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Chapter 958 Victoria's Suggestion (Part One)
As soon as Derrick got the antidote, he divided it into two parts. He forced one part down Daphne'sthroat. When he found his daughter was fine after taking the antidote, he swallowed the other parthimself.
Harper could only look on at what Derrick was doing, a disgusted look on her face. Matthew, on theother hand, showed no emotion on his face. His clenched fists, however, showed the rage he wasfeeling inside.
Darren, whose face was paper white, gritted his teeth in anger.
"Get out of the way, you two! If you don't, I'll slit Daphne's throat!" Derrick hissed, his eyes wide, like amaniac. Yes, he had a son and a daughter, but they were useless to him. The moment he got the QinClan's treasure, he would stop aging! He could have as many children as he pleased!
Harper remained still, her eyes transfixed on the crazed Derrick. At some point, Matthew decided tograb her arm and pull her out of Derrick's way. Derrick then started heading towards the mansion's exitwith Daphne as his hostage. He knew that as long as he escaped from the mansion, no one would beable to catch him. As Darren had managed the entire city and the mansion for many years, he hadbecome the actual ruler of the city.
Daphne became increasingly terrified as she was being dragged away by Derrick, her own father, aperson who she had always respected. He attacked Harper, poisoned his own son after being drugged,and now, he was threatening others with her as a hostage. Was he really their biological father?
When Derrick finally exited the room, Harper hurried to Darren's side to support him. "I told you we canhandle it. Why did you still come out?"
Darren feebly leaned his whole body against Harper, weakly answering, "Look—I'm worried about you,Harper. I just wanted to come out and have a look."
"And now your wound is bleeding. Everything we've worked for all went down the drain," Harper saidwith a sigh. As she prepared to assist Darren more, Matthew pulled her away and forced Darren to leanagainst him.
"Harp is weak. I'll help you." Matthew donned danger in his eyes as he asserted his dominance againstDarren. He didn't care about the fact that he was Harper or Daphne's older brother—there was nochance in hell he would let him take advantage of his wife just like that!
"Is this your husband?" Darren asked, looking at Harper.
"Yes. That is my husband," Harper replied, closing her eyes because of embarrassment.novelbin
"He is too narrow-minded. Does he often do this to you and every man around you?" asked Darrenwithout hesitation.
Harper's expression became grim. "Darren, I know that you're only acting like this because no one ishere to tell you otherwise. I suggest you stop now because if you don't, I don't think I could be gentlewhen I apply medication on your wound later."
Darren's face froze. Slowly, he turned to Matthew and said dramatically, "Look at her! Did you see herthreatening her older brother? She's gone feral, lawless! Discipline her!"
The previously agitated Matthew instantly became amused by the bickering that was happeningbetween the brother and sister. He, indeed, was ready to murder Darren, especially after hearing fromthe secret guards that Harper had been especially sweet to him. Many times he had caught himselflooking at his danger, contemplating whether or not he should just kill Darren, but he held back everytime because of the consequences. Now, he was thankful that he hadn't been overly impulsive.
"Harp is always gentle. No one needs to discipline her," Matthew replied.
It was now Darren's turn to roll his eyes. "You two are so cute, just ganging up on me and bullying me,huh? I know that women tend to help their husbands more, but really, Harper? Picking this goon overme?" Darren stated angrily.
Harper immediately snatched one of Darren's arms and said, "Let's just go, Darren. Let me changeyour wound dressings for you."
Darren couldn't help but notice how Harper gnashed her teeth as she said those words. Darren's mouthbegan twitching, and in a low voice, he said, "Someone took Daphne away, Harper. Why not go andsave her first? She's our sister now, isn't she?"
"Shut up and don't worry. I'll save her. Right now, the top priority is your wound."
"There are physicians here to treat my wound, dear sister. There is literally no need for you to stay hereand do that. Besides, everyone knows you're overqualified. Come on, Matthew, tell her to go. Thepriority now is to save Daphne's life." Darren regretted doing that. He couldn't figure out what Harperwould do to him later.
"You're the priority, so she will take good care of you first," Matthew said with a faint smile.
Daphne was thrown on the floor by Derrick. Because she was hit at certain acupoints, she couldn'tmove. Derrick had to force the Internal Force Ruining Powder out of his body. Otherwise, all his effortswould be in vain and his cultivation base would be destroyed.
Looking at the man with a cold face, Daphne felt extremely sad. Since childhood, she and her brotherhad lost their mother, and their father had been out all the year round. So, she and her brothersupported each other. No matter what Darren did, he would take her with him until she could take careof herself. Only then did he let go of her and allow her to do something on her own.
"Why did you kill my brother? If you want the antidote, why didn't you hurt anybody else instead ofDarren? Andy did you hurt him so badly?" Daphne asked in confusion.
While forcing the poison out, Derrick opened his eyes and glanced at Daphne. "I was not going to hurthim. You are the one that I wanted to hurt."
Daphne was just like being struck by lightning. According to what this man said, after he was poisoned,the first thing he wanted was to make her poisoned and then force Harper to hand over the antidote.Unfortunately, her brother found that, and thus, was seriously injured in order to save her.