The words of the health doctor, however, shocked Nie Zhenbang. As the dedicated health physician for the old patriarch, he held sole responsibility for the patriarch's health, and there was no question of divided loyalty. And, fundamentally, every health doctor needed to be committed for life. Moreover, whether he could ever serve as a health doctor again remained to be seen.
Given that even Doctor Lin said that the old patriarch's health was probably not so good, Nie Zhenbang also asked, "Uncle Lin, can you tell me the truth, how much longer can the old patriarch endure?"
Predicting life and death was something that doctors were least willing to do, let alone when the person in question was of such special status. The patriarch's importance to the Nie family and the Nie clan required no explanation. He was a guiding figure. Predicting the patriarch's prospects was even more difficult.
