Chapter 480

Citrine hesitated, unsure how to introduce the newcomers. After a brief pause, she finally spoke. "They're... friends."

At the word "friends," both Hilda and Wade couldn't help a fleeting look of disappointment, though it vanished as quickly as it appeared.

Citrine took the initiative. "This is the Dean of our Medical Department, and this is a professor of traditional medicine."

Hilda immediately extended her hand to the two men. "It's a pleasure to meet you both."

They shook her hand in turn.

Compared to Hilda's composure, Wade was clearly nervous and awkward.

"H-hello, professors," he stammered, looking at the two men as if he couldn't quite believe they were real.

It was surreal. Never in his wildest dreams did Wade imagine he'd ever be talking to the dean and a professor from Crestwood University. He'd always been the underachiever, the class clown, scraping by and barely making it into an average university after high school. He was no different from the other trust-fund kids in his circle, spending a couple of years abroad for show after graduation.

to face with the very people he'd only ever seen on TV or in the

star pupil, a prodigy.

men shook hands with Hilda and Wade, their manner genuinely kind. Zachariah smiled. "Welcome. We're glad to have you

turned to Citrine. "We'll leave you to your meal, Citrine.

Hilda watched them walk away, she was

several interviews featuring the three of them. The dean and the professor were legendary in the medical world, not only holding prestigious

years ago, yet it had quickly become

verme

reputation for combining Western and

complex cases and perform

groundbreaking surgeries, earning it

recognition as the most

authoritative institute in Crestwood.

never expected her own daughter to have such close ties with these

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