Save Myself from Desperation

Outside the ward, Joseph followed Ashley out and wanted to hear about the surveillance.

The restaurant manager nervously asked, “Ms. Ramos, Mr. Fox, is Mr. Kingsley alright? Is he injured?” Ashley didn’t reveal the truth and vaguely said, “He’s in the ward now. His injuries are not serious.”

The manager breathed a sigh of relief and thought, ‘Thank goodness he’s okay!

‘If something really happened to him, it would be troublesome, and the impact would be too widespread! ‘But Ashley and Mr. Kingsley’s relationship seems unusual.

‘Not only did Mr. Kingsley save Ashley at the first moment, but now Ashley is also accompanying Mr. Kingsley in the hospital. What's their relationship?”

Though he was curious, he didn’t dare to ask directly. Ashley continued, “Did you find the surveillance footage?”

“Ms. Ramos, after you left yesterday, | arranged for someone to check the surveillance footage, but...” The restaurant manager frowned and paused before saying, “I don’t know what happened, but since 6:10 p.m. yesterday, the surveillance suddenly malfunctioned and stopped working. It didn’t capture anything.”

Ashley recalled that she arrived at the restaurant around 6 p.m.

It was too coincidental.

Someone deliberately sabotaged the surveillance.

“The surveillance malfunctioned?” Joseph couldn't believe it. “Isn’t that too coincidental? It’s abnormally coincidental.”

The manager’s forehead broke out in a cold sweat as he nodded repeatedly. “Yes. So after finding out that the surveillance was broken, | asked the staff to recall the situation at that time, and there happened to be a waitress who captured a suspicious

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“A suspicious man? Where’s the photo?” Joseph immediately asked.

“Here, | brought it. The manager quickly took out his phone and brought. up the photo from the album.

Ashley and Joseph looked down. The photo was blurry, like a snapshot. It showed a man wearing a black duckbill cap, and only the chin and half of his face could be vaguely seen.

The restaurant manager explained, “This waitress was secretly playing with her phone at the time. She was taking pictures of the scenery outside the restaurant and happened to capture this man. He also came to eat but requested a separate room for himself. When the waitress delivered the food, she found that this man wasn’t in the room and had been away for a while. Now that | think about it, it seems strange.”

Ashley immediately remembered that when she went to the restroom yesterday, someone locked the door from the outside. Ashley glanced at Joseph.

Joseph understood and said to the manager, “Send me this photo.”

He wanted to investigate who this man was.

After the manager left, Joseph turned to Ashley and asked suspiciously, “Ashley, when Valentin and | went to the restaurant to look for you. yesterday, why weren't you in the private room? Instead, you were he lobby on the first floor.”

Ashley said, “I went to the restroom at that time. As soon as | entere sensed someone outside. | turned around to push the door but foun locked. | ended up kicking the door open.”

“Really?” Joseph furrowed his eyebrows. “I'll have someone check who this man is. Once we find out, we should know what exactly happened.”

Ashley nodded. They could only rely on that now. They returned to the ward. Zain was sitting beside the bed.

But Valentin remained silent with his eyes closed. Only the sound of his shallow breathing could be heard. Other than that, he showed no response at all, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.

From morning till afternoon, the hospital director and doctors came several times to examine Valentin’s various physical indicators.

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The results of the examinations were all normal, but there was still no sign of him waking up.

Ashley glanced at the time. It was already past 3 p.m. Almost twenty hours had passed since Valentin fell into a coma.

After discussing with several doctors, the hospital director cautiously said, “Mr. Kingsley’s vital signs are stable, which is the best news we have. It indicates that Mr. Kingsley is gradually recovering...”

The hospital director went on, but he mentioned a lot of technical terms. Joseph didn’t quite understand and simply asked, “When will Valentin wake up then?” Zain was also anxious, staring at the director intently.

The director felt immense pressure and cautiously replied, “It depends on the specific circumstances. We will continue to monitor Mr. Kingsley’s condition.”

Ashley understood the underlying meaning in his words. Even the doctors couldn't speculate on when Valentin would wake up.

Joseph was anxious, but being anxious wouldn’t solve the problem. This was already the best hospital in the city or even the entire country.

Moreover, Valentin’s vital signs were fine. Everything was normal except for his inability to wake up. Joseph suddenly thought of a horrifying term, “vegetative state.”

He thought, Valentin won’t become a vegetable, right?”

Joseph immediately slapped himself, reminding himself not to make wild guesses.

He believed that Valentin wouldn’t be so unlucky and would wake up

soon.

Seeing Joseph suddenly slap himself, Zain asked with confusion, “Joseph, what are you doing?”

Ralph and Maggie were also puzzled.

Joseph shook his head repeatedly and said, “It’s nothing. | was praying for Valentin.” 3/5

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Ralph and Maggie exchanged a glance, thinking, ‘What kind of special prayer is this? ‘Could our son have gone crazy?”

Ralph thought for a moment and whispered, “Valentin and Joseph’s relationship has always been good. Now that Valentin is in a coma, it’s normal for Joseph to be anxious.”

Maggie sighed. “But Joseph is too strange. How did he end up hitting himself?”

Ralph advised, “Don’t worry. Joseph has always been silly since he was a child, so it's normal for him to act like this now.” Maggie nodded. “You're right. He has never been clever since he was small.”

Hearing this conversation, Joseph felt helpless.

He thought, ‘Il am your child, Mom and Dad!

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‘Am | just a foundling?”

Shortly after, Ashley received a call from Lester, saying that he was coming to visit Valentin.

In addition to Lester, George also arrived,

Zain, who had once dominated the business world in his younger years. knew about the Pliskin family’s background and had heard of George and Lester as well.

Facing Zain, the former head of the Kingsley family, George and Lester greeted him politely. They also greeted Ralph and Maggie. Seeing Valentin sleeping on the bed, Lester furrowed his brow and

thought, ‘He hasn’t woken up for almost a day now. It seems his injuries are somewhat serious.