*****Everybody glanced at the jade beauty upon hearing her shout and they all frowned slightly, the doctor included. “Are you still going to let him stay and continue disturbing my work?” The Doctor asked with a cold scoff, but the lady didn’t look at him. “Can you really heal my grandfather?” She inquired, gazing at Mark who was about to resign to fate and give up on the mission when he realized that he was about to be thrown out, shocking everybody, Mark included, especially when he saw the slight hope in her eyes.“She… she didn’t just ask the hungry beggar that question, did she?” Even the doctor couldn’t control his shock again, then his mouth opened widely. Back to Mark. After a moment of astonishment, his face gradually returned to normal, then he slowly heaved in and out before finally scrutinizing the patient whose seizure was only increasing by the moment, to check whether he could still treat him.After a second, Mark nodded his head slightly with a look of certainty a
***** At first, nobody could understand what Mark was doing, since it just looked as though he was merely sticking out needles randomly on the patient’s body, but eventually, someone realized what was different and called out. “Why… why does it look as though an image of a dragon is appearing every time he is about to insert the needles? Could… could I have seen wrongly?’ “Huh…” Everybody was confused when they heard this person, causing them to quickly squint their eyes at what Mark was doing, but when they still ended up seeing nothing different from what they were seeing before, some people thought that the speaker had exaggerated greatly, causing them to glare at him. “Could it be that you are in partnership with that swindler?” One of the on-lookers glared. “That’s right, ‘cause I’m still looking for the dragon you said to have…” “Ah… I’ve seen it. I’ve really seen it. Look very well at the top of each needle. Dragon seemed to always appear for a brief second before disappe
*****The elderly doctor, looking incredibly excited at this moment sent a mockery gaze at the lady. “You decided to listen to the word of a scammer against mine and ridicule me, didn't you? Hehehe. I hope you will be able to handle the repercussions.” Stating this without any intention to hide his joy, the old man’s head rose and an arrogant expression appeared on his face. He turned around and was about to swagger away, acting as though nothing concerned him again, with only him knowing the huge amount of relief that had descended upon him right now. ‘My reputation is saved!’ This was what he was screaming in his mind when he saw the crowd that had been clamoring and screaming about how Mark had ended up taking the patient’s life after all his showoff suddenly went quiet, then acting as though they had seen a ghost or a dead waking up, they stared dumbstruck at their front. The old man was dazed about these expressions for a second, then his confusion even intensified when he co
***** “Where is the young man who you said to have treated me?” The old man, who was treated by Mark hurriedly asked his granddaughter after learning about everything that occurred when he was unconscious, well, most of the things that had happened, as his granddaughter had dared not to relay everything to him.As soon as the question landed, the gazes of the crowd who hadn’t dispersed began to turn around, hurriedly searching for Mark. They combed through the place repeatedly with their eyes before they slowly realized the disbelieving truth after failing to find even the slightest trace of Mark that he had actually left.Everybody was left dazed for some time after this realization.None of them could believe that someone like Mark would actually leave after doing such a meritorious deed of saving the life of one of the most powerful people in the city. They began to exchange blank gazes of shock before finally sighing heavily.“Looks like we’ve really wronged that person.” “Hm
*****“Has he caused damage to your body?” The doctor hurriedly inquired upon hearing the old man and seeing the look on his face.The old doctor appeared excited again as though that was the best news he would ever hear in a long time. As for the crowd, who like the doctor failed to hear what the old man had previously said to his granddaughter. they became quiet and didn’t know what to think, also assuming that Mark had done something wrong to his body, based on the expression on the old man’s face. However, in response to their question, the old man glanced in the old doctor’s direction, then his eyes became filled with coldness. “And you were furious about being called a quack doctor? Are you not a quack doctor now if you can't even know my current condition after being my personal doctor all these years?” “What?” The old doctor was dumbstruck upon hearing the ridiculing words thrown at him.As for the crowd, they gasped, but the old man didn't stop, instead, he continued matt
***** “Where is my fucking money?” With eyes that had turned slightly red like those of a beast, the driver, a middle-aged man, going towards seventy yelled at Mark and glared fiercely at him. “I…” Mark was thoroughly nervous. “But I swear to God that I had money on me earlier, I have no idea about where I could have misplaced it.” He became utterly helpless. He thought hard, recalling all the processes of receiving the money earlier from the site. Mark was one hundred percent certain that he had put the money into his pants pocket. He quickly checked the pocket again, hoping upon hope that he was the one who hadn’t checked well the other time, however, he only ended up finding nothing. Suddenly, Mark’s heart skipped slightly in his chest upon feeling an aura that made a subtle adrenaline crawl down his spine. He quickly raised his head, only for him to see that the face of the middle-aged man was already filled to the brim with aggressiveness. And just then, Mark saw the other
*****“Plate number?”Although everybody was able to see that the owner of the car wasn't ordinary, given how expensive and scarce the car is, they don't give a damn, particularly due to how there were a lot of wealthy people in the city and how the driver had driven roughly, which had awoken their anger.They however went quiet after feeling the great shock in the voice of the person who had just yelled and finally, all heads turned in the direction of the car that had just parked a few steps beside them now, and all gazes went toward the plate number. In the following moment, however, all the eyes that saw the plate number went completely wide with both shock and fright. “The Jackson family?” Their hearts thundered in their chests and their mouth opened. Just as everybody was wondering if their luck was really that great, that they had chanced upon a member of the powerful family, the two front doors were opened and two men in black suits rushed down to go open the back door. “
***** “My ears are not working properly again, right?” Someone in the crowd finally dipped his forefingers into his ears after a moment of shock, breaking the deep silence that had permeated the place. Everybody was startled back to their senses when they heard this person, and then they all also started cleaning their ears, as though it were their ears that hadn’t worked.Well, who could blame their current action? The Jackson family, as previously mentioned was one of the most powerful families in Rex City. Apart from being the most powerful family, it owns one of the biggest real estate companies in the city. Just by knowing a single person from the family, the life of a person is going to change completely, as there is no way you wouldn’t become wealthy by knowing them. It was even rumored that every single worker of the family, from the gardener to the cleaner was wealthy in their own ways, each owing cars and their own house. Recalling all this, the crowd, despite realizi
*****“Sir commissioner, who would have thought that you’d also be invited to this banquet? My name is Rashmond and I am the CEO of Rashmond Medicines. Please do take care of me in the future.”“Brother Rashmond, nice meeting you. Please, make sure to also take care of me in the future.”Deep within the estate, inside a not-too-big hall that was elegantly and beautifully decorated, with bright light illuminating it, making it resemble a day, groups of influential and affluent people were busy building connections with each other right now.Although it was said that the banquet wasn’t open to the outside, the descendants of the Jackson family had invited a few of their friends, so, it still has up to fifty outsiders in it right now.Everybody was presently acting as though they didn’t mind, but it was obvious that they were already fed up with their nonstop waiting for the Old Master of the Jackson family, the main reason why most of them were there. Whether big or small, everyb
*****Mark, “_”‘Who knows me?’He couldn’t help but suddenly frown slightly before turning his head in the direction where he was being called.The following second, his mouth gaped and he became dumbstruck.“Mister, are you entering or not?”“I…”Mark quickly turned back when he heard the grumble of the driver of the taxi he was just about to enter.He hesitated for a brief moment, then he shook his head.“I’m incredibly sorry, sir, but I think…”“You are not going. Nonsense.”The driver, a grumpy-looking man hissed angrily, then not allowing Mark to finish his words, he pressed hard on the pedals, almost stepping on Mark’s feet.“Why are people always angry these days, anyway?”He shook his head and turned around, just in time to see the jade beauty who had been running toward him reach him.“Mister Mark!” She called gently, looking as though she would tear up.Mark was confused and he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable and a bit irritated by this sight that made h
*****As though the people inside were a group of country’s threat, who were being chased by all the various security departments of the country, an incredibly fast speeding car could be seen on a long tarred road right now, and even the slightest divergent and collusion could cause the most fatal accident that would take the passenger’s lives. “I…”Inside the car, the mouth of the Jade beauty, who had never been snapped upon or gotten furious upon by her grandfather before since she came to the world was opened wide with shock and disbelief, but feeling his present state, she breathed in.She still wanted to convince her grandfather to slow down, but she was able to tell that his present state gave no space to a no, so she gently nodded her head and then continued searching hard.Honestly, although she was greatly amazed by everything about Mark, which she had learned from her grandfather the previous day, she still felt that he was being greatly overestimated.The jade beauty
*****“You… you guys just did what?”Still at the gate. The mouths of the Grandfather and Granddaughter duo were incredibly wide open with both shock and deep disbelief at this moment and they were presently busily gapping at the second security guard who had begun to shiver hysterically, looking like someone who had been imprisoned in a hundred years old ice.The guard wasn’t able to respond, and his heart was bleeding really badly as he sobbed within, wondering how he had unfortunately been partnered together with his stupid colleague.Meanwhile, seeing the look on the guard’s face made the grandfather and granddaughter duo realize that the guard was really serious, that they had truly sent Mark, with whom he had made up his mind to build a perfect and seamless connection with, away.“Just pray that I will be able to find him and convince him to come back!”The old man finally growled after a long time had passed and then his body released a strong killing intent that made the
***** Back at the gate. After driving Mark away, although the rude security guard did not feel entirely satisfied that he wasn't able to fulfill his desire to oppress and break a few of his limbs as he had intended, he still felt invigorated. It was as if he had just taken a refreshing, cold bath after enduring days of scorching heat and dirt. “When last had it been since I was able to use my power as a security guard to this level of satisfaction? The feeling is so great and amazing!” As though he had just achieved something great, the rude security guard still sighed with contentment, still standing before the gate and looking through the rectangular window on it. “I’ve always been respectful to every single person I come across ever since I began to work as the security guard of this estate, because a single word from any of them could ruin my entire life completely, but tonight, I finally managed to slightly curb my hunger of using my power... but how much I so much wish for
***** Immediately following the echo of the abrupt voice, silence enveloped the area outside the gate. It was so profound that one could hear a pin drop. A moment later, the few people present there shifted their vacant stares toward the direction from which the scornful voice, which was filled to the brim with disbelief, emanated. In the luxurious car parked outside the gate, the driver, a short middle-aged man, turned his blank gaze towards the rear. His mouth hung open in bewilderment for a prolonged moment the next second, until... “You little troublemaker. Haven't we made a conclusion before we left home to do our utmost to avoid causing any disturbances here today?!” The short man emitted a low growl, barely audible to the person seated in the back seat of the car, looking completely helpless and frustrated. Upon hearing his father's voice and sensing his deep concern, Gab directly understood his fear, which was that he might have offended someone he shouldn't have offende
***** “Who are you, and why are you on the property of the Jackson family?” Mark, who had been standing in confusion in front of an incredibly tall and massive black gate, was suddenly startled back to his senses. He quickly looked around, trying to search for the source of the sound, but no, he saw nothing. “Brat, are you deaf or what? What are you looking for?” Mark, “_” He couldn’t help but suddenly frown slightly after a second of blankness, but then he sighed. “I’m here for the banquet of the old master of the Jackson family,” he said calmly, finally locating a tiny sound system, where the rude voice that was speaking to him had originated. The sound system was incredibly small, but Mark was amazed by its quality, projecting sound in a way that one would think was coming directly from the speaker and not from a projector. After Mark’s slight amazement, he waited for a response to his words, but he saw and heard none coming. This silence, however, persisted for several
***** “That stupid and useless wretch actually dares to hang the call on me?! What the audacity? How dare she?!” At this moment, an aged man, who was radiating nothing, but strength, power, and authority was consumed with intense fury. He paced about, his body emitting a strong killing intent that could make anybody die from fear. He began to puff heavily, feeling like going on a killing spree. The old man with grey hair was Mark’s grandfather, Maria’s father. He had never liked Maria since the beginning of time, instead, all his love had always been toward her stepbrothers and stepsister. He had mostly always acted indifferent toward her and would never praise her, no matter how many positive things she had contributed to the family or how much she worked for its growth. The hatred and intense disgust towards her began when Maria declined to marry the man of his choice. The man he believed would have elevated his family to a position of great power and prestige in the co
*****“Father please I need your help! Anything at all! Please! My children, your grandchildren are now homeless, and they’ve known nothing but suffering all their lives! Please! Just a small apartment where I could slowly pay back in the future will do!”Mark's mother spoke rapidly, acting as though she was eating something incredibly hot without pausing or punctuating her words.It was as if she was fearing that she might lose the courage to convey her purpose for calling if she ever stopped even for a moment.Once she had finished explaining her purpose, however, a prolonged silence that made her feel a great discomfort followed. She waited patiently, but no response came. This led her to suspect that her father had disconnected the call.Just as she was on the verge of checking the cell phone’s screen, to ascertain her thoughts, though, a burst of hysterical laughter echoed through the cell phone.“Kakakakakaka!!!”The laughter wasn’t only long, it was loud as hell and fi