How dare Sebastian strike back in revenge? Whitney shouted, "Asshole! I thought he was a gentleman, or at least, I never thought he was so petty! All I did was divorce him! "It's only been a short time, and he's already changed so much that it feels like he's a completely different person! How dare he beat up my brother? How dare he!" She couldn't suppress her anger. Mabel took the opportunity to add oil to the fire. "In my opinion, Ms. Griffin must be the one who put him up to it. Now, Sebastian has latched himself onto the powerful Griffin family." Whitney was even angrier when she heard this and gritted her teeth. "Fine. I'll go to the hospital and see for myself," she said. "I'll go with you." Very soon, the two of them arrived at the hospital. "Mom, what happened?" Whitney asked angrily the moment she walked in. When Crystal saw that Whitney had arrived, she immediately said tearfully, "Winnie, you're finally here! Look, look! Look at how violent Sebastian was! H
Sebastian was in the shop when he suddenly got Whitney's call. He frowned slightly and said, "Yes. I hit them."Sebastian admitted it honestly. He had no intention of hiding it. Whitney was furious! "Sebastian, you asshole! How dare you hit my brother? Did you know that you broke his arm? You wouldn't even do that to an enemy! Do you hate him that much?"Even if I divorced you, there's no need for you to get revenge on my family!"Sebastian, I finally know the real you! You're just an absolutely despicable, petty person! Divorcing a violent person like you was the best thing that's ever happened to me!" Sebastian's expression changed, and his brow furrowed deeper. He didn't explain or retort, but he was disappointed and resigned. They had been together for three years, but Whitney didn't trust him at all. She hadn't even asked why he did it and had just started rebuking and criticizing him. He breathed out slowly and laughed quietly. There was a self-deprecating note to it
The words seemed to explode in the hospital room. Dante and Crystal were both on the bed, and they looked delighted at her words. Sebastian was stunned. After a long moment, he spoke up. "Alright. I'll move out later." With that, he hung up. Whitney was equally stunned for a long time. She stood frozen where she was, and it took her ages to release her grip on her phone. She did not know why, but at that moment, her heart suddenly felt empty. It felt like something she had been anticipating for a long time had suddenly disappeared. This feeling upset Whitney. She felt like she had personally destroyed something very important to her. At that moment, she suddenly realized what she had done. She had just been speaking out of anger. If Sebastian left the shop, the two of them really would be completely separated in the future. The shop was the last thing that connected them. If this connection broke, she would never be able to find Sebastian again. Suddenly, Whitney rush
"Winnie, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Fergus asked with concern as he rushed up to her.Whitney looked up and wiped away her tears. She tried to hide it. "There was a speck of dust in my eye. What are you doing here?"She got up quickly.Fergus answered, "I was on a business trip when I heard from Mrs. Sutton that something almost happened to you. I rushed back to see you. Are you alright?""I'm fine." Whitney shook her head and smiled. Fergus breathed out slowly. He looked at the shop in confusion and said, "Why is it closed? Did you come to see Sebastian?"Whitney smiled bitterly and said, "I needed to talk to him about something.""What is it? Can I help?" Fergus asked.Whitney shook her head and said, "It's okay. I've got some work at the office, so I'll be heading back now.""Oh, okay. That's fine," Fergus said, nodding. Whitney was about to get in her car and leave when Fergus asked again, "Oh right, Whitney. Tonight is the medical conference downtown area selec
Sebastian frowned and said, "Familiarize myself with the venue? I don't think we need to do that. I just have to go onstage and refine my prescription properly.""No, no. I'm coming to pick you up. Just do as I say," Rosalie said forcefully.Sebastian could not refuse, so he answered, "Okay, then."After he hung up, Sebastian sent Rosalie the address.Robert smiled meaningfully. "Well, young man. You've got luck with the ladies, hmm? Was that the Griffin heiress?"Sebastian glared at him. Then he nodded and said, "Yes.""She's a pretty good choice! Your horoscopes match too. She's more of a water sign, which can curb the fire in your body." Robert laughed.Sebastian frowned and asked, "How do you know?""Is there anything that the Dragonstone Palace doesn't know? The Griffin heiress is a pretty good choice. But you're going to suffer. You've managed to develop feelings with two women at the same time," Robert reminded him.Sebastian's expression changed slightly. After a wh
Sebastian frowned and walked off the stage with Rosalie.Mabel scowled when she saw Sebastian walking off the stage, and she grumbled, "Oh. It's you."How was she so unlucky? What were the odds that she would meet that bastard here?"Why can't it be me?" Sebastian asked.Mabel was momentarily rendered speechless but regained her composure after she saw Rosalie behind him. Her smile was mocking, and her tone dripped with sarcasm as she said, "I was wondering how a piece of trash like you managed to end up on stage, but I see now it's because you have Ms. Griffin with you."Sebastian paid her no mind and flashed her a mild smile before turning to leave. He had no reason to explain himself to someone like her. However, before he could leave, he was stopped by Henrietta. Henrietta had stared silently at Sebastian throughout the interaction and suddenly extended an elegant hand to Sebastian with a smile, "Hello. I'm Henrietta Queen."Sebastian paused momentarily before he shook he
Though he didn't reject her outright, it was clear that he didn't wish to work with her at all.Mabel's expression soured, and she shot him a glare. "Are you sure?" she challenged."I'm sure," Sebastian replied seriously.With that, he turned to leave.Rosalie followed closely behind him, and she snickered, "I think Mabel's brain must be damaged."Sebastian chuckled in response but didn't say anything, and the two soon left.Mabel was practically stomping her feet in anger at Sebastian's rejection, and she grumbled, "That asshole! We'll see how high and mighty you are later!"Just then, Henrietta came down from the stage, and Mabel asked her worriedly, "How is it? Are you nervous? How confident are you in winning?"Henrietta was a woman of a few words, and she simply said, "Don't worry."Mabel flashed her a grin. "Alright then! I'm waiting for you to win first place in this competition then! Once you win, Frostwave Corporations will announce it on social media, solidifying you
All of Steinberg's citizens had been intrigued by the advertisements. As such, a lot of them had bought tickets to watch the competition live.The ones who hadn't been able to buy tickets resorted to watching the live broadcast instead. After all, the competition tonight was a program specifically created by the Good Crestborne production team!Besides, there were also a lot of people who were curious about traditional medicine.After a few days of teaser trailers, as well as advertisements, practically every platform started discussing the competition.At around 6:00 pm, Rosalie drove Sebastian to the competition venue. By some stroke of luck, they bumped into Whitney, Theresa, Mabel, and Crystal the second they got out of the car. Dante was not with them, probably because he was still in the hospital.When Whitney saw Rosalie and Sebastian together her expression darkened.Rosalie had chosen to dress quite provocatively for the competition. She wore a short, crimson dress wit
Since Declan had coincidentally met Sebastian at the dinner table that day, he had thought of bringing the latter over to his side. That way, Sebastian could work for him. "Sebastian, I'm planning to make an exception and take you as my apprentice. What do you think?" Declan asked again when he saw that Sebastian was ignoring him.Sebastian continued to ignore him. Did he really thought he could be Sebastian's mentor? The old man must be crazy!"Sebastian, you should hurry and kneel to my grandfather! You're lucky to get him as a mentor! My grandfather hasn't accepted any apprentices for 20 years!"Bryce glared at Sebastian, whom he felt was being far too tactless. There were countless people fighting to have Declan as a mentor."Mr. Byrne Senior, I don't wish to have a mentor. Besides, no one is qualified to be one," Sebastian said impassively. "You little—"Declan was furious. Sebastian was far too arrogant! He was already humbling himself by deigning to take Sebastian as an
Bryce saw the anger in Declan's face, so he said reluctantly to Larys, "I'm sorry, Mr. Compton. I've acted impulsively."Acted impulsively? It would have been better if Bryce hadn't apologized at all. His apology had made Larys even angrier. He clearly had no respect for Larys at all if he could slap him just out of a moment's impulse. Larys was the mayor of Steinberg. How could he just let things go just because Bryce had said that he had been impulsive? "Mr. Compton, my grandson is young and ignorant. Please don't hold it against him." Declan had no choice but to speak up and apologize to Larys on Bryce's behalf. Larys could only nod. He smiled slightly and said, "Forget about it. Make sure that it doesn't happen again."Once everyone was seated once more, Bryce continued staring viciously at Sebastian. It was all Sebastian's fault that he had been slapped twice by Declan!He couldn't just let him go, but he didn't dare to cause any more trouble at the dinner table. Howeve
"People always say that you can see what a person is like from looking at their family. I can see that it's true," Sebastian said impassively.That was a harsh insult to Declan. It implied that Bryce's rude behavior was a reflection of Declan's lack of good character, and that their family didn't have good manners.Declan turned purple with rage. Ever since he had become one of the esteemed members of the Healer Sect, everyone in the martial arts community always spoke respectfully to him, especially those of the traditional medicine community. All of them were polite whenever they met him.However, Sebastian had insulted him thrice in a row, and each insult was worse than the last. Rosalie couldn't help but laugh. She leaned on Sebastian's shoulder and turned her head away, her slender figure trembling with the effort of not laughing out loud."You're terrible! You've insulted them so slyly!" Rosalie whispered in Sebastian's ear.Sebastian reached out to put an arm around her t
Sebastian's expression turned cold at once. What was so important about an elder of the Healer Sect? Was there any reason for him to make so many people wait?Besides, the banquet had been set at 9:00 pm, and both he and Rosalie had arrived on time. Why should Declan be treated differently?Sebastian had never had any patience with people who used their age as an excuse to do whatever they wanted to."Forget it. Calm down, both of you, and let's both refrain from saying anything else."Larys stood up quickly to smooth things over. Both Sebastian and Julian remained silent out of respect for him. However, they both exchanged icy looks.Now that the conflict had subsided, Larys leaned closer to Sebastian and whispered, "Mr. Ballard, I'll be honest with you. I can't afford to offend either you or Mr. Byrne. Please help me out and refrain from pursuing this matter further."Larys was being sincere. He was in awe of Sebastian's allies, but Declan had equally powerful allies supporting
Upon hearing Rosalie's words, Sebastian laughed wryly and shook his head.The Nine Sects wouldn't dare to say a thing to the Ballard Estate, who in turn thought nothing of the Healer Sect.Andreas snorted in laughter and said, "If you had said so 100 years ago, even I would have had to concede. However, times have changed now.""What do you mean?" Rosalie looked curiously at Andreas. It seemed that Sebastian's cousin was very familiar with the Healer Sect. "About 12 years ago, they went on the wrong path. If you check thoroughly, you'll probably find that the development of many new medicines was related to the Healer Sect. However, they are not the refiners!"Rosalie seemed to be deep in thoughts. Her brow darkened as she said thoughtfully, "Do you mean to say that the Healer Sect has abandoned the art of medicine and has decided to go in the direction of the art of pill refining instead?"This made Andreas see Rosalie in a different light.Medicine and pill refining were very
"Are you talking about your cousin? He doesn't look like a businessman at all, though. He looks more like…"Rosalie put her chin in her hands, her brow tightly furrowed. However, she couldn't find an appropriate way to describe Andreas.He felt very strange to Rosalie. There was a kind of energy he had that was difficult to express in words. "It doesn't matter whether he's a businessman or not. He just has to have money. Why don't we discuss it with him tomorrow? I think he'll probably support you unconditionally," Sebastian said confidently."Really? But if we develop a similar medicine, won't we be going against the Croydons? That doesn't seem right."Lorcan was a friend of Oliver's, after all. That meant that he was a friend of the Griffins. Rosalie didn't want to make such an important family their enemy in business. "With that contract, we have to show the Croydons that they shouldn't become ungrateful, nor should they use their force against us!" Sebastian exclaimed in a
"However, Mr. Croydon's contract is even more important than the sales channels!" Rosalie exclaimed.She handed one of the contracts to Sebastian and said, "These are a series of medical investments that the Croydons have made here. We can participate in all these projects, particularly these two innovative medicines."Sebastian looked at what Rosalie was pointing at. One was called the Rejuve Pill, while the other was called the Longlife Pill. Both medicines had very specific functions. The Rejuve Pill was clearly a beauty product developed especially with women in mind. As for the Longlife Pill, it gave one pause for thought.Not only did it have the ability to extend one's life, it could also improve certain functionalities for men. In other words, anyone who took the medicine would have the energy of an 18-year-old in all aspects!If that was the advertising slogan, it would be sure to set most people's imaginations running."Although this medicine is aimed at a wide targe
At Andreas' question, Rosalie covered her mouth and giggled. She pointed at Zane and said, "We haven't come across any trouble, but someone has gotten seriously injured."Sebastian turned to look at Zane and eyed him for a long time. He suddenly pulled up the hem of Zane's pants and couldn't help bursting into laughter. It turned out that Zane had gotten rather cocky lately and was always provoking Rose. He had ended up with thick scabs on both his knees. The smell of blood probably came from him."Zane, look at where you've been injured… you'd better refrain from offending women. If you end up getting calluses, you'll just end up being punished when you get married!"Sebastian advised him, suppressing a smile.Zane could no longer endure it. "Seb, that bit— I mean, that woman, Rose is just too much! I was just having a friendly match with her—"Before Zane could say more, a slender figure pushed the door open and entered. It was Rose!Zane had been about to pour out all his
Even by plane, it would take them four or five hours to reach the foot of Mount Quiln.They had just walked into a Stonedoor Spell, and they had immediately arrived in Steinberg!"It's just the Escape Technique, which is one of the arts of paper charms. Don't be so shocked. I'll teach you when I have time!" Andreas said, smiling as he patted Sebastian's shoulder.Sebastian couldn't help feeling awed. The Ballards were clearly very accomplished in the mystic sects. It could be said that they were on par with the Sacred Medicine Society legacy. Although they were only about a dozen miles or so away from Steinberg, which was a negligible distance to Sebastian and the others, it was different for Whitney. She was a young woman, after all.Sebastian pulled out his phone and called Zane. Ever since Sebastian had left Steinberg, Zane hadn't been able to sleep or eat well. He had been waiting to hear any news from Sebastian.When he received Sebastian's call, Zane perked up at once. H