<b>Chapter </b><b>40</b>
Russell was about to scrutinize Melody’s expression, but she had already carefully concealed her true emotions as if the moment of sarcasm just now had been a figment of Russell’s imagination.
I probably have misjudged, thought Russell. “This matter ends here.” He shifted his gaze away, not wanting to look at Melody any longer, and turned to Ynda. “<b>You </b>too, stop worrying about yourself. Go upstairs and persuade Mabel. Her temper, I understand it too, Both parties are at fault in this matter,”
Ynda felt a thousand grievances in her heart, but Russell felt guilty towards Melody. Until Melody made another mistake, she couldn’t show her hostility towards Melody in front of Russell.
Thinking of this, Ynda nodded falsely. “Yes, I’m also at fault. You just came <b>back </b>and have to deal with these trivial matters. You haven’t had dinner yet, have you? I’ll <b>have </b>the kitchen prepare your favorite. You should take a bath first, you smell of smoke…”
She spoke while leading <b>Russell </b>upstairs, deliberately not giving Russell and Melody a chance tomunicate again.
Soon it was dinner time, Maria hadn’t recovered her spirits, so she didn’t go to the dining room for dinner.
Melody didn’t want to see the cozy scene of Ynda’s family, so she made up an excuse to apany Maria for dinner and didn’t go to the dining room.
However, when it was time to decoct the medicine, Melody found that the amount of poison in Maria’s medicine ingredients had increased significantlypared to before.
Previously, the poison was from soaking Corydalis Rhizome in mercury sulfide, but now<b>, </b>she could smell the mercury sulfide without even opening the medicine package, indicating that the concentration of soaking had increased
Is it because Grandma is too protective of me, making Ynda and her daughter even more eager to kill <b>her</b><b>?</b><b>‘ </b>asked Melody in her heart. That was the only possibility. She narrowed her eyes coldly. After quickly disposing of the mercury sulfide, she took the medicine ingredients to
the small kitchen to decoct the medicine.N?velDrama.Org holds this content.
The medicine itself was not a problem; it was all nourishing, but without targeting the symptoms, it only had a tonic effect and couldn’t cure
Maria’s illness.
Fortunately, she could use the excuse of going to buy medicine ingredients for Margaret from the Swanson family tomorrow to secretly
switch Maria’s medicine.
But for that, she needed to gain Maria’s full trust as soon <b>as </b>possible to reveal Ynda’s actions in front of her.
Although Maria trusted her now, it was only in terms of character, and that trust <b>was </b>still precarious.
In terms of medical skills, Maria trusted her even less.
She had to cure Margaret’s illness as soon as possible to let Maria know that she indeed had good medical skills. Only then would Maria believe that she had discovered the poisonous ingredients in the medicine ingredients.
Everything had to be done quickly; Melody had no time to catch her breath. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be her acting in secret while Ynda acted openly.
In the blink <b>of </b>an eye, it was the next day. Melody was still <b>asleep </b>when she <b>was </b>awakened by Maria’s personal maid, Hattie. “Miss Melody. wake up quickly. The Swanson family is here <b>to </b>pick you up to buy <b>medicine </b>ingredients.<b>”</b>
Melody had been studying Margaret’s prescriptionst night until dawn. She <b>hadn’t </b>slept for more than three hours.
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<b>Being </b>awakened now, her mind was still not clear. She asked in a daze, “Have breakfast?”
Seeing Melody’s confused look, Hattie couldn’t help but smile.
Everyone thought Melody was ugly, but she didn’t think so. If one looked carefully, one could tell Melody’s features weren’t inferior to
Mabel’s
If there were no red patches on Melody’s face, she might be the next reigning debutante of Silveke.
Thinking of this, Hattie became even more gentle and said, “Breakfast is already prepared. Mrs. Fox was worried that the people from the Swanson family would wait too long, so she had me <b>pack </b>it for <b>you</b><b>. </b>You can take it with you in the car.”
Melody was finally awake at this moment. Upon hearing this, she quickly sat up and said, “Sorry, Hattle. I wasn’t fully awake just now, I’ll get up right <b>away</b>.” With that, she nced at the clock on the wall.
It was only seven o’clock. She had slept for less than three hours.
The people from the Swanson family are even more anxious than me<b>, </b>aren’t they?‘ asked Melody inwardly.
But haste was a good thing; she also wanted to cure Margaret’s illness as soon as possible.
With this in mind, Melody quickly freshened up.
When she looked closely, Melody <b>had </b>already freshened up, dressed neatly, and
Hattie felt like a gust of wind had passed by in front of her. W
stood before her.
“I’m ready, Hattie. Where’s my breakfast?” Melody asked.
Rubbing her eyes, Hattie sighed. “Miss Melody, you’re too quick. Don’t you want to put on some makeup and dress up a bit?”
Melody chuckled self–deprecatingly. “Do you think makeup would help my face?”
Hattie choked for a moment and muttered, “I actually think you’re quite pretty. It’s just your face. Would you li department at the hospital when you have time?”
like to go
the dermatology
“No need, it can’t be cured.” The red patches on Melody’s face were caused by poison.
The poison her master had administered couldn’t be cured by the hospital.
Hattie felt a pang of regret and felt. ‘Miss Melody must be saying that because she already saw the doctors and they couldn’t cure her. What a pity.”
Suddenly, she remembered something and reminded Melody, “But it’s better for you to dress up a bit today. The person apanying you to buy medicine ingredients isn’t a servant of the Swanson family.”
Melody’s eyelids twitched. “It’s not Astrid, is it?”
“You’ll know when you see for yourself,” Hattie said mysteriously.
Melody had no choice but to take the breakfast from Hattie and stride out of the backyard towards the gate.
Breakfast consisted of two sandwiches, a cup of hot milk, and two peeled tea eggs
Although the sandwiches were simple, with abination of meat and vegetables, they were nutritious and well thought out.
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Most of the household servants listened to Ynda, so it was unlikely that they would go to such trouble for her. Surely, Hattie had prepared this breakfast especially for her.
Melody felt warm in her heart.
In this family, there was more than
than just Maria who cared for her. She was satisfied.
Just as she was about to reach the door, she suddenly saw Russell preparing to go out.
Russell still felt guilty aboutst night. Seeing Melody, he took the initiative to greet her, “Melody, are you going out so early?”
He tried to put on a fatherly smile, but facing Melody’s face, he couldn’t force a smile.
Melody nodded, seeing the disdain in Russell’s eyes. She pretended not <b>to </b>notice and smiled. “Yes, I’m going out to buy something.”
“Ah, indeed, you need to buy something. Your clothes are too old. Buy some new ones.” Russell inquired, “By the way, do you have enough money? Your mother should <b>have </b>given you some pocket money, right?”
Melody sneered inwardly. “Ynda gives me pocket money<b>? </b>It’s just impossible.
But she didn’t bother to say anything. If he told Russell that Ynda didn’t give her pocket money, Ynda would just cry and say she wasn’t used to Melody being back and forgot to give her money, and then <b>that </b>would be the end of it.
Last life, because Ynda didn’t even want to give her a penny, she had to tell Russell, but in the end, it was she who ended up worse off.
Experience taught wisdom; she couldn’t be bothered to say anything
Just as she was about to speak, Hattie behind her suddenly spoke up.
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