It was a post from an unknown account, showing video footage of Athena's exam. "Dr. Athena Hall achieved a perfect score in an internationally recognized surgical simulation test—something no one's done in the past ten years. She's truly a medical genius!" Barbara leaned over to look, eyes widening in shock. "How's that possible? I thought she couldn't even hold a scalpel properly! How could she possibly score full marks?" Even her best students had never achieved that. Athena had been injured and away for years, so how could she come back like this? Before they could recover from the shock, an assistant's voice came from outside. "Professor Rice! The family of the patient who backed out is outside, causing a scene! They're saying you were the one who told them to refuse the surgery! They claim they trusted Dr. Hall completely!" Maya's face drained of color. She had not expected this to blow up so fast. Panicking, she rushed outside—only to see the elderly woman sobbing in front of the reporters. "I trusted Dr. Hall! I was ready for her to perform my husband's surgery! I only backed out because I was misled by someone else!" The air went still, broken only by the woman's tearful cries. Reporters immediately swarmed in. "Ma'am, you're the patient's family, right? Why did you suddenly change your mind?" The old lady immediately cried out, insisting she had been wronged. "It was that Professor Rice! She showed me a video of Dr. Hall. I saw how she couldn't even hold the scalpel steady, so of course I thought her skills weren't good and she was just an intern! If she operated on my husband, something bad would definitely happen. That's why I changed my mind!"At first, the old lady had refused to go through with the surgery, no matter how others tried to convince her. But then, out of nowhere, Athena's video was exposed. She explained that after the video spread, the hospital nurses were all talking about how skilled Dr. Hall actually was. That was when she realized she had made a huge mistake. The old lady did not understand what the simulation assessment was, but hearing how shocked the nurses sounded, she instantly knew that Dr. Hall must be really skilled! Besides, she had agreed to have the surgery because it would reduce the medical fees. They were poor rural folks, so there was no way they could afford such a big operation. A discount was already a huge relief, so after discussing it with her husband, she decided to go ahead. But then the hospital told her it was too late, and she could not change her decision anymore, and the surgery slot was already gone. The old lady was devastated, pounding her chest in regret. She wanted to confront Maya because she believed it was all her fault that she had lost this chance. They might never get another opportunity like this, and her husband's condition could only worsen. When the reporters heard what the old lady said, they were all taken aback. So it was Maya who convinced her to back out? Just then, someone spotted Maya nearby and shouted, "Professor Rice is over there!" The crowd of reporters snapped back to their senses and immediately rushed toward her, surrounding her tightly. Maya was still in shock, unable to figure out how she had suddenly been exposed.When she saw the reporters rushing toward her, she immediately turned to run, but there were too many of them. Within moments, they had surrounded her completely, trapping her in the middle with no way out. "Professor Rice, did you persuade the patient to back out of Dr. Hall's surgery?" "Why would you do that? Were you afraid Dr. Hall might outperform you?" "Or did you fear she'd succeed, so you tried to sabotage her in secret?" ... Maya was at a loss for words. Of course, she could not admit to something like that. All she could say was, "It wasn't me! You've got it all wrong!" "So, you're saying that old lady's lying about you?" someone pressed. Hearing that, the old lady rushed forward angrily. "It was you! You're the one who misled me! You showed me that video of Dr. Hall! Maybe you even faked it yourself!" At that, the reporters suddenly remembered that the video that went viral online had first been shared by Maya. Could it be that she forged it? Otherwise, how could anyone explain how someone supposedly so inexperienced could suddenly get a perfect score in the assessment? Only someone truly capable could achieve that.