This made Quinn feel very curious.She knew that the Kobayashi Stomach Pill, which had good effects, good sales, and a good reputation, was actually developed based on ancient Oskian prescriptions. To put it bluntly, they were simply plagiarizing the medical achievements of their Oskian ancestors.However, she also had to admit that the Kobayashi Stomach Pill was indeed much more effective than the other same type of proprietary Oskian medicine that was produced by many domestic pharmaceutical companies.Therefore, she also did not know as to whether the effect of the Apothecary Stomach Pill could actually be compared to the Kobayashi Stomach Pill.However, she really liked the name of the Apothecary Stomach Pill.So, Quinn asked her agent, “Did they give us some samples?”“Yes.” Her agent hurriedly took out a sachet of the Apothecary Stomach Pill from the courier envelope in her hand before she handed it over to Quinn.Quinn was stunned and she blurted out, “What the hell? They
Quinn opened the sachet of Apothecary Stomach Pill, which contained only 1.3 grams of powder. As soon as she tore the sachet open, she could smell a very strong scent of medicine.Although similar medications such as the Kobayashi Stomach Pill and the Ottasan Stomach Pill also had relatively strong medicinal aromas, Quinn felt that the scent of the other two medications were far less pleasant and comforting compared to the scent of the Apothecary Stomach Pill.At this time, Dorothy who was standing aside also smelled the scent of the stomach powder and she asked nervously, “Quinn, the scent of this medication is simply too strong. Do you think that they added any artificial flavors in it?”Quinn gave her a blank look on her face before she said, “Don’t talk nonsense! This is obviously an authentic herbal scent. This proves that they used the best medicinal herbs and materials for their medicine.”As she spoke, Quinn raised her head before she poured the sachet of powder into her mo
During this period of time, Quinn would often be in a lot of pain every night. This was because her stomach discomfort would get worse and the pain would be even more frequent and more intense at night.So, it was impossible for her to get a good sleep at night. Generally speaking, she would wake up from the intense pain that she was feeling within one or two hours. After that, she would take another sachet of the Kobayashi Stomach Pill before she went back to sleep. After sleeping for another one or two hours, she would wake up from the pain again and the cycle would repeat.Therefore, the suffering that she goes through at night was almost similar to what a person would feel after a battle. It would consume a lot of her physical strength and energy.However, Quinn was finally able to realize and experience the happiness of waking up naturally after sleeping for the whole night!Quinn did not feel any stomach discomfort at all after going to bed at ten o’clock at night, until it w
When Dorothy called Liam, Liam was supervising the production of the Apothecary Stomach Pill at The Apothecary Pharmaceutical.The entire production line of The Apothecary Pharmaceutical was focused entirely on producing one single medicine, which was the Apothecary Stomach Pill.This was because the efficacy of the stomach medicine was really very high. Therefore, Liam was convinced that after launching the stomach medicine, it would quickly spread and gain attention across the country and even throughout the world.Therefore, Liam started producing the stomach medication at its full capacity to prepare for the official listing and marketing of the medicine, in accordance to Charlie’s requirement.After receiving the phone call from Dorothy, Liam smiled before he asked, “Miss Chan, I wonder if Miss Golding has already made a decision regarding the endorsement of our stomach medicine?”Dorothy replied, “This is the case, Mr. Weaver. Quinn has previously never endorsed any medicati
There was a very interesting phenomenon in the entertainment industry. People with very strong and powerful backgrounds would often like to package themselves as very ordinary people from very ordinary backgrounds. On the contrary, those with no backgrounds at all would often like to package themselves as people from big and powerful families. It was as though people would look up to them if they came from big and powerful families.In fact, Quinn actually had the strongest family background in the entire domestic entertainment industry. Therefore, Quinn was also very disciplined in the entertainment industry. She would never get involved in any scandals nor would she ever do anything that would cause any damage to her own reputation.Other celebrities would usually accept any jobs or endorsements that were offered to them, no matter what they were asked to endorse. They would be willing to sign the contract immediately as long as the company would be able to pay them.However, Qu
As Quinn was setting off to Aurous Hill, Charlie was riding his motorcycle to the stadium.Today was the feisty young lady Aurora’s quarter-final match.She would have to compete against the third seed of this championship, Brazil’s Joanna, today.Today’s match would determine which one of these two players would be able to make it to the top four players. If Aurora could achieve a breakthrough and if she won the match today, then she would have to compete in another match to decide the two last players out of the four players.If she won in that match, then she would be able to go to the finals then.This way, there would only be three matches left in this championship.Therefore, Charlie decided not to miss any of Aurora’s matches in the future. He had to see her win the championship with his own eyes.As Charlie was heading to the stadium, Liam gave him a call and said, “Master Wade, I’ve just received a phone call. The popular actress Quinn Golding and her agent are alread
After that, a kissing sound came out of his mouth.Claire felt a little embarrassed and she could not stand it anymore over the phone. After that, she was a little shy as she replied, “You win! I can’t believe that you can even act indecently over the phone!”Charlie smiled as he said, “You’re my wife, so how can you say that I am acting indecently?”After that, Charlie continued begging and pestering her, “My good wife, just give me a kiss, okay? Please!”In the upper-class society of Aurous Hill, almost everyone knew Master Wade as the True Dragon. Any ordinary person would be humble and respectful towards him whenever they saw him. When would anyone ever see Charlie begging someone else?His wife, Claire, was the only person who could make him beg for something.Although Claire felt a little embarrassed, she also felt very sweet in her heart. So, she said softly, “Okay, fine. You win! Just once, but don’t you dare try pushing your luck any further!”“Okay, just give me a kiss
Nanako frowned slightly when she saw Jiro coming in.Ever since she had lunch with Jiro the last time, Jiro had been coming to harass her repetitively. This really annoyed Nanako.In fact, when Nanako had eaten lunch with him that day, she had deliberately stated that one of the most important things that she would be considering when choosing a spouse was for the other party to be stronger than herself. This was so that Jiro would just retreat.However, Jiro seemed to have instinctively filtered out her words.What was even more exaggerated was the fact that this man actually checked out of his room at Shangri-La just to move into Aurous International Hotel. He even moved into the room directly across Nanako’s and this made Nanako feel very dissatisfied.Moreover, Nanako felt even more depressed because her father, Yahiko, kept asking her to be more friendly toward Jiro.She felt a lot of antipathy in her heart but she could not get angry or drive him away at all. He was just li
Reservations in Heaven Springs had always been unpredictable, and most rooms weren't open to the general public—even if said rooms were vacant for the night.It was not as if Albert Rhodes didn't want to make money when he built Heaven Springs. He simply didn't do it solely for profit, but only mostly for social events and posturing.Back when he was a humbler member of society, he realized that many bigwigs and even his fellows cared for pride a lot. Be it food, liquor, or even simply everyday consumption, they always strove for the best and the most expensive.That was why polite society valued their privacy and established their respective social circles, which was why Heaven Springs ensured that everything was first-rate: atmosphere, service, food, and clientele.Just like how bigwigs wouldn't dine at the same table as their goons, said goons wouldn't eat at the fancy places those bigwigs frequented even if they had money, as it may appear as if they were overstepping.That wa
As such, intent on keeping up his pretense, Jacob answered the phone, "Looking for me, Matilda?""Uh-huh," Matilda replied, and asked, "You didn't show up at Senior University, and your sub is saying you probably won't be coming for a while? Is that true?""Oh—right, that," Jacob quickly said. "Well, it's true—the gist of it is that the Association is getting busy with a project. As the vice president, I probably shouldn't be staying at Senior University all the time, right?""Heck, Mr. Bay called me last minute, telling me how busy we're going to be and that I was needed. That's why I had to go back, but I will head over to campus again when I have the time."Matilda knew right then that those were all excuses.However, she did not expose Jacob, instead asking, "Well, when are you free? So that I can send you my wedding invitation?""Oh, the invitation?" Jacob quickly chuckled. "You really didn't have to come to me—just pass it to Walker, my sub lecturer. He can pass it to me wh
The next afternoon, there was a sudden change of lecturers for the calligraphy class.Despite being the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Jacob never showed up, instead getting a substitute instructor to replace him.Matilda had come with the invitation Yolden had written for Jacob, but seeing that Jacob wasn't at the lecture hall, she waited until the class was over to ask the sub, "Excuse me, can I ask why Mr. Wilson wasn't teaching this class?""He's busy at the association," the sub replied. "So, I'm taking over his class."Curious, Matilda pressed, "Then, would you happen to know when he will be coming?""Probably not for a while," the sub replied. "He delegated other classes to me as well, telling me that I could just stick to the PowerPoint slides."Then, he asked, "Do you have business with Mr. Wilson?"Matilda nodded. "Yes, but I can call him myself. Thank you."Leaving the lecture hall, Matilda called Jacob, who was goofing off in his office
On the other end, Matilda was left staring at Jacob's reply in confusion.She had presumed that Jacob would understand when she mentioned inviting his whole family that he should be coming up with an excuse to skip attending her wedding.That was the most ideal solution.As such, she was shocked that instead of playing along, Jacob's reply was short and blunt.[No problem. The four of us will be there!]Perplexed, Matilda was left wondering what Jacob meant. Was he really going to attend her wedding with Elaine?The thought left Matilda frowning as she absolutely didn't want to see Elaine—especially not at her own wedding.Yolden was writing an invitation when he saw the somber look on her face, and he couldn't help asking, "Is there a problem?""Jacob replied," Matilda admitted. "And he's saying that he will bring his whole family.""Really?" Yolden was confused too, as he was hardly as eccentric as Jacob. "But he's afraid of his wife and shouldn't be telling her at all…
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h