The once spacious and empty room was now filled with all sorts of equipment and instruments. As soon as Nicole entered the room, the strong and pungent smell of disinfectant shot up her nostrils.

This made her frown, as she was rather unaccustomed to this.

Benjamin, Anna, Wendy, Colton, and Olivia were all in the room.

When Olivia saw Nicole, her expression changed. She was just about to say something when Benjamin stopped her.

He signaled her with his eyes and after thinking about it, she held herself back.

The doctor had just come and explained that Benedict fell ill because he was provoked. At this critical moment, the elderly man would not even be able to stand a minute of anger.

Nicole pursed her lips and looked at Benedict, who was lying on the bed with his eyes closed, and asked softly, "How is Old Mr. Benedict now?"

Olivia immediately scrunched her face in dissatisfaction and answered sarcastically, "Why do you care about how he is? What, are you a doctor? Can you treat him?"

In the face of her sarcasm, Nicole endured it with a slight smile on her face. "No, I'm just concerned about him."

Just as Olivia was about to retaliate, Benjamin stopped her as he turned to Nicole and said, "Old Mr. Benedict is fine now. The doctor said he should take a good rest."

and take a look, she had no intention to

is fine, I won't stay much longer. I'll

backward as she

strode over next to her and said, "I'll

and walked out with him

side.

pungent smell of disinfectant back there made Nicole feel a little out

soon as she caught a whiff of that familiar smell, she immediately

you not like the smell of disinfectant?" Colton seemed to have picked up on her

explaining, "My mother

and continued in a hoarse voice, "Grandpa is

my way in. I've asked her

puzzled. He probably didn't think that she would know

However, Nicole nodded. "Yup."

"Grandpa's time is running out, and there's no one capable of going through with the operation. He probably has about half a year to

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it, she said, "There are so many good

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