BXBX NOVEL Chapter 137 - You Have To Be Held Accountable For Me!
Chapter 137: You Have To Be Held Accountable For Me!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Clarence and Cecilia left Walker Street, ready to go home.
Clarence coughed. “Alright, Cecilia, there’s no one here now. Let go of my hand.”
Cecilia snorted, holding Clarence’s arm tighter. “Hmph, didn’t you just say that we’re together now?”
Clarence looked embarrassed. “Cecilia, I was just trying to piss Miranda off.”
“Tsk tsk. Miranda, Miranda!
“Look at how intimately you say her name. You two are divorced.”
Cecilia curled her lips, looking jealous, “I don’t care. You’ve just said that we’ve gotten together in front of so many people.
“Now, you regret it. Who do you think I am? What if it damages my reputation?
“Am I that easy?”
Cecilia gritted her teeth as she spoke each word, “You have to be held accountable for me!”
Clarence’s head hurt.
He could admit that Cecilia was kind to him and that he felt relaxed whenever he was with her.
However, he still had feelings for Miranda he could not get rid of.
Although the two were divorced and Miranda no longer had anything to do with him, Clarence could not accept Cecilia right away.
Just as Clarence was beginning to feel stuck in a dilemma, River suddenly jogged over as he simultaneously wiped the sweat from his forehead. “Master Howard, I finally caught up to you.
“You run too fast!
“You told me to see you every morning, but you had locked yourself in your room when I came by to see you these past few days.
“The toxins in my body have been getting worse every day.
“I’m going to die of pain if this goes on. Look, my facial features are distorted. Master Howard, please have mercy and help me.”
Clarence looked at River.
River’s head was swollen, and his eyes were almost invisible. His face was bulging, and his mouth was crooked, looking very ugly.
River had just helped Clarence tame Dennis, so Clarence was going to help River detoxify his body once and for all.
Slap...
Slap...
Slap...
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Clarence raised his hand and slapped River a dozen times from the left to the right. The swelling on River’s face quickly subsided. He now looked like a normal person, and his face no longer hurt.
“Alright, I’ve got rid of all the toxins in your body. You’ll be alright from now on.” Clarence took out a paper towel to wipe his hands. The slapping had made his hand greasy.
River was overjoyed. “Thank you, Master Howard. Thank you, Master Howard!
“I hope you’ll do me the honor of inviting you to dinner this evening.
“I’ll also introduce you to some people in the medical world who might be helpful regarding your career at Thirteen Hall.
Clarence had wanted to say no, but when he heard that people from the medical world would be there, he nodded to say yes.
River left, feeling grateful, while Clarence went back to Thirteen Hall with Cecilia.
As soon as he got back to Thirteen Hall, Clarence locked himself in his room.
Master Williams looked puzzled. “What happened to Master Howard?”
Cecilia sighed. “We ran into his ex-wife.
“Would you be in a good mood if you saw your ex-wife dating another man?”
She put down the clothes she had bought before leaving.
At 6 PM, an Audi A4 stopped outside Thirteen Hall’s entrance.
A middle-aged man came in and asked respectfully, “Is Master Howard here? Mr. Cabello said he’s inviting him to dinner this evening, so he asked me to pick up Master Howard.”
Master Williams got up and knocked on Clarence’s door. “Master Howard, someone’s here to take you to dinner.”
Soon after, Clarence walked out of his room, got into the Audi A4, and headed to the dinner party River planned.
About forty minutes later, the Audi A4 pulled up at First Birch Hotel’s main entrance. Clarence froze.
He recalled the last time he had been here with Miranda.
“Master Howard, what’s come over you?”
The confused driver asked, “Is there something wrong with this hotel?”
Clarence shook his head. “Nothing. Let’s go.”
The driver led Clarence to a lavish private room that was already full of people.
An old man who seemed to be in his 60s was wearing a white embroidered Tang suit. He looked stern, even though he was just sitting down.
A young girl, looking to be about 16 or 17 years old, was sat beside him. She was probably still in high school as her childlike innocence had not yet faded from her face.
There were also several middle-aged men in suits sitting nearby. They looked healthy, and they were either rich or noble.
River got up to introduce Clarence when he saw Clarence come in. “I’d like all of you to meet Master Clarence Howard, the owner of Thirteen Hall.
“Master Howard, this is Master Summers from Beth City. He’s the chief physician at Revival Hall.
“The girl next to Master Summers is his granddaughter.
“Master Summers is retired now, unless some big shots get sick. No average person would be able to hire him nowadays.”
River leaned over and whispered, “Recently, the richest man in Maple Country got sick and couldn’t be cured abroad, so he came back to Mediterranean City. Master Summers was invited here to Mediterranean City to treat him.”
“I heard River say that you cured him?” With a proud look on her face, the girl called River by his first name.
River was the head of the Food and Drug Administration. He might not have been some big shot in Mediterranean City, but a 16 or 17-year-old was definitely not someone who would usually be able to call him by his first name.
It seemed that this grandfather and granddaughter pair from Beth City were quite the pair of big shots.
Clarence pulled out a chair and sat down. “Yes.”
The girl frowned at Clarence’s arrogance. “I heard you cured River by slapping him?
“I’ve never heard about slapping being used to cure illnesses.
“You’re young, and you only look a few years older than me. My grandfather has been practicing medicine for nearly sixty years and has cured countless complicated diseases. He’s known as the ‘national treasure of medicine’. Even he did not dare to call himself Master, so who are you to call yourself Master?”
Clarence glanced at the girl. “Because I’m a better doctor than your grandfather.”
A sternness flickered across Master Summers’ eyes. He stared at Clarence like a hawk.
The girl froze, and her eyes widened. “What did you just say?
“Are you looking down on my grandfather?”
She snarled as she pointed at Clarence’s nose. “How dare you?”
River was terrified, having not expected Clarence to say such a thing.
The billionaires sitting nearby were so shocked that they dared not breathe too loudly.
Clarence was undaunted. “You’re not going to have any babies if you keep up that hot temper.”
A fire was almost blazing from the girl’s eyes. “What are you talking about? How dare you curse me?”
Clarence continued speaking calmly. “You haven’t had your period in three months, have you?
“You didn’t tell your family because you were too ashamed to tell them.
“You thought you knew a bit about traditional medicine, so you stupidly used lovage roots, peach kernels, safflowers, and female ginseng, and you also prepared Rehmannia roots to treat yourself. Unfortunately, you got it all wrong.”
The girl’s eyes widened in shock.
Clarence shook his head. “If you keep taking those medications, you’re really not going to be able to have any kids.
“You have a stomachache for more than ten minutes every night at 9 PM.
“And you’ll feel so sluggish in the morning that you need some coffee to sober up.
“You’re your grandfather’s granddaughter, and you’re by his side every day. This has been going on for three months, but he didn’t even realize that something was wrong with you.. I can see what’s wrong with you though I’ve only met you for less than three minutes. So, aren’t my medical skills better than your grandfather’s?”