At Ye family’s villa, when Venus returned from the hospital, Mrs. Qin asked Venus about Kerry's condition.
After Venus told her that Kerry was in a comma, Mrs. Qin was relieved
Venus was surprise at her optimism, "Mrs. Qin, aren't you worried that Kerry won't wake up?"
"This little wound is nothing to him.” Mrs. Qin said. “Whether he wakes up or not, we will take good care of him.”
Hearing Mrs. Qin's words, Venus felt a little better. She hurried back to her room to rub herself and charge her phone.
For John and Henry, however, the night was extremely painful. They stood in front of the ICU's glass window, looking at Kerry, who was still unconscious inside.
"John, why don't you take a rest for a while?" Henry said. "You need to take care of yourself."
"I've been in the Ye family for almost forty years. I've watched Mr. Ye grow up. He's been hospitalized for injuries before, but this is the first time I've seen him hurt so badly." John sighed softly.
"Don't you worry, Mr. Ye will be fine. He'll get over it. He still has to find her wife and child."
John patted him on the shoulder, "I'm going to go take a nap for a while."
In the ICU, the doctors and nurses were examining Kerry's body now.
The men Henry had brought back were all locked up in the drill ground, where Kerry's men usually trained. It was a remote place, and it was hard to find that place if people weren't familiar with it.
Originally Henry wanted to find a doctor to bandage Heng Zhang's wounds, but after learning about Kerry's injuries, he almost wanted to kill him. Still, he thought that Kerry might want to question him, so Henry gave him some anti-inflammatory medicine to stop the bleeding and made sure he wouldn't die in the next two days.
Kerry didn't have any sudden symptoms during the night, and his blood pressure, heart rate and temperature were all normal. So once the 12 hours were up, Kerry was moved to a general ward.
"The medication in his body is almost diluted. He may wake up today." The doctor said calmly.
When Venus arrived at the hospital in the morning, she saw John and Henry relaxed a little. They took turns watching over Kerry, but the day was almost over and Kerry hadn't woken up yet.
"Doctor, didn't you say that Mr. Ye woke up today? Why hasn't he woken up by now?" Henry ran to ask the doctor.
The doctor was also confused. "All his stats are normal, he should wake up." the doctor said. "I'm just extrapolating from experience. Maybe he'll wake up tomorrow."
In the evening, Venus received a call she both looked forward to and didn't want to receive.
"Miss Mu, you've done a great job this time. There was a bit of trouble in the middle, but it turned out well."
Venus gripped the phone, knowing the treasure map was in his hands, "When are you going to release my baby."
"No, it's not over yet,"
Venus raged, "You've got the treasure map. What more do you want?"
The man laughed and said regretfully, "This treasure map is not complete. There's still a part of it that Kerry keeps in the vault, and you need to help me get it."
Venus was surprised that Kerry was so shrewd.
"Once you have the rest of the treasure map, your child will be returned to you." The man said.
"I hope you keep your word," Venus said.
"As much as I love this little boy, he's not my child, so what am I keeping him around for?"
Venus gritted teeth, "I'll get the rest of the treasure map soon."
"Oh, one more thing," The man said slowly. "Kerry's got some of my men. The others can die, but one of them is named Heng Zhang, you get him out."
"I only promised you the treasure map. I didn't say I'd help you save anyone." Venus said angrily.
The man laughed lightly with an obvious threat in his voice, "Miss Mu, do you have any chance to refuse my requests?"
"You ......" Venus was so angry that she couldn't speak.
"Well, since you don’t have the ability to help him out, then you can ask for the address where he's being held and tell Xuan. That's easy for you, right?" The man said.
"Why does Kevin want to talk to me on the phone?" Venus froze.
Taking the phone, Venus took a deep breath and then said, "Hello, Mr. Ye."
Kevin was startled for a moment, and then said gently, "Hello, Miss Chu. John has told me about my brother."
"I'm sorry for this."
"You're not to blame for this. You haven't been in Sky city for long. Your kidnapping may have something to do with my brother." Kevin said. "I'm doing a research project with my professor these days. I'm booking a flight back in two days," Kevin paused and sounded apologetic, "I know it might be rude to say this, but Miss Chu's voice sounds a lot like my sister-in-law's. Can I beg you for one thing?"
"Please go ahead." said Venus.
"My brother and sister-in-law used to have many misunderstandings, so my brother has always regretted in his heart. If Miss Chu has time in the next two days, would you please accompany him and speak in his ear?"
"Ok, I will." Venus promised. In fact, she'd do it even if Kevin didn't ask her to. If he didn't wake up, she wouldn't get the rest of the treasure map.
"Thank you." Kerry paused for a moment, "Goodbye, Miss Chu."
"Bye." Venus did.
Actually, she thought of Kevin occasionally. After all, he was the one who had lent her a helping hand in her most difficult time, giving her warmth, but she couldn't love him.
"John, you guys go home and get some rest. I'm here with him today."
Henry was about to speak when he was held back by John, who said, "Then thank you, Miss Chu. We'll go back."
Then John pulled Henry out of the ward.
"John, how can Miss Chu be here alone? " said Henry staring straight at him.
"Miss Chu is the one Mr. Ye protects with his life. She's more useful here than you are." John said
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