When Violet woke up, it was already the middle of the night.
Stanley had been sitting by the bedside to keep watch over her.
Seeing her wake up, he immediately brought a glass of water over.
Violet happened to be thirsty, and when she saw the water he brought, her heart warmed, "Thank you."
She smiled and took it, taking a sip that was slightly sweet, "There's sugar in it?"
"With honey." Stanley replied.
Violet held her glass of water, "It's quite good."
"Are you hungry?" Stanley asked again as he stroked her sleep-disheveled hair.
Violet nodded, "A little."
She couldn't eat before the surgery, so she'd been fasting until now and had been hungry for a long time.
"Wait." Stanley got up, and went downstairs.
Soon, he returned, carrying a tray.
The tray held a bowl of steaming noodles, topped with a few green cabbages and green onions, which made her feel appetizing to look at it.
Violet laughed, "The maid downstairs actually knows how to make noodles in our country?"
It was incredible.
And she thought that the maids would only cook western food.
"I made it." Stanley spoke.
Violet froze for a moment and looked at him in surprise, "You made it?"
Stanley nodded.
Violet was surprised and smiled, "You can cook?"
"No." Stanley shook his head.
Violet blinked, "Then how ......"
"I searched for a tutorial online, it's pretty simple." Stanley answered lightly.
The corners of Violet's mouth twitched, and she was left speechless.
Well, in this world, there was this kind of genius learned fast.
Calvin was such a person too.
"Eat, how does it taste?" Stanley handed her the chopsticks.
Violet took it and was going to bring the bowl over.
But Stanley nonetheless said that she had no strength, and that he was just fine to carry the bowl.
Just like that, Stanley held the bowl while Violet held the chopsticks, picking up a few noodles and putting them into her mouth.
"Well?" Stanley looked at her, a touch of imperceptible tension in his eyes.
Violet licked her lips, her eyes glowing as she nodded, "Delicious."
Stanley smiled with faintly hooked lips, "That's good, eat then."
Violet continued to pick the noodles. They were a little hot, she picked them up and blew on them a few times, suddenly she thought of something, looked at him and asked, "Have you eaten?"
Stanley was about to reply that he had eaten, but his belly growled.
Stanley's face instantly darkened, feeling a bit overwhelmed.
Violet laughed, "Honey, you're so cute, I thought you were really a god, everything is perfect, but you are embarrassed now. Good, you are not as unapproachable as usual."
To her, such a Stanley was like a real living person, a flesh-and-blood person.
"Alright, eat up." Stanley looked at Violet's smiling, a hint of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
Violet put the noodles on her chopsticks and then passed it to his mouth, "Eat it together, if you don't mind that the chopsticks are used by me."
She looked at him, waiting for him to open his mouth.
Stanley lowered his eyes to look at the noodles, then raised his eyes to look at the expectant woman, finally opening his mouth and eating the noodles.
Violet nodded, "That's good."
These medical professionals who had no medical ethics could indeed not end well and it was better to let the outside world know about their crimes.
Otherwise there might be another victim like her in the future.
The next day.
Stanley went downstairs holding Violet's hand.
Linda was accompanying the two children with breakfast and saw the two coming down, teasing, "You two can’t separate, can you?"
Although Violet was embarrassed, she didn't let go of Stanley's hand, instead she proudly responded, "Envy? If you're envious, go find one man."
Linda bristled, "Better not, I prefer to be single."
"I clearly saw you talking on the phone with a foreign man yesterday, Aunt Linda, and it was an energetic conversation." At that moment, Calvin suddenly spoke up.
Linda was stunned, then hastened to explain, "That's not my boyfriend, it's just ......"
"Ahem." Violet immediately interrupted her with a light cough, "Enough, don’t say that in front of my kids."
Linda, "Ok, I was wrong, come on, eat."
Stanley pulled out the chair for Violet.
Violet sat down, and only then did he pull out the chair next to him and sat down.
After breakfast was over, Linda took the two kids out to play.
Because she knew that Stanley and Violet had to stay behind to deal with yesterday's events and didn't have time to spend with the kids.
So naturally, the care of the children fell to her, a freeloading subordinate.
"Mr. Murphy." Fraser came over.
After handing a peeled apple to Violet, Stanley drew a tissue and wiped his hands slowly, "Go ahead."
"Governor Baron sent word that things have taken care of, all of the OB/GYN departments at several of the hospitals involved have been replaced and all of the people have been put in jail, plus there's word from Dean Brown that the two doctors and nurses are done with their surgeries, and ......"
"What?" Violet asked him.
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