Liu Yifei was not a petty person, but he could not tolerate them questioning the person who had saved their son's life.
Even if Sophia might not truly possess supernatural powers, she was still the master of the Daoist Temple, wasn't she?
She had kindly stepped in to save their son, and this was how they repaid her?
So he refused outright. It was an unopened bottle of mineral water, yet he insisted it had already been opened.
The boy's father could guess that his wife's attitude had angered the Xia people, but he had no mind to dwell on that now. He stood up. "I'll get some water from the car."
"Stop!" someone shouted. Everyone turned to look and found that it was the female doctor from the tour group.
The female doctor spoke excellent English. In a grave voice, she said, "Sophia did not permit the patient to drink water. If this child drinks water and something happens, will you take responsibility?"
The man froze. Not far away, two locals had been about to bring over mineral water, but they too stopped in their tracks.
The boy's mother knew she had provoked public anger. Though she did not believe she was wrong, the other side's undisguised hostility still made her uneasy. "But... my child wants water."
The female doctor hesitated as well. She had not spoken up because she disliked them. As a doctor, she had simply offered an instinctive reminder—when the pill had been administered, no water had been brought out. Perhaps there was some taboo.
She turned to look at Fourth Master Lin in the distance. "Fourth Lord, perhaps you could ask?"
Fourth Master Lin waved a hand and spoke with a chuckle. "It doesn't matter. Since Sophia did not specifically say he couldn't drink water,