Chapter 475
Christina looked at Derek for a while, feeling a little at loss. She immediately got up to look for the
medical record and a pile of CT reports hanging at the end of the bed.
All indicators of his physical examinations were quite good, and the CT test for his brain also showed
normal.
Derek himself had a Ph.D. in medicine, and his talent was extraordinary. He knew it better than many
authorities. But now, he did not understand what was wrong with his body, and these doctors could not
help him.
Crystal didn''t know much about medicine and suggested, "Why don''t we go to another hospital or go
abroad for a checkup..."
Derek did not panic at all.
He looked indifferent and looked at the calendar hanging on the wall. Three dayster, it would be the
fifteenth of the month, a day of a full moon.
"Bae, I''m leaving the hospital." He suddenly told to her in a low voice.
Christina disagreed, "You haven''t been diagnosed yet. Why do you leave the hospital? Just stay there."
Derek was more stubborn than anyone else. When he said he wanted to be discharged, he mean
exactly what he said.
He got up and went under the bed to take out a bag. There were several files with copies of the
contract documents in the bag. He handed it to her.
"What is this?"
Derek looked at her and hesitated, "Help me hand it to Peter. It''s... It''s thepany''s documents."
Hearing that they werepany documents, Christina took them without further concerns.
Suddenly, an acquaintance stood at the door, "It turns out that you spend all day outside dealing with a
man. Now I''ll see how you exin it." Ms. Hopkins took a picture of Christina and the others with her
phone.
Christina turned around and immediately became angry, "Ms. Hopkins, you can still run around in the
hospital after being hospitalized. Is your leg okay?" She gritted her teeth.
"Oh, what do you want to do, scare me?"
Ms. Hopkins was smashed by somethingst time, now she had recovered 70% from her injuries. She
was still in a cast, and neither of them had a good temper when they met.
Ms. Hopkins looked as if she had something against Christina and said coldly, "Christina, you have
married into my Hopkins family. How dare you hook up outside..."
Christina was angry. Thest time Ms. Hopkins was smashed by something in the leg and she
inexplicably said that Christina was the one who did it. This was nder.
This Ms. Hopkins did not know how to behave properly as an elder. Christina also directly rebuked her
angrily, "Ms. Hopkins, you are married to another family already, but you always speak ''we the Hopkins
family''. Now that you are a daughter-inw of another family, won''t you be embarrassed if you always
talk about ''we the Hopkins family''?"
Ms. Hopkins looked furious hearing Christina surprisingly saying this, "You, you flirtatious bitch..."
Christina had argued with Ms. Hopkins too many times. So she pretended not to care and ridiculed,
"Ms. Hopkins, you act as if you were a princess with such a bad temper. You are no longer young, and
still, you take yourself as the young Miss Lassie of the Hopkins family. I really pity your daughter, your
daughter-inw, and your granddaughter. They must extremely hate you secretly. You have to have
some self-awareness."
"Patrick, look at your wife. How vicious she is..."
Ms. Hopkins suddenly raised her voice and let out a cry of grievance.
Christina''s expression changed slightly. She looked at the corridor. Patrick and Charles were walking
towards her.
They heard Christina''sst sentence clearly.
Vicious.
Christina did not want to refute at all. She did not want to be humiliated by these so-called elders of the
Hopkins family. She did not want to endure it any longer.
Lassie limped and dragged her leg in a cast. She anxiously walked to Patrick''s side, used her phone to
show the picture she had just taken of Christina and Derek leaning close together, "Patrick, look, look
at your wife, she''s with another man..."
Patrick nced at the screen and then looked up at her.
Christina found it amusing. She finally understood why Patrick looked like that when he dragged her to
the hospital for pregnancy tests. At that time, he thought she was cheating on him and that she had
another lover. He had never really trusted her.
The most serious taboo for a daughter-inw from a rich and powerful family was to avoid having too
much contact with other men. If she shook hands or met with another man other than her husband, she
would be used of cheating even when there was no evidence for such use.
Christina looked cold, then she approached the door. Then, she stretched out her right hand and
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mmed the door of the ward.
Ms. Hopkins and the others stood outside the ward, hearing a bang. Christina looked gloomy. She
didn''t want to talk to these people at all.
The door was closed, but it did not mean that people outside the door could note in. Patrick turned
the door open and looked at Christina withplicated eyes.
"Derek, what''s wrong?" He suddenly asked.
Crystal was in the ward. She nervously approached Christina and whispered near her ear, "Pease talk
properly." Crystal was afraid that Christina''s sudden impulse would make the atmosphere even more
stifling.
Christina suppressed her irritation and looked at Patrick coldly. She did not lose her temper and tried to
ask calmly, "Can you help him?"
Such a question was like a request between strangers.
"Your rtive is very ugly."
Derek walked up to Christina as if deliberately blocking her behind him. His blue eyes looked at Patrick,
then he calmly told Patrick, "The people around you are really annoying."
Derek didn''t usually talk to people. The two men looked at each other. What Derek had just said
obviously showed that he hated people from the Hopkins family. Those people were mean, ferocious,
and scheming in rich families.
Larry also barged in. He came to help with handling procedures for being discharged from the hospital.
He nced at Patrick in the ward. Subconsciously, he was the one who did not like people from the
Hopkins family. However, rationally speaking, Larry hoped that Patrick could help. After all, Derek''s
medical situation was veryplicated.
Derek seemed to have ignored Patrick''s existence. He said to Christina, "Don''t lose the bag." He rarely
warned her like this.
Christina''s hand was held by Derek, which seemed like thest handshake. Derek looked at her with
deep eyes and said in a deep and mellow voice, "Bae, I''m leaving."
Christina was slightly stunned and her mind was in a trance for a moment. When she tried to hold him
back with force, Derek simply let go of her hand.
Derek and Larry walked out of the ward.
She just looked at Derek''s slender and erect back. Derek seemed to have gotten rid of this disease and
looked rxed, calm, and elegant.
But this fine figure was so difficult to keep and made people feel like it would disappear.
Outside the door, Ms. Hopkins stood and watched the show. She didn''t mind drawing others'' attention
and shouted, "Oh, look, he must have done something bad, so now he leaves in such a hurry..."
When Christina passed Lassie, she suddenly kicked her.
"Ah!"
Lassie''s broken leg was in a cast, and the other leg of hers was suddenly kicked hard by Christina. She
lost her bnce and fell back to the ground, screaming in embarrassment.
Charles nearby was stunned by this. For a moment, he forgot his gentlemanly demeanor and did not
help. He looked at Christina leave without looking back, who left arrogantly.
"Stop, stop her. It hurts so much..."
Ms. Hopkins''s face was ferocious and she wanted to get up to fight Christina.
In the corridor of the hospital, she shouted angrily, "You saw it. You saw it just now. This Christina is
evil. Such a vicious woman should be divorced. We the Hopkins family don''t want such a
granddaughter-inw..."
Christina could hear Lassie crying and howling from afar. Crystal quickly caught up with her and
whispered, "Hi, is it really okay to kick her like that?"
Crystal felt that this Lassie was not an easy piece to deal with and she would definitely make a scene.
Christina felt no guilty and said calmly, "I''ve wanted to kick her for a long time."
Hearing her saying this so honestly, Crystal did not know what to say, feeling angry and also amused.
That night, Ms. Hopkins called the Hopkins family andined to Senior Mr. Hopkins about being
publically kicked by Christina in the hospital. She said that Christina was disrespectful and had a bad
temper. In short, Christina did not deserve to be the granddaughter-inw of the Hopkins family.
"Dad, to show Patrick a favor, I forgive her for kicking me... But you mustn''t let her have too many
contacts with the twins at home. The children are too young to know right and wrong. A wicked mother
like Christina will definitely implicate the babies in the future."
Lassie knew what her father cared most about, that was, the heirs to the Hopkins family, which were
the root of a family in every elder''s mind.
After hanging up the phone, Senior Mr. Hopkins frowned and remained silent.
The old butler, who had been apanying him for many years, called out, "Old Master, don''t worry
too much. Children have their own blessings."
The twins were naturally great-grandchildren, but the old butler knew that in Senior Mr. Hopkins''s heart,
Patrick was his favorite as he brought Patrick up personally. If it hadn''t been for this, Senior Mr.
Hopkins wouldn''t have agreed to Patrick''s marriage with Christina, Judging by her position. If Patrick
liked something or someone, Senior Mr. Hopkins would let Patrick have them.
"What did the nannye to tell you yesterday?"
Though Senior Mr. Hopkins was old, he was not confused nor stupid. The nanny from the nursery
came to Northern Garden toin. He did not interfere in these trivial matters, but he generally
knew that there was such a matter.
The old butler did not dare to hide it, "It was said that Christina went to the nursery at night to read fairy
tales to the children... That story was a little special and slightly affected the child''s sleep."
When Christina arrived at the Main Residence for dinner at night, she already felt the tension in the
atmosphere. But she did not want to say it out, she then lowered her head to eat as usual.
People in the Hopkins family didn''t usually chat a lot at the dining table, as they followed family rules
strictly.
Christina was in a bad mood tonight and had no appetite. She took a few small bites, put down her
chopsticks, got up, and said, "Please excuse me."
She got up and left the table first, and grandpa and the others didn''t say anything.
But not long after Christina left the Main Residence, someone followed her. She turned around and saw
that it was the old butler.
"Did Ms. Hopkins call toin?" Christina asked coldly without waiting for him to speak.
The old butler looked at her pretty face, a face which did not know to reserve feelings. The old butler
had seen manydies that were born in rich and powerful families and had angelic and beautiful faces.
They all had their unique features. But in the Hopkins family, people usually subconsciously restrained
their real selves. Also, members of the Hopkins family had always preferred a low-key and noble
daughter-inw. A woman like Christina was never the first choice for a granddaughter-inw in the
Hopkins family.
Christina didn''t like to be looked at like this. She felt like she was being picked by others as if she were
a piece of fat pig meat. She felt very ufortable.
Christina was very frank, "This afternoon, I kicked her on purpose." Her eyes were clear and she did
not sound guilty at all, "Because I don''t like her. She spoke terribly."
"Ms. Hopkins, she is your senior elder no matter what."
The old butler was lecturing on behalf of Senior Mr. Hopkins because there were many things that were
not suitable for Senior Mr. Hopkins to say directly. So he asked the old butler to speak for him, so as
not to break the rtionship between him and Christina.
Christina was in a bad mood and didn''t want to hear this. She asked directly, "So what? Does grandpa
want me to go to the hospital to apologize to Lassie? Or do you want she to kick me back?"
The old butler looked at her beautiful face and the arrogance and wildness in her eyes.
"Senior Mr. Hopkins just wants you to learn to be more mature and steady. Don''t make the house
restless. As the future hostess of the Hopkins family, you have a lot to learn..."
Christina interrupted and suddenly sneered, "Tell grandpa that I don''t deserve to be the hostess of the
Hopkins family."
When the old butler heard her say that, his face immediately became serious, "You can''t say such
things casually."
"Don''t you know what grandpa''s daughters are like?"
Christina simply spoke things clearly and looked straight at him.
"You''re just protecting your own people and you think they are right. I''m a granddaughter-inw, a
daughter from another family. So you should require me to be a decent and noble wife, a good mother.
I''m sorry, I can''t imitate Ms. Hopkins''s tone. I know I''m not the most ideal granddaughter-inw in your
mind. Why don''t you listen to her suggestion and ask Patrick to divorce me directly? I don''t have a say.
You can do whatever you want!"
In the end, she didn''t hide her anger.
Christina turned around angrily and left.
The old butler was left in a daze. Others would kill for the title as a daughter-inw of the Hopkins
family. However, she easily said the word "divorce."
At the gate of the Main Residence, Patrick stood upright under the dark night. The night wind blew
over. He had heard clearly what Christina and the old butler said just now.