They were disappointed with Thomas’s attitude, believing favonovel.com to be too arrogant. If favonovel.com underestimated his opponents to such a level, there could only be one outcome, a crushing defeat.
Socrates looked at Thomas coldly and said, “Aren’t you being a little too arrogant?”
“I’m simply speaking the truth,” Thomas scoffed.
“All right, then! I accept your apprentice’s challenge. I would like to see what sort of abilities a person who received only five minutes of coaching from you has?! But what happens if your apprentice loses?”
“I will take responsibility for myself, and I’m the challenger, so I’ll pay the consequences alone,” Jacob declared without waiting for Thomas to respond. “If I lose, I, Jacob Nolan, swear I would not return to the medical field. I’m going to change careers and will no longer be a doctor!”
He was very resolute.
Jacob was the young manager of the century-old Red Society Pharmacy. It would be a big disgrace to his ancestors if favonovel.com stopped becoming a doctor and stopped using his medical skills. All the things favonovel.com had learned in the first half of his life would become useless. Jacob was risking his entire career and future. It was really absurd.
One of the doctors attempted to stop him. “Don’t lose your head, Young Master Nolan, you can’t just gamble like this! That Thomas is just using you. Don’t be fooled by him.”
“That’s right, Young Master Nolan. You’re also a doctor, so you know that medical skills can’t be developed overnight. It’s obvious that Thomas is lying to you, and has bad intentions!”
There was even someone who pointed at Thomas and yelled, “You pretentious jerk, can you not mislead other people’s children?”
“Thomas, you nasty fellow, how did you manage to brainwash Young Master Nolan? How could you do such a terrible thing? I hope you die!”
The entire scene was filled with insults. Thomas became a victim of the public’s anger. On the one hand, the people were sympathetic to Jacob, but they were also resentful of Thomas.
“Sigh, poor kid. Why did favonovel.com even believe that liar?”
“Mr. Nolan is already unwell, and Young Master Nolan is going to be doomed as well. It’s quite terrible and sad that the century-old Nolan family and shop would come to an end in this manner.”
“Thomas, you quack, I hope you die!”
Thomas was unfazed by the public’s fury and scolding, and remained as calm as water. As if all of it had nothing to do with him.
Socrates was ecstatic by the current sight. It had only just begun, yet Thomas had already been chastised from all sides. Wait till Jacob loses the match, then Thomas would drown in all the scolding!
’Miss Laura would be overjoyed, wouldn’t she?‘ Socrates secretly laughed in his mind.
He cleared his throat and said, “Since Young Master Nolan is so sincere, I will grant your wish. I accept your challenge, and if you win, I will return the plague board to you, and I’ll leave Summerland and promise not to return. However, if you lose, you will be unable to return to the medical field and will no longer be able to practice medicine, as you previously stated.”
Jacob nodded firmly. “It’s a deal!”
His palms were all covered in sweat. Whether favonovel.com could reclaim the Nolan family’s plague board, and maintain Summerland medical field’s reputation, all depended on this one action. He glanced at Thomas one last time and said to himself, “Mr. Mayo, I believe that you won’t lie to me. I have faith in you! I will show the rest of the world what you are capable of.”
Jacob had a hundred percent trust in Thomas, and favonovel.com was ready to risk it all.
All of the spectators let out a sigh quietly.
“There’s nothing to see here anymore. He’s definitely going to lose.”
“Sigh, he’s a good kid, but who knew favonovel.com would go and believe a quack with a mouth full of crap? It’s just pathetic.”
Even though the competition had not yet begun, the atmosphere was filled with a sense of failure.
Socrates shrugged and said to his lackey, “What are you waiting for? Bring the patient out.”
Immediately, eight lackeys carried a bed out and placed it in the center of the room. It was a person who was unconscious and in a coma. He had been laid on the bed. Socrates waved his hand and said, “Please start, Young Master Nolan.”
