I’m Someone Else

Chapter 46

Thomas did not bother to knock on the door. Since Olivia wasn’t even answering her phone, even if he knocked, she might not open the door. Hence, he immediately broke in, and he was soon met with an icy 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 ghost without 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 a block of ice, and it was not the body temperature of a normal human being. Was Olivia dead? Is the person laying in front of me a corpse? No, even if it were a corpse, it would not be this cold. What is going 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 no exaggeration to say that there was no one in Droycore who was better than him, but he had not revealed his skills in this area yet.

When it came to how he learned medicine, he had to start from his childhood. Everything he knew was taught by the crazy old man who raised him. Although the old man always acted deranged, he did not forget two things every day. First, he would ask Thomas to strip naked and soak in a bucket of medicine 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 got used to it.

When he grew up a little, he suspected that the older man had taught him the wrong knowledge, but after looking through two medicine books and comparing them, he realized that what the older man had taught him was genuine, and even that there were many tricks and remedies that were much more brilliant than what was written in those books. Thomas once asked the old man where he learned these skills, 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 abnormally weak, so much so that she didn’t resemble a normal human being at all. Instead, she looked like someone 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 her physique. Olivia’s constitution was extremely special as her blood level was severely deficient. In other words, her body was like a black hole, and no matter how much she nourished herself, her body would absorb all the nutrients at an abnormal rate. However, the absorbed nutrients would not work on her body, 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’t remember what kind of illness it was all of a sudden. With his own experience, he could conclude that it was a miracle that Olivia was able to survive to this point. It was all thanks to the Pearson Family’s wealth that they were able to constantly feed her with luxurious meals. If an ordinary family had a child with such a special constitution, they might not survive past the age of ten. Even so, he knew very well that 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 a nearby 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, I remember 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 she instantly 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 handed to her. “Drink it. It’s good for your body.”

She did not ask anything and immediately downed it in one gulp. The indescribable bitterness made her 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’ve already 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 busying around in the office, he made a resolution. If he didn’t see anything, it would not matter, but now that he knew 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 Sean who was calling.

“What’s wrong, Sean?”

“Thomas, my grandfather’s birthday is tomorrow, and he wants you to come over for dinner. You have to come!” Sean was busy with his grandfather’s birthday, and while he was free, he quickly took the chance to notify Thomas.

At his words, the corners of Thomas’ mouth twitched fiercely. He recalled the scene when he met Sean and William’s parents, who were so welcoming and enthusiastic that they poured him glass after glass of alcohol. Besides, even Sean and William acted as if they were afraid he hadn’t drunk enough. If it weren’t for his shocking tolerance for alcohol, he might not have been able to make it home. If he went again, he might get wasted again. Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

“All right, send me the address and time. I’ll be there,” he said. After all, it would be unreasonable if he didn’t go over to his close friend’s grandfather’s birthday.