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.

Shelly wouldn’t have found herself at the hospital in the dead of night, pretending to

Caleb emerged from

“Tim, how’s Grandma? I heard she received the reishi mushroom. What

apparent concern for Laura, yet deep down, she dreaded the prospect of Laura waking

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

responded, “We still have to await

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the treatment.”

and weakened state, a single stalk of reishi mushroom

there are no guarantees of her recovery. All

relief. It

time was virtually impossible, especially

could

Laura remained in her comatose state,

remain buried.

help but ponder

needed another stalk

extra

have any sick relatives, her memory loss persisted, and Sage’s delicate health remained a

keep collecting rare herbs,

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