Pick Up a Son, Get a Free Husband 9

Chapter 1767: House Is Not A Home

Not long after dinner, Lisa's phone suddenly rang urgently.

"Hello?" Lisa picked up the call.

"Hello! Bro! Not good... Father... Father fainted at home! Now, he's been sent to the hospital... The doctor says... this time... he might not make it..." From the other end of the phone came Jisoo's stammering, clearly at a loss.

The man's expression instantly sank deeply. "I'll be there right away."

"Hold on! Bro, bring Leo along too. What if Father, he..." Jisoo still could not bring himself to utter the possibility.

The man paused. "Understood."

...

At night, at Imperial Hospital.

Father Manoban had just been rescued and was lying in the intensive care ward.

"Doctor? How's my husband?"

The attending doctor looked solemn. "In this period of time, Mr. Manoban's health hasn't been too good. This time was an especially dangerous situation. I'm afraid it'll be very hard for him to make it..."

Mother Manoban's body trembled. She could not stand upright anymore and she fell into Jisoo's embrace, weeping, "Husband..."

"Mother, don't cry! Nothing's happen to Father yet! Didn't he make it through all those times? It was also a dangerous case six years ago, but he didn't he make it too? Father's experienced so much. This time, he'll definitely make it through!" Jisoo comforted with a firm tone.

The doctor encouraged, "On our side, we'll definitely do our very best."

Leo stared blankly at the old man in the intensive care ward through the glass window. He lightly tugged onto his grandmother's hand and held it tightly.

She squatted down and hugged Leo in her arms as if she was hugging onto a last floating log down the river.

On the side, the silent Lisa glanced at the doctor, then asked him to go to a spot far away in a lowered voice.

"I want to hear the truth," Lisa said frankly.

The doctor forced a smile and answered, "Actually, the main thing will depend on the patient's will to live. You've seen the elder's health situation in this one year for yourself. He suffers from a mental knot, not being able to untie the knot and facing this result right now was something that was bound to happen... His illness is affected too much by his emotions..."

Actually, they had indeed predicted this. Since the beginning of the meeting of the clans and the blow from the stream of events that had happened, in the past year, his body had gradually deteriorated and weakened...

"On our side, we'll definitely do our best. As family members, you can't do much now either. Try your best to comfort him, have him to not take things too hard. Maybe things will take a turn for the better." Even though the doctor said this, he did not hold much hope either. It had been a year after all and if there was any mental block that could be resolved, it would have long been resolved. How could it improve overnight?

"Got it, thank you."

Mother Manoban was tired from crying. She sat in a daze on the bench and muttered to herself, "Your father, he... Even though he usually doesn't say it, he knows that... hurting you guys was all of his fault... hurt Jennie... hurt you... and hurt Leo too... Now Jennie will be bed-ridden for the rest of her life... As for you and Leo, your lives are considered ruined too... Our entire family is ruined too... Our house is not a home anymore..."

Jisoo and Lisa stood there in silence as no one said anything.

In the quiet corridor, only the sound of Mother Manoban's mournful sobs was heard. Gloomy clouds hovered over everyone's heads.

After that, Father Manoban had to be closely monitored in the hospital.

Only when Leo was around would his situation improve a little. He could force himself to take a few bites of food. In this period of time, Leo had been obediently accompanying him in the hospital.

The news of Father Manoban being critically ill was leaked. All the family clans had rushed from all over to Imperial to find out about it. Suddenly, all the people in the entire family clan and the Manoban corporation were anxious again...