"You! How could you say such words, young man!" Phil said.
Vireo already had nothing to lose. At that point, who o n this earth was he still afraid of? What son-in-law? What father-in-law? Has the world been drunk? How amusing! He turned his head around an unruly, and heartless manner. "I'm sorry, sir and miss, do we know each other?"
Both Phil and Mira were speechless.
"I know that you were a patient whom I've treated.
However, do you know how many ordinary patients I've accepted in the past two years? It's no less than a few dozen every day, alright? Who do you think you are? To put it bluntly, I don't have the slightest bit of impression of you at all, alright! That's right, you remembered me and you valued my skills as a doctor, but you want to marry me just because I've treated you once. Tell me, if you're not boy-crazy, then what are you? Huh? If you're not boy-crazy, then what are you?"
Vireo's interrogative voice gave Mira such a fright that she suddenly shuddered.
Vireo sneered. "You're a narcissistic and arrogant boycrazy person! What are you thinking about? Do you think that I am a man from a lowly background and a small county? So, it's my honor that you've taken a fancy to me? So, you can just act so rashly without even asking me if I agree or whether I know you, and you'll just be my wife?"
Mira was speechless. Her eyes reddened and tears were welling up in them. She had never suffered such grievances at her age. He was right! She simply felt that he was a man from a lowly background! He was such a skilled doctor, but he could not even get into a public hospital in the county. He was such a skilled surgeon, but he was only able to stitch wounds for others at a small clinic. How stifling!
Mira, on the other hand, was able to give him a bright future! She was able to give him all the status he wanted and the opportunity to shine! She simply liked him. What was wrong with her? Was that wrong of her?
Mira retaliated as she cried. "That's right! You're a man from a lowly background! Payne, listen to me carefully! There're many men in this world who came from a lowly background that had no opportunities! You included as well! If you're not a man from a lowly background, then why can't you even get into the hospital in your county! Why can't your clinic, which was doing well, stay in business! I can tell from that one time you stitched up my wound that you're obsessed and passionate about medicine and how much you desire to be a surgeon! Why are you putting up an act now? You can continue to pretend, but opportunities will not be waiting for you time and time again! I'll say it again, there're truckloads of men from lowly backgrounds in this world with no
opportunities!"
Mira was a pampered girl. She had never suffered any grievances growing up. When she suddenly heard Vireo insulting her like that, of course, she was not able to stand it. However, she felt something strange and also indescribable. What was that kind of feeling? It was as if she had been conquered by this man from a lowly background, who was right before her eyes.
Right at that moment when Mira was conquered by Vireo, Vireo was also stunned by what Mira had said. He had studied medicine for seven years. Surely, he could not truly just waste it all like that, right? He had originally wanted to sever all ties with his parents anyway. If this woman in front of him and also her father was able to give him an opportunity, then perhaps one day in the future, he would also be a world-renowned doctor. At that moment, Vireo turned his head back and stared blankly at Mira.
Even Vireo himself felt that he was a proper and true humble man from a lowly background, let alone Mira. He was born in a small county. Although his family was not as poor as the other families, they had no connections and the whole family had been relying on Vireo.
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