"Err, Nancy. Why... did you co?"
Joanna panicked a bit. She wanted to cover her leg injury.
"Stop covering that. You make so worried!"
Nancy hugged Joanna and started crying violently. "I know what silly things you did. How silly you are! You jumped into the river for an unworthy man. Have you ever thought about your two kids, Mr. Pierce and even ? If anything happens to you, I won’t be able to answer for it even if I pay a heavy price!"
"I’m sorry, Nancy. I was impulsive, so I didn’t think so far. Don’t worry. I’m all right. It’s nothing serious. It’ll cure in two days. It’s just a minor affair!"
Joanna patted her chest in a carefree manner.
"That’s no minor affair! That’s the river around the city, and it’s so high. There are jagged rocks at the bottom, and if you aren’t careful, you could be smashed into mush. You would have regretted it very much then!"
"Okay, got it. I won’t be so impulsive now. After all, I’m your adorable kid. I want to listen to you."
After that, she made funny faces at Nancy, just like what she did during her childhood. At last, she made Nancy laugh.
"But how did you learn about this?"
Joanna always held back unpleasant news. Of course, she would keep this affair a secret and never expose it to her family so they would not be worried.
"The guy nad Jovan told ."
When Nancy ntioned the Moran family, her face sank imdiately. She was full of despise for them. "He told that you jumped into the river to save Ace, and you were on the verge of dying. He asked to co to this ward to you so I can take good care of you. I found he isn’t a good man from what he said."
"Yes, he’s indeed not a good man. Just ignore him from now on."
When Joanna found that she could no longer keep it a secret, she had no choice but to tell Nancy the truth, including how Susan and Seraphine plotted against her and how she escaped danger before she dived into the river.
"Nancy, you ca in ti. I want to ask if you have any idea what The Albus Order is. Why did those people claim that mber after they saw the herbal sachet you sewed for ? Not only did they let go, but they vowed to work for ."
"Er, that..."
Nancy averted her gaze as if she found it hard to broach.
"Just tell . You’ve been working for for so many years, and you’re even the nanny Grandma purposely appointed for . You’re like my second parent. You don’t have to hide anything from ."
Joanna could tell that Nancy found it difficult to broach, so she tried her best to eliminate her psychological pressure.
"Alas, Miss Joan, it’s not that I want to keep it a secret, but this affair is a bit embarrassing. Before my grandfather died, he asked not to get involved in it. In short, I’ve got to bla myself. Why didn’t I sew another pattern instead of the symbol of The Albus Order..."
Nancy’s words made Joanna more curious.
"So, you do know about The Albus Order, so... is your grandfather the leader of The Albus Order?"
Joanna had long heard from her mother that Nancy was born into a dical family. Nancy’s great- grandfather was exceptionally good at dical skills. So, Nancy followed his family’s steps and was good at curing difficult diseases.
When she was pregnant with Adie and Abby, her body beca quite weak, so she had the risk of a miscarriage. She relied on Nancy’s dicine solely to protect her children well until she was able to give birth to them.
"No, that’s not so."
She heaved a long sigh and said slowly, "The leader of The Albus Order is my father instead of my grandfather, but he had long been driven out of the Middleton family. My grandpa even announced to the public that my father was dead, but he is in fact leading a secluded life. He no longer cares about worldly affairs, but The Albus Order he founded is very famous in the world. It also saved a lot of seriously ill people."
"What? Your father is the leader of The Albus Order?"
Joanna widened her eyes in deep amazent.
Joanna knew little about The Albus Order, but she heard that it was a mysterious organization that enjoyed a strangely high status in the dical world.
Many patients who failed to be cured by conventional dical science would recover at last as long as they gained the treatnt from The Albus Order.
Besides, the leader of The Albus Order generally would not appear. If he did, it would be an extraordinary case. He was best at snatching back souls from the Grim Reaper. His exceptional dical skills could only be explained with taphysics.
It was rumored that the leader of The Albus Order would not easily treat a patient. He did not even take in disciples or ask about worldly affairs. He was even said to be no longer alive.
Unexpectedly, Nancy’s biological father was such a famous and magical figure. Well, what a great coincidence!
"Nancy, you’re very aweso. Your father is so excellent. No wonder your dical skills are so exceptional. It’s a waste of your talent to let you be my subordinate all this while. I’m sure you’ll inherit The Albus Order in the future, right?"
Joanna looked at Nancy in admiration as if she was looking up to an outstanding physician descended from heaven.
At the sa ti, she sighed secretly for wasting such a great talent. She made the daughter of an exceptional physician be her servant for so many years and deal with nothing but trifles. What a sin!
However, Nancy appeared fearful. She held Joanna’s hand and said agitatedly, "Miss Pierce, what do you an? Did I do sothing bad? Why are you trying to drive away? Please don’t drive away. Madam Pierce saved my family. Grandpa told since I was young that my mission is to
protect the Pierces. I’m used to taking care of you. If you want to get rid of , I... I can only kill myself as a form of apology."
"Uhh, you got wrong, Nancy. I feel that you must have a more important mission, given your status as the daughter of an exceptional physician. It’s a waste of your talent to make you take care of Adie, Abby, and . At the end of the day, you’ll have to inherit your father’s business as well as The Albus Order. So, your life will be worth living."
"That’s not true."
Nancy said resolutely, "He and I are different. He’s been driven out of the Middleton family. So, regardless of how big his organization grows and how high a status it enjoys in the world, it has nothing to do with . I’ve cut off my relationship with him forty years ago. I don’t see him as my father, and I never want to see him again."
"Nancy, don’t be mad."
It was the first ti she was seeing the gentle and kind Nancy get so angry. Her aloofness made it seem as if she was not talking about her father but her sworn enemy. So, Joanna naturally did not force Nancy anymore. She hurriedly comforted her instead. "I want you to stay with my kids and for the rest of our lives if you don’t want to leave. I’ve long regarded you as my closest family."
"Miss Joan, thank you. My family was once glorious, but I’m the only one left now. My fate is almost the sa as yours, but... the person who nearly exterminated my family was none other than my own father. So, I vowed never to contact him or have anything to do with him for the rest of my life!"
When Nancy reached that point, she revealed a painful expression. Her slightly aging body shuddered slightly.
However, Joanna was filled with more shock. "Exterminate?"
"Yes, extermination. Even our dogs got implicated."
Nancy nodded and didn’t want to recall much. She sobbed and said, "I don’t want to ntion this affair again because it tortured for too many years. Miss Pierce, I hope you can understand."
"Of course!"
Joanna knew more than anyone else how excruciating and desperate it was to see one’s family getting ruined before their own eyes. Nancy hid that scar for almost forty years. The wound had stopped hurting so bad, and if Joanna wanted to expose it again, it would be too cruel.
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