Besides, Vera Xavier had lived in the countryside her whole life; it was impossible for her to have come into contact with so many herbs.
As for all this, she had already prepared an excuse: "I originally learned how to identify herbs from my grandfather—not the Preston Family's grandfather, but the Xavier Family's. He was a well-known local healer in our area back in the day. We had copies of *Godsower's Materia Medica* and the *Compendium of Materia Medica* at home."
"I was fascinated by traditional Chinese medicine even as a child, and Grandpa thought I had a real talent for it. He was planning to teach me medicine, but when I was twelve, he was on a house call and got caught in a landslide. He died trying to save a child..."
Everything she said was true. In her past life and this one, she had always been fascinated by traditional Chinese medicine.
