After all, no one wants to be tormented by cancer forever. Even though cancer is no longer a terminal illness and there is hope for a cure, one still has to remain trapped in the endless nightmare of chemotherapy, hospital stays, recuperation, and more chemotherapy. As long as someone is a normal person, it's impossible to wish to live in such an environment.

And hope—if it doesn't exist, that's one thing. But once it is born, it becomes uncontrollably larger and larger. Especially since this is hope that has re-emerged after Matthew Walker had already rationally extinguished it once before; this time, it is bound to be even greater than before.

"This..." Gavin Dawson was slightly stunned. He was about to say he hadn't noticed anything, but seeing the eager and hopeful look on Matthew Walker's face, and considering that Matthew Walker had just helped him, plus the fact that the middle-aged man in front of him seemed to be his friend... so Gavin Dawson said, "Is he also feeling unwell?"

"Huh?" Matthew Walker was taken aback, and a flash of excitement suddenly appeared on his face. "You actually noticed! This..."

An expert—could this Gavin Dawson really be an expert? Matthew Walker could no longer keep calm. Whether or not Thomas Thompson had a mental illness was pointed out by him in an instant. If someone can tell a mental illness even when it's not manifesting, that's truly miraculous.

So Matthew Walker immediately said excitedly, "You're right, Thomas does have a congenital intermittent mental illness, you—"

"Ah!!"

Two cries of surprise rang out at once from Gavin Dawson and Thomas Thompson. Thomas Thompson was shocked because he hadn't expected his friend to casually reveal his mental illness to a stranger, while Gavin Dawson was shocked because of the mental value—could it really correspond to a person's brain health? Just now, he had only asked if the other person was also feeling unwell because he wasn't sure what the mental value represented, but now it seemed he had guessed correctly.

"Thomas, don't be upset, listen to me..." At this moment, Matthew Walker strode over to Thomas Thompson, and began whispering in his ear.

Then, they heard Thomas Thompson exclaim in shock, "What, you have stomach cancer? How is that possible?"

"Keep your voice down, I don't want too many people to know..." Matthew Walker hushed him again, and continued speaking in a low voice. As the whispering went on, Thomas Thompson's expression changed, and from time to time he cast increasingly strange glances at Gavin Dawson, the more he looked, the stranger he felt.

In the end, as he recalled the way Gavin Dawson had looked at him earlier, he began to feel suspicious.

A few minutes later, the two finally stopped talking. Matthew Walker looked calm, with a hint of joy flashing across his face from time to time, while Thomas Thompson still looked shocked and uncertain, though there was also a fair amount of suspicion, but he said nothing more.

As for Gavin Dawson, during this time he gradually regained his composure, only thinking about how to experiment and figure out what exactly that transfer was all about.

"Mr. Dawson, earlier, I still had doubts about you, thinking you couldn't possibly help with my cancer. But now, I realize I was wrong. Thomas's illness is absolutely indistinguishable from a normal person under ordinary circumstances, yet you saw through it at a glance..." Matthew Walker once again walked up to Gavin Dawson. "I also know that cancer is no minor illness, but you are different. Even the famous old Chinese medicine doctors in our provincial capital can't tell at a glance whether Thomas is ill, but you—"

As he spoke, Matthew Walker became more and more excited. Even though not long ago he himself didn't believe that the young man before him could treat cancer, Gavin Dawson's extraordinary performance and the rekindled flame of hope in his heart once again plunged him into a desperate search for a cure, even more intensely than last night. After all, China is an ancient and mysterious country, where myths and qigong are widely spread among the people, and Gavin Dawson's abilities truly seemed miraculous. Naturally, this made him feel as if he had grabbed onto a lifeline. "Mr. Dawson, please help me. As long as you can cure my illness, I'll pay you any amount!"

Chapter 009: An Attitude of Disbelief

"Old Walker, have you lost your mind? This kid can cure cancer? Even though what you just said sounded pretty mystical, have you looked at how young he is?" Although he had always looked suspicious, doubting whether Gavin Dawson was really as miraculous as Matthew Walker claimed, at this point, after hearing Matthew Walker's last sentence, Thomas Thompson couldn't hold back any longer and voiced his doubts. "If you want to get treated, you need to go find the best doctor as soon as possible. What's the point of telling him all this?"