Chapter 68
"Why don't you just take your rose and scram!"
The crowd inside the venue started to get restless again, mercilessly mocking Elizabeth.
Their words were suffocating her.
She had backed down because she didn't want to upset Lily. But in their eyes, it was just fuel for them to hurt her even more.
Fine. If that was how they wanted to play it.
She'd prove whose saffron was real herself!
Elizabeth grabbed the testing device from Felix and, amidst the crowd's jeers, scanned the saffron she had brought.
"Elizabeth—" Elara called out, her eyes full of worry.
Before the crowd could close their mouths, the device emitted a clear female voice: "Current item detected: Saffron, top-grade rare medicinal herb, only one in the world, value incalculable."
The crowd was noisy, and many didn't hear the device's voice clearly.
Elizabeth looked at their disdainful faces and scanned her saffron once more.
The device spoke again: "Current item detected: Saffron, top-grade rare medicinal herb, only one in the world, value incalculable."
Elizabeth pressed the repeat button.
The device kept repeating: "Saffron—"
"Saffron—"
"Saffron—"
Suddenly, the venue fell silent.
Esme's face turned dark instantly, her heart tightening fiercely.
Was the saffron Elizabeth brought really that rare?
Esme wasn't the only one shocked; the onlookers were too.
"Elizabeth, is the saffron you brought really real?" Elara's eyes were full of shock.
Elizabeth pressed the repeat button again, and the device immediately said: "Current item detected: Saffron..."
She didn't explain, letting the device's result speak for her.
The previously aggressive onlookers were now as quiet as mice.
"Then..." Lily pointed to the saffron Esme had brought.
Elizabeth unhesitatingly scanned it with the device.
In less than five seconds, the result was out.
"Current item detected: Inferior saffron, valued at one thousand dollars. Saffron damaged, estimated value around five hundred dollars..."
Everyone held their breath, gripping their wine glasses tightly.
Fake.
The saffron Esme brought was actually fake!
Elizabeth looked up, scanning the crowd, and asked, "Do I need to repeat it again?"
No one spoke, so Elizabeth pressed the button a few more times.
"Current item detected: Inferior saffron—"
"The Russell family really put in a lot of effort!" Elizabeth smiled at Esme, "Is this the so-called billion-dollar gift the Russell family prepared for Lily?"
The onlookers were stunned; the gift Esme brought was actually fake!
Esme's expression was ugly, and she could barely breathe.
It was over!
Felix smirked at Esme's pale face and pressed on, "The Russell family announced to the world early on that they had obtained saffron, and now they bring a fake one? Are you humiliating yourselves? Or is it that the Russell family never took Lily's birthday banquet seriously to begin with?"
