Book 2 : She Becomes Glamorous After the Engagement

Chapter 64

Chapter 802: Grandpa’s Identity

Calling an outsider Grandpa?

Nora knew that Cherry had a loyal fan on her live-streams. He was her Sponsor Grandpa. However, she knew that Cherry had never been a child who did not know her limits.

She could not possibly ask for things from a fan unless it was someone she was familiar with.

Familiar person… After some thought, Nora had a guess. She said, “Let’s go and take a look.”

With that, she turned and went to Cherry’s room.

Cherry’s live-stream was a little noisy, so she rarely stayed by her side during the live-stream.

On the way to Cherry’s room, Mrs. Hunt glanced at Nora, who was expressionless. She thought about it and explained, “I don’t mind that Cherry is embarrassing us. I just feel that your father will be unhappy if he hears her calling an outsider ‘Grandpa’ like this.”

She was making up for her harsh words just now.

Someone like Mrs. Hunt cared a lot about the Hunts’ image in the outside world. How could she not care that Cherry wanted something from others?

However, when she thought about how this old madam had always been arrogant to her in the past, and now, she actually explained it to her, Nora decided to tolerate her.

There was always progress.

With this in mind, the two of them arrived at Cherry’s room.

Nora knocked on the door. After opening the door, she looked at Cherry and pointed at her phone. Cherry understood and said, “Mommy, wait for me just a minute. It’s the last team battle! I can push the crystal if I win the team battle!” Nora nodded and walked to the sofa beside her.

Mrs. Hunt: “…”

She looked at Nora and felt that as a mother, she was really spoiling her child too much. She was here to chat with her but she had to wait for her to finish this round?

Although Mrs. Hunt was dissatisfied, when she thought of how Justin pampered Cherry even more, she could not say anything to criticize her. She could only sit on the sofa with Nora unhappily.

Cherry said that one could push the crystal if they won the team battle. However, in this group battle, the two sides were in a draw and there was only one person left. Therefore, they were still a little late, causing the game to be extended for a full 15 minutes.

Mrs. Hunt was gradually getting impatient from waiting. She turned around and glanced at Nora, but she saw that she was already leaning against the sofa again. Had she fallen asleep?

Mrs. Hunt: “!!”

However, Cherry was still talking. “Grandpa, do you think I have to fight for another 15 minutes? Hmph, that’s impossible! I’ll definitely end the battle in five minutes!”

“What if it doesn’t end? Play with you for three hours? There’s nothing wrong with that! But what if I win? What are you going to give me?”

“A sports car? No, I already have a sports car! Dad bought it for me! … What do I want? I don’t really need anything. You’re buying me a million-dollar gift? It’s a little small. I want two million dollars!”

Mrs. Hunt: “!!”

Her expression changed.

Play for three hours? Is this what a serious girl should be saying? Cherry was only so old but she was already being led astray.

She coughed and woke Nora up beside her.

Nora rubbed her eyes and looked at Cherry. She asked, “What time is it?”

Cherry was anxious. She had fun with the team battle and pushed the other party’s crystal. “I want it to end quickly. Mommy is getting anxious. Also, Grandpa, I won! Don’t shower me with gifts yet, wait until next time! Bye-“

After saying that, she ended her live-stream. Then, she looked at Nora and Mrs. Hunt and asked, “Mommy, what’s wrong?”

Nora yawned. “Your Sponsor Grandpa…”

Before she could finish, Mrs. Hunt interrupted her. “Cherry, you have to stay away from that Sponsor Grandpa in the future!”

Cherry was puzzled. She tilted her head and asked, “Why?”

Mrs. Hunt immediately said, “Because he’s not a good person, of course!”

Cherry: “?”

Mrs. Hunt said, “Everyone you know on the Internet is bad. Look, he keeps sending you gifts. He must have ulterior motives!”

Cherry shook her head. “No, my Sponsor Grandpa is not. He…”

“What?” Mrs. Hunt’s face turned cold. “Look at the request he made to you. What do you mean by accompanying him for three hours if you can’t win? You’re the daughter of the Hunt's, how can you play with him? Who does he think he is?”

With that, she could not help but say, “You haven’t even played with me for three hours!”

She sounded a little jealous.

Cherry: “?”

She blinked. “But Grandpa, he…”

“Grandpa? What Grandpa? I think he’s a cheat! Cherry, I don’t object to you live-streaming, but you have to be careful about your words and actions, okay? Besides, he’s not your mother’s father. Why are you calling him Grandpa so affectionately?”

Cherry: “He’s…”

“In short, you have to cut ties with this Sponsor Grandpa. The children of Hunt's can’t ask for a gift from others! I’m telling you, other than your own elders, you can’t accept money from anyone else! Okay?”

Cherry: “…”

She blinked her big black grape-like eyes and looked at Nora pleadingly. “Mommy…”

Her great-grandmother would not give her a chance to speak!

However, when she shouted this, Mrs. Hunt scolded her even more fiercely. “It’s useless even if you call your Mommy. Your Mommy can’t just listen to you! Let me tell you this, it’s impossible! Delete all the contact details of your Sponsor Grandpa immediately! Return the money for the tips. You can’t ask for anything from him anymore!”

Cherry: “…”

However, Nora laughed out loud. That smile was very faint, but it made Mrs. Hunt angry immediately. “Nora, what are you laughing at? Am I wrong?”

The old lady was a little angry and began to speak without restraint. “Grandpa Grandpa Grandpa! You called him so affectionately but your real Grandpa never gave you any tips! I’m your great-grandmother. Even I tipped you!”

Cherry was stunned. “Huh?”

“What?” Mrs. Hunt said. “Look at your daily rankings. I’m fourth on it! I gave you tens of thousands of dollars for fun but your biological grandfather didn’t come to support you! Hmph. Cherry, haven’t you seen clearly? Even if your surname is Smith, you’re still a child of our family. So be good. Let’s change your surname, okay?”

Nora: “…”

Mrs. Hunt had always had a grudge against Cherry for having the surname Smith. She finally had a chance to tempt Cherry.

Nora chuckled and looked at Cherry. “Listen to your great-grandmother. Return all the money to Grandpa. Yes, and tell him not to give you anything in the future.”

Chapter 803: Too Few Naps!

Cherry blinked. “Okay!”

When Mrs. Hunt heard this, she was stunned. “Wait, what did you say?”

Could it be that…

“Sponsor Grandpa is Grandpa!”

Cherry’s words stunned Mrs. Hunt even more. “Huh?”

Cherry explained word by word, “Grandpa is Sponsor Grandpa, that’s why he gave me so many gifts! Great-grandma, can’t I take anything Grandpa gives me in the future?”

The little girl looked up with a very serious expression. Her face was identical to Pete’s, but it was filled with cunning and intelligence. She tilted her head. “Is that so?”

Mrs. Hunt’s heart skipped a beat.

She was not belittling Ian on purpose. It was just that Cherry was never as close to her as she was to Ian. Even when she called people on the Internet, she called them so affectionately. The way she called him Grandpa was really sweet.

She was her biological great-grandma. How could she not compare to a fake grandfather?

In her panic, she had said those things on purpose to say that Ian did not support her because she wanted Cherry to like her more. However, she did not expect to be slapped in the face!

She immediately said awkwardly, “…Of course not. Ian is your grandfather and your surname is Smith. You can take whatever he gives you.”

“Yay!”

Cherry looked at her happily. “Great-grandma, Grandpa is No. 1 on my rankings. I think you’re right. Although my surname is Smith, I’m also a member of the Hunt's. Therefore, can you reach No. 1 on my rankings too? It doesn’t matter if you can’t reach it, No. 2 is fine too!”

Mrs. Hunt: “!!”

She immediately said, “Of course! I’ll rush to the first rank when I get back!”

With that, Mrs. Hunt stood up and left in a sorry state.

After leaving the villa, Fanny could not help but smile. “Look at you. You always say that you want to hand over the company to Miss Smith, but you just can’t stay idle every time and worry. Actually, Cherry and Nora are much better than we imagined.”

Mrs. Hunt sighed. “The main thing is that Nora was raised in that sorry state of a family. I heard that she never even went to school. When I think of this, I can’t stop worrying. Especially with Cherry. Look, compared to Pete, Cherry is so much worse. She doesn’t even learn well and plays games every day. She’s the same as that brat Chesty. When she grows up, she’ll be useless too. Pete grew up beside Justin, that’s why he’s different.”

At the mention of Justin, Mrs. Hunt became a little melancholic. “If Justin was here, he could still correct Cherry and Xander’s habits. But now that he’s gone, what can Nora do for the children? Can she put the children to sleep every day?”

Fanny sighed silently.

No matter how unwilling Mrs. Hunt was, she still said, “Actually, Nora is very smart. Although she seems lazy, she still became a genius in medicine. If she was more diligent, she might not be that much worse than Justin.”

Fanny nodded. “Miss Smith is indeed smart. Look at how she handled the company’s matters this time. She’s very beautiful. Furthermore, after Miss Smith took over the company, everything in the company remained normal. No accidents happened.”

Mrs. Hunt nodded again.

Then, she said, “Alright, I’m the one who’s overthinking. I keep feeling that she can’t do it but she’s actually very capable. With the Smiths backing her, she won’t need any advice from an old woman in the future! The only thing I can do is get her to wake up every day to exercise and sleep less. Look at her. She sleeps so much, her body will collapse! When a person lies in bed for a long time, their bones turn soft. Tomorrow, we’ll call her for physical training!”

Fanny nodded. “Okay. Mrs. Hunt, you’re stubborn but soft-hearted. You’re clearly worried about Miss Smith’s health but you find so many reasons to hide behind.”

Mrs. Hunt did not speak and followed Fanny forward. “I can’t interfere in her business matters. The only thing I can do is correct her daily life, sigh!”

Fanny echoed, “You did the right thing. Miss Smith is really pitiful. She didn’t have a mother since a young age and grew up in that kind of family. I heard that she was often locked at home when she was young. I guess she only slept because she had nothing to do. After all, sleeping is the best way to kill time. Ian is a father after all. He definitely can’t say that his daughter is lazy, so no one criticized her after her return. Perhaps she doesn’t know that this state is really too decadent.”

Mrs. Hunt nodded again.

Fanny continued, “Fortunately, she met you. You now treat her like your biological granddaughter. I don’t think you care as much about Miss Brenda as you do about Miss Smith!”

The old lady was even more satisfied. “She doesn’t have a mother and the elders in the family can’t interfere. Therefore, there are some things that only I can say…”

As the two of them chatted, they suddenly bumped into a tall woman in a white coat walking over. She was clearly going to Justin’s villa.

Mrs. Hunt stopped in her tracks. “Isn’t this Lily? The one who works with Nora?”

Lily stood still and nodded with a smile. “Hello, Mrs. Hunt!”

Mrs. Hunt frowned. “Why are you here?”

Lily explained, “I’m here to check on Boss.”

Mrs. Hunt instantly felt like she had found a bosom friend. “Yes, go take a look quickly. She looks like she doesn’t have enough energy. Let me tell you, it’s definitely because she sleeps for ten hours a day! This is really…”

She had slept too much, which caused her health to deteriorate. Before she could finish, Lily nodded. “Yes, you’re right! I don’t know what’s wrong with Boss lately. She sleeps for ten hours a day! This is really bad for her health!”

Mrs. Hunt said, “So she should train more. She sleeps too…”

Before she could say the word “too much,” Lily interrupted her indignantly. “Yes, you’re right. She sleeps too little!”

Mrs. Hunt: ??

Chapter 804: I Want to Go Back!

Mrs. Hunt was stunned. Then, she heard Lily continue, “With her physical condition, it’s very bad not to sleep 14 hours a day! I really don’t know which i***t keeps disturbing her every day and doesn’t let her sleep. I’ve already checked, the Hunt Corporation doesn’t have that much work for her, and there are very few things that I arrange for her. Tell me, why is she doing this when she’s free to sleep?”

Mrs. Hunt: ??

She was stunned. She said, “I think eight hours of sleep a day is enough. 14 hours? Isn’t that too much?”

Lily sighed. “Old Madam, an ordinary person would definitely have enough sleep in eight hours, but is Boss a normal person?”

Mrs. Hunt fell silent. Wasn’t she normal?

Then, she heard Lily say, “Her body has been weak ever since she was young. Her IQ is ridiculous. She learns at once, so it’s very draining. Think about it. She’s the last disciple of Dr. Zabe and is the top surgeon, Anti. She knows almost everything about alternative and western medicine. Furthermore, she’s also a hacker. Most people won’t be able to reach her level of hacking in their entire lives but she is already so capable.

How many brain cells have to die every day for these things? I’ve studied it before. Her brain cell reproduction speed is double that of a normal person. Therefore, if she can’t get sufficient sleep, her energy will not be able to keep up and she will become stupid in the future. I really don’t know who has such a grudge against her and wants to harm her?”

Mrs. Hunt: “!!”

She swallowed and said again, “Did you just say that she has extraordinary intelligence?”

“That’s right,” Lily said. “Boss is very smart and has incredible IQ, almost the highest among humans. Otherwise, why do you think Pete is so smart?”

At this point, she thought that Mrs. Hunt might not understand, so she said, “You don’t understand, right? Let me explain to you. Men have XY chromosomes and women have XX. The IQ gene is on the X chromosome. A boy’s Y chromosome is inherited from the father while the X comes entirely from the mother. So Pete’s IQ is inherited from Boss.”

Mrs. Hunt: “!!”

She felt like her worldview had been refreshed again.

In the past, she always felt that Pete was indeed Justin’s son because he was so smart at a young age, but as it turned out, it was because of Nora!

After Lily explained, she said, “Sigh, let’s not talk about this anymore. I’ll go check on Boss first and see if she’s asleep. She hasn’t slept well for a few days. I told her to rest early today.”

With that, Lily left.

After she left, Mrs. Hunt swallowed.

She looked at Fanny in a daze and said, “Did you hear what she just said?”

Fanny: “…I heard her.”

Mrs. Hunt said, “So I’m harming her by not letting her sleep? Is it normal for her to sleep so abnormally? Did I do something bad out of kindness?”

Fanny smiled bitterly. “Seems like it.”

Mrs. Hunt: “…”

–

On a cruise ship.

When Iris and Mrs. Landis were shopping in the luxury store, they saw the waiters in the distance pointing at her. However, when she walked over, those people immediately stopped talking

Iris frowned, not knowing what was going on.

There was no cell phone signal on the cruise. The only thing she could contact the outside world with was the satellite phone. However, Philip was afraid that she would contact Justin, so he had not given her a chance to use the satellite phone.

Recently, Iris’s eyebrows had been twitching.

She glanced at Mrs. Landis. Mrs. Landis understood what was going on. She took a few steps back and Iris entered the luxurious shop beside her. She began to buy things carefully.

She did not have to pay for her purchases, of course. In the end, she would settle the bill with Philip.

Furthermore, this cruise ship belonged to his company. “Wrap this up for me.”

Iris pointed at the luxurious items and said to the staff.

The staff was overjoyed.

They earned commission on how much they could sell. However, the cruise was booked by a single person. They might not make much money from this trip.

Iris was not a person who liked to shop. She only went shopping every day to take a look. It was rare for her to buy so many things today. After Iris finished shopping, Mrs. Landis walked over with a pale face. Her legs were a little weak. It could be seen that something had happened.

Iris held her and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Mrs. Landis stammered. She swallowed and held Iris’s wrist. “Miss, you, you have to hold on. Just now, they said… said that Mr. Hunt is dead.”

Iris was a little confused. “Dead? What do you mean? Also, who’s dead? Herman?”

Mrs. Landis’s eyes turned red as she suddenly cried. “No, it’s Justin. Justin has passed away!”

Iris’s vision turned dark as if she was struck by lightning. For a moment, she felt that the space around her had twisted. She looked at Mrs. Landis in confusion. “Jus- Justin passed away?”

Mrs. Landis cried.

Iris did not cry. Instead, she turned around and walked to the guest room. “I don’t believe you. I want to go back…”