172 Good Job

"I felt multiple bullets hit my chest and I saw bood coming out of my dress. I fainted..."

Masaichi Xiu wrapped an arm around her shoulders to comfort her.

"When I woke up, I saw my parents smiling at me."

She recalled how they looked so happy when she woke up.

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Her father was in tears. "Thank you! Oh, thank you, Agatha! Aaron just woke up! He did not have any reaction to the transplant!"

Her mother was also nodding while smiling.

Agatha Yang smiled back, but she was confused.

Was she not with her husband just awhile back?

"Ma-masa-kun...I was with him...wasn't I?" She searched her parents' faces for answers.

They evaded her gaze.

"He..." her mother was trying to explain.

Suddenly, loud, slow claps sounded in her room.

"Good job!" The donor's mother had a smug smile on her face.

"What...what happened?" Agatha was worried about her husband.

"Your parents declared you dead. And you need to stay that way. Unless...you won't be the only one dead...for real." She eyed Agatha's parents before sinisterly laughing at them.

"What did you do to Masaichi?!" Agatha almost sprang up from the bed.

"He's dead." the lady declared. "Don't be too rash. It would be a shame if the recipient of my son's bone marrow die shortly after the procedure, wouldn't it?" she threatened.

"Please, Madam Ming! Have mercy on my son! We are grateful for the sacrifice your son has done for him. We will do as we're told." Agatha's father tried to appease the lady.

"Good. Make sure to put a leash on your daughter. I don't wanna see her set foot in City S."

With that, the lady turned around with her heels clicking against the floor and left the room.

"I...I did this to Masa-kun...I got him killed!" Agatha's lips trembled as she uttered the words and tears fell from her eyes to the bed sheet.

"Don't sound like you love him so much. It was just a marriage for the business. You're such a hypocrite." Her mother stated mockingly.

"Mom, he's still my husband." Agatha felt insulted. She indeed loves him.

Then, as if remembering something, she gasped. "Ah, what about Manta-kun? Does he think that he is now an orphan?! My poor baby..."

"You don't have to worry about that. He will be the next young master and inherit all of XCG. He would live a good life." Her father said indifferently.

"How could you just say that?! He's your grandson!"

Her mother suddenly checked her watch. "Oh, look at the time...we need to go back in looking after your brother. Since you don't have actual injuries, you can manage on your own. Go and rest now."

"Yeah. We better get going." Her father nodded, and soon left with her mother.

Agatha was left to mourn for her husband and her life.

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"Don't ruin yourself like this. I told you that you always have the option to leave XCG." Lu Shaoting tried to console the woman before him.

"You don't understand! I had always done my best for him and not once had he praised me for doing a good job! That woman almost got him killed and he just accepts her again just like that?!"

"Romina, you are just an employee. She's his wife." Lu Shaoting gave her a reality check.

"I grew up with him! I trained with him in the clan! Why can't he even look at me? What's wrong with being able to fight? Why does he prefer someone who was a damsel in distress?"

"Romina, love cannot be forced on a person. If it does not come naturally, maybe you deserve someone else."

"You really think so?" Her teary eyes looked at him.

"Hmmn." He smiled as he nodded.