Chapter 156 The National Academic Competition " How could it be this serious now ? " Are you lying to me ? " Why would I need the Wonder Doctor ? " Son , I think these doctors are just trying to scam us . I don't believe them . " Go get Larissa . I'll be fine after she takes care of me for a few days . " " Fine . I won't force you to return to Eldercrown , and I won't push you into blind dates anymore . " But you must send me her photo someday . " Otherwise , I'll assume you're lying to an old woman like me ." Having achieved his goal , Wesley nodded . " I'll try .

So , Grandma , can you be discharged now and go home ? " At the same time , at Brightwell Hospital . Finished Madam Turner's condition was worsening by the day . She had been hospitalized for a week , and aside from Morris , no one else had come to see her . People her age liked liveliness . She desperately wanted to see the granddaughter she had always doted on , Julia . Even Larissa - whom she used to dislike - hadn't come . When Morris came to visit again that day , and she saw he was still alone , she clutched her chest in anger . " Where is everyone ?

" I've been in the hospital for so long . Why hasn't a single one of them come to see me ? " I'm not dead yet ! " Do I mean so little to them now ? " " They're all busy , Mom . Once they're free , I'll have them come see you . " Morris had no choice but to make up that lie . These past days - trouble at the company , his mother's illness - had forced him to see many things clearly . He had been wrong . Of all the children , only Larissa had ever been wholeheartedly devoted to him . And what had he done in return ? Was blood really more important than anything else ?

For the first time, he began to doubt himself . " They're busy ? " The family is on the verge of bankruptcy , so what could they possibly be busy with ? 1/3 2:19 pm P Chapter 155 Ungrateful Animal " And what about Larissa , that ungrateful animal ? Why hasn't she come to take care of me ? " She's not in school , and she doesn't have a job , so what could she possibly be busy with ? " I suppose I'm just an unwanted and ignored old woman now . " Finished At her age , all she wanted was to be surrounded by children and grandchildren . What was wrong with that ?

" Mom , how can you call Larissa that ? " No matter what , she's the child I adopted . " Even if we're not related by blood , she grew up by my side . " She was always so filial . She was the one taking care of you when you were sick . Why did you give all the credit to Julia ? " Because of that , I thought Larissa had been lying all along . " Only now did Morris understand why Larissa had been so resolute in leaving the family . No matter how sincere she had been , everything she did in the family had been trampled on . How many times had he wronged and misunderstood her ?

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