A Man with Nerves of Steel의 모든 챕터: 챕터 321 - 챕터 330

A team of experts from the state authorities arrived. They asked Joseph to give a detailed explanation of how he had detoxified the mass poisoning at the girls' high school. It was a political task.Joseph knew perfectly well this was a ploy by the Zahn and Towne families to pry the treatment plan out of him—or maybe Jenna needed inspiration for her own treatment approach. So he just went by the book, reciting dry, overused theory in an equally dry tone.Halfway through, one of the experts, who clearly had no idea what he was listening to, asked, "Dr. Hart, could you put this in simpler terms? That way everyone can really understand it."Joseph didn't argue. He simply repeated the toxicology conclusion they had reached during the consultation—the poison had entered the body and damaged the heart and kidneys. That had, in turn, fed back to the brain's central nervous system and triggered the body's self-defense mechanism, causing the patient to lose consciousness.The expert still l

The first voices of doubt came from within.Joseph was called into Mason's office. A few of the hospital's senior specialists were already there, and they immediately confronted him."Dr. Hart, did you deliberately blow this anemia case out of proportion? This is going to spark unnecessary panic, and you'll be held responsible for it.""Exactly. You're dead wrong on this one, Dr. Hart. The patient is simply anemic. Your theory that someone is using his plasma to extend another person's life is just ridiculous.""Dr. Hart, you're wasting medical and legal resources. You've put Jenton University Hospital right in the eye of the storm, and that's a seriously irresponsible thing to do!"Joseph listened to their ranting patiently. He waited until they'd said their piece before replying, "I'll admit that I'm no different from all of you. I'm also quick to condemn others in the name of ethics and morality."After all, it's the easiest way to claim the moral high ground and put yourself

No sooner had Jenna left than Dolly came looking for Joseph. She wanted to pitch Joseph a business proposition. Someone at the sanatorium had caught wind of his theory of extending life through blood transfusions and wanted to try it."This is…"Joseph looked over the man's file. He was 60 years old and worth over a hundred million dollars. He wasn't one of Jenton's biggest tycoons, but he was certainly wealthy.The old man wasn't suffering from any serious disease. His organs had simply deteriorated with age, which forced him into early retirement and life in the sanatorium.Now that he'd heard that an exchange transfusion might let him live longer, he wanted to try it.The donor would be his illegitimate son, who had just turned 18, the youngest and closest direct blood relative the man had.The illegitimate son was still in high school and was set to take his SAT in June. Being born out of wedlock, he had a really hard life.His mother had suffered constant harassment and abu

Joseph believed he'd given Cora every opportunity to make things right, but she'd let them all slip away. That meant that she'd never taken him seriously.Or maybe she'd never respected their marriage from day one. She just assumed she held the upper hand in the relationship, that Joseph should revolve around her, and that her word was law.For years, Joseph had loved her so deeply that he would have given her the world. He never imagined that three DNA tests would expose his whole relationship as one big lie.He loved her, but she never loved him. That broke his heart and filled him with resentment. Since Cora had trampled on his dignity time and again, she was going to pay the price.After keeping busy at the hospital for a while, Joseph received a call from Dolly. She'd gotten her hands on a bottle of fine wine and invited him over to her place for a drink. He wrapped up his work and headed out.On the way, he made sure to shake off the people tailing him, whether they were Cor

Joseph received a call from Shirley. She wanted to bring Mia in for a checkup so Joseph could give her one last look-over before flying her out of the country for further recovery and treatment.Joseph wasn't opposed to it. The hospital had no shortage of doctors who could handle the physical exams, so he claimed he was too busy.Right after he hung up, Cora called. "Honey, the teacher called again. Selena is upset at school. You need to go down there and have a heart-to-heart with her.""Why are you telling me this? Handle it yourself.""You're her father—""Am I, though? Don't insult me, Cora."With that, Joseph ended the call. Selena had been calm for a while, but now she was back to causing trouble. Regardless, he no longer had any right to interfere because he wasn't her biological father.He had no business parenting some other man's child.After hanging up, Joseph thought it over. He couldn't rule out the possibility that this was another one of Cora's schemes. With Cora