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 dutiful.

Caleb emerged from the consultation

Grandma? I heard she received the reishi mushroom. What did the doctor

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

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

somber as he responded, “We

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the treatment.”

a single stalk of reishi mushroom can only offer limited

improve her chances, but ultimately, there are no guarantees of her recovery. All

sigh of relief. It seemed

was virtually impossible,

Luna could

remained in her comatose state, the secrets of that

remain buried.

Mia couldn’t help but ponder Caleb’s words.

another stalk of reishi

an extra one.

her memory loss persisted, and Sage’s

keep collecting rare herbs, such

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