Chapter 1268: Chapter 1240 The Whole World Owes Him an Oscar Chapter 1268: Chapter 1240 The Whole World Owes Him an Oscar Rico's Hypnosis revealed that he had seen Yuzo Joel getting cozy with Mother!
Mario Yuno was also shocked; he couldn't associate his conservative mother-in-law with infidelity within marriage. After all, Kiara was born in an era when society was more reserved, and the hooliganism law hadn't even been abolished yet. Even a slight excess in men-women interactions could result in imprisonment.
Kiara's feelings were greatly complicated, but honestly, this outcome was somewhat better than what she had initially thought. She couldn't bear the thought of her Mother not being her biological mother, and now that she knew the truth, she felt a lot more at ease.
As for Yuzo Joel…
How should she face him in the future?
Perhaps due to the contrast with Trash Dad, Kiara didn't particularly dislike Yuzo Joel, but she couldn't forgive him for abandoning her mother. Just as she was worrying about how to face Yuzo Joel in the future, her phone rang.
“Apprentice sister! Where are you?” Andrew Farmstead's voice came through the phone, sounding particularly anxious.
“I'm at my mom's place, what's happened?”
“You need to come back quickly; it's serious. Master had a heart attack, and he's being resuscitated. He insisted on seeing you before he dies!”
“What happened to him?” Kiara's heart skipped a beat.
“Master has a very serious heart condition. He's been kept alive by Pharmacist Roland's medicine over the years, but suddenly he's deteriorated. Before he lost consciousness, he made me promise to find you so that he could see you one last time.”
“I'll be right there.” Kiara looked at Mario Yuno, and he nodded at her.
“We're at the First Hospital in Q City. Hurry over!”
Huh? How did they end up from Linville to Q City? Kiara found it strange–how come wherever she was, he was there too?
All her doubts would only be resolved after seeing Yuzo Joel. Mario Yuno drove, rushing Kiara towards the hospital.
In the hospital room, Yuzo Joel was looking at himself in the mirror, very satisfied with his pale complexion.
“Farmstead Farmer, Pharmacist Roland's medicine is really good; I look just like I'm about to kick the bucket.”
“You'd better lie down quickly, she'll be here any minute now. If she finds out you've tricked her, that girl will raise hell! Old Man, I don't quite understand. Those so-called 'truths'–you could have just brainwashed her Mother to tell her directly. Why go through the trouble of locking up her Mother's memories, going to her Father to brainwash him, and using her Father's voice to tell her the so-called 'truth'? Isn't all this unnecessary trouble?”
“Unnecessary trouble? Ha, you underestimate her,” Yuzo Joel adjusted his complexion and lay back down on the bed, continuing to feign illness.
“Her ability to understand is particularly high, and with a man like Mario Yuno by her side to strategize for her, their combined IQ is not to be underestimated. If I directly brainwashed her Mother to speak out, do you think she would believe it? Is her Mother's character like someone who can hide the secret of her child's paternity for many years without saying anything? She has to be led to Rico, so when Rico explains, all the timing and logic will make sense, and then she won't suspect a thing.”
“Now she should have no doubt about the paternity we fabricated for her, right? Honestly, even I'm starting to believe it.”
Yuzo Joel shook his head, “I don't know if she will believe it, but right now, she doesn't have any other clues but this. Remember, do not tell her about the experiment back then, and don't even bring up words like 'Soul Weight' or 'wave-particle duality' in front of her. Otherwise, all our efforts will be in vain, understand?”
Let Kiara believe in the “truth” told by Rico. Hearing footsteps in the corridor, Yuzo Joel quickly took out a pill he had prepared, stuffed it into his mouth, and immediately fell into a coma. His chest heaving dramatically, he breathed rapidly, as if having a heart attack.
“Doctor! Come and see what's wrong with him!” Andrew Farmstead called out in cooperation, his voice just loud enough for Kiara and Mario Yuno, who had just entered, to hear.
“Let me take a look!” Mario Yuno knew some emergency aid knowledge and went over to check Yuzo Joel's eyelids–this indeed resembled the condition of a heart attack.
Kiara followed closely, full of anxiety. She wasn't worried when Rico Clark fell ill, but seeing Yuzo Joel lying there really made her uncomfortable. Even though she hadn't decided whether to forgive him during her journey, she couldn't bear to see him like this.
The doctor quickly arrived, put him on a ventilator, and performed emergency resuscitation. Only then did Yuzo Joel regain consciousness. His pale face and whitened lips truly looked as though he had just been brought back from the brink of death.
Mario Yuno was extra cautious. While checking if Yuzo Joel was genuinely unconscious, he also scraped his face and lips to see if the color was painted on.
Camden could think of makeup but overlooked Pharmacist Roland–the third brother at Seven-Acre Farm–who hadn't made an appearance thus far. Who could have thought of such a drug?
“Kiara… I want to see my Kiara…” As soon as Yuzo Joel awoke, he reached out with trembling hands into the air, and Farmstead Farmer hurried over.
“She's here! Really, you're like this, and you're still thinking of her.”
Kiara, with mixed feelings, approached him and Yuzo Joel, trembling, grasped her hand, “Child… you're here…”
“Why did you want to see me?” Kiara asked conflictedly.
“Farmstead, give her the items…”
Farmstead Farmer handed over a box and Kiara asked.
“What is this?”
“It's all my life savings and my research findings. I'm leaving it all to you. I don't know if I'll die here, so I'm giving it to you in advance… Farmstead, you have to assist your sister, do you understand? If I'm not here anymore, you must listen to her…”
If it wasn't for Rico's words just now, Kiara would have found this very bewildering. She was only Yuzo Joel's apprentice, after all. Being entrusted with so much, as if he were entrusting her with his last wishes, was just too strange.
But after what Rico said, having that relationship as a backdrop made Yuzo Joel's actions seem reasonable.
“Why are you giving it all to me?” Even though Kiara had already heard it once from Rico, she still wanted to get a definitive answer from Yuzo Joel.
“Because…” Yuzo Joel closed his eyes, and there was a glimmer of tears at the corners, watching which Farmbright Farmer mused to himself, worldwide, the old man deserved an Oscar, these performances were truly moving, even he was starting to believe them.
But what Farmbright Farmer didn't know was that what Yuzo Joel was showing at this moment were his genuine inner feelings.
Kiara and Mario Yuno were both waiting for his answer when Yuzo Joel broke the long silence and finally spoke.
“I'm sorry, Kiara, I lied to you… Earlier when I said I developed feelings for you because I missed my deceased daughter, it wasn't completely true. The fact is, you… you really are my daughter.”
The last four words, “My daughter.”
To Kiara, those words were like thunder.
Even with mental preparation, hearing it again was just too shocking. Those words reverberated over and over in her mind.
The feeling was bizarre, as if suddenly discovering that Pluto, which for many years was thought to be part of the solar system, wasn't…
Chapter end
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