Aiden Finnegan the Alchemist in Delcord novel Chapter 36

"Stop joking around." Aiden's countenance darkened.

"Can't you take a joke?" Gina pouted before beaming into a smile again. "It's not that much either. I haven't thanked you properly after you saved Arnold. This medical center is for you."

He was about to turn down the offer when she questioned, "If you don't want it, I can pay the medical fees. How much is it?"

He finally caved in at that. Next, she contacted the owner to come over to sign the contract. The old man arrived with a young lady, and upon noticing that it was a youngster, he frowned. "Are you the one planning to take over?"

"Yes." Aiden nodded.

The crease between the old man's brows became deeper. "I'm not selling it."

Gina was displeased at the sudden turn of his attitude. "Why, sir? Is it because you wanna bid a higher price?"

"No. It's because the medical center is a place to save people, not for fun," he explained indifferently.

"What?" She could not understand.

At that moment, Aiden approached the old man with a smile. "Sir, is it because of my age? That I don't look like a doctor?"

"How could I think that of you?" The owner's expression showed otherwise, but Aiden hit the bullseye.

Yesterday, a youngster came in a rush for a furnace and announced his plan to buy out the medical center. He declared he was a miracle doctor, yet the person who came to sign the contract was another young man. How could the old man hold in his ire?

The old man did not wish anyone to trample its name, hence the decision to sell the whole medical center. If it was not for that issue, he would not have ended up making such a decision.

Right when Aiden was going to say something, a woman sprinted into the medical center and stood before the old man. "Are you Mr. Reece Barker?"

"Yes, I am," replied Reece.

"My husband can't hang on any much longer. The doctors from Prime Hospital recommended me here to see if there is any chance of saving him. Please, save him! He's the pillar of our family. What are we gonna do without him?" The woman was all teary at the thought of sick her husband.

"Let me check on him." Reece walked out of the center.

The man on a stretcher had shallow breathing as his eyes were tightly shut. Based on his bad complexion, he was not far from death's door.

Reece lifted the man's eyelids before shaking his head with a frown. "There's nothing I can do for him."

The woman flopped onto the ground as her hollow eyes fixed on the man.

"I'm sorry for your loss." Reece sighed.

Aiden snorted coldly. "Doctors shouldn't jump to conclusions before giving it a shot."

"What did you say?" A delicate yet squeaky voice penetrated the air. It belonged to a girl standing behind Aiden. Her visage was rigid, but her eyes were blazed in fury. Her grandfather had run the medical center for decades, and not even once had he misdiagnosed a patient!

Who is this man? How dare he say that to Grandpa!

"Huh?" Reece was shocked because he was the only one aware of his looming demise. How did Aiden find out about it when his granddaughter did not have the slightest clue? Was it truly because of his skills?

"Take the patient in. Your illness is not urgent for now," said Aiden. After returning to Eternal Youth, he scanned the area and nodded lightly. "The location is not that bad, but it has a decent layout."

His remarks angered the young lady because he commented on the environment instead of tending to the patient first. Still, she did not say much on the account of Reece's illness.

Aiden flipped open his needle pouch to reveal the sterilized golden needles in it.

"Golden needles? They're golden needles!" Reece exclaimed.

Aiden looked back at him, and Reece became awkward. As a doctor himself, he hated it whenever someone made noise while he was treating patients. Still, Reece could not help it because it was truly shocking!

Someone as young as him is using golden needles!

"I'm not that skillful, so I always go for silver needles," elucidated Reece.

Staring at Aiden's young visage, Reece figured how tiny and useless he was.

At the same time, Gina's eyes twinkled in exhilaration at the sight of that scene. Her attention was different because she had been observing the nuance on Reece's face.

So, he was surprised by Aiden's single movement. Just how skillful was Aiden to be able to shock an old doctor to the core?