SWNOVELS Chapter 498 Discuss the Situation
Another important reason why Lord Nalan had so much bias towards Linda was because of her biological mother, Sherry Nalan.
Sherry was Lord Nalan's one and only beloved daughter. When Sherry was alive many years ago, Lord Nalan had spoiled her very much. However, unexpectedly, she died at an early age, in her late twenties. Her death had brought great sorrow to Lord Nalan. It took him many years to accept the fact that his beloved daughter had died. And because of Sherry's death, Lord Nalan refused to contact with anyone from the Xia clan.
His anger and resentment toward Johnson Xia had reached its peak when Johnson married May Shen after Sherry died.
But that was already in the past.
Luckily, because of Linda's efforts, Lord Nalan had already forgiven Johnson. And Johnson himself also had repented and had realized what he did wrong.
Johnson had fallen into May's trap at that time, thus causing so many twists and difficulties in Linda's life, which gradually led to what was happening in the present.
In fact, back then, Lord Nalan was not the only one who was heartbroken. Johnson had also suffered a lot of pains from the death of Sherry.
May was only able to get married to Johnson because she claimed that she was pregnant with Johnson's baby, Lisa.
Ever since Lisa's birth, Johnson had spoiled her so much and had given her the best in every aspect. He was very protective toward Lisa. Much to his shock, Lisa turned out to be another man's daughter.
He was distressed to find out that May had been unfaithful to him from the very beginning. He was just a big fool who had been wrapped around May's finger. Therefore, Johnson resented Lisa very much since then.
Each time Linda mentioned Lisa in front of Johnson, there was resentment and fury in his eyes. As Linda was recalling the memory, a handsome voice suddenly came and interrupted her thoughts.
"We have to give this matter further thought and develop a better strategy. Seemingly, it was Rosy Nalan who had deliberately framed you, but we don't have any solid evidence against her. Although you've been released from the police station, I believe that she won't let you off easily, Charles told Linda slowly as he lowered his head, wearing a stern face.
"Yes, I agree. I think that Rosy must have plotted it well. Last night, as soon as Lady Linda and I got to the Plum Garden, someone pushed Lord Nalan to the pond at once. That person must have been hired by Rosy. She deliberately did it to frame Lady Linda," said Bun. Hearing Bun's words, Linda started to recall the scenes from last night. There were a lot of doubts in her mind.
"Bun, last night you jumped into the pond to save my grandfather, but why did it take you so much time to get him up to the ground? I've also seen one of my grandfather's photos in his bedroom. On the photo, it showed that he had won a swimming competition when he was young. He should be able to swim by himself. But why did it become so difficult for you to save him yesterday?" Linda asked in confusion.
Bun suddenly recalled of something unusual yesterday. She didn't have much time to talk about it last night because Lord Nalan's life was in danger, and Linda had been taken away by the police. She had almost forgotten about it if Linda didn't bring it up.
"My Lady, last night there was also another man under the water. When I jumped into the pond and tried to pull Lord Nalan up, I felt that someone was dragging his legs, preventing him from going up. Lord Nalan was struggling, but he had failed to save himself, too." "Someone was under the water?" Linda was shocked to hear it. Her heart sank all of a sudden.
Rosy was too cruel! She not only had someone push her grandfather into the pond, but she also had someone to lock his legs under the water. She didn't want to give the slightest chance of survival!
It would be hard for a young and healthy person to survive if he or she had fallen into a pond and was pulled down by another person under the water, not to mention an eighty-year-old man.
It could have been worse if Linda hadn't brought Bun with her with her. At least, Bun was capable enough to pull up Lord Nalan. If it had been someone else who went to save him, they both might have been dragged into the bottom of the pond and drowned to death. The pond was a few meters in depth.
It was a dangerous situation. It would be difficult for anyone to keep themselves afloat in the water while they were being pulled into it by someone else.
"Yes, I am sure of it now. There must have been someone under the water pulling Lord Nalan's legs. Otherwise, he would've been able to keep afloat. I've gone under the water, but I just saw a blurry, black figure as it was very dark there," Bun explained. Anna shook her head and asked, "The back side of Lord Nalan's head was badly hurt. It seemed like his head was hit by some hard and sharp thing. Was there anything in the pond that sharp? I am afraid..."
Linda held her breath as she was listening to Anna's analysis. Every second was a torture to Linda as they discussed more about the incident.
However, they couldn't go back to the Nalan clan's house and collect more evidence now. Even worse, all of the evidence might have already been destroyed by Rosy. She had played it well this time. Linda was completely caught unprepared. "Anna, please take good care of my grandfather. Please try your best to make him wake up," said Linda.
"My Lady, rest assured, I will surely do my best. But, My Lady, you're his closest family member. I think it might be helpful for his recovery if you go see him more frequently. So, please, come to the hospital whenever you're free," suggested Anna. Linda understood Anna's intentions.
Yesterday, after Linda had found out that her grandfather was in a vegetative state, she searched for more information about it on the Internet with her phone, on her way home.
She had read about some cases of this situation. Thankfully, some of the patients who were in vegetative state were able to wake up in the end.
Although the chances were slim, there was still a dim hope that her grandfather would be able to wake up. Anna had told her that her grandfather's condition was stable now.
As long as there was a chance, Linda wouldn't give up. Her grandfather was her only close relative in the Nalan clan.
She had just gotten back to his side for six months. She still wanted to spend more time with him. The time they had spent together was still too short.
Besides her worries toward her grandfather, Linda also felt guilty toward him. Linda thought that he was hurt by someone because of her existence, so she blamed herself for what had happened. If she hadn't shown up in her grandfather's life, her grandfather might not have been hurt by others.
Charles noticed the guilt in Linda's eyes. He held on to Linda's shoulders and said, "Honey, don't blame yourself. Even if you hadn't shown up, there would still be many covert fights among the Nalan clan's family members. There would still be someone who would hurt grandfather in order to scramble for the properties. You are not the only reason. Understand?"
"Yes, I know," Linda nodded.
They kept discussing and analyzing the whole matter and brought to light more questions than answers. They still couldn't find out ways to prove that Rosy Nalan was the one who had plotted this incident.
Linda was sure that Rosy was the one who had committed the crime. She still remembered Rosy's sarcastic smile to her last night when her grandfather was saved from the pond. But unfortunately for Linda, there was no one else who had witnessed it. Nobody else had seen Rosy's evil smile as if she was saying that she had won the game.
Obviously, Rosy was provoking her at that moment.
Linda thought that Rosy was still too impulsive, unable to control her emotions. Rosy was so stupid to have shown her emotions on her face, giving a hint to Linda. Now that she knew who the murderer was, Linda would surely try every possible means to find evidences. What had been done at night would appear during the day. Nobody would be able to get away from his or her crimes.
There had to be some way to make the truth come out.
"But what should we do next? How can we let Lady Linda suffer this injustice? It's difficult for us to clear her name now!"
Bun said worriedly. She was on the verge of tears as they hadn't found out a solution after so much discussion.
Bun was already in a bad mood because Brian was on a dangerous mission. And now Linda had come across such a great trouble. Bun felt even more distressed.☐☐☐☐☐☐