Book 1: She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement Annulment

Chapter 72

Chapter 214: Daughter and Sister Control

“If you run out of money, you can ask me for it.”

Nora’s cold voice traveled over. “How did you end up in a training class?”

Lucas could hear her displeasure and immediately understood something. He said directly, “I understand what you mean! And…”

“Lucas, Master is coughing?” Nora interrupted him.

Lucas agreed, “I knew Miss Smith cared about Master. You’re cold on the outside but warm on the inside…”

“Two taels of herb, three taels of chrysanthemum…” Nora gave him a bunch of names for medicine and flower tea. Then, she continued, “Warm up a bowl of water for him to drink every day. It will ensure that he’s refreshed. His lungs will be revitalized, and his body will be healthy. It won’t be a problem for him to live to 180 years old. When that time comes, Cherry or Pete would have grown up.”

Lucas: “?”

Nora yawned again. “If he’s sick, look for a doctor. Is there anything else?”

Lucas: “?”

“I’m hanging up.”

Nora hung up the phone in a snap.

What a joke.

Quinn School of Martial Arts had been in New York for so many years. Together with the Irvin School of Martial Arts, they were ranked at the top in the martial arts world. There were many miscellaneous matters inside, and they were all intertwined. Why should she take care of them?

It would probably cost her two to three hours of sleep a day!

After hanging up, she turned around and fell asleep again.

_

At the Quinn School of Martial Arts.

Mr. Quinn looked at Lucas eagerly. He heard Lucas say, “I know what to do.” He stroked his beard happily.

Then, Lucas hung up the phone with a constipated expression and looked at him.

Mr. Quinn frowned. “What’s wrong?”

Lucas coughed and said Nora’s exact words. Mr. Quinn was so angry that his beard trembled. He shouted angrily, “This unfilial disciple!”

Lucas also felt unfair for him. “That’s right, Master. Miss Smith is too irresponsible. The majestic Quinn School of Martial Arts still needs you to manage it!”

Mr. Quinn immediately frowned and said coldly, “How can you say that about a senior of yours? Isn’t it because she’s not in good health? If she doesn’t sleep for fourteen hours a day, she’ll have a headache! Why don’t you know to feel sorry for her? She practiced martial arts and inherited the ultimate arts of Quinn School of Martial Arts. That’s already the greatest contribution to Quinn School of Martial Arts! She’s not as stupid as you. Master has taught you for so many years and you still haven’t understood the essence of Quinn School of Martial Arts!”

Lucas: ”…”

Master, I was just following your instructions!

However, Lucas did not have any objections to Nora. After all, the essence of Quinn School of Martial Arts’ techniques was very difficult to learn. Among the direct disciples, Nora had learned it in the shortest time. She was the fastest to understand it among them.

There was nothing wrong with Mr. Quinn handing over Quinn School of Martial Arts to her!

Miss Smith was just… too lazy!

At such a young age, she was always thinking about retirement. What a headache!

As Lucas was thinking, Mr. Quinn suddenly thought of something. “Speaking of Pete, he hasn’t been here for a long time, right? Give Justin a call and ask him when he plans to send Pete over!”

Lucas: “…”

During this period of time, he had called her almost every day to urge her to come.

He had never seen his master so patient with anyone!

However, Justin always found excuses. Things like feeling unwell, it being too stressful on a child, not wanting to learn today, and so on. He had been pushing it back for half a month!

He clearly did not want to learn anymore, right?

However, Mr. Quinn always persevered and made him call to ask.

Lucas had been rejected by Nora and now he was going to meet Justin again. He called him and said politely, “Hello, Mr. Justin. This is Lucas from the Quinn School of Martial Arts. May I ask when Little Young Master will be coming to learn martial arts?”

His words were very marketing!

Miss Smith had just said that their Quinn School of Martial Arts was not a kindergarten or a training class!

As Lucas was cursing in his heart, Justin’s deep voice sounded. “I’ll send him over later.”

Lucas subconsciously repeated what he had been saying for the past half a month. “Okay, I understand. If Little Young Master is unwilling to study, he must… What?”

His eyes widened, “Soon?”

“Mm-hm.”

Justin hung up.

Lucas, “!!!”

He looked at Mr. Quinn in disbelief. Mr. Quinn looked at him and sighed. “He’s not coming again? Why is he as lazy as his mom…”

As soon as he finished speaking, Lucas said, “He said he’ll be here soon.”

Mr. Quinn was still looking at his old body when he suddenly jumped up like a rabbit. “Then I’ll prepare a martial arts hall for him!”

Lucas: “…”

_

At the Hunts’.

Pete, who had woken up in the morning, stared at the ceiling for a long time.

The pink color over the entire room pierced his eyes, making him feel like he had entered the wrong room for a moment when he woke up.

Was this still his black-and-white style?

He recalled the situation in this room after returning last night. He immediately looked at Justin silently, but he did not expect the tyrant to say, “Isn’t this all according to your request?”

Pete, “…”

Cherry liked pink. She was a little princess, so he could only silently endure it!

There was no other way!

He sighed and got out of bed. After washing up in the bathroom, he walked out and opened the wardrobe. Then, he was stunned.

He saw that the large dressing room was filled with small dresses.

Pink, purple, white, gauze dress, floral dress… There was everything!

After searching through the room, he found a few pitiful old clothes in the corner.

He could only keep them aside and change into them later in the class at the Hunts’ old residence.

There was a class at the Hunts’ old residence. The children of the Hunt's did not go to school. They were all in the class, and the teachers were allowed to teach each child one-on-one.

Before he entered, Fatty was talking to a child from the collateral descendant. “Are you serious? Does Pete really not know how to do it?”

The child nodded. “Yes, I’m sure. Last week, I did see Pete nibbling on a pen at that very simple question. He really doesn’t know how to do it!”

Fatty was puzzled. “But why? He had always gotten full marks in the past!”

The child said, “He has been engrossed in Mobile Legends recently! He’s playing games there every day. His mind must be muddled!”

Fatty snorted. It seemed like Pete had indeed secretly contacted him to play games. Otherwise, he would not have won against him last time.

But look, games really made people addicted. Their gaming had caused their learning to deteriorate!

Last time, he had lost a large sum of money through gaming. When he returned home, his grandfather had beaten him up. He had to make up for it today!

At this thought, he saw Pete walk in with a straight face.

Fatty turned around and suddenly smiled. “Little Brother Pete, I don’t know how to do this question. Can you help me answer it? I remember that you have already learned this question. Did you forget?”

Chapter 215: Exam Results~

Pete, “?”

He looked at the question on the worksheet—it was a very simple Mathematical Olympiad problem.

Fatty couldn’t even solve a problem like this? Either he was too stupid, or he must be setting a trap for him again.

Pete fell silent. He decided to counter every possible scenario firmly.

Seeing that he was keeping quiet, Fatty became more convinced of what the other child had said just now.

Pete had become obsessed with games and was neglecting his studies, causing his learning progress to fall behind!

A child’s learning process was, from the start, one where they tended to immediately forget what they had just learned. It was just like how Fatty himself had behaved in his early childhood, memorizing a poem and then forgetting how it went the very next moment.

To think the Hunts’ little genius had also become like that! This was fantastic!

Fatty grinned. “Do you really not know how to solve it, Pete? We’re still young, so we mustn’t be addicted to games, okay? If your studies continue to fall behind so badly, I’ll have to tell Great-Grandma about it!”

Pete, “…”

The few children around them from the Hunts all looked over.

Pete was a loner in the class from the start, but because his IQ was very high and children all looked up to the strong, the distant and brooding image he unintentionally created had inspired awe in them.

Had that genius high up in the air actually fallen into the realm of mortals now, though?

Didn’t things like becoming addicted to games and having their studies fall behind as a result, happen only to people like them?

Since when was Peter Hunt that lacking in self-control?!

Seeing how the looks in everyone’s eyes had changed, Fatty was filled with self-satisfaction at once.

He raised his chin and said, “As the saying goes, God helps those who help themselves. Even though we children of the Hunt's have super-high IQs, we mustn’t think little of putting in hard work and effort, either. Don’t you agree, Pete?”

Pete glanced at him again and sat in his seat.

His seat was in the first row. Additionally, it was a single-seat by itself, which highlighted his position and status.

Fatty curled his lip disdainfully.

Hmph, hadn’t he become a lot glibber recently? Why was he being so quiet today? He must be having a guilty conscience!

While he was thinking about it, the tutor came in with the test papers in his hand. He said, “Alright, since everyone is here, let’s begin the test for what all of you have learned this month!”

At the sight, Fatty immediately realized something. He thought to himself, Oh, that’s right! It’s the monthly test today! The test results will be ranked, and the ranking will be posted for everyone to see!

Pete must be so listless because he was scared!

Fatty smirked and said, “You have to do well in the test later, Pete. After all, you’ve always been the top student in our class, haven’t you?”

Pete’s brows knitted together, but he continued to keep quiet.

Soon, the papers were distributed.

The tutor also looked at Pete with a troubled look.

Pete was a relatively special case and he also received very special treatment in the class. Oftentimes, after he attended classes for half a month, Justin would get a tutor to teach Pete in private.

Therefore, he didn’t spend much time in the Hunts’ tuition classes, resulting in the tutor having little understanding of him.

All he knew was that the child was born with a very high IQ and picked up things very quickly. However, there was also a time after he was taken away for private tuition when the tutor reported that his grades had declined.

But when he came back for the exams, he still took first place in the ranking.

However, during this recent period of time… Pete had been taking naps in class and then becoming full of energy and playing games once class ended. In the past, he could last a full day of classes, but now, he only attended three hours of classes a day before Mr. Hunt would pick him up and take him away to have fun.

The tutor was very troubled about this and had talked to Mr. Hunt about it several times in private before.

However, Mr. Hunt had actually said, “The child is still young after all, so just let him play if that’s what he wants. Don’t be too strict on him.”

The teacher found his response totally unexpected and was utterly bewildered.

Was he the same Mr. Hunt who was so strict on the little mister that he measured and weighed everything the boy ate for each meal?

The tutor hadn’t deliberately reduced the level of difficulty for the test this time. After all, Pete’s studies had indeed fallen behind too much recently. On top of that, his assignments were also done sloppily, with many simple questions left unanswered because he didn’t know how to solve them.

He wanted Pete to score badly in the test, so that both Mr. Hunt and the boy would realize that something was wrong with him lately!

The test was two hours long.

The classroom was quiet, and all the children were answering the questions seriously.

At the end of the test, the tutor collected the papers.

The classroom also became lively in an instant.

Fatty ran over to Pete and shouted boastfully, “Did you finish all the questions on the test, Pete?”

Pete only glanced at him and said nothing, like what he did before.

Fatty, who misunderstood his reaction, said with a smirk, “It’s okay. It doesn’t matter even if you don’t score well on the test. A one-time failure doesn’t mean that you’ll never get back up ever again. As long as you give up your games and get back on track, everything will be fine!”

Pete, “…”

After keeping quiet for a long time, at last, he couldn’t help but ask, “The questions were so simple. Do you mean to say that you couldn’t answer them?”

Fatty, “???”

The current Pete was too much like his past self, which took Fatty aback for a moment. But right after, he said spitefully, “Hmph, to think you’re still being so stubborn when things have alreadyturned out like this! Fine, in that case, let’s wait for the results and see how many marks you score!”

Fatty left the classroom huffily.

After he left, the rest of the children gathered around Pete and said, “Don’t be sad, Peter. It’s not a big deal even if you score badly once.”

“That’s right. You were just too addicted to games recently!”

“My father said that one month’s grades don’t mean anything…”

While the children were talking, someone called out at the door, “Pete.”

Everyone turned over as one to see Sean standing at the door. He looked at Pete respectfully and said, “Mr. Hunt has instructed me to take you to the martial arts school.”

Pete went to the martial arts school for training twice a week. This was no secret. Though, no one knew which martial arts school it was.

Pete stood up and followed Sean out.

Once they came out, they immediately saw Justin, who was sitting in the backseat of the black Lincoln and looking at documents with his head down.

Sean opened the car door and the little Pete climbed into the car on his own. Justin didn’t even lift his head.

Sean fell silent for a moment when he noticed.

What was the matter with Mr. Hunt? Was he in a bad mood? One must know that just a few days ago, he had never let the little mister climb into the car himself like that. Instead, he had always carried him into the car himself!

Pete was completely unaware of Sean’s thoughts. After getting in the car, just as the car was about to start, the tutor walked out of the classroom with the test papers in his hand.

Upon seeing Justin, he immediately stepped forward and stopped the car. He said, “Mr. Hunt, I’d like to speak with you about Pete’s exam results.”

Justin lifted his head when he heard him.

Although he preferred his daughter, he was ultimately still very strict with his son. He also wanted to know if Pete’s grades had fallen behind during this period of time, so he asked, “Are the results out?”

The tutor replied, “I will mark them now. I’d like you to also have a look, so that you can understand his learning progress.”

“Okay.”

Justin got out of the car. He had often communicated with the tutors when he was taking care of his son by himself in the past, so he was accustomed to it.

After the two went to the office, the tutor took out Pete’s test paper from the stack and started to review it.

Chapter 216: Pete The Loafer

Before marking the paper, the tutor even said, “He has been obsessed with games for the past month, so it’s understandable even if he scores badly on the test…”

After saying that, he looked at the multiple-choice questions in front of him.

Marking multiple-choice questions was very simple. He skimmed downward and found that the answers were exactly the same as the standard answer sheet’s. He was taken aback.

At the sight, Justin raised his eyebrows and asked, “How is it?”

The tutor looked up at him incredulously. “… They are all correct.”

How could that be?

Pete’s level of understanding had obviously regressed to a first-grader’s a few days ago. Why had it risen out of the blue again?

He was in charge of the Hunts’ children’s education matters, so he understood these children the best.

When Pete’s standard suddenly dropped, he had panicked right away. He had wanted to use the test results to make Mr. Hunt realize just how serious the matter was, but this…

The tutor, who was in disbelief, continued to mark the paper.

A small head suddenly appeared at the door during this time.

Justin looked over to see Fatty standing there and peeking at them. When he saw Justin looking over, he shrank back in fright. But after that, he poked

his big fat head out again. The chubby boy came up to Justin and asked, “Uncle Justin, did Pete do badly on the test?”

He let out a sigh and said, “Look at how awful the look on the tutor’s face is. By right, scoring badly once shouldn’t actually matter, but Pete is a special case… Uncle Justin, you may not know this, but he has been playing games every day and neglecting his studies recently! I saw him using his cell phone quite a few times!”

Justin glanced at the little fellow.

The seven to eight-year-old boy was big and tall. He was a full head taller than Pete and looked very naive and honest.

However, the child’s thoughts were written all over his face, and Justin could see through what he was thinking with just a glance.

The little fellow wanted to one-up Pete.

The boy had been totally led astray by his uncle’s family.

Justin looked at Pete and asked coldly, “How did you do on the test?”

Pete replied, “Alright, I suppose.”

Justin snorted and said, “If you don’t score full marks, then you’ll have to kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment.”

Even if he had been sent to Nora, he, a child whom Justin had personally brought up and taught, should still be strict with himself and not slack off in his studies.

Pete replied very confidently, “… ‘kay.”

Without a tutor supervising him, his self-studying speed had become even faster. Additionally, for some reason, when he was with Nora, he kept feeling as if his mind had become clearer than before. His mother had a special scent on her that put him very much at ease, making him not as sensitive and paranoid as before.

Justin nodded at his reply.

Fatty looked at Justin, and then at Pete.

The adult was expressionless with his eyes slightly lidded, while the child looked almost exactly the same as the adult. Both father and son were so unfathomable that no one could guess their thoughts.

However!

Fatty’s eyes brightened. He suddenly walked out of the office and called his grandfather. He said, “Grandpa, Pete messed up his test this time! The tutor is marking his paper now!”

Raymond became excited at once. “Really?”

“It’s true, Grandpa! Uncle Justin is also here right now. He even said just now that Pete has to kneel in the ancestral hall as punishment if he doesn’t get full marks!”

“Hah!” Raymond said, “I’m coming over right away!”

After saying that, Raymond rushed someplace and shouted, “Mom, hurry and go and have a look! Pete did poorly on his test this time, so Justin wants to beat him!”

The elderly Mrs. Hunt panicked at once. “Help me over there right away. How can he hit the boy just because he did poorly on his exams?”

Was Great-Grandma coming too?

Fatty’s eyes lit up at once. That would be even better! This way, Great-Grandma would also see how badly her favorite Pete had scored on the test this time!

Fatty rushed into the classroom and shouted to all the children of the Hunt's, “Pete is dead meat this time! The tutor is marking his paper right now! Uncle Justin is here, too!”

Upon hearing that Justin was also present, the children became excited at once.

He was a legend that they worshiped the most!

He was also the legendary “someone else’s child” that their parents always went on and on about!

They had practically grown up listening to tales of Justin on their knees. Justin possessed the highest IQ among all the Hunt's thus far!

He had completed a double master’s degree at fifteen!

These feelings of worship had also fallen onto Pete by association.

In everyone’s eyes and hearts, Pete was a child who would never suffer any disciplinary beatings, and Justin was no ordinary parent, either!

But now, not only had Pete fallen from grace, but Justin was also going to become a parent who disciplined his child?

The little fellows dashed out of the classroom one by one. They gathered outside the tutor’s office and looked inside through the window.

Justin, who wasn’t speaking, sat on the leather sofa with a very powerful aura around him.

Pete was sitting on a bench with his little hands clasped together and was muttering under his breath. From the looks of it, he seemed to be memorizing some kind of formula. As for the tutor marking the paper, he was frowning.

“Did Pete really do poorly on the test? Look at how tightly drawn the tutor’s brows are! I’ve only seen that expression on him when he talks to me!” said a child, who was the naughtiest and had the poorest grades among all the Hunts’ children.

A commotion broke out at the entrance at this point. Raymond, who was supporting the elderly Mrs. Hunt, walked over. As soon as she came in, the old lady shouted, “Who dares to hit my little Pete?”

Raymond also stepped forward. He smiled and said, “Justin, what’s the big deal about a child doing poorly on an exam just once? How can you be so strict with him? Pete is still young! Besides, he’s ultimately a sensitive soul with autism! Since he became a little livelier recently, it’s inevitable that his studies would fall behind… It’s not like he’s a genius anyway. How can a child play games every day and still do well in his studies?

“Playing games?”

Mrs. Hunt was dumbfounded.

Raymond took the opportunity to complain, “Yes, that’s right. We are to blame for this. Pete has been addicted to games every day recently. Sigh, Fatty plays it in order to cultivate the mind and spirit, but he knows to play it in moderation. Pete, on the other hand, doesn’t understand that. Fatty has already warned him several times, but he refuses to listen…”

Raymond outright portrayed Pete as a child with poor self-control.

Mrs. Hunt frowned and looked around—the children’s ears were all perked up. In just a few days’ time, news about Pete’s mediocre aptitude would reach all the parents’ ears.

How could a child like that possibly take over the family business?

Mrs. Hunt immediately understood Raymond’s intentions. She also hated herself for coming over and blowing up the matter.

However, since things had already come to this point, she had no choice but to brace herself and go on.

She entered the office cheerfully and said, “So, our little Pete played games for a month? It’s not a big deal. Is there anyone who wasn’t playful when they were young? I don’t think there’s a need to publicly announce the scores anymore. None of the

elementary schools publicly announce the students’ scores nowadays anyway!”

already finished marking all the test papers by then. He lifted his head blankly and looked at Mrs. Hunt and Raymond.

Raymond, however, took a step forward and said with a smile, “How can we do that? Pete scores full marks all the time. I want Fatty to learn from him. Quick, mister, show me how many marks Pete scored!”

He pulled out Pete’s test paper.