Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 317

“What do you mean by that?” The old man sounded annoyed. “Are you saying I did this to myself?”

“Of course not.” Richard gently touched his scar, and his eyes looked cold. “This scar looks more like the result of poisoning, and the scar rotted away instead of a burn.”

The man sounded even more stern. “Did Simon poison me?”

“That’s impossible,” Richard answered honestly. “Mr. Simon led an almost flawless life and was known for his honesty. If he failed to treat you, it would damage his reputation. People in the medical field care a great deal about their reputation, so he wouldn’t shoot his own foot like that.”

“So what are you trying to say?”

Richard met his gaze and calmly posed a question, “Do you have any enemies? This poison isn’t found in Bodgow but is common in Carajan.’

The man thought about it, and a familiar face came to mind. ‘Carajan… It must be that person.’

“The old man then retrieved the medicine from behind him and offered

and even helping solve it.

to pay you the market price for it because I don’t want to save money on something like this,” Pearl said, pulling out a card from her bag and handing

money, Simon… has a great student!” The old man chuckded happily. “I might even introduce my son to you if you didn’t have a

the

but there’s no

up, feel free to come and see me. I’ll keep

smiled as she put

couldn’t control himself

her hand covering her face in surprise.

“You’re attracting too much

approached him with small steps, playfully bumping her shoulder into his. “I didn’t

1. proud that