Chapter 448 Concealment

Edward was sleepless throughout the night.

Bobby was still a young child. He had no other purpose for calling Edward besides from wanted to chat
with him.

However, Edward couldn't help but keep his words in mind. Of course, he couldn't resist feeling slightly
guilty about Nancy being wronged because of his past actions.

He had to figure out a way to stop Frederic from causing more troubles with Nancy.

It never occurred to Nancy that Bobby would call Edward about the matter.

She had also been very busy. After one operation, she wanted to check up on Derrick and see if he
had woken up. After all, she was also hoping that he could finally wake up so that he could finally tell
the truth about the accident that day. She wanted him to clear up Frederic's senseless
misunderstanding of her.

When Nancy walked by Derrick's ward, she could hear soft whispers coming from inside.

Nancy felt strange about it. Hardy had been taking care of Derrick for a while, but he had never heard
him speak in such a low voice.

She wondered who it could have possibly been.

Through the small crack on the door, Nancy saw that it was Joseph who was talking to Derrick.

Nancy tried to check if Joseph was simply talking to himself or if he was talking to Derrick.

However, she couldn't see him at all because Derrick's body was blocked by Joseph's figure.

From a distance, it seemed that Joseph wasn't just talking to himself.



Just as Nancy was about to push the door a little further, the voice of a nurse came from behind her.
The nurse asked, "Director Nancy, are you here to see Derrick?"

"Well..." Nancy turned around hastily from surprise. "Yes, I'm here to check if Derrick has woken up. I
just got here and haven't come inside yet."

"I'm here to bring Derrick a thermometer and check his temperature. Let's go inside." The nurse smiled
at her respectfully, opened the door and walked inside.

Joseph's face changed drastically when he saw Nancy's presence. "What are you doing here? You're
an evil woman!"

"Really? Am I really that bad? This is the first time anyone has ever made such claims. Joseph, don't
forget that this is a hospital and I'm a doctor here. Besides, I've taken a huge part in your father's
operation. To put it plainly, he's my patient and I am his attending doctor. I have the right to check up on
his condition. Do you understand?" Nancy said spiritedly with burning passion.

Her bluntness caused Joseph to lose his arrogance completely. However, he simply couldn't
compromise, so he stretched his neck and said, "Then tell me. What's wrong with my father? Does it
seem like he's going to wake up? Let me tell you, Nancy, if my father doesn't wake up then you are no
different from Charles. You are all murderers! None of you will get away from it!"

"You're impossible!" sneered Nancy disdainfully. She raised her hand and pulled up Derrick's eyelids to
check.

The moment that Derrick heard that Nancy was here, Derrick immediately closed his eyes and
breathed calmly.

When Nancy tried to open his eyes, they became watery and he couldn't stop tears from flowing out.



Besides that, Nancy's large sleeves from her white gown rubbed on his nose from time to time.

It made Derrick's nose so itchy that he was itching to sneeze.

However, he knew very well that if he let out a sneeze, he couldn't hide the fact that he had woken up
anymore.

If that happened, then the trouble between him and his father would come shortly after. Charles, Nancy,
Hiram, several other shareholders and the whole media were all waiting for the day that he would wake
up.

Of course, it would be best if he just didn't wake up. He couldn't give himself away so easily.

Derrick's jaw tightened. As he was wearing an oxygen mask, Nancy wasn't able to see his expression
properly.

However, at this point, Derrick was so uncomfortable and wondered why his idiot son didn't think to kick
Nancy out earlier. It was as if Joseph didn't know how much torment his father had endured by now!

"Nancy, why is my father crying? Did you hurt him? Did you pinch him?" Joseph wasn't that stupid, but
he was afraid that Nancy would find out something. So when he saw tears falling from Derrick's eyes,
he didn't know what else to do but shout at Nancy.

"Joseph, are you a dog? What are you barking about? It's a good sign that your father can still cry. It
means that he still has his consciousness. Isn't that a good thing? It means that he can still wake up.
Can your silly mind comprehend that?" Nancy pulled her hand away and took a piece of tissue to wipe
Derrick's tears gently.

"I don't know anything about such nonsense theories. I just want you to leave right now. Hurry up! I
don't want to see you here at all!" Joseph yelled as he pushed Nancy out of the ward. He looked at the



nurse and shouted, "Why are you still standing here? Get out of here!"

The nurse had never encountered such a scene before, so she hurriedly followed Nancy out of the
ward.

The door was slammed shut.

Just as that happened, Nancy clearly heard someone sneeze loudly from inside.

With widened eyes, Nancy grabbed the nurse's arm and asked her, "Did you just hear someone
sneeze?"

The nurse nodded vigorously. "Yes, I heard it."

"Who do you think it is?"

"I suppose it was the man who had just gone mad just now." The nurse then asked in surprise, "Derrick
hasn't woken up yet. So it couldn't have been him, right?"

Nancy forced a smile and said, "I suppose. Go on with your work."

The nurse nodded and left obediently.

Nancy turned back to peek in between the crack of the door and saw Joseph rubbing his nose.

She wondered if it was really Joseph who had sneezed.

However, she was familiar with Joseph's sneeze and found this one sounding particularly strange.

It was completely different from the way Joseph sneezed before.

She had a nagging feeling that Derrick had already woken up.



However, because she was so unsure, she simply suspiciously shook her head to take her mind off the
matter.

After making sure that Nancy had already left, Joseph gently removed Derrick's oxygen mask.

"Dad, you just scared me half to death! How could you just sneeze? Nancy is a shrewd woman and
she could easily piece these things together. You should be thanking me as you could've given it away
if I didn't help cover it up!" Joseph was expecting to get praise and gratefulness from his father.
However, the next second, Derrick kicked him fiercely on his buttocks.

"Idiot! If you were smarter, you would've avoided Nancy from coming inside. You know how clever she
is, and yet you allowed her to open my eyes. If the woman finds out that I have woken up, how can I
still pretend that I'm dead?" Derrick suppressed his voice and ruthlessly reprimanded Joseph.

"I... I did the best that I could. But tell me, when do you plan to reveal that you have woken up? I'm
really worried that the truth will come out sooner or later. Even if Nancy hasn't figured it out, another
doctor will check up on you another day. If they notice that your signs are all normal, how could you still
hide the fact?" Joseph said aggrievedly.

He was really clueless. Derrick was Hardy's brother, and yet their personalities were so drastically
different.

If you didn't know, you wouldn't be able to tell that they came from the same parents.

"I'm telling you, Joseph. As long as my eyes remains closed, no one will figure out that I've woken up. I
don't care who does the examination on me. It doesn't even work. If they were really skilled doctors,
then they could just try to let me stand up. It really is unbelievable. However, that makes it really easy
for me to just lie in bed for a few more days. How difficult could it be to do such an easy thing?" Derrick
was not convinced.



"Dad, I know that you are very capable of lying down. All I am asking is, how long are you going to be
lying down there?" Joseph asked anxiously.

"I'm going to lie on the bed until the day that Charles's reputation is completely ruined."


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