Chapter 609

The door to Jane's room was left ajar. John sat by her bedside with a deeply furrowed brow, while Frederick and Lester also remained in the room. Even the three grandfathers, along with her maternal grandparents, uncles, and aunts were present. Yet every face in the room wore the same grim expression. Harold, Bryan, and Mina were startled and quickly moved closer, whispering to John, "Big brother, what's wrong with Jane?" Seeing them, John's expression softened slightly. He patted each of their heads in turn and said, "It's nothing serious. She just got so frightened this time that she ended up with a fever and a cold." Even as he spoke, his chest tightened with frustration. Jane had always been in good health since returning home, she had never fallen ill. Even after being taken to the military base in Layrus last time, her poor condition had been due to poisoning, not sickness. But this time, those three scumbags had scared her so badly that she actually fell ill. The thought made hi