Bella narrowed her almond-shaped eyes coldly.

The man before her was adept at using a fragile, harmless appearance to conceal his vile and insidious nature.

Unlike Justin's upright, firm, and composed demeanor, Grant gave off a gloomy, spine-chilling vibe, like a snake in human skin.

"Bella, don't listen to his nonsense. He's just here to disturb your mind, deceive you, and win you over!"

Axel stepped forward without hesitation, standing in front of his little sister to confront Grant. "Are you the reincarnation of some rat from the gutter? Wherever there's trouble, you crawl right in! You're not welcome here. Get away from my sister immediately!"

"Ax..." Bella tugged lightly at Axel's sleeve and shook her head slightly.

Then, turning her emotionless gaze to Grant, she said, "Mr. Salvador, you claim you have a way to treat my father's illness. Could you please elaborate?"

Grant covered his mouth and nose with a white handkerchief, let out two muffled coughs, and frowned slightly.

Axel let out a scoff. "You're a sickly young master yourself, yet you talk about curing others? What a joke!"

have one of my

Thompson siblings instantly tensed, alarm bells

trust me, but I

sincerity, his eyes solemn. "When the medicine arrives, you can test it with Director Cartman and Dr. Larson, whom you trust most. If it's poisonous, go ahead and report me to the

let go of the past, set aside old grievances, and prioritize your father's health. Please accept my gesture


face, wanting to say something, but in the end,

face of their father's

Grant's medicine was delivered to the

face mask and promptly entered the lab with Director Cartman and two biomedical researchers to test and analyze Grant's medicine.

emerged, visibly exhausted. She removed her mask, her expression

and Axel rushed over

her rose-colored lips together, paused in thought, then said softly, "There's

The Thompson brothers were both

issues-naturally, that was a good thing. But they could hardly believe that Grant had not played

"This weasel is visiting us chickens for

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