The Apple of My Eye

Chapter 2131 Condition Getting Worse.

At the ICU of the hospital

Charles sat up on the bed the moment Sheryl left.

He called David at once.

"Mr. Lu, what's up? Isn't Ms. Xia there with you at the moment?" David asked, surprised to get a call

from Charles at this time of the day. As far as David was aware, this was the time of the day when

Sheryl went to visit Charles and gave him a body massage every day.

"Immediately call the kindergarten and figure out what has happened to Clark," Charles ordered,

sounding anxious.

"Why? What happened?"

"Sheryl just got a call from my mother. She told Sheryl that Clark went missing from the kindergarten

this afternoon," Charles answered.

"What! How could this be possible? Okay, I'll check with them right away." David hung up the phone

hurriedly.

Charles sat on the bed, feeling deeply annoyed.

Charles felt as if an invisible trap was slowly approaching him and his family. It seemed that the

mastermind behind all this was not yet satisfied, even after creating so much havoc in his life that he

kidnapped Clark to punish Charles.

'This is not over yet. I have to fight back. I must fight back.'

Charles took out his cell phone and dialed another number.

He waited for the call to be answered. After a while of dialing, the line was connected.

"Hey, how come you have woken up in such a short time?" the man on the other side answered in a

low yet hoarse voice.

Charles ignored the jeer and asked in a low voice, "How is he doing?"

"Nothing special. He just sleeps and basks in the sun throughout the day."

"Nothing special at all? Are you sure?" Charles asked.

"Yes. Why? Is there anything wrong?"

"Keep a very close eye on him and inform me in time if anything happens."

"Is he planning something bad? This man is really like a millipede. We have taught him many lessons,

but he is so stubborn that he doesn't change at all," the man said.

"He is very hard to deal with." A hint of coldness flashed through Charles' eyes. "He will take some

actions very soon. Be vigilant."

"Okay, I see. By the way, were you there in the car accident?" the man asked.

Charles replied indifferently, "You will come to know about it at the right time."

"You!" The man knew Charles very well. It was difficult to get information from him as long as he did not

want to divulge it. The man knew that it was futile to get agitated on this matter. Hence, it would make

sense for him to rather calm down and remain silent.

"All right, I'm going to hang up now. But you remember my words. Be careful and vigilant about him."

Charles hung up the phone as he finished his words.

Charles then raised his head and glanced at the medical equipment around him. He narrowed his eyes.

It seemed that the mastermind did not believe that Charles was unconscious. So he was doing

something or the other to agitate him. After a while of pondering upon the current situation, Charles

made up his mind to flow along with the plan of the manipulator.

In Dream Garden, Sheryl brought Shirley and Melissa back home. As soon as they got home, Melissa

dropped on the sofa and started crying inconsolably. Nancy made haste to bring a glass of water for

her.

"Madam, would you like to have some water? You haven't eaten anything since the afternoon. If it goes

on like this, you will fall sick," Nancy said to Melissa when she saw her crying.

However, Melissa paid no heed to Nancy's words and kept crying.

Nancy looked at Sheryl helplessly, wanting her to comfort Melissa.

But Sheryl's condition was no better. She sat alone with her head down. Her face looked pale, and she

was at a loss.

Sheryl realized that the trouble they were in was of a much higher magnitude than they could perceive

it to be. Clark couldn't go missing just like that. Someone must have plotted against them to kidnap

him. But who was the man?

Nancy didn't know what to do when she saw Sheryl and Melissa were both worried about Clark. She

could not bear to see them like that. Shirley had also become extremely petrified. None of them had

even taken a sip of water throughout the day.

In this trying situation, even Mr. Lu was lying unconscious in the hospital. Who else could they rely on?

'Should I inform Mr. Gary?' Nancy wondered.

But if Mr. Gary knew, it would only make the matter worse.

Nancy could not make up her mind as to how to make Melissa and Sheryl feel better. She had no other

option than to just stand by them and support them silently.

Sheryl's mind was in a mess. She knew that the kidnap was not simple. Since the kidnapper could take

Clark away, he would even take further actions.

Sheryl was waiting for the man to call her. If he had not done this for money, the only other motive he

could have behind this must be revenge.

Although Sheryl could not think of anyone whom she might have wronged, yet, if he came for revenge,

she would never let Clark suffer for her.

Now she only hoped that the person would contact her as soon as possible to make sure that Clark

would suffer less.

As the three people in the room were immersed in deep sorrow and anxiety, the sound of the mobile

phone broke the silence in the room.

Sheryl took out her phone and saw it was a call from the hospital.

She answered the phone in a hurry, "Hello?"

'It's a call from the hospital. I hope everything is fine with Charles, ' she wondered.

Drops of sweat started to appear on Sheryl's forehead. Her heart was almost in her mouth as she Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

waited for a reply from the other side.

"Miss Xia, Mr. Lu's condition is getting worse. Please come to the hospital as soon as possible," the

doctor said on the phone.

"What? How could this be? Okay, I'll be right there." Sheryl hung up the phone and rushed out to the

hospital without even taking her handbag.

Melissa saw Sheryl's panic and didn't know what happened. She thought that Sheryl might have

received some information about Clark. She grabbed Sheryl's arm and asked, "Sher, have they found

Clark?"

"No, it's not like that..." Sheryl hesitated whether to tell her the news or not. She bit her lips and finally

told her the truth. "It's Charles. His condition is getting worse."

"Getting worse? Oh, dear! Charles, my son..." Melissa dropped to the ground with her face as pale as a

sheet of paper.

Nancy and Sheryl rushed to support Melissa. Sheryl comforted her, "Mom, please don't worry. I'll go to

the hospital now. Maybe there's some mistake on the doctor's part. Maybe Charles is fine."

"Yes, Madam. Mr. Lu is very lucky. Nothing bad will happen to him. Just let Sher go to the hospital first.

If she gets any news, she will let us know it."

Melissa had no choice but to nod. "Okay, Sher, no matter what happens, you must tell me first."

"Yes." Seeing that Melissa agreed, Sheryl exchanged a few words with Nancy and then hurried to the

hospital.

In the hospital

There was a pin drop silence in the intensive care unit.

Sheryl arrived at the hospital in a hurry. She found that the bodyguards on Charles's floor were

positioned in the same place as before. Sheryl rushed ahead without paying much attention to them.

When she arrived at the door, the nurse opened the door of Charles' ward for her.

Sheryl's mind was completely blank at the moment. All she wanted to see at the moment was that

Charles was fine. She just rushed in without even thanking the nurse.

The door of the intensive care unit closed behind her, and she stood there in a dimly lit room. But

before she could figure out what was going on in the room, she saw a figure flash out.

Sheryl stopped breathing. After the whole day of dealing with troubles one after the other, now she

didn't have the nerve to deal with some new trouble here in Charles' ward. The first thing that came to

her mind was that some intruder must have entered Charles' ward to harm him. Suddenly, her mouth

was covered by someone.

Just then, she heard a familiar voice from behind her. "Sher, it's me."

Sheryl's stiff body suddenly softened. She turned around and let her body collapse to lean against the

man's chest, heaving a sigh of relief.