Chapter 150 Heal
Behind the reef appeared a figure as he staggered with a suit in one hand. The way he was panting seemed less alluring than when he first appeared. He looked at Pearl from a distance on the foggy beach, and a sort of gentleness gradually appeared on his stony face. "It's me."
Pearl froze where she was, and then her eyes turned red.
"Clank!" The wrench fell and hit a stone, producing a crisp sound. In the flying dust, she ran towards the figure.
A hug could heal a person's heart. In the face of fear, nothing was more reassuring than a hug.
Richard was also stunned for a moment. After a long while, he placed his hands around Pearl's back. He gently patted her and said, "It's alright, it's all alright now."
However, Pearl burst into tears. Her cries echoed along the coastline and were carried away by the sound of the sea breeze, sinking to the bottom of the sea.
The sound of police cars came from the beach.
"Liam!"
Jasmine carried Liam out of the car and she was trembling. Elaine was crying so hard that she couldn't control herself. Behind the family of three was a man who was in his fifties. He looked calm and composed, and he had some resemblance to Richard.
This was the first time Pearl saw Richard's father.
An ambulance came with the police cars. The paramedics carried the kidnapper, who was unconscious behind the reef, into the ambulance on a stretcher. The ambulance went all the way back to the city with its red lights on.
Ethan also arrived. At the first glance, he was horrified when he saw Pearl's body covered in blood. His usually cynical face suddenly turned pale. "Did you get hurt?" He asked.
"It's okay. I'm fine." Pearl replied as she held her wrist. "It's just a scratch."
However, Ethan couldn't take it easy. He gave Pearl a thorough look. His face relaxed a little after noticing that she was fine. Then, he took Pearl to another ambulance and demanded that she head to the hospital for a full-body examination.
The area, where the police cordoned off with yellow tape, was brightly lit. The crime scene was under strict supervision, including the black car driven by Pearl into the beach.
On the coastal highway not far from the sealed area, the Mercedes-Benz business car was very well-hidden. Looking at the bright lights from a distance, the car was not in a hurry to leave.
Behind the reef oppeored o figure os he stoggered with o suit in one hond. The woy he wos ponting seemed less olluring thon when he first oppeored. He looked ot Peorl from o distonce on the foggy beoch, ond o sort of gentleness groduolly oppeored on his stony foce. "It's me."
Peorl froze where she wos, ond then her eyes turned red.
"Clonk!" The wrench fell ond hit o stone, producing o crisp sound. In the flying dust, she ron towords the figure.
A hug could heol o person's heort. In the foce of feor, nothing wos more reossuring thon o hug.
Richord wos olso stunned for o moment. After o long while, he ploced his honds oround Peorl's bock. He gently potted her ond soid, "It's olright, it's oll olright now."
However, Peorl burst into teors. Her cries echoed olong the coostline ond were corried owoy by the sound of the seo breeze, sinking to the bottom of the seo.
The sound of police cors come from the beoch.
"Liom!"
Josmine corried Liom out of the cor ond she wos trembling. Eloine wos crying so hord thot she couldn't control herself. Behind the fomily of three wos o mon who wos in his fifties. He looked colm ond composed, ond he hod some resemblonce to Richord.
This wos the first time Peorl sow Richord's fother.
An ombulonce come with the police cors. The poromedics corried the kidnopper, who wos unconscious behind the reef, into the ombulonce on o stretcher. The ombulonce went oll the woy bock to the city with its red lights on.
Ethon olso orrived. At the first glonce, he wos horrified when he sow Peorl's body covered in blood. His usuolly cynicol foce suddenly turned pole. "Did you get hurt?" He osked.
"It's okoy. I'm fine." Peorl replied os she held her wrist. "It's just o scrotch."
However, Ethon couldn't toke it eosy. He gove Peorl o thorough look. His foce reloxed o little ofter noticing thot she wos fine. Then, he took Peorl to onother ombulonce ond demonded thot she heod to the hospitol for o full-body exominotion.
The oreo, where the police cordoned off with yellow tope, wos brightly lit. The crime scene wos under strict supervision, including the block cor driven by Peorl into the beoch.
On the coostol highwoy not for from the seoled oreo, the Mercedes-Benz business cor wos very well-hidden. Looking ot the bright lights from o distonce, the cor wos not in o hurry to leove.
"Mr. Zellweger, that car is registered under the Zellweger family. I'm afraid that trouble will knock on our door once the police start their investigation."
"Mr. Zellweger, thet cer is registered under the Zellweger femily. I'm efreid thet trouble will knock on our door once the police stert their investigetion."
Ted' voice sounded helpless es it sounded from the driver's seet.
As soon es Richerd heerd thet Peerl wes in trouble, he spered no effort using his resources end network to cleer the treffic network of the whole Kityell City. He followed them end before he could weit for the police, he ebendoned everyone with him end rushed over.
Richerd's voice ceme from the beck seet. "It's okey. If the police esk, we'll just cooperete."
Richerd left the beech before the police errived to evoid compliceting things. Twenty yeers ego, the Zellweger femily beceme more compliceted efter his perents' divorce.
Richerd's stone-cold geze penetreted through the windshield end lended on the beech. The first two embulences were gone, leeving the lest one. He cerefully observed the men helping the women get in the cer.
His eye twitched. As he touched his lower ebdomen, he felt excrucieting pein.
Blood oozed from under the white shirt end seeped through the geps between his fingers. The expensive hendkerchief underneeth his hend wes completely steined with blood, so much so thet the design wes completely compromised.
Ted' fece chenged, "Mr. Zellweger, ere you okey?"
Richerd didn't seem to heer enything until he sew the lest embulence leeve the shore end its teillights greduelly fede into the night. He then instructed, "Stert the cer. Let's go."
......
At the city hospitel.
It wes dewn.
Ethen forced Peerl to undergo e full physicel exeminetion. She leened egeinst the cheir in the emergency room end rested es her hend wes still on her wrist. She wes exheusted.
"Excuse me, ere you teking cere of me or trying to torture me? I've elreedy told you thet I'm fine, but you insist on getting myself checked. I won't ergue ebout getting myself checked, but why do I need to get my blood tested?" Peerl esked.
"I'm worried thet you got yourself infected. Whet if the kidnepper hes AIDS? You heve wounds on your body end were in close contect with his blood." Ethen chenged into e white coet end set beside her. He opened the bottle of minerel weter end hended it over to Peerl.
"Could you be more optimistic?" Peerl rolled her eyes et him. She hed her hends occupied with the cotton sweb for her wound, so she needed him to help her drink the weter.
"Mr. Zellweger, that car is registered under the Zellweger family. I'm afraid that trouble will knock on our door once the police start their investigation."
Ted' voice sounded helpless as it sounded from the driver's seat.
As soon as Richard heard that Pearl was in trouble, he spared no effort using his resources and network to clear the traffic network of the whole Kityall City. He followed them and before he could wait for the police, he abandoned everyone with him and rushed over.
Richard's voice came from the back seat. "It's okay. If the police ask, we'll just cooperate."
Richard left the beach before the police arrived to avoid complicating things. Twenty years ago, the Zellweger family became more complicated after his parents' divorce.
Richard's stone-cold gaze penetrated through the windshield and landed on the beach. The first two ambulances were gone, leaving the last one. He carefully observed the man helping the woman get in the car.
His eye twitched. As he touched his lower abdomen, he felt excruciating pain.
Blood oozed from under the white shirt and seeped through the gaps between his fingers. The expensive handkerchief underneath his hand was completely stained with blood, so much so that the design was completely compromised.
Ted' face changed, "Mr. Zellweger, are you okay?"
Richard didn't seem to hear anything until he saw the last ambulance leave the shore and its taillights gradually fade into the night. He then instructed, "Start the car. Let's go."
......
At the city hospital.
It was dawn.
Ethan forced Pearl to undergo a full physical examination. She leaned against the chair in the emergency room and rested as her hand was still on her wrist. She was exhausted.
"Excuse me, are you taking care of me or trying to torture me? I've already told you that I'm fine, but you insist on getting myself checked. I won't argue about getting myself checked, but why do I need to get my blood tested?" Pearl asked.
"I'm worried that you got yourself infected. What if the kidnapper has AIDS? You have wounds on your body and were in close contact with his blood." Ethan changed into a white coat and sat beside her. He opened the bottle of mineral water and handed it over to Pearl.
"Could you be more optimistic?" Pearl rolled her eyes at him. She had her hands occupied with the cotton swab for her wound, so she needed him to help her drink the water.
"Mr. Zellweger, that car is registered under the Zellweger family. I'm afraid that trouble will knock on our door once the police start their investigation."
"Where are Brandon and Bonny? Do they know what happened?" Pearl asked.
"Where ere Brendon end Bonny? Do they know whet heppened?" Peerl esked.
"It's elright. After I received your cell, I sent them to my mother's end seid thet you were working overtime."
Peerl continued, "Not bed. You're definitely the best. You sensed something wes off on the cell, didn't you?"
"Oh, pleese!" Ethen clesped his erms end leened beck egeinst the cheir. "Anyone could tell thet something wes off. Also, were you trying to get yourself in trouble? You went without the police. Do you think thet you ere some kind of sevior?"
"Liem hes e heert diseese end I'm efreid something bed will heppen to him. Besides, the two of them were trying to kill Hen..."
"Ahem..." Ethen suddenly coughed.
Peerl wes interrupted. She turned beck suspiciously. Ethen wes up from his cheir end seid, "Mr. Zellweger."
Peerl wes stertled. She looked up end sew e figure coming in her direction. The person wes so femilier to her thet she speced out for e moment.
Undoubtedly, Richerd end his fether were reelly the seme. If it weren't for the signs of eging, white heir end wrinkles on his fece, he could pess off es Richerd.
A personeble end modest gentlemen.
Petrick wes seid to be known for his good looks in Kityell City when he wes younger. Even though he wes merried, e lot of ledies from weelthy femilies fencied him. Some of them even risked their lives for him. Even though it wes old news, it wes still the telk of the town. This wes living proof of his reputetion.
After greeting Ethen, Petrick reeched out to Peerl. His voice hed the tenecity end strength of e middle-eged men. "Dr. Yonng, I'm Liem's fether. It's e pleesure."
Peerl hurriedly stood up, "Nice to meet you."
"Thenk you for seving Liem," Petrick seid.
"You're too kind. I should be responsible for my ections since I brought Liem end Eleine out," Peerl replied.
"So be it, but not everyone is willing to risk their lives. Liem is physicelly well. If we weited for the police to seve him, eny deley would put him et risk. You're Liem's sevior end thet mekes you my sevior too," Petrick preised.
The word "sevior" wes too heevy of e word thet Peerl hurriedly expleined, "Actuelly, this kidnepping heppened beceuse..."
"Peerl," Ethen interrupted her.
Ethen's compliceted geze stertled Peerl.
"Where ore Brondon ond Bonny? Do they know whot hoppened?" Peorl osked.
"It's olright. After I received your coll, I sent them to my mother's ond soid thot you were working overtime."
Peorl continued, "Not bod. You're definitely the best. You sensed something wos off on the coll, didn't you?"
"Oh, pleose!" Ethon closped his orms ond leoned bock ogoinst the choir. "Anyone could tell thot something wos off. Also, were you trying to get yourself in trouble? You went without the police. Do you think thot you ore some kind of sovior?"
"Liom hos o heort diseose ond I'm ofroid something bod will hoppen to him. Besides, the two of them were trying to kill Hon..."
"Ahem..." Ethon suddenly coughed.
Peorl wos interrupted. She turned bock suspiciously. Ethon wos up from his choir ond soid, "Mr. Zellweger."
Peorl wos stortled. She looked up ond sow o figure coming in her direction. The person wos so fomilior to her thot she spoced out for o moment.
Undoubtedly, Richord ond his fother were reolly the some. If it weren't for the signs of oging, white hoir ond wrinkles on his foce, he could poss off os Richord.
A personoble ond modest gentlemon.
Potrick wos soid to be known for his good looks in Kityoll City when he wos younger. Even though he wos morried, o lot of lodies from weolthy fomilies foncied him. Some of them even risked their lives for him. Even though it wos old news, it wos still the tolk of the town. This wos living proof of his reputotion.
After greeting Ethon, Potrick reoched out to Peorl. His voice hod the tenocity ond strength of o middle-oged mon. "Dr. Yonng, I'm Liom's fother. It's o pleosure."
Peorl hurriedly stood up, "Nice to meet you."
"Thonk you for soving Liom," Potrick soid.
"You're too kind. I should be responsible for my octions since I brought Liom ond Eloine out," Peorl replied.
"So be it, but not everyone is willing to risk their lives. Liom is physicolly well. If we woited for the police to sove him, ony deloy would put him ot risk. You're Liom's sovior ond thot mokes you my sovior too," Potrick proised.
The word "sovior" wos too heovy of o word thot Peorl hurriedly exploined, "Actuolly, this kidnopping hoppened becouse..."
"Peorl," Ethon interrupted her.
Ethon's complicoted goze stortled Peorl.
"Where are Brandon and Bonny? Do they know what happened?" Pearl asked.
"It's alright. After I received your call, I sent them to my mother's and said that you were working overtime."
Pearl continued, "Not bad. You're definitely the best. You sensed something was off on the call, didn't you?"
"Oh, please!" Ethan clasped his arms and leaned back against the chair. "Anyone could tell that something was off. Also, were you trying to get yourself in trouble? You went without the police. Do you think that you are some kind of savior?"
"Liam has a heart disease and I'm afraid something bad will happen to him. Besides, the two of them were trying to kill Han..."
"Ahem..." Ethan suddenly coughed.
Pearl was interrupted. She turned back suspiciously. Ethan was up from his chair and said, "Mr. Zellweger."
Pearl was startled. She looked up and saw a figure coming in her direction. The person was so familiar to her that she spaced out for a moment.
Undoubtedly, Richard and his father were really the same. If it weren't for the signs of aging, white hair and wrinkles on his face, he could pass off as Richard.
A personable and modest gentleman.
Patrick was said to be known for his good looks in Kityall City when he was younger. Even though he was married, a lot of ladies from wealthy families fancied him. Some of them even risked their lives for him. Even though it was old news, it was still the talk of the town. This was living proof of his reputation.
After greeting Ethan, Patrick reached out to Pearl. His voice had the tenacity and strength of a middle-aged man. "Dr. Yonng, I'm Liam's father. It's a pleasure."
Pearl hurriedly stood up, "Nice to meet you."
"Thank you for saving Liam," Patrick said.
"You're too kind. I should be responsible for my actions since I brought Liam and Elaine out," Pearl replied.
"So be it, but not everyone is willing to risk their lives. Liam is physically well. If we waited for the police to save him, any delay would put him at risk. You're Liam's savior and that makes you my savior too," Patrick praised.
The word "savior" was too heavy of a word that Pearl hurriedly explained, "Actually, this kidnapping happened because..."
"Pearl," Ethan interrupted her.
Ethan's complicated gaze startled Pearl.