The Understated Dragon Lord

Chapter 5 The Poor Relative

A one-year probation period? Don’t they usually last only three months? Brittany pondered inwardly. At last, it dawned on her: this guy must be one of Ma’am Jessica’s poor relatives. Jessica didn’t actually like the fellow, but to not to turn down a relative’s request, she set a one-year probation—she didn’t intend to keep him around! Jessica, however, was considering the marital contract set by her grandfather. If he couldn’t be saved, was she expected to continue this trial marriage with this man for a year? It felt like a loss. Michael and Master Christopher had both declared her grandfather beyond saving. So, letting this guy have a try wouldn’t hurt—after all, he himself said if he couldn’t save her grandfather, he would leave immediately.

suspected Daniel’s motives. Pointing a

proceeded to insert the first needle, leaving everyone dumbstruck. That black and unimpressive needle was placed on the tip of Joseph’s nose. “There’s no acupoint on the nose tip! You’re just poking randomly! You are disrespecting the body!” criticized Christopher disdainfully. Beep! Beep, beep! The monitor came back to life, the previously zeroed numbers now changing, albeit faintly. Hope

poking around. Maybe he’s hit a nerve by pure luck, causing some reflex. He hasn’t truly brought anyone back to life,” Brittany blurted out, refusing to believe that a mere poke on the

involving a needle in the eye—that would just burst

the remarkable changes in Joseph’s body and the data on the monitors could attest that Daniel had indeed brought him back to life. “It’s just a momentary recovery before death,” Christopher insisted, adamantly disbelieving even the iron-clad evidence before him. How could a man he