Elena’s POV

“Fighting? Ha! I was resting when someone grabbed me by the neck and dragged me straight into the emergency room.”

Dr. Li’s voice filled the hospital room with exaggerated outrage as he reenacted the scene, one hand gripping his own throat while the other waved helplessly in the air, as if he were still being hauled away against his will. His performance was so vivid that anyone watching might have believed he had truly suffered some great injustice, though the amusement ...