Chapter 48



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Before I enter the gym, I hear Quinn’s voice from inside: “Stand firm now! Persevere! This is a basic skill. This part right here is what makes us, Quinn School of Martial Arts, better than Irvin School of Martial Arts. Martial arts is not something that can be learned overnight. You have to take the time to lay a solid foundation…”

Nora pushed open the door and walked in to see that ‘Cherry’ had, at some point, changed into a set of men’s sportswear and was practicing his form.

Quinn, who had his back to Nora, was talking to her. He said to her, “Since you are now my disciple, from now on you will have to listen to what I tell you. You must practice this posture for half an hour every morning after you get up. Your mother is too lazy and has always been disobedient since she was a child. You must not imitate her…”

Pete, who was in front of the door and so had seen Nora, was speechless.

He pursed his lips and stood up.

Surprised, Quinn exclaimed, “Why don’t you do it anymore, can’t you hold it in anymore? You…”

Pete interrupted the rest of what he wanted to say before he could finish, “Mom.”

Quinn stiffened. Then he slowly turned to see Nora leaning against the wall. She had her arms crossed nonchalantly and her cat-like eyes slightly upturned as she watched them silently.

Her big boss attitude startled Quinn, who stammered, “Um, little Nora, this…”.

Nora asked lazily, “Elder, did you tempt her with rewards or threaten her with punishments?”

“…No, I didn’t!”

Seeing him answer so confidently, Nora looked back at Pete and asked hesitantly, “Cherry, are you really interested in learning martial arts?”

Pete nodded firmly.

If he learned martial arts, if the tyrant dared to bully Mom in the future, he could protect her and Cherry!

Nora was stunned.

Cherry was similar to her in personality, she was lazy and carefree. What she disliked most was being held down. However, had she taken an interest in martial arts?

Nora, who had always respected the children’s views, agreed after some thought. “Agreed.”

Then she looked at Quinn and said, “I’ll send her here tomorrow at seven o’clock. Man, I’ve got something to do today, so I’ll be back first.”

After speaking, he held out his hand to Pete.

Pete, quite naturally, stepped forward, took her hand and followed her out the door.

Even after the two disappeared from the martial arts gym, Quinn was still stunned.

No, little Nora, that’s not your daughter you just picked up!

He was still in a daze when Cherry, who had just gone to the bathroom, came running up in her princess dress. “Huh? Where’s Pete?”

Quinn was speechless.

Just after Cherry spoke, her cell phone beeped. She picked it up and immediately saw a text message from Pete: “Cherry, I’ve gone home with Mom. Dad will pick you up in the afternoon. We’ll switch back tomorrow.”

She was going to see her handsome dad again.

Cherry jumped up excitedly and grabbed Quinn’s hand as she asked, “Grandpa Quinn, when is Daddy coming to pick me up?”

“…At five o’clock this afternoon.”

“Ah, so I still have two hours left then, what do we do, do you have Barbies here?”

“… No.”

“Can I play, then?”

“No, it’s bad for your eyes.”

Cherry pouted in disappointment and asked, “Grandpa Quinn, doesn’t the Quinn School of Martial Arts have any specialties?”

Old Man Quinn, who was puzzled, suddenly thought of something and replied, “Oh, we do have that!”.

So, at five o’clock that afternoon, Justin personally went to pick up his son.

His handsome countenance was calm at the time. The Quinn School of Martial Arts style was masculine and dominant. Surely he would later see his son drenched in stinky sweat all over the place like a little boy, right?

With that in mind, he walked into the school. He immediately saw a group of disciples dressed in white sportswear training in the compound.

Next to them, her son was wearing a white princess dress and pointing at one of them with his eyes lit up. “Grandpa Quinn, Mr. No. 5 is the most handsome! But Mr. No. 9 is also very handsome. Who should I choose? I’m really worried.”

Justin was puzzled.

He snapped.

At that moment, Nora had not yet arrived home. Instead, she was at the Guardian Pharmacy, an herb and drug store in New York. She was holding a scale and choosing herbs from a box.

“Atractylodes lancea, wolfberry, chrysanthemum, cornus, rehmannia, dendrobium…”

After Nora adjusted the proportions of the herbs, she handed them to the pharmacist and said, “Please use these to make some pills for internal consumption. The ones now are for making ointments for external use. I will come and pick them up tomorrow.”

The pharmacist, with a big smile on his face, replied, “Of course, no problem!”.

The customer was quite generous, so, of course, I was willing to do her such a trivial favor as this!

After that, Nora drove Pete home.

She had been too tired after coming home the day before, so she didn’t pay much attention to Elder Mrs. Anderson’s eyes. However, after waking up today, she had checked her pulse and had also carefully observed her eyes. He discovered that the cause of the old lady’s loss of vision was that her eyes had received too much strain at that time, which had resulted in loss of vision due to optic nerve damage.

There was no need for surgery. They just had to be cared for to make them healthy again.

With the help of a GPS navigator, Nora drove to the Anderson Villa. Before entering, she saw Melissa at the door. She was wearing a knit dress, looking elegant and dignified. When she saw her car, her eyebrows furrowed in concern.

Only when she parked the car at the villa, Nora saw a luxurious Lincoln that was also parked there: it was obvious that a distinguished guest was visiting.

When she got out of the car, Melissa was quick to say, “Nora, your second aunt heard you were here and came to take a look.”

Elder Mrs. Anderson had two daughters and a son.

Nora’s mother was the eldest, while Simon was the third son. In the middle was her second daughter, Sheena Anderson.

Nora nodded. She was about to take Pete with her and go into the house when Melissa grabbed her wrist and said apologetically, “He has a foul mouth, so don’t take what he says to heart.”

Nora was taken aback for a moment.

She could vaguely hear an arrogant voice coming through the door, “…but in the end she married such a man. Her daughter even grew up in a place like California and has never gone through higher education…. Mom, you always say I’m not as good as her, but look at us now. In the end, it’s me the Andersons need, isn’t it?”

Mrs. Anderson scolded her. “How can you say things like that? Regardless of whether Nora is outstanding or not, she’s your older sister’s daughter! She’s part of the Andersons.”

“Don’t bother saying things like that. It was thanks to a lot of hard work that the Andersons’ reputation has gradually improved over the years. You’d better keep a close eye on her, lest she do something embarrassing and embarrass the Andersons!”

Melissa coughed by way of reminder to those inside. Then she yelled, “Mom, Sheena, Nora’s back!”

Only then did Nora enter. She immediately saw an attractive Simon-like woman sitting pompously on the couch.

Sheena was 46 years old this year, but instead looked to be in her 30s. She wore a professional suit and exuded all the charm of a mature woman. Compared to Melissa’s grace, she seemed more bossy.

After Nora walked in, her gaze landed on Pete immediately and she asked disdainfully, “So that’s your daughter? She must be five this year, right? Can she play the piano? Can she dance? Can she do calligraphy? Does she attend Math Olympiad classes? What kind of interest classes does she attend?”

Pete, who had received an elite education since he was a baby, was puzzled.

Who was he belittling?

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