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Chapter 4

Author: Footsteps Forest
At that exact moment, a livestream had already started online.

The headline read, [Disgraced Specialist Theo Reid Backs Down, Live Consultation Now Streaming].

With Foster Enterprises boosting the story behind the scenes, and yesterday's outrage still fresh, people online had been looking for somewhere to unload.

Less than ten minutes after the livestream started, more than a million viewers had poured in.

The chat moved so fast it was impossible to keep up.

[This piece of trash finally backed down. For once, money did something useful!]

[Can't wait to watch this fake doctor humiliate himself!]

[Poor Lionel. Imagine being stuck with this monster as your doctor!]

Lionel lay in the hospital bed, his face still pale and haggard.

When he saw me, he shrank back slightly. "Gracie…"

He had no idea that millions of eyes were watching him.

"Don't worry. He's here to examine you this time."

Gracie handed him the apple, then stood and walked over to me. Because she knew we were live, she carried herself with particular arrogance.

"Theo, get to work. Examine my brother right now. If you can't cure him, I'll make sure you never practice medicine again."

I ignored her and walked straight to the medical cart beside the bed.

As I put on gloves, I gave her a cold glance.

Gracie clenched her teeth, but with the cameras running, she held back and only gave a cold laugh.

Then she stepped aside and crossed her arms.

The hospital room fell quiet.

With my back to the hidden camera, I picked up the stethoscope and pressed it to Lionel's chest.

"Inhale. Exhale."

Lionel cooperated well. His breathing was especially heavy, and his brows were drawn tight.

The comments filled again with sympathy for him and abuse for me.

I lowered the stethoscope, then picked up the stack of medical reports the Fosters had gathered from major hospitals over the years.

Late-stage heart failure. Myocardial ischemia. Each diagnosis was written more seriously than the last.

I flipped through the pages one by one, my brows slowly tightening. After about five minutes, I slapped the stack of reports onto the bed.

I removed my gloves and turned around.

"Lionel, this condition of yours really is difficult to treat."

Gracie sneered toward the direction of the camera. "What's that supposed to mean? Aren't you supposed to be an expert? Even you can't treat him? Looks like you really are a fraud!"

The comments started flooding in again.

[I knew he was a fraud!]

[He's just trying to dodge responsibility. The Fosters need to make sure he never works again!]

I ignored all of it and said quietly, "I can't treat him because he isn't sick at all."

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