CHAPTER 551 MAYBE HE’LL WAKE UP

"Elliot is fine. It's good news."

"What good news?” Yvonne clenched her hand as she held her phone.

Elliot was in a vegetative state, so there would not be any good news.

If there was any good news, it could only be that he had woken up.

Could it be...

Yvonne's breathing became tense, and there was faint anticipation in her heart. She hoped that what Shane was about to say was just as she thought.

"When the nurse went to take Elliot's body temperature today, she found that Elliot's heart rate suddenly increased for a while. We don't know what caused it,” Shane replied.

Yvonne was a little puzzled. "His heartbeat increased? What kind of good news is this?"

She thought that Elliot would actually wake up.

She got excited for nothing! Yvonne was a little disappointed in her heart.

"Of course it's good news. The breathing and heart rates of normal patients in vegetative states are very slow, and they remain at the same frequency. So

logically, it wouldn’t change unless they wake up. So there must be a reason for his sudden increase in his heart rate. As long as we figure out the reason and do something about it, Elliot might actually wake up," Shane explained in detail.

Yvonne stood up abruptly from her chair when she heard that. She could not contain her excitement. "Is i t really possible?"

"The possibility is very high," Shane replied.

Yvonne's eyes were tearing up with joy. "Then... Why did Elliot's heart rate increase today?"

"I don’t know yet,” Shane sighed regretfully.

Yvonne pursed her lower lip. "Could it be that someone said something to him? Or maybe someone went to see him?"

She gave a wild guess.

Shane shook his head. “No, no one went to see him today, not even Henry. So it’s even more impossible for anyone to say anything to him."

"Since no one went to see him and no one said anything to him, how could his heart rate increase for no reason?" Yvonne asked. This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Shane smiled bitterly, "This is what I haven't been able to figure out."

There were two types of vegetative states: one was brain-dead, while the other was the ordinary vegetative state.

A brain-dead patient in a vegetative state could no longer be considered alive. For patients like that, no matter what happened in the outside world, they would not have any reaction at all. That was because patients who were brain-dead would never wake up.

Ordinary vegetative state patients were different. Their brains and bodies would still be alive, but they could not find their consciousness to return.

However, if there were any external factors that could make them feel something, they would experience certain reactions, such as increased frequency of breathing and heart rate, or the

shaking of their limbs. If they could find out what triggered the patient and stimulate them with it, they would have a high possibility of waking up.

Elliot was in an ordinary vegetative state. Dr. Carter gave an affirmative answer six years ago, because Elliot’s body cells and brain cells were still active. The reason why he had not woken up was because they still could not figure out what would trigger him to wake up.

On the other end of the phone, Yvonne did not say anything. It was only after a while that she frowned and said, "Could the nurse have said something to Elliot?"

"The nurse?" Shane raised his eyes.

Yvonne nodded. "Since no one else had seen Elliot today, the only person who had seen Elliot was the nurse. I heard that the nurse in charge of vegetative state patients has a task they need to do every day, which is to tell the patients something interesting to increase the perception of patients to the outside world, so maybe..."

She did not continue.

But Shane already understood what she meant, and h e patted his forehead. "Now that you’ve mentioned it, that is very possible. As a doctor, I can't believe I overlooked such an important point."

Yvonne smiled, "It's not your fault, you can't possibly think of everything."

"That’s true. Anyway, I'll ask the nurse tomorrow to find out what she said to Elliot since she's not on duty tonight,” Shane exhaled.

Yvonne nodded. "Okay, I'll leave it up to you then.

After you get an answer, call me and let me know if I can help. I'll do whatever I can to help."

"Don't worry, I won’t forget to tell you. Well, I'm working the night shift tonight, so goodbye."

"Goodbye!" Yvonne hung up and couldn't help smiling happily.

That phone call was the only good news she had heard in the past two days.

She truly hoped that Elliot could wake up, more than anybody else.

Knock knock. There was a sudden knock on the door.

The smile on Yvonne's face instantly disappeared. She put her phone down and sat back. "Come in."

The door opened and Lisa walked in with obvious excitement on her face. "Miss Smith, good news. The Wadkins Group is about to go down."

Yvonne's eyes lit up when she heard that. "What about the Lambert Group?"

"The Lambert Group might still hold on a little longer. I just asked around and found out that the Lambert and Wadkins Group have formed an alliance in hopes of defending themselves," Lisa touched the chains on her glasses and said with contempt.

Yvonne sneered with disdain, "Defend? They think they can hold us back if they form an alliance? Such wishful thinking! They probably don't know how many companies are fighting against them."

"Yes. They've been asking around to figure out who's against them." Lisa nodded and agreed with her.

Yvonne sneered, "Let's send someone to drop them some hints then. At least they can try to figure out the reason before they go bankrupt." 1

"Got it." Lisa agreed.

Yvonne waved her hand to motion Lisa that she could leave.

After Lisa left, Yvonne leaned back in her chair with a cold expression on her face. "Theo, Mommy will avenge you..."

She had never felt that sending those children’s parents to bankruptcy for beating Theo up was too cruel.

Everyone had to pay for their sins.

Since their children had the nerve to bully Theo, she would crush them down so that they could never get u p again. They would never be part of the upper-class circle and they could never get close to Theo again. They would end up as ordinary people for the rest of their lives, and they would never have the chance to get revenge.

It was like when a dog bit a person. Although the victim could not bite it back, he could kill it instead. Revenge worked the same way by crushing enemies t o the point where they can no longer stand up again. This was a lesson she learned through all the scars on her body.

Therefore, it did not matter if it was Lambert, Wadkins, the other companies, or the Conrad father and daughter. She would do the same to all of them.

As Yvonne thought about this, she closed her eyes and let out a long breath. She then got up and walked towards the balcony.

At the balcony, she lit a cigarette and looked at the night sky with her deep eyes.

There was no moon and stars in the dark night sky. The darkness was so still that it was terrifying. It was destined that it would not be a peaceful night.

At nine o'clock the next morning, it was the time when most office workers would go to work.

These workers dragged their tired bodies to the company, and when they turned on their computers, news with red, bold headlines popped up on their screens: Shocking news! Why did the Lambert Group, Wadkins Group and Zale Group file for bankruptcy overnight?

Many could not believe it when they first read about the news, because those companies were doing fine yesterday. They went bankrupt overnight and they all went down together.That seemed quite impossible.

However, when the news was broadcasted on the official financial news channel, everyone had to accept the fact that these companies had really gone bankrupt.

All of a sudden, the economy in Vancouver had just undergone tremendous changes, and the internet was going crazy as they speculated how these companies went bankrupt. Was it because they offended someone?