Chapter 657



Old Maddy said, “I don’t know why you were chosen, but your mother told us at the time to choose the smartest one. That was because the serum she gave you enhanced one’s genes. Even if it was passed on to the child, your genes would not be changed much if the child was born very smart. So if the serum wasn’t able to do what it was supposed to do, it would become ineffective. I think that’s probably the reason.”

Nora: “…”

So Justin had been chosen for his high IQ?

The corners of Nora’s lips twitched.

But it seemed to her that the answer didn’t seem unacceptable either.

After all, Cherry’s IQ was slightly higher than Pete’s, probably because half of a woman’s genes are inherited from the father.

“So, here’s my last question.”

Nora stared at Old Maddy. “If she had given birth to more children, would the amount of serum distributed to each of them have been reduced, thus making it safer for them?”

If his theory was correct, then he could conclude that she had indeed given birth to triplets!

Her mother must have given her the drug to make triplets so that all three children would share that bit of genetic serum. If so, Xander would be her son!

However, Old Maddy suddenly smiled and replied, “Of course not.”

He sighed and said, “Your mother only injected you with a very low dose of serum in the first place. The number of children you gave birth to didn’t affect anything. You could say that the serum could not bring much harm to the child after passing through your body.”

Nora was stunned.

Why was the answer different from what she had imagined?

She frowned, puzzled as to how things had turned out this way.

As she thought, Old Maddy spoke again. “Besides, your mother once said that the Andersons have genes for twins, so it all depended on your luck. Whether you had twins or only one child, they would all still be your children.”

Nora looked intently at Old Maddy for a long moment. Finally, she lowered her eyes. “I see.”

She left the room to see Lily standing and nodding as she leaned against the wall.

Nora asked, “How long since you’ve slept?”

Lily, who was taller than her, immediately replied, “Twenty hours, I guess.”

Nora uttered an “oh” and then said, “Get some rest.”

Those three words made Lily excited, but unexpectedly, she then heard Nora say, “Once you’ve rested, try to restore Xander’s DNA data as soon as possible.”

Lily: “…”

If she wanted it ‘as soon as possible’, how was she going to get a good rest?

She couldn’t help but complain, “Chief, you are so impractical. Instead of saying that, you’d better raise my salary.”

Nora looked at her curiously. “Do you need a lot of money?”

“Not really~”

Lily blinked and replied, “It’s mainly because it costs quite a bit to keep young people. Besides, that man in question is even your cousin. Chief, how much do the Smith’s give Quentin each month, can we negotiate a little and have them give him a little less in the future? Otherwise, I won’t have enough to keep him as my ‘mistress’!”

Nora: “…”

She patted Lily on the shoulder. Then, she turned and left.

When she returned to the Smith’s house, to her surprise, she found Samuel sitting in the living room. When he saw her, he immediately approached her with an ingratiating smile and said, “Nora, can you talk to Joel about releasing your Great Aunt Sue?”

Nora: “?”

She looked at Joel, only to see him as smiling as ever as he said, “Great Uncle Samuel, what are you saying? Nora has nothing to do with this.”

As he spoke, he shot her a look.

Nora went upstairs immediately. In the hallway, she could still hear Samuel downstairs. He said, “Joel, you can’t do this. Sue made a false report to the police, but it’s been too long now. Shouldn’t you let her out already? I heard you even talked to the police, so she’s having a hard time inside. You can’t treat her like that…”

Joel was still smiling at him. “Uncle Grandpa Samuel, what are you talking about? I don’t understand…”

“Wolf in sheep’s clothing, stop pretending! I know everything!” shouted Samuel angrily.

Joel, however, was still as smiling as ever. “Really? So, what do you know, Great-Uncle Samuel?”.

Nora: “…”

She finally knew how Joel came to be known as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He was very good at frustrating people and making them feel that everything they did was futile.

And in private, he was not only ruthless, but also bloodthirsty.

She was sure that Joel was definitely the one behind Sue’s continued incarceration.

It was like back then…

After Hillary had been incarcerated, she had had a very hard time.

Nora had wanted to punish her at the time, but when she investigated, she discovered that both Karl and Joel had talked to the people inside. This made Hillary’s life inside a living hell. That’s also why they had cheated her in the end at the moment when they gave her a little hope.

Joel might have seemed like a pushover, but he was actually very evil.

Also, after Tanya poisoned Hillary and was falsely accused of murdering her, and her name was subsequently cleared again, someone had exhumed Hillary’s grave.

She was already dead, but her corpse had been taken from the grave and flogged…. One could say that this was revenge for Mia.

The woman who posed as Jill also met a miserable end. She had attempted suicide several times in prison.

It was a shame that Joel wouldn’t let her die after all the evil she had done, so she hadn’t succeeded in killing herself all this time.

Nora went upstairs and ignored what was going on downstairs. Only, after a while, she learned that Samuel had decided to retire from the company’s board of directors and had also voluntarily given up part of his dividends to expand the ancestral graves and repair the Smith ancestral home.

Nora shook her head, sensing that Joel was really someone who did things discreetly and inconspicuously.

However, she didn’t care much about these Smith matters.

After she went upstairs, she posted a missing person’s notice in the online version of a newspaper.

Since she had spent some money on it, the missing person’s notice was published right in that night’s paper.

As long as Charles was still alive, he would probably take the initiative to contact her when he saw the ad, right?

When Nora finished, she leaned against the desk, fingers tapping gently on the desk as she quietly waited for the call.

Old Maddy’s recovery had brought her a little closer to the truth. He had also received a wealth of information earlier in the day.

The mystery of why she would have died if she hadn’t had a baby had finally been solved.

But as she thought about this, she hurriedly got up and approached Pete. Pete, who was writing his homework, sensed her presence. He raised his head and looked at her, “What’s wrong, Mom?”

Nora took his hand and said, “It’s no big deal. Just a routine check of your pulse.”

Pete looked at her quietly, his dark eyes full of trust and love.

This made Nora suddenly think of the split-second look she had seen from Xander when she was at the Hunt mansion earlier that day. There seemed to be a similar pair of innocent eyes looking back at her at the time….

A few hours after the ad was placed in the paper, her phone suddenly rang.

Nora looked: it was an unknown number!

Charles’ call was here!

The mystery of Xander’s birth would finally be revealed!

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