Love's Perfect Match

Chapter 220

the table. “How nice to be your ex-girlfriend, huh?”That stunned Callum. “What?” he asked, perplexed.“Didn’t you learn to cook for your ex-girlfriend?”He shook his head. “It isn’t for her. I only recently learned to cook.”Realizing that she had misunderstood him, Elspeth embarrassingly lowered her head. “Is it for me?”“No; it’s for me,” Callum answered with such a serious expression that Elspeth was confused.“Why?”He then looked at her, and after seeing that her expression wasn’t particularly displeased, he said, “I understood from the egg fried rice you previously made that both of us won’t be able to survive long if we rely on your cooking skills.”That rendered Elspeth speechless.Fine! But he indeed has a flair for cooking.After they had finished their meals, Elspeth glared at Callum and said, “Wash the dishes.” He obediently did so. After he washed the dishes and Elspeth cleared the table, they both went to the underworld’s black market.Elspeth went straight to look for Irving.Seeing that she had personally come for him, Irving was delighted. “I thought you’d forgotten about me, Elspeth! It seems like you do remember an old man like me! Why are you looking for me?”“I’m thinking of getting something from you.”Irving was even happier when he heard that. “Tell me exactly what you want. I’ll get you anything within my capability.”“I’m looking for the highest quality saussurea, ginseng, and female ginseng.”Irving touched his chin when he heard that. “I can find these items for you, but their quality—”Elspeth smiled and said considerately, “Just try your best.”“Oh, someone is coming tonight to auction off these herbs. His herbs are always of high quality. Do you want me to bring you to him?”Her eyes lit up. “Sure! I can buy other things from him as well.”He nodded before making a call. Not long after, a man in black came in.The man was in his fifties, had a strong build, and walked in steadily as if he had trained his body. His face, however, appeared to be familiar.Elspeth stared at his face, her mind connecting him to someone she knew, but such a link seemed absurd to her. “Hello, what’s your name?”The man took a glance at Callum, who was standing beside Elspeth, as his eyes blinked and said, “Just call me Blue.”“Mr. Blue, I want to buy from you high-quality saussurea, ginseng, and female ginseng. If possible, please also provide me with other herbs that are good for blood replenishment.”Her words made the man frown. “Are you going to perform the blood cleansing procedure?”Blood cleansing was a traditional treatment, and only one person in the world, Sonny Schwartz, had successfully completed it.It was a method of cleaning a person’s blood so that the person’s blood could recover to its pre-illness condition. All three ingredients, saussurea, ginseng, and female ginseng, were required for both the process and the individual’s subsequent recovery. However, such treatment was too ridiculous and risky, as there had only been one successful case so far, and thus had long been lost.Elspeth responded with a nod. “You have good judgment, Mr. Blue.”“Since you need them for treatment, I’ll give them to you.”She was elated to hear that. “Thank you, Mr. Blue. How much should I pay you?”The man, however, shook his head. “I don’t want any money, but I want to know something from you.”“Please go ahead.”“I want to know about the Winthrop Family.”At that, Callum raised his head and looked at the man profoundly.The man continued with his eyes gleaming as he looked at Callum, “I suppose you are the son of the Winthrop Family, right? I have a few questions.”Since it was only a few questions, Callum nodded and agreed, “Ask away.”“I heard a while back that one of the Winthrop Family’s young masters, Arthur Winthrop, had a falling out with the family after discovering that he wasn’t the family’s biological child. Is that true?”Callum’s pupils shrank when he heard that. He then turned around and exchanged glances with Elspeth.“Yes. That’s true.”The man frowned when he heard that. “Does he believe the Winthrops are to blame for his parents’ deaths?”Callum nodded. “Yes.”The man clenched his fist tightly when he heard that. “Last