Chapter 4 Body's Limit
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The morning sun gently caressed Cassia's face through the gaps in the curtains.
Cassia sat up and rubbed her temples. She had barely slept a wink last night.
It wasn't just because of Ivor, but also because of her body.
Her cough was getting worse and worse. Cassia lowered her eyes, took two pills from the drawer, and swallowed them with the water she had poured last night. Her movements were practiced, as if she had done this a thousand times.
By the time she went downstairs, Ivor was gone. A prepared breakfast was on the table.
Her phone buzzed with a news notification. "Breaking News!
Parker Group's CEO Spotted at the Airport, Seemingly Welcoming Back Ms. Taylor. Are the Former Lovers Rekindling Their Romance? What Will Become of Cassia?"
Cassia glanced at her phone with a cold sneer.
She didn't care what Ivor did. As long as the money was in her account, everything was negotiable.
He was really quick, though. The moment Willa mentioned coming back, he rushed to the airport to pick her up.
Little did he know that Willa didn't have him in her heart at all. Instead, she was cozying up to some foreign man.
However, Cassia didn't intend to expose Willa so soon. After all, it was better to stay out of it.
Willa hadn't wronged her, so there was no need to reveal her true colors.
Cassia sat down at the dining table nonchalantly and picked up a piece of bread, eating gracefully.
Every move she made exuded the elegance of a socialite.
Even though the Green family was ruined, the habits engraved in her bones remained unchanged.
However, after only two bites, Cassia couldn't help but cover her mouth and cough.
"Ms. Green, are you alright?" Chloe, who was beside her, quickly handed her a glass of milk and gently patted her back.
After a while, Cassia finally stopped coughing.
"Ms. Green, you coughed up blood! Let me take you to the hospital."
"No need." Cassia weakly waved her hand in refusal, but she couldn't persuade Chloe.
"No, you have to go see a doctor."
Looking at Chloe's anxious expression, Cassia felt a wave of warmth in her heart.
In this house, Chloe was the only one who treated her well.
If Cassia were to leave one day, she hoped Chloe wouldn't be sad because of her.
After all, her body probably wouldn't last much longer...
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For several days in a row, Ivor didn't come home, and Cassia didn't have time to look for him.
Her new medical project was at a critical stage.
In the research lab, Cassia and several professors gathered around a large desktop computer, its data fluctuating constantly.
"Hello, I am Alex the robot. What can I do for you?" A cute, childish voice rang out. A doll, about half a meter tall, sat on the lab bench, smiling and greeting them.
Seeing Cassia's surprised expression, an elderly professor stepped forward and said, "Cassia, try putting your hand on its head."
Cassia looked at the professor and raised her hand. Immediately, a red triangle symbol appeared on the computer screen, accompanied by an alarm.
"Warning! Warning! After examination, the patient's lung nodules and masses are relatively clear. The morphology presents multiple arc-shaped protrusions, and the imaging shows lobulated signs. The edges of the protrusions show varying degrees of burr-like protrusions. Low-density shadows and cavitation signs can be seen in the lesions. It is preliminarily determined to be late-stage lung cancer."
"Chemotherapy drugs that can be used include cisplatin, carboplatin, gemcitabine, etc. Targeted drugs that can be used include gefitinib, afatinib, erlotinib, etc., or some interferons and interleukins. It is recommended that the patient go to the hospital for treatment in time."
As soon as Alex finished speaking, the atmosphere in the research lab became heavy.
The professors knew that since the Green family's downfall, Cassia had been working like crazy to build her own career.
In just two short years, she had achieved so much.
Her body had reached its limit.
The professors hesitated to speak. They hadn't expected Cassia's body to be in such a terrible state.
"Cassia..."
"I'm fine."
Cassia knew her own body's condition. Her attention was not on her illness but on Alex's abilities.
Alex was now able to determine pathology through touch and could even give advice on drug treatment, which was much more advanced than the previous technology.
Seeing this achievement, Cassia nodded in satisfaction.
As long as Alex could be marketed, it would be a great boon to the medical community.
At the same time, the creation of this patent would redefine the Green family.
Even if they were ruined, their strength remained.
Seeing this, the professors all understood.
Although they felt sorry for Cassia, who had shouldered so much at such a young age, they had to tell her the cruel reality she was facing.
"Cassia, this is only Alex's initial form. If you want to improve its accuracy and scope, you may need a lot of funds and raw materials. Are you sure you want to continue?"
The professors looked at Cassia with concern. They were all friends of Cassia's father, and for the sake of their old friendship, they were willing to help her with her research.
They had seen Cassia's hard work, but it was extremely difficult for a girl with no one to rely on to support such a large medical project.
"Thank you for your concern, seniors. This was my father's wish and my pursuit. I won't give up. As for the funds and raw materials, I will find a way."
Cassia had been mentally prepared for this since the beginning of the project.
She had almost saved up enough money. It was just the raw materials that were a problem. In Beotorn, only the Parker family and the Andrews family had them.
Both were not to be trifled with... The head of the Andrews family, Daniel Andrews, kept a low profile and his whereabouts were a mystery. Almost no one had seen his true face. Some said he was over seventy years old, an old man full of wrinkles, while others said he was only twenty-five, handsome, and successful. There was still no detailed information about this head of the family.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to Ivor, that fearsome entity, back then.
But now that Willa was back, she couldn't just sit back and do nothing. She had to have a backup plan.
If necessary, she would even move heaven and earth to find the head of the Andrews family. '
But where would he appear?' she wondered.
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