Everyone was stunned when they saw Andrew return to consciousness. The doctors were dumbstruck when they noticed the monitors showing Andrew’s vital signs were all normal. Who would have expected a young man like Dustin to cure an unknown disease that had stumped the entire specialist team? This was unheard of!
“That’s amazing! Grandfather is awake!”
Ruth burst into tears of happiness when she saw her grandfather’s recovery. Natasha also breathed a sigh of relief.
“Mr. Rhys, I don’t know how to thank you for this. From now on, you are the Harmon family’s honored guest!”
She bowed deeply to Dustin.
“You’re welcome, Ms. Harmon. It was no trouble at all.”
Dustin gave her a small smile. However, Dustin’s humble words irked Dr. Jansen. He and his team had done all they could to cure Andrew, but this punk called it “no trouble at all?” Clearly, Dustin was insulting them indirectly!
“Hey, you! What’s up with the centipede? Why would there be a centipede in my grandfather’s body?” Ruth spoke up.
“This is not a normal centipede. It’s actually a venomous curse.” Dustin turned to Andrew. “Mr. Harmon, where were you recently? Have you eaten anything out of the ordinary?”
“You’re spot on. A few days ago, I was at Millsburg for a party and drank some wine.” Andrew nodded.
“If I’m not mistaken, you must have been cursed,” Dustin concluded.
“Cursed?”
Andrew was taken aback. The rest of them stared at each other in surprise. After all, it wasn’t every day that someone got cursed.
“Don’t spout nonsense! It’s illogical that this could be a curse! If you ask me, Mr. Harmon must have ingested centipede eggs by mistake!” Dr. Jansen interrupted.
“Dr. Jansen, any normal centipede eggs would have been digested by the stomach’s acid! It’s fine if you are not familiar with this, but do not spread false information!” Dustin retorted calmly.
“You…” Dr. Jansen shut up when he caught sight of Natasha’s deadly glare.
“Mr. Rhys, thank you for your diagnosis. I will investigate this further,” Natasha said seriously.
She had heard of venomous curses before, however, she had no personal experience. Who would have thought that her grandfather was suffering from this? Natasha was determined to make the perpetrators pay for this!
“Now that the curse is lifted, you should feed him this prescription for five days to remove the toxins from his body.” Dustin scribbled on some paper.
“Thank you so much, Mr. Rhys.” Natasha took the prescription gratefully.
“Alright, I will excuse myself since there’s nothing more to be done.” Dustin got up to leave.
“Let me see you off.” Natasha got up as well.
“Sis, what should I do with these insects?” Ruth interjected.
“Dr. Jansen mentioned that he was going to eat those insects. Since he was the one who requested it, we shall fulfill his wish! All of you, make sure he finishes those insects before leaving!” Natasha said coldly.
“What?” Dr. Jansen went pale.
At this moment, in another hospital room, a similar scene of chaos was unfolding.
“Mom! How could Rhys hit me? Please, you have to teach him a lesson!”
James was whining on the hospital bed with his head bound up tightly. Only his nose and mouth could be seen.
“Don’t worry, I will get even with him for you!” Florence comforted James gently.
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