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Kenneth immediately took out his checkbook and swiftly wrote a cheque for one hundred thousand dollars to the doctor, saying, “I’ll give you another nine hundred thousand if the man you introduced can really cure me!”
The doctor took the cheque from Kenneth and looked at it with starry eyes. Then, he said, “There is a genius doctor in Auruos Hill, Dr. Simmons. He cured a quadriplegic patient in our hospital a few days ago, which was a miracle in our neurology field! He has a clinic in the city, Serene World Clinic. If you see him, maybe he can cure you.”
Kenneth was stunned for a moment, and asked joyfully, “Dr. Simmons, could you be referring to Anthony Simmons by any chance?”
“Oh? Do you know Doctor Simmons?” The doctor asked curiously.
Kenneth laughed delightedly. “Of course, and it’s more than an acquaintance! The famous doctor you mentioned is our family’s friend! Back then, when he was down and out, it was our family that helped him to rise again and achieve what he has now. I didn’t know that he stays in Aurous Hill now, that’s great!”
He jumped up from the bed and urged Christopher, “Hurry, get me to Dr. Simmons’s clinic now!”
After asking for the address of Anthony’s clinic, Christopher quickly drove Kenneth to Serene World Clinic.
As soon as they arrived at the clinic’s entrance, Kenneth hopped out of the car and dashed into the clinic anxiously when he saw a man that seemed to be a clinic staff pushing a young man with crutches out of the door.
The young man limped miserably while pleading, “Sir, sir, please, I beg you! Please inform Dr. Simmons that I need his help. I’ll give him five million dollars if he can fix my legs!”
The clinic staff said coldly, “Sorry, Mr. Grant. Dr. Simmons said that you have offended his savior, so he will not attend to you no matter how much money you pay!”
Then, he continued, “By the way, Mr. Grant. You’ve come here every day for the past few days to the point that it disrupts our normal business. Dr. Simmons said that he will call the police if you come back tomorrow!”
The young man on crutches whined with a painful grimace, “Please, sir, can you please convey my message to Dr. Simmons? I’ll give you a million dollars as my messenger!”
The clinic staff pushed him out the door and growled, “Please, just go, and don’t come back again!”
Christopher recognized the young man!
He was Jason Grant!
Rumor had it that he had offended Joe at the auto show. When Jacob had been hospitalized, once again, he had caused a scene in disagreement with Joe and was shoved out of the window from the ward on the third floor of the hospital by Don Albert, breaking his legs in the process.
Christopher hurried forward and asked in surprise, “Hey, Mr. Grant, what happened to you?”
“Uncle Wilson?” Jason recognized Christopher too. He sighed dejectedly and said, “Look at me. My legs were broken, and it’s quite severe. The doctor said that I might not be able to walk properly again for the rest of my life, so I’m here to seek help from Dr. Simmons. However, he didn’t even want to see me and kicked me out…”
Christopher was startled and asked, “Is it because of Joe that Dr. Simmons is not willing to see you?”
“Yes…” Jason grit his teeth and cursed, “I didn’t know that even the renowned Dr. Simmons would be bewitched by that crooked liar!”
Kenneth was equally surprised. “Oh? What’s going on? Does Uncle Simmons know Joe too?”
Christopher nodded. “Yes, and they seem very close too, but I don’t know what’s going on between them.”
Kenneth sneered, “Hah! My relationship with Uncle Simmons is at a different level than him! I’ve known Uncle Simmons from when I was three years old, it has been more than 50 years now!”
Then, he walked into the clinic with a smug look and shouted, “Uncle Simmons! Help me, Uncle Simmons!”
The clinic staff who had just kicked Jason out said, “Sir, we’re already closed. Please come back tomorrow if you want to see the doctor!”
Kenneth hurriedly said, “Uncle Simmons and I are old friends! He is my family friend!”
Anthony heard the commotion and emerged from his room. He was surprised by what he saw and blurted out, “Kenneth? When did you come to Aurous Hill? Why are you here?”
Kenneth answered, “It’s a long story. Anyway, Uncle Simmons, there’s something wrong with me, you must help me…”
“Okay, calm down, tell me what happened.”
Kenneth sighed and started explaining his condition.
Anthony frowned as he listened to Kenneth’s description of his unusual disorder.
Penile necrosis?
This was an extraordinarily tricky problem!
There was no known effective way of treating this problem in both Chinese and Western medicine. If it was truly necrosis, it was essentially untreatable.
Anthony hurriedly asked, “How did it happen? What did you do? Penile necrosis is a very rare disorder!”
Kenneth didn’t want to talk about his embarrassing incident, so he mumbled, “I don’t know how, but it happened just like that. I went to the Silverwing Hospital to have it checked, and the doctor said that it was necrosis…”
Then, he wailed and pleaded, “Uncle Simmons, please help me! Only you can help me now!”
Anthony felt that the problem was trickier than he could handle. Even with his medical skills, the most he could do was stabilize the necrosis so that his penis didn’t wither, but it was impossible to cure the necrosis and restore its function…
He sighed and said, “Kenneth, necrosis is universally known to be a tricky and difficult problem to solve. It is very serious, and I’m afraid there’s nothing I can do…”
Kenneth said urgently, “Uncle Simmons, I heard from the doctor at the hospital that you can even cure a patient who was paralyzed from the neck down. I’m only paralyzed right there, why can’t you do anything about it?”
“Frankly speaking, it’s not incurable, but the cost of the treatment is too high,” Anthony continued hesitantly, “I have a magical elixir from my savior, and the effect of the pill is very amazing and powerful. I think you’ll get better after taking only half a pill.”
Kenneth grinned from ear to ear and pleaded, “Uncle Simmons, please give the pill to me, then! You can’t just stand there and watch me become impotent!”
Anthony was a little reluctant, and he said earnestly, “Kenneth, truth be told, I intended to keep the pill for emergency purposes.
You know, healers do not heal themselves. I’m very old now, I may need to use the pill to save my own life when I’m dying someday…”
Kenneth hurriedly knelt on the floor and cried, “Uncle Simmons, you must help me! For the sake of my father and the many years of friendship between our two families, you must help me!”
Anthony pondered for a moment, his heart pounding vigorously as he struggled with his thoughts.
After a while, he heaved a long sigh and said, “Okay, fine. I’ll give you the pill…”
He had received a favor from Kenneth’s father many years ago, and although he had repaid their favors by being their family doctor for several decades, he couldn’t be indifferent to Kenneth’s disorder.
When Anthony finally yielded, Kenneth yelled in excitement and thanked Anthony over and over again.