Chapter 1158

Julian’s Stand-In Wife chapter 1158 On the other hand, he could tolerate Nina making a mess all over the place.

He could even summon the energy to listen to her chatter about the boring gossip in the entertainment industry, even when he was exhausted after surgery.

Julian handed him the box, and helped him sit down. “Here’s the medical kit. You can bandage yourself.”

Vans was speechless.

“Feeling more awake?” Julian asked.

“Much better,” Vans replied.

Whenever Vans picked up something related to medicine, he would become focused. Even when he was the patient, his gaze was clearer than ever.

At this moment, he sat on the couch, holding gauze and iodine, examining the wound on his foot.

“You’re quite ruthless…”

Julian brushed it off casually. “It’s not like this is your first day knowing me.”

Indeed, Vans had known Julian for a long time. In his youth, Julian had used particularly ruthless means to support the Fulcher family after his grandfather’s death. Vans had witnessed it all.

Over the years, he had been Julian’s most loyal companion and was always by Julian’s side. Julian never asked him, but Vans kept improving his medical skills.

Vans stopped the bleeding, and suddenly blurted out, “Don’t worry. I’m no worse than Oliver now.”

In the past, Oliver was known as a medical genius. When he returned to the country, he garnered a lot of attention. His medical skills were legendary, which was why Vans had let him perform the heart surgery on Julian Unfortunately, Oliver didn’t stick around. He had to take over the Channing family.

But Vans didn’t do that.

Over the years, Vans had seen countless patients in the hospital and had become the hospital’s ace.

His medical skills were solid, honed from all the patients he had treated. It was also because he had a very strong foundation.

“This minor injury won’t defeat me,” he said.

“I’ve never doubted that.” Julian saw that Vans had regained some of his spirits, and knew that Vans had pulled himself together. Smiling, he said, “I’m going to pick up Diana and see what she’s doing at the studio. Do you want to come along?”

He added, “Nina’s also there.”

They were together when he had spoken to Diana on the phone.

Vans shook his head. “No, I need to meet Lina. My old man gave me a task.”

If he couldn’t complete it…

His mother would probably go to great lengths to seek death again.

Thinking of that scenario, Vans felt tired. He closed his eyes for a moment.

“Sometimes, I think that…it might be fine without a family.”

Even so, he couldn’t abandon his mother. He couldn’t bear to leave her alone among the Stanleys, and suffer. She had put in so much effort to keep him in the family. He would never forget it.

Julian leaned against the door frame. “What about Nina? Have you really decided to give her up?”

If Nina got upset because of Vans, Diana might hold Julian accountable. In fact, she might get angry with him. Recalling her displeased tone on the phone, Julian decided to give Vans a reminder.

“As long as I don’t go to her, Nina will understand,” Vans said.

They were different from Diana and Julian.

Diana and Julian’s love was a symbiotic relationship; they would wither away without each other. They would try desperately to get back to each other’s side, regardless of anything.

On the other hand, he and Nina…

“We were originally from two different worlds.”

Vans had given up many times before. He could do it again this time. The difference was, he and Nina wouldn’t have a future together anymore.

“Maybe I shouldn’t have gone to see her again after Lina’s party last time.”

Nina’s three years of youth wouldn’t have been in vai