"Okay!" Without wasting any more time, Ruby took her phone
out to give Dustin a call, and she briefly told him what had happened.
"I'll be there right away." Dustin ended the call and rushed over to the
hospital.
By the
time he reached, Ruby's mother had already been transferred to the VIP wa
rd. Although she was no longer in critical danger, she remained unconscio
us. When Dustin entered
the ward, he noticed that there was quite a small crowd gathered there. M
ost of them were doctors, and some were bodyguards.
"Dustin! You're here!" Ruby's face lit up with hope when she saw him.
"Is this the miracle doctor that you mentioned, Ruby?" As George looked D
ustin up and down, he unconsciously frowned. This man was much
younger than he'd thought. How medically skilled could a man in his twent
ies be?
"Don't judge a book by
its cover, Dad! Dustin might be young, but he's really good at what he do
es! It only took him a glance and he knew what was wrong with Mom." Ruby
assured.
"Forgive me for being blunt, Miss Xenos, but maybe it was just a lucky gu
ess," Dr. Alden said. At Dustin's age, even if he had been practicing med
icine since the day he was born, he'd only have 20 –
odd years of experience under his belt. If Dr.
Alden himself, who had been
practicing medicine for over 40 years, could not tell what was wrong
with her, how could this young chap?
"Are you sure, young man?" George asked tentatively.
"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't," Dustin answered plainly.
"Alright then, you'll be handsomely rewarded if you can heal my wife," Ge
orge
told him earnestly. "Mr. Xenos, are you really going to let him treat her
?" Dr. Alden asked with furrowed brows. "Mrs. Xenos is not
in a good condition right now. What if anything happens to her?"
"It can't go any worse than it already is." George shook his head. What d
ifference would
it make whether his wife remained in a coma for the rest of her life or i
f she were to be dead?
"But-
" Dr. Alden wanted to continue but was promptly cut off by George. "Pleas
e go ahead, young man."
Dustin nodded and walked
over to Mrs. Xenos' bedside before reaching out to check her vitals. A sh
ort while later, he told them, "Mrs. Xenos is suffering from severe intra
cranial hemorrhage which is putting pressure on her nerves. If we don't g
et that sorted out immediately, she might end up in a permanently vegetat
ive state."
Everyone was shocked when they
heard what he had to say. Even Dr. Alden, who had doubted his abilities j
ust a while ago, looked astonished. Dustin had simply
done a quick check on Mrs. Xenos' vitals and was able to tell them exactl
y what was wrong with
her. Was he really that capable? "Can you heal her, young man?" George wa
s instantly enlivened as he saw a spark of hope. He hadn't held out much
hope initially, but judging from what Dustin had just said, he could tell
that Dustin really knew what he was doing.
"It wouldn't be difficult. All that needs to be done is to drain out the
blood and see that she takes
her medications on time," Dustin said.
"Draining intracranial blood is no easy feat, young man. Besides, with Mr
s. Xenos' condition,
surgery is not an option," Dr. Alden reminded Dustin. Ultimately, he stil
l refused to believe that
Dustin was better than him.
"Who said anything about surgery? This can easily be done with needling,"
Dustin said matter–of-
factly.
"Needling? Are you kidding me?" Dr. Alden frowned. There was a life on th
e line. This wasn't a simple task!
"You don't believe me? Let's try and see, shall we?" Dustin couldn't be b
othered to explain any further.
Without saying much more, he took out some silver needles and inserted th
em into Mrs. Xenos' pressure points. One right on top of the head, one ne
ar the front hairline, one by each ear, one above each eye, and
finally, one on each side of her nape. After inserting all the needles, D
ustin channeled energy from within him and
directed it toward the needles. The needles vibrated and gave out a soft
buzzing sound. Then, wisps of true energy traveled along the silver needl
es into Mrs. Xenos' pressure points.
A brief while later, two streams of black blood trickled out of her nose.
The blood flowed out in steady streams until it gradually turned into fr
esh blood, which was crimson red before it slowly stopped.
"She'll be fine now." In one swift motion, Dustin extracted all the needl
es and kept them neatly in his pocket.
"That's all? You-
" Before Dr. Alden could complete his sentence, Mrs. Xenos groaned softly
, and her eyes fluttered open.