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"Daaaad! It's for you!" Peter woke up from his ringtone abruptly, ending his dream. 'This sucks!' was the first thought in his head.

"Who is this?" Peter answered impatiently.

"Peter, my mom is very ill. Please come to the hospital and treat her. NOW!" The anxious voice from the other end of the line immediately sobered Peter up.

Not bothering to change or shower, Peter rushed to the hospital.

The girl who called was Audrey. He couldn't understand why Grace's illness was still recurrent even after he had treated her several times. The treatments should have been enough to cure her totally.

Peter pushed his thoughts aside. They wouldn't help for now. The most important thing was that he got to see Grace as soon as possible.

"There you are. Go to my mom, now!" Audrey said, greeting Peter immediately at the hospital entrance. Her eyes were red and swollen. It looked like she had been crying.

"What happened?" Peter asked as they were running towards the ward.

"Yesterday, my auntie visited, bringing along a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine. She suggested that mom would get treatment from that person, and my mom felt too shy to say no.

The person did acupuncture on mom several times. We didn't pay much attention to it because it seemed harmless; but today, her illness seems to have gotten worse!"

Audrey narrated.

Finally arriving at the floor of Grace's ward, They navigated through a crowd, all looking anxious. It was impossible to tell if they were sincere or not.

Accompanying James were a man and a woman. He was clearly in a bad mood, but he maintained a respectful demeanor.

"Dad, Peter is here, " Audrey told James loudly as they approached.

here!" he said, relieved. "We're

me see her first." Peter rushed towards

the woman beside James stopped him abruptly. "James, who is he? My sister is being treated

looked really good for her age.

this is the doctor who treated mom last time. He can help!" Audrey answered

Peter, unconvinced. "Are you sure he's a doctor, Audrey? He looks too young

answer, Vicky shouted at

any hospital, but I can cure

can you cure my sister without even being a doctor?" Vicky asked, skeptic. "You want my sister to die, don't you? How could you let

by her aunt. "Shut up, Audrey! You're

addressing Peter, "How dare you prey on a sick woman like my sister. I should be calling the police now and have

"Just stop it. I know you look

other people who fear you, James! It's just too obvious that this guy is not qualified to give out treatments!

stayed calm despite his rising anger at his sister-in-law making a commotion out

could you be so shameless? Mom is in a comma now because of the quack doctor

Pak!

dare you address Doctor Wu as

door of the ward opened suddenly and out

how

had a long grizzled beard. He had an air of calm wisdom

I did everything I could. I should have been able to cure her, but she seems to have received too many wrong treatments before. Now her illness is worse and there is no way for me to salvage the situation anymore, " he replied with a

turned

this Doctor Wu think