Chapter 617: Chapter 617: The Expanse Federation
When she said this, her voice was very soft, so no one except Ann Vaughn, who was closest to her, heard it.
After the girl spoke to herself, she crossed her hands behind her back and paced towards Ann Vaughn, bending down to examine her closely.
Ann Vaughn didn’t deliberately avoid her gaze, allowing herself to be scrutinized calmly and openly.
"No wonder you have the charm to captivate him..." After retracting her gaze, the girl murmured in a low voice and then extended her hand to Ann Vaughn, "Hello, my name is Kressiel. Nice to meet you."
"Hello, my name is Ann Vaughn." Ann Vaughn also extended her hand to shake hers, her fingertips inadvertently touching several acupoints on Kressiel’s hand, applying slight pressure.
She had just heard Kressiel’s words and thought she had some incurable terminal illness.
But after feeling her pulse, she found that her body was very healthy and not suffering from any illness...
To prevent the bodyguards from finding her again, Kressiel didn’t stay long at Vaughn Clinic. After exchanging contact information with Ann Vaughn, she left the clinic.
However, before Kressiel could catch a taxi, she was surrounded by bodyguard vehicles returning, with no escape route.
The man in the tuxedo got off from the car in the middle and walked in front of Kressiel, who was rolling her eyes, without asking where she had been. "Miss, please get in the car."
"Come on, you did that on purpose, didn’t you?" Kressiel crossed her arms and did not move.
"Rather than waiting for you to find an opportunity to escape someday, I created an opportunity for you to see her." The man in the tuxedo slightly bowed his head, yet he did not appear humble, displaying exact and proper respect.
Kressiel’s thoughts were completely guessed, and a hint of dissatisfaction appeared on her face under the mask, "I won’t harm her."
"You are a person with a strong sense of discretion and wouldn’t do such things."
Kressiel was satisfied with this, lifted her leg and headed towards the car, "Naturally. The grievances and debts are on the rightful party; she doesn’t dislike me, so I wouldn’t vent my anger on her."
"Did you tell her about your troubles?" The man in the tuxedo opened the car door for her and asked respectfully.
"No." Kressiel shook her head, pulled up the position of her mask, supported her chin with her hand, and said, "She can’t unravel my troubles."
The man in the tuxedo showed a look of doubt, "But I heard she is highly skilled in medicine, and even your father praises her highly, why not give it a try?"
Upon hearing this, Kressiel laughed, "The mysterious doctor Aquarelle Vaughn, able to solve any difficult illness with ease in her hands, right? But my troubles are absolutely unsolvable by any Chinese medicine. There’s no need to waste each other’s time."
The man in the tuxedo sighed, "Your wishes are paramount."
...
After Kressiel left, Vaughn Clinic resumed its operations.
But the guests had been frightened by the unfriendly foreign bodyguards earlier, and did not dare to approach for a while.
"Annie, why did you never mention knowing someone from the Federation?" Sherry looked at Ann Vaughn, busy at the laboratory table, and couldn’t resist her curiosity, so she asked.
Ann Vaughn put the glass bottles containing the extracted pharmaceutical preparations back into the box in order, without lifting her head, "What Federation?"
"Which Federation could it be? Those foreigners who surrounded the clinic earlier had uniforms with shoulder badges, symbols of The Expanse Federation." Sherry explained helplessly, "They should belong to the Federated Army."
"Does this Federation not have a name?"
"No need for a name, those who understand feel awe upon hearing the word ’Federation.’
"Hmm..." Ann Vaughn lowered her eyes and pondered for a few seconds, "I have no impression, and I’ve never heard of this place. But how did you know?"
The Expanse Federation...
She had looked through many books, but the only one documenting information related to the Expanse was the illustrated book Cyrus Hawthorne gave her.
Of course, besides the herbal data, there was no other information.
"Back when the eldest young master and I went to pick you up from Gothasen, it was the Federation’s army guarding the frontier of the Expanse." Sherry helped Ann Vaughn put the box back into the glass cabinet, answering her while doing so.
Who knew Ann Vaughn would look surprised, "Gothasen is in the Expanse?!"
"You didn’t know?"
"He didn’t tell me this." Ann Vaughn pressed her red lips together; the level of exclusivity in the Expanse wouldn’t allow outside people to know the inside information and insiders couldn’t easily contact the outside world.
At least when she was in Gothasen, she couldn’t get through to the outside world.
Ann Vaughn suddenly thought of something, suddenly raised her eyes to look at Sherry, and asked word by word: "Gothasen is located in the Expanse, then how did they spread the disaster situation to attract me there?"
"I remember you mentioning that the international medical organization once sent you emails mentioning Gothasen."
"Yes." Ann Vaughn’s eyes cooled down, "I thought so before. But now, upon reconsideration, everything seems too conveniently orchestrated."
So smooth that... it’s as if someone deliberately arranged everything behind the scenes.
If it weren’t for that later accident, she would have been trapped on that isolated island, cluelessly thinking she could wait for a ship to leave Gothasen.
Turns out, from the beginning, she fell into that demon’s trap.
But why?
At that time, she didn’t know him or ever met him. Why did he only target her?
Seeing that Ann Vaughn’s expression was somewhat off, Sherry’s eyes flashed a look of struggle, then she hurriedly pushed Ann Vaughn’s hand, "Annie, what’s wrong? Did you think of something?"
Ann Vaughn suddenly snapped out of her thoughts, facing Sherry’s concerned and worried gaze, she forced a casual smile, "It’s nothing, just recalling some unpleasant past incidents."
There’s no need to be afraid.
Gothasen is far away in the Expanse, and it’s a completely different world from S Country; they will no longer intersect in the future.
Sherry nodded and finally advised her, "That Kressiel’s identity may not be simple, and she’s connected to the Expanse, so it’s better if we avoid her, lest troubles arise."
Although Ann Vaughn never mentioned her experiences in Gothasen, Sherry could see from her eyes that she didn’t like that place.
Since she dislikes it, not approaching is best.
"I’ll listen to you." Ann Vaughn smiled, sweeping away the gloom in her heart.
...
Night fell, and the lights began to shine.
Ann Vaughn returned to the villa with the prescriptions sorted out from the clinic, handing them to Uncle Dexter, asking him to brew them daily for Bella Hawthorne to drink.