Chapter 124: Chapter 126

Only Amber and Channing were left in the ward. Channing looked at Amber. “Amber, I’m sorry! It’s all my fault! I was possessed...”

“It’s in the past.” Amber interrupted Channing. “You don’t have to say sorry to me. Instead, I want to say sorry to you, because I let the matter of that year be exposed, and I also implicated you. Presumably, you will be too ashamed to show your face.”

“Amber, I regret it. When I received the letter, I had no choice but to marry Shannon. In fact, I only have your mother in my heart...”

“Well, Mr. Black!” Amber interrupted Channing again. “I have received your apology. You didn’t do anything wrong at that time.

Everyone is selfish. Everyone is the first to plan for their own future. You did nothing wrong for your own future. I don’t blame you.”

Channing’s face turned red. Amber didn’t look at him and said in a calm voice, “Now let’s talk about the follow-up of this matter!”

“Amber, do you have a way to suppress the negative impact?” Channing looked at his daughter in disbelief.

“When did I say that I would suppress the negative effects?” Amber asked in reply. “The fact that your daughter, Miss Celia, and Rodney had an affair and gotten pregnant before they got married is the truth. I won’t do anything for her. Everyone has to pay the price for their actions. If she shamelessly seduces Rodney, she should bear the consequences of having a mistress.”

“Then what do you mean?”

“What I want to say is about you and me. I have caused you a lot of trouble when I returned to the Black family. It seems that my appearance is indeed a disaster for you. It affects your reputation and your career, so I decided that we should go back to the past. It’s good for everyone.”

Channing looked at Amber in shock. “Amber, I’ve never thought about that!”

“I don’t know if you think so, but I’m going to do it now.”

“Enough!” Channing had just covered his chest with his hands and coughed violently.

“Mr. Black, what’s wrong with you?” Shannon, who was standing outside, heard Channing’s cough and quickly pushed open the door of the ward and rushed in. While holding Channing’s body, she patted Channing’s back with her hand.

Channing coughed desperately and took out a handkerchief from his pocket to cover his mouth. Then, Amber saw bright red blood on the handkerchief, which looked shocking.

“Mr. Black, you’re vomiting blood! Come on!” Shannon shouted in a hoarse voice.

“Dad, are you okay?” Celia also rushed in and shouted at the top of her lungs.

Amber stood there in a daze. Channing was always in good health. When did he get so sick that he vomited blood?

A medical staff followed him into the ward. Amber retreated. On the corridor outside the ward, she saw Elliot. “How’s your father?”

“I vomited blood again just now!” Amber replied.

“How could that be?” Elliot was stunned.

“Yes, how could it be?” Amber felt incredible in his heart. When the door opened, Celia rushed out angrily.

“Amber, I admit that it’s wrong to let reporters take photos of you secretly, but you can’t attack me like this no matter what. It doesn’t matter if you attack me, but can Dad stand it? How can you let Dad lose face? Dad has a status...”

“Celia!” Shannon came out to stop her daughter. “Amber, don’t argue with Celia. She didn’t speak without thinking because she saw that Mr. Black vomited blood and was so anxious. In fact, Celia is not so bad!”

Amber felt a little guilty. At that time, he forgot that Channing was a patient in a hurry.

“Amber, I know you hate us.” Celia saw that she did not speak and continued, “You can’t hate even your father? No matter what, he is your biological father. How can you treat him like this?”

“Well, Celia!” Shannon stopped her daughter from blaming her. “Amber, I’m the one who has wronged you and your mother. It has nothing to do with your father or Celia. If you want to hate someone, then hate me! Your father really loves you!”

Amber didn’t say anything. She felt that her mind was in a mess. To be honest, Channing wasn’t bad to her, so there was no need for her to hold a grudge against him.

After all, she had already passed the age where she needed to be raised and taken care of. Let’s forget about the past. When she was about to think about this, a familiar voice came. “How is Mr. Black?”

Amber looked up and saw that Celia had jumped into Rodney’s arms like a little bird. She cried, “Rodney, why did you come so late? My father vomited blood...”

Amber frowned. Celia didn’t seem to be learning how to perform, but her performance skills were beyond the reach of many performance students. A mocking smile appeared on the corners of Elliot’s mouth. He leaned close to Amber’s ear and whispered, “Your sister is really awesome!”

Amber replied with a smile. “You only found out about it?”

Rodney comforted Celia with a few words of comfort. He looked at Amber and Elliot. When he saw their whisper, his face looked a little ugly. “I’ll go over there and have a look. I’ll come back to you later.” After saying that, Elliot gave Rodney a provocative look and strode away.

The doctor who entered the ward finally left. Celia, Shannon, and her daughter, as well as Rodney, went to see Channing. Amber stood outside and did not move.

Footsteps came from behind. Elliot had returned. He whispered a few words in Amber’s ear. Amber’s eyes widened. “Really?”

“Can I lie to you?”

Rodney walked out and looked indifferently at Amber and Elliot. However, he said to Amber, “I’m going to buy something to eat.

What do you want to eat?”

“There’s no need. I’ll leave right away!” Amber replied indifferently.

Rodney was stunned. Obviously, he didn’t expect that Amber would say that he would leave immediately. Her father was sick in the ward. As a daughter, she couldn’t just leave like this, could she? But thinking about her poor health, he finally didn’t say anything.

Amber looked at Elliot. “Wait for me outside for a few minutes. I’ll talk to Mr. Black and come out immediately.”

After that, she pushed the door open and went in. When she came in, Channing just showed a weak smile to her. “Amber, I’m fine.”

Amber ignored them and looked at Shannon and Celia. “Get out. Mr. Black and I have something to say.”

Her voice was cold and distant, and there was no expression on her face. Shannon glanced at her and then looked at Channing.

“Your father is in poor health. Don’t stimulate him...”

“I say, can you go out?”

“Get out!” Channing had just ordered. With Channing’s order, the mother and daughter left.

After the mother and daughter went out, they closed the door sensibly. Amber looked at Channing, who was lying on the bed, and a sneer appeared on his face. “Mr. Black, don’t pretend. I know you are not sick!”

Channing was stunned for a moment, and an embarrassed expression flashed across his face. “Amber, I’m sorry. Listen to my father’s explanation!”

“Go ahead!”

“Dad didn’t pretend to be sick because he didn’t want to lie to you, but because he encountered some trouble this time. He wanted to avoid it for a while, but something happened between you and Celia, so...”

Amber couldn’t help laughing. This was her father. When she heard that he was sick and vomiting blood, she rushed over immediately, but he was pretending to be sick.

She was extremely disappointed. If it weren’t for Elliot, she would have been kept in the dark and felt guilty. She might have found a way to make it up to him. Fortunately, she had Elliot!

“Mr. Black, if I don’t see through you, will you continue to lie like this all the time? Do you expect me to compensate your mistress and daughter for guilt?”

“No, Amber, you misunderstood. I never thought of letting you compensate and compromise. This time, I was forced to...”

“I’m just asking you. Do you and your daughter, who pretend to be ill, know about it?” Amber asked coldly.

“I don’t know.”

Channing was indeed worthy of being an official. No wonder he didn’t recognize his relatives. Amber looked at him mockingly.

She didn’t know what to say.

Channing blushed as he looked at his daughter. “Amber, I know that you are blaming me and even hating me. However, there are many things that I have no choice but to do. In my heart, there are only you and your mother...”

“Mr. Black, you’re too kind. My mother has been dead for more than ten years! She’s not in your heart for a long time.” Amber interrupted him, ignoring Channing’s embarrassed expression.

“Since there’s nothing wrong with your body, I’ll take my leave first. I don’t have time to play with you here because I’m still sick!”

With that, she turned around and left.

“Amber!” Channing’s voice came from behind. Amber ignored it and felt disgusted. It was really disgusting. How could she have such a father? If she could choose in her life, she was really unwilling to have such a shameless father. But she had no choice.

After leaving the hospital, Amber had been silent. Elliot had been stealing glances at her. Finally, he could not help but ask, “Did you have a fight with your father?”

Amber snorted.

“I... I didn’t mean to tell you this. I was just afraid that you would be worried.”

“How do you know that he is pretending to be ill?”

“Yes,” Elliot replied.

“How dare you ask me to question you?” Amber was speechless. If Channing didn’t pretend to be sick, how would his question hurt his heart?

“In fact, this is the case. Recently, the government has been very strict with the investigation. The secretary has been isolated from the law and regulations. Your father is not going to a meeting this time, but is being investigated. This time, there are a lot of people involved. The higher-ups mean to let him escape first. He happened to encounter such a thing, so he used it as a shield.”

“How do you know this?”

“My grandfather’s old friend is up there,” replied Elliot. “Therefore, my grandfather informed me in advance about this matter.

Your father has a good reputation as an official, so someone from the higher-ups will protect him.”

Amber sneered. She was really speechless at Channing. Thinking about it, she was really angry. Elliot comforted her. “People in the officialdom are like this. Don’t take it to heart.”

Amber didn’t say anything. It was a lie to say that he didn’t take it to heart, but he tried his best not to think about it.

“By the way, what do you think of this matter? How could there be someone who exposed the scandal between Celia and Rodney at this critical moment? Was it done by your competitor, Mr. Black, or by the mistress and her daughter?”

“I don’t think it’s the work of the mistress and her daughter. Although they want to deal with me, there’s no need for them to be so stupid as to ruin their reputation and make Channing lose face. After all, we share the same honor and loss.” Amber pondered for a moment.

“I think this person must be Channing’s competitor.”

“Your analysis makes sense, but you should have heard of a idiom, right?”

“What?”

“We’ll live after we die!” Elliot replied.

“The fact that Celia was found to be a mistress may have damaged her reputation, but from another point of view, she has immediately become a victim. She is on the same side as Rodney and his son. The two of them are in the same boat. Perhaps because of her scandal back then, the mother and his son might not sympathize with her.

After this matter was exposed, Rachel must hate you to the extreme. Even if she was beaten to death, she would not have a good impression of you. And Rodney, his scandal was exposed in broad daylight, and he also felt uncomfortable in his heart. He would certainly distance himself from you. Of course, there is another reason, which is that their purpose is not only to win the sympathy of Rodney, but to let Channing mistakenly think that you manipulated all of this. Compared with their tolerance and generosity, you are narrow-minded and ignore the overall situation. If Channing hates you because of this...”

“Is that so?” Amber couldn’t believe it at all. “Are they so scheming?”

“I guessed it!” Elliot laughed.