Flash Marriage: My Penniless Billionaire Husband
Chapter 245: She’s Just Too Bored
Christopher had just taken a shower and came out of the bathroom. Hearing her question, he frowned and replied, "I did."
"Then how is grandpa?" Janice asked.
He replied, "Grandpa is just the same. But my mom has not been in a good mood recently."
Hearing his words, Janice could more or less guess the reason. After all, no one would be in a good mood with Sophie’s incident around.
She said, "When I get back, we can move in there to help your mom, okay? It’s hard for her to take care of grandpa alone."
Christopher nodded. "Okay, I’ll listen to you. By the way, when are you coming back tomorrow? I’ll pick you up."
Janice thought, "I’ve just arrived. How can I go back tomorrow?" But she was afraid that he might come to find her the next day. So she immediately added, "I haven’t finished my work yet. I’m not sure yet."
"We have agreed that you will only go for two days. If you don’t come back, I’ll go there myself."
Hearing what he said, Janice almost choked on her saliva. She stammered, "I promise I’ll go back on time. It’s getting late. Go to bed early. Good night."
Without waiting for his reply, she hung up the phone in a hurry.
On the other end of the line, Christopher was furious. "Why does she keep hanging up on me recently?"
He gritted his teeth and suddenly felt a wet sensation at his feet. He looked over in surprise and found that Nino was lying at his feet and licking him.
He frowned and picked up Nino.
"Do you want me to take you to her?"
Nino felt uncomfortable in his arms and mewled.
Christopher paused for a moment and put her down.
"Forget it. Let’s give her another night. If she doesn’t come back tomorrow, I’ll go find her."
He sighed and lay down on the bed.
Just when Janice hung up the phone, Lucy came over.
"Janice, where did you go during the day? Why didn’t you wait for me?" Lucy complained as soon as she entered the room.
Hearing this question, Janice felt a little guilty. She realized that Lucy was less clued
in about what was going on than Yvonne.
Janice thought, "If she finds out that I’m hiding something from her, she might be angry."
She hastily said, "I’m here to experience the local customs. I applied for it on my own initiative before. I just wanted to come and have a look."
"Really? I didn’t expect you to have such a sense of wanderlust."
"That’s right."
As soon as Janice finished speaking, the bathroom door opened. Yvonne came out of the bathroom in a nightgown. She had heard their conversation and interrupted, "I think she is just too bored as a pregnant woman."
Lucy couldn’t help laughing.
Janice rolled her eyes at her speechlessly. Just when she was about to say something, she received a message. "Anna has a high fever. Can that doctor come over, please?" It was from Joey.
Janice was stunned for a moment before she handed the information to Yvonne.
Yvonne glanced at the phone and snorted, "He didn’t take it seriously during the day, but now he gets anxious about it. However, it’s useless even if I go over now. I don’t have the medicine."
Janice agreed but she thought, "However, Joey wouldn’t take the initiative to ask me for help if the situation is not serious."
She said, "Why don’t we go to the hospital in town and ask if there’s any medicine?"
"What is that for? Do you know what kind of disease it is?" Yvonne asked with a frown.
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Lucy stood there and listened to them. She frowned and said, "What are you talking about? I don’t understand."
Only then did Janice remember that Lucy was still there. She felt a bit embarrassed. "It’s nothing. It’s just that a villager’s child is sick."
Lucy nodded and replied, "I’ve just heard you guys talking about the hospital in town. We went to interview there during the day, but the medical conditions here are too poor. I’m afraid that they can only treat some common fevers and flus. Those with more serious illnesses have to go to the county that is tens of kilometers away. If the child is really seriously ill, then you can’t be careless."
Janice also knew that the medical conditions here weren’t good. <However, Joey isn’t willing to explain Anna’s condition.
How could I persuade Yvonne?>
Therefore, she replied to Joey. "Why don’t you take the child to the hospital in town. Let the doctor have a look first. My friend is a doctor but she has no equipment nor medicine. So she can’t find out anything under such condition."
After she sent the message, there was no reply from the other side.
Janice anxiously held the phone and waited for a while.
After thinking about it, she still felt that she should go over and take a look, so she awakened Yvonne. "Yvonne, let’s go and have a look. You’re a doctor. If we encounter any thorny problems, you can deal with them."
Yvonne was extremely sleepy and refused to go. In the end, she couldn’t stand being pestered by Janice and agreed.
The mountain road was not easy to walk on, and it was late at night, so Yvonne drove the car very slowly.
When they were halfway there, a tall figure appeared.
Yvonne looked through the window and immediately said, "Janice, look, is that person over there?"
Janice also looked over and saw Joey carrying Anna on his back.
She asked Yvonne to stop the car. She quickly got out of the car and ran over.
"How is Anna?"
When Joey saw Janice, his heart was instantly ignited with hope. "She has a very bad fever. It’s useless even if I gave her medicine. Please ask your friend to save her."
His anxious gaze passed through Janice and landed on Yvonne in the driver’s seat.
Janice glanced at the listless girl lying on his back and quickly said, "Don’t worry. Get in the car first. We can talk slowly on the way."
With that, she opened the door of the back seat for him.
He carried Anna and got in.
Janice also got in the car. "Yvonne, hurry up. Let’s go to the county hospital now."
Yvonne silently drove the car. Glancing at Joey who was in the back seat, Yvonne said, "Well, you can’t waste your time on the way under such condition. You need to explain it to the hospital in advance. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, she will die."
After listening to her explanation, Joey was stunned.
Seeing this, Janice comforted, "You don’t have to worry too much. You just need to explain the situation to the hospital, which can save time. Anna can receive the most accurate treatment in the shortest time."
After Janice finished explanation, Joey still didn’t speak.
Yvonne sneered, "Janice, don’t force him. He doesn’t care about people like us who are willing to offer help."
The atmosphere in the car suddenly became cold.
Janice shot her a meaningful glance, indicating for her not to continue.
Yvonne shut her mouth angrily.
After a long moment, Joey finally spoke, "Anna has congenital leukemia."
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Yvonne was still driving when she heard about this. She was so shocked that she almost drove the car into a ditch.
Janice was incredulous. Although she had guessed that there was something wrong with Anna’s body, she didn’t expect it to be such an incurable disease.
For it to happen to a three year old child... this was too cruel.
She couldn’t help but look at Joey in the backseat.
He hugged Anna, his head lowered. Janice couldn’t see his expression clearly.
After a long while, Joey talked about Anna’s condition.
It turned out that Anna had been suffering from leukemia since she was born.
Although Switzerland’s medical industry was developed, this disease could only be controlled, not eradicated.
That was why Anna had spent most of her time in the hospital back in Switzerland.
After returning, she often went back to the hospital for treatment, and her illness had been managed well enough.
It wasn’t until she came here that she suddenly had an attack because she wasn’t accustomed to the environment.
Upon hearing his explanation, Janice didn’t know what to say.
Janice thought, "It is all the fault of adults that makes the child suffer."
Yvonne could not hold back her anger anymore and said angrily, "Since you knew she had leukemia, why the hell did you still bring her here? Do you know that leukemia patients are most afraid of lung infection? She has already gotten a high fever. It is very likely that her lungs have been infected."
Yvonne furiously thought, "How could there be such a stupid person?" Hearing her words, Joey blamed himself even more.
Janice’s emotions were complicated. Although she despised Sophie’s actions, Anna was innocent.
She glanced at Joey in the rearview mirror and couldn’t bear to see him like this.
She said, "Yvonne, don’t blame him. Think about what to do first. It’s still two hours away from here to the county. During this time, will Anna be in danger?"
"She is definitely in danger. She needs to be treated immediately."
Yvonne thought for a moment and said, "How about this? Call the county hospital and inform them of the patient’s situation and history of medical history. Ask them to prepare an ambulance and come to take her."
"OK." Then Janice immediately took out the phone.
She immediately dialed 911 and reported Anna’s situation to the hospital.
She put away the phone after she got the exact reply.
"The hospital is sending an ambulance over."
"Okay." Yvonne nodded.
Janice turned back to look at Joey, who was hugging Anna worriedly. Then she dialed a number.
"Can you do me a favor?"
Not long after, the ambulance came over and picked up Anna.
They arrived at the hospital with the ambulance.
Meanwhile, the hospital was already ready. The moment the vehicle arrived, the doctor immediately rushed Anna to the emergency room.
The moment the door closed, everyone was on tenterhooks.
Joey stared at the tightly closed door of the emergency room without even blinking.
Janice stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say.
At this time, Rob walked over with the receipt in his hand.
"It’s all done. We have invited the best experts in the hospital looking at her. I believe she will be fine."
Rob’s words didn’t have any titles, not only saying to Janice, but also to Joey.
Janice looked at Joey who was still standing at the entrance. She frowned, then said to Rob, "Sorry for troubling you."
Rob said, "It’s no trouble at all. But why did are you suddenly come here? Does Mr. Bateman know?"