Chapter 539
The Situation Is Somewhat Serious
Facing a room full of people, she felt a little nervous. "Old Mr. Sterling, Old Mrs. Sterling."
The moment Old Mr. Sterling saw her, he immediately said, "Come over here and take a look at Julian. What exactly is wrong with him?"
The family doctor gave Julian Sterling a simple examination. She took a deep breath, her expression grave, and said, "Old Mr. Sterling, Old Mrs. Sterling, young master Julian's condition is somewhat serious!"
"What? What's wrong with Julian?" When Old Mrs. Sterling heard that Julian Sterling's condition was somewhat serious, she nearly fainted on the spot. The maid beside her had to hold her up.
The family doctor said with a stern expression, "Young master Julian has a very serious psychological illness. On top of that, he's been working day and night these past few days, which has put too much strain on his body. That's why he fainted now. I'm afraid that if the knot in his heart isn't untied, in the future it's possible he may never wake up."
When the family doctor's words fell, the air all around went silent.
Old Mr. Sterling and Old Mrs. Sterling seemed unable to accept such a result. Old Mr. Sterling's face suddenly darkened. "How could this be..."
Old Mrs. Sterling suffered an even greater blow and looked utterly shaken.
As for Ruby Sterling, who had just seen Emma Young off, when she came back and heard what the family doctor said, she nearly fell flat on her face.
What the hell?
Her brother might stay unconscious forever!!
Only after a while did Ruby remember that this was part of the plan between her and Julian Sterling. She had told Julian Sterling to fake being sick to get Emma Young sent away, but she hadn't told him to make the illness this serious. How were they supposed to wrap this up now?
Old Mrs. Sterling wiped tears from the corners of her eyes and asked, "Julian has always been perfectly fine. How could he suddenly have a psychological illness? Could this be a misdiagnosis?"
The family doctor gave a light cough and said, "It probably isn't a misdiagnosis. You can see that young master Julian is completely unable to wake up right now. If this keeps going, I'm afraid it'll become dangerous."
Ruby's eyes shifted, and she immediately threw herself down beside Julian Sterling. Choking with sobs, she said, "Brother! How did you end up like this? Wake up already!"
As she spoke, she added, "My brother's psychological illness must have been caused by Claire. Even though my brother and Claire separated, and on the surface he looked completely normal, who doesn't know how he feels about Claire? He must have been secretly bottling it up inside, using work to numb himself. That's why it piled up in his heart and turned into illness from pent-up anguish. If he really can't wake up because of this, then won't our family have one more vegetable?"
A vegetative state was psychological trauma for the two elders of the Sterling family. Ruby's words had undoubtedly stirred up the greatest fear in their hearts.
They practically didn't dare imagine what they would do if something like that really happened!
Seeing how awful Old Mrs. Sterling's and Old Mr. Sterling's expressions were, Ruby hurriedly comforted them. "Grandpa, Grandma, actually, you don't need to worry. My brother is blessed by fortune and fate. He'll definitely be fine, so don't worry too much."
Even though she said that, Old Mrs. Sterling still looked pale and anxious.
How could she not worry? If Julian Sterling really became a vegetable, then the Sterling family would be finished!
"Absolutely nothing can happen to Julian. If he also becomes a vegetable, then I won't go on living. Julian is so outstanding, and he's still so young. If he ends up lying in a hospital bed for the rest of his life..."
By the time Old Mrs. Sterling got here, she was already choking up and couldn't go on any further.
Old Mr. Sterling looked at the family doctor and asked, "What can we do now to make Julian wake up?"
Having received Julian Sterling's instructions, the family doctor's goal now was to get Claire Bennett to come back. She paused thoughtfully and said, "In a situation like this, it's that the patient doesn't want to wake up..."
Old Mrs. Sterling panicked and quickly asked, "How could this be? Then what are we supposed to do now? Is there really no way to make Julian wake up?"
"There is one way. I just don't know whether Old Mr. Sterling and Old Mrs. Sterling would be willing to try it." The family doctor followed up smoothly.
"What way?"
"A person in a vegetative state has only fallen asleep; they aren't completely without any sensation. I think perhaps you could have the person young master Julian cares about most stay by his side and call out to him. Maybe you could try to wake him that way."
This was completely a treatment method for someone in a vegetative state.
When Old Mr. Sterling heard this, his anger flared up at once.
He had finally driven that woman out, and now they wanted him to let her come back? Where was he supposed to put his old face?
He even had some suspicion that Julian Sterling had done this on purpose, deliberately fainting so they would have no choice but to let that woman come back. Old Mr. Sterling's sharp eyes turned toward Julian Sterling.
But Julian Sterling lay there very quietly on the bed, his face still somewhat pale. He looked extremely fragile and rather pitiful.
Ruby said, "Then I'll call Claire right away and have her come over."
"No!" Old Mr. Sterling refused flatly.