“Sophia, are you okay?” Nancy asked.
“What’s wrong?”
“You don’t know yet?” After a brief pause, she continued, “Someone leaked information online about you and Brother Livinus. I don’t know who did it, but I keep feeling like it might be someone from the Scott family trying to set you up.”
Sophia searched online and, upon seeing the news, showed no reaction.
“There are quite a lot of spectators eating popcorn.”
“You don’t mind?”
“Does it help if I mind? Since it has already happened, why should I care? No matter what others say, as long as you don’t see, hear, ask, or listen, what can they do to you? Besides, my relationship with Livinus was bound to be exposed sooner or later. It’s just happening a little earlier.”
Sophia was rather open-minded about it.
It was summer, and the garden was blooming with various flowers. She was very busy. She had always thought that this courtyard belonged to the , but a few days ago, some farmers came to discuss rent with her. That was when she found out that most of the land on this mountain belonged to the Smith family.
The Smith family had moved here early on and purchased a lot of land for growing medicinal herbs. However, the old man never expanded the medical clinic as planned, so he didn’t need that many medicinal herbs. Since the clinic’s income was modest, he ended up renting out much of the mountain’s land to farmers for growing tea.
In the countryside, it was common to rent out unused land. Although this area was now part of the city, it had once been a true rural village.
Sophia discovered that the Smith family’s land was much larger than she had imagined. Although commercial development was not permitted here and the land couldn’t be sold, she felt that having land for planting flowers and medicinal herbs was not a bad thing.
She reclaimed some of the land, cleaned it up, and planted flowers, grass, and medicinal herbs all over the mountain.
She also transplanted a few trees to the entrance of the medical clinic so that people waiting in line for treatment would have shade to sit under.
However, a tree takes more than ten years to grow into the ideal shape.
Fortunately, Sophia had the patience to wait.
Her busy schedule kept her from thinking about other matters, and she paid little attention to the Scott family’s affairs. In her view, that was not necessarily a bad thing. She was actually curious to see how Livinus would react to all of this.
Life is long, and one cannot only focus on what is pleasant while avoiding challenges.
Livinus naturally received the news as well.
“Have you found out who posted it?” Livinus asked while writing.
“The blogger’s IP is located in Texas, and his login location is consistent with his usual activity. He has no past grievances with us, but it’s likely that someone fed him the information.”
“Find out who leaked it!” Livinus’s expression remained unreadable.
Fidelis and Joanna exchanged glances. After leaving the room, Joanna asked, “Is the boss angry or not?”
“Whether he is angry or not, don’t you already know his temper?”
Joanna sighed. He suddenly remembered that Livinus was never easy to provoke. However, ever since he got into a relationship, his temper had softened, and he had become more grounded.
She almost forgot—whenever Livinus was truly displeased, he would act even more normal.
It didn’t take long for them to confirm that someone had indeed fed the information to the blogger “Pigmouth.”
According to Pigmouth, the informant simply provided the news for him to post and didn’t ask for any payment.
Fidelis had someone investigate the informant’s account, which turned out to be newly registered. The linked phone number was a disposable one that could be easily bought on the street. However, one thing was certain—the login location was in the same city. But when they tracked it further, they found it was accessed from an internet café, leaving no other leads.
If it had been an ordinary netizen leaking the news, Livinus wouldn’t have cared. But since it was a targeted attack on him, how could he not retaliate? Otherwise, wouldn’t this battle be far too dull?
“It’s actually not hard to guess,” Livinus said without even looking up. “Just think about who benefits the most from this, and you can narrow down the suspects.”
Fidelis nodded. “Should I notify the PR department to respond?”
“No!” Livinus stood up, his brows furrowed. “The PR department can only handle surface-level issues. But some problems aren’t solved just by issuing clarifications.”
He stared out the window at the cars speeding down the highway, his brows still furrowed.
He had been preparing for a long time. This battle might erupt sooner than expected.
He wasn’t afraid—his only concern was whether the old master could handle it.
Since opening her clinic, Sophia has mainly prescribed traditional medicine but also used some proprietary medicines.
For example, when treating diarrhea patients, if they had to wait several hours for a herbal decoction to be prepared, they might already have recovered by then.
Since Scott Corporation produced many proprietary Medicines, Sophia would often prescribe their products. One reason was to promote Scott Corporation, and another was that Scott’s medicines were of the highest quality among similar products on the market.
