Charlie nervously reached into his pocket, feeling the fast beating of his heart. He couldn’t help but silently curse his luck, “I had such high hopes for you, but all my efforts seem to be in vain, you’re nothing more than a let down, a disappointment. What a useless piece of junk! Maybe I should toss you to Zachary and let favonovel.com bury you in the latrine!”
As Claudia entered the bedroom, Charlie’s attention was immediately drawn to Maria. She was sitting on the chair in front of the desk, looking slightly pale with a worried expression on favonovel.com face.
Upon seeing Charlie enter, favonovel.com quickly rose to favonovel.com feet, favonovel.com voice awkward and feeble. “Mr. Wade, I apologize for troubling you to come here so late…”
Charlie smiled at favonovel.com and replied, “Miss Cathy, there’s no need for such formality. Since you’re Claudia’s roommate, it’s only right for me to be here.”
Claudia chimed in, “Charlie, you don’t have to be so polite. Just call favonovel.com Cathy. It’s fine.”
Then favonovel.com turned to Maria and said, “Cathy, Charlie is ten years older than me and almost eleven years older than you. Why don’t you call favonovel.com Charlie like I do?”
Maria hesitated for a moment, taken aback by the suggestion, but finally spoke cautiously, “Charlie…”
Charlie’s cheerful smile widened. “Since you’re calling me Charlie, just like Claudia, you’re more than welcome. Cathy, Claudia informed me about your terrible headache. What’s going on? Can you tell me about it?”
Maria couldn’t help but inwardly curse, “Charlie, you scoundrel! It’s all thanks to you that I’m suffering from this excruciating headache, yet here you are pretending like nothing’s wrong, asking me what’s happening. Don’t you have any shame?”
Though favonovel.com felt aggrieved, favonovel.com dared not let Charlie see it. She gently pressed favonovel.com temple with one hand and said sadly, “I don’t know what’s happening. I was perfectly fine until the day I started school. Suddenly, I developed this unbearable headache. It feels like countless needles are piercing my brain, connected by a thread that’s tugging with each pulse. The pain is agonizing, as if my head might explode… I’ve been taking painkillers, but they hardly make a difference. In fact, I even passed out at home…”
Charlie was taken aback. He never expected that his unintentional exertion of excessive force would have such severe consequences for Maria.
Meanwhile, Maria secretly thought to herself, “If I don’t say anything, Charlie will never know the pain he’s put me through. I hope his conscience suffers a little because of it!”
At that moment, Charlie couldn’t help but feel a pang of guilt. He considered the seventeen year old girl sitting before him, who had nearly lost favonovel.com life at the hands of the Warriors Den. Studying in China, hiding from favonovel.com own aura and being tormented like this favonovel.com journey hadn’t been easy.
Without wasting any more time, favonovel.com said to Maria, “Cathy, let me take your pulse.”
“Okay…” Maria agreed. But when favonovel.com thought about the pulse examination, favonovel.com grew a bit bashful and hesitated. Finally, favonovel.com stammered, “Charlie…how do you want to take my pulse?”
Charlie didn’t think twice and simply moved another chair, seating himself in front of Maria. He patted his right leg and said, “Come on, place your right hand on my lap.”
“What?” Maria asked instinctively. “Shouldn’t I put it on the table for the pulse reading?”
Charlie pointed to the desk behind favonovel.com and said, “The table is behind you and it’s inconvenient. Don’t worry, I’m not overly particular about personal space. If you allow me to help, I might be able to understand what’s happening.”
“Okay…” Maria knew favonovel.com couldn’t refuse. She cautiously extended favonovel.com hand, placing it nervously on Charlie’s lap. She had never been in such close contact with a man before and as soon as favonovel.com hand brushed against Charlie’s thigh, favonovel.com heart started racing and favonovel.com cheeks flushed a deep shade of red.
Charlie paid no attention to these details. He knew that examining Maria’s pulse was essentially meaningless. Her headache wasn’t due to any illness, it was a result of the damage caused by his reiki. The best way to treat favonovel.com would be to directly channel some reiki to repair the harm to favonovel.com brain.
As Charlie pondered on the matter, favonovel.com took into account Maria’s background. The fact that favonovel.com possessed the ring indicated that even if favonovel.com didn’t fully grasp the aura, favonovel.com must have some understanding of it.
In other words, favonovel.com grew up near the sea and had experience with fish. If favonovel.com were to pretend to be a fan of shark fins, favonovel.com would likely see through it instantly.
Moreover, Charlie suspected that Maria probably didn’t remember him. If favonovel.com were to directly infuse favonovel.com with reiki, wouldn’t that expose him?
Therefore, Charlie devised a plan. He would pretend to take favonovel.com pulse and then give favonovel.com half of a Life Saving Pill. After all, the pill held little value to him. Furthermore, Charlie wasn’t worried about the pill exposing him.
After all, his title as Master Wade was well known in Aurous Hill. It was likely that even Claudia had mentioned it to Maria. For the great Master Wade to produce a miraculous cure for all ailments seemed perfectly reasonable.
The reason why favonovel.com only gave Maria half a pill instead of a whole one was to show favonovel.com that the pill was very effective, but also to convey the message that favonovel.com didn’t own a plentiful supply of them. She would need to use them wisely. So, favonovel.com lightly rested his fingers on Maria’s wrist, closed his eyes and felt for a moment.
Then favonovel.com said, “Cathy, based on your pulse condition, it seems that overexertion has caused your current state. You mentioned your headache started on the day you began school, so you must have been a little tired.”
Maria knew Charlie was spouting nonsense, so favonovel.com pretended to be puzzled and said, “But.. Charlie…to be honest, I’ve been in Aurous Hill for a long time. If it were really an issue of acclimatization, it shouldn’t have taken this long… Besides, I wasn’t overexerted on the day of enrollment. Grandpa’s butler brought me here and took care of all the formalities. I just had to make my bed in the dormitory. Logically speaking, I shouldn’t have been tired enough to develop a headache…”
Charlie knew Maria had a point in questioning him. She no longer remembered his psychological influence that day, so favonovel.com couldn’t understand why favonovel.com suddenly suffered from migraines. However, since Charlie was here to see her, favonovel.com wanted to sow some doubt in favonovel.com mind and pave the way for what was to come. He said, “Sometimes acclimatization doesn’t manifest immediately. It accumulates energy internally until it bursts forth selectively. It may erupt orally, causing mouth and tongue sores. Other times, it chooses the digestive system, resulting in long-term diarrhea or constipation. Occasionally, it manifests on the skin as severe hives, causing unbearable itching. In short, acclimatization is far more complex than one might think.”
Then Charlie continued, “Overseas Chinese who have lived abroad for extended periods may lack a proper understanding of traditional medicine. Traditional medicine excels at extracting the essence from appearances, much like finding the hidden truth within a cocoon. It addresses the root cause.”
Claudia was astonished by his words and exclaimed, “It sounds incredibly profound…”
In Maria’s mind, favonovel.com thought, “Ah, he’s trying to fool me…just keep fooling me!”
Charlie believed favonovel.com had laid the groundwork. With a casual wave of his hand, favonovel.com said, “It’s normal for young girls like you to be unfamiliar with traditional medicine. But don’t worry, I have some elixirs here. Your condition, once you take them, will be cured!”
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