Sweet May-December Marriage novel Chapter 68

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.

"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."