After staying in the ward for a while longer, Nancy Stewart's attending physician entered the room with a group of nurses. Today, he was scheduled for MRI and CT scans, all of which required going to specialized examination rooms. As a critical patient, Nancy Stewart wasn't even qualified to sit in a wheelchair, so several nurses simply pushed Nancy Stewart away together with his hospital bed.

Given such a great opportunity to show off, Nancy Stewart naturally didn't want to miss it. First, he tried hard to prop up his upper body with his hands, then attempted to move himself off the bed. Although his performance was quickly suppressed by a nurse weighing at least two hundred pounds, Nancy Stewart still managed to catch the attending physician's attention—after being in a coma for so long, his body functions had actually recovered so quickly.

When all the tests were done, the doctor was even more surprised. The results from the brain CT, chest CT, and brain MRI all showed that, aside from the burns on his back, Nancy Stewart's body was generally in a healthy state.

Of course, physical weakness can't be detected by instruments. In the doctor's opinion, Nancy Stewart must have recovered so quickly because he was young and had a good physical foundation, plus Emily Stewart had been giving him massages during his coma, keeping his muscles active.

However, according to the doctor, after a long coma, it usually takes an ordinary person one or two months to recover and adjust. Even though Nancy Stewart was recovering quickly, he still needed to be observed.

With the doctor's preconceived notion, after returning to the ward, Nancy Stewart sat up right away. That evening, when David Carter brought chicken soup to the hospital, Nancy Stewart even tried standing up for a bit.

Of course, while doing these actions, Nancy Stewart was very careful with his facial expressions, making a great effort to appear weak and strained. Maybe his acting was just too convincing, because in the end, David Carter firmly pressed him back onto the bed.

On the third day, after much pestering from Nancy Stewart, the doctor finally agreed to remove his catheter.

But the process was far from pleasant—Nancy Stewart suffered the most inhumane ordeal of his life, because the nurse who removed the tube was the same two-hundred-pound nurse. When Nancy Stewart strongly requested a male doctor instead, the nurse replied that she was the one who had prepped him for surgery before, and that she had already seen everything there was to see.

Chapter 9: The Damaged Magical Artifact

A week later, Nancy Stewart was finally able to walk around freely, though his activity was limited to the hospital floor.

His recovery speed also amazed the doctors. He underwent several more tests, all of which showed his bodily functions were normal. Still, it was reasonable for a young person to recover quickly, so the impact was limited to his department and didn't cause much of a stir.

After more than a week of treatment, the burns on Nancy Stewart's back were under control and new skin had grown. It would still take a long time to fully heal, but the most dangerous period for infection had passed. From now on, as long as he kept his back clean and changed the dressings on time, it was just a matter of time before he recovered.

With David Carter mediating, Nancy Stewart and the relevant departments reached a settlement. In addition to covering Nancy Stewart's medical expenses and the previous 300,000 yuan, they paid another 200,000 yuan in a lump sum, putting an end to the matter. From then on, no matter what consequences Nancy Stewart might suffer from the electric shock, it would have nothing to do with their department.

Feeling a bit guilty to begin with, Nancy Stewart agreed right away. David Carter, on the other hand, was a bit dissatisfied. In his opinion, if he didn't squeeze at least a million out of the "electric tiger," he wasn't doing his job. But since Nancy Stewart, the victim, had agreed, David Carter couldn't say much more. After both parties signed the compensation and liability waiver documents, the matter was considered settled.

Ever since he woke up and used repair points to restore his bodily functions, Nancy Stewart felt like every day in the hospital dragged on endlessly. Aside from his back injury, he had recovered everywhere else, but still had to act weak. On top of that, the food he ate every day was completely bland—Nancy Stewart was about to lose all taste in his mouth.

This made Nancy Stewart run out to watch the fat nurse gnawing on chicken legs every mealtime, which made Emily Stewart think her big brother was having a romantic awakening. But she looked down on his taste, not wanting a sister-in-law who could eat the family into poverty.

There was good news, too. On the tenth day after Nancy StewartGrace Stewart, the doctor said that after three more days of observation, he could be discharged. However, after going home, he still couldn't take a bath—he could only wipe himself down with a towel, and would have to return to the hospital once a week to change his dressings.

Upon receiving the doctor's notice, Nancy Stewart was overjoyed. He decided that as soon as he was discharged, he would immediately use repair points to heal the burns on his back. Even if he had to disappear, he never wanted to come back to the hospital again, especially since the way that fat nurse looked at him lately was off—her affectionate gaze made Nancy Stewart feel like he was the chicken leg in her mouth.

There was one more piece of good news, though for Nancy Stewart it was a belated surprise: on the second-to-last day before his discharge, his elusive father actually came back.

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