Sweet May-December Marriage

Chapter 68 A Tricky Question

Chapter 68 A Tricky Question

Elizabeth's courtyard looked as splendid as usual and showed the affluent fortunes accumulated by a big, powerful family for hundreds of years.

When Charlotte stepped into Elizabeth's chamber, she found the latter was having a rest in a deck chair.

Probably because she was ill, this old lady who was in her nineties didn't look condescending anymore. And her acerbity was weakened and replaced by the loneliness that was always seen in old people.

Hearing the sound, Elizabeth opened her eyes. Her cloudy eyes reflected Charlotte's face.

She glanced at Charlotte with complicated emotions and in the end, she asked in a husky voice, "Why did you save me?"

Charlotte replied, "As a doctor, I can't bear to see anyone being tortured by illness."

Elizabeth chuckled and commented, "Such an answer."

She stared at Charlotte, still with disgust and disdain in her eyes. After a long while, she finally spoke, "Although you save me once, I won't accept you to be my granddaughter-in-law. But of course," she continued as if it was a very fair thing, "At least I won't make things hard for you in the future. But Charlotte Lopez..."

She raised a finger to point at Charlotte and continued, "You can only accompany by Nelson for a short period and you should be aware of your identity. When Nelson gets better, you have to leave him right away. If I'm still alive at that time, I will give you a large sum of money and send you abroad."

Charlotte hadn't expected that Elizabeth asked her here for a negotiation. She secretly heaved a sigh of helplessness in her heart.

It was the doctors' duty to save others, and she had never wanted to change Elizabeth's attitude toward her with this.

"I've always been aware of this."

Charlotte continued in a soft voice, "Madame Clark, having a bad mood will cause the reoccurrence of your illness. Please don't worry about many things."

With that, she took a step forward and said, "Let me feel your pulse."

Elizabeth reached out with a long face.

Charlotte felt her pulse and said, "The turbulence of heart in your body has been subdued. You won't feel your legs and hands numb or feel dizzy anymore, right?"

Elizabeth grumbled a "yes" and said, "I felt much better after drinking the decoction. It's just that I still have a headache."

"This is the sequela of the stoke. You'll get better after drinking two more decoctions." Charlotte continued, "You're in poor health and the weather has been capricious recently, so your illness will likely reoccur. I'll give a prescription to you to prevent having a stroke."

"Put 6 grams of sophora flowers in boiled water and then drink the water. You can take it as tea and it's very useful for preventing stroke."

Scarlet, Elizabeth's maid, immediately nodded and said, "Okay. I remember it."

Charlotte grumbled an "Okay" and continued, "Madame Clark, you're very weak now, so you can add 2 more grams of astragalus membranaceus in the Largeleaf Gentian Decoction to nurture your body. Don't take any tonic like ginseng decoction. You can't take too much nutrition when you're very weak. Otherwise, it will harm your body."

Scarlet nodded profusely.

Charlotte stood up and said to Elizabeth, "Your stroke is almost cured. If you're still worried about it, you may ask another doctor to check on you. Shall I go back now?"

Elizabeth held her forehead with a hand and said, "You may leave."

Charlotte then left. All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

"Tell me." Elizabeth opened her eyes and raised a question, not knowing if she was asking Scarlet or herself, "What's in that girl's mind? Isn't it beneficial to her if I die?"

Scarlet thought for a while and then replied gingerly, "I heard that for doctors, if they turn a blind eye to their patient, they would be sent into hell after death."

Elizabeth chuckled, her face getting sharp and mean again as she continued, "No matter if it's out of kindness or other intentions, I won't allow her to stay in the Clark family."

Scarlet hurriedly said, "Madame Clark, Mr. Clark has been very interested in her recently and pampers her a lot."

Elizabeth waved her hand and said, "I don't mean I want to do something to her now. I'm tired and want a rest."

...

When Charlotte walked out of Elizabeth's courtyard, she immediately saw Waylon. She asked in confusion, "Mr. Colton, why are you here?"

Waylon answered with a question, "What do you think of it, Ms. Lopez?"

Charlotte was a bit dumbfounded and her ears got red as she stammered, "Did... Did Mr. Clark ask you to come here?"

Waylon was no wonder Nelson's most loyal subordinate. He immediately replied, "Mr. Clark was worried that you might be aggrieved or targeted by Rachel, so he asked me to come here in case you might need my help."

Charlotte felt warm in her heart. She slowly pinched the hem of her clothes, not knowing what to say.

Waylon continued, "Now that you've left the courtyard, shall we go back?"

Charlotte nodded. She suddenly thought of something and asked, "Mr. Colton, does Mr. Clark dislike Ms. Brown?"

Waylon replied with a smile, "Not that serious. Madame Clark only has a son, which is Mr. Clark's father. He was the former patriarch of the Clark family and was not a person to be controlled by others. He married Mr. Clark's mother. However, Madame Clark disliked her very much, which caused tension between the mother and the son. Because of this, Madame Clark was very close with her younger sister's granddaughter, Rachel Brown."

Waylon remembered something and narrowed his eyes as he continued, "Latter, Mr. Clark was born. Although Madame Clark didn't like Mr. Clark, his birth somehow alleviated the tension between Madame Clark and her son. Therefore, Mr. Clark and Madame Clark had a good relationship."

He reached out to brush the extruded jasmine branches aside. Charlotte thanked him in a low voice. Then Waylon continued, "Mr. Clark doesn't detest Rachel. She's not qualified."

Charlotte opened her clear, big eyes and looked at Waylon with a serious expression as she asked, "Mr. Colton, is it Okay to disclose this to me?"

Waylon asked in confusion, "What's wrong with it?"

Charlotte made a "cutting throat" gesture and replied, "I saw this in TV plays. Big families have many secrets that cannot be known by others and those who know about it will die at any moment."

Waylon was amused. He stated, "There aren't so many secrets in this world. Moreover, this is not a secret. Many people know about this."

Charlotte felt disappointed.

Waylon thought this little girl was so cute and couldn't help but ask, "Ms. Lopez, did you always eat ice cream of the brand 'cuteness' in childhood?"

Charlotte was a bit confused, but she still answered the question with a serious expression, "I didn't have good health in childhood, so my mom didn't allow me to eat ice cream."

Waylon was very amused and laughed. He thought to himself, "This little girl is so cute and every man wants to have such a girl by his side..."

However, when he turned around, he saw Nelson's cold face.

Waylon was lost for words.

Charlotte also spotted Nelson and her face got red. She ran toward him and asked, "Why are you out? It's windy outside."

Nelson grasped her hand. His eyes were filled with gloominess, but he hid them well and Charlotte didn't spot it. He asked, "What are you talking about? You look happy?"

His voice sounded extremely low and mellow.

A drop of sweat slipped down Waylon's forehead. He hurriedly explained, "Mr. Nelson, I like foreign girls who have a D cup, a slender waist, a pair of long legs, and blond hair."

Nelson asked expressionlessly, "Are you looking down on Lottie?"

Waylon was lost for words.

This was a tricky question!