I glanced back and forth between Shannon and Dominic Hartnell, realizing that I couldn't let Dominic Hartnell take the blame for no reason. If necessary, I could let Shannon release her anger by hitting him a few times, and then I would intervene. After all, there's a saying, "Every debt has its debtor." I can't do anything to Benjamin Chance, the patient, for now. I'll save it for later when he's better. Moreover, there are also James Dalton and Li Chaoyang. Since they are all good friends, it's only fair that they face the consequences together. In short, I can't let my husband bear all the blame. I had already made up my mind, I just needed Shannon to take action. After a moment of blank staring, Shannon suddenly reacted. She didn't even look at Dominic Hartnell or have any intention of talking to him. She just looked up at me, then let go of my hand and said, "I'm going home first." I was stunned for a few seconds, then quickly tried to grab her arm, but she dodged it. Looking at my empty hand, I was speechless and could only say, "Then we'll walk you home!" Shannon shook her head and declined, "No need, I want to walk alone for a while." "Liliana Zanetti, let me be alone, okay?" My heart tightened, and a sense of unease quickly spread within me. "Shannon..." "Hehe, what's that expression on your face? Don't worry, I'm fine, and I won't do anything foolish. I just want to be alone and think about some things." To reassure me, Shannon forced a smile. But in my eyes, this smile didn't seem genuinely happy. Even her deliberate attempt to appear relaxed and unconcerned seemed forced. How could I feel at ease like this? But she had already made up her mind, and I couldn't think of any other way to persuade her. Helplessly, I suppressed the unease in my heart. "Shannon." Just as Shannon was about to leave, Benjamin Chance called out to her. I saw her suddenly freeze in her tracks, and she seemed to be trembling slightly with her back turned to me. Benjamin Chance's expression had been off since earlier, and now he looked even more lifeless, devoid of any color. He said to her, "Shannon, I'll wait for you. I'll wait for you to change your mind." "Just remember, every word I said to you, Benjamin Chance, I meant it. In my entire life, I only want to marry one woman, and that's you, Shannon Harper!" I stood aside, leaning against Dominic Hartnell, feeling quite shaken. Looking over at Shannon, after Benjamin Chance finished speaking, she stayed in place for another minute or two before finally walking away. I couldn't help but sigh softly. It was obvious that Shannon had feelings for Benjamin Chance as well, but I didn't understand why they had ended up like this. They clearly liked each other, so shouldn't getting married and spending their lives together be a happy and fulfilling thing? Why was Shannon so resistant to it? Thinking back to what she said while crying, holding onto me, about trusting him and feeling regret, I suddenly felt like I didn't understand Shannon at all. After knowing her for so many years, besides knowing that she lived and worked alone in Lightspring, I really didn't know anything about Shannon's family.Sigh, whether it's life or work, Shannon has helped me so many times, and now that she's in trouble, I find myself not knowing where to start in helping her. I'm really not doing a good job as a friend. Dominic Hartnell noticed that something was off with my emotions and comforted me by putting his arm around my shoulder. I knew that thinking about these things now wouldn't help, so I had to temporarily put my emotions aside. At this moment, when I saw Benjamin Chance again and remembered what he said to Shannon, I no longer had the desire to scold him. It's already come to this, scolding him would be useless. "Dominic Hartnell, let's go, let's go back." Since being woken up after four o'clock yesterday, it's almost eight o'clock now, and after several hours of tossing and turning, I'm really exhausted. Besides feeling sore and tired, my head is a bit dizzy. I can't take it anymore, I need to go home and rest for a while. Once I regain my energy, then I can go find Shannon. Naturally, Dominic Hartnell agreed wholeheartedly, but before we left, he made sure to take care of Benjamin Chance. They moved him to a VIP room, hired a 24-hour nurse aide, and even bought breakfast before finally leaving the hospital with me. Just as we walked out of the main building, I immediately saw James Dalton and Li Zhaoyang walking towards us. These two are really something, it took them half an hour to buy milk, and now they've already finished everything and come back. Just thinking about it makes me quite annoyed, they really timed it perfectly. I decided not to leave and instead waited at the entrance with Dominic Hartnell. When the two of them approached, I furrowed my brows and angrily said, "You two didn't just go buy milk, you went and bought a whole cow to milk, didn't you?" Right now, I can't help but feel irritated whenever I look at them. Li Zhaoyang sulked in silence, while James Dalton kindly explained. "No, it's just that the milk at that supermarket wasn't fresh. The expiration dates were all from yesterday, so we decided to go somewhere else." "Tch!" I retorted without responding. He was trying to sound so righteous, but I knew he was intentionally stalling, not wanting to face Shannon's wrath. Both of them knew I was upset, so they didn't speak to me anymore and turned their attention to Dominic Hartnell. Seeing Li Zhaoyang rush over to Dominic Hartnell and gesture towards the hospital ward, he nervously asked, "Um... Lao Han, how is it inside? Is the discussion over?" "Are you and your sister-in-law ready to leave?"What did I say? I just wanted to avoid trouble. Dominic Hartnell nodded and replied, "It's done. I've arranged Ziyang on the 13th floor, Room A, and found a nurse aide for him. He should be having breakfast risotto now, so you can go up and keep him company." "I'll come back later tonight." "These," Dominic Hartnell pointed to the bags they were carrying, "take them up to him for nutrition." After saying that, without waiting for James Dalton and the others to respond, he hugged me and left. I was really tired. I leaned back in the car seat and fell asleep quickly. I slept all the way back to the villa, and it was still Dominic Hartnell who woke me up. I hurriedly left home in the morning, and apart from me, no one knew that Dominic Hartnell had left even earlier. Therefore, they were quite surprised to see the two of us returning together.Aunt Chen, in particular, confirmed with me several times before finally believing that I was alright. Eventually, due to Dominic Hartnell's insistence, I reluctantly consumed half a bowl of chicken noodle soup with mixed grains and ate an egg before finally lying down on the bed. Once I fell asleep, upon waking up and opening my eyes, it was already noon. The first thing I did after getting out of bed was to call Shannon.