Chapter 5
Henry boiled with rage when he saw that Ruby refused to donate blood to Ian. He got so angry and impatient that he just got his guards to grab her and drag her straight into the blood donation center, not even bothering to waste another breath on arguing with her.
The sharp needle pierced into Ruby’s veins as dark red blood began collecting in the blood bag connected to her.
Ruby’s knuckles were white as she fought and struggled incessantly. “I said that Ian can’t receive my blood! He’s unable to receive it!”
Henry’s eyes darkened. “It’s up to the doctor to decide whether or not he can receive your blood. It was your fault that Ian got into the accident just now. Even if he can’t use your blood, you must still donate your blood. Take it as a form of punishment!”
Ruby felt suffocated. She knew that there was no use trying to fight back anymore.
After drawing about a pint of blood from Ruby, the nurse was about to stop when she heard Cecelia’s angry voice behind her.
“My brother lost a lot of blood! That’s not enough for him! Keep drawing more blood!”
The nurse looked at her, struggling to find the right words. “One pint is the maximum amount of blood that can be safely drawn at one point. If we continue, her life will be at risk.”
Cecelia was very unhappy. She wrapped her hands around Henry’s arm and said, “Ruby has been living off of you rent-free for so many years. This is just a tiny bit of blood. We’re just making her pay back what she owes you. What kind of danger would she even be in anyway?”
The nurse still didn’t dare to continue drawing blood from Ruby.
Seeing this, Henry frowned harder and made up his mind.
“Take more blood from her. If anything happens, you can hold me responsible.”
Ruby stared at the second empty blood bag attached to her arm and let out an ugly smile. She forced herself to keep herself from throwing up and closed her eyes instead, not wanting anyone to see the emotion in her eyes.
The second blood bag filled slower than the first, and it eventually slowed to a near-stop. Ruby felt herself feeling more and more helpless and weak.
After what felt like forever, the nurse walked back into the room with the bags of blood and said in a solemn voice, “We’ve checked the compatibility, and her blood cannot be used.”
Henry couldn’t believe his ears when he heard the nurse.
How could Ruby’s blood not be compatible?
To think that she had actually been telling the truth!
However, Ian was now still lying on the emergency operating table. Henry didn’t have time to think further about the situation. Instead, he gritted his teeth and started using his connections to gather as many Rh-negative blood bags he could from the banks across the city.
While making the calls, he brought Cecelia out with him, so he missed the last part where the nurse asked Ruby, “Ms. Lynch, your blood is severely attacking the patient’s blood in the compatibility test. Are you both siblings?”
Ruby could only feel herself getting increasingly faint and dizzy. Her eyelids felt like lead as she nodded lightly. Then, she couldn’t withstand it anymore and fell headfirst to the ground.
The next day, Ruby woke up in the hospital. The nurse sighed in relief and said, “Both you and your brother have a strong will to survive. His blood transfusion had been successful, so you don’t have to worry about him.”
Ian had done all sorts of things to hurt Ruby, so she couldn’t care less about whether he survived or not.
“Don’t bother telling me anything. I don’t care about his situation.”
However, just as she was done speaking, the door was pushed open.
Christopher and Anna entered the ward, both looking grim. The first thing they did was to yell and scream angrily in Ruby’s face.
“You’re the one who caused Ian to get hurt! You’re such a bad omen! How dare you say that you don’t care about him now? Have you no conscience? And why the hell are you still pretending to be sick? Get up and come with us now to apologize to him and Cecelia!”
They then called their guards over, yanked the IV drip from Ruby’s hand, and grabbed her from the bed.
“The patient still hasn’t recovered yet. She’s still your biological d—”
The nurse was scared silly, but she still tried to speak up for Ruby. Unfortunately, she only managed to get half her sentence out before the bodyguards threatened to bash her head in.
So, she immediately swallowed her next words and remained silent.
Christopher and Anna felt something amiss. They turned to look at the nurse, wanting her to finish her words, but she had already long fled with the patient’s records.
Christopher and Anna didn’t bother lingering in the ward. Instead, they dragged Ruby along with them to the VIP ward upstairs.
