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Chapter 172 Give Up Studying Medicine? 

She walked past him, about to leave, but Ethan followed and said, “Do you really need to be this distant with me?” 

Before Emily could respond, Tyrone’s voice suddenly came from behind them. “Ethan.” 

Ethan stopped in his tracks. 

Turning around, he saw Tyrone standing at his bedroom door in his pajamas. Tyrone asked casually, “Hasn’t Nancy been giving concerts lately? I haven’t heard her play the piano in a long time.” 

“She’s focusing on her studies right now,” Ethan replied. “There won’t be any concerts for the time being.” 

Tyrone frowned. “With your connections, are you really worried about getting Nancy her degree?” 

Seeing that Ethan had been held back by Tyrone, Emily didn’t bother listening to the rest of their conversation. She turned and walked away. 

By the time Emily arrived at the cocktail party Matthew mentioned, it was already ten o’clock at night. 

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Matthew had given her an invitation, so she got in easily. 

Inside the hall, everyone was dressed to the nines. Emily stood out immediately in her casual outfit. 

Some people glanced at her curiously. She ignored them and scanned the room, searching for Lydia. 

The hall buzzed with chatter and clinking glasses, filled with well–dressed men and women. 

For a moment, the crowd blurred together. 

Soon, though, she spotted Lydia sitting in a corner. 

Instead of socializing, Lydia was hiding there, eating quietly by herself. 

As Emily headed toward her, a short, unremarkable–looking man also approached Lydia. 

Before Emily could reach her, the man arrived first and stopped behind Lydia. 

Judging by his shifty eyes and eager posture, Emily 

immediately sensed his intentions and broke into a quick jog. 

Just as his hand was about to touch Lydia, Emily slapped it 

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away hard. 

“What do you think you’re doing?” Emily demanded. 

Startled by the commotion, Lydia stood up as well. When she saw it was Emily, she hurried to her side. “Emily?” 

Keeping an eye on the man, whose expression had darkened, Emily said quietly to Lydia, “Your grandfather was worried about you. He asked me to check on you.” 

Lydia also realized the man had been targeting her. She felt a surge of fear as she instinctively grabbed your sleeve and whispered, “I’m fine.” 

Emily snapped at the man, “Leave. Now.” 

The man’s face was flushed from drinking, and he said nothing. But the way he stared at Emily was unsettling, dark, and 

hostile. 

Uncomfortable under his gaze, Emily took Lydia by the wrist. “Let’s talk outside.” 

She didn’t want any more trouble. Staying in the ballroom was the last thing they should do. 

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badminton court, a swing set for lounging, and several benches scattered around. 

They sat down on one of the benches. Emily didn’t say 

anything. She genuinely didn’t know where to begin. 

After a brief silence, Lydia spoke up, “Grandpa sent you to talk me out of it, didn’t he?” 

Looking into Lydia’s clear, innocent eyes, Emily nodded. “Yes.” 

Lydia smiled faintly, “I like medicine. I don’t want to get married.” 

Emily still tried to reason with her. “But Lydia, you’re different from most people. You’re a daughter of the Wilson family.” 

Lydia didn’t get angry. Instead, she looked at Emily seriously and said, “When you gave birth to Sophie, you almost didn’t make it. I want to study medicine because I don’t want women to go through that kind of danger again.” 

Her words stirred something deep inside Emily. 

There was a time when she had thought the same way. 

Back then, she had been determined to become an outstanding general surgeon. 

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But now, she was just a junior pediatric surgeon, barely even given the chance to assist in surgery. 

Emily was deeply moved. She said nothing more. 

Just then, two girls not far away waved at Lydia. “Lydia, come dance with us.” 

“I’m coming,” Lydia called back. 

Then she lowered her gaze to Emily and said, “I’m going to hang out with my friends.” 

Emily nodded. “Okay. Be careful.” 

Lydia took a few steps, then stopped. She turned back to Emily and smiled, “I’m not going to give up studying medicine. If I had been there when you had Sophie, I wouldn’t have let you 

be that scared.” 

She wanted to study medicine, to focus on obstetrics and gynecology, so that women wouldn’t have to fear childbirth. 

Hearing Lydia say that, Emily felt her chest tighten. 

Memories of giving birth to Sophia rushed back. Her heart began to race, and tears welled up in her eyes. 

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breathe. 

She had nearly lost her life to have that child. And now, that same child wanted to call someone else “Mommy“. 

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