When Estelle did not reply, Ethan continued, "You shouldn't ignore your own health. Have you ever thought about what will happen to your father if you also fall ill? If you don't want my help now, are you going to let me take care of both of you after you also fall ill?"
Estelle was still silent.
From the expression on her face, Ethan knew that Estelle had decided to let him help. He breathed a sigh of relief.
He was afraid that she would always try to put some distance between them.
Ethan smiled at Estelle and headed out of the room.
Previously, Ethan had only been worried about giving Estelle's father the best medical treatment and environment to recover in. Now, he was more worried about whether he would ever wake up.
Ethan had provided Estelle's father the best. Every half an hour, the hospital staff would come in to disinfect and clean the ward. During the day, the doctor would come to examine him every two hours.
The experts that Ethan had called for had finally arrived half an hour ago.
The most important thing now was for the experts to analyze their treatment plans and administer the most appropriate one to cure Estelle's father.
"Thank you," Ethan heard Estelle whisper as he closed the door.
He smiled and shook his head.
Whether or not she was the girl he had been looking for, she deserved to be treated well and looked after.
The experts had already started discussing among themselves when Ethan arrived at the consultation room.
"The patient can't tolerate any invasive treatment. We'd better use conservative methods. Subjecting him to an invasive procedure may cause irreversible damage," one of them argued. The expert who had just joined the team hurriedly disagreed.
"Conservative treatment takes too long," he said. "He's in poor health now. We don't have time. Will you take responsibility if your conservative treatment fails?" he added.
Before he joined the medical team, he had studied the patient's file.
Ethan opened the door and walked in.
"Is there any other way?" he asked. He wanted Estelle's father to wake up as soon as possible.
But he was worried that making it happen in such a short time would be risky.
If something bad happened to her father, Estelle might not be able to withstand it.
At this point, Estelle's heart was connected to her father's by a fragile string. If that string snapped, Estelle...
Ethan did not dare think further and focused on the matter at hand.
"Concerning the medicine, it's better if we put him on this one. It's safe." One expert took out his research and laid it out in front of everyone.
As soon as the others saw it, they laughed. "The raw materials for this medicine are difficult to find, and even if they're found, they're ridiculously pricey. This medicine was so expensive to produce that pharmaceutical companies just stopped making it. It's not on the market anymore."
Ethan took one of the papers laid out on the table, looked at it, and asked, "But do you all agree that this can cure the patient?"
Another one of the experts sighed and said, "I've also thought about this medicine. I just didn't bring it up because it's no longer available."
The rest nodded in agreement.
"Then I'll help you get it. From now on, just think about and do what's best for the patient. I'll take care of the cost."
Ethan set the paper back down.
He had gathered the top brain experts from around the world.
They had heeded his call because of pure interest in Estelle's father's case, not the paycheck. They grew even more interested with Ethan's full support.
They were the most influential specialists in the field, and they rarely had the chance to study such a unique case. They had always sought to learn something new and valuable.
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