Chapter II

Although Alice had warned him that the child would be a very big headache, Carlisle was quite surprised when it really happened.

Four days after the murder, the child woke up.

Then, less than five minutes after he woke up, a nurse knocked on the door of Carlisle's office.

"Ka--Dr. Cullen!" The new nurse clutched her clothes on her chest and panted. "That child-you'd better come and take a look."

Sensing the familiar smell of blood, Carlisle immediately put down the case in his hand and rushed to the ward on the third floor at the speed of a human.

A boy with a distinctive Asian look wore a blue and white hospital uniform and nimbly shuttled between three nurses and an intern. He frowned slightly, ran and jumped away from everyone's hands, and finally stood on the floating window of the ward with his cat.

A pair of cat's eyes that looked like the most precious blue gemstone were staring at the four people in the room.

"Oh! For God's sake!-You've just had an operation! Don't run! The wound will reopen! Lie down!" An elderly female nurse shouted.

The boy was slightly stunned for a moment, but he immediately regained his warning gaze.

He was like a frightened wolf cub. As long as someone was close enough to him, he would roar angrily and jump up to bite the invader's throat.

As soon as Carlisle stepped into the ward, he had to admit that for a moment, he felt as if he had fallen into his beautiful blue eyes.

"Edmund." Carlisle shouted. The boy's name is Edmund as the police told him.

The boy who heard his name immediately turned his gaze to Carlisle.

Then, he opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"I've never seen such a good-looking person before."

This was Edmund's first impression of Carlisle.

Short golden hair, golden eyes. This made Carlisle look as dazzling as the sun after snow in Edmund's eyes. It stabbed him so hard that he almost couldn't open his eyes.

"Edmund." Carlisle said again. He slowed down and looked at the surprised child with a smile on his face. "I'm Carlisle Cullen. Your chief doctor. This is a hospital in town. No one will hurt you. Relax, child."

Edmund blinked his eyes before speaking.

"I'm in the hospital?"

"Yes."

The boy looked at the people in the room with a wary gaze. After confirming the authenticity of Carlisle's words, he slowly climbed down the window.

"I'm sorry … I thought I was arrested for an experiment." Edmund blinked his blue eyes and said word for word. "You know, it happens a lot in movies."

The crowd heaved a sigh of relief when they heard this.

"Alright, from now on, be an obedient child." The nurse said, "We need to examine your body."

The boy seemed to hesitate for a moment before he was obediently carried by the female nurse and placed on the bed.

"Doctor Cullen."

"Oh, yes." Carlisle walked into the room and sat down beside the boy. He reached out to help him bandage up the wounds that had been accidentally opened.

"Mr. Cullen." The boy who had been sitting quietly suddenly spoke.

"Huh?"

"Please carry this for me.--It's very important to me." Edmund handed the pillow on his bed to the handsome surgeon.

"…"

"Oh, right, there's also this." He handed over a stuffed toy that a nurse had brought to her bedside.

"…"

Carlisle looked at the things in his arms None of this seems yours, Edmund?

"What is the point of doing this?" In the end, he chose to ask.

"They meant a lot to me.--because they are important." The boy smiled brightly.

In the next second, he jumped out of bed and opened the door of the ward while everyone was relieved and Carlisle couldn't get out of his embrace. He disappeared without a trace.

"…"

Although human movements were slow in the eyes of vampires, no matter what they did, they were very slow for vampire. But--he couldn't chase after him at a non-human speed in front of everyone's eyes, let alone with something in his hand …

It's a headache, really.

Carlisle was still holding a bunch of things. For the first time in his life, he wished he could predict the actions of others like Edward or Alice.

Even the old antiques who had lived for more than 300 years were unable to predict the changeable mentality of the children in time.

What on earth is this child trying to do?

Carlisle doesn't know.

But that's not the point right now.

In the end, the boy was captured by Carlisle.

No, to be exact, he was brought back.

"Let go of me!" The blue-eyed boy who had just run to the lobby on the first floor and was caught by a handsome doctor was currently waving his fist in the air in anger.

"As a doctor, I can't allow my patients to run out of the hospital with injuries.-You can't feel the pain now because there's a small amount of XX in the vial-" Carlisle said sternly.

"I don't care! You can't deprive me of my personal freedom! Let me go!"

"No."

"I don't like hospitals! I don't want to stay here! I want to tell my father! He will let me out of the hospital!" Edmund shouted angrily.

Carlisle paused for a moment before placing the boy on the ground.

Edmund angrily crossed his arms and looked at Carlisle in front of him. His beautiful blue eyes were like a lake filled with moonlight.

"Did you just say, your father?"

"That's right! My father!" The boy replied arrogantly, "My father is a lawyer! He will teach you a lesson!"

The boy's reaction was abnormal. Did he really experience the murder a few days ago?

Carlisle placed one hand on Edmund's shoulder and the other on his soft hair. The latter was stunned for a moment, and then somewhat awkwardly shrank back.

"You are lucky you got that pretty face."

The boy's voice was as soft as a mosquito's. However, as a vampire, Carlisle listened to his words without missing a single word.

"Go back and rest.--If you don't want to leave any sequelae behind." Carlisle looked into the boy's blue eyes, unreservedly releasing his charm of a vampire in front of him.

The little boy eventually compromised. As long as he was a normal person, there was no way he could escape the temptation of a vampire.

Carlisle carefully avoided Edmund's wounds and picked him up again, quickly walking towards the ward. Almost everyone in the hospital was watching them.

The boy swore that he could feel the deep jealousy of the freckled girl on his right, who was about to turn into a sharp sword and stab him to the heart. It made him very unhappy.

Well, the point is, no boy likes to be lifted up by someone like a baby. Especially when he was a particularly handsome male doctor.

"You wore any perfume?" Edmund lay awkwardly on Carlisle's shoulder. He had nothing to do but sniff reflexively. This way, he could clearly smell the faint fragrance on Carlisle's body.

"No." Carlisle said as he walked forward, "I never wear perfume."

Edmund was skeptical.

But when he was about to continue sniffing, Carlisle let go and put him on the soft bed.

"Dr. Cullen--"

"I need to clarify my requirements for your recovery.-First and foremost, don't get out of bed without my permission."

"…"

"Second, if you let me know that you've sneaked out, I'll add sleeping pills to your drops."

"…"

"The third point, you can try, but you have to bear the consequences."

"…"

Edmund opened his mouth to argue for himself, but didn't squeeze out a single word for a long time. When he first saw Carlisle, he thought the doctor would be easy to deal with, but now …

He looked at the young doctor with a frosty face with some fear.

Carlisle was clearly still mad at him.

Most importantly, the boy didn't dare to resist him at all. Like a weak rabbit against a fierce wolf. The instincts of herbivores made him unable to do anything.

"Emm--Dr. Cullen." A few seconds later, Edmund finally clenched his fists and raised his head to look at Carlisle, "I..."

"We'll talk when you're almost done. Now-lie down and rest, and I'll come back to see you in ten minutes."

"… Oh."

he can't, he doesn't have the courage to confront him at all.

By the time Carlisle disappeared into the corner of the corridor, the boy was still reviewing himself.

As a result, Edmund, who had no strength to resist, could only lead a prison-like life in the end.