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About two hours later, Katniss finally opened the door to the hospital room.

She looked extremely tired, with beads of sweat on her forehead, leaning wearily against the wall.

Dylan's expression was indifferent, but his tone was much softer, "How is it?"

Katniss lifted her thin eyelids and glanced at Dylan, "Barely. But his body is extremely weak, one session of acupuncture won't be enough. I will need to continue acupuncture for six more days."

As she spoke, she took out a prescription and handed it to Dylan, "Get these herbs and prepare a medicinal bath for him as instructed. This will speed up the process."

Dylan took the prescription and sincerely said, "Thank you."

"But having a medicinal bath in the hospital..." Dylan's face looked a bit strange, "It might not be feasible."

Katniss sneered, "I don't care where you do it, but you have to get it done. Also, I'll be near the hospital during the acupuncture sessions, nowhere else."

Katniss didn't respond and left directly.

She was using the Shadow Acupuncture technique passed down from her grandmother. Although it was very effective, it was also very exhausting.

So, she planned to rest well in the coming days.

Since she had agreed to treat Nathan, she would do her best, even if her conflict with the Manners family was deep.

She always adhered to the principle of separating personal and professional matters.

Maximilian said he would be working overtime recently and wouldn't come home to sleep.

On the phone, Katniss earnestly reminded him, "Make sure to eat well, sleep well, and take good care of yourself."

Maximilian's voice on the other end was warm, "Okay, don't worry."

Katniss was too tired to say much more to Maximilian and fell asleep immediately.

In the following days, she continued to perform acupuncture on Nathan.

The Manners family was quite resourceful.

They rented a small house near the hospital and prepared a medicinal bath for Nathan.

Dylan adjusted his glasses and explained to Katniss, "He was awake for a while in the morning, then fell asleep again. But he doesn't have much strength to talk, only drinking a little porridge."

Katniss nodded.

After three consecutive days, Nathan's complexion visibly improved.

Seeing this, even the always proud Dylan had to admit that Katniss was indeed skilled.

But he still couldn't understand when Katniss had learned such advanced acupuncture techniques.

Why hadn't they noticed before?

Because Katniss had been staying at the hospital for the past few days, she finally saw Maximilian when she returned home.

From a doctor's perspective, Maximilian's complexion had worsened significantly.

She knew that when Maximilian worked, he would neglect sleep and food, so how could he rest well?

Having no other choice, Katniss asked Mira to make some nourishing soup and forced Maximilian to drink it, "I knew you wouldn't listen. When I'm not around, it's one thing, but when I see it, you have to follow my arrangements."

Maximilian looked very obedient, "Got it."

Then the two of them washed up and went to bed.

Katniss had been sleeping quite well these past few days, and with Maximilian by her

side today, she felt inexplicably at ease and fell asleep quickly.

In the middle of the night, Katniss felt a bit cold and reached out to find that the person beside her was gone.

She woke up, turned on the bedside lamp, and found that Maximilian was not in bed. After waiting for about five or six minutes, he still hadn't returned.

Katniss felt a bit strange.

She initially thought Maximilian had gotten up to use the bathroom, but she noticed that the master bathroom light was off, and there was no one inside.

Hesitating for a moment, Katniss quickly put on warm pajamas and went to the study to look for him.

She guessed that Maximilian had gone to work.

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If Maximilian's fever continued to recur, she decided to have him undergo a full-body checkup.

What if there were other underlying conditions?

With this in mind, Katniss arrived at the study door. Since it was nighttime, even

though the house was large, Katniss didn't want to disturb others' rest, so she knocked lightly on the door.

"Maximilian, are you there?"

There was no response from inside.

Maybe her voice was too soft.

She grabbed the doorknob, turned it gently, and the door opened.

However, the study was pitch black, with no one inside, and the heating was off. As

soon as she opened the door, a rush of cold air hit her.

Katniss pulled her pajamas tighter, frowning deeply.

Where had Maximilian gone?

She felt a bit bewildered.

In the middle of the night, in the cold weather, what urgent matter could Maximilian

have?

Could it be something so urgent that he had to leave?

But knowing Maximilian's character, if that were the case, he would at least send her a message.

At that moment, Katniss seemed to hear a sound.

She followed the sound and found it coming from another bathroom on the same floor, not in a room.noveldrama

She quickly ran over and opened the door, finding the light on.

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complete experience all for free. The next chapter is eagerly waiting for you! "Maximilian," Katniss's voice carried a hint of anger, "What are you doing?"

Katniss opened the door and was shocked by what she saw.

Maximilian's face was pale, sitting on a stool, leaning against the wall.

He was wearing silk pajamas.

The pajamas were dark blue, and there were faint traces of blood seeping from his

arm.

His eyes were closed, and he didn't respond when Katniss called him.

Katniss quickly pulled up his sleeve, revealing the wounds from the previous injury at the mountain villa.

But the wounds had clearly scabbed over.

Why had they reopened?

If it was accidental, a little reopening was understandable, but all of Maximilian's wounds had reopened. If there were no other people around, Katniss would have suspected someone else had done it.

"Maximilian, what are you doing?" Katniss couldn't believe it. She quickly took some tissues and gently wiped the blood.

Maximilian seemed to feel something and opened his eyes to look at Katniss, "It's nothing, don't worry."

This was nothing?

Katniss didn't know what to say.

As she cleaned up Maximilian, she questioned, "What's going on with these wounds? Didn't they scab over?"

Maximilian didn't answer immediately.

He frowned as if thinking about something, "Hmm, they were too itchy,

uncomfortable... I scratched them a bit, and this happened."

He spoke lightly, as if discussing whether the weather was too cold or too hot.

Katniss was almost in tears with anger, "Are you a child? How can you not know

better?"

Maximilian looked at Katniss, suddenly reached out to hug her waist, his eyes innocent, his expression pitiful, "Will you leave me?"