Chapter 48 Find Me Proof or Find the Door
“You can’t just look at surface–level data–you need to analyze it dialectically.”
As a teacher, John dove deep into the reasoning behind it all. Put simply, the human body was an immense system.
Sometimes, a value might look elevated, but the person remained fine because something else in the body was actively suppressing that imbalance.
Two opposing forces could interact and, in doing so, allow the body to function normally.
Failing to see the bigger picture and carelessly changing a single number could have easily triggered a full- system failure.
John had the mindset of an alternative medicine practitioner, he preferred to view the body as a whole system, which helped him identify issues at a glance.
But Western medical thinking tended to treat symptoms in isolation, a headache was treated as just a headache, a sore foot just a sore foot. That kind of compartmentalized logic made it easy to miss the fores for the trees.
When Eugene finally understood, he could hardly contain his excitement.
“Professor, are you saying my little sister doesn’t need a kidney transplant anymore?”
That was incredible!
Honestly, kidney transplants came with massive risks. Unless absolutely necessary, he’d never wanted to g through with it.
Not to mention, the donor kidney was supposed to come from Scarlett.
He’d always carried a bit of guilt about that.
Emotionally, his priority had always been his biological sister; Scarlett would’ve been the one sacrificed.
But now, if there was no need for surgery, he didn’t have to wrestle with that dilemma anymore.
Still, if Rebecca no longer needed the kidney, then Scarlett had enjoyed the Joyner family’s care and favor for six whole years for nothing!
A spark of resentment flared in him.
John’s expression shifted into one of surprise.
“Your little sister? Scarlett? She had kidney problems?”
He was immediately filled with sympathy.
That young girl couldn’t be more than twenty–something–how unfortunate.
But then he recalled, the girl had shown considerable skill in alternative medicine. A healer who could treat others could likely treat herself too; it made perfect sense.
If she kept going at this rate, she might fully recover before long.
“What do you mean, Scarlett?”
Eugene looked confused for a moment, then quickly caught on.
Today, John had come from the medical university. Having met the brilliant Rebecca, of course he’d heard of Scarlett’s reputation too.
Now he was bringing her up on purpose–probably to test the Joyner family’s stance.
After all, the mistaken–heiress scandal had stirred up a huge mess.
If the Joyner family still remained entangled with the mistaken heiress, John would no doubt worry about how it might tarnish his own legacy.
So Eugene made sure his answer was clear and firm.
“Professor, don’t misunderstand. Scarlett publicly severed ties with us. The Joyner family has had nothing to do with her for a long time.”
John’s train of thought came to a sudden halt.
He looked up sharply.
He’d always been absorbed in academics, paying little attention to outside matters.
The Joyner family had invited him to their birthday banquet, but he never attended.
So naturally, he had no idea about the true–heiress drama-
Nor had he heard anything about this “severing ties” business.
“You’re saying Scarlett isn’t your biological sister–and you two… ended the relationship?”
Eugene replied with absolute certainty. “That’s right!”
As soon as the words left his mouth-
He could feel something shift in John’s gaze.
The warmth and kindness from before vanished completely.
In its place, scrutiny and suspicion. Eugene suddenly felt a chill creep in.
“Professor, is something wrong?”
John had always been direct–so much so that he’d made enemies because of it.
He’d tried to change that about himself before, but it never worked. Eventually, he gave up trying.
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So now, he didn’t even try to hold back.
“That young girl has a great character. She must’ve gone through something terrible to cut off her family like that.”
Back at the university, he’d merely shown her a bit of goodwill–and she’d repaid it tenfold.
If the Joyner family had truly cared for Scarlett-
Then no matter how big the grievance, that girl would’ve probably swallowed it, pretended like nothing ever happened.
But she’d cut ties? That alone told him everything he needed to know.
Suddenly, John felt a strong urge to steer clear of the Joyner family altogether.
A family that couldn’t even keep a girl like that—how good could they be?
Eugene was stunned. Scarlett has good character? What kind of joke was that?
“Professor, maybe you don’t know–Scarlett used to be Professor Miller’s student. Back in the lab, she bullied her classmates. Later, she even stole Rebecca’s research findings. We actually gave her chances. But she refused to change. And when we confronted her, she couldn’t take the embarrassment, so she angrily cut ties–making the Joyner family the laughingstock of the academic world. Honestly, we’ve done everything we could for her.”
He let out a dramatic sigh.
He really hadn’t expected that once–timid, well–behaved Scarlett to turn into something so vicious.
“These days, we live our separate lives. That’s the last shred of mercy from the Joyner family.”
John scoffed at every word, sneering again and again.
“Do you have proof she bullied others or stole academic work?”
Eugene wanted to say “yes.”
But just as the words reached his mouth-
He realized he didn’t have any solid evidence to back it up.
John tossed the case file back at him.
“Looks like you still haven’t learned how to analyze things dialectically. You want to be my apprentice? Then find out why that patient started recovering first.”
With that, he turned on his heel and walked out.
Eugene tried to follow and explain himself-
But John’s assistant stepped in to block his path.
