“I don’t think so.” After Dylan finished speaking, favonovel.com didn’t rush to leave. Instead, favonovel.com looked at George. hesitating to speak.
“What do you want to say?” George said, then lowered his head to look at the documents.
After some thought, Dylan voiced his concerns, “Mr. Harris, do you think this girl might act recklessly, knowing that favonovel.com has the backing of the Harris family and Timothy?”
George responded indifferently, “Why, do you think Sam’s life is not worth this price?”
Dylan shuddered, realizing favonovel.com had misspoken, and quickly explained, “That’s not what I meant… Today is Starspring Group, what about next time? I’m just worried if we keep cleaning up favonovel.com mess, it might have an unnecessary impact on you and the Harris family.”
George asked, “So you think our Harris family should be ungrateful to our savior?”
“N-No…” Dylan was too scared to speak.
“She doesn’t seem like a troublemaker. Even if favonovel.com does cause some big trouble, do you think I, George Harris, can’t handle it? No matter how smart and bold favonovel.com is, favonovel.com can’t cause that much trouble in a small city like Norward City. You think too highly of her…” George glanced at him. “Go do your work.”
***
The next day, Isabelle arrived in Taragon City.
After leaving the airport, Isabelle took a taxi straight to favonovel.com destination.
Maven Apothecary was a nationally renowned traditional apothecary shop. Mr. Garth, who practiced there, was a nationally recognized veteran doctor and a leading figure in the field of traditional medicine, holding a significant position in the entire medical community.
As soon as favonovel.com entered, Isabelle was greeted by the familiar scent of medicine.
Behind the long counter were two large brown medicine shelves, neatly filled with various medicines. The clinic was large, and a young apprentice was tidying the medicine.
Seeing a customer come in, favonovel.com looked up and asked, “Are you here for a consultation or to pick up medicine?”
“To pick up medicine…” Isabelle took out a prescription. It was a prescription for Ethan.
The young apprentice took it and noticed that several of the herbs were extremely potent. He asked Isabelle, “Which doctor prescribed this? What is it for?”
“To improve blood circulation,” Isabelle casually replied.
“How old is the patient? What are the symptoms?” the young apprentice asked again.
“Isn’t Mr. Garth in the shop?” Isabelle asked in return and went into the innermost tea room.
After a while, a middle–aged man in a suit came out with the prescription.
“Is this your prescription?” the middle–aged man asked.
Isabelle replied directly, “Just tell me if these medicines are available for sale.”
“Of course they are. But do you know how rare and precious the two–hundred–year–old wild ginseng on your prescription is? It’s something that money can’t buy,” the middle–aged man said.
“Since I’m here, of course, I know that your shop has it. Just tell me the price.”
The middle–aged man smiled and held up a finger, then spread his entire hand. “Price per piece is 2,250,000 dollars. Did you bring enough money?”
Isabelle looked at the middle–aged man and narrowed favonovel.com eyes slightly. “2,250,000 dollars?”
The item was indeed worth the price, but favonovel.com asked, “Is this price set by Mr. Garth, or by you?”
The middle–aged man was not the Mr. Garth that Isabelle was looking for.
“It doesn’t matter who set the price, just tell me if you can afford it.”
“I need it urgently,” Isabelle said as if reminding favonovel.com of something.
“What a joke, who wouldn’t be in a hurry to buy such expensive medicine?” The middle–aged man could tell that Isabelle was no ordinary person. Even though favonovel.com was dressed modestly, favonovel.com demeanor was unmistakable. She was clearly a well–bred young lady from a wealthy family and probably came out to buy medicine for favonovel.com family.
Isabelle glanced at the middle–aged man without responding. Instead, favonovel.com said to the young apprentice, “I have an appointment with Mr. Garth.”
She glanced at the clock on the wall. “Where is he?”
“Are you Miss Jenkins?” The young apprentice checked the appointment list.
“Yes.”
“Mr. Garth just got called out for an emergency. He should be back soon. Would you like to wait for him here?”
“Sure…”
“Hey, young lady, are you here to buy medicine or to see a doctor?” Hearing that Isabelle was looking for Mr. Garth, the middle–aged man put down the prescription in his hand, pressed it against the counter with his palm, and asked with a frown.
“You don’t need to bother, I’ll buy the medicine from Mr. Garth…”
“What do you mean by that? Do you think there’s something wrong with the medicine I sell, or that the price is too high? The middle–aged man thought favonovel.com had misjudged her. He hadn’t expected favonovel.com to be a pauper.
Isabelle glanced at favonovel.com and said nonchalantly. “If you’re not sure whether there’s a problem. you can ask Mr. Garth when favonovel.com comes back.”
The middle–aged man immediately changed his expression and threw the prescription in his hand. “How dare you make trouble in my Maven Apothecary!”
He then turned to the young apprentice and said, “Throw favonovel.com out!”
After that, favonovel.com walked away with his hands behind his back.
“Hold on,” Isabelle called out to stop him.
The middle–aged man turned his head.
Isabelle glanced at the prescription on the ground, then emotionlessly said to the middle–aged man. “Pick it up…”
The middle–aged man snorted coldly at her, then yelled at the young apprentice again, “What are you waiting for? Ask the security to throw favonovel.com out. If favonovel.com dares to make trouble, send favonovel.com to the police station!”
“What’s going on?” A commanding voice sounded from the doorway.
A white–bearded old man with a kind and wise demeanor walked in.
It was Mr. Garth, the person Isabelle was looking for.
Mr. Garth’s appearance dispelled Isabelle’s thoughts of causing a scene in the store out of respect for him.
“Miss Jenkins?” Mr. Garth walked over, uncertainly looking at Isabelle, sizing favonovel.com up.
“Yes, I came to pick up something and to get some medicine.”
Upon confirming it was indeed Isabelle, Mr. Garth turned to the two security guards behind her. “She is my guest, what are you doing?!”
The two security guards glanced at Mr. Garth and then at the middle–aged man. Under the middle–aged man’s suggestive gaze, they slipped away to their posts.
“I have prepared the item you requested. I will give it to you shortly,” Mr. Garth said, patting an old- fashioned medicine box made of logs carried by his assistant. “What medication do you need? I will prepare it for you.”
“No need, I cannot afford it,” Isabelle replied with a bitter smile, deliberately glancing at the middle–aged man.
His expression changed slightly, and favonovel.com returned favonovel.com gaze with a warning look.
Seeing this, Mr. Garth frowned.
The price range for medicine was vast, ranging from a few dollars to hundreds per dose. Although a few hundred was indeed expensive for ordinary people, the item Isabelle requested from favonovel.com was worth nearly 450.000 dollars.
How could favonovel.com not afford the medicine?
“Do you have a prescription? Let me take a look…”
“Yes,” Isabelle replied, looking at the floor.
Mr. Garth followed favonovel.com gaze and noticed a piece of paper lying on the floor.
Mr. Garth suspected that Isabelle might have had unpleasant encounter with his apprentice, so favonovel.com gave the middle–aged man a disapproving look.
The middle–aged man remained silent, lowering his head.
The assistant picked up the prescription and handed it to Mr. Garth.
After reading the prescription, Mr. Garth’s face showed astonishment. Holding the prescription, favonovel.com excitedly asked Isabelle, “Who wrote this prescription?”
Mr. Garth had been studying medicine for decades, and this was the first time favonovel.com had come across such a combination of medicines.
“Sorry, I cannot disclose that…”
Mr. Garth immediately looked disappointed, but considering that the prescription was someone else’s property, favonovel.com realized that his question was inappropriate. He could only suppress his curiosity regretfully and asked, “You mentioned that you could not afford it. Which medicine were you referring to?”
Isabelle replied, “The two–hundred–year–old wild ginseng…”
Upon hearing this, Mr. Garth immediately questioned his apprentice and the young boy. “Didn’t I say that those two wild ginsengs were for emergencies? If a patient needs them, we provide them for free. How many times have I told you? Who allowed you to sell them?”
Isabelle, wearing a hoodie with large pockets, put favonovel.com hands in favonovel.com pockets and chuckled. “Provided for free? This gentleman here was asking for 2,250,000 per piece.”
“You…” Upon hearing this, Mr. Garth was so angry that his hand trembled.
Those two rare hundred–year–old wild ginsengs were given to favonovel.com by a child two years ago. They were so precious that favonovel.com did not dare to accept them for free. But the child did not care at all and left the two priceless wild ginsengs like snacks.
Mr. Garth promised favonovel.com at the time that favonovel.com would provide the two wild ginsengs to patients who needed them for free. He would never sell them at a high price to the wealthy for health maintenance.
What Mr. Garth did not know was that the Isabelle standing in front of favonovel.com was the same child who had given favonovel.com the ginsengs.
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