Chapter 817: This Is Your True Face, Isn’t It?

Wang Yun reached out and grabbed Hart’s arm.

Hart turned to look at him. The bloodthirsty look in his eyes sent a chill down Wang Yun’s spine. He knew that this time, Yura had truly touched the reverse scale of the man before him.

Still, he shook his head at Hart.

“Let’s watch a little longer. Nicole still needs her treatment.”

The single sentence made Hart’s body tremble.

Yes. Even if that woman died ten thousand times, it would not be enough to make up for what she had done to Nicole. But she had another identity. She was Nicole’s personal physician.

Hart could not act against her lightly.

He knew a woman like Yura would never take a verbal warning to heart. But if he laid hands on her, what would happen to Nicole?

If Yura harbored hatred and chose to drag Nicole down with her, what then?

Yura’s life was not worth much. But Nicole could not be hurt again.

Hart ran a hand through his hair in frustration before collapsing onto the sofa.

Meanwhile, Wang Yun kept his eyes fixed on Yura in the room.

It was not that he was standing by and deliberately allowing Yura to torment Nicole.

If he did not care about Nicole, he would not have brought Big Mouth to help strengthen her body.

Most importantly, only Yura knew the information of the bone marrow donor who had successfully matched with Nicole. That was Yura’s greatest leverage at this moment.

They had to obtain that person’s information first and ensure their protection.

***

Inside the room, Yura saw that Nicole still did not speak.

She released Nicole’s chin and placed the book on the desk beside her.

Lowering her head slightly, she quietly observed the girl.

Two red marks had appeared on Nicole’s pale chin, and her cheek still bore the imprint left by the book. Yet she neither cried nor made a sound.

Yura had trained her into a puppet.

Only when away from Yura did she behave like a normal child.

Whenever she faced her, she became a beautiful puppet.

Yura looked at her handiwork with satisfaction. Her confidence restored, she smiled at Nicole.

“Nicole, you should understand I am determined to have your father. You might as well cooperate with me. I can take better care of you. You see, only I can cure your illness. In the future, the three of us living together will surely be happy.”

Yura coaxed her softly.

Nicole still did not speak. She only shook her head gently.

Yura’s temper flared at once. She raised her hand, about to strike.

Suddenly, she restrained herself and asked patiently, “Nicole, did you say anything to your father last night?”

Nicole shook her head again, meaning that she had said nothing.

Only then did Yura nod in satisfaction and pat Nicole’s head.

“That’s a good girl. As long as you behave, I won’t make you suffer, understand?”

Nicole nodded blankly.

Watching the vacant expression on Nicole’s face in the footage, Hart’s face was filled with heartache and guilt. This was clearly the result of long-term torment at Yura’s hands. And he had known nothing about it.

At that moment, Hart did not only hate Yura. He also hated himself for paying so little attention to his daughter, for failing to realize she had been suffering for so long.

Wang Yun watched Yura with a cold expression. So this Yura not only beat and scolded Nicole at will, but also crushed the poor girl psychologically.

The viewers in the livestream also saw the surveillance footage. They could hardly believe what they were seeing.

The vacant-faced girl on the screen was the same sunny child who would smile brightly whenever she saw Big Brother.

“What did I just see? Is that really the same little angel?”

“That vicious woman Yura actually dared to hit my little angel!”

“Bring me my twenty-meter blade—I’ll cut off that venomous woman’s hands!”

Some viewers with a background in psychology began analyzing Nicole’s condition.

“That blank expression suggests she’s been subjected to long-term abuse!”

“Yes. It’s formed a conditioned response. As soon as she sees her, she becomes like this!”

“This woman isn’t simple!”

“If she weren’t capable, Hart wouldn’t have hired her as Nicole’s personal physician!”

“So vicious—she doesn’t deserve to be a doctor at all!”

“I’ll just wait quietly for Big Brother to deal with her!”

“Same here. I’m waiting for Big Brother to avenge our little angel!”

“Thank goodness Big Brother is here. Otherwise, who knows what she would have done to that child!”

“Someone like her should be thrown into the eighteenth level of hell!”

As everyone continued discussing how to punish the vicious doctor Yura, she sat in the room, looking at the obedient Nicole with satisfaction.

“My experiment is almost successful. I just need a little more of your blood. I planted the listening device because I was afraid that Aviva would say something inappropriate in front of your father. Our Nicole is such a good girl. You wouldn’t say anything out of turn, would you?” she said with pride.

Nicole nodded.

“Once your illness is cured, we’ll truly be a family. Then your father and I will take you out together.”

Nicole continued to nod like a puppet.