Chapter 288 Kidnapped

Chapter 289 News Conference

In the café, several people exchanged glances, all eyes falling on Diana.

Diana remained silent the whole time. Maeve was furious. "You're the family head now, aren't you going to save them?"

"How did you all get out?"

At Diana's question, Maeve stammered, while Wilford looked completely calm. "We paid bail and got out. Did you think you're the only one in the York family with money?"

"Great, since you have money, then you can go save Vivian and Declan yourselves." Diana crossed her arms, looking at the people before her. "I just reunited with them, there's no reason for me to spend money saving people."

If Dino came to Diana for help out of kindness, the others all had their own agendas.

Clio had already sent over what she'd found - the one who sent the helicopter to pick them up and paid their bail was the jeweler who wanted to buy the island - Steve Brooks.

But Steve's company was only worth twenty million dollars. How could he be willing to spend so much money saving people who had nothing to do with him?

"Diana, don't you want to save your grandmother? Don't you know Dawnveil Clover is poisonous? If used long-term, the toxins will enter the user's organs. Your grandmother is doomed!" Maeve said through gritted teeth.

Diana said nothing, but looked at Maeve with unfriendly eyes.

Any medicine has toxicity. Dawnveil Clover's toxins were very mild. If used only occasionally, the human body could completely metabolize them.

But Thalia's health was poor, her heart couldn't handle too many toxins.

Nicholas's tumor might recur, so he also shouldn't ingest toxins.

Fortunately, Diana used small amounts each time, so there were no side effects yet. But if it had to be used continuously, that would be dangerous.

When Declan learned she'd started using Dawnveil Clover to save people, he immediately changed the cultivation method, so Diana was waiting for his results.

But Declan was now kidnapped, so Diana would have to handle some things herself.

"Diana, say something!" Maeve was anxious. Wilford couldn't sit still either. "Whether the York family can achieve glory again depends on Declan's skills. Lavern only taught him the herb cultivation techniques. Only he can grow precious herbs. Do you know how much that's worth?"

Diana frowned, her gaze finally landing on Natalia. Seeing Natalia also frowning, something flashed through Diana's mind.

The York family members visited Starwave Island for holidays at least once a year. They'd never discovered Dawnveil Clover, didn't even know what it was.

Suddenly everyone knew about it - there was only one explanation: Brice had revealed the Dawnveil Clover matter.

Brice had even discovered Diana took all the Dawnveil Clover, so he didn't just want money - he wanted an opportunity to keep making money.

And the fact that Declan could cultivate herbs was most likely revealed by Natalia.

So why kidnap Vivian first, then Declan?

"Come to think of it, I don't have much feeling for any of you, so." Diana stood up and looked around. "If you want to save them, handle it yourselves, or just call the police. The police will help."

She took out her wallet and placed money on the table. "Today's on me."

Diana ignored the shouting behind her and quickly left the café.

She'd already figured it out - whoever kidnapped Vivian and Declan might not be the same person, but they had the same goal.

Diana had just returned to the hospital entrance when she saw Nicholas getting out of his car.

"Nicholas, what are you doing here? Did you see the news?"

"Well handled, family head." Nicholas took her hand. "Willow took the blame for them, and they were bailed out. What's your next step? Clean house?"

Diana opened her mouth, then sighed. "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you."

"At your service." Nicholas's smile deepened.

Bruce, following behind Diana and Nicholas, swallowed hard, feeling his annual leave was about to fall through again.

Sure enough, Diana said quietly, "Vivian and Declan have both been kidnapped. Help me find them. On your turf, finding two people shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Already sent people to look." Nicholas leaned closer, asking in a low voice, "What else can I do for you?"

"Prepare a press conference for three days from now." Diana's expression became more serious. "I might need to get some control over the pharmaceutical company under the Spencer Corporation. You won't mind, will you?"

Nicholas raised an eyebrow. "Whatever you command."

Half an hour later, after Diana had explained what needed to be done next, she finally came to Thalia's hospital room.

She held Thalia's hand, sensing and repairing the nerves bit by bit.

After more than ten minutes, Diana withdrew her witch power and took out the mixed medicine again.

She knew Dawnveil Clover grew year-round among jewelry ores and must contain some trace toxins. But compared to Thalia's deteriorating nervous and vascular systems, these small amounts of toxins were temporarily within controllable range.

For three consecutive days, Diana followed the methods in "The Laws of Cultivation," carefully extracting non-toxic components and consistently giving Thalia acupuncture each day.

During this time, Dino came several more times, but Diana either avoided him or directly told him to call the police.

Diana pretended to completely ignore the matter, focusing entirely on treating Thalia.

After reading "The Laws of Cultivation" and the Herbal Compendium, Diana learned that for the York family acupuncture method to achieve maximum effect, it needed to be combined with different precious medicines.

But precious medicines were hard to obtain, so the York family ancestors had long ago begun researching cultivation and extraction methods for different herbs.

With "The Laws of Cultivation" in hand, even Diana could learn how to remove toxins from some herbs.

During these three days, the Windsor Corporation's stock price kept falling.

Clio had tried to delete all false statements, but some people still firmly believed Diana was someone who would disregard family ties for money, that she must have used the comatose patient for experiments.

Otherwise, why would Diana call the police to arrest the York family members? Wasn't it to cover up the truth?

Although many netizens defended her, it was still hard to turn the situation around.

Nicholas originally wanted to intervene, but because Diana said she would hold a press conference in three days to clarify everything, he couldn't act yet.

But Nicholas's expression had been terrible these past few days.

Everyone at the Spencer Corporation worked on edge, afraid of angering him.

Finally, the day of the press conference arrived. The Windsor Corporation's large conference room was packed with reporters.

"What news is Ms. Windsor announcing? So mysterious?"

"Should be a clarification, right? After all, the Windsor Corporation's stock price has almost hit rock bottom."

"Mr. Spencer hasn't intervened. Could it be Ms. Windsor and Mr. Spencer broke up?"

The reporters were all speculating whether Nicholas had grown tired, so Diana had to come out and clarify on her own.

Just then, the conference room doors were pushed open, and Diana walked in with her hand on Nicholas's arm.

Everyone in the room instantly fell silent.