Chapter 1777

Fabian questioned Anastasia, who nodded and pursed her lips.

"Yes!"

Without waiting for his reply, she said, "There’s no doubt that my father has been poisoned.Besides...don’t you know about it?"

She asked probingly, but Fabian shouted, "How would I know?! I didn’t poison him, did I?!"

He looked upset but did not avert his gaze, and this got Anastasia thinking.

‘Rhea was able to slowly poison me behind her parents’ backs at a young age, so I guess they wouldn’t know about what happened to dad either"

In the last few days, the young woman had been blaming herself.

‘ Why didn’t I pay more attention to dad? How could I let dad become her victim when I know how vicious and unreliable Rhea was? ‘I know it’s useless to feel bad about it now as I can't turn back time, and Rhea can’t come back to life.I only wish that Lily would come up with the cure and dad could recover sooner"

Thinking so, she looked toward Fabian and took a deep breath.

"Don’t be mad, okay? I was only asking.I thought you'd know how he was poisoned since you hung out with him recently."

"If I knew, would I have to ask you? I even..."

He probably felt guilty that he had brought so many men over to make a scene, so he stopped himself from saying more.He coughed twice, then said, "Alright, now’s not the time to talk about that.Your father shouldn’t be lying here.Let’s send him to the hospital!"

Fabian pulled out his cell phone as he spoke, "I’ll make the call."

"No!"

Reaching out her hand to stop him, Anastasia said, "My father isn’t a nobody.If this gets out, you know how serious the consequences will be.Furthermore..."

She lowered her voice but sounded particularly solemn.

"I heard the vaccine research project is in its last phase.Even at the beginning, it was controversial, and many people seem upset that you took over the project.They are still eyeing it.If words get out that my father is seriously ill, then..."

She did not elaborate further, but her gaze was meaningful.

Although Anastasia had randomly used this as an excuse, Fabian was alarmed.

What she said struck the right chord with him.

He did not like what she said, but he knew she was right.

Although many had tried to curry favor with him, Fabian did not hire many outsiders or have any partners due to the nature of the project and the demands of Rhea and her research team.

People who had sent him gifts were upset that they did not get a share of the project, but they dared not do anything because of Fabian’s relationship with Cameron.

Fabian initially thought he could rake in a huge profit through the project, and when his company grew famous, he would not need to worry about these nobodies anymore.

However, he did not expect his daughter to die.

Rhea’s death was a massive blow to him.

Other than losing a daughter, he knew Rhea was instrumental to the project.

Also, would Cameron remain cooperative without Rhea and continue to help him? He was not sure about it.

Therefore, on the pretext that it was Rhea’s funeral today, he had first come to vent his anger and frustration and probe.