A Woman Worth Billions Dated the Wrong Brother novel Chapter 306

His company.

As land.

His reputation.

His testimony.

His entire life.

And if we hadn’t discovered those documents before…

Would he have signed them?

The thought made me sick.

He had carried those papers all the way back to Sum.

I closed the folders carefully.

“No.”

I refused to think about it.

“We’re stopping this now.”

Emory quietly cleared his throat.

“There may be one possibility.”

Every head turned toward him.

“It’s experimental.”

“I’ve never attempted it.”

“But we could investigate potential antidotes.”

He hesitated.

“The drug’s primary natural component is moonflower powder.”

“The rest consists of synthesized compounds.”

I immediately opened my laptop.

“If moonflower is the active ingredient…”

“There has to be a botanical counter.”

Hours passed.

Book after book.

Digital archive after digital archive.

Nothing.

Until…

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A title caught my attention.

The Secrets of Botany.

It wasn’t digital.

Fortunately…

The castle library had been fully catalogued.

I requested the scan.

The ancient pages appeared on my screen.

I flipped through hundreds of handwritten botanical illustrations.

Then suddenly…

“There.”

My voice echoed through the room.

A passage described moonflower poisoning.

The note beneath it read:

The only known natural counter is extract from the root of the Starplant.

I immediately searched the internet.

Nothing.

Scientific databases.

Nothing.

Medical journals.

Nothing.

It was as though the plant didn’t exist.

Just then…

My phone rang.

The Mayor of Sum.

I answered.

“Mayor.”

“Mrs. Sun informed me Jason is ill.”

I smiled faintly.

“He was drugged.”

“He’s stable now.”

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“I’m sorry to hear that.”

here was a brief silence.

“Is there anything Sum can do?”

I laughed softly.

“Unless you happen to have Starplant root extract…”

“…I think we’ve exhausted our options.”

The line went completely silent.

“…Starplant?”

“Yes.”

“I haven’t heard that name in years.”

I blinked.

“…You know it?”

“Of course.”

“It’s native to Sum.”

My heart skipped a beat.

“It grows…”

“…inside your castle gardens.”

For several seconds I couldn’t speak.

“…What?”

“I’ll come show you.”

“I’ll be there immediately.”

Less than an hour later, the Mayor arrived.

Emory accompanied us into the castle gardens.

We walked through rows of flowers until the Mayor suddenly crouched near what looked like an ordinary patch of

greenery.

He gently brushed aside several leaves.

“There.”

I frowned.

A tiny yellow, star-shaped leaf peeked out from the soil.

Completely unremarkable.

“You’ve walked past it hundreds of times.

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“The plant grows almost entirely underground.’

nly these leaves remain visible.”

He smiled.

“It’s something of a national treasure.”

“Only Sum has naturally occurring Starplants.”

Emory stared in disbelief.

“I’ve never seen one.”

“I’ve never even heard of one.”

I handed him the ancient botanical book.

“This is where I found it.”

He carefully opened it.

Within seconds his eyes widened.

“…Amber.”

“This manuscript…”

His voice became almost reverent.

“I thought this had been lost centuries ago.”

He gently turned another page.

“This isn’t just a botanical guide.”

“This is a historical treasure.”

He looked at me.

“May I keep it?”

I laughed.

“I’ll make you a copy.”

He smiled.

“I’d appreciate that.”

I tilted my head.

“I wasn’t expecting the military to send you.”

Emory laughed quietly.

“I am a doctor.”

“I just happen to work with the military.”

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He looked toward Jason’s room.

(ve personally been following every confirmed victim exposed to this drug, that actually how I first started working with the case.”

“The investigation became… personal.”

The Mayor’s expression darkened.

“I had no idea someone had poisoned Jason.”

“I’m sorry.”