“No, it’s not like that, Mr. John. Please listen to my explanation. I said no antidote means Ms. Stovall doesn’t need an antidote. She had fully recovered from the poison a few years ago!”
Hearing that, John’s anger subsided. However, in the next second, his gaze turned cold again. He lifted Dr. Perez off the ground and queried through his gritted teeth, “What the hell is going on? You’d better tell me everything now!”
After all, John used to be a frivolous and vicious young man in K City. When he was angry, the aura exuded was quite terrifying. Gripped by an irrepressible sense of dread, Dr. Perez started to twitch, and his eyes turned white.
Old people always got shocked easily.
Seeing that, John’s heart softened. He loosened his grip, although he was angry at that time.
Just as Dr. Perez fell to the ground, a young researcher who was standing beside him took a bottle of medicine and passed it to the former. After breathing in the medicine deeply a few times, his condition became better.
As soon as Dr. Perez let out a long exhale, John bent down to grab the medicine and raised it above the former’s head. Then, he continued to ask with a dour expression, “I don’t have much patience. Count yourself lucky just now. Next time, no one will bring you medicine. Quick, spill the beans!”
Upon hearing that, Dr. Perez and the young researcher looked at each other with the conflicted looks on their faces while sneaking a peek at Ashton from every now and then.
Rather than saying they were afraid of John, it seemed more like they were darting their inquiry gazes at Ashton.
Soon, John had also noticed that, so he turned to look at Ashton. At that, his expression changed.
Just as he was about to ask them, Ashton said, “Go ahead.” His tone was firm and domineering.
After that, Dr. Perez tugged on the cuff of John’s trousers and explained as he sobbed, “Mr. Hall is the mastermind. We just followed his order. We did not expect things to turn out this way… Ten years ago, Mr. Hall took Mr. Fuller and Ms. Stovall’s DNA samples back. After examination, it was found that Mr. Fuller encountered a genetic mutation. But surprisingly, we found that a component of Ms. Stovall’s genes could treat Mr. Fuller’s genetic deformity! Mr. Hall was very concerned about the genetic quality of his descendants, so he established this project team to figure out a way to perform genetic editing. Ten years ago, studies that had looked at how genetic editing worked on animals had shown that the technique was working well. Hence, after examining Ms. Stovall’s genes thoroughly, Mr. Hall decided to perform the experiment on Ms. Stovall. Actually, the experiment would cause side effects. Mr. Hall knew that Mr. Fuller wouldn’t agree to it, so he kidnapped the children to check if they were healthy. At the same time, he injected the drug into Ms. Stovall’s body.”
Human genetic modification had always been severely restricted in many countries. Although the experiment was at odds with the principles of human rights, it was not hard to understand why Nicolas did this. The worst situation was basically sacrificing one life to save another. To put it bluntly, he was buying life.
Maybe I had died once, so I didn’t get frustrated upon hearing Dr. Perez’s words. Instead, I felt a sense of relief at that time.
When the toxin took effect, it was agony. I felt dizzy and vomited badly. I was barely conscious throughout the period. I used to worry that I couldn’t accompany my kids as they grow. But luckily, everything was over, and Ashton was healthy now. My sacrifice was worth it.
Nicolas knew Ashton very well. If the latter knew that I would need to suffer so much for his health, he would definitely not agree to it.
But the former didn’t know me. If he told me the truth about who he really was and explained his intentions, I would definitely agree with his plan and be willing to sacrifice for Ashton.
At that moment, I couldn’t read John’s expression. He narrowed his eyes and fixed his gaze on Dr. Perez as he inquired, “So six years ago, Letty frequently passed out and vomited blood because of this? Those are the side effects of the drug?”
Upon hearing the question, Dr. Perez relaxed his grip on the former’s trousers. He slumped onto the ground with his head lowered and looked around anxiously with a fearful look on his face.
John had sharp eyes. When he noticed Dr. Perez’s unusual behavior, he immediately raised his leg, stomped at the latter, and bellowed, “Stop stuttering. Just spit it out!”
