Female Novel
Chapter 46
Thomas did not bother to knock on the door. Since Olivia wasn’t even answering her phone, even if heknocked, she might not open the door. Hence, he immediately broke in, and he was soon met with anicy atmosphere. Without thinking much about it, he strode forward. As soon as he entered the house,he saw her lying on the floor of the living room.
“Olivia!” Thomas shouted and hurriedly rushed forward, carefully observing her.
Olivia did not respond at all. She had obviously fainted, and her complexion was as white as a ghostwithout any hint of color. He frowned and grabbed her wrist, checking for her pulse.
The moment his fingers touched her skin, he was shocked as her body was freezing cold, as if it was ablock of ice, and it was not the body temperature of a normal human being. Was Olivia dead? Is theperson laying in front of me a corpse? No, even if it were a corpse, it would not be this cold. What isgoing on here?
Strongly suppressing his doubts, he felt for a pulse on his fingers and was finally able to calm down.Olivia’s pulse was normal, so obviously, she was still alive.
“Phew!” Thomas heaved a long sigh, for it was fine as long as she was alive.
Thomas had some medical knowledge, and to be precise, he was proficient in it, and it was noexaggeration to say that there was no one in Droycore who was better than him, but he had notrevealed his skills in this area yet.
When it came to how he learned medicine, he had to start from his childhood. Everything he knew wastaught by the crazy old man who raised him. Although the old man always acted deranged, he did notforget two things every day. First, he would ask Thomas to strip naked and soak in a bucket ofmedicine for an hour, and second, he would carefully teach Thomas medicine every day. If he showed
a hint of reluctance or impatience, he would get a beating from the older man, and over time, he gotused to it.
When he grew up a little, he suspected that the older man had taught him the wrong knowledge, butafter looking through two medicine books and comparing them, he realized that what the older man hadtaught him was genuine, and even that there were many tricks and remedies that were much morebrilliant than what was written in those books. Thomas once asked the old man where he learned theseskills, but the old man only glanced at him indifferently without saying anything.
Two minutes later, Thomas’ eyebrows had twisted into a knot as Olivia’s symptoms were too strange.From her pulse, it showed that she wasn’t in a life-threatening condition, but her body was abnormallyweak, so much so that she didn’t resemble a normal human being at all. Instead, she looked likesomeone who was on the verge of death.
“How could it be so strange?” Afraid to be complacent, he calmed down and took her pulse once more,and the result was exactly the same as before.
There were no pathological responses, so he could only attribute the reason for her condition to herphysique. Olivia’s constitution was extremely special as her blood level was severely deficient. In otherwords, her body was like a black hole, and no matter how much she nourished herself, her body wouldabsorb all the nutrients at an abnormal rate. However, the absorbed nutrients would not work on herbody, and when the energy in her body was severely insufficient, she would faint.
Thomas always felt that he had seen this condition in an ancient book before, but he couldn’tremember what kind of illness it was all of a sudden. With his own experience, he could conclude that itwas a miracle that Olivia was able to survive to this point. It was all thanks to the Pearson Family’swealth that they were able to constantly feed her with luxurious meals. If an ordinary family had a childwith such a special constitution, they might not survive past the age of ten. Even so, he knew very wellthat unless she was completely cured, Olivia’s lifespan would never exceed thirty years.
Thomas carried Olivia to the couch, then turned around and walked out of the house and went to anearby pharmacy, where he grabbed a few herbs and returned to the apartment to brew them in a pot.Still, this remedy was only able to manage Olivia’s condition instead of curing it.
At 2.00PM, Olivia woke up and opened her eyes in a daze. “Huh? Did my body act up again? Ah, Iremember now. I collapsed on the floor, so why am I on the couch?”
Then, she looked up and saw Thomas sitting cross-legged on the floor, watching TV leisurely, and sheinstantly figured everything out.
“Thomas, why do I smell something strange?”
Thomas stood up and brought out a bowl of dark-colored medicine from the kitchen, which he handedto her. “Drink it. It’s good for your body.”novelbin
She did not ask anything and immediately downed it in one gulp. The indescribable bitterness madeher wince as she asked, “Are you trained in medicine?”
Thomas smiled and replied, “Only a little. You should rest at home instead of going to work today. I’vealready told Molly.”
However, Olivia stood up stubbornly. “I can’t. There’s a lot of work waiting for me.”
“But your condition…”
“It’s fine. This is normal for me. I’ve always been like this since I was young. I’ll be fine in a while.”
Left with no other choice, Thomas could only send Olivia to the company. As he watched her busyingaround in the office, he made a resolution. If he didn’t see anything, it would not matter, but now that heknew about her condition, he couldn’t just sit back and watch. He had to find a way to cure her illness.
Just as he was letting his thoughts run wild, his phone rang, and he picked it up to see that it was Seanwho was calling.
“What’s wrong, Sean?”
“Thomas, my grandfather’s birthday is tomorrow, and he wants you to come over for dinner. You haveto come!” Sean was busy with his grandfather’s birthday, and while he was free, he quickly took thechance to notify Thomas.
At his words, the corners of Thomas’ mouth twitched fiercely. He recalled the scene when he met Seanand William’s parents, who were so welcoming and enthusiastic that they poured him glass after glassof alcohol. Besides, even Sean and William acted as if they were afraid he hadn’t drunk enough. If itweren’t for his shocking tolerance for alcohol, he might not have been able to make it home. If he wentagain, he might get wasted again.
“All right, send me the address and time. I’ll be there,” he said. After all, it would be unreasonable if hedidn’t go over to his close friend’s grandfather’s birthday.