CHAPTER 223: CHAPTER 223: NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO TAKE SAMPLES FROM HER

Hospital.

Sylvia Sheridan was urgently taken into the examination room.

Juliana Jacobs and Raine Kane sat outside waiting.

"Are you really not going to get checked out?" Raine asked.

Juliana’s head still hurt a little. She rubbed her temples and said softly, "I’m okay."

Raine scrutinized her worriedly, glanced at her phone, and finally said, "We’ve always been on guard against her, but I didn’t expect she’d use such a reckless way to get revenge on you."

Juliana caught the main point in her words, "Always been on guard against her?"

Raine nodded, "Do you know who told me she harbored ill intentions towards you?"

Juliana shook her head.

Raine said, "It was Evan Grant."

Juliana’s hand, which was massaging her forehead, paused.

"What was his purpose in doing this?"

Raine shrugged, "Who knows? But I think..."

She lowered her voice, "He seems to know quite a lot."

Juliana pressed her lips together, saying nothing.

At this moment, hurried footsteps approached.

Raine saw who was coming and quickly stood up.

"What tests have been done?" Elias Langley asked Juliana.

"The boss’s lady refuses to undergo any tests, not even a CT. The doctors said they wanted to take her blood..."

Elias Langley shifted his gaze to her.

"...she refused that too," Raine said.

Elias signaled with his eyes, and Raine approached him.

He turned and, in a voice only the two of them could hear, said, "Don’t let anyone take samples from her body, not even Quinn Shepherd."

Raine was momentarily surprised but quickly nodded.

"I’ve already had the accident scene handled; it won’t alarm Chairman Langley and them."

Elias Langley seemed satisfied with her handling, turned around, bent down, and cupped Juliana’s face in his hands.

Seeing a swollen red spot on her forehead, the man frowned painfully.

"Do you want to get a CT scan?"

Juliana shook her head.

Elias Langley picked her up.

"I’ll leave things to you here," he said to Raine.

Raine nodded.

Elias carried Juliana not elsewhere but back to the car.

He placed her in the passenger seat, then took out a food container with a bowl of warm matsutake porridge inside.

Juliana was indeed hungry, she took it and started eating.

Halfway through eating, she suddenly remembered something, looked up, and reminded, "There’s still a piece of blueberry mousse on my passenger seat, don’t let them throw it away, bring it back to my room for me, I’ll eat it tonight."

Elias Langley nodded, watching her eat porridge while gently applying ointment to reduce swelling.

"Do you think it was Mason Sheridan who sent her to hit me?" Juliana asked.

"Definitely not," Elias Langley replied very decisively, "Although Sylvia Sheridan has no blood relation with The Sheridans and isn’t favored, Third Master Sheridan treats her like a biological daughter, and even refrained from having his own children for her sake. Even if Mason Sheridan had ill intentions, he wouldn’t use her because of Third Master Sheridan."

"Then I understand. Don’t intervene in this matter, I’ll handle it."

Elias gave a faint response.

"By the way, at the moment of the crash, I had hallucinations again," Juliana said.

Elias Langley’s hand, applying the ointment, paused, "What kind of hallucinations?"

"It was a woman’s scream and... it was all blood in front of me. I’m sure I’ve never experienced such a thing, but the hallucination felt very real."

Elias Langley’s brow twitched slightly, he put down the ointment and said lightly, "Keep observing, and if it persists, see a doctor promptly."

Juliana nodded.

Just as she finished the porridge, Raine sent a message saying Sylvia had been moved to a regular ward.

Juliana was about to get out of the car, but Elias stopped her.

"Mason Sheridan is very cautious, I won’t go to your place tonight, stay a little longer, okay?"

A flicker of dark fire lit up in the man’s eyes...

When Juliana left, her face was flushed.

However, after seemingly relaxing a bit, her headache was gone.

As she reached the inpatient building downstairs, she paused.

Evan stood at the entrance, seeming to have waited for her for a long time.

"Do you need something?" Juliana asked warily.

"You were in the car with him for quite a while," he said.

Juliana raised an eyebrow, "Does that have anything to do with you?"

Though they hadn’t seen each other for days, he still carried that air of indomitable arrogance.

"Elias Langley is not your ideal partner."

Juliana laughed at his words, "And you are?"

Evan’s aura of arrogance shattered instantly, and a profound ache and regret surged up, which he forcibly suppressed.

"Yes, I’ve paid the price, so now I understand the value of cherishing more than anyone," he said.

Juliana showed a hint of derision on her face, "Then I wish Chairman Grant a long and lasting next relationship."

With that, she was about to leave.

"Juliana," Evan called after her, "You can continue to trust that he can keep you safe, but don’t forget, there will always be moments when he has to weigh his priorities. When that time comes, you’ll see what truly matters to him. And my phone will always be on for you."

Juliana looked back at him, her gaze unfriendly.

"So you waited here specifically to tell me this?"

Just as she finished speaking, Luna Thorne entered the lobby from outside, carrying a basket of supplements.

"Chairman Grant, I came to visit Grandma Grant, so sorry for troubling you to come down in person. Have you been waiting long?"

Evan’s gaze towards her was indifferent, "That’s thoughtful of you."

Luna also noticed Juliana, "Director Jacobs, long time no see. Lately, Mr. Shaw has been liaising with me for Aetherflame. You..."

"My friend is hospitalized, I need to go upstairs to see her, excuse me."

Saying this, Juliana continued on her way.

Luna was momentarily taken aback and only smiled at Evan again after she disappeared into the elevator.

"Chairman Grant’s path to reconciliation doesn’t look smooth; why not tell her everything you know?"

Evan’s gaze was still fixed on the elevator entrance, his voice detached, "Undermining an opponent is not my style. What kind of person Elias Langley is, let her discover slowly for herself, that way...she’ll come back willingly."

Luna looked at him deeply, her face showing a hint of disappointment.

When Juliana entered the hospital room, Sylvia Sheridan was receiving an IV drip.

She sat blankly on the bed, her face still without color.

Raine approached and whispered, "The baby is fine. However, this person harbors malicious intentions — she just confessed that she mixed poison into the incense for you last night. You didn’t use it, right?"

Juliana smiled faintly, "If I had, I wouldn’t be standing here now. You go eat first, I’ll talk to her alone for a while."

Raine looked at Sylvia Sheridan and confirmed she posed no threat before leaving the room.

The door closed softly, leaving just Juliana and Sylvia in the room.

The air instantly turned thick and oppressive. Juliana looked at the woman sitting on the hospital bed, her gaze icy.

"What was your purpose in coming to the Langley Residence?"

Sylvia turned her head away, refusing to look at her, her pale lips pressed into a stubborn line, silent.

Juliana wasn’t in a hurry, she pulled up a chair and sat by the bed, composed.

"The child is Jared Langley’s, right?"

Sylvia’s entire body shook; she turned her gaze to Juliana, full of wariness, "You...what do you want to do?"

Meeting her eyes, Juliana’s tone was calm but indisputable, "If you want to keep this child, tell me who ordered you to try to kill me?"

The moment the words fell, Sylvia’s pupils trembled ever so slightly.