Chapter 55
Just then, an elderly man in a long robe, with a prominent nose and a long face, stepped into the Stevens family home. He barked impatiently, ‘Don’t waste my time! Where’s the patient? I have other matters to attend to!”
Irene rushed to greet him with a fawning smile, saying, “You must be the renowned Dr. Cedric Aicker front Jayrodale! Please, Dr. Aicker, have a seat and enjoy some tea before we begin!”
She intended to flatter him, but Cedric merely shot her dismissively as if looking at a complete fool.
“Are you dumb? This is a matter of life and death. Instead of rushing to save someone, you’re offering tea? Do you want the patient to die?”
Irene’s face flushed red with embarrassment as she shrank back meekly. Christina and the others quickly led Cedric to examine Douglas.
After examining the patient from his seat by the bed, Cedric’s brows furrowed in concentration. “Strange, very strange indeed…” he muttered to himself.
“Dr. Aicker, what’s strange?” Harvey asked. “Is it something beyond even your medical expertise?”
Cedric exploded in anger. “Nonsense! No one in all of Jayrodale can match my medical skills. If I can’t treat him, then nobody can!”
Harvey’s face darkened with displeasure, but he dared not provoke Cedric further. “Please tell us what’s wrong with Mr. Stevens Senior,” he asked, forcing patience into his voice.
Christina added anxiously, “Please help my grandpa, Dr. Aicker. With your incredible skills, I’m sure he’ll be fine.”
An ugly smile spread across Cedric’s weathered face as he said, “At least this young lady speaks more sense than the rest of you fools. Anyway, your grandpa is perfectly fine. You don’t even need my service!”
The Stevens family stood dumbfounded as Cedric packed up his medical bag and prepared to leave. They wondered how Douglas could be fine when they had all witnessed him bleeding and unconscious.
Christina protested, “But Dr. Aicker, there’s still blood on Grandpa’s face, and he’s still unconscious.”
Cedric explained dismissively, “He was in danger earlier because you idiots gave him those powerful supplements when his body couldn’t handle them, nearly killing him. However, someone already stepped in to clear his circulation and performed a full–body treatment that “Ould not have survived saved his life. You should be thanking whoever did that. The old man
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Chapter 55
The Stevens family members froze before turning to look at Andrew. It finally dawned on them that Douglas might not have made it if Andrew had not acted quickly.
Gerald sighed deeply. “Andy, you saved Doug. We owe you one,” he said before glaring at Irene and Leroy. “Andy warned us that the pill was fake and dangerous, but you two were the loudest objectors. I don’t even know what to say about your foolishness anymore!”
Irene and Leroy stood awkwardly with lowered heads.
“Uncle Gerald, you also said the medicinal pill was genuine,” Leroy muttered. “Now you’re blaming us?”
Cedric’s ears perked up at this exchange. With a frown, he asked, “Medicinal saying you gave him the pill from Mistveil Peak?
