If we continue to pressure her over this matter, she might end up leaving the Jenkins family. Is that what you want?"

Other elders of the family, who initially thought that Maria was selfish like Mrs. Jenkins said, were brought back to their senses by Canaan's words.

Canaan was right! If anything, it was a privilege to have Maria as a member of the Jenkins family. Right now, she was one of their own.

It turned out that the Jenkins family had a pill alchemist among them who was much better than Elton, who they had spent so much money on. Besides, Maria was still young and had a bright future ahead of her.

If they made things difficult for Maria and she really decided to leave the family, it would be a great loss for them!

“Are you done, Canaan?" Mrs, Jenkins* face darkened as she stared coldly at Canaan, who was the only person in the Jenkins family who dared to go against her,

“No, I have a few more things to say," Canaan pressed on, as if he couldn't see the look that Mrs. Jenkins was giving him.

He turned to Barbara and said earnestly, "Barbara, the Jenkins family has invested a lot in you, haven't we? The Reverse Pills alone cost the family six hundred million dollars. But what have you contributed to the family in return? Raising a hen is useless unless one gets some eggs in return, Don't you think?"

Until now, thanks to the protection of Mrs. Jenkins, Barbara had been able to enjoy good treatment in the Jenkins family.

But now that she was being asked such a harsh and direct question by a member of the family, Barbara didn't have the talent and courage to deal with it calmly.

After all, there was truth in Canaan's words.

Whether as a fourth-grade healer or as a promoted pill alchemist, she hadn't really produced any results. All this time, she had just been extravagantly consuming the resources of the Jenkins family.

Feeling both embarrassed and annoyed, Barbara remained silent.

She could only turn to Mrs, Jenkins, who she knew was the only one who could override Canaan's authority.

“Canaan, don't you think you're being rather impolite?" Mrs. Jenkins said. The whole room fell into silence.

Canaan continued to look at Mrs. Jenkins with a defiant expression. He wanted to see how she would defend Barbara.

“Barbara's contributions are among the best of the younger generation of our family."

Sure enough, Mrs. Jenkins seemed determined to completely vindicate Barbara and turn the tables around.

Canaan pursed his lips in displeasure.

“Care to elaborate, Mrs. Jenkins? What contributions has she made to our family exactly? I would like to hear from you

Other elders in the room also looked at Mrs. Jenkins expectantly.

Barbara's contributions to the Jenkins family? How come they couldn't think of any?

However, Mrs. Jenkins smiled calmly, “Barbara's contributions? Well, last night at the charity party, she earned our family an Pill Alchemist Association exam quota that we haven't had in many years. Isn't that considered a contribution? Has anyone in our family achieved this before Barbara?"

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