Melody Strikes Back by Myra Walker (Chapters 41, 42, 43, 44 & 45)      

Chapter 41

“Goodness gracious! It’s fortunate that you still care about Miss Melody. Madam seems to only have Miss Mabel in her heart, where would she find the time to give Miss Melody pocket money? The money Miss Melody used to buy the dress for the Swanson family’s birthday party yesterday was still provided by Mrs. Fox.” Hattie sighed again and continued, “Miss Melody is sensible, not mentioning her grievances to you, but I can’t bear to see it. I hope you don’t mind me being too meddlesome.”

Though Hattie was a servant, she had watched Russell grow up. How could Russell ever dislike her?

Russell looked apologetically at Melody and said, “It’s my fault for not thinking it through. Here’s my supplementary card, you take it and use it. From now on, you don’t need to ask your mom for money, just use this card.”

Russell handed Melody a supplementary bank card from his wallet.

Melody pretended to decline a bit before finally accepting the card under Hattie’s prompting.

Russell said, “If you need anything in the future, just tell me directly. Your mom… She’s a bit biased towards your sister, but your sister is still young. You should be more accommodating to her, understand?”

Melody felt disdainful inside. “Young? She’s only a year younger than me. Isn’t it because you favor Mabel more?”

But Melody didn’t say anything, nodding obediently as if understanding. “I got it. I’ll be more considerate of my sister.”

Russell nodded satisfactorily.

His daughter may not be the prettiest, but as long as she behaved and didn’t cause any trouble, it was enough.

Soon, Russell left. As he got into his car, he vaguely saw a luxury car parked across the street, its license plate seeming familiar, like belonging to the Swanson family.

Just as Russell was about to get a clear look, the car turned into another street.

He shook his head, denying his inner thoughts. “How could someone from the Swanson family be waiting opposite my house early in the morning? I must be getting old and having eye problems.”

With that in mind, Russell instructed his driver, “Schedule the most expensive medical check–up for me. I’ll go after work.”

“Yes.” The driver nodded quickly and complied.

On the other side, after watching Russell leave, Melody turned to Hattie with gratitude. “Thank you, Hattie.”

Hattie smiled and waved her hand. “What’s there to thank for? You’re being too polite. We’re all one family. Ever since you came back, Mrs. Fox has been in better spirits. I hope you’ll help take care of Mrs. Fox more in the future. It would ease my mind.”

Maria owed Hattie a lot. As long as Maria’s health improved, even if Hattie had to face death, she would not hesitate.
“Alright, he’s been waiting for a while, don’t keep him waiting. Go on,” Hattie waved her hand at her and walked back to the backyard.

Melody looked gratefully at Hattie’s back and walked out towards the gate.

Across the street from the gate was a modified Rolls–Royce, with wheels worth five or six figures alone. Needless to say, it must be someone from the Swanson family.

Melody wondered in her heart, “But who is coming to pick me up for the purchase of medicine?”

Out of curiosity, Melody couldn’t help but quicken her pace. But because she opened the door too eagerly, she accidentally stumbled into the car.

Coincidentally, her face landed on the man sitting in the back seat’s thigh.

Between breaths, there was a masculine scent in the air

For an instant, Melody, like a startled cat, bounced off from the man’s thigh.

But she forgot she was in a car. Just as she straightened up, her head hit the car’s ceiling hard.

Bang!

“Ah…” Melody sucked in a cold breath in pain, her eyes misting uncontrollably with tears.

This bump was indeed quite severe. She could feel a big lump forming on her head.

Before she could recover, she heard a low mocking voice-“You’re impatient. You haven’t even started treating my grandmother, and you’re already thinking of marrying me?”

This voice… Melody stiffened, surprised, as she looked at the man sitting in the car.

The man had a chiseled face and impeccable features that would make any girl jealous. However, he exuded no hint of gentleness. His dark eyes emitted a powerful aura of coldness, his entire being exuding a calm and aloof arrogance.

Such a strong aura and noble arrogance were Innate, a kind of pressure that suppressed all men in front of him without the need to speak,

Needless to say, it was Ken.

In the past, Melody only had eyes for Ulric and never paid attention to other men, naturally missing the fact that Ken, Ulric’s brother, was even more attractive than Ulric.

However, at the moment, Melody couldn’t afford to admire Ken’s handsome face. She was filled with annoyance and anger,

She accidentally fell on him, which was indeed her fault. Anyone could see that she didn’t mean it. She shouldn’t be blamed for this much

but Ken said such harsh words in front of the driver. He was making it difficult for her.

Melody didn’t know when she had offended Ken, making his attitude towards her change drastically. ‘Didn’t I save him once on the cruise ship? Is this how he treated someone who saved his life?!

Melody was displeased and didn’t show Ken a good attitude. With a cold face, she said, “It was not intentional”

“Hmph,” Ken chuckled lowly, saying, “You didn’t mean to? You fell pretty accurately. Let me remind you, whether you can cure my grandmother or not, I will never marry you.”

He was very disappointed in Melody, and now, this disappointment had reached its peak, turning into disgust.

If it weren’t for his grandmother suddenly willing to see him and telling him that this girl could help her heal, he wouldn’t have come at all.

It was all for his grandmother, not Melody.

Melody sneered, rubbing her sore head as she sat in the car. “Don’t worry. I never planned to marry you.”

She’d rather stay single than marry such an unpredictable person,

In fact, she had planned to remain single for life.

What could men do? They only brought endless pain to women.

She would never repeat the same mistakes, never throw herself into love like a moth to a flame.

She had already decided that after completing her revenge, she would live her life to the fullest, free from the shackles of petty love.

“It’s better this way.” Ken averted his gaze, unwilling to say more to her. He instructed the driver, “Drive. To Herbathrive.”

“Wait.” Melody quickly said, “Let’s not go to Herbathrive. I’ll give you the address.”

She handed over the pre-checked map on her phone.

Ken frowned. “Herbathrive is the largest traditional medicine shop in Silverlake. If not there, then where?”

Melody couldn’t be bothered to argue with Ken further. She simply said, “You’ll see when we get there.”

Ken remained silent, opening his tablet to start working.

Melody didn’t want to eavesdrop, but with such limited space in the car, she couldn’t help but catch a glimpse of Ken’s tablet.

She accidentally caught sight of a complex design on Ken’s tablet. She didn’t understand the design, but from what she could see, it seemed to be some kind of high–tech device.

Chapter 42

The Swanson family is in real estate, right? Why is Ken messing around with this kind of stuff? Could it be that he knows he won’t inherit the Swanson family’s business in the future, so he’s trying to find another way? But if it weren’t for my help with Ulric, in this life, the Swanson family’s final heir might not even be Ulric! At this moment, Melody really wanted to team up with Ken to deal with Ulric, that beast.

But unfortunately, Ken’s attitude toward her was currently so terrible, and with the driver present, she didn’t have the right moment to speak

The journey was silent, and after about an hour, the car stopped in front of a scenic mountain in Silverlake.

“Mr. Ken, we’ve arrived,” the driver reminds Ken, turning his head.

Ken had been focused on his tablet the whole time, and it was only now, upon the driver’s reminder, that he realized they had reached their destination

He instinctively looked outside and saw it was an undeveloped small mountain.

Although it was just a small mountain because no humans had set foot on it for years, the trees had grown really dense, and even the weeds had grown up to be very tall.

Not going to Herbathrive, but coming to a place like this, what is she up to?‘ Ken frowned as he looked at Melody, who was sleeping soundly with her head tilted back.

Probably because of her sitting posture, her mouth was slightly open, emitting a soft breathing sound.

She’s so ugly!‘ Ken wrinkled his brow. How did I ever think she was special when I first met her?”

“Wake her up!” Ken didn’t want to touch Melody, so he directly commanded the driver to wake her up.

But the driver didn’t have the courage; this woman might be Margaret’s benefactor in the future.

After hesitating for a moment, the driver extended a finger and poked Melody’s shoulder, “Miss Melody, we’ve arrived.”

Melody had been seriously sleep–deprived today. The driver called her several times before she slowly woke up, asking in a husky voice just from sleep, “Uh? Are we there?”

She rubbed her eyes and looked out the window, indeed seeing that they had reached their destination–Deer Mountain.

Last life, Ulric bought Deer Mountain for her, hoping to build a children’s paradise just for her because she had never been to a children’s playground in the countryside when she was a child.

Before construction began, she had come to Deer Mountain and unexpectedly discovered many rare medicinal herbs.

This was also why she didn’t go to Herbathrive but came there instead.
While Melody was still immersed in memories, Ken’s voice suddenly sounded cold beside her. “Don’t tell me, herbs are like vegetables, the fresher the better, so you’re here to pick the freshest ones?”

Although he didn’t understand medicine, he knew that freshness didn’t matter much for herbs.

Could it be that she wants to take advantage of this opportunity to create more opportunities for us to be alone?‘ thought Ken.

As soon as this thought arose, Melody said, “No, because Herbathrive doesn’t have the two herbs I need, but I can find them here.”

Last life, she often went to Herbathrive to buy medicinal herbs, so she knew that although Herbathrive was the largest traditional medicine shop in Silverlake, they didn’t have the specific herbs she needed.

Hearing Melody’s words, Ken narrowed his eyes suspiciously and asked, “You’ve only been in Silverlake for less than three days, how do you know Herbathrive doesn’t have what you need, but here does?”

Melody’s heart jumped, but she calmly explained, “I checked online last night and even called Herbathrive. They recommended me to come here.”

Ken deeply looked at her, seeming to contemplate the truth of her words.

His dark and deep eyes made Melody feel like she was under a microscope.

Just when she felt like she couldn’t hold on any longer, Ken finally looked away, saying, “You’d better hope what you said is true, don’t let me find out you have any ulterior motives, or else…

this tone was

He didn’t continue his sentence, but his tone was full of warning.

“What ulterior motives could I have?” Melody felt both annoyed and relieved.

He is too meticulous;

I have to be careful with my words in the future, so as not to reveal my rebirth, though she

But most people probably wouldn’t think of this place; they’d just think she had some ulterior motives.

Luckily, otherwise, she might be taken away for research.

As Melody spoke, Ken had already opened the car door and gotten out,

Melody quickly followed suit, only to see Ken looking up at the mountain, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and holding his phone. “Send more people over. Yes, the more, the better, and send about ten excavators..

Excavators?‘ Melody’s eyelids jumped, and she quickly stepped forward to stop him. “No need to find people or use excavators…

Ken’s eyebrows furrow again, forming frowns between them. “Melody, I don’t have time to waste here with you.” His tone was already very displeased.

Melody was also genuinely annoyed. She gritted her teeth and said, “I’m not trying to waste your time. Like you, I also want Mrs. Fox to get well soon.”

“Then why didn’t you let me call someone? Are you relying on just the two of us to find herbs in such a big mountain?” Ken narrowed his eyes, now somewhat convinced that Melody just wanted to be alone with him.

However, in the next instant, Melody coldly said, “I don’t need your help. I can do it on my own. I know where the herbs are. I’ll be back with them in an hour. You can just wait here.”

Ken scrutinized her. “Are you sure?”

Melody lifted her chin. “I’m sure.”

Ken skeptically asked, “You’ve never been here before, so how do you know where the herbs are?”

Melody hesitated for a moment, her mind racing, and quickly came up with an explanation. “Because I know the growth habits of these herbs, so I roughly know where they are. Anyway, you can just wait here for me. I’ll be back in an hour.”

Ken opened his mouth but ultimately didn’t say anything. He always felt that there was something strange about Melody, but he couldn’t pinpoint exactly what it was.

But since she didn’t need his help, he was fine with it. He turned around and headed back to the car, leaving Melody with just the sound of the door closing

Melody couldn’t help but pursed her lips.

She thought inwardly, “His temper is really foul. If he could just temper his temper a bit, people in Silverlake wouldn’t think he’s a troublemaker and mistake Ulric, the real scoundrel, for a gentleman.

So, the saying goes, the pitiful person must have something hateful about them, and Ken has responsibility for people who misunderstand him. But what does this have to do with me? For now, it seems impossible to ally with Ken, so I’d better give up and rely only on myself. But first, I have to cure Margaret’s illness.

With that in mind, Melody didn’t waste any time. She tightened the canvas bag on her shoulder and strode toward the mountain.

But before she took a few steps, the driver caught up and said, “Miss Melody, not many people go up this mountain anymore. There might be wild animals, and the path is rough. Let me accompany you for safety.”

Chapter 43

“Thank you, but it’s okay. I can handle it myself. I grew up in the countryside, so this mountain is just a small hill to me. Thank you anyway.” Melody sincerely thanked him, thinking that even the driver knew better about taking care of people than Ken did.

“But…” The driver wanted to insist but was once again rejected by Melody.

She remembered where the herbs were, and as long as no one followed her, she could head straight there. If the driver followed, she couldn’t go directly to that place, which would only delay her time.

Helpless, the driver nodded and agreed, “Okay then, if you need anything, just call me. I’ll come up the mountain immediately.”

With that, the driver exchanged contact with her and then returned to the car.

However, what Melody didn’t know was that as soon as the driver got in the car, he turned to report to Ken, “Miss Melody said she doesn’t need my help.”

In fact, it was Ken who sent him to

sent him to accompany Melody to prevent any accidents.

Upon hearing this, Ken’s expression darkened, and he said icily, “Then don’t bother about her life or death.”

“But…” The driver hesitated to speak, but seeing Ken’s cold and stern expression, he didn’t dare say much more. He shrunk his neck and sat back in the driver’s seat, adjusting the temperature inside the car to a comfortable level.

On the other side, Melody entered the mountain and headed straight to her destination–the habitat of Sandalwood Chimonanthus, About half an hour later, she finally arrived, sweating all over, at the place where she had seen the herb in her previous life.

However, when she arrived, she found that there was no Sandalwood Chimonanthus at all.

Instead, there were only weeds and a few poisonous wild mushrooms on the ground.

How could this be… Melody refused to believe it and searched around, but still couldn’t find any trace of Sandalwood Chimonanthus.

However, she quickly realized that in her previous life, she had only come after confirming her romantic relationship with Ulric, which meant that Sandalwood Chimonanthus would take over two years to grow there.

Two years… It was a long time.

Feeling anxious and sweating on her forehead, Melody quickly calmed down.

Since this place would have Sandalwood Chimonanthus in two years, other parts of this mountain must also have them. Sandalwood Chimonanthus was very rare and difficult to cultivate artificially, so its appearance there in two years must not be accidental.

Thinking of this, Melody sent a message to the driver, intending to tell him that she might be a little late coming down the mountain.

But when the message was edited and ready to be sent, a red circle appeared.

Melody then realized that there was no signal on her phone in the mountains, let alone sending messages

Forget it, she could only speed up.

Gritting her teeth, Melody continued up the mountain, looking for a place with a similar environment to this one.

But the higher she went, the more complex and difficult the terrain became.

When viewed from the bottom of the mountain, she thought this mountain was just a small hill. After all, in Silverlake, where every inch of land was precious, how big could a mountain be?

But now Melody realized that her idea was too naive. Nature’s craftsmanship had already turned this mountain into a quite complex terrain, with not only century-old trees but also various giant rocks,

Just then, Melody noticed a few dark red flowers growing on a small cliff not far away. They looked very much like azaleas.

If it were an ordinary person, they would definitely think they were azaleas, but Melody recognized at a glance that they were Sandalwood Chimonanthus flowers!

Judging by the estimate, if she crawled to the top of the cliff, she should be able to reach them with her hand.

Melody’s heart suddenly lifted, and she quickened her pace towards the small clift

At the same time, at the foot of the mountain.

Ken sent the newly improved design to the R&D department and had a short video meeting with them regarding the new product.

Everyone showed great enthusiasm for the new product and discussed it intensely

Once this new product was developed and successfully launched, The Swanson Group would become a dark horse entering the ranks of the top international groups. And that day would soon come.

People in Silverlake all thought that Ken was just basking in the glory of the Swanson family and using underhanded means to harm his brother, trying to seize the family’s property and inheritance. But few knew that it was all orchestrated by Astrid and Ulric.

Even fewer people knew that Ken didn’t care about the Swanson Group, which seemed incredibly attractive to outsiders.

In his eyes, real estate would eventually become a bubble, and only technology had unlimited potential.

The meeting was almost over, Ken glanced at the time and said, “Let’s end the meeting here for today. We’ll discuss the details after I return.”

With that, he closed his laptop, rolled down the car window, and asked the driver who was waiting outside, “Has she come back yet?”

The driver shook his head. “Not yet. It’s been over an hour, and I can’t reach Miss Melody on messages or phone. I reckon there’s no signal in the mountains”

As the driver spoke, he hesitated and said, “Should I go up and check? Although this mountain doesn’t seem big, once you go in, who knows what might happen? After all, it’s an undeveloped mountain, and there are many unknown dangers. What if something happens to her?”

“Okay, Ken said expressionlessly.

The driver nodded quickly and walked towards the mountain. But he had only taken two steps when he heard the sound of the car door closing.

Turning his head, he saw Ken following up with an indifferent expression. “Mr. Ken, are you going too?”

Ken didn’t answer, he just stepped forward with long strides and quickly passed the driver, walking ahead.

The driver hurriedly jogged to catch up lamenting silently that he didn’t have two long legs like Ken, so he had to jog to barely keep up with Ken’s pace

On the mountain, after about twenty minutes, Melody finally reached the top of the small cliff.

Looking down from below, the cliff didn’t seem high. It was more like a huge rock than a cliff.

However, when she looked down, she realized that this place was about 70 feet high from the ground below, and the ground was covered with rubble, not grass. If she fell, she would be severely injured if not killed.

Fortunately, Melody wasn’t afraid of heights. She had accompanied her master to the mountains to collect herbs since she was young Compared to before, this height was nothing to her.

Without much hesitation, her gaze fell on the Sandalwood Chimonanthus growing on the cliff edge.

Sandalwood Chimonanthus generally didn’t grow on cliffs. It required a lot of nutrients, but due to the frequent rain in Silverlake, the mud and water would flow down. As this area was in the shade, over time, the thick sail had accumulated on the cliff face, providing enough nutrients for the Sandalwood Chimonanthus to grow.

The part of Sandalwood Chimonanthus used for medicinal purposes was its roots. Melody roughly estimated that pulling it out shouldn’t be too difficult.

With this in mind, Melody directly lay down on the ground, her feet hooked around a nearby shrub, and her right hand reached down to the cliff face.

Before long, Melody reached the Sandalwood Chimonanthus flower.

However, the flower was at the very tip, and she needed to go further down.

She used her longest finger to hook the flower, then slowly moved downwards until she touched the branch of the Sandalwood Chimonanthus

However, this part of the branch was too thin. If she pulled directly, it would easily break. She needed to go further down.

Without hesitation, Melody released her foot from the shrub and continued to move forward. In a moment, almost half of her body was hanging over the cliff

This should be enough.

Melody reached down, feeling that the branch was still not thick enough. She moved forward again. At this point, she could only rely on her thighs to exert force to continue hanging on.

Finally, Melody felt that the position was almost there.

With one hand supporting the edge of the cliff and the other hand carefully pulling the Sandalwood Chimonanthus, Melody felt the roots loosen slightly. She was delighted and increased her strength.

However, the next moment-

“Whoosh

The ground at the edge of the cliff suddenly began to loosen, and then almost half of the cliff face fell down.

Melody lost her balance in an instant, and her whole body slipped downwards. This is bad!”

Chapter 44

Melody felt herself falling, subconsciously reaching out to grab onto something, but all she grasped was sparse soil.

Am I going to die here?” thought she.

“Melody!” A deep voice accompanied the driver’s exclamation.

Immediately, Melody felt her ankle gripped by a large hand, halting her descent. Then, her entire body was pulled back with force.

“What are you standing there for? Help!” Ken’s voice rang out.

Hearing Ken’s voice, Melody’s heart, hanging in suspense, inexplicably settled, even though she was still dangling from the cliff with only her feet being held.

On the cliff, the driver quickly recovered from his shock and rushed over to grab Melody’s other foot.

Melody was slim, and even though she didn’t provide any support, the two men quickly pulled her up.

As soon as Melody’s feet were firmly on the ground, she heard a loud noise from the edge of the cliff. The large piece of ground she had just been lying on collapsed, and the gravel and soil plummeted downwards, making crashing sounds as they hit the ground below.

Melody, too focused on picking the herbs, hadn’t heard the footsteps of the two men. Now seeing their presence, she felt her eyes moisten.

She couldn’t help but feel terrified-

If Ken hadn’t appeared in time to grab her foot, she would have ended up like those falling rocks, crashing down to the ground.

After the shock, Melody’s emotions gradually calmed down,

She reached up to touch her forehead and found it covered in cold sweat, even the loose strands of hair on her forehead were damp.

She couldn’t help but find it somewhat amusing.

She had already died once, yet even in the face of life-threatening danger, she still got scared like this

She really wasn’t strong enough, not fearless enough…

At this moment, Ken’s cold voice entered her ears-

“Why are you laughing? Are you crazy?” Even he was scared enough, only now recovering his senses. When he raised his eyes, he saw Melody standing there laughing foolishly.

What a crazy woman!” He had never seen such a crazy woman before.

“I…I didn’t…” Melody was about to explain when she heard Ken’s cold voice again, “Listen to me, Melody! If you want to die, go ahead, but you must cure my grandmother’s illness first before you do. If I ever see you doing something dangerous like this again, be careful.”

Ken didn’t want to admit it, but he was worried about Melody.

Regardless of what her motives were for wanting to cure his grandmother, just based on her courage earlier, he admired her. Not many girls would dare to be so bold, risking their lives just to pick a herb, hanging alone on a cliff like that.

But he had a naturally stubborn personality, coupled with the influence of his family background, or perhaps, he simply didn’t know how to care for someone.

So even though he was actually concerned, his words came out twisted.

When Melody heard this, she couldn’t help but frown. “Ken, have you always been this unpleasant? If it weren’t for picking herbs for your grandmother, would I have risked my life in this wilderness? Is it so difficult to ask if I’m okay? After all, I saved you once, and I haven’t done anything to harm you. Why do you always treat me with such an attitude? Are you even a man?”

Melody became more and more angry as she spoke, feeling a bit aggrieved in her heart, her tone filled with gunpowder.

“Just by listening to your voice, it doesn’t sound like anything serious has happened. And as for whether I’m a man or not, it seems to have nothing to do with you,” said Ken.

“You- Melody choked, her face turning red.

She wasn’t very good at arguing, especially against Ken’s venomous tongue, so she simply ignored him, turning to the driver and bowing politely. “Thank you.”

The driver was about to speak when he felt Ken’s icy gaze.

His spine stiffened, and he awkwardly said, “No, no, I didn’t help much. It was Mr. Ken who acted fast and grabbed you first. He was also the first to notice you below.”

He implied in his words that Ken was the one Melody should thank

Melody naturally understood this, her lips pressed into a straight line.

She was well aware that she had been spared from danger because of Ken, but Ken’s words just now were too harsh, and she couldn’t bring herself to say “thank you” to him right now.

Melody bit her lip and glanced at Ken, trying to force herself to squeeze out a “thank you,” but she saw Ken’s intense gaze fixed on her as he asked, “You were gathering herbs, where are they? Did they fall down?”

He didn’t continue the previous topic, which slightly relieved Melody, and cautiously stepped toward the edge of the cliff.

The flowers of the Sinkwood Fragrant had been hit by the falling rocks, knocking off a few blossoms, but the branches of the Sandalwood Chimonanthus remained intact, and its roots were not exposed.

She pointed down and said, “They didn’t fall down. They’re still here.”

“Go take a look,” Ken said, turning his head slightly. The driver hurried forward to inspect.

After a quick glance, the driver looked back at Melody in surprise. “Rhododendron? Miss, are you looking for Rhododendron?”

“This isn’t Rhododendron.” Melody shook her head. “It’s called Sandalwood Chimonanthus, the best herb for soothing.”

The driver didn’t understand these things, but upon closer inspection, he realized that the plant indeed wasn’t Rhododendron. Although the flowers resembled Rhododendron, the leaves were like pine needles, though not as hard.

The driver immediately compared the distance and then reported to Ken, “We don’t have any tools. We can’t reach it from this distance. Even if we manage to reach it, it’s very dangerous, just like what Miss Melody experienced earlier.”

Ken nodded slightly, then made a series of calls, tersely instructing, “Pinpoint my location, come over immediately.”

After that, he hung up without waiting for a response.

Melody hesitated and said, “Are you calling someone to pick it up? Maybe we should just forget it, it’s too dangerous. There should be other places on this mountain; let’s go look for them.”

As she spoke, Ken gave her a faint look, as if to say, “You also understand it’s dangerous?”

Melody inexplicably felt guilty, swallowing before continuing, “If it were just now, maybe I could have pulled up the Sinkwood Fragrant. But now, that side has collapsed, we can’t even touch it. Even with tools, it would still be very dangerous, and another collapse like earlier could easily happen. So, we should…”

She hadn’t finished her sentence when a rumbling sound came from the sky.

Thunder on a clear day?

She followed the sound and saw a helicopter approaching.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she turned to meet Ken’s gaze.

“So, what should we do?” he asked.

It was obvious he was asking intentionally.

Melody cursed inwardly, “This stubborn man!”

Chapter 45

Melody smirked, “I didn’t say anything.”

She almost forgot the saying “money

y talks,” calling a helicopter to pick herbs for Ken was just a matter of a sentence.

But wasn’t the helicopter a bit too quick? It seemed as if it had been waiting

What Melody didn’t know was that the helicopter had indeed been on its way here for a while. Ken saw Melody hadn’t returned and, fearing that he and the driver wouldn’t be able to find her, he directly ordered the helicopter to come over.

The original intention was to find someone. He never thought it would come in handy now.

With the help of the helicopter, the whole Chinaberry Herb was pulled out without a single hair harmed and carefully preserved.

“Anything else you need?” Ken asked.

“Well, it’s not here. I made a reservation at Herbathrive last night. We can just drive there to pick it up,” Melody replied.

Ken said, “Okay, let’s get on the plane.”

“Oh.” The money was really good. She also had to work hard to earn money.

Firstly, to gather enough money to buy herbs to treat the poison on her face, and secondly, money would give her the ability to seek revenge.

With the helicopter, Melody saved herself from the trouble of descending the mountain. She flew out of the mountain directly by helicopter and then changed to a car to go to Herbathrive.

As she watched the Deer Mountain getting further and further away, she suddenly remembered something from her previous life.

.In her previous life, Ulric said he bought this mountain to build a children’s amusement park for her, but in reality, taking over this piece of land relied on the connections she had accumulated through her medical skills.

In other words, Ulric used her connections to buy himself a mountain. Yet, she still thought Ulric was romantic and gentle.

The children’s amusement park was never built in the end. Later, because of policy reasons, this piece of land turned from a suburb into a key industrial park, skyrocketing in value. Ulric also made a fortune with this piece of land and gained Mr. Swanson’s attention.

Thinking of this, Melody turned to look at Ken, unable to help but asked, “Ken, how much money do you have?”

Perhaps her question was too straightforward and easy to misunderstand, Ken, rarely, looked puzzled for a moment, then furrowed his handsome brows and asked, “Why are you asking this? You’re really strange.”

Ken thought inwardly, “Other women like money and vanity, but they intentionally hide it. She, on the other hand, straightforwardly asked me how much money I had. She is indeed unique, making it hard to dislike her. But… she’s still very annoying”

He least liked women who only saw profit and money in everything.

“What’s strange about me..” Melody had no idea what Ken was thinking, but she realized that her question seemed to be easily misunderstood, so she changed her words. “What I mean is, if you have enough money, buy this mountain. Don’t look at it as a barren mountain, it’s on the edge of Silverlake, at the border of Silverlake and the neighboring province. But I have a feeling that it will prosper in the future.”

Ken didn’t speak, but the driver couldn’t help but interject, “Miss Melody, you may not be familiar with Silverlake, but usually, there are people here, and it’s half an hour away from the nearest downtown area. It may take another twenty or thirty years for this place to Melody wanted to say, “It won’t take twenty or thirty years, it will appreciate in two years.” But if she said that, everyone would think she was crazy or start to doubt her. So she just chuckled.

However, Ken said, “What you said actually makes sense.”

Me? Or the driver?” Melody was confused.

“This place has a good terrain and is suitable for industrial park development. If this mountain is taken as the center, the surrounding large plots of land are worth buying.” Ken said, looking out of the car window, his expression serious and earnest.

When it comes to business, he actually looks quite decent, very much like the cold and domineering CEO in novels. And in fact, he is, calling himself the rich young master barn with a silver spoon in his mouth. But… would he really listen to me and buy this mountain?‘ Thinking this, Melody blurted out, “Are you going to buy it?”

Only to see Ken turn his head and say, “If the herbs in the box can really cure my grandmother’s illness, I can promise to buy this mountain and give it to you.”

“Give… it to me?” asked Melody.

“You don’t want it?” Ken gave her a sideways glance. “But if you take this mountain, you can’t have anything else. For example, a marriage partner.

a bribe!

Melody was speechless. ‘Fine, he doesn’t believe what I said at all. He just pacified me with a b

She didn’t say anything. The most important reason for treating Margaret’s illness was actually to make her grandmother believe in her medical skills.

She did want these things, but she wanted to rely on her own abilities to get them, rather than begging Ken for them like a beggar. She had her pride.

“Let’s talk about it later.” She leaned against the car window and closed her eyes to rest.

After experiencing a life-threatening situation and climbing the mountain for over an hour, plus she only fell asleep at five in the morning, drowsiness came over her again.

Before long, she fell into a deep sleep.

In fact, Melody had always had trouble falling asleep, but somehow, with Ken by her side, she fell asleep particularly easily.

The driver listened to the conversation between the two of them behind him, and while driving, he secretly pondered whether he should buy some land nearby.

This was the suburbs, buying a piece of land costs only a few thousand dollars, and at most, it wouldn’t exceed two hundred thousand dollars. II, Ken and Melody were right, there was a possibility of appreciation, and he seemed like he could invest a bit.

With this in mind, when they stopped at the gas station to refuel, the driver started contacting friends in the area to see which plot of land could be purchased.

The result was that when his friends heard he wanted to buy land in this area, they immediately advised him not to

But the driver persisted and finally got the contact information of a local farmer.

The farmer was in need of money. As soon as he heard someone wanted to buy his barren land, he immediately agreed at a price of ten thousand dollars.

Ten thousand dollars was half a year’s salary for the driver. While it hurt to transfer the money, he gritted his teeth and did it.

The driver didn’t know that his action could benefit him and his descendants for three generations.

After a short wait in line, the car was refueled and continued on.

Before long, the car stopped at the entrance of Herbathrive.

It was around eleven in the morning now. Herbathrive had just finished receiving a large group of people. At the moment, there were only a few scattered customers inquiring about the prices and quantities of herbs. There were also some who came to buy rat poison but were persuaded by the store clerks to leave. Text © NôvelDrama.Org.

“Hello.” Melody found a clerk as she entered. She had seen this clerk hundreds of times in her previous life, and now she looked so familiar, so she instinctively said, “Hey, David. Could you please get the herbs I ordered last night?”

The clerk named David Marrow was stunned, “How do you know my name?”

Melody was also taken aback, but quickly reacted and pointed to his work badge, saying, “Isn’t it written on there?”

“Oh…” David didn’t think much of it and nodded, “I see. What’s your name? When did you order the herbs? Did you receive an order number on your phone?”

“I did.” Melody handed over her phone to confirm with him.

After checking David realized, “So it’s you, the customer who placed the order at four in the morning.”

At this moment, Ken walked over and, upon hearing this, looked at Melody somewhat unexpectedly. ‘So, she was sleeping all the way back and forth because she was thinking about the prescription last night…

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