All Chapters of Hudson: The Secret Doctor: Chapter 161
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The Garcia family had already gathered at the front gate, waiting.After Hudson and the others left earlier, Hansel had called ahead. He instructed everyone at home to receive Hudson with the highest level of respect. He emphasized that despite Hudson’s young age, he was likely the key to solving the Garcia family’s crisis, and possibly helping the family rise to the top in Seacliff Harbor.Because of that warning, the moment the three of them stepped out of the car, Hyan’s second uncle, Trevor, immediately came forward with several family members.He looked at Hudson politely and asked, “Hyan, this must be Mr. Brown, right?”After Hyan nodded, Trevor quickly stepped closer with a welcoming smile.“Mr. Brown, please come in.”After taking a few steps, he turned to the housekeeper, Renie, who was also Ronel’s father.“Renie, inform the kitchen to serve dinner.”At this moment, Renie had no idea that his son had already been killed. When he didn’t see Ronel get out of the car earlier, h
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Just as Hudson had taken off his shirt and was about to head to the shower, his eyebrows suddenly twitched.Someone was knocking on the door. With a slight frown, he pulled his shirt back on and walked over to open it.When he saw Kien standing outside, his expression cooled.“Is something wrong?” he asked in a slightly cold tone.Kien forced a gentle smile and tried to make her voice sound soft.“Hudson, I wanted to ask for your help with something.”“Why didn’t you mention it earlier?” Hudson replied, his tone clearly impatient.Earlier, Kien had shown nothing but disdain toward him. Now she had suddenly changed into silk pajamas and come knocking at his door late at night asking for help. The situation felt suspicious.“Well… Hyan was there before,” Kien said awkwardly. “I felt a little embarrassed to say it in front of her.” She hesitated before continuing. “I haven’t been feeling very well lately. I was hoping you could take a look.”Since she was asking for medical help, Hudson
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Since she had personally witnessed the relationship between Hudson and Ivory, Hyan clearly understood what kind of connection they shared.Now that she found herself thinking about getting closer to Hudson, she couldn’t help feeling conflicted. It wasn’t that she believed she was inferior to Ivory. Rather, the values and upbringing she had received since childhood made her feel that interfering in someone else’s relationship would be inappropriate.After thinking about it for a while, she decided it was better to simply let things happen naturally.Her intuition told her that honesty was the most important thing when dealing with Hudson. If she approached him with hidden motives, he would likely notice, and that would only leave a bad impression.Wasn’t her best friend Kien already a perfect example?If there was truly fate between them, things would develop naturally.And Hyan firmly believed that even if she and Hudson never became anything more than friends, as long as they maintai
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Everyone in the dining room was stunned.Just moments earlier, they had discovered that the porridge was poisoned. Hansel and the others had silently suspected several possibilities, but never once had they doubted the man who had served the Garcia family for nearly his entire life.Renie.Yet now, Renie calmly stepped forward.“I put the poison in the porridge,” he said flatly. “Though I didn’t expect it to be discovered so quickly.”He stopped a few steps away and looked directly at Hansel.“A debt has its owner,” he continued. “You can deal with me however you want, Master.”There was no guilt in his tone, no sign of regret.Hudson turned his head and looked at the old man.“Do we have some kind of grudge?” he asked.He had only met Renie for the first time the night before. He couldn’t understand why the man would suddenly poison him with such a deadly toxin.Judging from the strength of the poison, if someone like Hansel, or any other martial artist at a similar level, had eaten
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Calling back a soul was something Hyan had heard about before, mostly in movies or television shows.Curious, she asked, “So if we bring my mother’s and sister’s souls back, they’ll wake up?”Hudson nodded.“Under normal circumstances, yes.”“But…”The single word felt like an invisible hand tightening around the Garcia family’s hearts.Hyan asked nervously, “But what?”Hudson glanced at the two unconscious women on the beds before explaining.“The sooner a soul is called back after leaving the body, the hi
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“Useless?” Hansel frowned. “Why would it be useless?”Trevor took a breath before answering. “Because… he’s already dead.”“What?”“Dead?”The room suddenly fell silent.Mountain Boy was the key person connected to whether Hansel’s wife and daughter could wake up. Hearing this, Hansel immediately pressed further.“What exactly happened?”Trevor explained what he had found during the investigation.“According to the reports, Mountain Boy had been living in Monterey, California for several years.
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Hudson, who had been overseeing everything, frowned when he heard Hansel’s sudden outburst. He looked at him with clear confusion.As the head of the Garcia family, Hansel was not only a successful businessman but also a capable martial artist with plenty of life experience. For someone like him to lose composure over a single location was unusual.What exactly was so frightening about the place Hyan had pointed to?Although curiosity was gnawing at him, Hudson pushed the thought aside for the moment and focused on finishing the ritual.One by one, he carefully removed the silver needles from Hyan’s body.Even after the needles were taken out, she remained unconscious.Before Hansel could ask, Hudson explained calmly, “She won’t wake up tonight. Let her rest. After a full night’s sleep, she’ll wake up tomorrow morning.”Hansel nodded quickly. Without wasting another second, he picked up his daughter and carried her back inside the house so she could rest.Afterward, Hudson walked over
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Night had already fallen.Hyan was still unconscious and needed time to recover, so it wasn’t appropriate for anyone to travel.Fortunately, the Garcia family’s old estate had plenty of rooms, so Hudson and the others decided to stay the night instead of returning to the city in Monterey, California.Before everyone went to rest, Hudson returned to the room where Hyan were lying. He relit her life lamps and used a special technique to strengthen the remaining fragments of their souls still inside their bodies.Their souls had been separated from their bodies for too long.It was similar to a child who had run away from home for years, when they finally returned, everything would feel unfamiliar.By strengthening the small portion of the soul still inside their bodies, it would make it easier for the missing souls to merge back once they returned. The recovery process would also be faster.After finishing everything, Hudson went back to his room.At midnight, Hudson sat cross-legged on
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“Back to the city!”When Hansel learned that Cael had led people to break into the Garcia estate and had injured several guards, his anger immediately exploded.Without wasting a second, he gathered his wife and daughters, along with Hudson and the others, and hurried back to Monterey.He didn’t dare leave Hannah and Hyan behind at the old estate to recover.Hansel suspected that Cael’s attack might be a classic “lure the tiger away from the mountain” tactic. If he left, Cael might send someone else to kidnap Hannah and Hyan again and use them as leverage against the Garcia.The group rushed back as fast as they could.The moment they entered the Garcia residence, the scene inside made Hansel’s heart sink.Servants and guards were scattered all over the courtyard. Many of them were kneeling on the ground, groaning in pain or crying.The entire place was in chaos.Hansel’s breathing instantly grew heavy, and the anger in his eyes almost seemed ready to burst out.His gaze locked onto t
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Someone had indeed fallen to the ground. But it wasn’t Hudson.It was Mr. Carlo. He had been the one to attack first. His fist collided directly with Hudson’s.Yet the one who suffered the consequences was not Hudson, it was him.The moment their fists collided, Mr. Carlo’s entire body trembled violently. It was as if he had suddenly turned to wood. His body stiffened, and he fell straight backward onto the ground.“Dad!”Cael let out a heart-wrenching roar and rushed to his father’s side as fast as he could.“This… this… how is this possible?”Mr. Carlo’s eyes were wide open. After muttering those few words, the life slowly faded from them.Then he stopped moving entirely. He died with grievance and disbelief written across his face.In truth, anyone would have struggled to accept such an outcome.Although Mr. Carlo wasn’t a pure grandmaster-level martial artist, he was still incredibly powerful. He had never imagined that he could be treated like an insignificant opponent.He had at