Emily Parker smiled and said, “As long as you don’t get tired of it, there will always be more!”

The two of them suddenly fell silent, not knowing what to say, and the atmosphere became a bit awkward.

After a while, it was still Henry Carter who smiled first and said, “Where is Aunt Qiao? I’d like to see her!”

At the mention of her mother, Emily Parker’s eyes turned slightly red as she said, “My mother’s health isn’t very good. She’s lying down in the back room. It’s good if you go see her—she’s been missing you a lot!”

Henry Carter nodded and said, “Take me over to have a look. I want to see her illness!”

Emily Parker shook her head and said, “I’m afraid there’s nothing to be done. All the doctors have said…”

Henry Carter interrupted her, smiling, “I stayed on the mountain for seven years. Even though I wasn’t very diligent, I still learned some medicine. Maybe I can help!”

Emily Parker’s eyes lit up. “That’s right, you learned medicine at the Immortal Sect. You can definitely do it!”

With that, she greeted the people eating in the shop, then led Henry Carter toward the backyard.

After all, in their little shop, all the customers were neighbors, so there was no fear of anyone running out on the bill.

Henry Carter hesitated for a moment, then said, “Little Qiao, if I treat Auntie’s illness, you have to agree to two conditions!”

Actually, he was younger than Emily Parker, but since he had an old soul inside, he’d always called her Little Qiao since childhood. Emily Parker was gentle by nature, so she just went along with it.

When Emily Parker heard this, a blush rose on her cheeks. “What conditions? Go ahead and say them!”

Henry Carter smiled and stated the simplified three rules and one order: “After I cure Auntie, you can’t mention it to outsiders, no matter who asks. Just say Auntie got better on her own. Second… after she’s well, you have to make me at least two more bowls of tofu pudding!”

Emily Parker couldn’t help but laugh. “What strange rules! All right, I promise!”

But for some reason, as she spoke, she felt a little disappointed inside.

After all, Madam Qiao was just an ordinary person. Her illness was only due to missing her late husband and years of overwork. The sickness in her body was easily drawn out by Henry Carter; to him, this wisp of illness was so insignificant it couldn’t even be used to refine a first-grade pill.

But when Emily Parker saw Henry Carter gently press a few points on her mother, her mother—who had been in a daze and could barely recognize anyone—immediately fell into a deep, steady sleep. After a while, she even started calling out that she was hungry. Emily Parker was astonished, thinking Henry Carter was a living immortal from legend. Seeing this, Henry Carter could only smile wryly and remind her again not to mention this to anyone.

Emily Parker was feeding her mother porridge when suddenly a commotion erupted from the front of the shop.

As if suddenly remembering something, Emily Parker’s face changed dramatically. She quickly put down the bowl and hurried toward the shop, with Henry Carter following behind.

When they entered the shop, they saw seven or eight thuggish servants driving out all the customers, smashing pots and pans, and even dismantling the tables and chairs, piling them up in a heap.

“Young Master Jiang, what are you doing? Stop it right now!”

Seeing this scene, Emily Parker was so anxious she nearly burst into tears. Everything in this shop was the hard work of her and her mother.

“Hmph, I thought you were hiding in the back, too scared to come out…”

Outside the shop, a grand armchair was set up, and a young man with a sinister face sat on it, sneering coldly.

“Tofu Beauty Miss Qiao, when you bought medicine on credit at my family’s pharmacy the other day, you said that if you couldn’t pay back the silver on time, you’d have to come with me. Today’s the day, so I’ve come to fetch you. See how considerate I am? I was afraid it’d be inconvenient for you to pack, so I smashed all this junk for you. No need to keep this shop either—might as well burn it down and have some peace…”

The young man sneered, his lecherous eyes sweeping over Emily Parker’s slender waist as he chuckled.

“You…”

Emily Parker was both angry and anxious, nearly in tears.

“How much silver does she owe you?”

At this moment, Henry Carter walked out of the shop slowly, his face cold.

“Who are you?”

Seeing a man come out of Emily Parker’s shop, Young Master Jiang’s face immediately changed.

“He’s the second young master of the The Carter Family, just yesterday…”

A servant nearby whispered a few words in Young Master Jiang’s ear. Young Master Jiang immediately sneered, “So you’re the one who was expelled from the Immortal Sect and sent back to Four Symbols City like a dog, huh? Heh, Young Master Meng, my apologies! But when the Jiang family does business, I’m afraid your The Carter Family can’t interfere. Just stand aside. When we’re done here, we’ll have a banquet at Drunken Moon Pavilion to welcome you back!”

“Hmph, I’ll pass on Young Master Jiang’s wine!”

Henry Carter sneered, pointing at Emily Parker, “How much silver does Miss Qiao owe you in total? Just say the amount, and I’ll pay you double. But one thing—however you smashed up the shop, you’ll restore it exactly as it was!”

Although he hadn’t been in the city for a long time, he knew that the Jiang family did medicinal business in Four Symbols City. When he was young, he’d met the Jiang family’s young master, Charles Walker. He hadn’t expected that after seven years, this guy had become such a scoundrel.

“Even yesterday, when I went to the Xiao family’s banquet, Young Master Xiao—now a disciple of the Immortal Sect—was still polite to me!”