Chapter 240 - The Islet Mystery 56

"Yanyan!" the nurse hollered as she entered the clinic.

The path she walked seemed like a cotton carpet in her excitement. Her thrill-glazed voice echoed into the walls, but there was no response.

"Yanyan?" she called out again, opening the door to the clinic. However, the silence was still her sole reply.

She stuck her head in and looked toward the bed where she left Yanyan, but to her confusion, he was not there. She rushed inside and went directly to the bathroom, but only the scattered toiletries greeted her eyes.

Her heartbeat started to spike, rousing a gush of fear inside her. She knew she should not leave him and that her announcement could always wait. Yanyan was her only patient at the moment, and there was nothing else that kept her busy except for some other paper works assigned to her.

With heartbeats now in her throat, she ran toward the other rooms, but Yanyan was neither there. When she finally thought of the exit, only then she realized that her client might have absconded!

Her sweat started to drip from her temples, and her sudden fear constricted her airways. She ran back toward her desk and contacted the security team. In a few seconds, the guard rushed in to check.

"What's going on around here?" Ryan's voice floated amidst their chaos, startling the nurse further. Hearing his voice, she ran towards the exit, whispering a silent prayer that she would catch the child. However, no matter how she scanned her eyes on every corner, she couldn't find any sign of him.

She was still gripped in so much fear when she heard footsteps, and even without turning to see who followed behind, she knew they were her sudden nightmare.

"Nurse, how did it happen?" the simultaneous questioning voices of Shiela and Ryan scared the soul inside of her.

Her most dreaded moments had come, where in just a few minutes before that, they were the couple she couldn't wait to see. She closed her eyes, wishing for a fire to swallow her up, or a sudden supernatural power to make her disappear in front of them!

The blood draining from her face was enough for Shiela to understand the amount of her fear that she nudged Ryan to calm down. No matter how angry she also was at the moment, they would get nothing if they were going to scare the life out of her. "Let her speak and tell us the whole thing."

Ryan trembled in suppressed anger, taking deep breaths a couple of times to calm himself down before he addressed her again. "Okay, you may now tell us the truth. Why did you leave him, and how did the child get away?"

Tears instantly gathered at the corner of her eyes. With shaking knees and quivering lips, she picked up the patient's information sheet and handed it to them.

"I got too excited to show this to you that I couldn't wait. When I came back here, Yanyan had already escaped," explained the nurse, but after she ended her confession, she started to sob.

Ryan pulled out the sheet of paper, and both his and Shiela's eyes fell instantly to the child's name, scribbled in his own penmanship.

Ryan Neil Yu, Jr...

They stared at it...and their hearts pounded!

Shiela could no longer contain the impulse, and she cried out loud. It was too much of a reality, rather than a coincidence.

"Miss, what else did he say?" Shiela managed to ask in between her sobs, wanting to know more.

"I also asked who his parents are."

"And who?" Ryan roared out impatiently, pulling Shiela close to him.

Jolting from where she stood, she stuttered as she tried to find her answer.

"He..He... said his parents are Mr.& Mrs. Albert Yu!"

Ryan and Shiela froze for a while, slowly absorbing the shocking truth in their minds...

The ragged child who captured their hearts from the very start was the child they had been looking for for so long.

The boy who impressed them by his brilliance as a tender age was the child stolen from them.

The child, whose sense of responsibility and independence amazed them, was the child whose heart pumped the same blood that ran into their veins.

The boy, whose thoughtfulness for the people around him awed them so much, was the child they should have held close to their hearts.

Yanyan, who suffered a life of too much hardship any child do not deserve, was their son! He was already close to them.

While still staring into each other's eyes in utter shock, one of the guard's yell broke into their train of thoughts.

"Sir, ma'am, hop in! The video footage showed that the boy rowed in his wooden boat, a few minutes ago. He has not gone far yet!"

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Jullien smiled as she pushed the last amount of fluid into her soon-father-in-law. She then fished the cover using the tip of the needle to put it back in place. "There, uncle, it's done!"

Mr. Te chuckled as he watched Jullien pull out the syringe from his arm. She then folded back the gauze that covered his needleless injection site adaptor and plastered it in place.

"Darling, thank you so much for sparing your time for my aesthetic benefit. Your father and I are indeed right in our plan. I could never imagine another woman to become my daughter-in-law."

"It's my honor, uncle," Jullien replied with a warm smile, impressing the police officers who were watching them.

"Darling, you always forget. I told you many times to start addressing me as your dad."

"I'm sorry, dad," Jullien laughed, thrusting her head backward.

Before Mr. Te could reply, another police officer came in, handing him his phone. He creased his brows and asked, embarrassed by the interruption. "Who's that?"

"He said his name is Alvin, your parent's bodyguard."

Mr. Te pulled his brows closer in a very puzzled expression, while Jullien concealed a smirk.

"What? Do I know them?"