"As long as he doesn't die." Nina took a deep breath. She was worried about Jean but said such mean words.

Johann, who was on the other end of the phone, froze.

Percy was the only one that understood what she was thinking about.

He stretched out his hand, touched the back of Nina's hand, and said, "Please help me to keep an eye on him. I'll rush over now."

"No problem." Johann said, "By the way, the police are already investigating. They say they found some surveillance footage. I trust that they'll find who did this to Jean soon."

"It's whoever lent him money," Nina said dully, but her tone was affirmative.

Johann was stunned and asked subconsciously, "How do you know?"

Nina did not say anything, so Percy just said, "Okay, I'll hang up now. We're about 10 minutes away. See you at the hospital."

"Okay." Johann hung up the phone without asking further questions.

Nina grabbed some bread, took a bite, and drank a sip of milk before she said slowly, "The people who beat up Jean must be the ones who lent him money.”

Money was what Jean lacked the most at that moment, and he owed a lot of debt. Whoever lent him money would never let Jean off easily as they knew it would likely turn into unpaid debt.

"The police will launch an investigation," Percy said. Although he had a rough idea of what had happened, he did not want to decide on a conclusion since they had yet to see Jean.

Nina adjusted her breathing and remained silent. She ate half a piece of bread and put it down.

Percy noticed that and said helplessly, "Nina, eat more. I don't want you to be hungry."

"I'm not hungry. Jean has made me completely lose my appetite," Nina said. When she heard what Johann said, she was not sure if she should thank those people who beat up Jean to the point where he did not have the strength to stand up, or if she should feel bad that he was badly injured.

"Don't punish yourself because of him. You did nothing wrong," Percy said. He had been taking good care of Nina, so he was pissed as she was back in a bad mood because of Jean, especially when he had put in so much effort to get her to put on more weight.

He would protect her. He would not allow anyone to piss her off.

She knew that he cared about her, so Nina looked at him with a smile that looked uglier than her crying face.

Percy frowned and said, "You look ugly. Eat some more. You're too thin. You won't look good like this.”

"I'll eat more." Nina knew that he did not like it when she was too thin. The previous check-up also showed that she was underweight, so she needed to gain some weight.

Percy had been putting in a lot of effort to make it happen.

"Good." Percy said nothing more when he saw her obediently eating breakfast.

After they arrived at the hospital, Percy and Nina rushed straight to the emergency room.

Two police officers stood at the door of the emergency room. Without asking, Nina walked over and said calmly to the police, "I'm Jean Langdon's family."

"You're Jean's family member, huh? Please come with us." The officers looked at Nina from top to bottom and said.

Percy stepped forward and said, "I'll do it."

"Are you a family member of the victim?" The police thought that the man in front of him looked familiar. In the next second, he realized that he was Percy.

"I'm her fiance." Percy took Nina's hand and said, "You can contact me directly if you need anything."

Nina looked at him from the side and said, "Percy..."

"Let me handle this." Percy comforted Nina and looked at the police. "I want to know the specifics of this matter."

"Okay, Mr. Mallory. There are a lot of people here. Please come with us to somewhere a little more private," the officer said. They had a general understanding of Jean's issue, but they needed some time to find some witnesses.

"I'll find out more. Stay here and go through the formalities. If you have any problems, call me." Percy took out his credit card and put it in Nina's hand. "You know the passcode." Belongs to © n0velDrama.Org.

Nina looked at the credit card in her hand and put it back into his hand. "I have money on my card. I don't need this yet."

"Okay, I'll head off now." Seeing that she would not accept his card, Percy took it back and followed the police to a small room on the same floor.

"Mr. Mallory, please take a seat." The police knew who he was, so they were a little more polite.

Police officers often cooperated with Percy. After all, he had a security company that was full of talented people. Sometimes, when the police encountered some problems that could not be solved on their own, they would talk to those from Percy's company and hire them as technical consultants.

"Thank you. What did you find out?" Percy sat on the chair, and his gaze was sharp.

"After we received the report, we immediately retrieved the surveillance footage near the incident site and found out that Jean was brought out of the bar by a local gangster nicknamed Cobra. He was brought to the site, and Cobra and his men left after half an hour. However, the victim was nowhere to be seen. The scene of the incident took place in a dead end. The victim couldn't leave and go back. Therefore, after Cobra and his men beat him up, the victim remained at the scene of the incident until he was discovered this morning," the officer informed Percy of their findings.

"Cobra?" Percy squinted slightly. He did not recall hearing this name before.

All the people he knew were somewhat known in A City. Although Cobra had associates, he was just a small-time gangster.

"Our police station has Cobra on file. He's a loan shark. He's been in this situation more than once. His victims are all half-crippled now because of him, but he's never personally laid his hands on anyone, so we've only been able to arrest his subordinates," the officer said helplessly.

They needed evidence to arrest him, but Cobra always said that he did not do it nor did anyone see him take action. As such, they had to let him be.

"Who's the guy above him?" Percy asked.

"It's not clear, but Cobra has been collecting debts in A City for half a year. Every time something goes wrong, someone will step in to be the scapegoat so..." The officer bowed his head slightly and did not

continue talking.

"Okay, please continue to follow up on this matter." Percy stood up. He understood the matter and wanted to go back to Nina's side to guard her.

Although she could handle these things, Percy was not willing to let her bear it alone.

Johann had already helped with the formalities, so Nina did not need to do anything else. She stood in front of the emergency room, waiting for the doctor to come out.

Johann walked over to her after he was done with his rounds. "When did you arrive?"

Nina glanced at the time and said, "It's been 10 minutes. Dr. Park, what's the matter with him?"

"The results of the CT are out. There are many minor bone fractures on his body caused by external forces. It's not a big problem, and he doesn't need surgery for these. He'll be fine after resting for a bit, but he needs to be hospitalized for a few more days. He'll be sent to the general ward when his body temperature and other indicators have stabilized,” Johann replied.