Chapter 691

Mia glanced at Luna, then quickly covered her mouth, faking a smile. “Shelly, let’s not say things like that. We wouldn’t want to upset Ms. Maynard.”

“Luna is incredibly understanding; she won’t take offense,” Shelly insisted.

Mia couldn’t help but notice Luna struggling to maintain her composure.

“I understand, but for individuals like us who casually indulge in luxury items, bags and shoes are merely superficial possessions. Ms. Maynard seems to attach excessive importance to them,” Mia remarked.

Shelly readily agreed, “Exactly. For people from more modest backgrounds, a luxury item could represent their entire year’s salary, so they tend to attach great significance to it.”

A hint of bitterness flashed in Luna’s eyes. Despite her inner turmoil, she forced a composed expression and inquired, “Shelly, how is Grandma Laura’s condition?”

“They’re still doing everything they can to save her. It’s difficult to predict when it will all be over,” Shelly replied.

Glancing at the time, she realized it was already quite late. Had Laura’s condition not

suddenly deteriorated, Shelly wouldn’t have been summoned to the hospital by Harriette to

attend to Laura.

After all, Harriette had made it clear that she needed to behave well in front of Timothy to continue receiving her monthly allowance.

have found herself at the hospital

emerged from

received the reishi mushroom. What did

yet deep down, she dreaded the prospect

the brink of death. Yet, to Luna’s dismay, Timothy had somehow obtained

expression turned somber as he responded, “We

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the treatment.”

prolonged illness and weakened state, a single

her recovery. All we can do is await the results of

sigh of relief. It seemed the odds of Laura waking up were slim.

stalk of reishi mushroom in such a short time was virtually impossible, especially considering the

Luna could finally ease

in her comatose state, the

remain buried.

help but

appeared that Timothy needed another stalk of reishi

an extra

didn’t have any sick relatives, her memory loss persisted, and

her brothers to keep collecting rare herbs, such as reishi

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