Under the Heiress' Facade
Chapter 158

Alan's forte lay within internal medicine, so he didn't know much about acupuncture. As he looked atthe points where the needles were inserted, he felt that Hera had pinpointed every needle correctly.Hence, he began to wonder about Hera's identity.

"Ouch! It hurts so much! She woke me up, you say? Well, she certainly did that by stabbing me!"

Mildred shoved Lilith away before plucking a needle out of her body.

Hera didn't say anything, nor did she stop Mildred.

"Oh, my God! Dr. Pittson, please give me a check-up right now! I feel so dizzy, and my heartpalpitations are above the charts! Is that brat planning to kill me with her needles?" Mildred moanedin pain.

When Alan heard Mildred's laments, all speculations about Hera's medical skills vanishedimmediately.

To him, saving Mildred's life took priority.

He yanked his wrist from Hera's grip forcefully before removing all of the needles from Mildred'sbody. In fact, he worked so fast that Lilith only managed to regain her senses a while later. By then,it was already too late for her to stop the doctor.

"Hera, will your grandma be alright?" Lilith gazed at Hera worriedly.

Hera hated it the most whenever her patients refused to cooperate with the treatment process. Sheput her silver needles away before snapping coldly, "She's doomed. You'd better start makingarrangements for her funeral soon."

"Huh?" Lilith was so frightened that her hands began trembling. "Is… Is she really doomed?"

Hera fell silent at the question.

She was just cracking a joke. Why did Lilith take her seriously?

Then again, it was true that Mildred wouldn't be able to live for long if things were to go on like this.

"She'll be a goner sooner or later," Hera explained.

"Just listen to that brat, Dr. Pittson! She's clearly here to murder me! That's murder, you know! Hurryup and perform a full body check-up on me! I need you to check whether or not she's poisoned me!"

Alan was worried that Mildred's life was in danger, so he and the head nurse quickly moved Mildredfrom the hospital bed to a nearby wheelchair. Then, they wheeled her to another room so that theycould perform a complete body check-up on her.

Before they left, Alan instructed the security guards to watch Hera.

"Don't let her leave! If anything happens to the patient, she'll have to be held responsible!"

After that, he said to Lilith, "You're the patient's family member, so you must come along as well!"

Hera fell silent at Alan's words.

Sometime later, the check-up's results were out. Mildred was doing fine, and her data showed thather condition had significantly improved compared to yesterday's check-up results.

It was common for elderly people to suffer from clogged arteries. Yet, Mildred's severely cloggedartery was completely unblocked.

Alan and the rest of the medical team had worked hard over the past two months, but the best theycould do was manage to unblock one-third of Mildred's clogged artery. To think that it wascompletely unclogged today…

That was when Alan suddenly recalled the acupuncture session.

Did Hera really know how to treat patients with acupuncture? Was she the one who uncloggedMildred's artery?

But she looked like a minor!

"Mom, do you feel better now? Are you still unwell anywhere?"

Lilith heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Alan's words. She asked Mildred that question as shewheeled the latter back to the ward.

Mildred denied it immediately. "Nope! I still feel dizzy! My heart palpitations are still here! In fact, Ifeel very sick and lethargic!"

"But Mrs. Everett Senior, all the data on your check-up results shows that you're in a bettercondition than yesterday. Your artery is already unclogged, after all," Alan chimed in.

"That's impossible! Are you even a skilled doctor? Don't tell me that country bumpkin bribed you!The truth is, you want me dead as well, right?"

Mildred slammed a hand onto the arm of her wheelchair and forcefully applied the brakes to it. Now,she refused to budge an inch.

"I think you and that brat are ganging up on me! I don't want you as my primary doctor anymore!"

Then, Mildred barked an order at Lilith. "Go to the top floor and bring Dr. Shadow here! I want her totreat my illness!"

Mildred had heard from the other patients that Lennon received his treatment in this hospital aswell. Dr. Shadow would always come over to treat him at regular intervals. Today was the day of his

follow-up treatment session.

Since Dr. Shadow had saved an impoverished young man who was severely ill without requestingany payment from him, Mildred was confident that the mysterious doctor would treat her too.

Lilith looked troubled. How was it possible for her to ask Dr. Shadow for help?

It was clear that Mildred was trying to make things difficult for her.

Also, Lilith brought Hera to the ward today because she wanted her to treat Mildred. If she were tochange doctors suddenly, wouldn't that mean she didn't have faith in Hera's medical skills?