As she continued grinding the coffee bit by bit, Renee felt satisfied, but also frowned deeply due to the
pain in her wrist.
Just then, footsteps could be heard behind her. It was Yulia, and she screamed as soon as she noticed
the wounds on Renee’s wrist. “Ren, what are you doing? Just look at your hands! Let the staff do this
for you!”
“I’m alright, Mrs. Walker, I’m not that fragile.” Renee smiled weakly and proceeded.
“No, you’re not. You’re already bleeding through the gauze! Do you not cherish your own life?” Despite
her usual gentleness, Yulia couldn’t help but feel angered by Renee’s recklessness.
She then snatched the grinder out of her hands and sighed. “Oh child, you’re just so foolish. How could
you use your own blood for his medicine? If your mother knew that you hurt yourself over a man, she
would be devastated!”
“She won’t,” Renee replied softly. “I believe Mom would use her own blood if she knew Dad needed it
to survive. And you would too, if Mr. Walker needed it, right?”
“Well…” Yulia couldn’t retort, but still shed her a concerned frown. “If you really need human blood as
an ingredient, our sanatorium’s blood bank has more than enough. You could have told me sooner!
Why did you have to use your own? Now that you risked your own health, how could we possibly face
your parents in the afterlife?”
“Mrs. Walker, I understand your concerns. But the medicine requires blood from a person who
genuinely loves the patient to take effect, not just anyone’s blood. And as you can see, it does work
very well, so I don’t regret my decision at all. In fact, I’m very happy about this.”
Renee had always felt like she wronged Stefan in many ways. Hence, being able to use her blood in
his cure, was quite an achievement for her. In a way, it had also proved that she still loved him deeply
within her soul, or else the medicine wouldn’t have been so effective.
Yuia, however, scoffed. “Don’t try to trick me, Ren, I graduated from the world’s most prestigious
medical school as well. And I have never heard of such an odd cure. If you ask me, this is nothing but
superstition that specifically targets innocent girls like you.”
“Well, whatever it is, it works.” Renee didn’t want to argue, so she tried to take the grinder back from
Yulia so that she could continue.
For the medicine, they had to collect blood from her wrist. Every single time they needed more, they
had to cut the wounds back open, then bandage them back up.
Having done this many times, she felt like she was about to lose the motor skills in her hands soon
enough. Making coffee usually wasn’t so difficult, as she was in a lot of pain.
“You’re still going at it? Can’t you see your wounds have torn open!?” Yulia was adamant in stopping
her. “I’ll help you do it. Grinding coffee beans isn’t a task required from someone who genuinely loves
him now, is it?”
Renee gently rubbed her aching wrists and nodded. “Thanks, Mrs. Walker.”
Even though she was the vice dean of the sanatorium, Yulia was patient enough to grind up these
rough beans, so much so that she was starting to sweat.
The two women soon engaged in idle chit chat.
Renee abruptly remembered something and asked, “Mrs. Walker, you were my mother’s best friend,
so… you should know about my brother, right?”Property ? 2024 N0(v)elDrama.Org.
Yulia froze upon hearing this, and visibly panicked. “Oh child, why are you asking this all of a sudden?
You… You did have a brother, but he was a stillborn. That’s why your parents hid it from the public,
including you as well. How did you find out about this?”
“So that means you knew about my mother having twins, and that I have a brother, right?” Renee
seemed excited and continued questioning her. “Then do you know what happened back then? Who
was the damned culprit who wouldn’t even show mercy to a newborn?”