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“Mister Wolf has some medical knowledge, so he offered to come to visit our mother and see if there’s anything he can be of help with.” Lily explained with a blush.
“Is he a doctor?”
Jared was both surprised and confused. As Lily’s colleague, Leon was supposed to be a secretary, so why was he suddenly described as if he was a doctor?
“I’m not a doctor, but I have medical skills that were passed down from my ancestors.”
Leon smiled and put the fruit basket in his hand on the cabinet beside the hospital bed.
“You’re a quack, then!” Jared frowned and said bluntly, Lily, there are plenty of professional doctors in the hospital, but none of them can cure mom’s sickness. Do you think letting a quack would do any good?”
“Watch your words, Jared! How could you be so rude! Mister Wolf is just trying to be kind!” Lily reprimanded in displeasure and then smiled apologetically at Leon. ” Mister Wolf, my brother is ignorant and speaks without a filter. Please don’t take his words to heart.”
“Don’t worry about it. I understand where he’s coming from,” Leon said with a smile.
Jared opened his mouth but refrained from saying
anything else out of courtesy.
However, he was not convinced of Leon’s abilities and remained wary of the man.
He was aware that his sister was a very beautiful woman who had no shortage of suitors. When their mother first fell sick, some of those men attempted to get close to his sister under all sorts of pretexts.
Therefore, he had serious doubts over Leon’s sincerity toward his sister and felt that the man was only using medical skills’ as an excuse.
As the only man in the family, Jared had to take on the responsibility of protecting his sister from being deceived by vile men!
“May I check your pulse, please?”
Leon sat down beside the hospital bed.
“Sure. Thank you…” Serena nodded weakly.
Having overheard the conversation between Leon, Lily, and Jared, she still felt grateful for Leon’s kindness even though he was not a professional doctor.
Leon proceeded to take Serena’s pulse.
By reference to the medical knowledge imparted in his mind, he was able to swiftly figure out Serena’s issue.
It was her spinal cord that got injured due to overworking, leading to complications such as inflammation.
The condition was not very serious initially, but it worsened considerably due to the lack of timely and effective treatment during the recent period. As a result, paralysis could occur at any time.
“Miss Cameron, may I ask if you know what medication your mother usually takes? Do you have any prescriptions or anything similar? I’d like to have a look,” Leon
requested.
“I do have them. My mother goes through several drips a day and takes some herbal medication…”
Lily took out her mother’s prescription and a small bottle of herbs, which she then gave to Leon.
There were both herbal medication and conventional medications written on the prescription. Leon knew nothing about the latter, but he was able to understand the effects of the herbal ones.
Leon then poured out some of the dried herbs from the bottle and smelled them. Within seconds, he rapidly identified them as ordinary herbs used to tone one’s internal energy and nourish one’s blood.
From all the signs at hand, Leon could easily guess that the hospital detected Serena’s spinal cord damage but
found no hidden complications.
The herbal medicine that Serena consumed daily was beneficial in treating her spinal cord injury but had little use against her complications.
In layman’s terms, the medicine did not deal with the root cause, which led to little or no improvement in Serena’s condition even after so long. One could say that the medication made her condition worse!
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“What do you think of my mother’s condition, Mister Wolf?” Lily asked nervously.
“It’s a little complicated, and not that easy for me to try and explain. Fortunately, however, the issue at hand is only a minor problem of inflammation. I believe she’ll regain her health if I give her some pressure point
treatment and have her consume some herbal medication for the next couple of days,” Leon comforted with a smile.
The treatment that Serena previously received was conducive to her spinal cord recovery, and it was almost fully healed. It was the subsequent complications that made the situation a little trickier.
Those complications posed no serious problem should they be treated in time, but there would be grave consequences if allowed to fester. At best, she would be paralyzed. At worse, her life would be at risk.
“You can cure her? That’s great news!” Lily was overjoyed.
She originally intended to just give things a try without placing too high a hope on Leon’s medical skills, so it came as a surprise to her when Leon said that it could be
cured.
The news made her just as excited as she was surprised.
“Minor, you say? There’s a bunch of professional doctors. in this hospital who can’t come close to curing my
mother’s illness, and you’re telling us it’s minor? Don’t you see what’s happening, Lily? This guy is spouting a load of bull! Don’t be fooled by him!”
Jared pulled Lily’s arm and scowled at Leon. Leon’s words. became the proof Jared needed to show that everything was made-up with the sole purpose of winning over his sister!
“Well…” Lily regained her composure right away as if a bucket of cold water was poured over her head.
The hospital previously informed her that her mother had a spinal cord injury, which was completely inconsistent with Leon’s claims of inflammation!
Leon was only an amateur, and it was only natural for her to believe the hospital because they were the authority on the subject.
“Perhaps you misjudged, Mister Wolf? My mother is struggling even to sit up now. It can’t be just a minor problem, can it?” Lily asked hesitantly and began to doubt Leon’s medical skills. She felt that he did not have
sufficient skills to detect her mother’s illness.
“I didn’t misjudge it. If I say it can be cured, then that means it can be cured!” Leon said sternly.
“Is that so? Then can you guarantee that you’re a
hundred percent confident in curing my mother’s illness? “Jared smirked coldly.
“Of course not! No one would dare to give such a guarantee when it comes to healing someone else’s illness! That being said, I’m at least ninety percent confident!” Leon said truthfully.
Even if a person suffered the simplest of colds or fevers, no doctor can ever be 100 percent confident in
guaranteeing that the illness can be cured, more so when it was a tricky illness that involved complications.
A success rate of 90 percent was no doubt a very high confidence level!
“I see! Isn’t that clear enough for you, Lily? He’s just fooling us!” Jared scoffed.
Having already deemed Leon to harbor dishonest intentions, Jared took Leon’s less-than-a-hundred- percent confidence level to mean the same as having absolutely no confidence in curing the illness!
Once, Leon, had Lily eating out of the palm of his hand, he can beat around the bush and produce all sorts of excuses to avoid taking responsibility.
“I’m telling the truth, Miss Cameron! I mean it when I say it’s curable. If it’s not, I would’ve been upfront and told you that it’s not! I have no reason to lie to you guys!”
Leon was not very pleased. He only offered to treat Serena
out of kindness, but Jared just had to question his medical skills time and again.
No one, not even a person with a good temper like him, would be happy at being subject to repeated doubt!
Lily’s heart skipped a beat and she immediately had a realization. What Leon said was right in her opinion, because he helped them without expecting anything in return and was not greedy for any monetary compensation. There was no reason for him to lie!
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The ward was an ordinary ward that had a total of three beds. Aside from Serena, two other patients were lying on the other two beds.
“Young man, it’s written in the commandments that, thou shall not lie!”
“Missus Summers here has been hospitalized for a very long time already and none of the experienced doctors. here could do anything to cure her! You, on the other hand, are a young man, and you’re not a professional doctor either. How do you expect to be able to cure her?”
“Exactly! Don’t claim to be a doctor just because you’ve learned some medical skills. Who’s going to deal with the consequences if something goes wrong with the treatment?”
Both patients shook their heads, as neither of them were optimistic about Leon’s medical skills.
Jared was already very suspicious of Leon’s ulterior motives, and began to doubt Leon even more after hearing what the two patients said!
“They have a point, Lily. We can’t risk Mom’s life!”
“But…”
Lily believed Leon earlier, but now that her mother’s life was in question, it was hard for her not to start hesitating.
“If you don’t believe me, then just forget about it. However, I’d like to point out that your mother’s condition is still under control. You should find a way to treat her as soon as possible and not wait until the complications continue to spread and she ends up paralyzed. It’ll be too late to do anything by then!” Leon sighed. He was a little disheartened and stood up to leave. Nevertheless, the thought that Serena’s life was still at risk prompted him to offer up a few pertinent
suggestions before leaving.
“Don’t try to scare us. Do you think we’ll believe what you said?” Jared sneered.
“Well, I believe him!” Lily hesitated for a moment before nodding firmly.
Unlike Jared, she experienced how Leon rescued her in the company, and she thus had more trust in Leon as a result.
She believed that a person of Leon’s integrity would never lie blatantly!
“So do I…” Serena said weakly as she struggled to prop her body up.
She did not believe much in Leon’s medical skills, but the sheer amount of money being spent daily on her
prolonged hospitalization was a heavy burden on her children.
She could not bear to trouble them anymore and would rather give Leon a chance. After all, if there was an
accident and she lost her life, it would at least free Lily and Jared of their duty toward her!
“Mom, Lily, are you both really-” Jared immediately tried to discourage her.
Lily, however, interrupted him before he could finish his sentence. “Enough, Jared! Mom already made her decision!”
Lily looked at Leon and said with the utmost sincerity, We were wrong to doubt your medical skills earlier, Mister Wolf. Please accept my apology. I’ll leave my mother in your capable hands now. We will forever remember your kind gesture if your treatment is successful!”
As soon as Lily finished speaking, Serena added weakly, Mister Wolf, this is my life, and I’m going on record to say that it’s okay if you can’t cure me. I hope you won’t feel burdened even if you can’t cure me…”
“Don’t worry, everyone. I promise to try my best!”
Leon smiled. Lily’s and Serena’s sincerity made him feel a
lot more at ease.
Leon then disinfected his hands and began to treat Serena
with pressure point treatment.
After inheriting the collection of medical knowledge, he knew that the name of his pressure point treatment
sequence was called Six Points of Fate!
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The Six Points of Fate technique required him to apply internal energy to the pressure points, and he nearly collapsed from exhaustion when treating Elder Young because he had no internal energy.
With his refinement level reaching the first level of internal energy refinement, his outlook was bound to be better, thus enabling him to use the Six Points of Fate with more proficiency.
Even so, his refinement level was still very low. Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead and his entire body was overcome with fatigue as he performed the pressure point treatment.
At that moment, footsteps were heard approaching them.
In came a young 27 or 28-year-old male doctor, who was dressed in a white coat. A young female nurse followed him in as well and they both did their routine rounds in the room.
The sight of Leon’s hands on Serena’s body gave the
young male doctor a huge fright. He immediately hurried over and asked, “What’s going on, Lily? And what’s that man doing?!”
“Let me explain, Bowden. Mister Wolf here is a colleague from my company. He has a bit of medical knowledge, so
he’s giving my mom some pressure point treatment…” Lily explained succinctly.
The young male doctor’s name was Bowden Suffield. He was Serena’s attending doctor and a neighbor of Lily’s.
When Serena fell ill, Lily immediately went to Bowden for help, and it was with his assistance that Serena was successfully admitted to the hospital for treatment.
“He’s your colleague? This is ridiculous! How could he just randomly treat Aunt Serena when he’s not even a doctor!”
Bowden was furious and reached out to pull Leon’s hands off Serena’s body, “If you don’t take your hands off her right now, I’ll—”
“Don’t touch me! I can’t take my hands off her on a whim while she’s receiving treatment!” Leon managed to stop Bowden from touching him by adjusting his body posture and shielding himself.
“Move over! Aunt Serena is suffering a spinal cord injury. She’s almost fully healed now after receiving treatment for a while, but your indiscriminate methods might cause her illness to worsen, which may lead to full-body paralysis! Can you afford to bear the consequences then?”
Bowden was furious. He tried his best to yank Leon’s hand away but to no avail.
“What?! Are the consequences that serious, Bowden?!”
Lily and Jared were surprised, especially Jared since he never believed in Leon’s medical skills from the start. He
was even more worried than before after learning that random treatments might cause paralysis.
“Of course! Don’t just stand there! Help me get his hands off Aunt Serena and drag him away!” Bowden shouted angrily.
Bowden’s remark seemed to have jolted Jared awake from a dream. Since Bowden was his neighbor and a professional doctor, it stood to reason that Jared would believe Bowden even more. As a result, he reached out and immediately tried to pull Leon’s hands away.
“I told you not to touch me!” A startled Leon
immediately slapped Jared’s hand away.
Jared was furious and wanted to step up his efforts, but Lily pulled his arm away all of a sudden.
“Don’t be impulsive, Jared! Let him do his thing and we’ll see the result once he’s done,” Lily pleaded hesitantly. Even though she trusted the truth of Bowden’s
statement, her trust for Leon was so much more because
of how he saved her.
“Are you crazy?! He’s lying! How can you still believe him! “Jared flew into a rage and glared at Leon. “You there, I’m going to make you pay if anything happens to my mother!”
“Relax. Your mother will be just fine. She’s-” Leon assured with confidence.
However, something unexpected happened before he could finish speaking.
“Bleagh, blaargh…”
Serena’s cheeks became abnormally red, and she suddenly leaned to one side of the bed to vomit several mouthfuls of purplish-black blood. It was truly a
shocking sight.
“Mom! What happened to you…
Lily and Jared turned pale with fright and rushed up to the bed.
“This is bad! This is bad! This is why you don’t give patients quack treatment!”
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“Aunt Serena’s cheeks are probably red because she’s
having dying flashes before demise. Her life is at risk now, and she might not make it even if the angels come down from heaven and bless her!” Bowden shook his head, looking at Leon with a disparaging gaze.
“What?!”
Lily and Jared were thunderstruck by his remark, and Jared stood up all of a sudden with a burning rage in his
eyes.
“It’s all your fault, Wolf! I’m going to make you pay for killing my mother!” Jared roared as if he lost his mind and punched Leon in the face without a second thought. Leon was caught by surprise and received a direct hit on his eye.
“Miss Fendt! I need you to notify the hospital director about this at once! Let him make preparations to rescue our patient! And while you’re at it, please send a few security guards here. We need to arrest this kid for treating patients negligently and have him handed it over to the police!”
Bowden turned his head and instructed the female nurse behind him, who nodded and left right away.
“Why… Why did it turn out like this…” Lily threw herself to the bedside. Tears were welling up and she was
sobbing like no tomorrow.
Leon covered his sore eye and composed himself before scolding angrily, “Calm down, Jared! What your mother experienced is normal!”
After experiencing it before with Elder Young, Leon knew that the development of Serena’s condition was not necessarily a bad thing. At the very least, it was much better than what happened with Elder Young.
“It’s normal? You’re saying it’s normal? My mother just vomited all that blood, for goodness’ sake! Do you think I’m an idiot? Now use your life to pay for my mother’s!”
Jared gritted his teeth, raised his fist, and charged toward Leon without a care in the world.
“Stop, Jared!” Serena ordered all of a sudden, and she did not sound as weak as before.
“Mom! You’re… You’re fine?” Lily was stunned and she abruptly stopped crying.
“Yes, I am.” Serena nodded and sat up on the bed.
“You can… You can sit up now, Mom?” Jared was so shocked that his jaw nearly dropped to the ground.
Serena’s body used to be very weak, and even sitting up was so difficult for her that she needed someone to help
her up.
It was a drastic change because Serena was able to sit up by herself without having to strain!
“Yes. My whole body doesn’t feel tense at all anymore!”
Serena moved her arms a little and smiled in awe. “I
think I’ve recovered, Lily. Could you help me down so I can try to walk?”
“Be careful, Mom…”
With Lily’s help, Serena got down from the hospital bed and gradually let go of her daughter’s arm. It took her no time to get used to it, and she even paced back and forth a couple of steps in front of the hospital bed. Except for some slight physical weakness, her health and movement appeared to be the same as ordinary people’s.
Lily, Jared, and Bowden were aghast when they saw that
scene.
Even the other two patients were dumbfounded!
They knew what kind of condition Serena was in, and the fact that she could not even get out of bed in the past made her almost the same as being slightly paralyzed.
Yet Serena could get out of bed and walk on her own after receiving some of Leon’s massages!
His medical skills were nothing short of miraculous!
Everyone was bewildered, and they were awestruck by
Leon’s extraordinary abilities!
“I’m healed. My illness is gone! Thank you so much, Mister Wolf. Thank you for curing me…” Serena thanked Leon excitedly.
“Your medical skills are godlike, Mister Wolf. Thank you. Thank you so much! You’ll be a great benefactor to our family in the future…” Lily burst into tears with
excitement and bowed to Leon repeatedly as a gesture of thanks.
Jared, on the other hand, was very embarrassed, and he stood rooted to the ground with a look of bewilderment.
He never would have dreamed that Leon could cure his
mother’s disease!
Funnily enough, he was rude to Leon earlier and even questioned Leon’s medical skills! To top of it, he even slogged Leon in the eye!
With Leon being proven to be right, Jared’s face turned red with shame and he did not know how to face Leon.
“Don’t just stare blankly, Jared! Hurry up and apologize to Mister Wolf!”
Serena reprimanded, as she was thoroughly displeased. that her son practically bit the hand that fed him!
“I’m sorry, Mister Wolf…” Jared came back to his senses. and immediately bowed to apologize.
“Show some sincerity! Kneel and apologize!” Serena
lashed out sharply.
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With a thud, Jared knelt before Leon without any hesitation. He then raised his hand and slapped himself in the face, saying, “Mister Wolf, I’m deeply sorry about what happened earlier. I shouldn’t have treated you that way when all you so kindly offered to save my mother. I’m such a terrible human being…” Jared felt very guilty and remorseful.
“Don’t sweat it. This was all just a misunderstanding, but I do hope that you won’t act so impulsively in the future…
Leon knew that Jared did not mean to punch him. He was not that petty of a person either, so he stretched out his hand to help Jared up.
Bowden did not expect such a dramatic change in the situation. His expression turned ugly, and he scoffed coldly, “Don’t bother thanking this guy, Lily! Aunt Serena’s condition has already shown positive signs after receiving treatment in our hospital during this period. He just happened to put the finishing touches to the treatment by groping around without any direction!”
“You’re wrong about that, Bowden! We’ve all seen it with our own eyes! My mother’s condition never improved before this, and she couldn’t even get out of bed! Mister Wolf was the one who cured her with his pressure point
treatment! This cannot have been a coincidence!” Lily said somewhat unhappily.
“Yeah!”
“It’s obvious that her recovery should be credited to Mister Wolf! The hospital had nothing to do with this!”
“How shameless!”
The other two patients in the ward looked at Bowden
with disdain. They were not idiots, so it was clear to them that Bowden twisted the facts!
“Does it matter if you credit Aunt Serena’s recovery to him? Her body is very weak, and she just vomited all that blood for no good reason. What he did might be a cure for the symptoms instead of the root cause, and he might even have caused some latent problems with her health!”
Bowden was still very much unconvinced.
“This…”
Lily and Jared were lost for words. They could not help but turn their attention to Leon, as they were worried that they might be some latent problems with their mother’s health.
“Look carefully at the color of the blood. It’s black, with a hint of purple. That’s not normal blood, but the residual poison left behind by the herbs… Aunt Serena has been taking some common herbal medicines in recent months. They help with nourishing her internal energy and blood,
but they aren’t the exact treatment for her issues.
Because of that, some of the toxins have accumulated in her body, which then led her condition to deteriorate…” Leon explained Serena’s situation in precise detail.
When he treated Serena using the Six Points of Fate method, he not only cured her complications but also released the toxins, thus curing Serena completely.
“I see!”
Serena and the others suddenly realized.
Then Lily seemed to remember something, and looked at Bowden angrily, “Bowden, you told me before that these herbs are relatively expensive, and a course of treatment costs upward of three hundred dollars! But the truth is, these herbs are just common ones used for nourishing internal energy and blood. It didn’t have any positive
effect on my mother’s body, and was harmful to her! Why don’t you explain what’s going on?”
“Well…”
Bowden was dumbfounded. He never dreamed that his brief moment of greed would come back to bite him!
“Don’t listen to that guy’s nonsense, Lily! This herbal medicine does contain some common ingredients, but there are expensive ingredients too… The point is that the hospital charges according to a fixed rate. Back then, you and your brother willingly gave it to Aunt Serena too. I had no part in that!” Bowden argues.
In truth, he knew very well that the herbal medication contained only ordinary medicinal ingredients, and its best feature was nothing more than the slight health effects of nourishing blood and internal energy.
As a doctor working in a hospital, he could get a high commission from selling such medication to his patients. “Unbelievable…”
Lily and Jared were thoroughly pissed, and it did not take them much brainpower to know that something fishy was going on.
However, Bowden’s refusal to admit anything meant that they had no evidence against Bowden. Even so, the good impression that they once had for Bowden had
thoroughly disappeared after what happened!
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“How shameless of him!”
“Can you believe his sheer lack of medical ethics when passing those garbage ingredients off as valuable just to fool his patients?”
“You couldn’t be more right! The medication we’re put on is probably the same too!”
The other two patients scoffed and looked at Bowden with even more disdain. At the same time, they were secretly worried that they were similarly tricked by other unethical doctors!
“Forget it, Lily. Bowden helped us a lot during this time, and it was his way of showing kindness too. Let’s just put this matter to rest. My illness is cured too, so there’s not need for me to stay here anymore. You and Jared should pack up so we can go home as soon as I’m discharged,” Serena said without explicitly blaming Bowden. After all, her family was neighbors with Bowden’s family for many years, and she did not want to go too deep into it.
“Discharged? Not so fast! Aunt Serena, you still owe more than seven thousand dollars for the hospitalization and medical expenses. You can’t leave until they’re all paid!” Bowden stopped them at once.
“We won’t be able to fork out that much money right
away, Bowden. Could you help us talk to the hospital and request that they give us a grace period? We can write an IOU to the hospital for the time being, and we’ll pay it back as soon as we get some money.” Serena had an embarrassed expression on her face.
Her prolonged hospitalization incurred no small amount in medical expenses. Some of that sum was settled with help from relatives, while others were thanks to
Bowden’s help in giving the hospital a guarantee. The hospital, out of respect for Bowden, broke precedent and allowed her to pay after seeking treatment.
Although Bowden had been a little fishy with the medication, it was an indisputable fact that Bowden helped them.
“I understand the difficulty faced by your family, but the hospital isn’t mine. I’m afraid my hands are tied! However, I do have another solution!” Bowden’s eyes
flickered.
“Another solution?” Serena asked suspiciously.
SO
“Aunt Serena, we’ve been neighbors for many years, I’ll just be upfront with you! I’ve liked Lily for a long time now, and she’s at the age where it’s time to talk about marriage. If you agree to let her marry me, I’ll fork out the expenses for you. You can treat it as my dowry for her! “Bowden said bluntly.
“What? No way! I’ll never agree to that!”
Lily was taken aback and immediately refused.
Serena, meanwhile, remained silent. Both families knew each other well, and if Bowden was a good character and proposed marriage with sincerity, she would most likely consider it thoroughly.
However, he showed his true colors and unethical
behavior when he secretly manipulated the medicinal materials.
His character was also greatly flawed, as evidenced when he took advantage of someone else’s misfortune to make excessive demands.
She would never marry her daughter off to such a man!
“You heard her, Bowden. Marriage is something that concerns her lifelong happiness, so I have no say in it!” Serena gave it to him straight.
Jared was not as tactful as his mother. He smiled coldly and chided, “Someone is dreaming big! Why don’t you take a good look at your shortcomings, Bowden? Devious scum like you don’t have a right to be with my sister!”
Bowden’s face turned ashen, then red. He knew that Lily’s family have always had a good impression of him, and it was only because he tried to gain benefits from those medicinal materials that their impression of him did a 180-degree turn.
With the situation coming to a head and both sides being
at odds with each other, he no longer had anything to lose!
“Think clearly, Lily! I’m a doctor who works at a large
hospital, with an annual salary of at least thirty thousand dollars. I have a house and a car, and it’ll only take a wave of my hand to have women swarming all over me! You’re just a secretary who graduated college not too long ago, and your monthly salary is probably around six hundred dollars, max? Your family is poor. You have nothing. And you owe a lot in debt too! You’re lucky that I’m even attracted to you!” Bowden remarked with a high and mighty expression.
“How dare you… You’re shameless, Bowden! You may have a house, a car, and a good job, but I’ll never fall in love with someone like you!”
Lily’s face turned red with anger. When she recalled that she once treated him as if he was her big brother, she felt nothing but disgust in her heart!
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“Exactly!”
“Of the many shameless people that I’ve seen before, I’ve never seen someone this shameless!”
“Miss Summers is a beautiful woman, and he needs to look in the mirror and understand how unattractive he looks. How can someone like him be worthy of her?”
“I wonder where he got all his confidence!”
The other two patients in the ward were amused by Bowden’s brazenness and voiced their support for Lily.
Bowden threw a fit. “I’ve already laid out the conditions, Aunt Serena. If you don’t agree, then you need to pay up the seven thousand dollars immediately or I’ll call the police! Don’t blame me then if the police arrest you for making off without payment!”
“But…”
Serena and her two children were speechless. Forking out 700 dollars was difficult enough, what more than 7,000 dollars?
Where were they going to get so much money?
For a moment, the three of them were in so much despair that they did not know what to do next.
“It’s just seven thousand, right? I’ll help you pay for it!” Leon said coldly.
“Trying to be their savior again?” Bowden’s face was ashen.
It was only because Leon exposed his use of common herbs in Serena’s medication that forced him to turn against Serena’s family.
Thinking he successfully cornered Serena’s family into submission, he did not expect Leon to come to their rescue again!
One could imagine how much hatred he had toward Leon!
“Thank you, Mister Wolf. We appreciate your kindness. We don’t even know how we’re going to repay you after you cured my mother’s illness, and we really can’t accept your offer to pay for the medical bills,” Lily declined at once and refused to accept Leon’s kindness.
“Don’t worry about it! Just treat this as money that I lent to you. You can always pay me back when you have money,” Leon said with a smile.
“But…”
Lily was still hesitant.
“No buts! Everyone will find themselves in difficulty sooner or later. If I’m ever in your shoes one day, I would
also appreciate it if you help me,” Leon comforted.
“Okay. Thank you.”
Lily’s nose was all tingly and her vision was blurred from the tears. Words were no longer enough to express how touched she felt.
Ever since she met Leon, he helped her over and over again without asking for anything in return. His admirable character left a strong impact on her.
She swore to herself that she would find a way to repay his kindness, even if it meant having to risk life and limb to do so!
At that moment, a burst of hurried footsteps sounded, and the nurse who left moments ago hurried in with the director and several security guards.
The director, whose name was Edward Hoover, glanced at the situation in the ward with a confused look. “Doctor Suffield, didn’t you say that a patient needs emergency treatment? What’s going on here?”
“You see, Doctor Hoover …” Bowden could not be more embarrassed and began his explanation thus, “this is all just a misunderstanding. The patient’s disease has been cured and she’s about to be discharged from the hospital…
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“Discharged?”
“I seem to remember that they owe me more than seven thousand dollars in medical fees. They can be discharged
at any time provided they pay those fees in full.”
Edward was rather nonchalant about it since it was a
normal routine for patients to be discharged after being cured.
“I’ll pay the fees! Here’s my card!”
Leon took out the bank card and tossed it on the table in
front of Bowden.
Bowden looked down in amusement. “You think you can fool anyone with this tacky card? What an
underwhelming conclusion to your grand gesture of offering to pay for them. I thought you were financially well-off, but truth is, you’re dirt poor! I should’ve known it sooner. Seven thousand dollars might not be a big
amount, but an ordinary secretary like you with a
monthly salary of several hundred dollars cannot possibly spend that big a sum without blinking!” Bowden laughed mockingly.
The card Leon took out had a garish appearance, with the words, Supreme Card, printed on the upper right corner. It looked more like a saloon membership card rather than a bank card!
What kind of fool would pay hospital bills with a saloon membership card?
Bowden struggled to control himself from cackling like a madman!
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Serena and her two children were at a loss and exchanged confused glances at each other. They had no idea
whatsoever as to what Leon tried to do.
“Oh, shut it, you arrogant snob! Isn’t it just a couple of grands? What makes you think I can’t fork out that kind of money?” Leon stared coldly at Bowden. It was Elder Young who gave him that bank card. Elder Young said that it contained about one and a half million, and Leon did not think that the old man would lie to him.
“Enough with your stubbornness ! Isn’t it obvious that you don’t have much money? Take your tacky saloon. membership card and get the hell out of here!” Bowden’s had a look of disdain as he picked up the bank card and raised his hand to throw it at Leon’s face.
“Hold that thought!” Edward stopped Bowden right away. He took the bank card for a closer inspection and was immediately overcome with surprise.
From his extensive knowledge, he quickly recognized that it was the Supreme Card issued by Rivercity Bank!
Rivercity Bank was the largest private bank in Springfield City. It cooperates with many state-owned banks to jointly set up private banking services for the high- spending community.
State owned banks usually had restrictions on high value transfers and online transactions, which was more or less an inconvenience for the wealthy.
Rivercity Bank had no restrictions in that regard, as it was dedicated to serving powerful, influential, and super-rich individuals. The minimum threshold of their transactions was usually at least several million!
Springfield City’s rich and powerful families, whether big or small, usually used the cards issued by Rivercity Bank.
Furthermore, the Rivercity Bank’s cards were divided into four tiers, of which the highest was the Supreme Card!
Edward knew very well that Leon would only have owned that Supreme Card because he was related to an influential family, perhaps even a direct descendant of a said family or one of their distinguished acquaintances!
The card was a symbol of status and power!
“What’s the matter with you, Doctor Hoover? It’s just a stupid membership card for a saloon. Why are you even entertaining someone poor like him?” Bowden smirked contemptuously.
“You impudent little fool! How dare you disrespect one of the elites? Are you trying to dig your grave? You’re free to do so if you want, but don’t you dare drag me into this!” Edward lashed out in anger and gave Bowden a tight slap.
“Doctor Hoover, why… Why did you hit me?”
Bowden covered his aching cheeks and was stunned by Edward’s slap.
“Because you deserve it! Who told you that this is a saloon card? This is the Supreme Card issued by Rivercity Bank!” Edward said with a sneer.
“What? Rivercity Bank’s… Supreme Card? How’s this possible!” Bowden’s had a dumbfounded look on his face. That remark was like a thunderbolt from the blue and he could not believe what he just heard!
He might not have seen Rivercity Bank’s cards before, but he has heard of the bank itself. He knew that anyone eligible to use their bank cards would almost certainly be someone from the upper class. A small-time doctor like Bowden can never afford to offend such people!
Never in his wildest dreams would he expect that Leon— a dirt-poor kid-could produce a card from Rivercity Bank, and the rarest Supreme Card at that!
One could imagine how fright-stricken Bowden was!
“Sir, may I ask for your surname, please? How may I serve you today?”
Edward smiled cordially at Leon. He even nodded and bowed in a very humble and respectful manner.
“My surname is Wolf. You don’t need to serve me. I do have a suggestion for your hospital though,” Leon pointed at Bowden and did not mince his words, “Doctor
Suffield here has been using common herbal materials to seek personal enrichment. He has caused his patient’s condition to worsen, and he has zero medical ethics! I do hope that you’ll take stern action against him, lest he ruins the reputation of your hospital!”
“Is that true?” Edward’s face sank. Doctors who sell healthcare medicines to patients for the sake of an extra buck were not entirely unheard of in his hospital, but he generally did not interfere with such affairs as long as the doctors sold medicines that were beneficial to the
patients.
Bowden, however, crossed the line. The medicine that he indiscriminately promoted to his patients was not only useless but harmful too!
Edward and the hospital management would never tolerate such incidences!
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“No… Doctor Hoover, I can explain. The medicine that I’ve been selling to my patients is beneficial. They’re not harmful…” Bowden panicked and tried to explain, but then again, none of his explanations held any water! After all, a person of high status like Leon would have no reason to make false accusations against someone insignificant like him.
“I don’t want to hear any of it! You’re fired, effective immediately! Get out, Bowden!”
Edward slapped the table angrily.
“No… Doctor Hoover, please give me another chance…” Bowden wailed and begged as he crawled to Edward’s feet.
“Get lost! Security, kick him out of the building, please!”
Edward kicked Bowden away. With a wave of his hand, the security guards grabbed Bowden fiercely and dragged him out!
“Wonderful!”
“Indeed!”
“Unethical vermin like him deserve this! It’s so satisfying to see his downfall!”
The other two patients in the ward clapped their hands.
and cheered.
“Could you please wait a moment, Mister Wolf? I’ll handle the patient’s discharge procedures right away.” Edward smiled respectfully and walked away with Leon’s bank card. As soon as the man was gone, Lily and Jared looked at each other before going up to Leon and kneeling with a thud.
“What are you two doing?” Leon was taken aback.
“Mister Wolf, you’ve helped us so much, and the two of us have nothing else to offer in return except for our worship…”
Lily and Jared kowtowed Leon together in a sincere expression of gratitude.
“You and I are colleagues, Miss Cameron. I consider us friends too, and friends should always have each other’s back. You don’t need to go that far…”
Leon rushed forward to help Lily and Jared up.
“You’re a good person, young man! Kind-hearted people like you are a gem in today’s society!”
The other two patients praised Leon lavishly.
“You’re too kind…” Leon smiled a little embarrassedly.
He knew that it was human nature to be kind, and he was nothing special since there were already plenty of kind- hearted people in the world.
“Young man, I hope you don’t mind if we ask you for a favor. Your medical skills are amazing, so we were wondering if you’d be alright with treating us?”
“Yes. We’ll return your favor in kind. We can pay you for treating us…”
The two patients pleaded expectantly.
“You don’t need to pay anything. I can help check your condition if you trust in my ability,” Leon said with a smile.
The two patients were overjoyed. “With the kind of medical skills you possess, we’d trust you! We’re more than happy to receive treatment from you!”
Leon then took their pulse one after another.
Their condition was much less severe than Serena’s. One of them had a lung infection that caused chest tightness and shortness of breath, while the other had stomach
issues and found it hard to eat.
Leon did some pressure point treatment for them, wrote up a prescription specific to their condition, and told them that their illness would soon be cured as long as they took the medicines according to his prescriptions.
“Thank you…” The two patients thanked him profusely and put the prescription away.
“I’ll give your mother a prescription as well, Miss
Cameron. Her body is still a little weak, but if you take my herbal prescription on time in the next few days, her recovery will be more stable and she will be back to the pink of health in no time!” Leon smiled, write down a prescription, and handed it to Lily and Jared.
The two siblings could not thank him enough.
Not long later, Edward helped them to ensure Serena’s smooth discharge from the hospital. She, her children, and Leon all left the hospital together.
When they were outside, Lily stopped a taxi and then helped her mother into the car with the help of Jared.
Before they left, Lily insisted on inviting Leon to her house for dinner as a show of gratitude to him.
Leon, however, declined.
Lily factored in her mother’s discharge from the hospital and felt that it would be a little inconvenient for him to have dinner with them. In the end, she accepted his refusal and decided to invite him again another time.