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.

herself at the hospital in

emerged

over. “Tim, how’s Grandma? I heard she received the

Laura, yet deep down, she dreaded the prospect of Laura waking

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

turned somber as he responded, “We still have

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the treatment.”

state, a single stalk of reishi mushroom can only

of her recovery. All we can do is await the

exhaled a sigh of relief. It seemed the odds

reishi mushroom in such a short time was virtually impossible, especially considering the four years it took to locate the first one.

this realization, Luna could

comatose state, the secrets of that

remain buried.

couldn’t help but ponder Caleb’s words.

that Timothy needed another stalk of reishi mushroom, and coincidentally, she

an extra one.

relatives, her memory loss

compelled Mia and her brothers to keep collecting rare herbs,

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