Chapter 396



Was someone following them?

Nora looked back in the rearview mirror: it was full of cars.

Quentin lived up to his identity as a secret forces man. His senses were sharper and keener than even hers. She sensed it too after Quentin mentioned it.

“Can you throw them off?” asked Nora.

“Of course.” Said Quentin triumphantly, “Don’t they know whose car they’re in right now? How dare they follow me? They sure think highly of themselves.”

He scoffed, “I’m the only one who can follow other people in New York. No one can follow me.”

Suddenly, he turned the steering wheel sideways at the stoplight and pulled into a small side road.

Nora looked in the rearview mirror: two black cars clearly looked a little confused because they didn’t expect him to suddenly break the traffic rules and go somewhere else.

However, two other cars soon followed them from the side.

Quentin discovered their presence before she did. He sneered, “Tsk, there seems to be a lot of people interested in Big Sister, Nora! Don’t worry, I’m sure I’ll keep you safe!”

He changed the direction he was going again.

The car went back and forth through the familiar streets of New York. Quentin was very professional. Half an hour later, when he turned onto another side street, there was no longer a car following behind them.

Quentin had obviously thrown them all off successfully.

Quentin looked at her. He looked like he was asking for praise as he asked, “How are you doing?”

He lifted his chin.

Nora gave him a thumbs-up. “Fantastic.”

Quentin couldn’t suppress the smile at the corner of his lips.

His idol was none other than Big Sister. He was too happy to be praised by his idol. He must do even better than this!

As Quentin was cheering up, his phone suddenly rang.

When he answered, Joel’s voice came from the other end. “Where’s Nora?”

Quentin looked at the woman in the back seat. “She’s in the car with me, what’s wrong?”

Joel said, “Come to the hospital right away!”

Quentin: “?”

He asked unconsciously, “Is something wrong with Uncle Ian?”

Joel sighed. “You’ll know when you’re here.”

“Okay.”

Quentin immediately did an immediate 180 and headed for the hospital.

When Nora heard Joel’s call, she knew immediately that something must have happened at the hospital.

When the two arrived at the hospital, sure enough, they saw Joel pacing back and forth nervously in the hallway. Hearing his footsteps, he immediately looked at Nora and said, “Quickly, Nora, get into the operating room and save him!”

Nora entered the operating room immediately.

Only after she entered did Quentin ask, “What happened?”.

Joel replied, “Uncle Ian’s heart suddenly stopped beating. They’re trying to save him now.”

Quentin was stunned. His heart sank.

Honestly, he had never taken Ian’s illness seriously because he had always been sick for as long as he could remember.

Therefore, he hadn’t panicked even when Nora operated on Ian earlier.

But when she heard that Ian had suffered a cardiac arrest, she couldn’t help but go blank. She immediately said, “It’s impossible! It’s impossible for anything to go wrong when H? Nora is the one operating on him!”.

If Nora had only been Anti, Quentin might still have had doubts.

But she was the Big Sister.

She was the famous Big Sister in the martial arts circle. There was no way she would do anything she wasn’t sure about!

Joel looked at him when he heard that.

Based on his understanding of Quentin, Quentin should have already formed doubts about Nora long ago. However, he was so sure of it at that moment….

But this was not the time to dwell on that. He said, “It is Uncle Ian himself who… suddenly pulled the needle out of the IV when he woke up.”

Quentin: “…”

Joel sighed. “Uncle Ian still doesn’t feel like living. He doesn’t want to live anymore.”

Quentin was in such a state of panic that he was spinning in circles. “What should we do, didn’t you tell Uncle Ian that Nora is his daughter?”

Joel said, “That’s precisely why I asked them to come. I hope Nora can find a way to keep him alive.”

Quentin nodded.

It was not known how long it was before the lights in the operating room finally went out.

The doctor in charge then came out and looked at the two of them.

Both Joel and Quentin looked at him hopefully, but instead saw the doctor shake his head.

Joel and Quentin were dumbfounded.

The doctor said, “Anti lives up to her name as a master surgeon. Once again she has pulled the Elder Lord back from the brink of death. He is awake now, but…”

The doctor sighed. “He still doesn’t have the will to live.

He doesn’t have the will to live… even though he’s awake…

Joel panicked. “Didn’t Nora tell him she was his daughter?”

“She did, but it didn’t help.”

The attending physician then stepped back. “You guys… Why don’t you go in to see him one last time?”

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Joel and Ian put on sterile gowns and entered the operating room.

Ian lay down on the bed. The thin man looked like a sheet of paper, which easily showed that he had not been eating well. He was ridiculously thin.

Nora stood beside him, expressionless. Her eyes were full of puzzlement and doubt, as if she couldn’t understand anything. She asked, “Why don’t you want to live, even if it’s for my sake?”

Ian’s voice was very weak. He said faintly, “I’m sorry.”

He coughed and said slowly, “I’m so glad Yvette didn’t betray me…but when I think about her being alone in that lonely world for so long, I feel so bad. I should have realized it sooner. I should have gone to keep her company sooner. Nora…”

He extended a trembling hand toward Nora.

Nora pursed her lips and took his hand. She said, “Please forgive Papa for being so selfish. I’ve been waiting all this time for the truth to come out, waiting to know why he left me then. But now that I finally know, I suddenly feel guilty and blame myself for it. It no longer matters why he did what he did. Back then, no matter why she left, I shouldn’t have doubted her. She must have had reasons she couldn’t tell me. The only thing I could do for her then was to let her go, and now, the only thing I can do for her is to go keep her company…”

He looked at Joel and Quentin who had come in.

Joel and Quentin’s eyes were red. They took a step forward. Ian said to them both, “Joel, Quentin, Nora is my daughter. I am now placing her in your care.”

Joel choked and shouted, “Uncle Ian, you should take care of your daughter yourself!

Ian smiled wryly and said, “I’m tired. I really am. I’ve spent all these years like the walking dead. Leaving is the biggest relief I can get.”

The three young men looked at him blankly.

They were all dumbfounded.

No one, no matter who, had imagined that letting Ian know that Nora was his daughter would be the final straw that would send him to his death.

Nora clenched her fists.

Were they going to be separated by death when they had just been reunited as father and daughter?

No!

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