Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 336

Chapter 336

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Stella casually reached out and took the phone from Charles.

On the screen was a wanted list, with photos and reward amounts for each target. Right at the top were pictures of Landen and Charles. Stella raised her eyebrows at Landen and lazily held up the phone. “Seriously, is this you?”

Landen’s eyes flickered, clearly feeling a bit guilty. He pretended nothing happened. “What’s up?”

Everyone fell into silence.

In the photo, Landen had a youthful head of hair, a handsome, bright face, and was grinning like a college student.

Charles was speechless. “Dad, they said it had to be a recent photo!”

Landen shot up, trying to sound confident. “It is…” But when he caught Stella’s cool look, he instantly wilted and muttered, “It’s from fifty years ago.”

Everyone fell into silence.

Allan burst out laughing. “You must be impossible to kill!”

The guy in the photo and Landen were totally different people.

Landen snorted, “Rude!”

The list just keeps getting longer, Sebastian said, his brows drawn together.

Charles nodded, looking serious. “Anyone who’s at the International Herbal Medicine Conference is on their hit list. They’re bragging they’ll make sure we never make it out alive.” He glanced at Stella and Sebastian.

And that’s not even the worst of it! Landen huffed, “They’re claiming they’ll make the whole world believe Herbal Medicine started in Tongalia, and that their version is the only real deal!”

As he spoke, Landen made a show of spitting in disgust.

He thought, ‘Seriously, what a shameless clown.’

Stella let out a mocking snort.

She dipped her head, her eyes glinting with amusement as she handed the phone back to Charles. “Are they really that arrogant?”

Landen raised his eyebrows, but then his whole mood deflated. “But the Penn School… What a mess.”

Word on the street was that, after Callen betrayed Paul, all the other disciples turned in their Penn School Tokens and went their separate ways. Now the Penn School was basically deserted, and everyone was just waiting for them to become a laughingstock.

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Landen trailed off, as if there was more he couldn’t bring himself to say.

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Up to now, Paul still hadn’t responded publicly to the Herbal Medicine Guild’s provocative invitation on Instagram and Facebook, which was posted in Clusian, Monterran, and Tongalian.

Landen was probably afraid that all this drama with Paul’s disciples would set back his recovery.

Landen wiped away a tear, looking frustrated. “Do you think Paul’s holed up in the hospital right now, crying when no one’s looking?”

Hearing that, Bernard and Charles both looked grim.

Stella thought for a second, then pulled out her phone and started a video call with Callum.

Callum picked up right away.

His voice lit up with surprise. “Ms. Carter!” Then he turned his head and yelled, “You’re stealing the ginseng again! He just came over to rat you out!”

Landen just lost for words.

Charles opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Bernard was speechless.

Paul’s voice came through the video, his long eyebrows drooping with a kind of grandfatherly warmth. “I didn’t eat it.” But he burped suddenly.

Landen just lost for words.

Charles opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Bernard was speechless.

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While the other three were left speechless, Stella was calm and said, “Give the phone to your grandma.”

Callum corrected her, “Grandfather.”

He never missed a chance to set her straight.

Stella thought, ‘Whatever.’

Soon, Paul’s face popped up on the screen. He looked a lot healthier than last time, his complexion glowing. If only there wasn’t that stubborn bit of ginseng clinging to his lips.

He slurped it up in one quick motion.

Catching Stella’s look, Paul casually wiped away any trace of the ginseng like nothing ever happened, then greeted her, “Ms. Carter.”

Stella said, “You seem to be recovering well.”

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Grandpa, where’s my Switch? Callum’s voice called out from the background. Paul just smiled innocently and replied, “No idea,” then kept shoving something under his pillow, just to be sure, before finally looking satisfied.

Landen just lost for words.

Charles opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Bernard was speechless.

Paul’s situation was totally different from what everyone had imagined.

‘Can this world just be a little more genuine for once?!’ they all thought.

Stella looked at Paul on the screen and drawled, sounding totally chill, “Time to respond.”

Everyone except Sebastian paused, automatically glancing at her. On the other end, Callum said, “Ms. Carter, I’ll get ready right away.”

Stella nodded and hung up the call.

Landen looked totally lost. “Dr. Miracle, ready for what?”

Stella turned her head slowly and met his eyes. “The rumors on Instagram and Facebook have hit their peak. Everyone is waiting to witness how Paul, whose fingers were left disabled after a failed surgery, will face his final curtain call.”

Charles suddenly understood. “So it was you who told Paul to stay quiet for now?” He paused, then asked, “Paul’s really going to take part? But who from the Penn School is even left to…?”

And then his words just died in his throat.

His phone suddenly started buzzing.

Charles was confused.

He looked down and saw that all his medical group chats were exploding with messages.

A one-and-a-half-minute video, already recorded in advance, was posted at the exact same time on Callum’s Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook accounts. As the hottest actor right now with fans all over the globe, his posts blew up instantly.

In just one minute, the Twitter topic was stamped with a [trending] tag.

The whole country went wild.

No one could’ve guessed it. This top celebrity was the grandson of Paul, the iconic acupuncture grandmaster and one of the legendary Two Pillars of the Medical World. And now, he was stepping up to represent the Penn School at the International Herbal Medicine Conference.

In Tongalia, the Herbal Medicine Guild, a group of elders decked out in Tongalian garb, had gathered

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