"Philadelphia is far less prosperous than New York, not to mention, we are not Philadelphia, our family's farm is in the suburbs of the suburbs, and we usually have to drive half an hour to the town next to it, let alone Philadelphia."

Victor shook his head, and continued, "Donna's illness cost the family a lot of money, and after the death of Mom and Donna, it also costs a lot of money to hold a funeral, and the harvest on the farm is not very good, so we can't even pay part of your tuition, so we can only let you take out a loan."

"Aside from the cost of college, the cost of medical school is scary, and we don't know when you're going to pay off your loan...... Did you really pay it off?" Victor asked with some hesitation.

Strange was stunned, and of course he paid off all the loans, because he made a lot of money from the immortal factor's estate, and even bought a nice house and a nice car in New York.

"Didn't I tell you all?! You can come to New York, I've said it many times, but you're not coming!"

"Stephen!" Victor raised his voice and said, "Even if the family can't help you more, it can't drag you down anymore, Eugene and I both think so!"

"The reason why he didn't want to come to New York for medical treatment was because he was afraid that people would laugh at his Philadelphia accent, because one year, when you came home, you said that you had put a lot of effort into changing that accent, and if you spoke with that accent in class, no one would even invite you to a party."

Strange opened his mouth for a moment, and he remembered that he seemed to have said such things, so he hastily explained, "No, I didn't mean ...... I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the Philadelphia accent, but here in New York, they're ......."

"Of course we do." Victor looked Strange in the eye and said, "Even when I go to the town to deliver something, those people think I'm a suburban and don't want to talk to me more, let alone New York?"

"People from small places are not easy to mix in big cities, this is a truth that everyone knows, you have no friends here, no relatives, and you have to study and live, but the family can't provide you with any help, although Dad never says, but he has been worried."

Strange said a little sluggishly, "Didn't I tell you? I've made a lot of money, I remember I said that??"

"But how much is a lot?" Victor asked rhetorically, "Yes, your salary is very high, you are the best surgeon, you must be able to make a lot of money, but what about the housing prices in New York?" What about prices here? Don't you need to get married? Don't need to raise children here? Does your child not need to go to college to pay tuition? Do you want him to take out a loan like you?"

Strange was stopped by him again, and he counted the savings he had, which were enough to cover them, but not too much if he had his perfectionist expectations.

Although the so-called marriage and childbirth, Strange is not thinking about it at all now, but he has a bigger burden, that is, Kama Taj.

The mages of Kama Taj also cost money to operate in the society of ordinary people, and although the current solar system development plan will grant them funds, it is still not enough.

Victor counted his fingers to himself: "You work in the Presbyterian Hospital, and you can't buy a house too far, but every inch of land is at a premium, even if you don't buy it on the Isle of Man, you can't go to a place that is too remote."

"If you don't buy it on foot, then you have to buy a car, I think, the cars parked in the parking lot downstairs are not cheap, but it's not like we just buy a pickup truck in the suburbs and drive it."

"If you're going to fall in love with a local girl in New York, you have to make a reservation for a restaurant and invite her to dinner......

"I just asked about the salaries of the nurses in the wards and the salaries of surgeons, and there are indeed a lot of them, but if they are used in these aspects, they can only be said to be stretched, not to mention the need to prepare for children's education, private schools are very expensive......

Strange was about to say something when Victor said, "If I had come and stayed with my father, you wouldn't have been able to live in a bachelorette apartment anymore

I also need a two-room house."

"Listen, Victor, that's not a problem!" "I've made a lot of money, much more than you think, and I have a big house in the most downtown part of Manhattan, overlooking the whole of New York at night, and I can take you there......

"No, Stephen, that's not the most important thing." Victor frowned and said, "Dad told me that if I told you about my condition, you would definitely let him go to the Presbyterian Hospital for treatment."

"So what?" Strange asked, puzzled, "Isn't the Presbyterian hospital good enough?" This is the best hospital in New York, and on the entire East Coast!"

"That's why he can't go." Victor looked into Strange's eyes and said, "You're not a native of New York, and your relationships here are unstable, so if you want to join the circle of your colleagues, of course, you have to follow the rules of New York."

"If my father and I had come, they would have known that you were the son of a farmer from a small place, and that would make you look down upon."

Victor sighed and said, "It's not easy to get in the circles of a foreign country, you have to disguise yourself as a native, forget your less privileged background, and talk about some fashionable topics."

"But if you have relatives and friends from those places before, your disguise will not be able to be maintained any longer." Victor looked at Strange through his towering brow bones and said, "Stephen, we all know you, you don't want to break your perfect image, and we don't want to break you."

Strange was completely stunned, he took a deep breath, and then said somewhat absurdly, "So, he'd rather endure the pain of his lungs rotting than come here???

He got up from his chair, spread his hands and kept pacing in place, saying, "You guys are crazy! You're a bunch of crazy people! Are you ......?"

Suddenly, he stood where he was again, and there was silence, and Victor also stood up, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Before, Dad woke up, and he said that he didn't tell anyone that he was your father, so your colleagues and nurses should not know yet, as long as you two have something to do with each other, you won't ......."

Strange shook off Victor's hand and said, "In your eyes, am I a monster who doesn't have any feelings and doesn't care about any relatives in order to maintain a perfect image?"

Victor didn't seem to understand what he was saying, at this time, there was a knock at the door, and then, Strange saw a look of horror on Victor's face, and he subconsciously took a step back, as if trying to find a place to hide.

The horror and cowardice in his eyes made Strange completely devastated, and he leaned back in the chair next to him in a somewhat rude crouching position that he would never normally do, and his shoulders shrugged and weeping.

Schiller pushed open the door, walked in softly, and said to Victor in a low voice, "I'm his friend, you go out first, I have something to talk to him......

Victor glanced at his brother, hesitated, but went out anyway, and Schiller helped Strange up, and at this time, Strange was already crying to the point that he couldn't care about it.

Schiller didn't do anything, just walked to the door and twisted the anti-lock button.

He could clearly see that Strange's shoulders shook a little when he heard the "click", and then, the convulsions from crying subsided considerably.

Schiller shook his head, Strange's symptoms are too typical, because the family education model is too traditional, he is a little overly insecure, and the way he seeks security is to build himself into a perfect person, as long as others can't find fault, then he can always be in an advantageous position.

Unlike in the comics, the Strange that Schiller met can be called smooth sailing, and he has hardly experienced any twists and turns.

First, he was pulled into the pit of the immortality factor by Schiller, and then because of the cosmic demon god co-prosperity project, he successfully took over the burden of the Supreme Mage and owned the Holy of Holies.

Later, when the solar system development plan began, the mages continued to overcome difficulties under his leadership and developed a lot of magical energy

Civilian technology has made his reputation even higher.

I have not experienced the despair of breaking my hand, I have not given up on myself, I have not drunk every night, nor have I found a little light in the time of despair and darkness, abandoned everything, and escaped into the empty door.

This Strange did not see it, but he saw it too openly, precisely because he was now at a too high level, but in turn he could understand how much ordinary people like his father and younger brother worried about him in these daily busy worldly lives.

It is precisely because he is now successful and has not much to worry about that he can feel how much extra energy these worries, which are insignificant to him and cannot change anything, for an ordinary person who has not yet transcended human social life.

In the end, how much understanding must be held in order to separate the precious mind from the already difficult life and think about others, not only that, but if you want to endure additional pain and avoid shadows, you are more like a saint.

It took Schiller more than an hour to reassure Strange and get him to recover from the convulsions of deep crying, and just as he was about to take a sip of water, his phone rang again.

"Doctor Schiller, I'm sorry, you should be okay right now, right?" Steve's voice came from the other side, and Schiller heard his tone tremble a little, and knew that he should be ill.

"Listen, Steve, take a deep breath, just like I taught you to do before, to stare at something and not to look at its details, to block out the illusions that appear in front of your eyes...... Where are you now?"

"The Avengers' base? Spider-Man too? You give him the phone...... Feed? Peter? Yes, I know he's not doing well, oh no, don't comfort him yet, get out of there......

"Listen to me, Peter, I'm a psychiatrist by profession, yes, you make an excuse to get out of there first and leave Steve alone...... I'll be right over."