My Substitute Wife is a Bigwig (Loud and Lily) novel Chapter 208

Loid shot Lily a begrudging look, but she returned a bold, brazen glare.

Entertained by Lily's remark, Arthur commented, "You're a great kid."

After a pause, he added, "Anyway, it's best that you hide your identity for now. Young lady, I might be getting ahead of myself, but I still want to remind you that you're no ordinary person, and neither is Loid. Us Lauriers are no ordinary family as well…"

Concern colored Arthur's face as he took a sip of tea. "Loid and you will settle down in Bridgeport—a wolves' den! You need to lay low before you can protect yourself."

If Lily had grown up in wealth in the Martinez family, Arthur wouldn't have bothered telling her about the dangers in Bridgeport as he would want his granddaughter-in-law to live without worry.

However, Lily wasn't a Martinez, and she wasn't an ignorant young lady from the countryside. On top of that, she was skilled in medicine and socializing. She stuck to her principles when she dealt with matters.

Lily was generous, carefree, and only did what she believed to be right. She wasn't just another medical genius; she was Shadowbane, a legendary figure whose services were sought after.

Given Shadowbane's reputation, the great families in Bridgeport would love to pay for her services. Alas, no one had seen her in real life, and very few could track her down.

Shadowbane's lack of interest in money was rather bizarre. She judged her patients by their character and would not offer her services to wretched individuals no matter how much they were willing to offer.

On the contrary, she would willingly save the lives of those with upright character even if they could only afford to pay her a penny.

Arthur had heard about the ten patients from upper-class families with good reputations who had received treatment from Shadowbane.

According to the rumors, four out of ten of the patients paid a hundred thousand dollars each for their treatments—95 thousand dollars for the medicine and five thousand dollars for the consultation.

The four patients had suffered from their ailments for a long time after many renowned doctors had failed to treat them.

One of the patients was, in fact, dead. But Shadowbane gladly accepted one dollar in payment before performing acupuncture to revive the dead. The said individual was Yannick Dalton, the patriarch of the Dalton family.

Shadowbane also revived another dead man, yet she went ahead and charged him his entire net worth—tens of billions of dollars.

Arthur knew that Lily would be in danger once news got out that she was Shadowbane.