Chapter 763
Melody Fox stood up from the chair and said, “Grandma, you should drink the medicine first. I saw that your body is almost recovered, so I changed to a less nourishing prescription to prevent excessive nourishment.”
Margaret nodded, took the bowl, pinched her nose, and took a sip.
Under Lucy Colt’s nervous gaze, Margaret looked at Melody in surprise and said, “Why is this medicine better? And this taste is a little familiar…”
Compared to Lucy Colt’s nervousness, Melody lied very naturally.
“I heard from Lucy Colt that you’re a little afraid of bitterness, so the herbs used this time didn’t taste bitter.”
Margaret said happily, “This is good. I can drink this medicine. The prescription you prescribed a few days ago was so bitter that I almost vomited bile.”
Melody Fox’s lips curved into a smile. After watching Margaret finish drinking coffee, she stood up and said goodbye with relief.
“Then I won’t disturb your rest. I’ll chat with you tomorrow.”
“Alright, alright. Hurry up and boil the soup. I reckon that when the soup is done, they should have finished chatting.” Melody nodded and left with the brocade box with mixed feelings.
Lucy Colt found an excuse to follow her and asked in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “Young Madam, is it okay to drink coffee every day at a time like this?”
“Yes, don’t worry coffee in the afternoon is hygroscopic. Even if you’re not sick, drinking it can dispel some of the arthritis. Almost everyone in the South is free of arthritis. Drinking this is beneficial.”
“That’s good. I’ll go back first. I’ll report to you if there’s anything.”
“Okay.”
Melody nodded and watched Lucy Colt return to her room.
However, when she lowered her head and saw the gold meat in her hand, her heart could not help but become heavy again.
This thing was really a hot potato…
However, she had no choice but to boil the soup. Margaret’ s importance to this matter exceeded her imagination. If she did not do as she was told, she would probably really be angry.
Old children were people like Margaret Swanson. The older they got, the more childish they became.
“Sigh…” Melody sighed heavily and went downstairs with the meat.
At this time, only one chef was left on duty in the kitchen, in case the host was hungry and wanted to eat supper at night.
Seeing Melody coming over, the chef asked in surprise, Young Madam, why are you here?”
“I’ll… make some soup. Go do your thing.”
She tried her best to send the chef away, but the other party admired Melody Fox’s culinary skills and refused to leave.
Helpless, Melody Fox could only open the brocade box in front of him.
The moment he saw the golden meat, the chef’s face immediately turned red. He said awkwardly, “Young Madam, I suddenly remembered that there is still some leftover kitchen trash that I haven’t thrown away. I’m going to throw them away…”
“Okay, go ahead.”
Melody tried her best to remain calm. She raised her hand and cut off a piece of golden meat, cutting it into thin strips of similar size.
However, what Melody did not know was that as soon as the chef walked out of the villa, he was stopped by Astrid Swanson’s people.
“Hey, Chef Liu, why is Young Madam going to the kitchen at this time?”
The man asked as he handed over a gold ring.
Chef Liu did not want to say it at first. After all, it was not easy to gossip about such things.
However, when he saw the heavy gold ring, Chef Liu still spoke about the money and meat.
“Money and meat…”
The servant heaved a sigh of relief and patted Chef Liu’s shoulder with a smile.
“Thank you. I thought Young Madam was hungry so that I could buy some supper for her.”
Chef Liu glared at the other party and said, “Kid, you’re too smart. Young Madam isn’t someone you can curry favor with casually. You should put away your thoughts and do your job well.”
“Yes, yes, yes.” The servant nodded repeatedly.
After Chef Liu disappeared from sight, the servant immediately called Astrid Swanson.
“Madam, you can rest assured. Melody didn’t discover anything.”
Astrid Swanson asked nervously, “Then why did she go to the kitchen after coming out of Margaret’s room?”
The servant smiled gently and said, “To make soup. Margaret gave Melody gold coins and meat to nourish Young Master’s body and give birth to a great-grandson for her. Margaret also mentioned this matter at dinner.”
“Phew…” Astrid Swanson let out a long breath and said, “It’s good that they didn’t find anything. We’ll continue tomorrow. We must be careful.”
“Yes!”
However, what the servant did not know was that just as he hung up the phone and returned to the villa, a black figure walked out from a hidden corner.
It was none other than Aaron Berg.
His fingers quickly typed on the phone and sent the contents of the conversation between the servant and Astrid Swanson to Melody.
Melody, who was focused on making soup, saw the message. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
She was laughing about money and meat, which made Astrid Swanson believe that she had not discovered the poison.
She cried because more and more people knew that she had “nourished” Ken Swanson’s body.
After about 15 minutes, the soup was finally ready.
Melody took a sip. The soup was fresh but not fishy. The fishy smell of the golden meat was completely covered. It tasted no different from ordinary pork rib soup.
This was too embarrassing. It was better to hide it from Ken Swanson for as long as possible.
Melody brought the soup upstairs. Ken happened to return to their room from Ramon Swanson’s study.
The two of them met at the door of the room. Ken Swanson’s gaze landed on the bowl of soup in her hand. There was a hint of surprise in his eyes. “You don’t eat much supper. Are you not full tonight?”
Melody Fox tried her best to look natural.
“No, this is the soup I made for you.”
“Stew it for me?” Ken Swanson asked in joy and confusion, Why did you suddenly think of making soup for me today?” “Isn’t it because… you’ve been too busy these few days? Moreover, you can’t even eat when you’re busy. You have to find time to replenish your nutrition.”
Ken Swanson believed her words without a doubt. He took the bowl of soup and drank most of it in one go, ignoring the fact that it was still a little hot.
Melody had already scooped out the money and meat from the soup, so she was not afraid that he would find out what was inside.
She closed the door and changed the topic. “Why did Ramon Swanson look for you? You guys talked for about an hour, right?”
Ken Swanson did not hide it from her and said directly, There will be a personnel transfer tomorrow.”
“Reassignment?”
“Yes, a few of Ulric Swanson’s right-hand men at headquarters will be removed or transferred to other branches.”
Melody Fox’s eyes lit up and asked, “So this is the punishment for Ulric Swanson?”
Ken Swanson nodded and said, “His influence in the headquarters will be greatly weakened, so now, Xiang Jianxiong is no longer important. I’ll arrange for Shi Luo to coincidentally meet’ you tomorrow. As long as we pull Shi Luo over to our side, I’ll completely gain a foothold in the headquarters.”
“Okay, I understand. But you have to get James Deeds to send me another copy of Shiloh’s basic information.”