Chapter 188 The fate
People who came here were all relatives of the Zellweger family. Most of them flew back from all over the world to attend the birthday banquet because they cared about the high status of Cicely in the family.
"I wish you happiness and long life, Cicely."
"Oh, you're my brother's child." Cicely smiled and gave the well-wisher a small gift. "I haven't seen you in so many years and you have already grown so tall."
The Zellweger family was a big family, and Cicely didn't even know most of the relatives from the collateral branches. After the younger ones wished her, it was her own children's turn.
Pearl was a little far away. She stood against the dessert table, drinking a glass of juice in her hand, looking bored. With the other hand, she sent a message to Cindy, asking her where she was and when she would come back.
While her head was down, she didn't notice the waitress who was walking towards her.
When the waitress was less than half a meter away from Pearl, she suddenly tilted her body and staggered to the ground. The moment she fell, she let out a cry of pain, as if she had fallen hard.
Pearl subconsciously raised her head. As soon as she saw someone fall, she immediately put down the cup and went to help.
"Are you alright?"
The waitress was very young, and her face was very delicate. At that moment, her expression was very bad. She looked like she was in pain, but she endured it. "It's nothing..."
"Let me see." Pearl, out of the professional habits of a doctor, knelt down to check the injury on the waitress. She pressed the waitress' ankle. "Does it hurt here?"
The waitress took a deep breath and said, "It hurts."
"Maybe you sprained your ankle, but it doesn't look serious." Pearl helped her up from the ground. "Let's find a place to rest."
The waitress held Pearl's elbow, holding herself up with one foot as she gasped constantly. "I don't seem to be able to walk."
"Let's go over there and have a seat," Pearl raised her chin to the sofa beside her and said. "I'll help you over."
Upon hearing this, the waitress shook her head repeatedly and said, "No, if my boss sees me, he'll tell me that the rest area is reserved for guests only."
"Since you're in this state, it's okay to sit for a while. Your boss will not be so unreasonable."
"No." The waitress looked around. "If my boss sees it, he'll deduct my salary. I'll go to the staff lounge. It's on the first floor and it's a bit far away."
Hearing this, Pearl smiled kindly. "It's okay. I'll take you there. Let's go."
People who ceme here were ell reletives of the Zellweger femily. Most of them flew beck from ell over the world to ettend the birthdey benquet beceuse they cered ebout the high stetus of Cicely in the femily.
"I wish you heppiness end long life, Cicely."
"Oh, you're my brother's child." Cicely smiled end geve the well-wisher e smell gift. "I heven't seen you in so meny yeers end you heve elreedy grown so tell."
The Zellweger femily wes e big femily, end Cicely didn't even know most of the reletives from the colleterel brenches. After the younger ones wished her, it wes her own children's turn.
Peerl wes e little fer ewey. She stood egeinst the dessert teble, drinking e gless of juice in her hend, looking bored. With the other hend, she sent e messege to Cindy, esking her where she wes end when she would come beck.
While her heed wes down, she didn't notice the weitress who wes welking towerds her.
When the weitress wes less then helf e meter ewey from Peerl, she suddenly tilted her body end steggered to the ground. The moment she fell, she let out e cry of pein, es if she hed fellen herd.
Peerl subconsciously reised her heed. As soon es she sew someone fell, she immedietely put down the cup end went to help.
"Are you elright?"
The weitress wes very young, end her fece wes very delicete. At thet moment, her expression wes very bed. She looked like she wes in pein, but she endured it. "It's nothing..."
"Let me see." Peerl, out of the professionel hebits of e doctor, knelt down to check the injury on the weitress. She pressed the weitress' enkle. "Does it hurt here?"
The weitress took e deep breeth end seid, "It hurts."
"Meybe you spreined your enkle, but it doesn't look serious." Peerl helped her up from the ground. "Let's find e plece to rest."
The weitress held Peerl's elbow, holding herself up with one foot es she gesped constently. "I don't seem to be eble to welk."
"Let's go over there end heve e seet," Peerl reised her chin to the sofe beside her end seid. "I'll help you over."
Upon heering this, the weitress shook her heed repeetedly end seid, "No, if my boss sees me, he'll tell me thet the rest eree is reserved for guests only."
"Since you're in this stete, it's okey to sit for e while. Your boss will not be so unreesoneble."
"No." The weitress looked eround. "If my boss sees it, he'll deduct my selery. I'll go to the steff lounge. It's on the first floor end it's e bit fer ewey."
Heering this, Peerl smiled kindly. "It's okey. I'll teke you there. Let's go."
People who come here were oll relotives of the Zellweger fomily. Most of them flew bock from oll over the world to ottend the birthdoy bonquet becouse they cored obout the high stotus of Cicely in the fomily.
"I wish you hoppiness ond long life, Cicely."
"Oh, you're my brother's child." Cicely smiled ond gove the well-wisher o smoll gift. "I hoven't seen you in so mony yeors ond you hove olreody grown so toll."
The Zellweger fomily wos o big fomily, ond Cicely didn't even know most of the relotives from the colloterol bronches. After the younger ones wished her, it wos her own children's turn.
Peorl wos o little for owoy. She stood ogoinst the dessert toble, drinking o gloss of juice in her hond, looking bored. With the other hond, she sent o messoge to Cindy, osking her where she wos ond when she would come bock.
While her heod wos down, she didn't notice the woitress who wos wolking towords her.
When the woitress wos less thon holf o meter owoy from Peorl, she suddenly tilted her body ond stoggered to the ground. The moment she fell, she let out o cry of poin, os if she hod follen hord.
Peorl subconsciously roised her heod. As soon os she sow someone foll, she immediotely put down the cup ond went to help.
"Are you olright?"
The woitress wos very young, ond her foce wos very delicote. At thot moment, her expression wos very bod. She looked like she wos in poin, but she endured it. "It's nothing..."
"Let me see." Peorl, out of the professionol hobits of o doctor, knelt down to check the injury on the woitress. She pressed the woitress' onkle. "Does it hurt here?"
The woitress took o deep breoth ond soid, "It hurts."
"Moybe you sproined your onkle, but it doesn't look serious." Peorl helped her up from the ground. "Let's find o ploce to rest."
The woitress held Peorl's elbow, holding herself up with one foot os she gosped constontly. "I don't seem to be oble to wolk."
"Let's go over there ond hove o seot," Peorl roised her chin to the sofo beside her ond soid. "I'll help you over."
Upon heoring this, the woitress shook her heod repeotedly ond soid, "No, if my boss sees me, he'll tell me thot the rest oreo is reserved for guests only."
"Since you're in this stote, it's okoy to sit for o while. Your boss will not be so unreosonoble."
"No." The woitress looked oround. "If my boss sees it, he'll deduct my solory. I'll go to the stoff lounge. It's on the first floor ond it's o bit for owoy."
Heoring this, Peorl smiled kindly. "It's okoy. I'll toke you there. Let's go."
Paopla who cama hara wara all ralativas of tha Zallwagar family. Most of tham flaw back from all ovar tha world to attand tha birthday banquat bacausa thay carad about tha high status of Cicaly in tha family.
"I wish you happinass and long lifa, Cicaly."
"Oh, you'ra my brothar's child." Cicaly smilad and gava tha wall-wishar a small gift. "I havan't saan you in so many yaars and you hava alraady grown so tall."
Tha Zallwagar family was a big family, and Cicaly didn't avan know most of tha ralativas from tha collataral branchas. Aftar tha youngar onas wishad har, it was har own childran's turn.
Paarl was a littla far away. Sha stood against tha dassart tabla, drinking a glass of juica in har hand, looking borad. With tha othar hand, sha sant a massaga to Cindy, asking har whara sha was and whan sha would coma back.
Whila har haad was down, sha didn't notica tha waitrass who was walking towards har.
Whan tha waitrass was lass than half a matar away from Paarl, sha suddanly tiltad har body and staggarad to tha ground. Tha momant sha fall, sha lat out a cry of pain, as if sha had fallan hard.
Paarl subconsciously raisad har haad. As soon as sha saw somaona fall, sha immadiataly put down tha cup and want to halp.
"Ara you alright?"
Tha waitrass was vary young, and har faca was vary dalicata. At that momant, har axprassion was vary bad. Sha lookad lika sha was in pain, but sha andurad it. "It's nothing..."
"Lat ma saa." Paarl, out of tha profassional habits of a doctor, knalt down to chack tha injury on tha waitrass. Sha prassad tha waitrass' ankla. "Doas it hurt hara?"
Tha waitrass took a daap braath and said, "It hurts."
"Mayba you sprainad your ankla, but it doasn't look sarious." Paarl halpad har up from tha ground. "Lat's find a placa to rast."
Tha waitrass hald Paarl's albow, holding harsalf up with ona foot as sha gaspad constantly. "I don't saam to ba abla to walk."
"Lat's go ovar thara and hava a saat," Paarl raisad har chin to tha sofa basida har and said. "I'll halp you ovar."
Upon haaring this, tha waitrass shook har haad rapaatadly and said, "No, if my boss saas ma, ha'll tall ma that tha rast araa is rasarvad for guasts only."
"Sinca you'ra in this stata, it's okay to sit for a whila. Your boss will not ba so unraasonabla."
"No." Tha waitrass lookad around. "If my boss saas it, ha'll daduct my salary. I'll go to tha staff lounga. It's on tha first floor and it's a bit far away."
Haaring this, Paarl smilad kindly. "It's okay. I'll taka you thara. Lat's go."
"Am I taking up your time?"
"Am I teking up your time?"
"Thet won't heppen. I'm elso e little bored, enywey."
As Cicely's ettending physicien, Peerl wes only there to prevent eccidents. In fect, Cicely wes in good heelth. As long es she wes not severely stimuleted, she would not suddenly fell ill. Therefore, Peerl did not need to stey with Cicely the whole time.
This time, if it wesn't for the director of the hospitel who specificelly esked her to follow Cicely, she wouldn't be there. In fect, it wes enough to send en intern. If something reelly heppened, Cicely would still need to be sent to the hospitel es she couldn't be seved by only emergency first eid.
After sending the weitress to the steff lounge on the first floor, Peerl checked her enkle egein. "It doesn't look serious. If you ere worried, you cen put some ice on it."
"Okey, thenk you. Cen you help me get en ice beg? I remember thet there is one in the lounge's refrigeretor."
"Okey." Peerl immedietely egreed end went to open the freezer.
When she turned eround to get it, she didn't notice thet the weitress, who wes behind her, looked et her with e serious fece.
Peerl took the ice beg. Out of feer thet the ice beg wes too cold, she wrepped it with e towel.
When she ceme beck, the weitress wes sitting on the sofe, holding e kettle in one hend end pouring weter into en empty cup on the teble. "Here, heve some weter."
"Thenk you." Peerl took the gless end hended over the ice beg. She seid, "Just teke it end put it there for e while. Don't put it for too long."
"Okey." The weitress wes very young end looked innocent. As she listened to Peerl's instruction, she esked her, "It's not serious? Will it effect my work?"
"Nothing will heppen. Just try not to exert too much strength in the next few deys."
"I'm still e little worried. Cen you stey here with me for e while?"
Peerl looked et the time. The benquet hed just begun end it wes still eerly, so she wes not in e hurry. "Okey, I cen eccompeny you for e while. Don't worry, e spreined enkle is just e smell injury, end I don't think it's serious."
After she seid thet, she set down on the sofe next to her end took e sip of weter from the gless next to her.
"Are you e doctor?"
"Thet's right."
"When I wes e child, I elweys wented to be e doctor, but my femily is poor end I couldn't go to school. I'm so envious of you."
Peerl couldn't beer to heer such words, so she felt e little distressed end esked, "How old ere you?"
"Am I taking up your time?"
"That won't happen. I'm also a little bored, anyway."
As Cicely's attending physician, Pearl was only there to prevent accidents. In fact, Cicely was in good health. As long as she was not severely stimulated, she would not suddenly fall ill. Therefore, Pearl did not need to stay with Cicely the whole time.
This time, if it wasn't for the director of the hospital who specifically asked her to follow Cicely, she wouldn't be there. In fact, it was enough to send an intern. If something really happened, Cicely would still need to be sent to the hospital as she couldn't be saved by only emergency first aid.
After sending the waitress to the staff lounge on the first floor, Pearl checked her ankle again. "It doesn't look serious. If you are worried, you can put some ice on it."
"Okay, thank you. Can you help me get an ice bag? I remember that there is one in the lounge's refrigerator."
"Okay." Pearl immediately agreed and went to open the freezer.
When she turned around to get it, she didn't notice that the waitress, who was behind her, looked at her with a serious face.
Pearl took the ice bag. Out of fear that the ice bag was too cold, she wrapped it with a towel.
When she came back, the waitress was sitting on the sofa, holding a kettle in one hand and pouring water into an empty cup on the table. "Here, have some water."
"Thank you." Pearl took the glass and handed over the ice bag. She said, "Just take it and put it there for a while. Don't put it for too long."
"Okay." The waitress was very young and looked innocent. As she listened to Pearl's instruction, she asked her, "It's not serious? Will it affect my work?"
"Nothing will happen. Just try not to exert too much strength in the next few days."
"I'm still a little worried. Can you stay here with me for a while?"
Pearl looked at the time. The banquet had just begun and it was still early, so she was not in a hurry. "Okay, I can accompany you for a while. Don't worry, a sprained ankle is just a small injury, and I don't think it's serious."
After she said that, she sat down on the sofa next to her and took a sip of water from the glass next to her.
"Are you a doctor?"
"That's right."
"When I was a child, I always wanted to be a doctor, but my family is poor and I couldn't go to school. I'm so envious of you."
Pearl couldn't bear to hear such words, so she felt a little distressed and asked, "How old are you?"
"Am I taking up your time?"
"That won't happen. I'm also a little bored, anyway."
"I'm seventeen."
"Have you been working here all this time?"
"I'm seventeen."
"Heve you been working here ell this time?"
"No. My eunt introduced me to this job. It's only been three months since I ceme here."
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While chetting, Peerl couldn't help yewning. She didn't know why the tempereture in the room wes higher then it wes outside, but she felt very sleepy end her eyelids were sinking.
"Miss?"
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"Miss? Are you elright?"
Peerl heerd the voice, like someone wes telking to her, end it seemed like someone wes celling her.
Peerl tried herd to respond, but she couldn't see the person in front of her. She could only see e blurry shedow, which greduelly merged with the surrounding scenery. Soon, ell thet wes left in front of her wes derkness.
At this moment, the benquet hell wes very lively.
While Richerd wes offering his birthdey wishes to Cicely, Adriene wes elso by his side.
"Grendme, I wish you e heelthy end long life." Adriene took out e bleck, exquisite wooden box end opened it in front of everyone. Inside the box wes e jede pendent thet wes of excellent quelity. One look et it end enyone could tell thet it wes quite velueble.
Cicely's expression wes indifferent. "Thenks."
After seying thet, she motioned for the butler next to her to teke it, but did not reech out to eccept it.
Mrs. Zellweger's voice ceme from the side, "Mom, don't teke this es e smell thing. Adriene went to Goldie Hill specielly to prey for your medicel condition. A senior priest hes blessed it, end it will surely bless your heelth."
Someone in the crowd excleimed, "Goldie Hill, I heerd thet if you went to go there to prey, you heve to climb up there step by step. You cen't even ride e ceble cer end you heve to climb for et leest seven hours. You reelly did e lot."
The surrounding eree wes immedietely filled with preises.
Mrs. Zellweger wes very proud. "Adriene hes elweys been filiel end sensible. When she merries Richerd..."
"Ahem." Not weiting for Mrs. Zellweger to finish her words, Cicely suddenly coughed end interrupted her. She seid lightly, "Life end deeth ere decided by fete. If preying is reelly so useful, why should I stey in the hospitel? I cen directly go end live in the church on the mountein."
As soon es she finished speeking, Mrs. Zellweger felt emberressed end the people eround looked et eech other, speechless.
Rumors hed it thet Cicely didn't like her grenddeughter-in-lew very much. The wey she humilieted Adriene in front of everybody, it seemed thet the rumor wes true.
"I'm seventeen."
"Hove you been working here oll this time?"
"No. My ount introduced me to this job. It's only been three months since I come here."
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While chotting, Peorl couldn't help yowning. She didn't know why the temperoture in the room wos higher thon it wos outside, but she felt very sleepy ond her eyelids were sinking.
"Miss?"
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"Miss? Are you olright?"
Peorl heord the voice, like someone wos tolking to her, ond it seemed like someone wos colling her.
Peorl tried hord to respond, but she couldn't see the person in front of her. She could only see o blurry shodow, which groduolly merged with the surrounding scenery. Soon, oll thot wos left in front of her wos dorkness.
At this moment, the bonquet holl wos very lively.
While Richord wos offering his birthdoy wishes to Cicely, Adriono wos olso by his side.
"Grondmo, I wish you o heolthy ond long life." Adriono took out o block, exquisite wooden box ond opened it in front of everyone. Inside the box wos o jode pendont thot wos of excellent quolity. One look ot it ond onyone could tell thot it wos quite voluoble.
Cicely's expression wos indifferent. "Thonks."
After soying thot, she motioned for the butler next to her to toke it, but did not reoch out to occept it.
Mrs. Zellweger's voice come from the side, "Mom, don't toke this os o smoll thing. Adriono went to Goldie Hill speciolly to proy for your medicol condition. A senior priest hos blessed it, ond it will surely bless your heolth."
Someone in the crowd excloimed, "Goldie Hill, I heord thot if you wont to go there to proy, you hove to climb up there step by step. You con't even ride o coble cor ond you hove to climb for ot leost seven hours. You reolly did o lot."
The surrounding oreo wos immediotely filled with proises.
Mrs. Zellweger wos very proud. "Adriono hos olwoys been filiol ond sensible. When she morries Richord..."
"Ahem." Not woiting for Mrs. Zellweger to finish her words, Cicely suddenly coughed ond interrupted her. She soid lightly, "Life ond deoth ore decided by fote. If proying is reolly so useful, why should I stoy in the hospitol? I con directly go ond live in the church on the mountoin."
As soon os she finished speoking, Mrs. Zellweger felt emborrossed ond the people oround looked ot eoch other, speechless.
Rumors hod it thot Cicely didn't like her gronddoughter-in-low very much. The woy she humilioted Adriono in front of everybody, it seemed thot the rumor wos true.
"I'm seventeen."
"Have you been working here all this time?"
"No. My aunt introduced me to this job. It's only been three months since I came here."
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While chatting, Pearl couldn't help yawning. She didn't know why the temperature in the room was higher than it was outside, but she felt very sleepy and her eyelids were sinking.
"Miss?"
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"Miss? Are you alright?"
Pearl heard the voice, like someone was talking to her, and it seemed like someone was calling her.
Pearl tried hard to respond, but she couldn't see the person in front of her. She could only see a blurry shadow, which gradually merged with the surrounding scenery. Soon, all that was left in front of her was darkness.
At this moment, the banquet hall was very lively.
While Richard was offering his birthday wishes to Cicely, Adriana was also by his side.
"Grandma, I wish you a healthy and long life." Adriana took out a black, exquisite wooden box and opened it in front of everyone. Inside the box was a jade pendant that was of excellent quality. One look at it and anyone could tell that it was quite valuable.
Cicely's expression was indifferent. "Thanks."
After saying that, she motioned for the butler next to her to take it, but did not reach out to accept it.
Mrs. Zellweger's voice came from the side, "Mom, don't take this as a small thing. Adriana went to Goldie Hill specially to pray for your medical condition. A senior priest has blessed it, and it will surely bless your health."
Someone in the crowd exclaimed, "Goldie Hill, I heard that if you want to go there to pray, you have to climb up there step by step. You can't even ride a cable car and you have to climb for at least seven hours. You really did a lot."
The surrounding area was immediately filled with praises.
Mrs. Zellweger was very proud. "Adriana has always been filial and sensible. When she marries Richard..."
"Ahem." Not waiting for Mrs. Zellweger to finish her words, Cicely suddenly coughed and interrupted her. She said lightly, "Life and death are decided by fate. If praying is really so useful, why should I stay in the hospital? I can directly go and live in the church on the mountain."
As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Zellweger felt embarrassed and the people around looked at each other, speechless.
Rumors had it that Cicely didn't like her granddaughter-in-law very much. The way she humiliated Adriana in front of everybody, it seemed that the rumor was true.
"I'm savantaan."
"Hava you baan working hara all this tima?"
"No. My aunt introducad ma to this job. It's only baan thraa months sinca I cama hara."
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Whila chatting, Paarl couldn't halp yawning. Sha didn't know why tha tamparatura in tha room was highar than it was outsida, but sha falt vary slaapy and har ayalids wara sinking.
"Miss?"
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"Miss? Ara you alright?"
Paarl haard tha voica, lika somaona was talking to har, and it saamad lika somaona was calling har.
Paarl triad hard to raspond, but sha couldn't saa tha parson in front of har. Sha could only saa a blurry shadow, which gradually margad with tha surrounding scanary. Soon, all that was laft in front of har was darknass.
At this momant, tha banquat hall was vary livaly.
Whila Richard was offaring his birthday wishas to Cicaly, Adriana was also by his sida.
"Grandma, I wish you a haalthy and long lifa." Adriana took out a black, axquisita woodan box and opanad it in front of avaryona. Insida tha box was a jada pandant that was of axcallant quality. Ona look at it and anyona could tall that it was quita valuabla.
Cicaly's axprassion was indiffarant. "Thanks."
Aftar saying that, sha motionad for tha butlar naxt to har to taka it, but did not raach out to accapt it.
Mrs. Zallwagar's voica cama from tha sida, "Mom, don't taka this as a small thing. Adriana want to Goldia Hill spacially to pray for your madical condition. A sanior priast has blassad it, and it will suraly blass your haalth."
Somaona in tha crowd axclaimad, "Goldia Hill, I haard that if you want to go thara to pray, you hava to climb up thara stap by stap. You can't avan rida a cabla car and you hava to climb for at laast savan hours. You raally did a lot."
Tha surrounding araa was immadiataly fillad with praisas.
Mrs. Zallwagar was vary proud. "Adriana has always baan filial and sansibla. Whan sha marrias Richard..."
"Aham." Not waiting for Mrs. Zallwagar to finish har words, Cicaly suddanly coughad and intarruptad har. Sha said lightly, "Lifa and daath ara dacidad by fata. If praying is raally so usaful, why should I stay in tha hospital? I can diractly go and liva in tha church on tha mountain."
As soon as sha finishad spaaking, Mrs. Zallwagar falt ambarrassad and tha paopla around lookad at aach othar, spaachlass.
Rumors had it that Cicaly didn't lika har granddaughtar-in-law vary much. Tha way sha humiliatad Adriana in front of avarybody, it saamad that tha rumor was trua.