He heard a conversation between two people that morning. They were plotting in the corridor to knock Elspeth out and take her away.
However, he didn’t notice they were carrying switchblade knives.
He immediately tried to stop them, but the two men panicked and tried to flee from the scene, and they managed to cut him in the chest.
“So, you stopped them for me? The fever is caused by the inflammation of the wound, isn’t it?”
Elspeth didn’t know why, but as she spoke, she couldn’t help but feel like crying. Every word was like a needle poking at her heart, and she teared up from the pain.
Callum knew she would be worried, so he didn’t want to tell her. However, he didn’t expect her to cry over it.
His heart ached when he saw this. He pulled her into his embrace and gently comforted her. “It’s okay. It’s a small injury. It’s not like I haven’t been hurt before. You don’t have to feel this way.”
She cried like a child for the very first time, and her nose twitched uncontrollably. “You were hurt this time because of me. Even if I didn’t get hurt, I could still feel the pain from your wounds as if they were mine.”
He pinched her nose softly. “I’d be even sadder if you were the one that had gotten hurt.”
With a solemn face, he continued, “Elspeth, I’m just glad you’re not hurt.”
He was happy that he was able to stop something bad from happening to her.
“Miss…”
Just then, someone rapped on the door.
The two of them pulled away from each other instantly. Callum let go of her hands, allowing her to open the door.
The man at the door smiled kindly when he saw her. “Hello, Miss. I’m the Jonesons’ family doctor, Dr. Leonard Hyde. Old Mr. Joneson asked me to come and take a look at Mr. Winthrop’s condition.”
As he spoke, he subconsciously glanced at Callum. He could sense an icy, unfriendly aura exuding from Callum. It was somewhat intimidating.
“Okay, come in.”
Leonard looked kind and friendly, so Elspeth didn’t refuse him. She let him into the room and allowed him to take a look at Callum.
After a careful examination, his face became solemn, and he couldn’t help but frown.
“Dr. Hyde, what’s wrong with Callum?”
Leonard stared off for a while thoughtfully before letting out a sigh. “His wound isn’t an ordinary cut. There was poison on the knife. The poison is now spreading throughout his body. The situation doesn’t look very good.”
A pang shot through her heart, and she asked, “What kind of poison is it?”
“I can’t tell. This type of poison is rather strange. I’ve been practicing medicine for so long, yet I’ve never encountered such a poison before… Maybe it’s because I don’t know much about poisons, so I can’t tell from a glance.”
That being said, how could the doctor hired by the Jonesons be incompetent?
The fact that he knew nothing about the poison meant that such poison was rare, not to mention hard to be treated.
Elspeth looked at the wound on Callum’s chest and felt it was familiar. She thought for a while but couldn’t remember who had suffered a similar injury.
“Thank you, Dr. Hyde. Please think of a way to prescribe a medication to suppress the toxins from spreading.”
Leonard nodded. “I will. Don’t worry.”
Then, she saw him off and went back to Callum. He looked up at her worried expression and smiled comfortingly. “It’s okay. Don’t worry. Aren’t I fine for now?”
Even if he was okay for now, he still looked pale to everyone else.
She shot him a look. “You might be okay now, but what about when something happens? What should I do if you die?”
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