The medicinal herbs were sourced from Aaron Underwood’s family, so he naturally knew what they bought.
Aaron glanced at the herb drawers and noticed that their positions had all been swapped around.
He thought it must be Eleanor Sterling who knew nothing and just shoved everything inside randomly. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel-fire.net
He probably feared Aaron would find out, so he switched all the drawers.
What a brainless move, it’s ridiculous.
Aaron sneered and said, "Eleanor Sterling, don’t think you can muddle through by stuffing the herbs in randomly.
This time you’ve lost. You promised to drop out yesterday, now you can pack up and leave!"
Everyone else at the scene looked on happily at her misfortune.
Even the comments in the livestream were quickly flashing by.
"I told you, how could Eleanor Sterling really know Chinese medicine?"
"Yeah, being first in the written exam isn’t that great, it’s just a reputation."
"Tch! Such a waste of expectations."
Aaron saw Eleanor remaining unmoved, and, somewhat impatient, said, "What’s the matter? Do you intend to break your promise?"
At this point, Audrey Zane stepped forward and asked softly, "Eleanor Sterling, what’s going on? Why did you agree to something you couldn’t accomplish?"
Eleanor’s competence is good, but she shouldn’t forcefully step forward, arrogantly confident.
Confronted by Audrey Zane’s disappointment and the gloating gazes of the crowd.
Only then did Eleanor raise her eyebrows, lazily curling her lips, and say, "Who said I couldn’t do it?"
"You..." Audrey Zane was at a loss for words.
She didn’t know what to say, suddenly realizing Eleanor might know Chinese medicine. Maybe Eleanor really could figure it out?
If something really happened, she’d fiercely defend her as a professor.
Aaron saw Eleanor still being stubborn and immediately said, "Eleanor Sterling, you blatantly misplaced the herbs and still won’t admit it? If so, then I’ll make sure you’re utterly defeated!"
Faye Sterling’s close friends covered their mouths and laughed.
"Exactly, Eleanor should be totally defeated."
"She’s got some nerve claiming she could do it; we’re all newcomers and haven’t dealt with Chinese medicine, she’d know it as if."
"If she really sorted them, then I’ll run a lap naked on the track."
Amidst the ridicule, Aaron smirked coldly, extending his hand to pull out the nearest drawer.
This herb had been delivered, and Aaron remembered clearly.
He snorted coldly and displayed the drawer to everyone.
"Eleanor Sterling, I restocked this herb as Notopterygium, but you placed it in the Heracleum drawer. Is this how you say you’ve got it right? It’s just a joke."
The crowd leaned in to look, seeing a pile of deep brown herbs inside, which others couldn’t recognize either.
Nonetheless, since Aaron said it was wrong, it must be wrong. His family started with selling herbs, could he possibly get it wrong?
"Hahaha, got it wrong? She’s not boasting now, is she?"
"She declared she could do it before, now she’s been proven wrong."
"So embarrassing, she might’ve thought randomly placing them would mean nobody checks?"
Listening to the mocking surrounding her, Eleanor remained calmly poised.
Once the noise died down, she leisurely said with a faint smile, "Are you sure the herb in the drawer is really Notopterygium?"
Aaron’s expression shifted slightly—how could it not be Notopterygium, he had personally counted the herbs.
He grabbed the herbs inside and examined them thoroughly, his face suddenly stiffened with shock in his eyes.
It seemed like that it truly wasn’t Notopterygium!
Notopterygium belongs to the umbrella family, its xylem is yellowish-white, with obvious rays.
Heracleum is also an umbrella-type plant, with the xylem gray-yellow, having ring brown.
The names of the two herbs are similar. When dried, if not looked at carefully, they indeed appear indistinguishable, extremely easy to confuse.
Therefore, Eleanor did not get it wrong, it was Aaron who got it wrong!
Aaron’s face went pale, suddenly looking as though he had swallowed a fly, incredibly unpleasant.