Chapter 229: In Trouble
Otis’s tone turned harsh. “Then why are you in City?”
“Master, I… I ran into the injured Sera Kleinberg in the park! I was trying to save soone! Yes, Sera was also deceived by that villain Alex!” Eric Vaughn launched into another tirade about Alex’s supposed cris.
“Silence!” Otis slamd his hand on the bed fra, his face turning livid. “This City is very far from Dawson Family City! There’s a whole province in between! I told you to go to the Dawson family and fulfill the agreent with Dawson Family, but instead, you ran off to the City causing trouble! Let ask you, with the cities being so far apart, are you an idiot?!”
Eric Vaughn was completely stunned.
What’s going on? What’s wrong with Master? Why is he suddenly swearing? What did I do? Didn’t I just get lost the first ti down the mountain? Is it really that big a deal?
“Master, it’s not my fault I got lost, right? I don’t have a phone, and I can’t read a map. Getting lost is pretty normal!” Thinking about this, Eric Vaughn felt deeply wronged.
Technology down the mountain developed too fast; he couldn’t keep up.
When soone first called him a ‘country bumpkin’, Eric Vaughn actually thought it was a complint. He was happy about it for a while, even saying ‘thank you’ several tis!
When he finally learned the truth, tears stread down his face.
“Then how do you explain killing soone while treating them?” This was the one thing Otis could not tolerate.
When had an heir of Valley ever killed a patient? Eric Vaughn had set a terrible precedent for the valley.
Otis worried the ancestors of Valley wouldn’t be able to rest in their coffins and would pop out just to drag Eric Vaughn down with them.
He’s brought sha upon Valley!
An heir of the to his techniques and killing soone while trying to save them! And the key point is, the patient he killed wasn’t even dying from so incurable disease! It was just a simple stroke!
He himself could cure that blindfolded!
“Master, you know my dical skills! Although they’re not as good as yours, they aren’t bad either! I really wanted to save him that ti, but things didn’t go as planned! But I was frad by a villain! I’m innocent!” Eric Vaughn even dropped to his knees.
To this day, he couldn’t figure out why he had been so unlucky that day. The needle technique was so familiar, yet that ti, he just couldn’t hit the right points.
It was strange, very strange.
Hmm… It must have been that bastard Alex pulling tricks!
“Shut up! You can’t even cure a simple stroke, and you still have the nerve to say your skills aren’t bad? You’ve completely shad Valley!”
Otis’s face was etched with disappointnt. “Killing soone is bad enough, but you also managed to get yourself into this state! Valley has no place for such a useless disciple like you!”
What does that an?
Eric Vaughn panicked completely. “Master, what do you an by that?”
“Exactly what it sounds like. Don’t call Master anymore. I don’t have a useless, good-for-nothing disciple like you.” Otis’s tone was firm. He didn’t even look at Eric Vaughn kneeling on the floor.
This ti, Eric Vaughn froze completely, utterly stunned.
He forgot to apologize, forgot his confusion, forgot everything.
It took a long while for him to recover.
His mind was filled only with confusion and bewildernt.
‘Why? Master, why? What did I do that was so terrible it angered both gods and n? Why are you kicking out? Didn’t I just… fail to save soone, and accidentally killed them instead?’
‘What’s the big deal about that? It wasn’t that bad! Besides, even if I hadn’t done anything, that old guy wouldn’t have lived much longer anyway. He was going to die whether I saved him or not. So, technically, I didn’t kill him…’ Eric Vaughn kept telling himself this. Kneeling on the floor, he looked up at his First Master.
Why? No, this has to be a misunderstanding. First Master must have misunderstood sothing.
‘Yeah, definitely a misunderstanding. First Master must have been tricked by so lowlife, just like Sera and Riley were fooled. It has to be that bastard Alex! Only that bastard would keep coming after ! Damn you, Alex! You just wait!’
Eric Vaughn suddenly looked up, tears streaming down his face. “Master! Don’t listen to that lowlife’s lies! I’m your dearest student! I grew up with you, you know exactly who I am! You can’t believe so outsider over !”
‘Is there any justice? Any law? Any fairness left in this world?’
“It’s because I watched you grow up, because I know your character best, that I’m so familiar with your nature.”
Saying this, Otis sighed. “It’s all my fault. I was too naive. I thought sending you down the mountain would help you mature, refine your character. I never imagined you’d cause such a terrible disaster, even resulting in soone’s death.”
“Sadly, it’s too late for regrets. Letting you leave the mountain was like setting a tiger loose.”
Otis stared into Eric Vaughn’s eyes, saying each word clearly, “Eric Vaughn, our ti as master and disciple is over. Starting today, I am no longer your master, and you are no longer my disciple.”
“Master, what crazy things are you saying?” Eric Vaughn was totally stunned.
Weren’t you here to stand up for ? How did it turn into cutting ties?
The turnaround was too fast. Eric Vaughn couldn’t accept it.
Otis closed his swollen eyes. “I’ve thought about this very carefully. If I don’t cut ties with you now, the reputation AcupunctureValley built over generations will be completely destroyed by you.”
“Master, did soone beat you stupid or sothing?” Eric Vaughn still couldn’t believe it. How could his First Master suddenly want to cut ties with him?
It was just unbelievable.
“You brat!” Otis gritted his teeth against the pain around his eyes. “I told you, I fell down the stairs accidentally! And I am not your master anymore! Stop calling Master carelessly!”
This ti, Eric Vaughn really panicked. He could tell his First Master wasn’t joking. He really ant to kick him out of AcupunctureValley, to actually cut ties with him!
“No!” Eric Vaughn scread towards the ceiling, the world suddenly feeling cold and bleak.
“Master! Impossible! You can’t do this to !”
Eric Vaughn’s eyes were red, his lips trembling. “Master! You’re the one who found in a trash can down the mountain and took in! You said I was like your own child! I’m supposed to look after you when you’re old! And Master, and Third Master… we’re a family! You can’t just listen to what other people say!”
He was sobbing uncontrollably, snot and tears everywhere. “Master! I’m your kid! You taught about herbs, taught dicine, you even taught the secret Acupuncture technique of AcupunctureValley! You’ve been more of a parent to than anyone! How can you just… just throw away?”
Eric Vaughn cried and talked, snot dripping ssily.
This pitiful, weak, and helpless look directly made Mike, who was watching the drama unfold from his hospital bed, feel… aroused.
‘Yes. This was exactly his type. Hit the spot perfectly. And, judging by the situation, Eric Vaughn was about to have absolutely no one left.’
It hadn’t been long, but he’d gathered quite a bit of information.
From their conversation, Mike had pieced things together.
Eric Vaughn was an orphan, no parents. He was raised by this old man. The old man seed to be a doctor and taught Eric so dical stuff.
Probably just for show, though. The dical skills were likely just basic stuff, maybe enough to handle a cold or fever.
And now, this old man was abandoning Eric Vaughn too.
Hehe! Little Eric is about to hit rock bottom. This is the perfect mont to strike while he’s weak.
Mike got excited.
Eric Vaughn kept playing the sympathy card. Having lived together for so many years, he knew his First Master was the most sentintal.
Faced with Eric Vaughn’s constant pleading, the expression on Otis’s face kept changing. He looked like he was just about to break free from the ntal hypnosis control.
Over on the bed, Mike suddenly spoke up: “Eric Vaughn, begging him is pointless. You might as well beg . Your ‘little brother’ is already useless anyway. What’s the point of begging him? Are you really expecting him to fix it?”
Damn it, shut your mouth!
Mike’s words completely stunned Eric Vaughn.
He did have that plan! Even if First Master was determined to cut ties, he still needed his ‘little brother’ fixed!
How could he live without it?!
First Master might be gone, but he still had Master and Third Master. Eric Vaughn wasn’t that panicked yet.
Besides, Eric Vaughn firmly believed that First Master was only acting this tough and wanting to cut ties because that bastard Alex must have said sothing to him, sohow tricked him. That’s why First Master wanted to disown him.
But it didn’t matter. He could contact his first Master and Third Master. As long as they dealt with Alex, the root of the problem, First Master would surely co back.
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