Chapter 789



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At seven o’clock in the morning, Elder Mrs. Hunt woke Nora up.

Had it been earlier, she would have lost her temper long ago; after all, she had always been very grumpy just after waking up. Now, however, as upset as she was, seeing Elder Mrs. Hunt’s aged appearance and how she had become even less animated than before, she could only get out of bed quietly.

Then, under Elderly Mrs. Hunt’s supervision, she would go for a run.

Beside her, Elder Mrs. Hunt would say, “You can stop as soon as you start to sweat. If you don’t, you have to keep running until it’s eight o’clock. Only then will you look more energetic. It’s obvious from the listless look you have all the time that you’re not getting enough exercise.”

Nora let out a big yawn, her eyelids so heavy she could barely lift them.

Elderly Mrs. Hunt still stood where she was and said, “Can you open your eyes? How else are you going to be able to intimidate and keep those Hunt Corporation people at bay? They are all waiting to laugh at you today.”

Nora yawned again.

Elder Mrs. Hunt was even more distressed to see her yawning nonstop. She couldn’t help but say to Fanny, “Justin had always been self-disciplined. He went to bed at eleven every night and was up at five for exercise. How on earth did he fall in love with a lazy woman like her?”

Fanny sighed. “He speaks of her with such disdain, and yet he always encourages her by his actions!”

Elder Mrs. Hunt said, “Of course I have to encourage her! Otherwise, what if she rebels? If only for Pete’s sake, I have to instill in her a sense of belonging to the Hunts!”

Fanny did not speak.

Elder Mrs. Hunt then said, “I wonder if she will remarry, and if she does, will she be willing to be buried next to Justin after her death? Justin would be too lonely if he was left alone…. It’s all my fault. In the past, I had thought that my being strong would be enough…”

It was only when someone was gone that others realized that it didn’t matter what they did, as long as they were still alive.

Often, people only learned to value what they had after they had lost it.

It was as if parents wanted their children to be good at school, but once their children’s health deteriorated, they realized that their children’s health and happiness was what mattered most in life.

The same was true for Elder Mrs. Hunt with Justin.

When Fanny heard what he said, she let out another silent sigh.

Justin’s departure had come as too great a blow to Mrs. Hunt, causing even a competitive woman like her to become much more relaxed.

In the past, she would have demanded a lot from Nora, but now she demanded only one thing of her, and that was… to look more energetic and keep up appearances….

Fanny shook her head and looked straight ahead again.

What came into her view, however, was Nora trotting along at a speed neither too fast nor too slow and controlling the pace. However, she had already been jogging for half an hour. A normal young woman would probably be sweating profusely by now, yet she didn’t even break a sweat.

“All right, that’s enough.”

Half an hour later, seeing Nora’s pale face, Elder Lady Hunt stopped the workout. In the end, she couldn’t bear to push her too hard, for fear that the sudden training load would be too much and end up overwhelming her.

Then she said, “Increase the duration little by little each day, doing so much all at once won’t work. Look how pale you have become, your complexion is almost transparent! Do you feel dizzy? Let’s go back and eat a little! Your health is too poor.”

Nora: “?”

I had just been warming up!

Has she finished already?

The old woman was too easy to please.

When Nora thought that, she yawned again.

Her complexion had become even paler because of her drowsiness, so the old woman fed her a lot of nutritious food for breakfast. She told her, “You are too lazy. If you stay lazy like this all the time, your body will become weak. Eat more and exercise more from now on, okay?”

Nora: “…”

After finishing with lunch, Nora got up to go to the office.

She had barely left the house when Elder Mrs. Hunt suddenly stood up.

“Where are you going?” asked Fanny.

Elder Mrs. Hunt looked down and said, “To the office. Today is the last day of the three-day period you mentioned. The outsiders aren’t the only ones paying attention; some of the Hunt Corporation veterans are paying even more attention than they are. So I’m going there to support her.”

Elder Mrs. Hunt knew very well that the people who were in the company were either capable or loyal to Justin.

However, it was precisely these people who would make things difficult for Nora.

Of course, Elder Mrs. Hunt would never be fooled or blinded by rumors and hearsay from the outside. She knew very well that the Hunt Corporation and the Smith Corporation had always been in a win-win situation.

Only with competition between the two would there be pressure for the companies to grow. It was also the foundation that both companies needed to survive and remain leaders in business.

It was a kind of commercial equilibrium. If one of them established a monopoly, it would be easy for them to become arrogant, which would lead them to become blinded and not see the forest for the trees. If that happened, the company would be at even greater risk.

Fanny said, “Okay.”

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On the Smiths.

Joel got up early in the morning and went downstairs. Tanya asked him, “Why are you going out so early today?”.

Joel replied, “The market opens at nine. Once it opens, gold prices will also be set. I suspect the Hunts will take advantage of this to make things difficult for Nora, so I’m going to go and back her up.”

Hearing this, Tanya immediately grabbed Joel’s arm and said, “I’ll go with you! Let’s support Nora together.” Joel nodded. “Yes.”

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At the Anderson’s.

Simon was counting their savings. Melissa sighed. “Elder Mrs. Hunt could give you $80 million so easily, and so could the Smiths. Once upon a time, our family was considered well-to-do too, so why are we so poor compared to them?”

Simon sighed as well. “Yes, I know, right?”

As the two of them complained, Logan entered the room and took out a check. “This is a check for $30 million, why don’t you give it to them?”

As soon as he said that, Simon and Melissa looked at him. “Logan, have you started running again?”

When Logan suffered his leg injury earlier, many doctors had said it would be very difficult for him to heal completely. However, Nora had subsequently healed him, so he had continued racing.

Logan was now the best car racer in America in standard car racing!

Despite this, Logan was still working hard to improve his skills. When someone would ask him about it, he would always say, “…Compared to her, I’m still a long way from her level!”.

Logan nodded. “I wonder if this will be enough.”

Simon said, “With our added money, it should be enough to make up the losses this time. Surely you won’t have a loss of $65 million, right? Melissa, what do you have in mind?”

Melissa replied, “I suddenly feel that we may not have to send you the money.”

Simon was taken aback. “Why?”

Since Melissa had married him, he had always given everything for the family. Had he suddenly become selfish?

Yet Simon understood, too. Life had not been easy for his wife all these years.

As soon as the idea formed in her mind, Melissa said, “I suddenly thought of the last time Nora invested in stock for me. It was also a steady loss at first, but I made money in the end.”

As soon as she said that, Simon laughed and said, “You invested in stocks then, this time it’s different. The gold price has been going down for two months in a row, it’s impossible for it to go up all at once…”

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