Chapter 1627: Chapter 1627 He Holds Ansel’s Life in His Hands
He knew the hope was slim, but he had to try everywhere he could.
Whenever Ruan Tianling wasn’t around, Jian Yufei would secretly shed tears.
She gazed sorrowfully at Ansel’s sleeping little face, her heart aching in waves.
Ruan Tianling pushed the door open and entered, and Jian Yufei hurriedly wiped the tears from her face.
She was crying again...
He had promised not to let her suffer grievances, pain, or tears anymore.
Yet once again, he had failed to protect her, failed to protect their child, and caused her heartbreak and sadness.
Ruan Tianling stepped forward and silently embraced her from behind. "Yufei, trust me, I will do whatever it takes to cure our child."
Jian Yufei lowered her gaze slightly. "Ruan Tianling, have you thought about this? They can’t possibly develop an antidote. No matter how much time they spend, they won’t succeed. Even if they manage to develop it, it will be years, maybe even decades, down the line. But Ansel is not even five years old. He’s so young. Are we supposed to let him remain in this state for so many years?"
Ruan Tianling turned her around and sat across from her.
"I will find the world’s best doctors to treat him," he said in a low voice.
Jian Yufei shook her head. "It’s useless. My grandfather must know about Ansel being poisoned. For so many years, he hasn’t managed to detoxify Ansel, which proves that even he is powerless. He could also find the world’s best doctors, even better ones, but none of them could develop an antidote. What does that tell you?"
"..."
It meant that this poison was nearly incurable.
Ruan Tianling’s jaw tightened, and once again, he felt a deep hatred for his own inadequacy, his inability to protect his wife and child.
Jian Yufei continued, "The antidote is in Nangong Xu’s hands. I’ve been thinking a lot over the past few days. I remember Ansel telling me that Nangong Xu made him eat mooncakes my mother made every year.
But this year, Ansel didn’t eat them, and now he’s become like this. I suspect that the antidote, which temporarily suppresses the virus, was mixed into the mooncakes. Ansel ate the mooncakes every year, so the condition never flared up.
Haven’t you noticed? Ever since we escaped, Nangong Xu hasn’t made a single move. He hasn’t sent anyone to look for us, and even when we were in London, he let us move freely.
When we fought against Qi Ruigang, he didn’t take any stance or action. He hasn’t done anything, hasn’t gotten involved at all, because he’s confident in his victory. He knows that no matter what we do, we can’t fight against him.
Because he holds Ansel’s life in his hands, and Ansel is everything to us!"
Ruan Tianling’s eyes flickered with a surge of cold, dark fury.
In truth, he wanted to say that Nangong Xu didn’t just hold Ansel’s life in his grasp but also the life of another child.
He controlled the fates of both their children.
In reality, they had no room to resist. Nangong Xu was already the ultimate winner.
As long as he used their two children to threaten them, they could only surrender and accept their fate.
But he couldn’t tell Jian Yufei any of this.
Ansel’s condition alone was more than she could bear. How could she possibly endure another cruel truth?
Ruan Tianling abruptly stood up, his voice hoarse as he said, "I’m going out for a smoke."
He turned and left heavily, as if fleeing from something.
Jian Yufei’s eyes were filled with sorrow as she looked at Ansel.
If they truly couldn’t develop the antidote, then she would have no choice but to return and retrieve it herself.
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Ruan Tianling decided to let Qi Ruigang go.
No one knew when, or even if, the virus in Ansel’s body could ever be cured.