Chapter 325


    Richard was curious. “Where have you seen it?”


    “I think “Pearl squinted and suddenly remembered. She quickly took out her phone and called Wayne.


    “Hey Peal” Wayne’s voice came through amidst the background noise of an ongoing


    discussion


    “Thest time you were injured, what kind of wound did you have?” Pearl inquired urgently.


    Wayne, perplexed by her sudden inquiry, responded, “I got bitten by a venomous snake. If it weren’t for


    Mister Simon, I wouldn’t have made it.”


    Pearl’s eyes widened with realization. “Yes, a snake!” She hung up abruptly and began examining


    Richard’s wound. His skin and flesh appeared to be protruding outward, with dark spots of blood


    surrounding it. It indeed resembled a snakebite wound.


    “Richard, it seems like someone smeared venom on the dagger and shed you to cause this,” she


    deduced.


    Richard, taking her analysis seriously, asked, “How do we treat this?”


    “It’s simple. All we need is ginkgo. I’ll get some from Simon.” Pearl’s ginkgo supply had originally been


    intended for ke’s treatment and could only be used once. She immediately dialed Simon’s number.


    “Pea, what’s going on?” Simon sounded surprised since Pearl rarely called him.


    “Please help me, Mister Simon.”


    The formality in her address caught Simon off guard, causing him to nearly drop the chess piece he


    was holding. “What happened, Pea?” Pearl was typically stubborn and proud, so using ‘mister’ was a


    departure from her usual attitude. Her sudden formality concerned him.


    Pearl urgently inquired, “Do you still have hundred-year-old ginkgos? The older, the better.”


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    Simon’s heart ached. “Why do you need it?” Acquiring ginkgos that were hundreds of years old was no


    easy task. He possessed an eight-hundred-year-old ginkgo that he had put considerable effort into


    obtaining.


    “Saving a life is more important than anything else. I need it to save someone.”


    Simon pursed his l*ps at how matter affect she sounded. “Can’t you just be nicer to me? I’m your


    mentor…”


    Pearl didn’t have time to joke around. “Can you send it over by air today? I need it in four hours. Make


    it quick.”


    Pearl didn’t leave room for further discussion and promptly ended the call. She turned to see Richard’s


    condition worsening, the venom spreading and causing him to turn paler. He appeared on the verge of


    fainting.


    “Richard! Stay awake!” she urged, patting him gently, determined to keep him from falling asleep.


    “Richard, hang in there. I’m going to save you!”


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    “I… am… fine…” Richard forced a smile through his difort, not wanting Pearl to be overly


    concerned.


    But a secondter, he lost consciousness.


    “Richard!” Pearl’s pupils constricted in distress. The man who had been lively just moments ago was


    now teetering on the brink of death.


    She was fraught with worry, but all she could do was anxiously await Simon’s delivery of the precious


    herb.