Chapter 518



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Elaine frowned and looked at Nora.

It was at that moment that a student in the crowd suddenly raised her hand slowly. “I… I can prove that Anti didn’t say any of that…”.

Everyone looked at her in unison.

The student looked very shy. Seeing everyone around her looking at her, she became a little nervous. She swallowed and said, “That day I was on an internship at that hospital and I was lucky enough to witness the discussion between Dr. Miller and Dr. Anti. From the beginning to the end, it was Dr. Miller who kept saying that Anti looked down on alternative medicine, but Anti had never agreed with that. What Dr. Anti said was not meant in any way to disparage alternative medicine.”

g Ɐ ln σ ν𝓮 ℓs․com, where stories thrive Nora looked at the student with surprise.

Surely this was a graduate student majoring in nursing at school. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been able to intern at the hospital. Indeed, it took a lot of courage to step forward and clear her name at this point.

Without Shaw’s actions, perhaps everyone would have believed her, but now?

Some of the students around her believed what she was saying, while others seemed obviously skeptical. Elaine scoffed, “To protect Anti, the school sure is doing a lot! The dean is lying along with the students…”

An uproar went through the place.

The student’s eyes turned red. “I am not lying. What I have said is true…. Really, you have to believe me!”

However, only a few people around her believed her and stood up with her, while the rest instantly turned away from her as if she were some kind of virus.

Elaine sighed.

Her sigh made the students even more suspicious of the girl’s words.

The student bit her lip. “I swear that everything I said is true. Otherwise… otherwise, I will never find a boyfriend for the rest of my life!”

Her oath was certainly stern.

Some students believed her while others began to doubt.

Jon, however, scoffed, “Swearing? Are all college students so superstitious these days?”

When the student heard that, tears fell from her eyes. “I’m not being superstitious. I…I’m just using the oath to express my resolve. I’m really telling the truth! What must I do to make you all believe me?”

Someone next to her asked, “You step forward and say that because Anti offered you some kind of benefit? Why didn’t you say that before?”

The student bit her lip. “Before everyone was condemning Anti. I’ve been speaking up for Anti in the dorms all this time, but none of you listened to me …. I was afraid too. When Lisa spoke up for Anti, all the modern and alternative medicine majors united to ostracize her. I was afraid it would happen to me too… but now, I don’t find the incident so serious anymore. We can’t write Anti off just because of something like this… I didn’t expect things to become so serious…”

She was so distraught that she started to cry.

Elaine sighed and said, “Miss, you shouldn’t cover it up. This is all because of Anti’s attitude! All schools are paying attention to the cooperation of modern and alternative medicine now. In fact, our school has even launched a specialty that specializes in the fusion of modern and alternative medicine! Yet here she is, instigating conflicts between modern and alternative medicine. This is really unacceptable – why do they keep trying to protect a teacher like her?”

The verbal attacks brought the student to the brink of a mental breakdown. “I’m really not trying to protect her! What I said is all true.”

Blaine sighed. “All right, all right, let’s not back her into a corner anymore. Let’s just assume what she said is true. Anti has never said that to Dr. Miller at the hospital, she’s only ever said it to me, is that okay with you?”

He looked at Nora and said, “Dr. Anti, I have always admired you very much and also always considered you as my idol. My purpose in returning to the United States this time was also to visit you. But during the discussion I just had with the few elders of alternative medicine, I realized how ignorant I was. We were really wrong to think so. To be honest, it’s okay to admit the mistake openly. Science advances through dialectical discussions in the first place! There’s no need to be so stubborn.”

Then he looked at Shaw. “The dean was also trying to defend you. As long as you apologize, I’m sure everyone will still be willing to forgive you!”

Nora: “…”

Surely he was imposing his will on her. The corners of Nora’s lips spasmed. Even though she was used to being lazy all the time, she could still detect the linguistic trap in Blaine’s words.

Nora couldn’t help but yawn.

She finally understood what he was saying. Blaine may have meant it kindly, but he wasn’t being asked to admit his mistake at all. Rather, once she admitted it, she would be kicked out of school.

Moreover, that would further cement the belief that the student was lying.

Shaw was a leader in the academy. If he was forced to lie due to certain circumstances, at most, everyone would secretly question his character, but they would not dare to do anything to him.

However, the student’s life at the school would be complete hell in the future!

At that moment, Jon also spoke up. “Nora, you are Yvette Anderson’s daughter and can be considered our junior in the alternative medicine profession. It’s not like we can’t give you a chance to turn over a new leaf if you make a mistake! Your mother was so impressive in the alternative medicine circle back then, but why are you not studying and practicing alternative medicine but are so obsessed with modern medicine? Gee! Apologize. Once you have apologized, on behalf of the alternative medicine circle, I will no longer take your claims to heart!”

These people were coming at him one after another without any pause in between. They were practically not giving her a chance to speak.

After Jon’s words, they all looked at her in unison. Nora finally responded slowly, lazily, and coldly, “Who says I didn’t study alternative medicine?”

Her words immediately stunned everyone at the back of the stage.

Jon frowned. Just then, the auditorium doors opened again.

Everyone turned toward the doors in unison as they saw a man in his 60s striding in. He was in good spirits and seemed very friendly: it was Silvester’s son!

Although Silvester’s son was not a top doctor in the world of alternative medicine, he was nevertheless very impressive compared to others. Moreover, with Silvester’s status in the alternative medicine circle, his own status was also very high.

Upon seeing him, Jon and Elaine rushed over. “Mr. Zabe, why are you here?”

Silvester’s son smiled and said, “I heard you guys are holding a discussion here today on modern and alternative medicine. My father was a little concerned, so he told me to come and take a look.”

Jon nodded. Then he pointed to Nora and sighed. “Mr. Zabe, you saw that, didn’t you? That’s the young lady who visited the Zabes the other time. She openly said that alternative medicine is inferior to modern medicine, and even now, she still doesn’t have the courage to acknowledge her mistake. Geez.”

He had deliberately pointed out that Nora had visited the Zabes before, so that Silvester’s son could not openly defend her to the public.

But unexpectedly, as soon as he said that, Silvester’s son said in surprise, “There’s no way she’d say something like that!”

Jon frowned. He was about to question Silvester’s son about whether the Zabes had been bribed when Silvester’s son turned to Nora….

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