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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.

towards Peter. "You're finally here!" he said, relieved. "We're all

see her first." Peter rushed towards

stopped him abruptly. "James, who is he? My sister is being treated by Doctor Wu and Director Wang.

was about forty and had a voluptuous figure. She looked really good for her age. However, her intrusive tone

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

sister?" Vicky looked at Peter, unconvinced. "Are

could answer, Vicky shouted at Peter, "Which hospital do you

don't work for any hospital, but I can

my sister to die, don't you? How could you let a random guy come in and treat her?" she accused

but she was stopped by her aunt. "Shut

sick woman like my sister.

know you look

do you think you are? I'm not like other people who fear you, James! It's just too obvious that this guy is not qualified

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

in a comma now because of the quack doctor YOU brought. How can you blame my dad for what

Pak!

furiously. "Quack doctor? How dare you address Doctor Wu as a

the door of the ward opened suddenly

how is my

sixty years old and had a long grizzled beard. He had an air of calm wisdom and superiority, similar to Chinese ancient gods.

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

face turned

fury. 'Who does this Doctor Wu think he is?