Chapter 11 Chapter 11 But Nathan wasn't afraid to keep teasing. "So, it turns out no one is perfect. You've been a top student since school, always ahead of everyone. You chose medicine and were immediately hailed as a prodigy. "Even my dad still talks about you, saying you're the most talented and hardworking student he's met in his forty years of practice!" After praising him, Nathan turned his head with a grin. "So, you do have a weak spot! Your financial sense is basically as deep as the oceanic trench. Tell me, is your entire annual salary going straight into the stock market?" "Who said that? I've made money before. I've just been too busy to keep up with the market lately," Louis defended himself. "Yeah, yeah, keep telling yourself that." Louis scrolled through a stock forum, too lazy to argue. Suddenly, a notification popped up on his messenger app. He opened it to find a message from a fellow investor who had once asked for his advice. "Dr. Walker, did you hear? Madame Lee is back. Everyone's talking about it in the group chat, but you're the only one missing. Figured you were busy, so I thought I'd let you know." Louis's expression remained unreadable as he replied, "I just got off work." After exiting the messenger, he didn't open the chat group right away. Instead, he casually searched "Madame Lee" in the stock forum. Sure enough, the account that was inactive for three years had posted an update with the message, "Reborn and returned." Based on his understanding, she had likely suffered from a severe illness, undergone years of treatment, and finally recovered- hence the dramatic sentiment. In reality, everyone in the group came from different places and had never met in person. Their group chat had only six members, all brought together by their shared interest in the stock market. Initially, they only interacted on forums, discussing market trends. Eventually, after sensing they would get along, someone started a private group chat on their messaging app. Three of them had IP addresses based in the capital, while the other three were from different cities. They never pried into each other's personal lives and had never met in real life. They only referred to each other by their forum usernames, exchanging stock insights without revealing too much about themselves. Louis' username was "White-Coat Deity," which quickly led the others to guess that he was a doctor. A year ago, one of the local members had privately messaged him, saying that a family member had been in a severe car accident and was in critical condition. They asked if he could help find a top specialist. Louis took on the case himself and successfully saved their loved one. That was how they got to know each other, eventually meeting in person. 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