Book 1: She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement Annulment

Chapter 23

Chapter 67: Direct Successor

Jon’s expression remained unchanged as he answered, “It’s Dr. Zabe.”

At once, Joel got ready to instruct his subordinates to invite him over.

However, Jon stopped him. He said, “He’s already very old, and has even become somewhat absent-minded and bedridden. But I’ve heard that he took in a student who inherited all of his skills. Unfortunately, this person is very mysterious. No one knows where they are.”

Joel frowned. His gaze fell on Ian who was lying on the bed.

Jon contemplated for a while before he spoke again. He said, “I can keep Mr. Smith alive, but you’ll have to either let him rekindle his will to live or find Dr. Zabe’s student.”

Joel nodded, a bit of a sharp look appearing in his flirtatious eyes. “In that case, please help my uncle regain consciousness as soon as possible, Mr. Myers.”

“Okay.”

Jon took out a silver needle and pierced it into several important points on Ian. Then, he took out a pill, crushed it, and stuffed it into his mouth.

After some work, Ian’s heartbeat became steady again.

Jon wiped the sweat off his brows and said to Joel, “Mr. Smith should be able to wake up tomorrow. I’ll have Tina personally come over to check on him every day and do our best to keep him alive until you find Dr. Zabe’s successor.”

A smile formed on Joel’s countenance once more. “Okay, I’ll get the butler to send you out.”

After the two of them left, a feminine and delicate voice suddenly rang out. “Joel, he’s obviously capable of curing Dad, yet he keeps going on and on here with you instead. Also, Dr. Zabe? He sure says a lot of nonsense.”

Joel smiled upon hearing this.

He turned around to see an attractive figure walk in—it was Ian’s adopted daughter, Yvonne Smith.

Ian never married in his whole life, choosing to only adopt a daughter. All the other children born into the Smith's were boys, so they doted on their one and only younger sister very much.

Joel said, “As long as he can cure Uncle Ian’s illness, what’s the big deal about helping him boost his reputation?”

Yvonne stuck out her tongue and cast her eyes down.

Everyone said she was the princess of the Smith's in New York, but no one knew that she was actually the most afraid of Joel.

The new head of the Smith's was always smiling and was gentle and generous, but Yvonne always felt like there was a thin wall between the two of them.

At the entrance of the Smith's residence.

It took a full ten minutes for the car to go from the villa where Ian lived to the gate of the manor.

It was only when she saw that they were on the main road that Tina finally looked away from the manor.

She looked at Jon nervously. “Sir, Ian Smith is already on his deathbed. Even he himself doesn’t want to live anymore; how can we possibly save his life?”

Ian had no external or internal injuries. From a modern medicine perspective, there wasn’t anything wrong with him.

Yet his internal organs were slowly failing.

Jon stretched out his hand—half a pill was resting on his palm. He said, “Go over every day to check his health. Give him a couple of jabs on unimportant points of his body first, and then have him consume this pill. This will keep him alive.”

Tina exclaimed, “Sir, that pill is…”

Jon heaved a heavy sigh and answered, “It’s the Carefree Pill.”

Tina’s eyes widened. “That pill is worth a lot! You…”

Jon balled up his fist and closed his eyes. Due to his age, the skin at his eyelids was loose and saggy. He instructed, “Have someone secretly buy them from Harmonia Pharmacy. Don’t let anyone discover anything. Harmonia

Pharmacy has won this round, thanks to the Carefree Pill. If we don’t achieve anything big,

they’ll probably rise above us!"

Tina immediately understood what Jon meant.

The Myerses had made a name for themselves overnight by using the Carefree Pill to cure the elderly Mrs. Hunt. Additionally, it had also allowed Jon to cement his position in the field of traditional medicine.However, now that the Carefree Pill had become the Anderson's, it had robbed them of their glory.

Dr. Zabe was the only one capable of curing Ian, yet Jon had successfully kept him alive. This was undoubtedly something glorious to tell everyone.

Tina sat up straight and said seriously, “Don’t worry, Sir. I’ll make sure I don’t slip up and give anything away!”

It was getting late and the moon was already visible in the sky.

The streets of New York were filled with cars. From a distance, it was as though the stream of red car lights stretched on endlessly.

Although the Anderson's residence wasn’t a large manor, it was located in the city center and was a quiet little area amid the hustle and bustle of the city. The small villa’s market value was worth over ten million.

After dinner, Mrs. Anderson and Melissa brought Nora into the study.

The swelling around Mrs. Anderson’s eyes had already gone down and she had completely regained her vision. She looked at Nora kindly and asked, “Nora, Cherry must be five by now, right? It’s not appropriate to just let her stay at home all the time. Do you have any plans to send her to kindergarten?”

Nora had thought about this a long time ago.

Originally, her trip to New York was only supposed to be a temporary stay, but now that her son was here, it was likely that she had to stay here permanently.

She nodded and asked, “Which is the best kindergarten nearby?”

Cherry had a super high IQ, so she wasn’t quite the same as other children. She was impatient and, apart from when she played games, she couldn’t sit still at all, no matter what she was doing.

This was the only reason why Nora had allowed her to play games—so that she could practice how to focus. However, in truth, the amount of game time she had every day was limited.

Considering her situation, she needed a kindergarten with the most abundant manpower resources, so that there would be the most professional teachers there to take care of her.

At her question, Melissa was taken aback for a moment before she answered, “The best kindergarten around here is the International Golden Sunshine Kindergarten.”

Mrs. Anderson frowned and supplemented, “That kindergarten is hard to enroll into, though.”

Nora was puzzled.

Melissa explained, “That’s the best kindergarten in New York. The students there are either wealthy or of noble status. Given our family’s conditions, neither Sheril nor Logan were accepted into the school when they were children.”

She said, “The main reason for that is that not only does the kindergarten have tough requirements for the children, but they also have very demanding requirements for parents.

Parents must either be special talents or top cadres. Additionally, there are also assessments of varied content specifically set for

parents.”

Nora went straight for the key point. She asked, “What’s considered a special talent?”

Melissa answered, “They are talents who have made major contributions. Alternatively, it’ll also work if the parents are holders of top-class black cards.”

A puzzled Mrs. Anderson asked, “What’s a top-class black card?”

Melissa shook her head. “I’ve only heard of it and never seen it before.”

The look in Nora’s eyes flickered a little, however.

A bank’s top-class black card was a credit card with no credit limit.

Currently, there were only a double-digit number of black cards in the world. It was said that these dozen or so people had formed a mysterious organization known as the Imperial League.

Imperial League members were either tycoons of the world or hotshot politicians, and they controlled the global economy.

They were very mysterious, and even an occasional conversation among them was capable of triggering global economic storms. However, all the members were anonymous, and even people within the organization itself didn’t know who the others were.

Everyone privately speculated that in all of the United States, the person who might have a black card like that must be Justin. Thus, everyone, no matter who it was, treated him very politely.

Anyone who owned a black card like that could buy the kindergarten itself, so there definitely wouldn’t be any enrollment restrictions for them.

Nora’s lip corners curled upward. She was about to say something when her cell phone rang.

However, when she saw the name on the caller ID, she was taken aback for a moment.

Why was he calling her?

Chapter 68: Grandpa, Why Don’t I Tell You Some Trivia?

Nora said to Melissa, “We’ll go for that kindergarten, Aunt Melissa. I’ll take Cherry there and give it a go.”

Then, she got up, went out the door, and picked up the call.

An aged and stern voice came from the other end of the call. “Where are you?”

It was her traditional medicine teacher, Silvester Zabe.

At the thought of how serious and stern of a man he was, Nora subconsciously straightened her back and answered, “I’m in New York, sir. What’s the matter?”

Silvester slowly replied, “Oh. The Smiths are looking for you; they want you to treat someone’s illness.”

The Smiths? Ian Smith?

Just as Nora was about to say that she would go, Silvester said, “You don’t have to go. He isn’t sick; he just doesn’t want to live anymore.”

“…”

“His internal organs are failing. Currently, they’re using the Carefree Pill to keep him alive. Even if you do go over, can you make him regain his will to live?”

Nora had no words for that. She reckoned that Ian would probably wish to die even more if he saw her.

She sighed mentally. Then, she asked carefully, “Okay. Can I visit you tomorrow, sir?”

Silvester was already over 90 years old this year, but the elderly man nevertheless spoke clearly. He replied, “No, it’s fine. I’m already old; there’s nothing to see here. You passing down my skills in traditional medicine would be the best way of repaying my kindness.”

However, the old man’s indifference instead made Nora tear up.

Without him, she would probably have already died several times.

She cast her eyes down and said, “In that case, let me know if you ever want to see me.”

“You’re not a kid anymore, so why are you still so clingy? Stop it!” After saying that,Silvester said, “I’m hanging up.”

Beep… beep… beep…

Nora looked at her cell phone and heaved a soft sigh. That old man’s temper was as weird as ever.

The night passed peacefully.

When Cherry woke up the next morning, Nora was still asleep.

She tiptoed gently across the carpet, closing the door only after she entered the study.

Then, she picked up her cell phone and sent Chester a text message: “Chesty, are you ready?”

Chester replied instantly: “I’ve already registered a live stream account for you, so you can officially start live streaming now!”

“Okie-Dokie!”

Cherry climbed up the chair and planted her tiny self on the big swivel chair. She pushed her foot against the table and turned the chair straight. Then, she turned on Nora’s computer.

Chester chuckled and texted: “It’s your first live stream today, Cherry. Let’s do something a little special today so that you can attract more fans!”

Cherry’s big dark eyes lit up and she replied: “Okay! What shall we do?”

Chester, who was in his room at the Hunt's replied: “Let’s compete in the live stream!”

Cherry eagerly replied: “No problem! I’ll beat you for sure!”

“Heh heh.”

Chester replied smugly: “A contest in a live stream isn’t dependent on the game but the fan's monetary tips! I have 10 million fans, so I’ll definitely beat you!”

Chester had suffered his little niece’s dissing in the game for over half a year.

Now, he was going to stand tall and regain his dignity as her uncle!

He would let his little niece see just how crazy his fans are.

Cherry wrote: “I’ll definitely be better at this than you!”

Chester grinned and started a new live stream. “Hello everyone! This is Chesty. Today, I will introduce a new friend to all of you. She’s my team leader! Yes, she’s none other than the cutie with a little girl’s voice who loves playing as the heroine with the huge cannon!Everyone, please show her lots of support!”

At the Smiths.

Ian had woken up in the morning.

The servant quickly told him that Joel had watched over him all night the previous day.

Joel, whose eyes were all red, held his hand and said, “Uncle Ian, the Smiths still need you. I can’t head the family by myself yet. You can’t just leave all of this behind and go.”

Joel was lying.

He was even more outstanding than himself back then, yet he was putting on an act like that.

Ian smiled weakly. “I’m fine.”

A touch of sorrow flashed across Joel’s eyes. He picked up the cell phone and handed it to Ian in an attempt to pique his interest. He said, “I remember you used to like playing games, Uncle

Ian. This game is very popular now. How about trying it out?”

The reason why he had played games in the past was that she was still with him back then.

Ian actually wasn’t very interested in games. He said dispassionately, “I don’t know how to play it.”

“It’s fine.” Joel opened a live stream app and said, “It’s pretty interesting to watch others play, too! You can even learn how to play just by watching.”

He opened a random live stream and placed the cell phone at a corner on the side within Ian’s line of vision.

Ian didn’t have the heart to refuse his nephew’s kindness, so he simply looked over casually.

A soft and tender voice could already be heard coming from the live stream.

“Chesty, why are my points so low?”

Chester replied, “That’s because the points are calculated using the total amount of tips you receive from fans through the virtual gifts they send you! You many fans yet! Hehe, come on, everyone! I’m always being trashed by sweetcherry in the game, so I’m going to give her a taste of how it feels to be trashed this time!”

‘sweetcherry’?

Ian was taken aback for a moment.

He remembered that Yvette’s game alias had been ‘lollipop’ back then. When he teased her for using such a sweet-sounding name, she had replied, “What’s wrong with that? If I have a daughter in the future, I’ll play games with her and give her the alias

‘sweetcherry’, and have you die of diabetes from all the sugar!”

‘sweetcherry’

Ian stretched out his pale and feeble arm and took hold of the cell phone. Right away, a face-off screen entered his sight.

sweetcherry only had a few hundred points while her opponent Chesty had a few thousand points.

He suddenly gained a little interest.

When Chester raised his head, he suddenly discovered that Cherry’s total number of points had exceeded his.

He immediately exclaimed, “What the f*ck?! What happened?”

Cherry exclaimed excitedly, “Someone just gave me a huge tip! I can’t even keep count anymore!”

Chester did a count and found that the person had actually given her a $80,000 tip in one go!

Shocked, he urged, “Quick, greet your Sponsor Daddy! Thank you for the tip, Sponsor Daddy!”

Cherry was very troubled, though. She said, “But I already have a Daddy!”

She tilted her head, bit her finger, and thought about it for a while.

Then, her eyes suddenly lit up and she exclaimed, “I know, I’ll have Mommy call him Daddy instead! So, that means he’s Grandpa! Thank you for the tip, Grandpa!”

While talking, another notification saying she had received an $80,000 tip scrolled across the screen.

It instantly dealt a crushing blow to Chester’s points.

“F*ck!” He was angry now. “Don’t be so arrogant! I also have sponsors!”

He immediately posted a link to the live stream on his f*******: page and wrote: “Hey everyone! Those with money, please show some support! Those without, go away.”

Most of Chester’s friends were wealthy people, and they usually gave tips worth a few thousand dollars for fun.

After making the post, his score indeed started to rise.

At this time, Justin was currently seated in his office in the Hunt Corporation’s office tower.

Beside him, Pete was studying.

He opened his f*******: page and immediately saw Chester’s post.

Bored, he opened the link.

He immediately heard a tender voice coming from the live stream: “Sponsor Grandpa, in order to thank you for giving me such big tips, I’ll tell you some trivia!”

Chapter 69: Daddy Has Come!

Justin was taken aback when he heard the voice. It sounded vaguely familiar. However, when he lowered his head and saw his son beside him, he suppressed his doubts.

Back in California, Pete had worn girl's clothing from time to time as if he had a split personality.

However, after they returned to New York, apart from the first day he went to practice martial arts at the Quinn School of Martial Arts where he had returned in a princess dress and became a little princess again, he had been normal the past few days.

He must be too high-strung. Otherwise, why would he find the voice just now so similar to his son’s when he was having relapses previously?

What was Chester doing, though? Why was there a child’s voice in his live stream?

Justin’s deep-set eyes narrowed as he watched on sullenly.

It took only a few seconds for him to figure out what was going on with the so-called ‘contest’. He let out a cold laugh right away.

His younger brother sure was making a good showing. To think he was being suppressed by a nobody streamer.

It wasn’t an issue as long as no one knew, but should there come a day where it became known that Chesty the game streamer was a Hunt, it

would be a huge embarrassment to the family!

At the thought, Justin immediately topped up $300,000 into his account.

He was about to tip his younger brother when he suddenly heard the tender voice say,

“Do you know who discovered radium? It’s Johnny Depp!”

Justin, “??”

His fingers instantly paused, and he felt a sense of familiarity welling up in him.

He impulsively entered the live stream hosted by ‘sweetcherry’.

The screen showed both streamers facing off, but neither of their cameras was turned on. Instead, they were streaming their gameplay. In a crisp and clear voice, the little girl said, “Sponsor Grandpa, I didn’t get it wrong. I have a really awesome memory, yeah! If you don’t believe me, I can tell you more!”

“Do you know the famous playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet? It’s Chris Hemsworth!”

“…”

These insignificant trivia whose answers were all handsome actors and celebrities… Why did they sound so familiar?

Justin couldn’t help but glance at Pete again.

He coughed and cast his eyes down, but an inexplicable sense of intimacy suddenly surged up in him.

He had always been a loner since he was a child. He didn’t have many friends and on top of that, there was a lot of scheming and trickery among his relatives.

Even his grandfather had tricked him right before his death.

Therefore, there were times when he felt lonely, too.

Pete was a boy, so he had always taught him to be independent and self-reliant since he was a baby.

He hadn’t liked the Pete who wore a princess dress, but to be honest, when he grasped his big hand with his soft little hands and looked at him with those big, damp, and innocent eyes of his, his heart had felt as if it were soaking in a hot spring.

Sometimes, he couldn’t help but wonder—how nice would it be if he really had a daughter?

“Aren’t I clever, yeah? I see everyone in the comments laughing. Is it because I’m so smart? But why isn’t anyone tipping me?”

“…”

his fingers, Justin immediately sent out a tip worth 9,999 airplanes, which was the most expensive virtual gift purchasable.

Cherry immediately exclaimed “I must have done really well! Someone has tipped me again!”

She didn’t know how much money that was at all, but she nevertheless said in a rather troubled manner, “But it’s only because Mommy’s Daddy is a very bad man that I got her a Sponsor Daddy. I can’t have two at the same time! I can only choose one to be my Sponsor Grandpa.”

As soon as she said that, another account also gave her a tip worth 9,999 airplanes!

Cherry shouted, “Sponsor Grandpa! Love you!”

Justin opened the list of fans and found that the top fan in sweetcherry’s fan list was a person named ‘Grandpa’.

He sure knew how to take advantage of others.

He let out a cold laugh and sent another 9,999 airplanes.

In other words, he had given her a tip of $150,000 right away.

Troubled, Cherry lowered her voice and asked Chester seriously, “Chesty, who should I call Sponsor Grandpa?”

Seeing that his points that had just increased greatly were firmly suppressed again, Chester entered her live stream huffily and said, “Let me see who’s the bastard that actually tipped you $300,000 straightaway!”

As he spoke, he opened her fan list.

As user accounts of the live stream platform were linked to their f*******: profiles, the user's f*******: profile pictures would also show in the live-stream platform. At the sight of that familiar profile picture on Cherry’s fan list, the words at the tip of Chester’s tongue changed and he stuttered, “J-J-Justin?”

Cherry immediately understood what he meant and she exclaimed softly, “Daddy?!”

Justin, “??”

Cherry’s voice immediately became excited, though she also did an obvious turnaround and added, “I meant Sponsor Daddy!”

Justin, “!!”

That familiar voice and way of speech… He turned and looked at Pete, who was next to him, again.

Pete, “??”

The tyrant was using his cell phone and also had earphones on, but he kept glancing at him from time to time. A resigned Pete raised the book in his hand and said, “I really am reading.”

Justin kept quiet. Then, he nodded and continued to watch the live stream.

Everyone in the comments was laughing at the streamer. She had said just now that she wouldn’t call anyone ‘Sponsor Daddy’, but a moment later, she had given in for the sake of tips!

Not only did she have a Sponsor Grandpa, but she also had a Sponsor Daddy now!

Justin’s eyes darkened slightly. His expression turned cold and even the beauty mark at the corner of his eye seemed to be giving off an icy chill.

Little did he think that he, who had always been hard-hearted, would actually fall for a nobody streamer’s charms.

He was about to close the live stream when the tender voice said, “Sponsor Daddy, do you wanna watch me play games? I’m super good at it, yeah! I’m even better at games than trivia knowledge!”

“…”

His fingers suddenly paused and he started to watch her play just like that.

The streamer sounded like she was only five or six years old. Her voice was soft and tender, and she liked to play as a particular female hero in the game.

The hero was a very cute little girl who carried a huge cannon. However, not only did she diss people mercilessly in the game, but she also had a lot of firepower.

Before he knew it, he had spent an hour and a half watching the live stream.

This continued until…

“Sponsor Grandpa, Daddy. I’m going offline. By the way, what are you having for lunch today? We’re gonna have beef steak! That’s my favorite food, yeah!”

At some point, she no longer addressed Justin as ‘Sponsor Daddy’ but just ‘Daddy’.

It was only after the live stream ended that Justin finally came back to his senses.

He couldn’t help looking at Pete again.

An expressionless Pete looked back at him.

Justin kept quiet for a while. Then, he said, “Pete, say ‘Daddy’.”

The way that little streamer kept calling him ‘Daddy’ was so adorable that even his heart had softened. Were all children that cute?

Pete pursed his lips. His little face was serious as he looked at him. After contemplating for a while, he asked, “Daddy, have you seen the doctor?”

“…”

Justin also felt that he was acting rather ridiculously. He stood up and said, “Let’s go home for lunch.”

When the two returned home, the nanny brought out plates of piping hot food.

Chester automatically sat at the dining table.

Justin suddenly looked at him and asked, “Who’s that kid you were doing a live-stream with today?”

Chester’s fork-holding hand stopped moving and he froze all over.