument.

Soon, a test form was printed out. Jocelyn picked it up and took a look, frowning slightly. Louise immediately became nervous and asked, “Sister, what’s wrong? Is there something wrong?”

Jocelyn shook her head and said, “Some indicators are a little abnormal, but they are still within the range. This is just a test. We can only have a general direction after the other results come out.” Hearing her say this, Louise felt relieved. She took the list and took a look. Indeed, some indicators were either a little bit high and almost exceeded the standard, or a little bit low and almost did not meet the standard. Although they were generally within the normal range, so many indicators were fluctuating, so there must be something wrong.

After a while, another list was printed out. Jocelyn picked it up and took a look at it again. Her brows furrowed again, and she muttered, “My liver function is also abnormal...” Louise suddenly became even more nervous. Just as she was about to ask, two more lists were printed out one after another. Jocelyn reached out and took them. This time, she gasped and exclaimed in surprise, “It’s so much above the standard!!”

“What? What?” Louise’s heart was in her throat, and she hurried over to look at the list.

After the shock wore off, Jocelyn calmed down. Seeing her sister’s concerned look, she pointed to a certain indicator and said, “This indicator is more than just exceeding the standard. Even if Christian’s body is not in good condition, this hormone shouldn’t be so high.” Louise looked at the indicator. Even though she didn’t understand medicine, she could tell at a glance that it was excessively high. It wasn’t just one, two, or even ten times the standard, it was dozens of times higher!

“This...this...” She looked at the test item and said in surprise, “Do men also have this hormone?”

“Yes, both men and women have different hormones. Men have higher levels of masculine hormones, while women have higher levels of feminine hormones,” Jocelyn explained. “However, the different hormones only make up a small portion. A case like his wouldn’t be possible through self-production unless he ingests them externally.” Louise stared at the astonishing number, stunned for a moment before slowly saying, “Sis... if it’s not blood, can this test tell if it contains specific hormones?” Jocelyn raised an eyebrow and said, “It’s not impossible. We can use a different probe, but this is a medical instrument, and I’m worried there might be problems after the test.”

“Okay... I understand...” Louise nodded, looked at Jocelyn and asked again, “Sister, if a man has such a high level of this hormone, will there be any external manifestations?” Jocelyn was stunned again, thinking for a long time before slowly saying, “Liver dysfunction, weight gain, etc., are all symptoms of this.”

“Anything else besides these?” Louise asked. From the previous sentence, she understood why Christian suddenly became as fat as dough.

“And... and...” Jocelyn muttered, a blush rising on her face. She glanced away from her sister and said softly, “The most obvious symptom is decreased libido and sexual function, and even... even no interest in women.”

“Huh?” Louise asked in surprise, “No wonder Christian hasn’t been doing well in that area lately...”

“Cough!” Jocelyn suddenly started coughing violently, one after another, with no intention of stopping, interrupting Louise’s words.

“Sister!” Louise stepped forward and patted Jocelyn’s back. “What’s wrong?”

“Cough! Cough!” Jocelyn coughed a few more times before taking a deep breath and stopping. “Nothing, nothing, I just choked when I swallowed.”

“Oh... I’m glad you’re okay.” Louise nodded and rubbed her sister’s back again.

For a moment, the two didn’t know what to say. Jocelyn didn’t seem to want to continue the previous topic, but Louise seemed not to notice the trend today and asked again: “Sister, you just said that high estrogen levels in men will reduce their sexual function? In serious cases, they will lose interest in women?” Not sure if it was caused by her sister’s question or the cough just now, Jocelyn’s cheeks became flushed again. Her pretty face tilted slightly to one side, nodded, and said “um” softly, as if answering the question, but also like just a sigh.

Chapter 171 Jocelyn Knows

“Oh... no wonder...” Louise sighed, “I was saying Christian was so powerful that Martha had to ask Holly to be her bedmate, but now it’s turned out like this.”

“Ah...ah? Ah?” Jocelyn didn’t understand what her sister meant at first, but when she realized what she meant, her lips opened wide. She originally thought that if her sister continued to talk about the same topic as before, she would not know how to end it. However, she didn’t expect that her sister not only did not continue talking, but revealed a bigger secret.

“Wait... wait a minute... Louise, let me think this over...” Jocelyn’s mind was confused for a moment. “Are you saying that girl named Holly was specially asked by Martha to keep... keep... keep him company?”

“Yes!” Louise’s tone was solemn and firm, and her eyes met her sister’s.

“W...why?” Jocelyn asked the same question as Louise when she first learned about this.

“Because Christian is strong...” Louise’s face also turned red. Although she knew that her sister knew about her and Christian, she felt embarrassed to say that Christian was strong without changing her expression.

“Um... well... I’ve heard of this. Wasn’t that the reason Martha ran away from her marriage?” Jocelyn calmed down and said, “It’s not so strong that he needs two people to satisfy him, is it?” Louise glanced at her sister with a complicated expression, thinking to herself, ‘If he’s in good shape, two? Three wouldn’t be enough...’ “This... this...” Louise hesitated, as if she had made up her mind, “Martha told me that Christian’s cock is about... well... this long... this thick...” As she spoke, she gestured with her hands. Jocelyn immediately exclaimed and covered her lips with her hands. Even though she was knowledgeable, she had never seen such a long and thick penis as her sister gestured.

“And it’s so hard... Martha also mentioned that she could hang her hands around Christian’s neck, and Christian wouldn’t need to support her. It was all because of that cock that she was supported. Once they started moving, it would last for an hour or two.” Louise spoke without restraint, and her words were straightforward and explicit.

“You... stop talking...” Jocelyn waved her hand to stop her sister from speaking. She turned her face away again, glanced at Louise, and whispered, “I... I... Louise... he is your son-in-law after all... you are too... too explicit... as if you had experienced it yourself...” Her words were actually a wake-up call to her sister, asking her to be more careful with her words. If she continued like this, she would definitely be exposed. However, her sister did not seem to realize this.

“I heard it from Martha too,” Louise added quickly. In fact, she said these words intentionally in order to test her sister’s acceptance of her and Christian’s relationship.

“...” Jocelyn fell silent again. Her sister’s words were like trying to cover up the truth.

“So...” Louise lowered her voice and continued, “Sister, you and Gretchen don’t have to be so hostile to Holly, and Gretchen shouldn’t speak so harshly to Holly. Martha and I are actually very grateful to Holly. It was she who saved Martha from the dire straits, not to mention that she is pregnant now. Maybe Kathryn is also very grateful to her.” Jocelyn remained silent, her eyes fixed on her sister.

The sound of the instrument completing the test broke Jocelyn’s daze. She was about to walk over to the instrument when she looked at her sister and said, “Louise, go check on Christian. He must be lonely out here all alone for so long.”

“Um...he’s fine. Let him wait outside and we two sisters can talk.” Louise decisively rejected her sister’s suggestion.

“No, at least go see him,” Jocelyn insisted.

Seeing her sister like this, Louise nodded, opened the door of the testing room and went out.

Seeing her sister leave, Jocelyn slowly walked towards the instrument, but her walking posture was a little awkward and her legs seemed a little weak. When she reached the instrument, she sat down on the chair, her legs were still weak and trembling, but her thighs were still tightly clamped together.

She was also a normal woman. She had not had sex for many years since her husband passed away. She had always thought that she was chaste. But just now, listening to her sister’s description of Christian’s cock, and thinking about the shameful posture she mentioned, she seemed to hear her sister’s delicate and numb moans and words outside the door that day. She felt numb in her pussy and her pussy juice was slowly secreted. At first, she didn’t feel anything when she stood still. When she wanted to walk, she found that a large amount of pussy juice had slipped out of her pussy. In order to prevent her sister from discovering her embarrassing situation, she found a random excuse to let her sister go out.

Sitting in the chair, looking at the list coming out of the instrument, Jocelyn just stared at it blankly without taking it out. The beating of her heart was like thunder and drums in her ears, making her eyes feel swollen.

‘Louise is really amazing...’ For some reason, such a thought suddenly popped up in her mind. Come to think of it, it was true. If it was really as she said, Martha and Holly would have a hard time handling Christian’s cock, but she could handle it alone. Jocelyn inexplicably admired her sister, and this admiration was even above the status of “family disgrace should not be made public.”

‘But even if that’s the case, she shouldn’t have gotten involved with him... Mother-in-law and son-in-law... It’s embarrassing just thinking about it...’ After the admiration faded, Jocelyn’s rationality returned to her mind, ‘I don’t know when they started... Could it be when we went to Losa Island? If that’s the case, then didn’t I mean well but ended up doing something bad? Louise, Louise, you’re putting me on the spot...’ “Oh...” Jocelyn sighed again and pondered for a moment, ‘But who else could have helped me in that situation? And how could we have imagined that something like that would happen at the wedding?’ Jocelyn recalled how Christian’s company employees had been noisily urging the two of them to go on a honeymoon at the wedding. She didn’t think much of it at the time, but now she felt something was particularly awkward, but she couldn’t put her finger on it. She just felt a sense of disobedience.

“Yes, Martha is the one who started it all. Ultimately, it’s all her own fault. If she hadn’t run away from the marriage, how could Louise and Christian have ended up like this? This silly girl actually took the initiative to find a bedmate for Christian. It’s simply outrageous! ... Does it really hurt that much? It hurts so much that you could even come up with such a stupid idea.” Jocelyn was thinking internally, sighing, shaking her head, and frowning from time to time.

“Sister...” Louise’s voice sounded from behind her, and she jumped out of her thoughts.

“Oh, Louise, what are you doing here?” Jocelyn forced a smile. “Did you tell Christian about this?”

“Yes, I have. I told him all the test results. Isn’t there one list that hasn’t come out yet?” Louise asked back.

“Oh, yes, look at me, I was distracted just now.” Jocelyn patted her head and reached out to pull out the last list.

“How’s the situation?” Louise also came over to look at the list.

Jocelyn glanced over the values ​​on the list and said, “It seems the main problem is estrogen imbalance. The changes in the values ​​can basically be traced back to this problem.”

“Hmm...it seems that’s the reason.” Louise agreed.

“The last time I saw Christian, he was working out, right?” Jocelyn suddenly asked.

“Yeah, what’s wrong? Could this be related?” Louise asked in surprise.

Jocelyn nodded and continued, “It’s also possible that some bodybuilders take muscle-building steroids, which may also cause this change.”

“That’s impossible!” Louise said firmly. “Christian only started working out after he realized he was gaining weight. These problems didn’t develop after he started working out. Besides, he only went for the first time last week. He’d never had these problems before, and it’s certainly impossible that he’s taking steroids.”

“Is that so...” Jocelyn looked at Louise and said, “Then ask him what he’s eaten recently and I’ll check it out.”

“Christian and I have checked this out, and there’s nothing wrong with it,” Louise said directly.

Jocelyn was speechless at her decisive statement and didn’t know how to respond.

Louise also realized that she was being too sure and continued, “Um, I just analyzed this with Christian outside.”

Jocelyn glanced at her sister again without saying anything. Louise smiled unnaturally and said, “But Christian told me about a suspect, but he’s not sure himself. He wants to test his food and drink, but he doesn’t know where to go. Sister, do you know anyone who can do this?”

“Then ask him to bring over what he suspects.” Jocelyn casually pointed to the detector on the other side, “If it’s to detect a single indicator, the machine here can also detect it.” (This is required by the plot, don’t delve into it) “Oh, so that’s it.” Louise looked at the instrument over there, nodded as if suddenly enlightened, and took out a ziplock bag from her pocket, “That’s easy, sister, please trouble yourself and test whether there is any estrogen or any ingredients that can cause estrogen disorder in this.” Taking the bag from her sister’s hand, Jocelyn looked at it and saw that there was some liquid absorbed by the tissue paper inside. Because of the cold weather, the liquid had not evaporated completely. With a slight pinch of the tissue paper, the brown-black liquid flowed out.

“You guys are well prepared...” Jocelyn sighed, not realizing that she had inadvertently put her sister and Christian together. “Let me do the test. You guys wait a moment.” After that, she used a dropper to drop some brown-black liquid onto the test paper, then put it into the instrument. After modifying some data on it, she pressed the start button, and the instrument made a sound of working.

“About ten minutes!” Jocelyn said to her sister, and for a moment, the two fell into silence again.

“Sister, what I just told you...I hope you can go back and tell Gretchen.” Louise broke the silence first.

Jocelyn was stunned and asked, “What’s going on?”

Louise looked at her and said solemnly, “Don’t have any hostility towards Holly. She’s always been misunderstood. She’s clearly a good girl, and Martha clearly agreed to it, but she insists on being labeled a mistress. I really can’t bear to see her continue to be misunderstood like this.”

Jocelyn’s pretty face flushed as she recalled what her sister had said about how huge, hard, thick, and durable Christian’s thing was, and how great a man he was in bed. Although her sister said she heard it from Martha, she knew in her heart that it was all her sister’s personal experience.

Asking Gretchen not to continue misunderstanding Holly is easy to say, and it seems like it can be done in just one or two sentences. However, if she really wants to explain, she has to explain the whole story to her daughter clearly. It is not the case that she will not misunderstand her just because she asks her not to. Inevitably, those things will appear in her mind again and again, which makes her deeply troubled.

But, my sister also said that she was obviously a good girl, and it was indeed Martha who caused the trouble. We can’t let her bear such a stigma for the rest of her life, right?

I know my daughter’s temper best. Once she has made up her mind, it is extremely difficult to change her mind. There is no other way except to tell her everything without reservation.

“Sister...” Seeing her sister staring blankly with her cheeks getting redder and redder, Louise vaguely guessed what she was thinking, so she called her again.

“Ah! Ah...Louise...Oh, you mean that? Okay, I’ll just go back and explain it to Gretchen, no problem.” Jocelyn agreed readily, raising her eyelids slightly and looking at Louise.

“Well, I feel relieved when you say that.” Louise smiled.

At this moment, the instrument started printing the test form. After printing was completed, Louise picked up the form and was shocked when she saw it.

“This...this...this...is too outrageous!” Louise stammered, and finally uttered an exclamation.

Jocelyn came closer and was shocked when she saw the number. She was most familiar with the test data she had just adjusted. If this was a test report of a certain person, then the estrogen level in this person’s body would be excessively and outrageously high. Judging from the number, with the same blood volume, this person’s estrogen level was nearly two hundred times higher than that of a normal person. Not to mention a human, even a tiger would have to think twice.

“Does this...mean that there is indeed a problem inside?” Louise asked uncertainly.

“Yes, not only that, but it’s a big problem.” The red clouds on Jocelyn’s cheeks had not completely dissipated. “Such an excess can only be caused by someone deliberately poisoning. It is absolutely impossible under normal circumstances.” ‘It seems that it was really that woman who did it...’ Louise said silently in her heart.

“Can Christian recover from this?” Louise asked nervously. Finding the source was not the goal; whether he could reverse it was the most important thing.

Jocelyn glanced at her, her eyes filled with both complexity and helplessness. She slowly said, “It’s possible, but he might need a little more time to recuperate. There’s a neutralizing agent available now, like a diabetic injection needle. You can carry it with you and inject it at any time, as long as you know the right dosage.” Louise nodded, pondered for a moment, and then asked again, “Is there a more covert method?”

“Hidden?” Jocelyn asked curiously, “How much more hidden does it need to be? And why should it be hidden? It’s not like we’re injecting addictive substances.” Louise thought for a moment and said, “This is what I think. Sister, you just said it, if someone hadn’t deliberately poisoned Christian, his indicators would never have exceeded the standard so much. What we need now is to find out who the person who poisoned him is.” She looked up at Jocelyn, her eyes full of inquiry.

Jocelyn scratched her chin and nodded. “If the goal isn’t just to restore the body, then you’re right. That thing will still make noise, and if you inject it too many times, it’s inevitable that people will see it.”

“Right! Right!” Louise chimed in immediately, as if she had found a kindred spirit. “If Christian is being deliberately targeted, his actions might be closely watched. In that case, if he were to use that syringe to inject himself, it would alert certain people, which would be detrimental to finding the real culprit.”

“Hmm...” Jocelyn nodded again, agreeing with her sister’s statement. At this point, she was more analyzing the situation from both her sister’s and the doctor’s perspectives, putting aside her sister and Christian’s relationship. “It’s not impossible... I just don’t know if Christian is willing.”

“What method? You said it’s okay. Even if he doesn’t want to, it won’t work.” Louise said anxiously. Based on her understanding of Christian, he would never object to such a thing.

Jocelyn was slightly taken aback and whispered, “You say that as if you were the mistress of his house.”

Louise blushed immediately and said shyly, “Don’t worry about the details, sister. Tell me what you’re going to do.” Jocelyn sighed softly and said, “It’s not difficult. Just make a small incision in his skin, put the mesh soaked in neutralizer in it, and then sew the incision up.”

“Will this... work?” Louise asked hesitantly, her lips curled slightly. “Will it not cause any harm to the body? Will it just grow into the flesh?” Jocelyn rolled her eyes at her and said, “It’s both concealed and effective. This is a convenient way. You don’t have to do anything, just wait for the drug in the mesh to slowly release. Besides, it’s not like you’re leaving it in there forever. Once the drug is released, it’s useless if it’s still inside the body.”

“Hmm...” Louise lowered her head and pondered. “That should be possible. Is this thing easy to do?” Jocelyn raised an eyebrow and said, “Subcutaneous implantation is simple. I know how to do it. It’s much easier than performing a cesarean section. I just need to consider the dosage.”

“Then please take more care of me, this is also for me...” Louise said cautiously, and suddenly paused here, observing her sister’s expression.

Jocelyn’s expression didn’t change. She lowered her head as if thinking about something and didn’t respond to Louise’s words.

“Sister?” Louise called her again tentatively.

“Huh? What?” Jocelyn looked at Louise as if she had been woken up. “I was just trying to figure out where to get some mesh. I didn’t hear you clearly. Please tell me again.”

Chapter 172 Solution

Louise was stunned, but found that her sister glanced down unnaturally. She immediately realized that she was just pretending not to hear, and she also had an idea in her heart.

So she said again, “I say, thank you for taking more care of this matter, sister. It’s for us...don’t you think?” Jocelyn rolled her eyes unnaturally again and smiled, “Of course, it’s because of having a child. I know Martha is very uncomfortable. Even if it doesn’t matter to her, I will definitely keep this matter in mind.” “Even if it’s for Martha?” Louise’s heart moved. This was interesting. In other words, for Martha’s sake wasn’t the most important thing?

So who is the most important thing?

Could it be...

“Haha... I knew my sister would treat me well.” Louise said with a smile when she thought of this. This time she simply removed all the words she used to cover up her mistake and see how her sister would react.

“It will probably be some time before the mesh is implanted.” Jocelyn didn’t know whether she didn’t understand what Louise meant or was deliberately ignoring it, and she continued to say what she wanted to say, “But judging from the list, I don’t think Christian’s health can be delayed any longer.” Although her sister didn’t respond to her words, her evasive attitude showed that she tacitly accepted the relationship between her and Christian, otherwise she wouldn’t have said such a thing. If she didn’t want to continue to have contact with Christian, wouldn’t it be best if Christian’s sexual ability was impaired right now?

How could he say such a thing?

Doesn’t this clearly mean to help Christian recover?

It seems that telling her that Christian’s dick is big did have its benefits. Plus, Martha ran away from her marriage because of this incident. It’s understandable that as a mother, I should help her share some of the burden for the sake of my daughter, right?

“Oh? Sister, do you have any emergency solution?” Louise understood the meaning of her sister’s words and asked anxiously.

“Yes...” Jocelyn nodded, “One is to let him take some pills orally. This is a kind of medicine that can be taken long-term to treat men’s illness. It can only provide slight relief!”

“I asked him to try this method, but from what you said, sister, there are other ways?” Louise answered without thinking.

“Hmm...” Jocelyn nodded. “There’s a newly developed injection method in the United States that’s painless and also meets the confidentiality requirements you mentioned.”

“Oh? Is this easy to get?” In addition to concealment, this question is also very important.

“It’s okay. I have some friends in the United States. I can ask them to send some to me.” Jocelyn said casually.

“Okay, then I’ll leave everything to you, sister.” Louise said with emotion. She knew that her sister had some influential people in the academic world among her connections, but she usually wouldn’t bother them. This time, for her sake, she actually used her personal connections. How could she not be moved?

“I will also get the implantable mesh ready as soon as possible. You just need to wait for news.” Jocelyn continued.

“Yes! Okay, sister, thank you for your help.” Louise said with a smile.

Jocelyn glanced at her sister again, sighed slightly, and said, “For Martha... for you... your family... I will do my best.” When she spoke, she also paused slightly after the word “you”, which was a response to Louise’s previous question, and at the same time expressed her attitude without being provocative.

Louise was deeply moved and wanted to say something, but Jocelyn waved her hand and said, “Okay, let’s stop here today. I know what happened. You all go back and wait for news.” Since her sister had said this, Louise didn’t know what to say anymore. She turned around and went out to call Christian. After saying goodbye to her sister, the two of them quickly returned home. On the way, Louise told Christian everything her sister had said.

Knowing there was something fishy about his daily coffee, Christian broke out in a cold sweat. “Why would this woman do this to me? What good does it do me?” Louise pondered, then suddenly said, “Let me see what your boss’s wife looks like. We’ve only heard she’s Holly’s mother, and we don’t know much about her.”

“How come there is her photo on my phone?” Christian said helplessly, and then said, “Let me see if there is her personal introduction on our company website.” As he said that, he took out his phone, searched for his company and opened the homepage. As a result, he searched for a long time on it, but did not find any introduction of Freya. He looked at the webpage carefully, and it was indeed the homepage of his company. However, there was no photo of Freya, not even her name. On this homepage, the CEO was clearly written as Grant, as if Freya had never existed in the company.

The two looked at each other for a long time before Louise managed to utter, “What a mysterious woman... There must be a secret behind this.”

Christian nodded silently. If he had discovered this situation before, he might have understood that Freya didn’t like to show up in public, but after knowing that she poisoned her coffee, if he still thought so, then his head could be taken off and used as a chamber pot.

“It seems we have to investigate her secretly. You are still acting normally as before, pretending that you know nothing.” Louise said.

“Oh...” Christian sighed with a bitter face, “It seems you have to drink my coffee after all!” Louise looked at him distressed and said, “For now, I can only let you suffer, so as not to alert the enemy.” Christian nodded bitterly, then shook his head with a wry smile. The feeling of knowing that the coffee was poisonous but still having to drink it with a smile was more painful than killing him.

“If you have the chance, you’d better take a picture of her so I can see what she looks like,” Louise continued.

“Ah? Why is that?” Christian was shocked. Although he knew that Louise would not make such a request out of nowhere, he couldn’t understand why she suddenly made such a request.

Louise lowered her eyes slightly, frowned, and slowly shook her head. She pointed to her temple and whispered, “I don’t know. It’s just a hunch. I always feel that this matter has some inexplicable connection with our relationship. There’s no reason for it.”

This kind of words made Christian stunned. Louise always relied on clues to make detailed analysis of things and never made judgments based on intuition alone.

But he did not doubt her. The so-called ‘sixth sense’ and ‘intuition’ might not just come out of thin air. Maybe there was something to it.

“Okay, then I’ll find a chance to take a picture.” Christian nodded, thought for a moment, and said, “Louise, although my thoughts differ from yours, you seem to trust Holly 100%. Could this also be a kind of intuition?” Louise was stunned. Christian’s sudden question made it difficult for her to respond, but she still shook her head firmly. “No, intuition is only one aspect. More importantly, it’s because of other things that make me trust Holly. Christian, I can’t explain it to you, but I believe in her.” Christian looked into her eyes, taking in her firm and deep eyes, and nodded slowly. “Okay, in that case, let’s ask her tomorrow if she has any photos of Freya and see how she responds.”

“Yeah.” Louise also nodded solemnly.

When they got home, the house was dark and silent. They first listened attentively for a while, making sure that everyone was still asleep. Then Louise sneaked upstairs first. After a while, Christian also sneaked back to his room.

The next morning, without exception, everyone got up later than usual, and after getting up, they all said that they felt groggy and felt like they had not slept enough.

Although they felt it was a bit strange, no one paid much attention to it. After eating a little, they hurried to the gym.

Jocelyn didn’t come today, but when she didn’t come in the past because of something, no one thought it was strange.

When they arrived at the gym, Christian said hello to the girls and then plunged into his intense weight loss workout.

Originally, Holly and Martha wanted to do some Pilates warm-up exercises with Kathryn like last time, but were stopped by Louise.

“What’s wrong, Mom?” Martha asked curiously. The last time her mother called her and Holly like this, it was to ask them to do Pilates warm-up exercises. Why did she call her today?

Louise glanced at her daughter, then at Holly and said, “Holly, I think you should skip all classes today.”

“ah?”

Martha and Holly were both surprised and looked at each other.

Louise glanced at Christian who was warming up and whispered, “Christian knows nothing about this. You are both involved. The baby in Holly’s belly is already big. It may not be appropriate for you to continue doing ordinary yoga and Pilates. In order to avoid any accidents, you’d better not do it for now.” Martha and Holly looked at each other again. Martha’s eyes were full of dissatisfaction, but Holly’s eyes were full of helplessness. This child was an accident, but she had done everything she could. She knew the frequency of Martha and Christian’s sex during this period, but Martha’s belly was not doing well. What could she do?

This is not my fault.

“Okay, I get it. Just rest here!” Martha said angrily and turned to go into the classroom.

Looking at her daughter’s back, which was about to overflow with anger, Louise sighed softly. Holly sat down next to her stiffly. Louise suddenly asked, “Holly, do you have a picture of your mother on your phone?”

“Ah?” Holly didn’t react for a moment. It seemed that her godmother changed the topic a little too quickly?

“It’s like this. Yesterday, when I was playing with my phone, I saw an advertisement for Christian Company. Out of curiosity, I clicked on it and found that there was no photo or introduction of your mother on the company’s homepage. As you know, this kind of situation tends to arouse people’s curiosity, so I wanted to see what your mother looks like.” Louise said in a tone that was as calm and steady as possible.

But Holly was also a smart person, and it was impossible for her to believe such a reason. But she also knew that since Louise’s godmother told her this reason, there must be something behind it that she was not convenient to know. She didn’t say it, and she didn’t ask too much.

Thinking of this, she shook her head and said, “Godmother Louise, it’s not that I don’t want to show you, but I don’t have any photos of her on my phone.” She looked directly at Louise’s puzzled eyes and said, “This may make you find it hard to believe, but my mother has never taken photos. Either she doesn’t like taking photos, or she doesn’t take photos. I remember that there were not even any photos of her when she was young at home. She personally doesn’t like to show up and always hides herself very deeply.” As she spoke, she took out her mobile phone, unlocked it, and handed it directly to Louise: “You can look at my mobile phone as much as you want. What I said is absolutely true.” Louise didn’t answer the phone, but nodded: “No need to look at it, I believe what you say.” Holly was stunned. She felt that her mother was involved in what Louise said. As her daughter, she was always with them, so she must be the first person to suspect, but Godmother Louise actually trusted her so much?

“I’ve had this feeling before. The female boss Christian always mentioned to me seems to enjoy the feeling of controlling everything behind the scenes and likes to play the role of the mastermind.” Louise seemed to want to clarify Holly’s doubts, “And the mother you mentioned just now is basically consistent with the image Christian described and my intuitive impression of her. Such a person will try to reduce the chances of appearing in public and hide as deeply as possible.” Holly nodded and said with emotion: “I have to say, Godmother Louise, the image you described is really like my mother.” Louise nodded. At this time, Holly asked: “Godmother Louise, let me say something. Did my mother do anything that is not good for you or Christian? Is it convenient for me to know?” Louise shook her head with a wry smile: “Holly, it’s not that I don’t want to tell you, but even if I tell you now, you can’t help much. The most important thing for you now is to protect the fetus and give birth to Christian’s first child, understand?” Holly lowered her head and thought for a while, then nodded solemnly.

Christian was in a tough situation because he didn’t know when the implantable mesh Jocelyn mentioned would arrive. He knew that there was something wrong with the coffee Freya gave him, but he had to pretend to be clueless and drink it all as usual, without even changing his facial expression.

During this time, Christian finally found an opportunity and secretly took a few photos of Freya with his mobile phone and sent them to Louise. However, because it was night and the office only had desk lamps and no main lights, although Freya’s face could be seen clearly, there was a lot of noise in the photos. Louise vaguely felt that she should know this person, but no matter how hard she tried, she could not remember where she had seen her. In the end, she could only ask Christian to take one step at a time and be careful.

On Thursday night, after a week of thinking, when he stood in front of the bronze door again, Christian decided to take the initiative to test Freya’s attitude.

In the office, Freya was still diligently looking at the documents. After Christian came in, he did not sit down at his seat, but stood beside the desk.

Freya felt that Christian had not sat down yet, so she looked up at him and asked with her eyes fixed.

“Freya...I...” Christian felt a little guilty under Freya’s sharp gaze. However, when he thought about how he had drunk so much poisoned coffee without knowing it, and had to continue drinking it after knowing it, his heart suddenly became strong again. He said without hesitation, “Freya, I want to ask you for permission to not work overtime for a while.”

“Oh?” Freya’s eyes flashed, “Didn’t I agree to let you take two and a half days off the last time you said this? What? Are you still not satisfied?” Christian shook his head and said, “I am very grateful to Freya for taking care of me, but from that time until now, I only feel that my physical condition is getting worse and worse.” Freya did not respond to his words, but just stared at him.

Seeing that Freya didn’t say anything, Christian continued, “Look, Freya, I’m still young and just got married. We don’t even have a child yet. Now my wife and I don’t even have sex anymore. If we continue like this, I don’t know when we’ll be able to have a child.”

Since the medicine Freya gave herself reduced her sexual function, it meant that this was what she cared about most, and Christian could only guide her in this direction.

Sure enough, Freya’s lips twitched slightly, and she said in a cold tone, “Oh? You’re not up to it, young man? I don’t feel tired at this level of work, but you’re so exhausted you can’t even have sex?” Christian secretly hated her, thinking, “If you hadn’t drugged me, this little overtime wouldn’t be worth anything. I can’t stand your dirty tricks behind my back!” But he could only say bitterly, “Overtime is one thing, and the other is the obesity caused by overtime. I’m not afraid of you laughing at me, Freya, but that aspect of me now... sigh...” He sighed deeply and didn’t continue, but the meaning was already obvious.

After hearing his words, Freya’s lips curled up slightly. After a while, she slowly said, “Since you’ve revealed such a private matter, it seems that working overtime does have some impact on your life.”

“Hmm!” It seemed like there was something to what she said, so Christian nodded in agreement.

“But...” Before Christian could be happy, Freya changed the subject, stretched out her tone, opened the drawer, took out a remote control and pressed it, “There are some things I don’t need to say too obviously...just watch for yourself!” Christian turned around confused and saw that the TV that had always been hanging on the wall opposite Freya’s desk and had never been turned on was turned on. However, it was not playing any TV program, but a series of Isabella grids. In each grid was a surveillance screen, and the figures flashing in them were all himself!

Chapter 173 Alliance?

Suddenly, Christian broke out in a cold sweat. Although the overtime work these days was hard to endure, he also had a purpose, which was to find the photos that Hunter took of Gretchen. He also specifically asked in the monitoring room that the monitoring would be turned off after seven o’clock, so he would boldly search for clues about the photos in the big office after working overtime. However, he did not expect that the monitoring after seven o’clock was not turned off, but was actually switched to Freya. In other words, the scenes of him secretly searching for things in the big office and Hunter’s office with a flash were all under Freya’s surveillance!

How could he not be surprised!

“...Freya...” Christian’s mouth was dry and his voice was hoarse.

“Hmm... Christian... you’re a long-time employee,” Freya mused. “I hope you can provide a reasonable explanation for your actions. If not, then I can only assume that you’ve been bribed by a business rival and are planning to sell company secrets.”

“Ah? No! No! Freya, it’s absolutely not like that!” Christian was shocked. If such a accusation was put on him, he would not be able to explain himself when the confrontation really came.

However, in this situation, it would be difficult to get away with any excuse he made, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

Just as he was struggling with his thoughts, Freya spoke, “I’m waiting for your explanation. And I see that you’re mainly wandering around Hunter’s office. It seems that you have a strong purpose...” Her words sounded suggestive, as if she knew Christian’s purpose very well.

“Actually, this person doesn’t have much ability, but why did he get the position of general manager? I’m sure you know it well.” As she spoke, Freya looked up at Christian.

“These two are both untalented and mediocre, not to mention not being good people. It’s a well-known fact.” Freya didn’t wait for Christian to respond, speaking to herself, “They’re staying in the company because I need a spokesperson, and this person doesn’t have to be him.”

Freya’s words were like a thunderbolt that struck Christian’s mind. ‘What did she mean by saying these things to me? Why did she say these things to me?’ These thoughts raced through his mind, leaving him frozen in place for a moment.

“Hmph...” Freya suddenly snorted twice, bringing Christian back to his senses. “Don’t get me wrong, I’m just telling you their true status in the company. Just two small fry like them, don’t think they can make any big waves in my hands. I’m only keeping Autumn by my side as a secretary to give them an illusion.”

“Autumn... Autumn?” Christian muttered the name, suddenly remembering the scene he saw in the underground garage that day. “You...you mean...Autumn is the person they arranged to monitor you?”

“That’s right.” Freya nodded. “You may not have thought that Autumn is not only my secretary, but also Grant’s mistress.” Christian’s mind was a little confused for a moment. That is, Freya knew that Autumn was sent by Grant to monitor her, but still let her be his personal secretary. In this way, Hunter and Grant would know everything about him working overtime for Freya during this period of time.

All of a sudden, he understood why Hunter knew that he was working overtime at Freya’s place, and why he knew what he was working overtime on. It must have been Autumn who told them!

“I’ve said all this just to tell you that since you’re investigating them, we’re on the same page. Many things would be much easier with my help.” At this point, Freya said, “I know a lot about them, like... Hunter’s safe combination...” Christian was so shocked he couldn’t speak, not knowing how to continue. Freya continued, “I can infer that your goal is to deal with Hunter. As for why...”

She stretched out her tone and looked at Christian again: “I don’t want to know, and I don’t need to know. It’s just that I think highly of you, and I don’t want you to waste your precious time fighting for power. You want to deal with Hunter, and sooner or later I will deal with Grant. In this matter, we are actually allies, and I have more advantages than you.” After saying these words, she did not continue speaking. Instead, she was silent for a while before saying: “You are a smart person, I don’t need to explain it more thoroughly. Let’s leave it at that for today, you go back first! I’ll wait for your reply.” She slowly turned the back of the boss chair to face Christian, and did not make any more movements.

Christian was covered in cold sweat. He wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he found his mind was blank. Finally, he walked out of Freya’s office with heavy steps.

Sitting in the car, Christian calmed down. The surveillance footage, Freya’s words, and her controlled aura made him almost breathless. After a long time, he turned the car key and realized that his hands were shaking.

When he got home, his mind was still thinking about what had just happened. Martha and Holly noticed that something was wrong with his face and came to ask him, but they couldn’t get any information out of him. Christian lay down to sleep without even washing.

Seeing him like this, Martha lost her temper. She knew that he must have encountered some difficult problems, so she didn’t ask any more questions.

As soon as he got off work on Friday morning, Christian fled the company, drove to a secluded corner and called Louise.

After hearing Christian’s description, Louise was also shocked. However, after all, she had not faced Freya directly and had not felt that kind of overwhelming aura. Instead, she was calmer than Christian.

“It seems she wants to form an alliance with you to deal with those two people together.” Louise said.

“I know that... but this happened so suddenly...” Christian took a deep breath. “If this happened before we discovered the problem with the coffee, I might have agreed. But now, this woman just seems terrifyingly gloomy to me. And I always feel that she has a much better chance of success against Grant alone than dragging me along as a burden.”

“Indeed...” Louise nodded and pondered for a moment before saying, “But now, even if you don’t agree, she will still let you work overtime and still let you drink coffee. If you rashly confront her, she might become suspicious.” After hearing what Louise said, Christian fell silent.

“But there’s one thing I can be sure of...” Christian said thoughtfully, “Since she gave me that drug, no matter what her reasons are, she will definitely not fire me until she achieves her goal.” Upon hearing this, Louise also changed her mind. Christian’s speculation was indeed correct. If Freya was compared to a chess player, she would definitely not overturn the chessboard before the game was decided.

“But you’re right. I can’t let her get suspicious now...” Christian’s eyes showed coldness, and he said gritting his teeth, “We can form an alliance if we want to, but we can still drink our coffee if we want to. I want to see what this woman is up to!” Louise heard the anger and hatred in his words, and she could understand that if it were any other man, he would definitely turn against Freya.

“My sister said that the new syringe and mesh will arrive in a couple of days, and then your body will slowly recover.”

Louise recalled her phone call with her sister yesterday. “Just bear with it for a while. Freya is right about at least one thing. She has an advantage over you in dealing with Hunter. I even suspect she has surveillance cameras installed in Hunter and Grant’s offices. Otherwise, how would she know the combination to his safe?”

“Hmm...” Christian’s face was as gloomy as water. He pondered deeply and nodded slowly. “Okay, I’ll agree to her alliance request and see what tricks she is up to.” The peaceful weekend passed quickly, and another Monday came. Christian was very conscientious that day. After get off work, he waited outside for less than half an hour and then hurried back to the company.

Thinking about facing Freya again soon, he felt very heavy-hearted. He felt as if a heavy weight was weighing on his heart all the way. However, considering the surveillance footage he saw that day, in order to avoid Freya seeing through his flaws, he adjusted his mentality before arriving at the company gate and tried to face it with a normal expression.

Standing in front of Freya’s office door, Christian took a deep breath and then pushed the door open with a normal expression.

Seeing him come in, Freya didn’t say anything. She just looked up and watched his every move. When he sat down, she slowly said, “It seems you have thought it through.”

“Yes...” Christian nodded, “I’m willing to follow Freya’s lead...”

“Heh...” Freya smiled lightly, “You put it in such a flowery way, like a token of loyalty. I want you to be my ally, not a death warrior.” Christian looked up at her, nodded slightly, and said, “Freya, please don’t forget your promise to me...” Freya pushed the rimless glasses on her face, tilted the corner of her mouth slightly, reached out to take out an envelope from the drawer and threw it to Christian.

“Look for yourself!”

Christian picked up the envelope curiously and pinched it with his fingers to feel its thickness. It was a thick stack and he had no idea what it contained.

He opened the envelope and took out the contents, only to find that it was a stack of photos. Upon closer inspection, Christian was shocked and his face turned red and white.

These photos all show a woman wearing various kinds of lingerie, sexy underwear, or some cosplay clothes. Although the shooting technique is crude, the shyness, seduction, coolness, or sexiness in the woman’s eyes seem to seep out of the photos, giving people an electric shock. Her expression is also charming, seductive, alluring, shy, and so on, all of which are in perfect harmony with the clothes she was wearing at the time, without any sense of incongruity.

Of course, in these photos, there are not only eyes, figures, expressions, clothes and the like, but also close-ups of breasts or pussies. Looking at these photos, Christian actually felt the long-lost impulse and excitement, and his cock seemed to respond.

He stared at the photos in a daze, as if his throat was choked and he couldn’t utter a single word.

“How is it? I didn’t expect that your sister-in-law has such an unknown side?” Freya looked at Christian indifferently: “What do you feel after seeing it?” Christian spitted. He was really shocked, because the protagonists in these photos were not others, but Gretchen, who rarely smiled and looked serious!

Just from the photos, we can see that she was young and innocent at that time, and the childishness on her face had not completely faded. She was probably only about 21 or 22 years old.

What surprised him the most was that some of these photos were secretly taken of Jocelyn. Some of them were obviously taken in the summer. Maybe because she was at home, Louise was wearing very cool clothes. Although these photos did not expose any sensitive parts and were all daily scenes at home, they could satisfy people’s desire to pry into her privacy. It was obvious from the photos that Jocelyn was still young at the time, and it was obviously not taken recently.

“No...no...” Christian recovered from his shock, his mind working again after a pause. “What could I possibly feel...I’m not very good at that anymore. Let alone looking at photos, even in person, I wouldn’t have any impulses. Besides, this person is my cousin who has always disliked me. But when I first saw these photos, I couldn’t imagine that she could be so...so...unrestrained...”

“We are young and impulsive. Once we are deceived, we take off our clothes.” Freya said coldly, and there seemed to be some hatred in her tone.

Christian’s head snapped up and he asked, “Freya, is this what was in Hunter’s safe?”

“Yeah...” Freya let out a rare long sigh, “You’ve thought it through, that’s great, then these things can be considered my sincerity.” Christian nodded slowly, but he was thinking in his heart that Freya might have obtained these photos a long time ago. Maybe these were just bargaining chips she used to make herself firm in her ideas from the beginning, but now that he agreed to stand in the same boat with her, she just went with the flow and treated them as a gift.

“good!”

Thinking of this, Christian said emphatically, showing his complete trust in Freya, “But Freya, I still have a small question I want to ask.”

“What?” Freya asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Uh...” Christian pretended to hesitate, secretly glancing at Freya. Seeing her frown, he hurriedly said, “I remember when I first started to complete these materials, Freya promised me... that after these things were done, she would promote me... promote me...”

As he spoke, he looked at Freya and found that her brows were furrowed even tighter, waiting for him to continue. He was happy in his heart and stopped when he reached the last key word.

Freya had been staring at Christian, her brows slowly knitted together, and her eyes became sharp. Suddenly, her brows relaxed, and she nodded and said, “Yes, I will not forget what I promised. There is no need to wait until all these materials are finished. I will send the documents this week and promote you to director.” Christian was slightly stunned, but then he smiled happily, showing that his long-cherished wish had finally come true. He thanked him repeatedly, “Thank you, Freya. I will definitely keep working hard and live up to Freya’s expectations.” Freya pushed her rimless glasses and looked at Christian again, as if she wanted to see something from his face, and finally nodded.

Seeing that she didn’t say anything, Christian sat down at his seat. Although he was working, he didn’t have any thoughts. What lingered in his mind were the photos he had just seen. He really wanted to ask Freya if she had found the negatives of those photos, but he knew in his heart that whether the negatives existed or not, it would be meaningless to ask. If not, then everyone would be happy. If it was in Freya’s hands, then if he didn’t ask, he would be secretly treating the negatives as a pledge, which was a tacit understanding between the two of them.

After finally getting through this difficult day, Christian carefully placed the photos in a hidden place in his bag before returning home.

When he got home and lay next to Martha, Christian’s mind kept drifting back to Gretchen’s charming and shy expressions in the photos, as well as Jocelyn’s subtle temptation that was accidentally captured in the photos. He wondered whether he should return these photos to Gretchen.

How should I return it to her so that it doesn’t seem so abrupt and awkward? After all, Gretchen in these photos and Gretchen today don’t look like the same person.

Several days passed quickly as he was torn between thoughts. At work and during overtime, Christian behaved as usual and drank his coffee straight away. However, he privately urged Louise to ask Jocelyn when the neutralizer would arrive. Although he took an overdose of the medicine Jocelyn mentioned every day, he could still clearly feel that he was feeling weaker recently, which meant that the medicine had no effect on his condition.

Louise was also worried and asked her sister several times. Jocelyn was also helpless and made several calls to friends.

On Saturday, several people gathered in the gym again. Just as Christian was about to go for a workout, he saw Jocelyn pushing the door open. As soon as he saw Jocelyn, Christian couldn’t help but think of those vague photos of her. Although no private parts were exposed, it was this feeling of holding the lute that made him feel more emotional. He always felt a little unnatural when facing Jocelyn. He blushed for a rare moment, called out “Aunt”, and then went to the fitness area.

Jocelyn nodded and walked towards her sister. It was Pilates class time, Kathryn and Martha were practicing inside, and only Holly was next to Louise.

Seeing her sister coming, Louise also walked towards her, and Holly followed her and called Jocelyn “Auntie” obediently.

Chapter 174: Rushing on a Snowy Night

Jocelyn’s expression was very kind, and she was no longer as indifferent to Holly as before. This was naturally because Louise told her last week why Holly was with Christian. Since last week, she was not so disgusted with Holly calling her ‘Aunt’.

“Holly, please sit down for a while! I have something to talk to your godmother Louise about.” Jocelyn said with a smile.

“Yeah, okay.” Holly nodded and walked to a chair farther away from them and sat down.

“What’s wrong, sister? Have you made any progress on that thing?” Seeing her sister’s cautious behavior, Louise guessed it roughly.

Jocelyn nodded and said, “Yes, the neutralizer mesh has arrived at a friend’s house in the next city. She will send it to us tomorrow. We just need to wait two days. Tell Christian to be ready at any time. The implantation is actually very quick, and it will be done in half an hour.”

“Yeah, okay.” Louise smiled immediately after hearing this. These past few days, Christian knew that there was something wrong with the coffee but still drank it all as if nothing had happened. She could empathize with how painful it was and had been looking forward to the arrival of the neutralizing mesh. Now she heard such good news, she was so happy.

After the morning classes ended, everyone had a meal in the mall, and then Jocelyn said goodbye to everyone else and went home.

While making dinner, Louise found an opportunity to tell Christian about the mesh. Christian was very happy. After so many days of patience, he was about to come to an end. How could he not be happy?

But many things are just so unfortunate. Just after dinner, the wind suddenly became stronger, blowing out a howling sound. In less than ten minutes, everyone in the room felt the change in temperature, which suddenly dropped sharply.

Then Martha said, “Oh! It’s going to snow tonight!”

“Ah?” Everyone was shocked. Martha turned over her phone to show a message on it. It turned out to be a weather warning from the local telecom operator. It was a yellow warning for blizzards, saying that there would be heavy snow in the second half of the night, and the snow depth was expected to reach 10cm.

“Hey, isn’t it just a little snow? What’s the big deal?”

Kathryn smiled and said, “Well, that’s fine. I don’t have to go to the gym tomorrow morning, right? Louise?”

“Ah... yes, yes.” Louise nodded, but secretly glanced at Christian. Seeing the anxiety in his eyes, she knew that he was thinking the same thing as her. If the heavy snow blocked the road, the mesh would probably be delayed for several days. Judging from Christian’s current physical condition, drinking coffee for one more day would make him weaker. They even suspected that Freya had increased the dosage.

But they couldn’t show it, so they went back to their room as usual.

After Martha, Holly and Kathryn went upstairs, Louise made an excuse that she had left something in the car, opened the door and went out.

As soon as she got in the car, Louise immediately called her sister.

“Oh, yes, I also heard that it will snow in the second half of the night!” Jocelyn said after listening to her sister’s narration. She didn’t think it was a big deal. On the contrary, she felt it was quite strange that her sister called her specifically to tell her about it.

“Yeah.” It was obvious her sister didn’t understand what she meant, so Louise continued hastily, “They say it’s going to snow up to ten centimeters! Won’t the roads be closed then? And if the roads are closed, the netting will be delayed for a few days. And if the roads in the next town are also covered in snow, your friend might even delay sending it, which would make the delay even longer.”

“Haha!” Jocelyn laughed. “Louise, you’re worrying too much. Snow removal is very fast now, so it won’t pile up that deep. And my friend isn’t one to procrastinate, so don’t worry about that.”

“Hey, sister! That’s not the problem!” Louise became impatient and lowered her voice again. “You don’t know, Martha told me that Christian has been weaker than before. It is said that he is out of breath even when going upstairs, let alone doing that.”

“Ah? How could this happen?” Jocelyn was also surprised. She no longer cared about her sister and Christian’s reconciliation. Even as an aunt, it was her duty to care about her niece-in-law, not to mention that the two of them still had no children.

“Didn’t you see he couldn’t even do a few exercises at the gym today?” Louise said anxiously. “I suspect the person who poisoned him increased the dosage.”

“Hmm... that’s a possibility...” Jocelyn mused. “If he’s really out of breath just walking upstairs, then Christian’s condition is probably critical and can’t be delayed any longer.”

“Yeah, so I have an idea, I wonder if you agree?”

Only then did Louise express her true thoughts.

“You say.” Jocelyn could tell from her sister’s tone and words what she was thinking. Everything she had said before was for this final true wish, so she stopped being pretentious.

“City D is only about an hour’s drive from us. Including the time it takes to get the mesh, I estimate it will only take about three or four hours round trip.”

Louise first explained the objective conditions and was about to continue when she heard Jocelyn say, “You don’t mean for me to go to City D to get the mesh back, do you?”

“Um...well...that’s what I meant...” Louise said awkwardly, she did mean that.

“I’m afraid this won’t work...” Jocelyn hesitated.

“Okay...” This was the result Louise could foresee. She herself felt that this request was excessive, and it was understandable that her sister would not agree.

Unexpectedly, Jocelyn quickly explained: “Louise, I’m not saying that this idea is not good, but I can’t do it.”

“Huh?” Louise was startled, then her sister continued, “The more than an hour’s drive you’re talking about is the highway. Although I have a car, I’ve never been on a highway. I only drive around in our city. And it’s going to snow tonight, so I’m even more afraid to go on the highway, so...”

“Is it just because of this?” Louise didn’t know whether her sister was telling the truth or just trying to make excuses, so she added, “Is there no other reason?”

“Well, that’s why. If someone else is driving, I don’t mind running for a while. After hearing what you said about Christian’s physical condition, I also think that he can’t delay any longer.” Jocelyn said without hesitation, her tone full of sincerity.

“Then I’ll let Christian drive you there!” Louise blurted out without thinking.

“Ah? This... Can’t you drive with me?” Jocelyn’s original intention was that if they wanted to go, her sister should go with her so that they could both take care of each other.

“I don’t drive on the highway often... I wouldn’t dare drive if the roads were slippery and it was dark...” Louise said helplessly. “After thinking about it, only Christian can do it. Besides, this is his own business, so shouldn’t he take full responsibility?”

“This...” Jocelyn hesitated. If she didn’t know the relationship between her sister and Christian, she wouldn’t mind Christian driving. But now that she knew, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart and didn’t know how to face Christian.

“Then you come with us.” Jocelyn had no choice but to come up with this compromise.

“I can’t go.” Louise denied it outright. “I’m actually sleeping at Edwin’s right now. I have to keep the mesh thing a secret from Martha, Holly, and Kathryn. If Christian and I go out, no one will know what’s going on at home. If one of them wakes up and finds we’re not home, it’ll be troublesome.”

“Hmm...” Jocelyn was choked by her sister’s words. She could also understand the connection between them. If her sister and Christian were not at home, it would be easy for people to have unnecessary associations. It’s not that she couldn’t explain it at that time, but the seeds of association had already been planted in her heart, which would be very troublesome in the future.

“Oh, sister! Make a decision quickly!” Louise urged. She was really anxious. First, her sister was still hesitating, and second, she was taking too long on the phone. She was worried that other people would come looking for her if she delayed any longer. “It will be troublesome if it snows later.” Jocelyn was silent for a long time before she slowly said, “I’ll call a friend to make sure she’s home. I’ll get back to you later.”

“Yeah!” Louise’s eyes lit up and she nodded excitedly. Her sister’s words meant that she agreed to her proposal.

After hanging up, Louise waited anxiously, feeling as if each day had passed like an eternity. Luckily, it wasn’t long before Jocelyn sent a message: “I’ll get ready. Call me when he’s here. Park the car by the back door.” Louise finally felt relieved after receiving the confirmation. She returned to the house and went upstairs to find Kathryn already asleep. She’d been going to bed early for the past few weeks, so Louise didn’t find it strange.

Christian was washing up. When he saw her, his face looked anxious. Louise quickly gave him a reassuring look and continued to go up to the third floor.

When they arrived at the third floor, Holly had gone to bed early because she was pregnant. Martha had just finished washing up and was about to go into the room. Louise also quickly washed up and went into the room.

Time was ticking by, the sound of the wind outside the window had begun to subside, and the temperature around her was also dropping. Louise knew that the longer it dragged on, the greater the probability of snowing.

After waiting for Martha to fall asleep, Louise quietly got up from the bed, put on her pajamas and tiptoed into Christian’s room.

Christian had fallen into a half-sleep, but when he heard the noise he got up quickly. Louise didn’t waste any words and briefly explained the situation to him. Christian didn’t hesitate at all and quickly got dressed.

Louise tiptoed back up to the third floor, went into the bathroom, and called her sister. Jocelyn had probably been awake, and she picked up the phone after only one ring: “Louise.”

“Sister, he’s already gone out. He’ll be here in ten minutes at most.” Louise said in a low voice, and hung up the phone after getting her sister’s response.

Christian sneaked out of the house. It was clearly his own home, but he looked like a thief who had just succeeded in robbing someone.

At this time, snowflakes had already fallen and a thin layer of white frost had formed on the ground. Christian started the car and drove towards Jocelyn’s house.

When he arrived at the back door of Jocelyn’s house, he called Jocelyn, but she hung up as soon as the phone rang. Then he saw the back door open, and Jocelyn, wrapped in a scarf, hurried over, opened the back door and got in.

“XX Community, XXX Avenue, D City, hurry up! It will be troublesome to come back if the snow gets heavy.” Jocelyn quickly reported the place name and stopped talking.

Along the way, neither of them spoke a word. Christian was driving quite fast, at the fastest speed possible in snowy weather. However, in their minds, this speed was still too slow. The journey that was supposed to take more than an hour took over two hours. It was already late at night when they arrived, and the snowflakes were twice as big as before.

Jocelyn called her friend, took the net from her, and without saying a word to her, hurried back the way she had come.

On the way back, because there were few cars in the second half of the night, the snow on the ground had piled up to a centimeter high, covering the road surface. The snow seemed to be falling even harder, and the snowflakes could actually make a clear sound when they fell on the car window. Christian turned up the air conditioner temperature, stared at the front with wide eyes, and slightly increased the accelerator.

“Christian, don’t drive so fast.” This was the first sentence Jocelyn said to Christian since they left home.

“Yeah, okay.” Christian agreed and slowed down the car.

As we were about to reach the highway intersection, we saw that all the traffic lights at the intersection were no-entry signs. An LED light board at the intersection read “Due to slippery roads caused by snow, the highway is closed at night.”

Seeing these words, Christian was very upset. At first, he just wanted to grab his things and go back before the snow fell. He didn’t expect that the snow would fall so heavily. Now the highway is closed. He can only take the longer route back via the second-level highway. He just hopes that those roads are not closed yet!

I turned on the navigation and found a provincial highway that was a little closer and drove on it. Fortunately, the provincial highway was still passable. Maybe because the highway was closed, there were still many cars on this road. The snow on the road was pressed again and again, and the snow layer was relatively thin.

Because it was snowing, both of them stared ahead with wide eyes, not saying a word. Gradually, there were fewer and fewer cars on the road, and the temperature outside was getting lower and lower.

Suddenly, the car shook violently, and before the two men could react, they felt the front of the car tilt to one side.

“Ah!!” Jocelyn screamed in fright when she saw the change in the front of the car, and her heart also rose in her throat.

“Not good!” Almost subconsciously, Christian gripped the steering wheel tightly and turned the car towards the offset position. At the same time, he lifted his foot on the accelerator little by little to slow down the car.

Finally, the car slowed down, slid on the snow for a distance, and then slowly stopped.

After stopping, Christian, still in shock, let out a long breath and wiped the sweat from his forehead. He looked at Jocelyn beside him, swallowed nervously, and moistened his throat, which was extremely dry due to nervousness. Then he asked with concern, “Aunt...Aunt...are you okay? Are you not scared?”

Jocelyn was also terrified. Her face was frighteningly pale, her long, beautiful legs were almost shrunk onto the seat, and her whole body was shaking uncontrollably. When Christian asked her questions, she was still trembling, her beautiful eyes wide open as she stared forward.

“Aunt...” Christian called out again, and Jocelyn finally woke up. She looked at him with lingering fear and said, “Christian... Christian... I... I... I’m fine...”

“How about...we find a place to rest for a while? We can leave at dawn tomorrow. There will definitely be someone to clear the snow by then.” Christian suggested. He was so scared just now that his face turned pale, and he was also trembling with fear when he thought about it now.

“No... no...” Jocelyn quickly refused. As she spoke, she sat up straight and whispered, “Drive slower... Drive slower... Just get home before dawn...”

“Yeah, okay.” Christian sighed, nodded in agreement, and continued to step on the accelerator and drive towards home.

After what happened just now, the atmosphere in the car seemed to have eased. Christian drove carefully, and Jocelyn kept her eyes open without blinking, paying attention to the road conditions at all times.

However, things are unpredictable. They had been driving for less than twenty minutes when the car suddenly shook. Then, the same situation happened again. The front of the car tilted and slid to one side. This time was even worse than the last time because the front of the car was heading towards the river bank. If they allowed the car to slide like this, it would definitely fall into the river. In this temperature, with so many clothes on, even if the two could run out of the car in time, they would definitely sink to the bottom of the river because their clothes would be filled with water and their weight would increase dramatically. They would definitely die!

Fortunately, Christian once again demonstrated his ability to respond on the spot, and at the critical moment, the car stopped one or two meters away from the river bank.

Christian stopped sliding again, his hands were shaking and his upper and lower teeth were chattering. It would be okay if this happened once, but if it happened twice in a row, even if he had a good mental state, he couldn’t bear it!

I was so frightened that the blood in my body seemed to run cold.

After calming down from the shock, he turned his head to look at Jocelyn, only to see that her face was pale, beads of sweat were on her forehead, her eyes were wide open, and her lips were half open, as if she wanted to call out, but no sound came out.

Seeing her like this, Christian knew that she was also scared to death, and that was indeed the case. If the car had moved forward a little, both of them would have been finished. But then he thought, even if he died, he would still be with this charming aunt, which was not too bad. But he already had a beautiful wife and concubines at home, a seductive mother-in-law, and a mother whom he had coveted for a long time but had never tasted her. If he died like this, he didn’t know who would benefit!

When I think about it this way, it seems like I’m still at a loss!

“…Christian…” The car was silent for a long time before Jocelyn spoke slowly. She seemed to have calmed down.

“Aunt, you said I’m here.” Christian replied subconsciously, “I’ll reverse now.” As he said that, he skillfully shifted the gear into reverse.

Chapter 175 False Alarm

“No!” Jocelyn hurriedly tried to stop him, but Christian had already lightly pressed the accelerator. The car shook for a while, but did not fall backwards. Instead, the movement made the car move a little closer to the river bank.

“Stop! Stop!” Jocelyn hurriedly stopped him. She didn’t dare to make any big movements, for fear that her movements would lead to worse consequences.

Christian quickly released the accelerator and the car stopped sliding again, but this time they were less than a meter away from the river bank.

After calming himself down, Christian removed his shaking hands from the steering wheel and moved slowly.

Jocelyn was also in a daze. When she came to her senses, her first words were: “Christian... stop starting...” She couldn’t help swallowing while speaking.

“Hmm...” Christian nodded. As he spoke, Jocelyn moved her body, trying to sit up straight again. Perhaps her movement was a little too big, and just as she sat down, the car slid again.

“Ah!!” Jocelyn was frightened once and was so shocked that she dared not move. Christian also did not move, fearing that the car would slide into a dangerous situation again because of his movement.

“Huff...Huff...” Both of them seemed to be frozen in time, with only the sound of their breathing remaining in the car.

For a long time, neither of them dared to move, until the car’s windshield was covered with fog, Christian made a decision.

“Aunt, please be gentle. Open the car door and get out first.” Christian said in a tone as steady and low as possible.

“What?” Jocelyn was stunned.

“I’ll unlock the door, you open the door quietly, and then jump out of the car.” Christian thought she was too scared to hear clearly, so he spoke more clearly.

“No, you go first.” He hadn’t even finished his words when Jocelyn understood what he meant. She immediately said firmly, “I know what you’re thinking. No, you’re still young. I should be the one taking the risk.” As she spoke, she took out some mesh and shoved it into Christian’s hand. “Here, take these. Subcutaneous mesh injection is easy. Any surgeon can do it, and some beauty salons can even do it. It’s just that this kind of mesh is hard to come by.”

“No, aunt!” Christian’s tone became stern. “That’s another matter. If anything happens to you, how am I going to explain to Louise... er, how am I going to explain to Mom, Martha, and Gretchen?” He was too anxious and blurted out the affectionate name for Louise.

Jocelyn didn’t know if she was also nervous, and seemed not to notice the problem with his address. She was about to say something, but Christian took the mesh and said loudly: “After all, this situation is all caused by me. If I hadn’t insisted on getting this thing, you wouldn’t be in this predicament now. If you don’t agree to let me go down first, I would rather be a eunuch for the rest of my life than use this useless neutralizer!” As he said that, he tore open the packaging of the mesh, ready to tear the thing apart completely.

“don’t want!!”

Seeing that he didn’t seem to be pretending, Jocelyn hurriedly grabbed his hand. When they touched each other, both of their bodies shook.

After a moment’s silence, Jocelyn said, “Okay, since you insist, I’ll go down first. But you must be careful. If the car goes into the river, you can buy another one. But if people are gone, they are really gone.” Christian looked straight into her eyes and nodded solemnly. Only then did Jocelyn loosen her grip on his hands.

Christian unlocked the car, and Jocelyn carefully pushed open the door little by little. When the door was open enough for her to get out, she turned her head and looked at Christian.

Christian also looked at her seriously and nodded solemnly.

Jocelyn’s heart skipped a beat, and suddenly she seemed to understand why her sister was so deeply in love with this man. Such a responsible, responsible man who was willing to risk his life to save her might not make her feel much towards him once or twice, but if it happened too many times, even she would be attracted by such charm.

At that moment, she thought of her husband who had passed away more than ten years ago. She looked at Christian with tenderness and reluctance in her eyes, and her eyes gradually welled up with tears.

“Aunt...” Looking at Jocelyn’s tearful eyes, Christian’s heart was immediately filled with reluctance, but he was still rational after all. If he delayed any longer, the car might continue to slide into the river.

Thinking of this, he suddenly grinned, as if he was laughing very happily, and said in a very unconventional tone: “Aunt, don’t be sad, I am not the kind of person who sacrifices myself for others and sacrifices my life for justice. I am more afraid of death than anyone else! If you are not my aunt, I will definitely run away before you. If you don’t go down, I will run away first!” As he said, he made an expression of looking down and glaring, and reached out to pull the door handle.

Jocelyn smiled with tears in her eyes and turned her head to wipe her tears. Christian was quick-witted and suddenly reached out and pushed her. Jocelyn had never expected him to do this and was pushed out of the car in an instant.

However, because Christian’s movements were too large, the car slid towards the river bank again.

Seeing that things were not going well, Christian quickly opened the car door, pushed it hard, and rushed out of the car.

Jocelyn rolled several times on the snow, steadied herself, and looking up, she saw that the car was only one or two feet away from the river bank. From her perspective, she naturally didn’t know that Christian had already jumped out of the car.

“Christian!!” Jocelyn screamed, her tone filled with sorrow.

“Auntie, I’m fine!!”

Hearing Jocelyn’s call, Christian quickly shouted, “I’m out of the car!!” As he spoke, he walked over from the other side of the car. His body was covered with snowflakes and stains, and it was obvious that he had rolled around a lot just now.

Seeing Jocelyn still lying on the ground, Christian hurried over and offered his support.

Jocelyn was overjoyed and without hesitation, she reached out and held Christian’s hand.

“Bang!”

Just as Christian was trying to help her up, a dull crash was heard. Both of them were attracted and turned to look. They found that the front of the car had slid out of the river bank, but did not continue to slide towards the river bank. Instead, it stopped.

“This...” For a moment, both of them were stunned.

After steadying Jocelyn, Christian walked to the front of the car in small steps and slowly squatted down to check. Actually, he was very fat now, so squatting down was quite strenuous for him.

When he looked under the front of the car, Christian couldn’t help but laugh. It turned out that there was a row of slope protection piles between the river bank and the river slope. However, the slope protection piles were not very high. Once the snow piled up, they were buried and could not be seen at all. However, they were not even as high as the chassis of Christian’s car. Although the front of the car passed by, the tires were stuck by them.

“If I had known about this row of retaining piles earlier, we wouldn’t have to make it seem like we were going to have to part forever.” Christian laughed to himself and stood up to tell Jocelyn what had happened. Jocelyn was also stunned on the spot. Her thoughts were surprisingly the same as Christian’s.

“Can the car still be driven out?” Jocelyn asked.

Christian observed the traces around the car and nodded, saying, “It should be possible...” As he spoke, he took a few towels from the trunk and placed them behind the remaining wheels. He asked Jocelyn to stand further away while he reversed the car.

But he almost stepped on the accelerator, but the car still didn’t move.

Suspicious, Christian got out of the car again to check and found that the pieces of cloth he had used as pads were too thin to provide enough friction. Instead, they were thrown away by the rotation of the tires.

He opened the trunk again, and found that there was no thick towel cloth, not even thin ones.

“Oh...” Christian sighed, thought for a moment, took off his dirty coat, and put it directly under the tire, but it was only enough for one tire.

But he had no better idea at the moment. His car was a full-time four-wheel drive, and he just hoped that the friction provided by one tire would be enough to get the car back on the road!

I put the car in reverse gear again. The motor roared violently, but the car...still didn’t move...

Christian got out of the car in frustration and looked at the tire that was padded with his coat. It was obvious that the coat was fine, but one tire was not enough.

After thinking about it, he was about to take off his sweater. At this time, a women’s coat was handed to him.

“Ah?” Christian looked up at Jocelyn who was handing him the clothes, and saw that her cheeks were slightly flushed and her eyes were looking at him evasively.

“Use mine.” She turned her head to the side, handed over the coat with one hand, and covered her chest with the other.

“No!” Christian refused without a second thought. “Auntie, put it on quickly or you’ll catch a cold.” He said as he stretched out his hand and pushed away the coat offered to him. “My sweater will do. I don’t need yours.”

“Stop talking nonsense! I said use my clothes!” Jocelyn seemed to be angry and pushed the coat back with both hands. “If you take off the sweater again, you will catch a cold. Don’t just care about me, take care of yourself too! Use mine!” Her tone was very firm, and her face turned to the side, staring at Christian with wide eyes.

“Aunt, this won’t work...” Christian was about to refuse, but Jocelyn’s eyes widened even wider: “I’m your aunt, I’m the elder! You have to listen to me! If you keep doing this, I’ll tell Louise!” Christian’s eyelids twitched. At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Louise had told him, and thought to himself: ‘It seems that Aunt really knows about Louise and me! Otherwise, logically, she should say Martha instead of Louise...’ He thought to himself, unconsciously taking the coat handed to him by Jocelyn, looked up at her, and was stunned again.