A SUBSTITUTE BRIDE

Now the Matriarch’s condition had worsened. What exactly was going on?

– I’m glad you’re aware of it,

Lyana said calmly. Her gaze was as cold as ice.

Dr. Walter was so angry he could barely breathe. If his medical skills were not good, how could he have become a private physician for the Sanchez family?

Indeed, the fact that made Dr. Walter most unhappy was that he was being interviewed by an inexperienced girl.

This young girl clearly overestimated her own abilities.

Frantic with rage, Dr. Walter declared,

– I’ve eaten more salt than rice. Your years of experience can hardly compare to mine. How dare you…

– Calm down!

Lyana gave Dr. Walter an indifferent look, then looked at Vincent and said:

– If you want grandma to survive this ordeal, bring me all of grandma’s previous medical records. All the useless people must go! You must not disrupt my treatment of Grandma!

With that, Lyana’s gaze fell on the faces of Dr. Walter and Julie. She fell just short of calling them by name.

This was the first time Dr. Walter had seen someone so brazen. He had been in the medical field for over twenty years, and this was the first time he had been interviewed by someone so young.

This young girl still dared to show her face to him. She really overestimated her own abilities. He feared that if Matriarch Sanchez died, the Sanchez family might resent him. Now someone was willing to take the blame. He was thrilled.

At this thought, Dr. Walter’s mood improved. However, he dared not show any of his happiness on his face.

– Second young lady, if you can cure Matriarch Sanchez today, I swear never to treat anyone else again,

Dr. Walter said with a seriousness.

-Done deal.

Lyana said without mercy.

– In this case, you will have to leave the medical field very soon.

Dr. Walter stood to the side and did not speak. He had already taken the pulse of Matriarch Sanchez earlier. She was already deeply poisoned. Coupled with the fact that her body was already on the verge of collapse, it would be useless even if he had to pump her stomach right now. It would only make her suffer more.

Sometimes death wasn’t so scary. What was much scarier would suffer greatly while remaining alive.

At this thought, Dr. Walter became much calmer.

Lyana walked over to the bed and was about to take Matriarch Sanchez’s pulse when she was pushed away by Julie.

Julie’s face was streaming with tears as she sobbed.

– Lyana, what have you done? You were clearly the one who poisoned grandma, but you’re still playing…

– Shut up!

Vincent looked at Julie.

She was surprised by Vincent’s voice. Startled, she looked at Vincent in disbelief and asked hesitantly,

– Second brother, do you believe her? She clearly…

– Let her heal grandmother.

Vincent retracted his gaze indifferently. It was like giving Julie an affirmative answer.

Lyana looked at Vincent with surprise. She didn’t expect him to believe her.

Right now, Matriarch Sanchez’s condition was not great. She reached out to push Julie away and moved toward the bed. For a moment, there was a murderous glint in her eyes, scaring Julie so much that she began to tremble.

She reluctantly moved to the side and looked down slightly to hide the dissatisfaction in her eyes. She wouldn’t mind seeing what Lyana could do to bring a dead person back to life.

Lyana sat by the bed and took Matriarch Sanchez’s hand, beginning to feel her pulse.

At the moment, Matriarch Sanchez’s pulse was extremely weak, as if her heart would stop beating at any moment.

Indeed, Matriarch Sanchez had been poisoned.

This was very strange.

Neither the medicine she had given to Matriarch Sanchez nor the medicine prescribed by Dr. Walter would poison Matriarch Sanchez.

Lyana’s brow furrowed. She turned to look at Dr. Walter and asked,

– Dr. Walter, are you sure that Grandma just had a cold when you first took her pulse?This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Dr. Walter had already cursed Lyana and all her ancestors several times in his heart, but he did not let it show on his face. He said calmly,

– Even though my medical skills are not good enough, I have never misread anyone’s pulse. The first time I took Matriarch Sanchez’s pulse, she was indeed only suffering from a

cold.

This time, Lyana didn’t doubt Dr. Walter’s words. She believed that his medical skills were definitely sound. Only then could he have become Grandma’s primary care physician.

However, this time, Grandma’s pulse indicated that she had been poisoned.

This time, she was not entirely convinced that she could save Grandma.

But now, if she could discover the cause of Grandma’s poisoning, she could save her.

Lyana’s heart beat wildly, but her expression remained calm. Her gaze fell on a table not far away.

There was a blue and white porcelain teacup on the table. Julie had given this cup to Matriarch Sanchez earlier, and Matriarch Sanchez had finished all the tea in it.

A servant handed Matriarch Sanchez’s medical records to Lyana. She took the papers and looked at the butler.

– Butler, go get the dregs of the medicine I prepared, as well as the dregs of the cold medicine from now on.

– Yes, ma’am,.

the butler answered and quickly went out.

Julie turned pale. She tugged at her sleeves ominously.

Lyana wasn’t idle either. She had briefly reviewed her grandmother’s medical records over the past two months. Her grandmother had been healthy lately, and it had been a long time since her last asthma attack.

Lyana pulled out the silver needles she always carried with her. After disinfecting them, she helped Matriarch Sanchez to her feet.

Seeing Lyana’s actions, Dr. Walter thought she was trying to seal Matriarch Sanchez’s painful acupoints to relieve her pain. He rolled his eyes in silence.

He was looking forward to seeing Lyana perform something amazing, but it was clear that she had just put on a show!

Just as Dr. Walter looked at Lyana with contempt and disdain, he saw Lyana pick up a silver needle and insert it into Matriarch Sanchez’s larynx.

After that, she pressed on Matriarch Sanchez’s stomach, her movements sharp and professional.

Doctor Walter frowned deeply. He didn’t understand what Lyana was doing.

She then hit Matriarch Sanchez hard in the back. The Matriarch, who was still unconscious, reacted immediately. She threw up everything she had just eaten.

Dr. Walter was stunned. This was the first time he had seen someone use acupuncture to induce vomiting.

Dr. Walter straightened his back and took a step toward Matriarch Sanchez’s bed, wanting to see what Lyana would do next.

However, the servants were crowding the area. Dr. Walter simply could not approach the bed anymore.

Because everyone was busy cleaning up the mess made by Matriarch Sanchez’s vomit.

Dr. Walter began to observe Lyana’s techniques. For some reason, he suddenly remembered a few years ago, he had once read in an acupuncture book that acupuncture could be used to induce vomiting.

However, ordinary doctors would not dare to use this method. This method would test a doctor’s acupuncture skills.

If the technique was not used correctly, the patient could suffocate and die.

Dr. Walter no longer dared to underestimate Lyana. He was very curious now if she could save Matriarch Sanchez.

The old woman was already halfway to death’s door.

After vomiting, Matriarch Sanchez was put back on the bed by Lyana.

She looked at the clock and inserted a few more hands into Matriarch Sanchez’s body. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief. Finally, Matriarch Sanchez was safe.

By now, the butler had already brought the medicinal dregs.

Lyana inspected her medicinal dregs first. Whether it was the ingredients or the proportions used, there was no problem she could see.

After that, she examined the medicinal dregs used to treat Grandma’s cold, and her expression gradually became serious. When she saw the safflower in the black medicinal lees, her eyes widened and her breathing quickened.

How could this be?

Previously, when she was preparing her medicine, she had only added a small safflower.

But there was no safflower in Dr. Walter’s prescription. Why was there safflower in the dregs?

There was a large amount of safflower. It would be dangerous for ordinary people to consume this amount, let alone grandma, who was physically weak and suffering from heart disease.

Safflower was effective in promoting blood circulation and was useful in treating heart disease to some extent.

If a lot of safflower was consumed, patients with heart disease would likely experience serious side effects.