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Chapter 227
Chapter 227
At that time, Zachary bullied Cecilia the most because she didn’t speak much, making her look like a
doormat.
Zachary also bullied Evan but didn’t succeed.
Evan knew Zachary’s past, so he deliberately patted his chest and taunted, “I am so scared!”
The current “Zachary” was very different from Evan.
One word from Evan was enough if he really wanted to teach Zachary a lesson.
“How greasy!”
After Cecilia spat the insult at Charlie, she walked to Evan’s ward.
She knocked on the door. “Evan, Zachary and I are coming in.”
After saying that, she pushed the door open and entered.
Evan had just woken up not long ago and was leaning against the headboard and looking at his
phone.
Hearing the knock on the door, he immediately slid his phone underneath the pillow and turned to the
door.
Not only did he not recognize Charlie’s scarred face, but he even gasped at the sight of it.
He was not horrified but sad that Charlie had suffered the injury in his stead.
He opened his mouth and silently mouthed Charlie’s name.
Before Charlie entered the ward, he already prepared himself ment*lly.
He nodded slightly in response to Evan’s call.
He then casually said, “It has been over a decade since I last saw you. I can hardly recognize you.”
He sounded relaxed, but the red rims around his eyes betrayed his disguise.
Evan suppressed his overwhelming emotions and smiled faintly. “You’re the one I have a hard time
recognizing, Zachary.”
Charlie touched his face and made a self–deprecating joke. “I don’t even have a face anymore, so it’s
reasonable that you can’t recognize me.”
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His words were like sharp arrows piercing Evan’s heart.
“That’s not what I mean. I just think you shouldn’t have been so wayward. Otherwise, you wouldn’t
have ended up like this.”
“Actually, I think I’m doing well now, except for this disfigured face. I’m accomplished and don’t have to
worry about bringing food to the table.” After saying that, he touched his stomach and said, “Can we
talk while we eat? I’m a little hungry.”
Cecilia set up the small dining table on the bed and put the food on it. “Let’s eat. The food has been
stored in the container for too long, so it has lost its original taste. It will taste worse when it gets cold.”
The three siblings ate as they sat around the small dining table and chatted with each other.
In fact, most of the time, Charlie was the one doing the talking. Due to his occupation, Evan couldn’t
disclose much about his life, even his private one.
The meal might look like a stroll down memory lane, but in actuality, Charlie was divulging information.
The Wolf Killer had already suspected that he had defected. Otherwise, Jeffrey would not have been
sent to Acocester.
Jeffrey might seem like a pharmacist, but he had a high position in the organization.
He was not only working on illegal medications for the organization but also involved in making drugs.
Although Charlie had no evidence, he found something from his discreet observation of Jeffrey.
He was worried that Jeffrey would become the variable in the plan, so he wanted to get rid of him
quickly.
However, Cecilia didn’t trust him enough to agree to the plan.
Therefore, he was quite anxious, worried his years of forbearance and effort would go down the drain.
Before putting down his fork, he dipped the tip of it in the stew and drew lines of varying lengths on the
small dining table.
“What on earth do you want me to do for you to believe me? I don’t have any more time to spare for
you to think about it. I can get kicked out of the game at any moment.”
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Charlie’s words weren’t just to scare them. Wolf Killer would really rather kill every suspect than take
the risk.
Once Jeffrey came to Acocester and found something was wrong with him, the organization wouldn’t
accommodate him for even a second longer.
Cecilia and Evan exchanged a look, communicating through the blinking of their eyes.
Finally, they came to the conclusion that they would cooperate with Charlie being arrested once a
suitable stand–in was found.
Charlie also joined them and communicated by blinking his eyes after knowing the results of their
exchange.
He reminded, “We have to do it as soon as possible and think of a suitable reason not to let Jeffrey see
Christopher. Otherwise, he will realize Christopher’s condition is not as serious as I claim.”
Once Jeffrey discovered his lie, his plan to infiltrate deeper into the organization would fail.
Cecilia pondered for more than ten seconds and came up with a solution. “Let Christopher return to the
Shaw residence for recuperation. Jeffrey will have to go to the Shaw residence if he wants to meet him,
but the Shaw residence is not a place where he can just enter and exit at will.”
Evan thought that the plan would work.
However, the crucial thing was that the method to reduce the side effects of the antidote hadn’t been
developed.
That meant Christopher couldn’t take the antidote.
Without the antidote, his body would recover slowly, and he would not be able to leave the aseptic
ward any time soon.
He also couldn’t go back to the Shaw residence for recuperation.
After he asked, Cecilia said affirmatively, “I will make sure Christopher takes the antidote by tomorrow
morning.”
Once she stopped blinking, she massaged her eyelids, which were slightly cramped from all the
blinking, and stood up. “You guys can continue to catch up. I have to go and take care of Christopher.”
Actually, she was going to the laboratory to help the laboratory technicians find a way to reduce the
side effects of the antidote.
After countless experiments, it became clear that it was only a matter of
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After she left, Charlie and Evan had a lot to say but stayed silent as they were being monitored.
They could only say something nostalgic and things they were looking forward to.
Charlie didn’t dare to stay long. After chatting for a while, he got up and
left.
“I won’t leave Acocester for the time being. Let’s talk again when we meet up.”
Evan nodded and said with a smile, “We can get together any day, but not tomorrow.”
Charlie knew why they couldn’t get together the next day because it was George’s and Amelia’s death
anniversary.
“Okay, got it. Get some rest. I’m leaving.”
Evan finally revealed his true emotions once Charlie was out of sight.
A tear slipped from his eyes and rolled down his face, dripping onto the pale blue hospital blanket and
staining it darker.
He clenched his throbbing chest. His breathing turned into a pant as if he couldn’t breathe, and his face
turned pale.
“I’m sorry, Charlie. You suffered all those terrible things for me. I will definitely eradicate Wolf Killer so
that you can do whatever you want without being controlled anymore!”
After making the silent vow, the stuffiness he felt magically disappeared. Meanwhile, Charlie, who had
just left the hospital, received a call from his assistant, John.
He was walking around with Cecilia and went to the Shaw residence to meet Evan. The four
shareholders must have been suspicious of him and wanted to test him.
He didn’t answer the phone until he got in the car. His tone was cold and solemn when he connected
the call.
“What’s the matter?”
John was his assistant in name only, so he wasn’t too polite to him.
Yet, John was not the one on the other end of the phone.
A terrible attempt at Clusian came from the receiver. The voice was
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mechanical.
It was one of the shareholders.
“Sevan, have you forgotten that your life is in our hands?”
Sevan was the name given to Charlie by the previous predecessor. It was a homophone for servants.
A mocking smile stretched across Charlie’s face, but he said respectfully, “Of course I’m aware. That’s
why I’m trying to win over Cecilia’s and the Shaw family’s trust to find a chance to kidnap her.”
The shareholder then asked, “Why did the detectaphone in your body detect a noise that spanned two
minutes three days ago? Think before you answer!”
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