Book 1: She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement Annulment

Chapter 65

Chapter 193: Yanci The Car Racer!

Jimmy instantly became as pale as a sheet. He held his head and then his chest.

His mother noticed his unusual behavior very quickly. “What’s wrong, Jimmy?”

The little boy couldn’t pinpoint where exactly he didn’t feel well, so he could only reply, “I feel so sick, Mommy.”

Jimmy’s mother hurriedly hugged him. She couldn’t help but gripe, “It’s all Nora Smith’s fault! Of all things to say, why did she have to scare you like that?!”

She was so anxious that her eyes were all red. She griped at Jordan and said, “I really don’t know who this boy takes after for him to be so timid. Come on, Mommy will tuck you into bed.”

She scooped the pale Jimmy into her arms and took him to the bedroom upstairs.

Jordan became even more furious when he saw how unwell little Jimmy was.

He looked at Logan and said, “It still goes back to the same thing. Either I help you out—everyone will likely take a step back on my account and postpone the race for a month—but you must bring me that woman named Nora Smith and let me teach her a good lesson! Or, you get the hell out of here!”

Logan clenched his fists.

He stared at Jordan. After a short while, he finally replied coldly, “I’ll take my leave, Mr. Hoffman.”

Logan limped out of the door. Jordan was still angry even after he left. The man beside him said, “Mr. Hoffman, that kid is a pretty righteous and honorable guy…”

Jordan snorted. “He can only count himself unlucky to have a cousin like that! Since I can’t make trouble for that woman, I can only make trouble for him, then!”

However, after he said that, he lowered his head again and said, “Forget it. That kid is pretty interesting. Relay a message to everyone—the race three days later will go on as per normal, but he and the Anderson's are separate entities.”

This meant that he was going to protect the Andersons.

The man nodded. “Yes, sir.”

To be honest, Jordan actually wasn’t the most powerful man among the underworld forces.

However, everyone trusted and believed in him because he was a righteous and loyal man who practiced boundaries in the way he did things.

Take just now, for example. Even though he had vented his anger on Logan because of a woman, he had protected Logan’s family, nonetheless.

Otherwise, if everyone charged over to the Anderson's, the Anderson's would be in trouble.

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Logan left Jordan’s. After taking a few steps, someone called out to him from behind. He turned around to see that it was Jordan’s second-in-command. The man strode over and said, “Mr. Hoffman has just given the word that you and the Anderson's are separate entities. I have no idea which part of you Mr. Hoffman took a fancy to.”

Logan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded at the man. He said, “Please thank Mr. Hoffman for me.”

Jordan’s second-in-command nodded. Then, he said, “You sure are unlucky, though. Why do you simply have to have a cousin like that? If you ask me, I’d say this would all be over if you just bring her here and have her apologize to Mr. Hoffman and his wife. Why bother doing something like that instead?”

Logan cast his eyes down and said nothing.

The man went on and said, “I’ve already looked into it. Your cousin isn’t from an established family, so it shouldn’t matter that much to her whether she embarrasses herself or not, isn’t it?”

However, as soon as he said that, Logan said, “Thank you very much for your help.”

In other words, he had rejected Jordan’s second-in-command’s suggestion.

The man’s expression darkened. “You don’t know what’s good for you, kid. She’d best either apologize or hope that the little mister gets well soon. Otherwise, Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman definitely won’t let her off if the little mister continues to be sick!”

Logan nodded at him and left.

Logan’s foot hadn’t recovered yet, so he couldn’t drive. He hailed a cab and instructed the driver to go to the villa where he was currently staying.

However, when he reached the villa, he found that all his belongings had been thrown out. Someone was inside the villa and packing the place. The moment he got out of the car with a frown, someone said, “Oh hey, aren’t you Logan—The Racing King? You’ve come just in time. Why haven’t you moved out when you’ve already sold this villa to me?”

Logan pressed his lips together tightly.

The person who had bought his villa was none other than Winston, Jon Myers’ son!

Jon had been making things difficult for the Anderson's all these years, in hopes that the Myer's Peace Pharmacy would replace the Harmonia Pharmacy to become the top player in the traditional medicine industry in New York.

Therefore, Winston had shown up immediately when he heard that Logan was selling his villa and car.

He had bought his villa at a low price.

The villa was located in the suburbs, so it was only worth three million dollars.

However, not only did Winston only offer 1.5 million dollars for it, but he had even coerced Logan into the transaction because he needed the money urgently! It was clearly stated in the contract that he was to be given a month’s time to move out.

He didn’t want to go back and live with the Anderson's at the moment, lest they find out about his leg injury and worry about him.

But why was he kicking him out now?

Logan stepped forward with a frown and said, “Our contract clearly states that I’ll move out within a month. I signed the sale agreement with you only yesterday, didn’t I?”

Winston lifted his head high and replied, “Yes, ‘within a month’ is right. A day’s time is also within a month, isn’t it? Are you planning to stay here and not move out?”

Logan’s sharp gaze turned cold. “Don’t go too far, Winston!”

“Don’t go too far?” Winston shrugged and said, “How exactly am I going too far? Isn’t it right, of course, that you move out after you sell your house to me? Besides, I’m planning to stay here soon, so I can only take your things for you first!”

As soon as he said that, someone rushed out of the villa and called out, “There’s a trophy here, Mr. Myers!”

Winston looked over to see that it was Logan’s racing championship trophy.

Logan’s eyes widened in shock when he saw the trophy.

He had won that trophy when he participated in his very first race.

His parents had always disapproved of car racing, so he’d only had a small celebration with his friends after he won the trophy. He had kept it carefully in his villa ever since.

The trophy held a special meaning to him.

He hastily stepped forward and said, “Give me that!”

Winston also hastily said, “Yeah, that trophy is the first championship trophy that our Logan—The Racing King here ever won. I remember that he had beat the others by copying one of Yanci’s drifting techniques that time. That trophy holds great significance. You mustn’t break it! Here, Logan—The Racing King, hold it properly.”

Logan stretched out his hand. He was about to take the trophy when Winston suddenly turned and smashed the trophy mercilessly against the rock next to him!

Smash!

The trophy shattered at once!

Logan’s eyes widened in horror. He turned to Winston abruptly, balled up his fist, and waved it at him. He shouted, “You must be sick of living, Winston!”

But before he could charge toward Winston, two other men stopped him.

Logan had always had a lot of physical strength, and he rarely suffered disadvantages in fights. In addition, he had always been ruthless ever since he was a child. However, one of his legs was injured, and he didn’t have any strength in it. He soon fell into a disadvantage.

The men trapped Logan. He glared furiously at Winston. “You’re so shameless to kick a man while he’s down!”

Winston, however, laughed and said, “I’ve already bought your villa. As for your car, will you sell it for three million dollars or not? I’ve already spread the word—no one will offer you a higher price than that!”

Logan clenched his fists.

At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang.

Chapter 194: The Hunt's

Winston had made up his mind to buy Logan’s sports car at a low price.

There were only twenty of that sports car model in the world. One could say that it was nigh impossible to get one’s hands on it.

The car originally retailed at 20 million dollars, but because no one was selling it, people were willing to buy it even at 30 million dollars.

Winston, however, was only offering three million dollars for it, which was just 10% of the price it could fetch!

He wasn’t just kicking a man while he was down; rather, his actions were utterly despicable and shameless.

It was exactly because he had given everyone in their circle a heads-up that Logan still hadn’t managed to sell his car even now.

Logan was infuriated, but he really needed the money urgently.

He clenched his jaw and said, “Even if I give it to someone else for free, I will never sell it to you! You don’t know a thing about sports cars!”

Winston was only buying the sports car to show off. How would he possibly understand anything about it?

To Logan, the roar of its engine was the most beautiful music movement in the world!

His words amused Winston, who then said, “Even three million dollars is too good a price for you. I’ll give you another minute to think about it. If you still don’t agree to it, then I will lower it to 1.5 million dollars! Three, two…”

Before he could finish, though, Logan’s cell phone rang.

Logan sat on the ground with bruises all over him, including on his face. He spat out a mouthful of bloody spittle and answered the phone.

A voice came through the phone and said, “Logan, someone wants to buy your sports car!”

Logan was surprised. He asked, “How much are they offering?”

His words made Winston’s ears perk up, and the corners of his lips curled into a smile.

Winston had gotten a few other people to offer to buy the car, but the prices they offered were even lower than his. In fact, some even offered only $150,000.

He had done it entirely to humiliate Logan.

Hence, he thought that the person offering to buy the car was also one of his friends. However, the next moment, the person on the phone said, “The buyer says that even though the car retailed at 20 million dollars and the market price has now reached 30 million dollars, you’re in urgent need of money, so he is willing to offer 25 million dollars.”

25 million dollars!

This was undoubtedly a reasonable offer!

Logan heaved a huge sigh of relief and shouted, “Sold!”

“Okay, I’ll transfer the car’s ownership rights to them right away!”

Logan got up from the ground after he hung up, and patted off the dust on his clothes. Even though he had been beaten up, the young man looked as wild and untamed as ever. He glanced at Winston, stretched out a finger, pointed at him, and said, “I will remember you.”

His aura intimidated Winston for a moment, but right after, he came back to his senses and said, “Tsk. Do you think you’re still Logan—The Racing King? Do you think you can still call the shots in the underworld? What can you do even if you remember me?”

Logan, however, didn’t pay any more attention to him. Instead, he picked up a few items that he cared about from the belongings that were thrown out.

He only stayed at the villa occasionally, so he didn’t have many personal belongings inside anyway. He took a few award certificates and got into the car.

He was going to transfer the car’s ownership now.

Winston and the others continued to stand where they were after he left, so furious that they couldn’t speak. At last, Winston said, “Let’s go. Follow him and see who exactly is the one that dares to go against my wishes and buys his car!”

The few of them followed after Logan.

At the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Logan gazed at Little Yellow, stroking it only after he washed his hands.

He had received the car as a reward after he won the championship when he was seventeen.

Since then, the title of ‘Logan—The Racing King’ had stuck to him.

He had regarded Little Yellow as his treasure ever since.

He, who loved the car like his life itself, had never had a girlfriend, yet he had taken care of the car with all his heart.

But he knew that Little Yellow wasn’t his anymore from this moment onward.

He looked at the man who had bought the car—Sean—and said seriously, “I hope its new owner will treat it kindly.”

Sean gave his glasses a push, nodded, and replied, “Don’t worry.”

Mr. Hunt had bought the car for the little mister!

It would take ten years before the little mister grew up, so they would definitely be treating it kindly—after all, it was going to stay in the innermost section of the garage.

The two men entered the Department of Motor Vehicles. The moment they came out after finishing the transfer procedures, they saw Winston walking over with a group of people with great momentum.

Winston stood in Sean’s way and asked, “Buddy, where are you from? Didn’t you receive our notice?”

Sean looked at the people in front of him. He pushed his glasses and replied, “I did. So?”

Winston, “?”

Winston was outraged “How dare you still mess up our plans after you received it! Do you know who the one backing us up is?”

Winston had never relied on the Myerses to back him up.

After all, like the Anderson's, the Myerses might be well-known in the pharmaceutical industry, but they were nothing in New York itself.

The people backing him up were an underworld force that even Jordan Hoffman had to show courtesy to.

Upon hearing what he said, Logan couldn’t just stand by idly anymore. He stepped forward and said, “Buddy, these people aren’t to be messed with. If you want to back out, I can return the money to you.”

He mustn’t implicate other people.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he said that, Sean took off his glasses. He folded them carefully, put them in the glasses case, and then put the case in his pocket.

“Come with me,” he said.

Winston and the others followed after him and left the Department of Motor Vehicles. The few of them entered a small alley at the side.

Logan frowned.

As soon as they entered the alley, Sean suddenly stood still, turned around, and beckoned at the few of them.

Winston and the others charged toward him at once.

Logan panicked.

That man looked so polite and down-to-earth. Neither did he look strong enough. Could he really handle them?

The thought had only just formed in his mind when he saw the man, who had still looked so polite and gentle the last moment, suddenly throw his fist out. As though Winston and the others were just little kids, he gave them all a punch each and fell them all neatly and slickly.

Sean’s movements seemed structured and systematic—he had likely trained in martial arts before.

Winston and the others fell onto the ground, groaning and moaning in pain.

They were ultimately just your average punks. Winston yelled, “Do you know who we are? How dare you hit us just like that!”

Sean took out his glasses case from his pocket unhurriedly after he beat them up. He took out the microfiber cloth and cleaned his glasses before putting them back on.

After putting them back on, he took out a piece of wet tissue, wiped his fingers, and tossed it onto Winston’s face before he replied, “I know who you are.”

Winston, “!”

He became even angrier. “How dare you hit us when you know who we are! How impertinent! Who exactly are you? Tell us who you are if you have the guts! Our boss will hunt you down!”

Sean let out an ‘oh’ before he answered coldly, “The Hunt's.”

“…”

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Logan was still somewhat dazed when he went home.

As it turned out, it was the Hunts who had helped him out. No wonder they had the guts to ignore that man and offer him 25 million dollars for his car.

It was just that Justin Hunt had never been interested in sports cars, so who had he bought it for?

He entered the Andersons’ villa. He was about to go up the stairs when he suddenly saw Nora coming out of her room. She was yawning lazily and holding her cell phone. A voice rang out from the phone and said, “Mommy, I managed to buy a Little Yellow!”

Chapter 195: Jimmy Is In Danger!

Logan, “??”

Little Yellow?

While he was wondering about it, Nora replied, “Oh.”

The voice on the phone then said, “But I like pink! So I’m going to paint it pink~”

“It’s up to you.”

Nora only noticed Logan after she uttered the few words. She was taken aback.

The boy stood where he was, casually, with his hands in his pockets. Although one couldn’t tell the condition of his body, there were injuries on his face.

He had a bruise at the corner of his mouth and a band-aid on his nose.

They added a little more of that wild and untamed feeling to the youth. It was just that he had a somewhat hostile look in his eyes at the moment.

Nora turned off the phone. She thought that the look in the boy’s eyes was because she was blocking his way upstairs, so she stepped aside and gave way to him.

Logan limped up the stairs after he saw her stepping to the side. When he was walking past her, Nora suddenly asked, “Hasn’t your foot healed yet?”

She seemed to recall that something was already wrong with Logan’s foot when he came home the other time?

The boy was a car racer, so both his hands and feet were equally important. Could he drive a sports car in that condition?

She was wondering about that when the young man looked over fiercely with anger in his eyes and snapped, “It’s none of your business!”

Nora, “?”

Logan really was rather mad.

Even though he had bailed her out at Mr. Hoffman’s, he was ultimately still just a teenager, so it was inevitable that he would be resentful about it. He couldn’t help but ask, “Do you know how much trouble you can bring to others with a single sentence of yours?”

Nora, “??”

She had only just woken up, so she was still rather sleepy and didn’t know what Logan meant at all. However, the boy didn’t seem like someone who would lash out at others for no reason, so she asked hesitantly, “What’s the matter?”

Logan thought of the whole mess and ultimately said nothing about it. He replied, “It’s nothing. Just manage your own affairs properly and it’ll do.”

He went upstairs after saying that.

Nora, “…”

Tsk.

What a brat. He must have come back to vent his frustrations after suffering injustice outside.

She went downstairs, poured herself a glass of water, and then went back upstairs with the glass. As soon as she went back up, she received a call from an unknown number.

When she answered, Mrs. Hoffman’s voice reached her through the voice. She said, “I’m not going to let matters rest this time, Ms. Smith!”

Nora, “?”

Mrs. Hoffman sounded as if she was crying as she said, “My son was so scared by what you said that he threw up again. He only fell asleep after taking a tranquilizer pill. Even though Logan has shouldered the blame for you, if anything should happen to my son, I will never let you off!”

She hung up right away after saying that.

Nora narrowed her eyes.

Logan had shouldered the blame for her… What kind of blame had he shouldered for her?

Now wasn’t the time to be thinking of that, though.

He had thrown up again…

From the looks of it, the boy was in terrible condition!

The woman, who had never been one to be nosy, merely thought about it for a moment before she got onto the bed and lay down.

However, she still felt rather uneasy.

Pete came out of the shower a while later. After he got onto the bed, he asked hesitantly, “Mommy, will Jimmy be okay?”

Nora was surprised. She asked, “Are you on very good terms with him?”

Pete nodded. “He likes Cherry very much. There was once I didn’t manage to grab an apple during mealtime, but he had managed to grab two, so he gave me one.”

Nora closed her eyes. “Mm. Go to sleep now.”

Pete closed his eyes.

Ten minutes later, Nora suddenly opened her eyes. She ruffled her hair, sat up in annoyance, and said, “Pete, Jimmy isn’t in good condition tonight. I’ll go and take a look at him.”

Pete nodded.

Nora picked up her cell phone, hacked into the Golden Sunshine Kindergarten’s computer system, and found Jimmy’s address. After that, she got up, changed into a set of black clothes, and left the house.

As she drove the jeep along the quiet streets, she felt that she must be out of her mind.

She didn’t know why she was being so nosy this time, either.

To be honest, she had already done her duty as a doctor when she warned them time and again previously.

Besides, Jimmy’s mother didn’t look like she was someone easy to get along with. However, Jimmy was innocent; he was only five.

It was already midnight by the time she arrived at the Hoffmans’ clubhouse.

She stopped the car and tried to enter. However, someone stopped her at the door and asked, “Who are you looking for?”

Nora revealed her identity and replied, “I’m Nora. I’m here to look for Jimmy’s mother. Alternatively, his father would also do.”

The man asked Nora to wait while he went in to report her arrival. Soon, he came back out and told her to go in.

Nora followed the few men into the gym.

The environment was very dark, and even the light in there was yellowish. The whole room was very dim.

Nightlife in the underworld had only just begun, so Jordan was full of energy. Muscles bulged on his upper body, which was naked. He looked at Nora’s tiny physique and sneered, “Huh, did Logan abandon you in the end after all?”

Nora didn’t understand what he was saying. She merely said, “Jimmy’s father, I came here to tell you that Jimmy has encephalitis. If he continues to vomit and becomes unconscious, I’m afraid he will be in great danger!”

Jordan, “?”

He sneered and stood up. “Are you crazy? You’ve already come all the way here, yet you’re still saying that? Are you more amazing than the doctors in the hospital?”

Nora shook her head. She replied slowly and earnestly, “No, that’s not the case, because the doctors may not know that his head hurts. Moreover, Jimmy is very young, so he can’t express his symptoms clearly. It was just my guess in the beginning, too; that’s why I told his mother to send him for a lumbar puncture. However, I’ve basically confirmed the diagnosis now.”

Jordan narrowed his eyes.

Mrs. Hoffman had already come downstairs after she heard the news. Upon hearing what Nora said, she was so furious that she came forward with her fists brandished to hit her.

“How dare you come here! Nora Smith, are you naive or just fearless?”

Nora took a step back and dodged her fists. She said, “Calm down, Jimmy’s mom.”

“Calm down, my a*s! Jimmy was crying and kicking up a fuss in the evening just now. If it weren’t because the doctor had prescribed him tranquilizers that helped him to sleep, he would definitely be even more scared now! He’s having convulsions now because your words scared him so much! You’d best behave and let me beat you up. If you dare so much as to duck again, I will make sure you and Cherry won’t be able to attend school anymore!”

Nora frowned and said, “It’s not your call whether Cherry can attend school or not, but your son is in great danger now!”

“You’re trying to scare us again! Fine, you claim to be a doctor, right? Which hospital are you working as a doctor at? Can you show me your license?”

“… I didn’t bring it with me.”

She didn’t have the habit of bringing Anti’s doctor’s license around with her. After all, she only performed two operations a month.

Mrs. Hoffman sneered, “You didn’t bring it with you? I bet you don’t have one at all!”

She gave a wave after she said that. Men around them came forward and surrounded Nora. She said, “Since you have the guts to come all the way here, I’ll let you come in on your feet but sent out on your back!”

Nora, “?”

She balled up her fists and narrowed her eyes.

At this point, hurried footsteps came over and someone shouted, “Mrs. Hoffman, something terrible has happened!”