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Tony simply shrugged despite Warren's outburst, pointing at the ginseng and replying, "I suggest eating that—get yourself some solid bones. That said, it's quite young, but it should more or less help."Warren's eyes were wide with rage, his fist clenched as he almost punched Tony right then.However, it was an important occasion, and he had a reputation to maintain.Instead, he suddenly found inspiration on how to humiliate Tony—by proving that he was a hundred times better."Hilarious. Young, you say?" He snorted before declaring proudly, "That ginseng is actually a thousand years old, and I've searched ages for it. I'll personally purchase it and give it as a gift to Gavin Carter, while you can stay a loser and keep pretending you know your herbs."Even Ingrid glanced at the ginseng—if it was a thousand years old, it would really help her grandfather as a supplement.Shaking her head, she said, "I don't need your help. I can buy it myself."That was when Tony chuckled. "I d

As the chief of the medical association, what Claude said went.Even Ingrid could not argue against him and had to gesture at Tony with her chin—just apologize, and they could put the issue behind them.However, Tony simply laughed coolly. "So, the medical association is really a dictatorship? Anything you say goes?"Everyone gasped—had he lost his mind, questioning the chief of the medical association directly?Like the rest, Lex and Warren were convinced that Tony was digging his own grave and were both grinning from ear to ear.To no surprise, Claude's eyes narrowed sharply at Tony as he retorted flatly, "No, this isn't a dictatorship, and my will isn't everything."But why don't you consider this? If just anyone questions our work like you, must we all be obliged to defend ourselves?"Leave. You're not welcome here in this forum—we'd rather not have our big day be affected by a single person!""Mr. Reagan…"Ingrid was ready to leap to Tony's defense as things were getting

However, both Paul and Claude were shocked.The Apocryphal Herbal Anthology was not a famous work, nor was it some ancient text.However, it had since been banned, and only the more learned healers would know of its existence.It did not stop Mr. Stevenson from laughing out loud, however. "So it's a banned book. What's the big deal?""And do you know why it was banned?" Tony shot back.Mr. Stevenson was left stumped as he honestly did not know.Flushed, he turned toward Claude, who rolled his eyes.It was Paul who smiled and answered, "I have heard of the book myself but never had the pleasure of actually reading it. But my predecessors had mentioned something about exploiting the contents—""Precisely." Tony nodded. "Everything on how ginsengs are appraised is written in there."Warren snorted in disdain. "Talk all you want—it's been banned, and no one's even read it! What excuse are you even trying to come up with here?""Exactly. It's not an excuse at all!" someone in the

Andrew did a double take.He had caught wind of the ginseng incident earlier but had not been present to see how Tony identified it to be a fake, or when Leon personally greeted Tony.Moreover, while there was no doubt that Andrew had been doing well thanks to the Carters' grace, rumor had it that Gavin Carter was terminally ill, while Ingrid had been making enemies everywhere, even removing the Willows from their list of partners.He was not one who would stay on a hill and die there—not when he still had a master plan in mind.As such, while the Carters were putting out flames everywhere, he approached the Boltons in secret…"Tony Quill, was it?" Andrew snorted, reclining against his chair and suddenly not fawning all over his guests.Ingrid frowned in displeasure right then, but Tony did not take offense as he had been watching the man much earlier. If Ingrid had not brought him along for this meeting, he would be visiting Andrew very late at his place instead…He then asked

The middle-aged man kept bellowing, "Just shut up already! Even if my mother is sick, who does that brat think he is, applying acupuncture on my mom?! Mark my words—if anything bad happens to my mom, you'll both die with her!"That was when Tony finally looked up and bellowed, "Shut up, unless you really want your own mother dead!"The middle-aged flinched in surprise, but his pudgy wife shoved Ingrid away with her weight while pointing a pudgy finger at Tony. "Shut up, quack doctor! Don't think you get to run away just because you can put up a show—if anything happens to my mother-in-law, you're fucked!"Hell, you're still fucked even if you save her! There's no way you'd be a good doctor for no reason—you must've knocked her down in the first place!"She and her husband had always believed the elderly woman to be healthy despite being eighty, even bringing her over to celebrate her grandson's birthday with them.Ingrid finally had enough and snapped, "You stop hollering your cr