Chapter 492 You Have Made a Fortune This Time (2/2)

”Ja-cob Gu.” Jacob repeated after her, and felt his head throbbing with a dull ache. He felt his nerves swell up with

u snatched the bride of another man?”

”It's kind of true,” Jacob said after a moment's thought.

”Gah! If you are so proud of what you just did, why did you bring her here? You can cure her anywhere you like but what made you think that you two would be welcome after what you just did?”

”Old man. I apologize. Please try to understand. It isn't at all the way you think.”

”Bring her in”

The curt replies of Mr. Barefoot made Emily subconsciously look at Jacob. He was certainly a grumpy odd man.

Jacob could feel her hesitation to approach the miracle doctor. He calmly took her hand and said to soothe her, ”Don't be afraid. He is not a bad man. Let him treat your wound.”

”OK.” She nodded and followed him inside.

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As she entered the house, a shaft of light seemed to be falling on the doctor's face. Just like his surroundings, he too was unkempt. Both his hair and beard looked matted as if they had been neglected for a long time. His wrinkled face was dirty and clothes so torn and tattered that the patchwork hardly seemed to hold up anything together but still covered his bony frame.

In a nutshell, he was just a skinny ungroomed old man.

His appearance was exactly the opposite of what Emily had imagined.

Though he was untidy and untrimmed, he had a pair of bright piercing eyes, with which he was now looking at Emily. His stare had an element of scrutiny in it.

But soon he nodded seriously.

”Bear, you have made a fortune this time.”

As a result, he forgave Jacob for telling all wounded villagers to come to him.

Hearing what he said, Jacob felt his ears burning, for somehow his heart jumped with joy when Mr. Barefoot thought he and Emily looked good as a couple.