A Replacement Bride

Chapter 17
While saying that, Katherine intended to run to the lamppost, but the gangsters stopped her. With that, she looked at the
lamppost again from the corner of her eyes.
She saw a slender figure leaning against the lamp post, exuding a domineering aura.
These gangsters were all ruthless. How could they be frightened by a man?
The next moment, only two people were left to watch Katherine, while the others rushed toward Joaquin.
Joaquin raised his brows. Even in the darkness, he could still see the poor disguise on the tall woman's face not far away. Who
would get excited even before she got out of danger? She could no longer hold the smile on the corners of her lips!
This woman deliberately caused trouble and transferred it to him.
Katherine did have the intention, but she was also a little surprised to meet Joaquin here.
How could she let him watch the fun for free?
"Little brat, your girlfriend is quite pretty. Our boss likes her. If you're smart, let our boss play with her, or we'll show you what
blood looks like!"
Soon, six gangsters surrounded Joaquin.
Joaquin raised his eyebrows and looked at them with an indifferent expression, "Oh, really?"
"Nasty brat! Looks like you're gonna make us look bad. It's such a blessing for our boss to be interested in your girlfriend. What
an ungrateful brat! Teach him a lesson!"
One of the short guys with blonde hair scolded and waved a harsh fist at Joaquin.
Following his lead, everyone started throwing punches at him.
To Joaquin, fighting six men by himself was easy peasy.
He flexibly moved around, easily avoiding the opponent's attack. His shoulders, elbows, and knees were all his means of attack.

In just a few easy strokes, all six punks were lying on the ground, wailing.
Katherine could not help but admire him and had to admit that though he looked indecent, he was still pretty handsome when
fighting.
After taking care of the few punks, Joaquin strode toward Katherine.
The two men who had been guarding Katherine had long scrambled away.
Standing in front of Katherine against the light, Joaquin seemed to be showing a half-smile while his voice was clear and
indifferent, "You took advantage of me, so we're even now."
Katherine was stunned for a while before realizing that he was talking about the time he helped her out with the hotel incident.
"Sure. We're even now. Goodbye" said Katherine unenthusiastically while sighing in her heart, feeling a little regretful that the
show ended so soon, but she did not want to be entangled with Joaquin anymore, so she turned around and left.
"Oh, how ruthless," Joaquin dropped a sentence faintly and fished out a cigarette box out of his pocket. Shoving a cigarette into
his mouth, he watched Katherine leave.
The daughter of the Cornells was indeed interesting.
While thinking of that, his phone in his pocket rang.
After glancing at the caller ID, he pursed his lips and went silent. After a while, he answered the call.
...
As soon as Katherine arrived at the hotel, Theodore called.
She answered the phone, put it on loudspeaker, and poured herself a glass of warm water.
"Went to Cornell Residence today?" Theodore's voice sounded deep, and his tone seemed displeased.
"Yeah."
"What a waste of time!" the old man cursed with displeasure. "Will you come here tomorrow? The project is going to succeed.
Once it succeeds, it's going to be a huge accomplishment. I mean, why would you go to Cornell Residence and get involved in

their matters? I heard that you're getting married to a cripple, is that true?"
"There are matters that need to be settled," replied Katherine in a nonchalant tone.
Theodore went silent for a moment, sighed, and judged the Cornells for being blind. Why would they abandon a daughter with
such a bright future and spoil the mistress' daughter?
"Are you still coming tomorrow?" Theodore knew that Katherine did not like mentioning the Cornells, so he decided not to pester
her anymore.
"Sure, come and pick me up tomorrow morning."
After having a long nightmare, Katherine noticed that cold sweat had drenched her pajamas when she woke up.
She got up, took a shower, and pinched her brows tightly.
After the incident five years ago, she kept having nightmares, but for a long time after that, she stopped having them. It had been
almost three years without them.
However, after returning this time, she started having them again. How strange.
Theodore's car arrived at the door of the hotel at 9.00AM.
When the manager of the hotel saw the domineering license plate, he was quite frightened, thinking that some big shot was
coming.
However, he merely parked the car at the door and did not intend to come in, which made the hotel staff tremble with fear.
When Katherine took the elevator and came to the lobby, she saw the visible black car and the domineering license plate with six
zeros.
After shaking her head helplessly, Katherine stepped out and opened the car door.
"What's wrong with the research?" Katherine sat in the car and asked indifferently, fiddling with a coin in her hand.
"The previous experiment with mice has been fine, but our recent clinical trial used on humans suddenly experienced a stress
response, and his condition isn't very well. Now, the patient's vital signs are about to disappear, which means that our medicine

and the research have been a failure." Speaking of the issue, Theodore's expression turned serious and his tone was also very
solemn.
Katherine frowned upon hearing that. Logically speaking, such a problem should not arise.
They drove all the way to the research institute, but Katherine still could not figure out any possible reason.
After arriving at the research institute, Theodore led Katherine into the door, causing many researchers to look at each other.
"Who was that woman just now?"
"She looks young. Could she be a new researcher?"
"Who are you kidding?! Do you think just anyone can come in here? I think she might be a relative of Theodore."
"Mr. Muller seems to respect her very much. I don't think she's just a nobody."
...
Katherine might not be aware of the rumors outside, but she had followed Theodore into the lab. The moment she saw the
patient on the bed, her face twisted.
"Apart from you, who else has been in contact with this patient? Gather all of them here." Katherine had already taken out the
needle pack and started to save the patient.
If she had come later, the patient might have been dead.
However, it was not a problem with the experimental drug but the patient's own body condition. He was suffering from something
serious.
Seeing Katherine's solemn expression, Theodore hurriedly ordered his assistant to gather the researchers who had been in
contact with the patient.
Including Theodore and his assistant, there were five people in total, who were two women in their late twenties, and a man in
his early thirties, who wore glasses.
All of them were confused and could not figure out why they were called, but when they saw Katherine performing her treatment
on the patient, all of them got angry.

After treating the patient with some needles, the patient started sweating. The patient's vital signs were initially about to
deteriorate, and his heartbeat was almost nonexistent, but at this time, it gradually began to stabilize.
Katherine grabbed his wrist and checked his pulse. After making sure that there was nothing wrong, she breathed a sigh of relief,
put away the silver needle, and turned to look at the researchers in front of her.
"Which one of you injected cephalosporin into the patient's body?" Katherine's voice was cold, carrying a hint of coercion.