Forensic Imperial Concubine

Chapter 958 Victoria's Suggestion (Part One)

As soon as Derrick got the antidote, he divided it into two parts. He forced one part down Daphne's throat. When he found his daughter was fine after taking the antidote, he swallowed the other part himself.

Harper could only look on at what Derrick was doing, a disgusted look on her face. Matthew, on the other hand, showed no emotion on his face. His clenched fists, however, showed the rage he was feeling inside.

Darren, whose face was paper white, gritted his teeth in anger.

"Get out of the way, you two! If you don't, I'll slit Daphne's throat!" Derrick hissed, his eyes wide, like a maniac. Yes, he had a son and a daughter, but they were useless to him. The moment he got the Qin Clan's treasure, he would stop aging! He could have as many children as he pleased!

Harper remained still, her eyes transfixed on the crazed Derrick. At some point, Matthew decided to grab her arm and pull her out of Derrick's way. Derrick then started heading towards the mansion's exit with Daphne as his hostage. He knew that as long as he escaped from the mansion, no one would be able to catch him. As Darren had managed the entire city and the mansion for many years, he had become the actual ruler of the city.

Daphne became increasingly terrified as she was being dragged away by Derrick, her own father, a person who she had always respected. He attacked Harper, poisoned his own son after being drugged, and now, he was threatening others with her as a hostage. Was he really their biological father?

When Derrick finally exited the room, Harper hurried to Darren's side to support him. "I told you we can handle it. Why did you still come out?"

Darren feebly leaned his whole body against Harper, weakly answering, "Look—I'm worried about you, Harper. I just wanted to come out and have a look."

"And now your wound is bleeding. Everything we've worked for all went down the drain," Harper said with a sigh. As she prepared to assist Darren more, Matthew pulled her away and forced Darren to lean against him.

"Harp is weak. I'll help you." Matthew donned danger in his eyes as he asserted his dominance against Darren. He didn't care about the fact that he was Harper or Daphne's older brother—there was no chance in hell he would let him take advantage of his wife just like that!

"Is this your husband?" Darren asked, looking at Harper.

"Yes. That is my husband," Harper replied, closing her eyes because of embarrassment.

"He is too narrow-minded. Does he often do this to you and every man around you?" asked Darren without hesitation. RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

Harper's expression became grim. "Darren, I know that you're only acting like this because no one is here to tell you otherwise. I suggest you stop now because if you don't, I don't think I could be gentle when I apply medication on your wound later."

Darren's face froze. Slowly, he turned to Matthew and said dramatically, "Look at her! Did you see her threatening her older brother? She's gone feral, lawless! Discipline her!"

The previously agitated Matthew instantly became amused by the bickering that was happening between the brother and sister. He, indeed, was ready to murder Darren, especially after hearing from the secret guards that Harper had been especially sweet to him. Many times he had caught himself looking at his danger, contemplating whether or not he should just kill Darren, but he held back every time because of the consequences. Now, he was thankful that he hadn't been overly impulsive.

"Harp is always gentle. No one needs to discipline her," Matthew replied.

It was now Darren's turn to roll his eyes. "You two are so cute, just ganging up on me and bullying me, huh? I know that women tend to help their husbands more, but really, Harper? Picking this goon over me?" Darren stated angrily.

Harper immediately snatched one of Darren's arms and said, "Let's just go, Darren. Let me change your wound dressings for you."

Darren couldn't help but notice how Harper gnashed her teeth as she said those words. Darren's mouth began twitching, and in a low voice, he said, "Someone took Daphne away, Harper. Why not go and save her first? She's our sister now, isn't she?"

"Shut up and don't worry. I'll save her. Right now, the top priority is your wound."

"There are physicians here to treat my wound, dear sister. There is literally no need for you to stay here and do that. Besides, everyone knows you're overqualified. Come on, Matthew, tell her to go. The priority now is to save Daphne's life." Darren regretted doing that. He couldn't figure out what Harper would do to him later.

"You're the priority, so she will take good care of you first," Matthew said with a faint smile.

Daphne was thrown on the floor by Derrick. Because she was hit at certain acupoints, she couldn't move. Derrick had to force the Internal Force Ruining Powder out of his body. Otherwise, all his efforts would be in vain and his cultivation base would be destroyed.

Looking at the man with a cold face, Daphne felt extremely sad. Since childhood, she and her brother had lost their mother, and their father had been out all the year round. So, she and her brother supported each other. No matter what Darren did, he would take her with him until she could take care of herself. Only then did he let go of her and allow her to do something on her own.

"Why did you kill my brother? If you want the antidote, why didn't you hurt anybody else instead of Darren? Andy did you hurt him so badly?" Daphne asked in confusion.

While forcing the poison out, Derrick opened his eyes and glanced at Daphne. "I was not going to hurt him. You are the one that I wanted to hurt."

Daphne was just like being struck by lightning. According to what this man said, after he was poisoned, the first thing he wanted was to make her poisoned and then force Harper to hand over the antidote. Unfortunately, her brother found that, and thus, was seriously injured in order to save her.