Matthew looked at the two of them in surprise. “Mr. Harrison, have you been waiting for me this whole
time? Is anything the matter?”
Feeling embarrassed, Joseph replied softly, “Mr. Larson, I wanted to bring my unfilial granddaughter over
to thank you. I’m truly sorry for what happened at the conference.
I heard that she talked back. It’s my fault for spoiling her too much and for not teaching her well. I did not
expect that you would even save our lives. I-I…”
As Joseph spoke, his eyes turned red and his voice began to tremble; he was deeply touched that
Matthew was willing to risk his life to save them. Matthew chuckled and replied, “Mr. Harrison, there’s no
need to thank me.
Back when I was at my lowest, it was you who helped me out; there is nothing I can do to return that
favor. Me saving the two of you was the least I could do. There’s no need to be worried!”
Hearing this, Joseph hurriedly said, “Mr. Larson, you took a huge risk tonight—I know that it was no small
effort. I-I really don’t know how to thank you. If there’s anything you need help with in the future, just let
me know. I’m at your disposal, Mr. Larson.”
Matthew smiled and replied, “Mr. Harrison, there’s no need to be so serious. You’re my friend, after all.”
After chatting for a while, Joseph and Crystal left. Before they left, Crystal hesitated for a moment. She
wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to say anything in the end. What was done was done
and anything she could have said was pointless.
Besides, Matthew’s impression of her was already bad enough. After tonight, her reputation in Eastcliff
was ruined. She had caused all of this by herself and it had nothing to do with anyone else. The least
she could do was accept the consequences.
When Matthew returned to his villa, the maids had already retired for the night. He went to the room
upstairs and saw that Natalie was still unconscious. Matthew gently caressed his sister’s hair and looked
at her lovingly.
His heart ached when he thought back to the time when Natalie jumped off a building in order to stop
being his burden. If he didn’t inherit the jade pendant, his sister would have died!
“Nat, you’ve suffered long enough. I’ll try my best to wake you!” Matthew whispered before he took the
Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and headed downstairs.
It was not easy to concoct medicine with the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, for it was cold by nature and
required an extremely high temperature in order to develop its medicinal properties. However, Matthew
had already made the necessary preparations a long time ago.
He created a separate room in the basement of this villa which had a special stove in it. The butane fuel
used in this stove could create high-temperature flames that could be used to refine special medicines.
It was only at this high temperature that the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus could release its medicinal
properties effectively. However, it was impossible to refine it directly because ordinary medicine refining
containers couldn’t withstand such high temperatures.
And even if it could withstand such a high temperature, ordinary containers would heat up too quickly
and burn the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, making it lose its medicinal properties. Therefore, this process
could only be done with a container that could withstand high temperatures and would heat up slowly.
Matthew had asked someone to buy a few special medicine pots. He didn’t know how effective the
medicine pots were, so he had to try them out first. After everything was in order, Matthew turned on the
stove and white flames roared to life.
He then put the medicine pot on it. However, Matthew didn’t use the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus,
choosing to do a dry run with another herb instead.
Not long after, a burning smell came from the medicine pot. Matthew took a closer look and saw that the
herb he threw in a moment ago was completely burnt because of this medicine pot. He frowned and
wondered to himself, This medicine pot is not working. How can I concoct this medicine?
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