Chapter 47
"Didn't you just say there's nothing wrong?" After hearing Keith's condition, Joaquin gave a
displeased look.
"When I got in the car, there indeed wasn't any problem. I guess when we moved him, we
aggravated his injury. I was taken aback by the extent of his internal injury. His heart and
lungs have ruptured, and the tools I have on hand are insufficient to support the
operation. It's too late for him to be admitted to a major hospital. Nobody in Hovington
can save a patient that even I can't handle."
Ben approached him from behind with a solemn face.
Joaquin pursed his lips and fixed his gaze on Keith without a word. He's the only one who
might know the truth, but I haven't even gotten the chance to question him!
Distraught, Joaquin suddenly thought of a person who might save the situation.
Katherine!
The young man was in the same condition as Keith last time, but she saved his life with a
silver needle.
Perhaps she can save Keith this time as well.
"Please call Katherine and ask her to come over right away." Joaquin had a thought and
turned to face Ben with the instruction.
Stunned for a moment, Ben pointed to himself and asked, "Me?"
I don't even know her! Who am I to call her, Mr. Fiancé?
"Yes, you! Just tell her that you wanted to resuscitate him, but you failed. She needs to be
here now, otherwise, she can bid her brother goodbye." Joaquin nodded firmly.
Feeling a chill behind his back, Ben could only do as he was told seeing that Joaquin had
already made his decision.
As such, Ben phoned her after retrieving Joaquin's phone.
Kathrine, who was at Soulin International, was about to examine the Cornell Family's
internal surveillance video when she received a phone call.
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She checked the caller ID and it was from an unknown number in Hovington. She picked
up the phone and answered the call without hesitation before playing the video on the
laptop.
"Hello."
"Is this Miss Cornell?" Ben secretly glanced at Keith, who was nearly out of breath, and
broke out in cold sweat.
"Speaking. Who is this?" Katherine, who was watching the video's content, frowned.
"I'm Mr. Carlson. Your brother is heavily injured in the detention center and his injury is far
too severe. He's being rescued at my clinic right now, but his heart and lungs are
ruptured. There is no way to save him. You—"
Katherine stood up abruptly before Ben was about to finish his sentence. Her voice was
cold and stern as she questioned, "Where are you?"
"I'm at No. 377, Bushbury North Road. Please come as soon as possible. Keith may not be
able to make it and you will only have one last chance to see him—"
Katherine hung up the phone before Ben was able to finish his sentence. Without sparing
another glance at the playing video, she walked out of the room with a frosty visage.
Finally, she arrived at Bushbury North Road after a thirty-minutes journey. Her
countenance was insufferable and she was engulfed with a dark aura, making the people
around her terrified.
She pushed open the door to the clinic and a nurse quickly approached to inquire.
Without a care, she brushed past the nurse and went straight into Keith's ward.
Ben was inside when he noticed Katherine approaching as he apologized, "I'm really sorry,
Miss Cornell. I did my best, but your brother… He—"
"He'll be fine." Katherine's hands trembled slightly, as did her voice. She approached the
hospital bed and her gaze fixed on Keith before her.
They had only been separated for a few hours. Nothing would happen, he assured her. She
had assumed that the Downtown Public Security Bureau would never mess with him. His
life would be safe even if he suffered slightly.
To her surprise, she underestimated the ugliness of human nature.
"Miss Cornell…"
"Get out," Katherine spoke coldly and stepped forward to take Keith's hand in hers to
check his pulse.
Keith's current situation was dire and he was on the verge of dying.
The rage and guilt within Katherine threatened to drown her as her heart was racing with
anxiety.
She took out her needle pouch and opened it to reveal 108 gold needles of varying
lengths neatly wrapped in the pouch. Instantly, she grabbed three and punctured along
Keith's lifeline. Next, she trembled as she undid his clothes.
Keith's emaciated and puny body was riddled with horrifying blue and purple wounds that
looked horrifying to one. Her hands trembled as she took several deep breaths to relax.
She then took the golden needles and pierced each of Keith's major acupoints one at a
time.
"Can you set up an operating room here?" Katherine had used 49 of her golden needles.
While Keith's breathing remained weak, his condition was temporarily stabilized.
Befuddled, she asked lightly, knowing that Ben had remained at the door all this time.
"Yes. Do you want to operate on him?" He had yet to completely recover from his shock.
He also studied traditional medicine at one point in his life. Though he had never seen
Katherine's acupuncture technique before, he could tell it was vastly different.
For the time being, Keith's situation appeared to be stable. At the very least, the
instrument's data was consistent and Ben could not help but look at Katherine in surprise.
Joaquin's fiancé is incredible!
Why did everyone say that she's the lacking one in the Cornell Family?
Ben was taken aback. After a while, Katherine uttered, "Please set up an operating room
for me and I will operate on Keith on my own."
"You can do that? He is now in a very stable state. I advise you to stop taking chances and
hire a professional to do it." Although Ben found Katherine's Chinese medical techniques
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That was because he had read her profile before. Actually, she had never studied Western
medicine and conducting surgery was vastly different from acupuncture as it necessitated
extremely delicate skills. No matter how big or small a mistake was when it occurred, the
patient would either die or become disabled.
"No one is able to perform this surgery. If you can't arrange it here, I'll take him away,"
Kathrine replied lightly.
"Okay. I'll make arrangements for you because you insist on doing it yourself. But first,
let's talk about it. I'm not liable if something happens to Keith." Ben did not bother trying
to persuade her seeing that she was not self-conscious with her capabilities.
He wanted to see if Katherine could pull it off, so he told the nurse to set up an operating
room.
Katherine only requested the assistance of a nurse for passing medical devices while Ben
merely went into the operating room to watch her make a fool of herself.
After donning herself in a sterile suit, Katherine raised her hands and looked down at Keith
in front of her while standing still. "No. 3 scalpel," she finally instructed after a moment of
silence.
Except for the occasional sound from Katherine, the operating room was deafeningly
quiet. Ben originally stood in the distance to observe, but then dashed forward to stare at
her intently.
Keith suffered a serious injury. Five ribs were fractured, including two comminuted
fractures. There were also bone fragments in the heart and lungs to be addressed while
his bones had to be reconnected as well; this procedure was extremely challenging. If
Katherine was not cautious, Keith could lose his life.
Katherine's movements, on the other hand, were as smooth as running clouds and flowing
water; particularly her stitching technique, which made Ben's eyes almost pop out when
he witnessed it.
Even a top doctor with over fifty years of clinical experience would be unable to perform
this type of operation with such delicate skill.
What sorcery does Joaquin's fiancé possess?