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This was the key for the family to break through the cursed chain of fate and change their fortune!
It was such a precious and rare opportunity for their family to change their fortune!
Many families had flourished and disappeared within a span of a century, but there were also many families that had survived a century without being able to progress further.
The Quinton family was the latter!
If they could grab the chance and ride Joe’s bandwagon into success, they would prosper like a super family!
This was really an excellent opportunity that might not come in a century!
Extraordinarily, the chance seemed to descend into his hands. If he could marry his daughter to Joe and make him his son-in-law, the Quinton family could change their family fortune and blossom!
Gosh!
The strong sense of mission in running towards Joe right away had already set her heart. Therefore, she hurriedly said, “Dad, go ahead and prepare the ingredients! I’ll deliver them to Master Smith tomorrow!”
Graham nodded knowingly and said, “Put on a nice, pretty dress and a little makeup. Although my daughter is not Aphrodite, you’re definitely a gorgeous woman. You’ll be even more dashing if you dress up!”
Aurora blushed shyly again, but she nodded and said in a serious tone, “Dad, don’t worry, I won’t let you down!”
“Tomorrow, when you see Master Smith, tell him that the Quinton family respects him very much and will always be at his service whenever he needs our assistance. Besides, tell him that we’ve been in the medicinal ingredient business for nearly a century. Whenever he needs anything, he can just tell us and we’ll fulfill his orders!”
“Moreover, please ask him if he can give us a magical elixir. We will be very grateful for it! I believe that he will not refuse your request when you say that!”
Early the next morning, Joe was about to go out to the market when he received a call. It was Aurora, the Quinton family’s hot pepper.
Aurora’s coquettish voice resonated through the phone. “Master Smith, are you at home now?”
“Yes I am. Why? How may I help you?”
“My dad has asked me to deliver some medicinal ingredients to you and he’s said that it’s Miss Moore’s order. May I know if it is a good time to visit you now? I’ll come over if it’s a convenient time for you.”
Claire was out early, busy with her new office, while Jacob had gone out with Elaine to the Thompson First mansion to check the progress of the renovation. Joe was alone at home right now, so he replied, “Okay, come over then.”
“Okay! I’ll be there soon!”
A few minutes later, Joe heard a knock on the door.
He opened the door and saw Aurora. She was wearing a beige dress, her long wavy hair cascading over her shoulder and her cheeks painted with a pinkish timid blush. She looked extremely beautiful and ladylike today with a piece of big luggage in her hand.
“Mas… Master Smith, hi… I… I’m Aurora Quinton, do you remember me…”
Aurora stuttered, very nervous and agitated.
She tossed and turned all night the night before as her father’s remark about Master Smith’s importance to the future of their family had been continuously lingering on her mind.
Joe was the only image that kept appearing in her mind.
She was a blossoming youth, after all. They would love to have a handsome, rich, and capable man as a husband!
She looked around and realized that there was no one in the world who was on par with Joe! He was the absolute candidate for a perfect husband!
Even if her father didn’t urge her to get in touch with Joe, she was already attracted to him.
Joe had no idea why Aurora was so nervous. He remembered the last time he saw her, she was still the feisty and savage young lady who wanted to challenge him. Why did she turn over a new leaf today? It was as if the feisty hot chili pepper had suddenly turned into a refreshing and juicy cucumber!
He asked curiously, “What’s going on with you today? Why are you so different from your usual self?”
Aurora mumbled timidly, “Master Smith, I’m sorry for being so ignorant and pompous last time, I hope you can forgive me…”
Joe smiled.“Wow, impressive.” He then turned around and said, “Don’t just stand by the door, come on.”
Aurora nodded anxiously and carefully dragged the luggage into the house.
Joe was quite surprised to see her carrying the luggage with great effort. She was a strong woman who was very fit and athletic, and some brawny guys were not even at her level. From the exhausted looks on her face, it seemed that the luggage was very heavy.
He asked curiously, “What’s in the luggage? Why is it so heavy?”
“These are the medicinal ingredients my father prepared for you. They’re top-quality ingredients that you can never find in other parts of the world!”
Then, she placed the luggage on the living room’s floor and opened it.
It was all the best medicinal ingredients laid out in the huge luggage! Some of them were so rare that Joe couldn’t even buy them!
Bewildered, Joe looked at Aurora and asked, “Where did your father get so many wonderful ingredients?”
“Well, frankly speaking, our family owns a diversified range of business, one of them being medicinal materials. Our ancestors were medicinal material merchants since the late 19th century, and we had our own delivery team that gathered the best medicinal materials from all over the country and sold them to the rich and famous in the city. We’ve been in this business ever since.”
Then, she started hurriedly, “Oh yes, my father says that if you need anything in terms of medicinal materials or ingredients in the future, you can tell us directly and we’ll do our best to meet your needs!”
Again, Joe was astonished.
Ever since he accidentally obtained the Apocalyptic Book, he was mesmerized by its incredible and mysterious contents. There were a lot of methods and prescriptions for the medicine refinery but there were many medicinal materials that he had never even heard of.
He was in the middle of a dilemma about it but never did he expect the Quinton family to be a family of medicinal material merchants with a century-old heritage!
It was indeed sheer luck and fortune!
He grinned gleefully and said, “Good! Very good! With your family’s assistance, my medicine refining will be made much easier!”
When Joe mentioned the medicine refining, Aurora pursed her lips and hesitated for a while before she mustered up the courage and knelt on the floor with a thud.
Joe was startled by her sudden action and asked in surprise, “Hey, what are you doing?”
Aurora put her hands together and pleaded, “Master Smith! My father heard that you’ll be producing a magical elixir and he yearns for it. He reminded me again and again to ask you if you could… could… could…”
Aurora mumbled for a long time but was unable to finish her sentence.
Growing under a loving and affluent upbringing, she had always been admired and adored by others since she was a child. She had never begged anyone for anything, not even once! Therefore, this timid young lady was embarrassed to speak up about her real needs.