Ch. 31..40
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 31
Alex thought, ‘If you knew that I was the boss of Thousand Miles Conglomerate, you wouldn’t have said that.’
However, now wasn’t the time to reveal that yet.
Dorothy added, “I hope you take some time to think about what you even want to do in the future. You’re a full grown man and yet you’re doing nothing with your life! I know what you’re going to say, that you need to take care of your mom. But you can always hire a caretaker, can’t you? Just get a job, or you can work in my company.”
Alex was put in a difficult spot, as he didn’t want to leave his mother to caretakers.
However, under Dorothy’s glare, he nodded. “Okay, I’ll think about it.”
The next morning, Alex gave a ride to Dorothy to the airport in her car.
She met up with a few colleagues there as they were going to attend an exhibition in Block City.
Alex then drove back home.
On the way home, he received a call. It was from Cheryl. “Alex, you need to come to the hospital now. It’s about your mother.”
Alex gasped, “What happened to mom?”
Cheryl replied seriously, “We’ll talk when you arrive.”
Alex could feel his chest tightening. He immediately rushed to the hospital as fast as he could.
Alex realized that Brittany’s condition was worsening. He didn’t need an explanation from Cheryl as the life support monitor showed her vital signs. Plus he had seen many cases of vegetative states in the past. He knew his mother was in the last hours of her life.
This was the worst possible ending for them, and Alex felt helpless.
She was like an extinguishing candlelight—no one was able to change her fate.
“Mom—” Alex cried aloud, as tears poured down like a storm. He wrapped his arms around Brittany’s body, shaking it vigorously. “Mom, wake up. Don’t go, please don’t go…”
Like a child, he cried and cried until his voice went hoarse.
Cheryl pitied Alex. She placed her hand on his shoulder and said, “Alex, we’ve done all that we could. But I’m afraid we are still not able to save her. I’m really sorry. She has… an hour at most.”
Alex could hear his heart shattering.
He stood up and grabbed Cheryl by the arm, still crying. “Dr. Cheryl, isn’t your grandfather the best doctor in California? Can’t he save my mom? Please call your grandfather over, please hurry!”
However, Cheryl shook her head. “My grandpa did come by earlier. But he… couldn’t help either.”
“Ahhhh—” Alex howled in anguish, pulling onto his hair and hitting himself on the head repeatedly.
Cheryl immediately stepped in. “Alex, get a hold of yourself.”
Alex turned around and hugged Cheryl tightly. Her shoulder was damp from his tears. Cheryl could empathize with his pain. So, she wrapped her arms around him, comforting him.
Suddenly, Claire walked into the ward.
Seeing Alex and Cheryl hugging each other, Claire could feel her blood boiling. She rushed over to them and slapped both Alex and Cheryl hard across the face.
She then glared at Cheryl and scolded, “Well isn’t this just great? I caught you bastards red-handed this time! I can’t believe you would do this in the ward! Have you no shame? Rockefeller, my daughter just boarded the plane not long ago and you’re already cheating on her? Why don’t you just kill yourself!!”
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The slap startled Cheryl. It made her cheek burn up.
And the worst part was what Claire had said. Cheryl knew that she was innocent—she was just a doctor, nothing else. Why did she have to endure such treatment?
Claire’s loud yelling caught the attention of numerous nurses and families in the hospital.
Cheryl was pissed off. “Please mind your words, madam. Please do not spout such nonsense.”
Claire was an extremely hot-tempered woman, the type to hold a grudge and get revenge.
She swung her hand again, slapping Cheryl across the face. Cheryl couldn’t even dodge it.
Claire yelled, “Bullsh*t! Mind my words? Anyone would know that you’re the one who should mind your words! Seducing someone else’s husband like the sl*t that you are, and even hugging in public like this! Why don’t you just admit to being a shameless sl*t? I saw everything! There’s even saliva on your clothes! You guys just aren’t naked yet…”
Everyone was looking at them now, gossiping softly.
Cheryl was so triggered she felt like bursting in anger.
Alex was still in a daze just a while ago. But he snapped back to reality and pulled Claire aside.
“Mum, don’t accuse Dr. Cheryl. We didn’t do anything. I… I was just too sad and wanted a hug.”
“Sad and wanted a hug? So you’re saying that you’d get in bed with her if you’re sadder, huh?” Claire said. Suddenly, she noticed that the Love in a Fallen City necklace was hanging around Cheryl’s neck.
Her expression darkened. “And if you say you’re not cheating, what is she wearing around her neck then? You lied to me yesterday. You said you gave it to a five-year-old girl. What is that then? Is she a five-year-old girl? You jerk, you’ve been living off of us and yet you’re here clinging to another woman. What kind of man are you?”
Alex wasn’t in the mood to quarrel. He yelled with reddened eyes, “Can you just stop this please? My mom is dying, she’s dying! Can’t you see?”
He brought his hands to his face and wiped his tears.
Claire turned to look at Brittany. Lacking sympathy, she huffed, “She’s better off dead. She’s no different from being dead now anyway.”
“What did you say? I dare you to say that again!”
“Sure, I’ll say it again! I said, since your mom is better off dead, she won’t be a burden then!”
With a loud smack, Alex slapped Claire hard across her face.
Claire was very taken aback by his actions.
She burst into fury, lunging forward to fight Alex. “You bastard! How dare you slap your mother-in-law, you piece of trash! Karma’s going to get you for this! You should just die along with your mother! I’ll have my daughter divorce you as soon as she comes back! I won’t tolerate you and have your ungrateful ass under my roof. Get out of our lives!”
She scratched Alex, forming lacerations on his body.
Alex’s blood boiled with anger. He pinned her to the wall and swung his fist towards her direction.
Claire screamed in horror. With a loud thud, she realized that Alex’s punch landed on the wall instead.
She pushed Alex away immediately, running for her life.
Alex’s knuckles were now bleeding profusely—it was an awfully gory sight.
He suddenly felt numb and flopped to the ground with a pained expression.
Blood was seeping into the black ring he was wearing, but no one noticed.
A dim light shone through the ring and entered Alex’s body in a flash.
“Ah!” Alex could feel immense pain in his head.
He screamed out loud as the pain engulfed his consciousness.
“What’s wrong with him?”
“Did he faint from crying too much?”
“Oh what a pity, Alex is such a filial child!”
Everyone chattered in the back. They couldn’t bear seeing Alex like this as they all knew what type of person Alex was.
As for Claire, no one believed any of the accusations she had made.
“Alex? Alex!” Cheryl rushed to Alex and knelt down beside him. He wasn’t moving at all. She then urged the crowd to give them some space and carried him onto a bed with the help of a few other nurses.
One of the nurses asked, “Dr. Coney, what happened to him?”
Cheryl replied, “It could be that he couldn’t accept his mother’s fate. Let’s just let him rest here for a while.”
Alex was in an unconscious trance. His consciousness seemed to have entered some weird space. A blurry figure appeared in front of him, and whispered into his ear, “I am Blaine Rockefeller, the God of Medicine, your ancestor.”
“What? God of Medicine? Hey, hey, what are you saying? What ancestor?” Alex was in shock.
“You’re wearing the black dragon ring, and you have my blood in you. How am I not your ancestor?” The voice said. “The black dragon ring is something we leave to our descendants. With your blood, I hereby gift you a chance of a lifetime: the Ultimate Book of Medicine. With the breath of the gods, you, as my successor, are to deliver all sentient beings from suffering…”
“Huh? What skills?”
Alex was slightly taken back, yet a large amount of information rushed into his mind before he could even react. He could feel a strong gush of energy flowing through his entire body. Alex felt as if he was surrounded by ocean water.
Suddenly, there was a stinging pain in his head. He jerked up from the bed with a scream.
He rubbed the back of his head. He felt as if he just had a strange dream.
However, he realized that he really received the Ultimate Book of Medicine.
“Holy sh*t, was that all real?” Alex murmured in disbelief.
“Right, what was that black dragon ring the guy mentioned?
“Could it be the ring that dad gave me?”
He immediately looked for his ring and realized that it had shattered into pieces.
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Holy sh*t!
Alex explored his mind—it literally felt like a book, the pages flipping on its own as the vast amount of information rearranged and presented themselves: Traditional medicine, witch doctors, voodoo, charms, even medicinal martial arts. Everything came to him just a blink of an eye, engulfing his thoughts.
Alex’s body relaxed as he felt the warm energy course through his body.
“Alex, Alex?” Cheryl’s voice rang in Alex’s ears, snapping him back into reality.
He blinked. “Huh? Dr. Coney, where am I? Where’s Mom?”
Cheryl replied, “Alex, you just fainted…”
Just then, a nurse rushed over. “Dr. Coney, the patient Brittany Rockefeller has stopped breathing…”
The lot rushed towards Brittany’s ward.
Alex saw his mother lying still in the bed, her face as pale as a sheet and the ECG in a straight line. A doctor approached them, shaking her head.
“Mom! Oh Mom…” Alex cried loudly as he rushed to Brittany’s bedside.
However, a bundle of information flashed through his mind: the vein of the brain was clogged by a blood clot; the stomach and the spleen were weakening; the lungs and heart had temporarily stopped functioning; all four limbs didn’t have enough blood flow, hence causing unconsciousness.
She was in a state of suspended animation.
He could still save her with the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell!
Alex had no idea how he knew any of this information, as if he was some medic expert. He could just identify everything with one look.
‘Oh right, the Ultimate Book of Medicine!
‘The book I had just received, it was to save others with this knowledge!
‘Does it really work?’
However, Alex knew that he had to give it a try.
“Get out! All of you!
“I can still save my mom, I have to! Get out!”
Everyone was very taken aback by his sudden change in attitude.
“Hey!”
“Just leave him be, let him send his mother off!” Cheryl spoke up with a stern expression.
This situation reminded her of her own mother—she had left this world as well. Cheryl was still very young then, yet she had to experience the pain of losing her mother first-hand. She would never forget how it shattered her heart.
With Cheryl standing up for him, everyone left the ward.
Alex was glad that it was a single ward as well.
He closed his eyes as he stood next to the bed.
His mind was filled with information from the Ultimate Book of Medicine. The Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell was one of the treatments included in the book, and quite a legendary acupuncture method.
“Mom can be saved!
“I’ll be able to wake her up immediately too!”
Alex mumbled to himself as he came to a conclusion.
It was amazing, simply unbelievable.
Alex was sure that he was right.
However, without silver needles, how could he perform it?
Simple!
All the acupuncture methods in the book didn’t require silver needles. Silver needles were at the lowest rank out of all the needles he could use. Most of the methods required Chi or electricity, or he could transform his Chi into a flow of electricity.
With the Chi from his ancestor, he would be able to achieve this.
With a small thud, Alex poked his index finger onto Brittany’s temple.
He could feel his Chi flowing out of his finger, slowly forming into small flows of electricity.
‘It is true, this is all true. Mom can be saved,’ Alex thought. He was extremely excited as he carefully moved to the next acupuncture point.
The middle of the top of her skull.
Then, under her belly button.
Cheryl was still standing in front of the ward, worried about Alex. She looked into the window of the ward, checking up on him without thinking. However, she was shocked by what she saw.
She rushed into the ward, “Alex, what are you doing? Stop!”
Alex yelled, “Don’t come near me, I’m saving my mom!”
He was now speeding up his pace as he poked into a few other vital acupuncture points on Brittany.
Cheryl was speechless.
‘If he really could save his mother, he would be a god,’ she thought.
Cheryl took a deep sigh.
‘Fine, I’ll let him do his thing!’
Cheryl decided to stand aside and watch him. Alex was now pressing hard in the middle of Brittany’s chest.
With that, the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell was completed.
He just had to wait till she woke up.
“Mom, you have to wake up, you have to!” Alex closed his eyes and prayed.
Just as he said that, a light beep echoed through the ward.
Cheryl was startled and looked towards the monitor that was monitoring Brittany’s heart rate. The ECG was just a straight line just a while ago, and yet her heart was now beating again.
“How… how could this be?”
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Cheryl stared in disbelief.
She approached Brittany’s bedside and noticed her eyelids fluttering, slowly opening up.
Cheryl thought that she was hallucinating.
After snapping back to reality, she exclaimed excitedly, “Alex, Alex! Your mother woke up! She woke up!”
Alex opened his eyes immediately, overjoyed.
“Mom! Mom! You woke up!” Alex exclaimed, holding Brittany’s hand. His eyes turned red as he started to tear up.
It was real, the book was real.
Even his ancestor was real.
This was all thanks to his ancestor.
Cheryl was extremely excited and she started tearing up as well. She couldn’t believe that Brittany actually woke up. They had announced her death not long ago, yet she just woke up suddenly.
This was really a miracle in the medical field!
“Could it be that he really was trying to save her?” Cheryl murmured under her breath, staring at Alex with puzzled eyes.
Brittany actually woke up and turned to Alex. “Alex, where am I?”
Cheryl ran out of the ward to call her colleagues to form a medical team to give Brittany a full body check up.
Everything was fine with her now.
News quickly spread throughout the hospital, causing an uproar. One of their doctors had just announced Brittany’s time of death. However, in just a few minutes, someone saved her and she woke up from her coma.
Cheryl finally got the chance to ask Alex, “You were poking your mom in random spots a while ago, with nothing in hand to refer to. What was that? Were you really saving her?”
Alex smiled. “What do you mean poking randomly? That was the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell.”
“What Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell?”
“Ah… well, I learned that online, it seemed to work on patients in vegetative states. I was panicking then, so I decided to try it out. But I didn’t think it would work!” Alex laughed nervously as he lied. He knew he shouldn’t reveal anything about the Ultimate Book of Medicine.
Frankly, he was very much confused as well.
Cheryl was speechless. How could he believe everything online?
Half an hour later, Alex and his mother were alone in the ward.
Brittany stared at Alex and asked, “Son, where’s your father?”
Alex’s expression turned grim. “Dad, he… passed away.”
Upon hearing that, Brittany hugged her son tightly and cried hysterically.
After calming down, Brittany whispered to Alex, “Son, you have to be careful of your third uncle.”
Alex was taken aback.
Brittany continued, “I suspect that it was your third uncle who caused the incident that happened to your father and I. I did some digging on the night before your wedding and found out that your third uncle betrayed our company—he reaped benefits by selling information.”
Alex could feel his blood boiling upon hearing this.
Alex’s father, William Rockefeller, was the head of the family. He had two younger brothers, Noah Rockefeller and John Rockefeller. He had a younger sister as well, Paige Rockefeller.
William had decided to take a chance and start a business with someone at the age of thirteen.
Twenty years later, he had single-handedly started Rockefeller Group.
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Ten years later, Rockefeller Group had a capital of 300 billion, becoming a famous business in California.
It was a fact that the Rockefellers’s achievements were because of William and Brittany’s hard work. However…
The Rockefellers ended up kicking the both of them out of the family and John took over their business. Spark even wanted to have Alex’s wife.
If this were really John’s scheme, it would be terrifying.
Alex clenched his fists tightly. “Don’t worry, Mom. If Dad really died in vain because of Uncle’s scheme, I’ll make sure he pays for it with the worst punishments possible.”
Alex decided to stay for the night in the hospital to accompany his mom instead of going back to the Assex’s residence. He knew that if he had gone home, he would end up in a terrible fate.
Brittany had just woken up from her coma so her body was still fairly weak. She fell asleep in just a few moments.
Alex, on the other hand, couldn’t calm down at all.
The ring that his father had left him was truly incredible.
‘Did Dad know about this?’ Alex thought to himself as he sat next to the bed. He could still feel a strong flow of energy coursing through his entire body.
‘Was this the Chi that my ancestor had given me?
‘Oh right, training!’
Alex immediately revised the moves in his head. They were from an unknown type of martial arts—the Force—mainly used as medicinal martial arts. He had wanted to try it out, though he wasn’t really hoping to get anything out of it. This was all still too surreal for him to process.
However, as he started training, it was as if he was a natural at these moves. The training of the Force felt quite simple to him. He was able to gain control over the energy coursing through his veins, flowing to every part of his body. His training was extremely successful—he was able to gain full control over his core and his Chi was stronger than before. He had mastered this unknown martial art.
At the same time, Cheryl had reached home as well.
She took off her shoes and jacket before flopping her beautiful figure onto the sofa. She exclaimed, “I’m spent!”
Her grandmother handed her a bowl of soup. “Here, Cherry. Grandma made some goulash in the evening. Have some, it’ll enhance your beauty.”
Cheryl rolled over and realized that there were two huge meatballs laying in a bowl. She picked it up and drank the whole bowl of soup in one go. Her grandmother smiled as she watched her drink the soup.
Just then, her grandfather, James Coney, walked into the living room. He furrowed his eyebrows, “You should sit properly, young lady! No wonder you still can’t get yourself a boyfriend!”
Grandma snapped back. “Oh, shut it you old fart. What are you about? My dear little granddaughter is tired. So what if she’s putting a leg up? It’s not like she’s putting it on top of your head! Cherry, just ignore him and sit however you like.”
James decided not to argue any further. He then poured himself a cup of tea and asked, “Was it busy at the hospital?”
Cheryl replied, “Not really, but there was a vegetative patient who just woke up all of a sudden today…”
She smiled as she imitated Alex’s poking and explained what he did. She recounted to her grandfather about the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell and how Brittany was revived.
But James froze and asked immediately, “The Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell? Can you tell Grandpa more about that? How did he do it? What acupuncture points did he poke at?”
Cheryl blinked her beautiful eyes in confusion, “Grandpa, do you really believe in that kind of stuff? I haven’t heard of anything called the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell.”
However, she still listed out the acupuncture points he had poked.
James’s expression turned serious as he listened to her. In the end, he slapped his thigh and exclaimed, “The Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell, it really is the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell! It’s the legendary reviving method! Cherry, quick, contact the guy. Grandpa would like to meet this young man.”
“Huh…?” Cheryl’s mouth was wide open as she stared at her grandfather in disbelief.
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The next morning, Alex found himself waking up at his mother’s bedside.
He realized that he had trained the whole night away. So, he felt sticky and uncomfortable.
He looked down at himself and what met his eyes shocked him.
His body was covered in sticky black oil. It smelt disgusting and strong.
He knew that he had used his ancestor’s Chi to train for the Force. This helped him cleanse his entire body. Although he was uncomfortable from the sticky goop, he felt extremely energized despite training for the whole night. His body and mind were both refreshed and his core coursed with Chi.
He turned to Brittany, she was still fast asleep. But her condition seemed better now.
This made him believe that it was not a dream.
He immediately rushed to the bathroom in the ward and took a shower. However, his clothes were dirty as well, and they smelt disgusting.
“Well, I guess I have to go back to the Assex’s residence!”
After Brittany woke up, Alex talked to her for a brief while and headed towards the Assexes’s place.
However, he saw that his luggage had been thrown out of the Assexes’s mansion yet again. Claire was even cutting up his clothes into pieces.
Alex could feel his anger exploding like a volcano in his head.
He rushed over and snatched the scissors right out of her hands, “What’s your problem? Why are you cutting up my clothes?”
Claire was merciless. “This is my house, so what if I’m cutting them up? You’re not part of our family from now on. We don’t take pests in any way! Also, sign these divorce papers.”
Claire then took a small stack of divorce papers out from the mansion.
Alex asked helplessly, “Where did you get these?”
Claire replied, “Dorothy wrote them. She prepared them from quite a while back.”
Alex didn’t want to believe a word she said. He huffed, “Oh don’t you worry, I’ll definitely move out. However, I won’t be signing these, I want Dorothy to confront me herself!”
After that, he picked up a few personal documents and left his other stuff laying on the ground. He didn’t need them anymore.
“Where are the keys? Give them back. You could live under a bridge for all I care!”
Alex threw the keys at her and smiled. “It doesn’t concern you as to where I’m living. Be it under a bridge or in a 5-star hotel!”
Claire scoffed, “Hmph, a 5-star hotel? I bet you can’t even afford living in a dog shelter! Get out of my house! I’ll find a better husband for Dorothy, someone who is much, much better than you, you useless piece of sh*t! Even Spark is way better than you!”
Alex was extremely triggered by the name ‘Spark’. He kicked the well at the side out of anger.
With a loud crash, the well was smashed into pieces.
Claire’s eyes widened in shock. She couldn’t say a word and stared at Alex with a terrified expression.
She waited until he had walked away from the mansion before she dared to continue yelling at him then.
After leaving the Assex mansion, Alex received a phone call from Cheryl.
He picked the call up immediately, “Hello? Dr. Coney, did something happen to Mom?”
Cheryl smiled. “Nope, your mother is fine. She’s doing pretty well actually. I’m calling you because my grandfather wants to see you.”
“Huh? You grandfather? The legendary doctor of California, James Coney?”
Medical experts were usually well known in the area. A legend was just a mere title.
James Coney, however, was truly a legendary doctor in California. Everyone knew just how knowledgeable he was.
Alex was confused and asked, “Dr. Coney, what business does your grandfather have with me?”
Cheryl didn’t tell him straightforwardly, she only said, “You’ll know when you see him. Go visit your mother first, I’ll pick you up at the hospital.”
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“Mom!” Alex came to the hospital and visited his mom again. She was awake at the time. His anger towards the Assexes dissolved as soon as he saw her.
Examining Brittany with his knowledge of the Ultimate Book of Medicine, he noticed that she was doing a lot better than the day before. Relieved, Alex smiled widely and said, “I bought this porridge from a stall nearby. The doctor said that you could only eat soft foods as of now. I’ll feed you, alright?”
Brittany stared at him lovingly, “Alex, I heard that you came to take care of me every day, you’re even more professional than the nurses now. I’m sorry that I’ve been such a burden on you.”
Alex could feel his chest tightening. His mother was the absolute sweetest. His mother-in-law, Claire, however, only treated him as a slave.
He fed the porridge slowly to Brittany, then gave all four of her limbs a massage.
Brittany had been in a coma for more than six months, so her muscles had been slowly wasting away.
However, Alex’s massaging method was special: it had the help of the flow of Chi from the force as well.
He knew that his mother would be able to heal and walk normally in just three days’ time.
“Hello, Dr. Coney!” Brittany suddenly exclaimed.
Alex turned around and realized that Cheryl had really come to the ward.
She looked puzzled and asked, “Your massage technique has quite a unique style. Did you get that online as well?”
“Uhm… Yeah.”
“Continue on then.”
From Cheryl’s point of view, Alex was just wasting his time and energy. He wasn’t putting the right amount of strength into massaging, nor was he massaging the right pressure points. She thought that he was just clueless.
However, what she didn’t know was that Alex had used his Chi to unclog Brittany’s veins and arteries. Due to the use of Chi, he shouldn’t massage her limbs too roughly, or he would damage her veins.
Cheryl shook her head and thought to herself, ‘Grandpa wanted to see him to ask about that Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell thing. I guess he’ll just end up disappointed; he doesn’t know anything about the medical field at all.”
After massaging, Brittany thanked her son. “Alex, I feel so much better after that massage, I think I’ll be able to walk soon.”
Alex nodded and smiled, “Don’t worry, you’ll even be able to run in three days’ time.”
Cheryl had almost laughed out loud, yet she decided to hold back and not expose him.
At the hospital entrance, Cheryl took out her keys and pressed a button. The headlights of a red BMW X5 lit up.
“Get in.”
“Where are we going?” Alex got into the car and asked curiously. He hadn’t figured out why James wanted to see him.
“Ganoderma.”
Alex knew that Ganoderma was the clinic that James had opened in California. Apart from James, a group of old doctors was working there as well. A lot of the sick would go to this clinic instead of hospitals. They even attracted customers from other cities due to their popularity.
The two arrived at Ganoderma in just a few moments. Alex followed Cheryl from the back and couldn’t help but stare.
Cheryl was fairly tall, around 170 cm. She had curves in all the right places, especially her behind. Her body was very alluring as his eyes fixated on her.
Suddenly, Cheryl stopped in her tracks and turned around. “What do you think?”
‘Huh?’
Alex wasn’t paying attention to anything she had said. He had been staring at her back the whole time. Without putting much thought into it, he blurted out, “Very fertile.”
Cheryl froze and she realized that the guy was still staring at her back.
She knew that she was quite ‘gifted’ in some areas of her body. Her grandmother mentioned just as much too. However, receiving such a comment from a guy was something that she couldn’t tolerate at all.
“You… shameless!”
She then took a few steps forward and turned around once more, “You walk in the front.”
Alex wanted to smack himself there and then. He knew that it was wrong for him to say that she was ‘very fertile’.
‘Why couldn’t you have said something else? What does it have to do with you that she’s fertile or not?’ He thought to himself.
With Cheryl’s guidance, they soon reached a clinic.
Suddenly, Alex noticed that Claire was waiting outside as well.
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Claire was queuing up outside of the clinic with the other patients. She was at the very end of the line, currently talking to the woman next to her…
“The legendary Dr. Coney is really something. I had to ask quite a few friends to help me get an appointment with him which I had to wait for another three months to happen.”
“Yeah, I had to wait for more than three months too. Well I can’t complain, no doctor is better than him!”
As she conversed, Claire felt someone approaching her and turned around. She frowned when she realized it was Alex. “Why are you here?”
Alex greeted her out of habit, “Mum.”
Claire exploded with anger, “What do you mean Mum? Who’s your Mum? Let me tell you something, you useless piece of sh*t. My daughter will soon divorce you and we’re cutting clean! Stop trying to crawl back to us! Heck, were you stalking me? You probably couldn’t find a place to stay, right? Are you going to beg me to take you back?”
Alex shook his head and said, “Ma’am, don’t you worry, I have a place to stay. You’re in my way, so will you please excuse me, ma’am?”
“What did you call me?” Claire was triggered.
Mum and Ma’am sounded slightly similar, but the meaning was one heck of a difference.
Claire was 46 years old at the time. But she had done her best to preserve her beauty and kept up with all the fashion trends just to look like she was in her early 30s. Thus, being called ‘Ma’am’ triggered her tremendously.
Frustration welled up in her chest.
Suddenly, she noticed Chery walking behind Alex. Slightly startled, her expression changed as she said out loud, “Oh I see how it is! I was wondering why this trash could agree to get out of my house without hesitation! So you’re living with this b*tch now, huh? And you were saying that you had nothing to do with her. As if!
“Look at this woman. She’s such a plain Jane, unlike our darling Dorothy. Look at her clothes, they look so cheap! Alex, I really have to say, your taste in women is as low as your life. What you have is just another b*tch!”
“Have some respect, please.” Cheryl’s expression was stern.
“Tsk, you’re the one who ruined my daughter’s family. You’re just a homewrecker, why should I respect you?”
As she spoke, a hard slap hit Claire’s fair face. It turned out that the one who slapped her was the woman she was cheerily talking to just a while ago.
Claire was stunned. She held her face with her palm and asked, “Why did you slap me?”
The woman was furious, “Why? You just called the legendary doctor’s granddaughter a b*tch! Dr. Coney shouldn’t even give you a check up, you hot-tempered wench! Who are you to yell at them anyway? Just look at you, your daughter probably isn’t any better as well. This young man is right to get a divorce!”
The woman had seen Cheryl before, hence she knew her identity. She knew that she had to stand up for Cheryl.
“What? She… she’s the legendary doctor’s granddaughter?” Claire’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Cheryl brought Alex into the clinic, James had just finished checking up on a patient.
Cheryl smiled, “Grandpa, this is Alex.”
James looked up and stood with a smile. “I apologize, everyone. I have a guest to attend to so please excuse us! Harold, please get everyone’s details while I’m gone. I’ll be back in a bit.”
A sharp patient immediately said, “Dr. Coney, is this guy your grandson-in-law? No worries, doctor. Please go ahead! Your grandson-in-law is paying you a visit after all, that must be important to you. We don’t mind waiting!”
Someone chimed in, “Yeah, yeah! We don’t mind coming back another day too.”
Claire stood by the door and looked extremely upset upon hearing those words.
The legendary doctor, James Coney, was well known in California. His status was much higher than the Assexes’s; everyone knew who he was. Even the politicians in California treated him with the utmost respect. He was a VIP in the whole country. If Alex were to become his grandson-in-law, that would elevate his status greatly as well.
How could she ever accept that?
Alex, James, and Coney then walked past her and entered another room in the back.
Alex didn’t even glance in her direction, as if she was merely thin air.
Alex had no idea as to why James was looking for him. He even noticed that James was a little too modest towards him.
Was he really trying to get him to be his grandson-in-law?
Just then, Cheryl decided to speak up and explain that her grandfather wanted to know if the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell was real. She continued, “Grandpa, Alex has absolutely no knowledge or experience in the medical field. He said so himself, that was just something he found online. You don’t have to stress about this acupuncture thing this much. This was most likely something fictional; something from a novel or TV show!”
She then turned to Alex. “Alex, just look up the site and show it to Grandpa so we can get this over with.”
In her point of view, Brittany’s miracle wasn’t because of Alex, it was because Brittany had a strong will to live and was able to wake herself up.
James replied, “Cherry, the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell isn’t fictional, it’s absolutely real. Our ancestors used to use this acupuncture method, but some of it got lost as it was handed down over generations. As of now, I only have nine of the acupuncture points. The other four are missing. This mystical acupuncture method would only work best with all points. The effect wouldn’t be as great if it’s incomplete, let alone four! That’s why I’ve never taught you this.”
James then turned to Alex. “Young man, I’m just very curious. That’s why I asked to see you today.”
Alex took a glance at Cheryl and nodded at James. “Yes, I did use the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell. It’s the real deal. I’m sorry that I lied to you yesterday, Dr. Coney.”
Cheryl spoke up, “There’s no way. I mean, where did you even learn that acupuncture method? You didn’t even attend medical school! Or did you manually learn traditional medicine? All you did was read a few books. What, did it just pop out of nowhere?”
Alex thought to himself, ‘Well you’re right about that, it did pop out of nowhere.’
Just then, hurried heavy footsteps could be heard from the outside. Someone shouted, “Dr. Coney, Dr. Coney! Help! Please help my daughter!”
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“Huh, what happened?”
“A little girl! Her face is pale and bluish! She’s not breathing!”
“This is terrifying… would Dr. Coney be able to save her?”
The crowd started discussing among themselves, hoping for the best.
Just then, a middle-aged man carried a five-year-old-girl into the room. He was crying hysterically, with panic written all over his face. With a loud thud, he knelt down.
Cheryl immediately got into action. She briefly checked the little girl’s vitals.
As she checked, her expression darkened. The little girl wasn’t breathing and had no pulse.
Cheryl immediately started doing CPR, asking the middle-aged man as to what had happened.
The man cried, “I don’t know, I… I was just paying at the counter. Then, my little girl just fainted behind me. She just fell unconscious.”
James approached the little girl as well, he said, “Examine her throat.”
Cheryl did as she was told, yet she didn’t find anything blocking the airway.
James smacked the little girl’s back a few times as well. However, nothing came out. In the end, all James could do was sigh and shook his head in grief.
The man was still on his knees and cried even more hysterically.
With a puzzled look, Alex watched by the side. He could see a faint figure that looked exactly like the little girl, standing next to him. She was staring at the man, calling him papa repeatedly.
“Is this her soul?
“Well damn, I can see spirits too now,” Alex muttered under his breath.
As the saying goes, it is impossible to revive the deceased. However, in the Ultimate Book of Medicine, there’s still hope for someone who had just passed.
He tapped on Cheryl’s shoulder, “Can I have a go?”
She didn’t even look at him, “Stop messing around.”
Alex then dragged her harshly to the side, “You’re not helping.”
Cheryl stumbled aside, annoyed by his actions.
Alex then grabbed the little girl’s soul and forced it back into her body…
Ghost doctor skills were included in the Ultimate Book of Medicine, including methods to cure the spirit. Thus, it wasn’t too surprising that Alex was able to see spirits.
The method he was using had a title as well. It was called Soul Shifting.
“Mr. Coney, come over here.” Alex said.
“Huh?” James immediately approached, he thought that Alex needed help.
However, Alex continued, “Didn’t you learn the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell? I’ll be using that to save her now. Just watch and learn.”
He then started using his Chi and pressed down on the first acupuncture point.
With the training of the Force, his Chi now had the element of electricity.
Cheryl placed a hand to her chest, trying to calm down from anger.
‘Is he really talking to Grandpa in such a tone? That’s just being too arrogant now, isn’t it? Does he really think he’s some sort of legendary doctor?’
She was more annoyed by the fact that she had witnessed him poke his mother in random spots, as if he were just a child messing around. This was all too ridiculous to her.
“Do we not need silver needles?” James was surprised. This was unbelievable to him as well.
He was starting to doubt the young man, thinking that Alex might have a screw loose. He got too excited back then upon hearing the acupuncture method.
“Nope, silver needles are of the lowest rank, I’m using my Chi.” Alex said as he continued poking.
“Alex, stop it, you’re not a doctor. It was pure luck that your mother woke up. You’re just wasting time here. She might be saved if you let me handle this.” Cheryl said loudly.
The kneeling man was shocked. “He… He’s not a doctor?”
Cheryl replied, “No.”
The man was now triggered, he yelled, “You f*cker! Stop touching my daughter if you’re not a doctor! Are you insane? F*ck off!” He then landed a kick on Alex’s waist.
“Don’t touch me, or your daughter will really die. I still have one acupuncture point left.” Alex stayed in position and poked in the middle of the little girl’s chest.
“Argh… I’ll kill you!” The man screamed and swung his arm, about to slap Alex.
However, his attack was blocked. Alex stared at him and said calmly, “Look at your daughter, she has woken up.”
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“Huh?”
Everyone stared at the little girl.
Her eyelashes fluttered gently as she slowly opened her eyes.
She actually woke up.
Cheryl’s eyes widened, she couldn’t believe what she was seeing.
However, after waking up, the little girl felt extremely uncomfortable. She placed both of her hands on her neck area as if she was suffocating.
“There’s something in her throat. It’s still stuck!” James said panickedly.
“Let me handle this!” Alex said and pressed his hand against the little girl’s chest. He lightly poked on her chest again, as if he were playing a lute.
Cheryl recognized this method. Alex had massaged his mother’s limbs the same.
With a loud thud, Alex pressed down hard on the little girl’s chest. An object flew out of her mouth as she spat it out.
It was a kumquat.
The man suddenly remembered something and exclaimed. “It’s the mountain hawthorn. I bought some for Zoey a while ago. I thought she had finished it earlier. I didn’t think it…”
Alex said, “It was stuck too deep in her throat so it couldn’t be slapped out. No matter, everything’s fine now.”
As expected, the little girl was able to breathe normally again. Her cheeks were slightly flushed as well. She turned to the man. “Papa!”
The man hugged his daughter tightly. He thought that he had lost her. He sobbed uncontrollably as mixed emotions welled up in his heart.
Alex turned to James. “Did you catch that, old man?”
James seemed exceptionally excited. His eyes lit up. “It… It really is the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell! God, I didn’t think I’d be able to witness it firsthand in this lifetime! I can die in peace now! But… I’m old, my eyes aren’t all that well. You were doing it a little too fast, so I…”
Alex smiled, noticing that there were a pen and a few pieces of paper lying on the office desk.
He walked over and immediately wrote on a random piece of paper.
In just two minutes, he was done writing.
Alex handed James the piece of paper and said, “Here you go.”
James retrieved it and examined it. His lower lip trembled in shock. “This… This is the full version of the Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell? You…You’re just going to give it to me?”
Every doctor would only hope to get their hands on such a mystical acupuncture method—it was priceless!
How could this man just give it out like that? Was he a spendthrift?
Alex didn’t mind at all. The Thirteen Acupunctures of Hell was just an insignificant method within the larger Ultimate Book of Medicine. All of this information came to him for free as well, hence he didn’t think to keep all of this to himself.
He said, “Old man, you’re the legendary doctor of California. You’ve saved countless lives. If I gave this acupuncture method to you, more people could be saved. So, why shouldn’t I give it to you? You can teach it to Dr. Cheryl Coney too.”
James was old. But, he dropped to his knees and thanked Alex. “I, James Coney, am forever grateful to you for entrusting me with this knowledge. I have nothing much to offer, but I thank you on the behalf of everyone else who is in need as well. Thank you, young man, for your generosity.”
“Oh please, don’t kneel for me, old man. Get up, please, you really don’t have to thank me.” Alex said as he helped James up.
The little girl’s father was incredibly thankful towards Alex as well.
He felt especially regretful that he had just kicked Alex in the waist. He felt so embarrassed.
“Young doctor, I’m so sorry for my behavior just a while ago. You saved my daughter; you revived her; you basically saved my whole family! I should be damned for life, to think that I wanted to beat you up! Oh, I haven’t even introduced myself. I’m Charles Carter, from Waylon Realty…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Alex interrupted. “Please, don’t blame yourself. I understand how you felt. Your daughter just woke up, so you have to take better care of her now! Sir, Dr. Coney, if you will please excuse me, I have to go visit my mom in the hospital now.”
He turned around and left the clinic so quickly James couldn’t even catch up to him.
Charles froze. “Oh no, I forgot to ask for the young doctor’s name. I have to repay him for saving my daughter somehow! Dr. Coney, you know him, right?”
James looked towards Cheryl.
Cheryl replied, “He’s the son of the founder of Rockefeller Group. His name is Alex Rockefeller.”
Charles was stunned. “Huh? That was him?”
James immediately chimed in as well. “Cherry, you should catch up to him! We can’t just receive from him like this, we have to repay him too!”