Hiding Behind Her Superficiality by Kyla Olson

Moriah’s neck reddened in anger as she fought with the man. “Please be reasonable. You should be aware that his illness is not easily cured. Even if you called the best doctor in the world, they can’t heal him magically.”

The man became enraged and yelled at her nose, “Do you know who he is? Even if you cannot treat him, his condition should not worsen!”

“The patient’s feelings determine the illness. Perhaps his illness deteriorated because you enraged him.”

The man scowled. “Stop telling lies! His condition deteriorated far too quickly. He could still communicate normally around lunchtime, but in the evening, he experienced facial paralysis. This hospital is awful!”

Elspeth clicked her tongue. “This hospital was also dubbed the greatest in Waterside. However, I’m wondering how much of it is true.”

Elspeth believed her thoughts were quiet, but Moriah could hear them. So, Moriah came up with an idea and pointed at Elspeth as she said, “You don’t like our hospital much, do you? How about you seek treatment from this lady? She is also a medical graduate, and her abilities are not bad.”

Elspeth went utterly still. She had no idea how she became embroiled in it.

She didn’t want to kick the can down the road. She was about to turn around and walk away since she assumed the family would not accept the ridiculous request. However, the man stopped her.

“I’m sure her medical abilities must be superior to yours. I’ll let her give it a shot!”

Elspeth thought, am I a bargaining chip to you?

When he saw Elspeth, the man rushed over and bowed. “Greetings, miss. I want to request that you check on the patient. May I ask…”

“N-No, I can’t do this.”

Even if she could heal the illness, she didn’t want to be called in to treat someone on the spur of the moment.

“You’ve got this.”

“I can’t.”

“You certainly can!”

“I can’t!”

tones with tears welling in his eyes, “Miss, please! I have to take care of my parents and the entire family. My wife is sick at home too, miss. I’m the sole breadwinner in the family. Please be gracious and grant my

not tripping over his words

people did you

touched his nose. “So far,

“You are sick. Don’t be concerned about

Elspeth wanted to

more valuable than

Elspeth agreed to the request on the

“Do you want me to show you the case

rolled her eyes. “So, why are you still talking? Send me the

and uneasy as if she had trodden on manure, but she listened to

the list before turning to face the unconscious guy on the bed. Then, she clicked her tongue. “I’m surprised you couldn’t treat him with such a minor illness. It’s been more than a month! The longer he stays here, the worse his condition becomes. Yet, you blame it all

our fault if we’ve done our best. Not to add the fact

wanted to see what Elspeth could

examined his face, and the mocking sneer vanished. “Where

growled, “The hospital took away the remote control, saying that they need to unify the temperature and will not allow

much air is being blown into

man became enraged. “I knew it was strange for him to experience sudden facial

saying, “You’ve come to heal him, not make excuses. You talk

her eyes at Moriah before pulling a set of silver

a new set of silver needles, each of which was etched with the

patient’s face for acupuncture points and brought out

slightly after a while. It was a

it? I thought you could entirely heal

hurry. “Don’t worry. I’m not done

she said, she brought out a couple more

after she had finished everything. Everyone in the ward held their breath, afraid to disturb

long time, the patient in

and spoke hoarsely with his dry throat because he was not used to being able to speak