Chapter 338

Thomas turned around and left, completely ignoring the smile on Josie’s face.

He considered it beneath him to waste words on such an obscure young girl.

“What a lunatic!" Elliot, seemingly accustomed to Thomas’s attitude, turned to comfort them. “Don’t listen to his nonsense. The Reedshaw Acupuncture Techniques have always been life-saving methods since ancient times. He’s just jealous that our Reedshaw family is stronger than their Brown family, deliberately saying these things to provoke you!”

“Elliot!” Sean placed his hand over Elliot’s. “You have worked hard all these years. I think that in the years right after the Reedshaw incident, many people deliberately targeted you, didn’t they?”

“What nonsense are you talking about, you rascal? Who would dare target me? I’m the second heir of the Reedshaw family. Who would dare bully a Reedshaw?” Elliot wore an expression that said the past wasn’t worth mentioning. “You two… just focus on doing well. The Reedshaw Acupuncture Techniques can’t just disappear like this. It’s been over twenty years. It’s time to clear its name.”

Josie had always thought the decline of the Reedshaw Acupuncture Techniques was due to the impact of that incident, that the Reedshaws had voluntarily given up on inheriting and promoting them.

Only now did she realize how naive she had been.

Delilah’s fear of the media wasn’t without reason. The medical circles in Aloville held too much hostility towards the Reedshaw Acupuncture Techniques. Too many people didn’t want them to revive.

Based on what Thomas just said, did Leo accidentally kill someone using the techniques over twenty years ago?

So it wasn’t that they didn’t want to promote the techniques; it was that a giant sword hung over their heads. The slightest move might cause it to fall, eager to wipe them out completely.

If they wanted to restore the reputation of this acupuncture technique and regain public recognition, it wouldn’t be that easy.

Elliot gave them a few words of advice before turning to socialize.

Sean pulled Josie aside and asked, “Were you frightened?”

“No!” Josie shook her head. “Is Thomas from the same Brown family as Aiden?”

Sean nodded. “Yes, Thomas is Aiden’s third uncle. The Brown family is also engaged in a medical-related business. Back then, the Reedshaw family focused on traditional medicine, particularly the cultivation and sale of medicinal herbs, production, and traditional hospital development.

“After the Reedshaw incident, the traditional medicine business gradually contracted, eventually leaving only one traditional hospital.

“Since then, Elliot began expanding into other medical businesses. This cut into the interests of the Brown family and took a share of their market. Over the years, the two families have always been business rivals."

Elliot had quite a head for business. Over the years, his ventures grew larger, gradually surpassing the Brown Group to become Aloville’s leading medical group, even the top medical group domestically.

At this critical juncture, with the Reedshaws wanting to revive their techniques, the Brown family seemed to have found an opportunity, eager to bring up old matters and use them to drag down the entire Reedshaw Group.

Josie hadn’t realized the matter involved so much. She felt a faint worry for the future of both the Reedshaw Acupuncture Techniques and the Reedshaw Group.

After all, in her previous life, the Reedshaw Group was eventually acquired by the Brown Group, and Sean gave up everything in the country, taking his family abroad.

No. This couldn’t happen. She wouldn’t allow such things to happen again!

The Reedshaw Acupuncture Technique must be accepted by the public again. The Reedshaw Group must thrive.

Josie tugged on Sean’s sleeve. “Sean, if I work hard on research and achieve more results, will the Reedshaw Group get better and better? Can we gradually crush the Brown Group?”

After all, in her previous life, the growth and expansion of the Brown Group were thanks to the research achievements of David’s team. Several major medical breakthroughs, the development of new drugs, and so on, all provided significant support to the Brown Group.

If this time, these research achievements all belonged to the Reedshaws, did that mean the Brown Group would be the one eventually acquired?