The True Lady Strikes Back novel (Cecilia and Christopher)

Chapter 197

Cecilia didn’t recognize the doctor, but she knew his identity from his name tag.

She immediately got up and asked anxiously, “Are there any abnormalities in the blood panel and liver

and kidney function tests?”

The doctor handed the test reports to Cecilia and said in a deep voice, “The hematopoietic function is

abnormal, and the quantity of aminotransferase is higher than normal.”

pyruvate

In other words, Christopher was not only poisoned, but it also caused damage to the liver.

The doctor didn’t know that Cecilia had medical knowledge. Hence, he was about to explain it in

layman’s terms when she asked, “Have you found out what the poison is?”

“Not yet. Further detailed tests are underway, and the results will not be available until evening at the

earliest.”

“Okay, I see. Thank you.”

Before the doctor left, he handed his business card to Cecilia.

“If you have any questions or doubts, please feel free to contact me.”

Cecilia took the business card and said, “Okay. Thank you.”

After the doctor left, Elaine comforted her immediately, “Ceci, don’t worry. Once Christopher leaves the

operating room, we will transfer him to the military hospital. It’s not only equipped with advanced

equipment but also has the leading doctors in Clusia. We will definitely cure Christopher.”

“Thank you, Grandma Elaine. Then I shall look through the test reports

first.”

“Okay, take your time.”

As soon as Elaine finished speaking, Cecilia remembered something.

She took a sealed bag out of her pocket.

The bag contained cotton balls stained with Christopher’s blood.

She handed the sealed bag to the butler. “Bruce, please go to the military hospital and send this to the

laboratory for a detailed toxicology test.”

The butler took it respectfully and said, “Yes, Ms. Yancey.”

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After saying that, he told Elaine his assigned task and left the hospital. Seeing Elaine’s tired

expression, Cecilia said, “Grandma Elaine, you are not in good health. Why don’t you wait at home?”

“I’ll only be even more anxious if I go back to wait. How about you tell me about you and Christopher

instead?”

Cecilia knew that Elaine was trying to distract her, so she nodded.

“Grandma Elaine, Christopher and I are truly fated…”

She talked about her first acquaintance with Christopher in Erihal, how she met him again after joining

the Peacekeeping Forces, and what they had done since her return to the Yancey family.

Elaine was surprised.

“Ceci, I didn’t expect that you not only met Christopher but also saved him when you were still in the

assassin organization.”

She knew that Christopher had been an instructor for Cecilia.

After all, she had done an extensive background search on him because of Cecilia.

But she didn’t know that they had met each other when they were children. The two really were fated.

The mention of her past had Cecilia smiling. “I guess you could say Christopher and I saved each

other.”

At that time, she saved Christopher’s life, but he also rescued her from hell.

Elaine held Cecilia’s hand and patted it gently.

“I know that Christopher is a good man and is someone worthy of entrusting the rest of your life to, but I

still want to test him. Now that I know your past together, I have decided not to make things difficult for

him. It wasn’t easy for you to get together. Promise me you’ll be happy.”

Cecilia nodded. “Thank you, Grandma Elaine. If it wasn’t for Christopher today, I would have been

poisoned.”

Elaine didn’t know all the details of the major accident.

Hence, upon hearing Cecilia’s words, she asked anxiously, “What exactly happened?”

Just as Cecilia was about to answer, the door of the operating room opened.

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“Grandma Elaine, I’ll tell you about it later. Let’s find out Christopher’s condition first.”

Then, she got up from the lounge chair and stepped toward the sweaty

surgeon.

“Doctor, how is Christopher?”

The doctor took off his surgical mask and said, “The patient is not in life–threatening danger for the

time being, but he is too seriously injured. He may have a high fever at any time due to his wounds

getting inflamed, which will then cause his condition to deteriorate. He needs to be sent to the ICU for

observation for several days.”

“When will he wake up? Can I transfer him to another hospital now?”

The doctor was stunned for a moment before he replied, “If the patient’s condition doesn’t worsen, he

should wake up tomorrow morning. But it’s hard to say because several of his tests are not good.”

After saying that, he answered her second question of whether it was okay to transfer Christopher.

“According to the patient’s current condition, he can be transferred to another hospital, but everything

will need to be properly disinfected, and he needs to be in a sterile environment when transferring to

avoid bacterial infection of his wounds.”

“Okay, I see. Thank you.”

The doctor said, “If you want to transfer him to another hospital, it’s best to do so now. Otherwise, it will

be harmful and unfavorable to the patient’s recovery.”

Cecilia nodded. “Okay, I’ll arrange it now.”

Half an hour later, Christopher was transferred to the military hospital and admitted to the best sterile

ward, attended by professional nurses.

Christopher’s bodyguards were also transferred to the hospital, but they were admitted to the general

ward.

Although it was the general ward, they were given the slightly better double rooms.

Ten bodyguards were seriously wounded, occupying exactly five rooms. Meanwhile, Cecilia stood

outside the sterile ward and looked through the glass at the pale man with various instruments

connected to his body. Her eyes were full of worry.

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Elaine walked over to her and said, “Ceci, don’t worry. Christopher has professionals looking after him.

He will be fine. Why don’t you come home with me first?”

Thinking that Christopher would not wake up today, Cecilia nodded and agreed. “Okay, let’s go home.”

Before returning to the Shaw residence, she went to the police station to reclaim her gift–laden car.

The modified car had remarkable endurance. Even after being in such a serious accident, there was no

damage, only some paint peeling off.

Sitting in the car, Cecilia looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar street views on both sides of the street

and said, “Acocester has changed a lot.”

Elaine laughed and said, “You’re making it sound like you haven’t come back for a long time.”

Since Cecilia left the Shaw residence to go to Jacaster, she usually only spent a short time whenever

she came back to Acocester.

As she came and went in a hurry every time, she never got a chance to see the changes Acocester

went through.

This time, she finally realized that quite a lot had changed in a once familiar place.

She held Elaine’s arm and said softly, “Although I come back every year, I don’t stay for more than a

few days each time. Not only do I not go out, but I also don’t spend much time with you, Grandma

Elaine. This time, I’m going to stay at home for a month, spend more time with have a good look at

Acocester.”

you, and

Elaine said happily, “Okay. You can stay at home as long as you want.” Not long after, the car stopped

at the Shaw residence.

The Shaw residence was not large, with a front yard and a backyard.

After the front yard was the living quarters.

There was a big peach tree in the middle of the front yard, which Cecilia had planted shortly after she

came to the Shaw residence as she loved peaches. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Back then, in order to plant the peach tree, they even dug up the tree planted by Aiden.

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The backyard was used to plant various fruit trees and vegetables. At first glance, it looked full of life.

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Cecilia asked the housekeeper to take out all the gifts from the trunk and put them in the front yard.

The gift boxes occupied half of the yard, causing Elaine to shake her head.

“Ceci, how could you and Christopher have spent so much? This is his first time here, so I won’t say

anything. However, I won’t let you in if you buy so much again next time!”

Looking at her serious face, Cecilia nodded and said, “I promise it will be the last time. Anyway, among

these are also gifts from Aiden and the other three to the elders.”

Elaine put away the serious expression on her face and asked about the details of the serial rear–end

collisions and the investigation results.