How... How did Serena know the details of what happened at the auction? And that she had to bid three times to secure it at an exorbitant price?
When she was bidding for the EverVita Essence, Serena hadn't even returned to the Lancaster family.
She was still with the Wynn family, having a miserable time.
How could she possibly know the details of an auction happening far away in Caldoria?
It was as if she had been there herself.
Isabella felt a knot of displeasure tighten in her stomach.
At the auction in Caldoria, she had been so magnificent, spending a fortune and drawing the envious gazes of all the foreigners.
But now, coming from Serena's mouth, her grand gesture to curry favor with Old Mr. Blackwood was being twisted into an act of foolishness?
Seeing Isabella's flustered anger, Karen, who had lost all her own bluster, couldn't help but mutter under her breath, "A country bumpkin, a high school dropout who couldn't even graduate, dares to question the Ghost Doctor!"
Serena couldn't be bothered to waste any more words on them. She raised her eyes, her gaze shifting to the bowl of chicken soup that had been set aside and was now cold.
"Since you're so convinced this is a miracle tonic that strengthens and nourishes the body, then... you should drink it. That way, your efforts won't have been wasted, Isabella."
Karen froze, her eyes fixed on the murky, increasingly foul-smelling chicken soup. A sense of dread crept into her heart.
Serena's words kept replaying in her mind...
She had said that if the EverVita Essence was used incorrectly, brewing it into a soup would turn it into poison.
And then there was Serena's claim that this was just the leftover scraps from making the actual medicine.
Although she didn't believe a word Serena said, there was still that inexplicable feeling...
"What's wrong? Weren't you just singing the Ghost Doctor's praises? Afraid to drink it?" Serena sneered. "You're scared to drink it yourselves, but you dare serve it to Old Mr. Blackwood?"
"Who... who said I'm scared to drink it?" Karen couldn't let herself be intimidated by a country girl like Serena, nor could she admit that she had been swayed by her words.
She stuck her neck out. "I'll drink it! I'll show you what a real miracle tonic is!"
With that, Karen stepped forward to grab the bowl of soup.
Isabella's expression changed, and she quickly reached out to stop her.
That was chicken soup made from the EverVita Essence she had spent so much effort, and money to acquire. How could she bear to let Karen drink it?
Using it to please Old Mr. Blackwood could yield much greater returns.
What was the point of letting Karen drink it?
She might as well drink it herself!
Of course, Isabella didn't dare say that out loud.
She could
only watch in agony as
Karen rushed over picked up the net
bowl, and brought it to her lips.
Her heart was practically bleeding with pain!
As Karen brought the bowl to her
mouth, the foul odor became e net
stronger at close range
Besides the rank smell, there was another strange, indescribable odor.
She couldn't quite put her finger on what it was...
In short, it was unappetizing.
But now, she was already committed.
Even if the smell was overpowering...
She couldn't show any hesitation.
Otherwise, it would just give that damned hick another chance to question them!
Instantly, Karen raised the bowl and gulped it all down.
To be honest, the soup didn't taste bad.
But the strange odor permeating it became even more intense after she swallowed...
Her entire mouth and throat were filled with that bizarre taste.
She almost wanted to throw up.