L smiled and shook his head, saying nothing. “No, I understand. Why would I look down on you?” Having experienced the ups and downs of life, he had long since be indifferent to such things. He could fully understand Allison’s family’s reaction.


    “Well then, let me give you back the money,” Allison said.


    Since L had already said that her mother’s heart disease waspletely cured, Allison now believed him almostpletely.


    “Don’t worry about it for now. You can use it first. You always live with your parents and brother; that’s not ideal. Use this money to buy a house if you want,” L waved his hand.


    If he ever had the chance to repay the school beauty who was beautiful and kind-hearted and who had helped him so much in the past, L wouldn’t mind doing so as much as possible.


    Hearing this, Allison bit her lip teasingly and asked, “Why? Do you want to keep me?”


    “Uh… no! That’s not what I meant! Just consider it a loan from me; take your time paying it back…” L broke out in a sweat as he quickly exined himself lest Allison misunderstand him having some improper thoughts towards her.


    However, when she heard this remark from L, she just went “Oh” with an aggrieved expression on her face instead of being angry or anything else like that at all.


    She could tell thatpared with those people who pursued her beauty or coveted her body, L didn’t really have any ulterior motives towards herself at all…Content is property ? N?velDrama.Org.


    But strangely enough… the more she thought about this fact… the more ufortable she felt inside!


    She’d rather have someone like him actually harbor some improper thoughts towards herself instead!


    After all… if necessary… she could just give herself up to him even if he got married – bing his mistress or something along those lines…


    Anyway…she already liked him quite a lot anyway…


    However…L did not seem interested in taking advantage of their rtionship in any way whatsoever…


    “L, how should I repay your kindness?” Allison wondered silently inside her own head after seeing L off while watching his car disappear into the night before finally going upstairs feeling somewhatplicated emotionally speaking…


    The Lowe family mansion!


    “Cough cough cough…cough!”


    Victoriay in bed coughing violently again.


    Her face was covered with an unhealthy flush!


    “How are you doing Madam?”


    The servant next to her saw what happened and came over holding a phlegm bowl nervously asking Victoria how she was feeling right now.


    After coughing up some bloody phlegm, Victoria took a moment to catch her breath. She looked weak and frail, with an unhealthy flush on her face during severe coughing fits and a generally dullplexion otherwise. It was as if death lingered around her.


    “Mom, how are you feeling?”


    Just then, Romeo’s strong voice rang out as he walked in from outside with a concerned look on his face. However, there was also a hint of coldness in his eyes.


    “Romeo…”


    Victoria weakly called out to her son.


    “Mom… what’s going on? Your health is deteriorating day by day!”


    “What… what is happening?”


    Romeo wiped away tears and gritted his teeth as he spoke, “It’s all because of my older brother and that Willis guy! They not only made you sick but also drove Dale Hall away! And now that Willis guy hase to treat you – he might even kill you!”


    He had onlye to “visit” Victoria tonight so he didn’t know that L hadn’t visited at all these past few days. He kept ming L for making their mother this way while ndering him behind his back.


    Victoria gave Romeo a nce with deep-seated gloominess in her eyes but didn’t tell him the truth about L noting over at all.


    “Romeo, I feel like I’m running out of time…” Victoria said weakly.


    “No Mom! You can’t go yet! You’ll live long enough for sure!”


    Romeo quickly reassured her before turning sad again, “Mom, please take care of yourself! If something happens to you, then what will happen to our family? Without someone leading us, we’ll be lost.”


    As he said this, Romeo stole another nce at Victoria who had yet to choose the next head of the family despite being old already.


    The next morning Emerson came over early to Emerald Green Estates where L was staying so they could discuss getting more Nourishing Essence Pills.


    In the living room, L sat eating breakfast with Nora while casually asking, “Emerson, did we sell out all our Nourishing Essence Pills?”


    Emerson nodded, “Yes, they sold out! Haha, it was so easy to sell them.”


    “Oh? 100, 000 dors per pill and they still sold out?” L asked calmly as he took a sip of his porridge.


    Last night he had heard from Dillon that Emerson had held an auction specifically for the Nourishing Essence Pill. The prices seemed outrageous.


    To be honest, L didn’tpletely trust Emerson yet, so he was testing him.


    “100, 000? Hahaha, Mr. Willis you don’t know. I held an auctionst night and several pills were sold for over 1. 5 million! The effect of these Nourishing Essence Pills seems to have won over those wealthy people. Now we have something that is priceless!”


    Emersonughed excitedly.


    Seeing his reaction, L nodded in satisfaction; it seemed like this guy could be trusted after all.


    “Here are one hundred Nourishing Essence Pills for you to take! Oh and you can keep twenty percent of the money from selling them as payment for your services,” L said as he pulled out a leather box.


    Upon hearing this offer, Emerson quickly shook his head, “Mr. Willis, helping you is my duty; how could I ept payment?”


    As he spoke these words with a grin on his face, his eyes lit up, “Mr. Willis, if you want to reward me, then why not… take me on as your apprentice and teach me some skills?”


    Hearing this proposal made by Emerson caused L to smile but this time he didn’t refuse him outrightly.


    He picked up a handwritten booklet from beside him called “Tiger Subduing Art” which was a cultivation technique that existed in L’s memory just like the “Fierce Phoenix Heart Sutra” which was given to Reeva earlier; both techniques were of simr quality.


    After testing Emerson’s reliability and finding him trustworthy enough, L naturally did not mind cultivating someone who could be considered part of their “ck glove team”.


    “Take it with you and practice it yourself since Transmutation Force experts like yourself should have no problem practicing it! Oh yeah, and regarding thepensation I mentioned earlier, you should take what belongs rightfully yours. You can use this money too, to cultivate reliable people who can help us get things done.” L instructed.


    As L’s power and social circle grew, he realized that some things were beyond his capabilities to handle alone. For instance, his parents’ disappearance remained a mystery despite his best efforts to investigate. It was like searching for a needle in a haystack.


    If he had his own influence or even awork of intelligence, perhaps he could uncover some clues. Thus, the idea of establishing his own power came to mind.