Chapter 353 What's Between You and Him

"You want to know why?"

Arthur pulled an inexplicably baffling and amorous smile at Elspeth, who held her breath and said, "Tell me."

"It's a secret!" With that, the man walked away resolutely.

Then, something seemed to have hit him as he turned back around. "That reminds me. Our engagement party was ruined. We'll have to redo it in a couple of days. You better get ready for it again."

Elspeth had just lost interest in why he would poison Ginna, and now he threw this bomb at her.

"Can't we just leave it as it is? We've already done it once, and everyone already knows."

All things aside, just having to wake up at 5.00AM to get her makeup done was already torturous enough.

"That won't fly. I'm a man of principles; everything needs to be done through and through." Arthur shook his head with a frown. It seemed that he cared a lot about this matter.

In the end, he still left after he said everything he wanted to.

Elspeth didn't have anything important to see to either. Then, it suddenly occurred to her that she hadn't given Isabel the medicinal herbs she had brought back the other time. Hence, she decided to buy a few other medicinal herbs from the hospital to mix with that batch after reaching home.

However, there were too few medicinal herbs in hospitals abroad. Even if the hospital she was in had the city's largest medicinal herb dispensary, she couldn't enter as she pleased, let alone obtain those medicinal herbs.

Still, she went with a glimmer of hope.

man guarding the medicinal herb dispensary stood up and

herbs. May I please speak to your person-in-charge about it?" Elspeth

and talking her way into it. Coupled with her impeccable smile, the man gave in

and returned with a Damorian guy, whom Elspeth thought looked familiar but just couldn't quite figure out where she had

guard immediately after seeing Elspeth, and he asked,

I happened to specialize in traditional medicine, so I'd

with his piercing gaze. "You look like

said she 'specialized' in the study, so she backtracked her words at once.

else so casually. Are you not worried you'll cause

was displeased no

and I'm not skilled enough,

the man became even more skeptical. "You have a mentor? What's

a good temper would've long become annoyed after so much questioning, let alone

my wish to purchase medicinal herbs, does it?" Elspeth's gaze turned

something bad happens to your friend after consuming the medicinal herbs you got from us, people will come to us after finding out the source of those herbs. So, to avoid any unnecessary issues, I have to get things straight." At the end of the day, the

sorry. I can't tell you my mentor's name. But I can most certainly treat my friend's illness." Elspeth realized her overreaction might have

you can forget about purchasing any medicinal herbs from us." The man's expectant gaze

bet on a person's life so

moment with you? I'll tell only you," Elspeth negotiated, seeing that the man wanted to

to him. The latter understood at once and walked away acquiescently, as unwilling as

"Alright, tell me."

the two of them, Elspeth

at once. "Are you sure that's

up to

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