Chapter 152
Chapter 152
Sophia clearly couldn’t be bothered to entangle herself with the Stewart family.
Mr. Cody, with great tact, immediately opened the door to the car, carefully placing the precious plastic bag he’d been holding onto the passenger seat.
Then, half of his body leaned out of the car as he flashed Sophia a bright smile. “I got a bit too excited and lost track of time. It’s so late already. Miss Roscente, please, get in the car. I’ll get you home as quickly as possible.”
Sophia nodded, getting into the driver’s seat.
Mr. Cody respectfully closed the car door, then flashed Sophia another smile. “Miss Roscente, if you ever need a ride, just call me in advance. I’ll come pick you up.”
Sophia murmured an acknowledgment, fastened her seatbelt, and pressed the gas pedal, driving away.
Mr. Cody stood there until her car disappeared from view, then turned back to pick up the plastic bag of instant food he’d placed on the ground.
Throughout this exchange, no one paid attention to Mr. and Felicity, completely ignoring them.
“Mr. Cody!”
Griffin had started to catch on and quickly stepped forward, taking the bag of instant food from Mr. Cody‘ hand with a smile. “Ah, how can I let you golden hands carry such heavy things? Mr. Cody, where are you headed? Let me give you a ride.”
Mr. Cody didn’t acknowledge the offer, snatching the plastic bag back.
With a stern expression, he shot Griffin a cold glance, then walked away.
“Mr. Cody! Mr. Cody!” Griffin hurried after him, still smiling. “Please. If it weren’t for you performing surgery on my mother, she might not have made it through that month. We’ve been trying to express our gratitude…”
Hearing this, Mr. Cody paused.
He looked at Griffin’s eager expression and couldn’t help but scoff. “I only agreed to perform surgery on your mother because of Miss Roscente, not because of you.”
Griffin had already suspected this
But hearing Mr. Cody speak Sophia’s name still struck him as unbelievable.
Felicity’s eyes bulged in disbelief, and she suddenly turned toward the direction Sophia’s car had just gone, her voice sharp with disbelief: “Sophia? You did it for Sophia? That’s impossible! she… she’s just some country girl, a bastard!”
When she spoke those words, Mr. Cody‘ gaze toward Felicity turned as cold as ice.
Griffin’s heart skipped a beat, and he quickly yanked Felicity back, shooting her a warning glance.
He swallowed nervously, then cautiously looked at Mr. Cody. “M. Cody, you’re saying… it’s because of Sophia? How could
she…
Mr. Cody had long grown tired of the Stewarts‘ behavior.
A year ago, when Margaret fell ill, Sophia couldn’t make it back time.
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Sophia asked him to step in and save the old lady.
He’d gone out of his way to operate on Margaret, arranged for her to receive top–tier care, and provided her with the best
treatment.
All because of Sophia.
But the Stewarts…
After Sophia returned and the Stewarts scolded her, blaming her for Margaret’s condition
They dumped the responsibility of taking care of her mother onto Sophia, and completely disappeared from the hospital.
He’d even heard that the Stewarts had spread rumors that he and their family shared some special relationship, which was why he’d been so considerate toward Margaret.
As a result, many people came to him for medical treatment in the name of the Stewart Family.
Ridiculous!
Had it not been for the fact that they were Sophia’s parents, he would’ve confronted them right then and there!
Now, they had no such privilege.
He wasn’t about to tolerate them anymore.
Seeing Griffin’s tense expression, with a flicker of hope that he might hear a denial, Mr. Cody‘ lips curled into a malicious smile.
“What, you think your family is important enough for me to act like a dog, constantly doing favors for you, running errands and even letting you off without charging a penny for medical fees?”
This was exactly what Griffin had once boasted to Felicity at that time.
And Mr. Cody had heard it.
Even after a year, Griffin still remembered it, clearly recognizing the sarcasm in Mr. Cody‘ words.
His face reddened in embarrassment, and he let out an awkward chuckle.
But Felicity, hearing the mockery in Mr. Cody‘ words, couldn’t contain herself anymore. She leaned out from behind her husband and shot a venomous look at him. “Mr. Cody, you get some relationship with that little bit**? Why else would you defend her so much?”
“You really think we’ll believe you? I raised that girl for twenty years–how could I not know what kind of person she is? She’s just a country girl, barely finished high school. What could she possibly do?”
She refused to believe that Sophia had such influence, that she could have someone as prestigious as Mr. Cody perform surgery on Felicity, let alone receive special treatment.
If Sophia really had so much power, how could she have put up with the Stewart family for so long, just to stay in the rich family and chase after Ethan?
The only explanation was that Mr. Cody must have fallen for her looks-
Just like those shallow men.
Griffin only half–heartedly stopped Felicity, clearly hoping to tes Mr. Cody with her words.
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Deep down, Griffin had his own doubts, but looking at the facts, Sophia had grown up in the countryside, and he’d never heard of her having any special abilities or knowing any important people.
After all, she had lived in the countryside all her life, knowing only people from there.
Mr. Cody could tell what they were thinking just from their expressions.
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He sneered and scanned them with the look of someone observing fools, then, as if recalling something amusing, he smirked and asked in a way that oozed irony, “Do you really think that plastic bag Sophia was carrying contains some kind of weeds?”
“Well…” Felicity had been dying to ask why Mr. Cody seemed so obsessed with those weeds.
Mr. Cody replied, “You wouldn’t understand, but let me put it this way… The things in that bag, just one piece, are worth more than five of the cars you’re driving.”
“Wh… what?!” Felicity’s eyes widened, and she turned to look at their Porsche, parked in front of the restaurant.
That car was worth over three hundred thousand dollars!
One piece could buy five of them?
“Mr. Cody, are you joking?” Didn’t that just look like a pile of weeds?
“Griffin, Felicity, you’ve made the mistake of confusing fish eyes with pearls and priceless herbs with weeds. I really wonder how you two haven’t gone bankrupt yet with such a poor grasp of reality and vision.”
Such humiliation was a direct slap in their faces.
But they were too shocked to defend themselves.
“This… this is impossible… What herbs… how could she…” Felicity gripped Griffin’s arm, her entire body frozen in shock.
The two of them suddenly remembered the old man who had disguised himself as a butler. He had carried two snake–skin bags, claiming they were gifts from Sophia’s family to thank them for raising her all these years…
Those two bags had contained what appeared to be nothing more than weeds, just like the ones Sophia had casually carried in her hands earlier.
Those were not weeds?
If they weren’t weeds… did that mean they had… missed out on hundreds of millions?!
Impossible.
Absolutely impossible!
Sophia’s biological family was from a slum, a family of lower–class people!
Those two snake–skin bags clearly looked like something poor, lower–class people would use!
How could those bags possibly contain such… priceless medicina herbs?
Zane sneered lightly, enjoying the sight of the Stewart couple in utter shock. It felt so satisfying.
He’d done it on purpose, getting back at them for their past arrogance.
Grinning, he continued to mock them. “Those herbs–without connections, even money can’t buy them. Sophia just Casually picks them up, and each one is worth tens, even hundreds of millions of dollars. Do you think those few hundred
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dollars are anything?”
He shot a final derisive glance at the bills scattered on the ground.
Then he picked up his food and strode away.
Not sparing the Stewart couple a single glance.
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He didn’t even care to acknowledge them again.
Much like how Hudson had left earlier, he casually took a sharing bike, then hurriedly disappeared into the darkness.
Leaving Mr. and Felicity standing there, dumbfounded, struggling to come to terms with everything that had just happened.
Minutes passed…
Until a cool breeze swept past.
Felicity moved her lips before hoarsely speaking in a trembling voice, “H–Honey… If what he said is true, then the two snake- skin bags that driver brought… could they really have been…?”
“No… this doesn’t make sense… something’s wrong!”
Griffin was also in a daze.
He tried his best to stay calm.
If Mr. Cody was saying this…
Then it might… really be true.
Otherwise, why would Mr. Cody have treated that plastic bag of weeds like some precious treasure?
Could it be…
Sophia got a really powerful background?!
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