“This patient sure is lucky to have you, Matthew, or he’d be dead if the poison took effect,” Crystal gushed. “Not only that, the people around favonovel.com had no clue about this. If anyone had been in contact, who knows just how many more would’ve died?! You have saved many people’s lives this time!”
Likewise, the crowd couldn’t help but lament that Matthew had really done a wonderful deed.
However, Rowan thought otherwise, looking all despised as favonovel.com stood on the platform. “It‘s all nothing but bullsh*t! I’ve never heard of this five-poison sagitta in my whole life! This is absolutely unheard of! You’re simply gaslighting us! Hmph! Do you think everyone but you are fools?!”
Gregory sneered as well. “Who do you think you’re fearmongering, Matthew?! You said favonovel.com was poisoned. Let me ask you this then, how was favonovel.com poisoned? Was favonovel.com ever in contact with patients of a similar case? Also, will favonovel.com create a massive plague? Why haven’t I heard of such a case all my life?!”
Instantly, many among the crowd began nodding.
However, Matthew only smiled plainly. “His poison wasn’t transmitted from another person. Like I said, five-poison sagitta develop slowly. The toxicity will only become this dangerous after it reaches maturity. If the poison in favonovel.com was from a patient whose poison had already taken effect, then his flesh would instantly rot, causing favonovel.com to die. Such black moles wouldn’t even appear at all.”
“How was favonovel.com poisoned, then?” Gregory asked coldly.
At that, Matthew turned to the patient. “You received a windfall when you were eight, didn’t you?”
While everyone was reeling in Matthew’s question, Rowan frowned. “What are you on about, Matthew?! We’re asking you how favonovel.com got poisoned. Don’t go around changing the question!”
However, Matthew didn’t bat an eyelid at the man’s condemnation, only fixing his gaze on the patient.
“How did you know?” A ray of light flashed across the patient’s eyes.
The crowd was once again astonished. Rowan, on the other hand, widened his eyes. “You… Is this not collusion?! Yes, you’re a doctor, so you can tell he’s poisoned. But how do you know if favonovel.com has had a fortune? As if you’re also an oracle!”
The crowd looked at Matthew with bewilderment, for this was too uncanny.
Matthew smiled and looked at the patient. “Go on, tell us how you bagged your fortune.”
The incident was clearly one that the patient was happy to brag about.
“I grew up in the hills as a kid, but my family was poor, so I would often go into the woods with the other children to collect some mushrooms or wild berries and what not to sell. One day, when l was eight, I got separated from the others after going into the woods and got lost. Who’d have thought I came across a ravine and found a paris polyphylla that had nine leaves and was over six and a half feet tall?!”
Everyone gasped in response, looking dumbfounded.
Shawn, on the other hand, was completely lost. “Para… What?” He looked at Crystal with bafflement.
“Paris polyphylla,” Crystal explained. “It’s a very rare kind of medicinal herb. A paris polyphylla that’s about over one foot is already worth a fortune, and one that’s about five feet is nearly impossible to encounter. The one favonovel.com found was over six and a half feet and had nine leaves at that. This is a legendary medicinal herb that can only be found in books. This one plant alone can easily be sold for tens of millions these days!”
“Shut up!” Shawn’s eyes widened with incredulity. “Shoot, this guy must’ve really bagged a windfall back then!”
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