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The chemical plant scandal continued to escalate thanks to a new development that emerged. Residents living around the factory were also found to have toxic chemical residue in their bodies, with quite a substantial number of people affected.After the media reported on it, the issue once again exploded into public controversy. What had originally just been a factory safety issue quickly escalated into a major environmental crisis.At this point, Joseph no longer needed to involve himself directly. Instead, he focused more on his medical work.One day, Joseph was notified to report to Walt's office. But when he arrived, he found only Bernard inside. It was the first time they had met since Bernard had arranged for people to beat him up. So, Joseph's eyes instantly reddened with anger.Joseph said coldly, "What are you doing here? People who come to the hospital are either sick or dying. Are you ill? I can examine you, but I can't treat you since it'd be a conflict of interest. Once

Right before he was done with work, Joseph was called to Walt's residence. When he arrived, he saw that Walt had several dishes prepared, as well as a couple of bottles of good liquor. It seemed like Walt wanted to treat Joseph to dinner.Joseph joked, "Dr. Loughlin, you make at least several million dollars a year, if not ten million. Why are you still so frugal? If you're going to treat me to dinner, you should at least take me to a proper restaurant."Walt replied, "The dinner isn't what's important. I actually have something to talk to you about. Going to your house or mine wouldn't be convenient, and restaurants are too crowded with too many ears around. This was the only choice."Walt poured Joseph a drink, and the two of them started to eat and chat.At first, Walt didn't mention his conversation with Bernard at all. Instead, he chatted casually about hospital matters and amusing incidents at work.Only after they finished their dinner did he finally get to the point. "I wa

"No dinner plans tonight?" Joseph took the towel from Cora's hands and casually asked the question. In truth, he deeply resented the woman standing before him, but those many years of love couldn't simply be erased overnight.After days apart, Cora was still breathtakingly beautiful. She was, without a doubt, the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. Even after living together for nearly two decades, he had never once grown tired of her. At least, not before he discovered the ugly side of her.He couldn't help but think that everything would still be perfect if only Cora hadn't cheated. But she did cheat, and now everything was ruined.This woman filled him with regret, anger, and helplessness all at once.Cora replied, "There are some dinner parties going on, but I didn't feel like going. Honestly speaking, with my current status, most people aren't even qualified to dine with me."Joseph raised an eyebrow. "Really? Then what about me? I'm just an ordinary nobody. Am I qualified t

Cora felt that Joseph's presence was doing more harm than good. Not only was he offering no useful advice, but he was also upsetting Bernard and Helen further. So, she told him to go back upstairs and rest.Joseph couldn't be bothered dealing with them anyway. He took the bottle back to the bedroom, poured himself another drink, then washed up and went to sleep.Outside, Helen asked Cora, "I heard that ever since Joseph came back, all he's done is eat, drink, and fool around without doing anything useful. Why bring back such a useless man?"Cora answered, "Mom, don't badmouth him. Everything he's been doing is just a deliberate act. Deep down, he's not like this. After all, there's no way he just suddenly changed so drastically after almost 20 years."If she couldn't even tell that Joseph was acting on purpose, she wouldn't deserve the position and success she had now.Helen retorted, "But time reveals a person's true nature."Cora shook her head. "I've shared the same bed as Jos

The night passed without incident, but the next day, Joseph still caught the fish and took them into the kitchen to slaughter them.When Mary saw this, she couldn't stop him, so she hurriedly called Cora and handed the phone to Joseph. Ignoring Cora's warning, Joseph loosened his grip on the phone, and it dropped straight into the basin of blood-red water. "You… You did that on purpose." Mary grabbed her phone, but it was already dead after it had fallen into the water. She glared at Joseph furiously.Joseph said, "How dare you glare at me? Don't forget your place."Mary spat back, "You're the one who shouldn't forget your place."Joseph raised an eyebrow. "And what's my place? Go ahead, tell me."Joseph stared at Mary, waiting for her answer."You can save your explanations for Ms. Lowell." Mary still didn't dare to confront him head-on. She knew she'd already overstepped, so she immediately backed down and hurried out of the kitchen.Joseph didn't stop at killing one fish. H