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!”

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

for not tripping over his words with his

people did

man embarrassedly touched his nose. “So

at her. “You are sick.

wanted to

valuable than anything

Elspeth agreed to the request on the spur of the

in the ward. “Do you want me to show you the case list, Elspeth? I believe you should

why are you still talking?

was surprised and uneasy as if she had trodden on manure, but she listened to Elspeth and delivered the

scanned 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

fists. “We take our patients seriously. Therefore, it can’t be our fault if we’ve done our best. Not to add the fact that it is

see

and the mocking sneer vanished. “Where is the

saying that they need to unify the temperature and will not

considered such foolishness. “The air conditioner in the ward is what paralyzes his face. Too much air is being blown into the patient’s face. Is such a big hospital unaware

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

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

eyes at Moriah before pulling a set of silver needles from her

which was etched with the letter S. She felt

acupuncture points and brought out a few silver needles to

corner moved slightly after a while. It was

scowled, “Is that it? I thought you could entirely

Elspeth was not in a hurry. “Don’t worry. I’m not done

a couple more needles

finished everything. Everyone in

long time, the patient in the bed

with his dry throat because he was not used to being able to speak suddenly. “Can you