Chapter 9 The Meeting of Enemies


    After making sure all procedures were done, it was almost daybreak. There were more and more


    people in the hospital now.


    After a sleepless night, I felt myself losing almost all of my strength. I craved for some sleep now, but


    whenever Iid eyes on my exhausted mother outside the ward, I forced myself to stay vignt.


    “Mum, you can go back and have some rest now. Come over after this.”


    I feared that her stamina wouldn’t hold since she was in her fifties. A nerve-wracking and sleepless


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    night might prove too much for her. She shook her head while sobbing, determined not to leave the


    ward.


    I knew that she was ming herself for this, but I never med her in the first ce. If she didn’t


    ept Daniel wholeheartedly from the start, I might have already broken down. I took off my coat and


    covered her with it, and I held her now chilly hands. I felt extremely regrettable.


    “Mum, don’t you worry. Nothing will happen to Daniel. I will go get some breakfast for you, so please sit


    here and rest.”


    “Jessica, I’m sorry, your mother is useless…”


    “Mum, stop with that nonsense…”


    My mother made me feel guilty with how regrettable she was. This was originally my mistake, but she


    was shouldering the me for me. I had no words for that as I hurriedly left the hospital to look for


    somewhere to buy some breakfast.


    My mother hailed from the north, so she always fancied some soy milk. However, it was not easy to


    procure something like that in M city, and only after a long while I was able to discover a shop selling


    that. When I stepped into the shop, I saw someone I was really reluctant to meet: Cooper Chan.


    What surprised me the most was that Molly was sitting opposite him. She was drinking some soy drink


    with a convoluted expression. When she saw me, she seemed to freeze for a second before suddenly


    revealing a strange smile.


    “Hey, why are you here too?” She seemed reluctant to meet me, so her tone was one of arrogance and


    pride.


    In actuality, I wanted to excuse myself from the little shop, but since Cooper had seen me, I could only


    move towards him and greet him.


    “Mr. Chan, long time no see.”


    “Hey, Barbara. Do you want to eat together?”


    “Thank you, Mr. Chan. I am here to takeaway some food. Enjoy your meal.”


    I rejected his offer while I urged the waiter to help me pack some soy milk and fried donuts.


    Cooper was pretty famous in the East Area, and he was managing a leisure resort and a seafood


    restaurant. The rumoured JQ Hotel which was famous around here had him as one of the


    shareholders.


    The aforementioned facts were not important at all. What’s important was that he was Jordan’s little


    brother.


    He was really someone who was very scheming and thoughtful, and nobody could see through his


    actions. In truth, he had extended his helping hand to me when I needed help the most so he could be


    considered my saviour in some way, despite that his way of extending help was the most unusual.


    Molly seemed discontented with my neutral response, so when I was paying for the food, she spoke


    loudly on the side, “Mr. Chan, Barbara is Keh’s woman now, so why would she eat with us? Unlike


    me, your pretty sweetheart who is always loyal to you.”


    “Molly, stop creating trouble out of nowhere!”


    I turned to face Molly and red at her, and she returned me an unfriendly gaze too. I couldn’t discern


    the nature of her rtionship with Cooper, so I didn’tsh back at her.


    On the other hand, Cooper nced at me meaningfully, which caused a chill to run down my spine.


    “Barbara, if you have time, you should pay me some visit at my club. We have been old acquaintances,


    so you shouldn’t act so cold with me.”


    “I will definitely pay you a visit sometimeter, Mr. Chan. I am going now, you guys please enjoy your


    day. Molly, my private stuff has nothing to do with you, so you should refrain from twisting the story. Mr.


    Chan is a great person, he wouldn’t like you spouting such nonsense.”


    After I said that, I turned to leave in the hopes that Cooper would understand that there’s nothing


    special between Keh and me. They were both terrifying figures in the underground scene, with


    which I didn’t want to have anything to do with.


    “Barbara, wait a minute.”


    After only taking a few steps out of the shop, Cooper suddenly halted me, and I was so startled that I


    almost dropped the food in my hands.