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 in the dead of night, pretending to be

emerged from the

hurried over. “Tim, how’s Grandma? I heard she received the reishi mushroom. What did the doctor say?”

concern for Laura, yet deep down, she dreaded the

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

somber as he responded, “We still have to await the results

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the treatment.”

weakened state, a single stalk of reishi mushroom can only offer limited relief.

improve her chances, but ultimately, there are no guarantees of her recovery. All we can do is await the

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

mushroom in such a short time was virtually impossible, especially

Luna could finally

as Laura remained in her comatose state, the secrets of that fateful

remain buried.

help but ponder Caleb’s

another stalk of reishi mushroom, and

extra one.

didn’t have any sick relatives, her memory loss

her brothers to keep collecting rare herbs, such as

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