Chapter 240:

Julie thought she had escaped this ordeal.

She considered the Mozzafiato people easy to deceive. Julie felt a sense of triumph. Aunt Monica, Uncle Caesar, and Uncle Leona would surely be proud of her. They would have to rethink their belief that the Mozzafiato people were dangerous, cunning, and intelligent enough to be nearly impossible to fool. They were uneasy about letting Julie go alone, fearing she would encounter danger. But look at this—she had successfully deceived them, from pretending to be a relative of a patient to infiltrate the place to fooling this rustic doctor.

Aunt Monica and Uncle Caesar would no longer say, "You can't go alone," to Julie because she was too skilled.

As Julie was thinking this, a deep voice sounded from behind. "Hold on."

Julie was startled, her steps halted immediately. Her heart skipped a beat. What the heck, did that doctor spot a flaw?

"Yes...?" Julie turned slowly, trying to maintain a professional calm. "Is there something else, doctor?"

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