Chapter 720



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The place suddenly went silent.

Someone next to her, who didn’t understand what Nora meant, politely explained, “Miss Smith, Mrs. Hunt is saying that no one can mimic the essence of Orchidiance’s ability, not yours…”

At this point she paused abruptly. Only then did she finally realize something and exclaimed, “You are Orchidiance?”

Nora looked at her and said nothing.

Iris lifted her chin and looked at her proudly. “That’s right, my daughter-in-law is Orchidiance.”

In an instant, she raised a huge furor throughout the exhibit. Everyone looked at Nora in awe. “She is not only Doctor Zabe’s disciple, but also the Anti surgeon. Actually, I’m not at all surprised to learn that she’s also Orchidiance…. Miss Smith’s medical skills are truly amazing!”

“My goodness, it turns out Orchidiance has always been by our side, isn’t she supposed to stay overseas?”

“I heard that Miss Smith only returned from overseas a few months ago…”

“Yes, now that you mention it, all the facts line up.”

“¡¡!!”

Amidst everyone’s speculation, Lauren bit her lip hard. She still couldn’t believe it, but she also knew there was no need for someone like Nora to impersonate someone else.

After all, even if she wasn’t Orchidiance, she was already popular enough in New York.

However, she felt she couldn’t admit defeat just like that, so she said, “Miss Smith, since you are Orchidiance, you should have known that the prescription given to Orchidiance was incorrect from the moment you entered the exhibition. Why didn’t you mention it and save Orchidiance then? Instead, did you have to wait until it started to wilt to show off your medical skills? How much do you think the Phantom Orchids suffered because of it?”

Nora: “?”

Iris scoffed and stepped in front of Nora. She said sharply, “Lauren, you’re being unreasonable. Didn’t my daughter-in-law already say that a moment ago? What can we do if you refuse to admit that your prescription is wrong? Besides, my daughter-in-law said the flowers can still be saved!”.

Lauren bit her lip. “But I didn’t know that Miss Smith is Orchidiance. If I had known, I certainly would have agreed. Now I get it, the two of them just wanted to use that to make a bet with me…to get me to admit my mistake. But why bother doing something like that? Wouldn’t you ruin Matthew’s Phantom Orchids by doing that? Iris, if you hate me, then you can come to me. You’re an orchid lover too, how can you treat a pot of Phantom Orchids like that?”

Her fallacious and manipulative arguments, surprisingly, seemed to make sense at first.

If Nora had revealed her identity the moment she entered the room, would they have stopped her from treating the orchids? Did she have to wait for the orchids to get like this to highlight her abilities?

Clearly they were using that pot of orchids to slap Lauren in the face, AND to make the bet with her too!

They all looked at Iris and Nora.

Even Matthew, who clearly knew he couldn’t blame the two of them – after all, he still had to rely on Orchidiance’s help if he wanted to save the Phantom Orchids – couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable with the situation.

He didn’t like Lauren, because not only was she using the Phantom Orchids to threaten him into selling her the Jade Orchids, but she was even forcing him to put his pot of Phantom Orchids on display.

At first he had thought Iris was different from her, but he hadn’t expected her to turn out to be the same type of person in the end.

Matthew sighed. Even the way he looked at Iris had changed a bit. An orchid lover standing next to him couldn’t help but say, “Mrs. Hunt…. Everyone here is a flower lover, is there a need to do something like that?”.

“Yes, how can you make that pot of Phantom Orchids suffer such a calamity just to vent your anger on someone? Even if it heals, it probably won’t be able to return to its former glory, will it?”

“Lauren isn’t an orchid lover anyway, and she was just using them to show off. We all despise her in our hearts, but Madame Iris, she’s not supposed to be someone like that!”

They all reproached her in hushed voices, and their voices were so low that you couldn’t tell who it was that was speaking. After all, no one dared to openly offend Iris.

However, there was one straightforward person who stepped forward. He pointed at Iris and sighed. “Madame Iris, you have always been a young-looking person all these years, and your love for orchids is also a role model among our peers. In all these years, how many potted flowers have you saved from the hands of people who have no love for flowers? Why have you stooped so low as to quarrel with someone like her? And to pick a fight, you even used a potted pot of Phantom Orchids to vent your anger! Geez!”

Lauren’s countenance alternated between pallor and sullenness as she listened to the comments.

She had originally thought that everyone would see her in a different light after attending the orchid show, but little did she expect that they would never have had a good opinion of her!

They must have been polite to her only because they feared that, if they offended her, they would have no one to turn to for help when their orchids got sick, right?

So, now that they knew Nora was Orchidiance, and they knew her medical skills weren’t as good as theirs, were they starting to express their true thoughts?

When Lauren saw everyone attacking Iris, she secretly felt very happy.

What kind of person was Iris?

It should be known that Iris had been a beauty just as famous as Yvette in New York at the time.

Yvette owed part of her fame to her looks and the other part to her talent. After all, her incredible talent and brilliance had surprised and amazed many.

But Iris was different.

When she was spoken of, everyone marveled and admired her beauty and her transparent character. She was like a heavenly maiden. Anyone who had seen her would not be able to describe her negatively.

She was vivacious and cheerful.

Her voice was as beautiful and pleasant as that of a bird.

Her nimble movements made her seem even more like a celestial maiden of the skies.

So when Herman and Iris divorced, half the men in New York insulted Herman and called him blind, while the other half secretly rejoiced that their goddess was single again.

Besides, Iris didn’t like quarrels. Unlike Yvette, who had made enemies everywhere and had become the imaginary enemy of women, she had a good personality. Moreover, she was simply very beautiful and, to top it off, her beauty was not of the aggressive type. Even women were in awe of her beauty. No one would be jealous of her beauty; they would just want to defend and protect her.

But hadn’t she knocked Iris down from her exalted position?

To fight Iris, she had ended up being criticized by others. When she thought about it that way, Lauren felt a sense of accomplishment again.

She could work with this too!

At least not everyone would be partial to Iris every time the two of them were mentioned anymore.

As she thought about it, Nora said, “They’ve misunderstood Aunt Iris.”

She stepped forward and turned to Matthew. She said, “When I told Aunt Iris yesterday that there was a problem with the prescription, she wanted to contact you right away. I was the one who stopped her.”

Lauren said, “Miss Smith, there is no need for you to bear all the responsibility just to protect Madame Iris’s reputation.”

Nora looked at her, “I’m not trying to carry anything. It’s because it has to be done that way.”

Lauren was taken aback.

Everyone around them looked at her as well.

Nora lowered her head and said dispassionately, “Matthew said yesterday that the recipe had already been used on the Phantom Orchids, so it was too late to stop it then. Therefore, it was necessary for us to wait for the medicine to take effect before continuing with the treatment. Otherwise, if I use more medicine on him, the Phantom Orchids will not be able to withstand it and will eventually die.”

Everyone was shocked.

Nora looked at Lauren. “So, there’s no need for you to slander Aunt Iris here. It’s only because of Aunt Iris that I’m here to treat that pot of Phantom Orchids.”

With that, everyone looked at Iris.

Iris stayed where she was, her back straight.

Despite being almost fifty years old, no sign of age could be seen on her. She was slender and graceful, as if she had always been that young heavenly maiden from back then all this time.

Matthew felt very embarrassed. He lowered his head at once and said, “And to think that I have misunderstood you, Madame Iris. I am so despicable! In all these years, you are the only one who has shown true love for orchids.”

The others also apologized.

Iris was a distant and unemotional person, she didn’t feel much for relationships in the first place. She didn’t usually interact with them much either, so she just said dispassionately, “It’s okay.”

In any case, he wouldn’t take it to heart at all.

At that moment, Nora, who didn’t care what anyone else said, took out a bottle she had prepared beforehand and handed it to Matthew. She told him, “This is the medicine that Aunt Iris prepared last night with my prescription. Rub the leaves gently with the solution and water them with 0.1 ounces a day. The flowers will recover in half a month.”

A very grateful looking Matthew took the solution from her with both hands.

At that moment, someone looked at Nora and said, “Orchi…. Miss Smith, there’s a little problem with my orchid, can you…?”

Nora cut the other party off. “I’m sorry, but if you want a medical consultation with me, you’ll have to follow my rules.”

The man was taken aback.

Nora said, “I only take two patients a month. You can contact my assistant to get an appointment and stand in line.”

All: “?”

Everyone knew it was difficult to book a medical consultation with Nora. Appointments were already full for five or six years from now. Humans could still afford to wait, but how were the flowers going to afford it?

As they were about to speak, Nora looked at Iris and said, “Alternatively, I visit Aunt Iris on the 15th of every month to check her flowers for her. You can try then.”

They all looked at Iris again as if they had found a savior.

Iris: “…”

Nora was completely pushing her as a shield.

However, Iris also understood that Nora had discovered her own identity in order to bully Lauren for her. In addition, she was probably also having them visit her to alleviate her loneliness.

At that moment, Nora looked at Lauren, who was about to withdraw, and stopped her. “Madame Lauren, have you forgotten our bet?”

Lauren paused and turned away.

Nora pointed at Iris. “Please apologize for trashing someone else’s family then!”

Lauren: “!!!!”

She bit her lip hard and looked at Iris, her expression extremely horrible. But in front of so many people, she had to take responsibility for her actions.

So, she took a deep breath and bowed to Iris. He said, “Iris, Herman and I couldn’t help falling in love then and ended up betraying you. We are really in love with each other, and we also know very well that we let you down; that’s why Herman had left the family without taking a penny. If you think we still owe you something, then I solemnly apologize: I’m sorry!”

By leaving a hidden message in her words and mentioning that Herman had left the family without taking any money from them, she wanted to tell everyone that she and Herman had already paid the price for their actions.

However, it didn’t matter, she had admitted to wrecking someone else’s family!

As a result, she had embarrassed herself in front of everyone.

She clenched her fists and took a deep breath. Then, she forced a small smile and said, “Okay, that’s fine even if it bothers or displeases you, but since I’ve gathered everyone here, why don’t you enjoy and admire the orchids? I suddenly remembered that I have something to do, so I’ll leave first. You can direct all matters about today’s orchid show to the manager.”

After saying that, Lauren turned and left.

Nora narrowed her eyes as she watched her from behind.

Lauren’s last move had been very graceful, and she spoke gracefully as well. Her words really didn’t sound like something a vicious side character pretending to be a pure and innocent woman would say.

For her to be able to snatch Herman away from the superior beauty Iris at that moment, it seemed like she really had a trick or two up her sleeve.

She narrowed her eyes.

For some reason, she couldn’t help but feel that Herman and Lauren’s sudden return to America was a little suspicious.

Nora strolled through the orchid exhibit with Iris. The people there were overly enthusiastic about the two of them. Unable to stand it, they found an excuse and slipped away.

On the way back to the villa after leaving the orchid show, Iris looked at Nora again and again. However, she said nothing at all. After thinking about it, she refrained from making conversation.

Soon, the two returned to the suburban villa.

As soon as they walked in the door, Iris saw Justin’s black Maybach parked at the gate. She took a deep breath and entered the house.

Justin stood up. As he looked at her, Iris asked, “Did you know that Nora is Orchidiance?”

Justin shook his head.

He didn’t know who Orchidiance was; after all, he had no knowledge of orchids.

However…

The corners of Justin’s lips curved into a smile and he said, “I believe in Nora’s abilities, so I waited here to hear your story.”

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