Chapter 339

Crystal returned to the VIP room and everyone immediately gathered around and pestered her to share the gossip about Matthew’s situation. After she told them about how he almost started a fight with the security officers, her friends all had a disgusted look on their faces.

“Crystal, how is this kind of guy even qualified to join the conference?” Annie said indignantly. “I think you should discuss with your grandfather to drive him out, lest he affects the reputation of the conference!”

The others around her nodded in agreement to her statement and one of them said, “Annie is right. He has no right to appear in the same venue as us because his status is not on par with ours! It’ll be humiliating if the other attendees of the conference find out that it was your grandfather who brought him here.

As the person-in-charge of the conference, your grandfather needs to consider the bigger picture! The representatives from other states will definitely criticize the Harrisons for not doing their best if they know about this!”

Helpless in this situation, Crystal waved her hand and sighed. “Forget it, I really don’t have the guts to bring this up with Grandpa anymore after seeing how he blew his top earlier.

So be it and let him stay here. He’s not completely useless, though. At least he knows his place and doesn’t pester me!”

Everyone burst into laughter and Annie sniggered, “What good is that? He probably has the dignity of the poor and was a nervous wreck on the inside. Crystal, he didn’t dare to meet your gaze earlier, did he?”

Crystal hesitated before replying, “It’s true that he wasn’t looking much in my way!”

“That’s because he didn’t have the guts to look at you, and not because he didn’t want to!” Annie concluded immediately. “Just one look at you is enough to stun him so much that his heart will skip a beat. Do you think he’ll dare to take another look?

I’m telling you, he must have been stealing glances at you while you were not paying attention. I’ve seen enough men like him—frivolous, inferior and without any taste.

He didn’t even have the guts to stare at a beautiful woman. God knows what sort of indecent thoughts were going through his mind when he was peeking at you!”

Goosebumps broke out all over Crystal’s body as she cried, “That’s enough, stop with this topic. The more you say, the more disgusted I feel. Alright, don’t worry about me anymore. We’re out today to have fun and we shouldn’t let our mood be affected by someone like him.”

They laughed at her words before finally letting go of the issue.

Meanwhile, Matthew was already at the other end of the showroom. The reason he came this time was to look for the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus.

There were quite a few rare herbs here and back then, he didn’t understand their value because he didn’t know about them. But now, he knew herbs like the back of his palm. With just one glance, he could tell the value of each of the herbs clearly.

First, he found the Clemantis Grass which Leanna wanted and next, he saw the herb which Billy’s daughter needed for her treatment, the Fruit of Mandala. Of course, Billy had long spread the word that the Fruit of Mandala was not allowed to leave Eastcliff, and it was merely a formality for it to be on display in the showroom.

Regardless which state won the fruit in the end, it had to be sent to him. Even the medical families from the six southern states didn’t dare to cross him.

Finally, a white snow lotus caught his eyes—it was the Thousand-Year Snow Lotus. While he was carefully observing it in entrancement, a shout of surprise echoed from a distance.

Spinning his head to the source, he saw that wine had spilled all over a rich woman not far away from him. She was screaming and there was a broken wine glass near her feet.

Next to her stood a small, skinny girl in regular clothes who looked like she was at a loss of what to do.

It seemed like they had bumped into each other and the wine spilled on the rich woman.

When he saw the girl, Matthew was stunned because he happened to know her.