Chapter 290: A Strange Madman~


    Chapter 290: A Strange Madman~


    Nora’s pupils shrank upon hearing what he said, and she looked at him abruptly.


    It waspletely impossible to make out the man’s facial features, and his entire self looked rather


    savage and terrifying. The skin around his eyes was all burned, so he had only two dark holes to see


    with.


    Ordinary people would surely be shocked at his appearance.


    However, Nora had seen much scarier things on the operating table, so she merely raised her


    eyebrows calmly and asked, “Why do you say that?”


    The man tilted his head. As though he was crazy, he replied, “Because you don’t look like Ryan! You


    look like Ian!”


    Nora: “…”


    Her looks mostly took after her mother, so she only slightly resembled Ian. Moreover, it was said that


    the slight resemnce also looked very much like Ryan.


    Besides, even if Ian was her uncle, it was normal that they would resemble each other a little.


    Just as she was about to say something, the man jumped and eximed, “Haha! You are Ian’s


    daughter! Ian has a daughter now! The Smiths also have a daughter now! This is awesome…”


    Nora was about to speak again when the butler in charge of the Smiths’ external affairs rushed in with


    a few men. He let out a sigh of relief upon seeing him. “I finally found you!”


    He rushed over, and a few security guards held the man down.


    The external butler looked at Nora nervously. “He didn’t offend you, did he, Ms. Smith?”


    Nora: “?”


    The puzzled woman asked, “He is?”


    The butler sighed. “He’s a madman, we all call him Old Maddy. A few years ago, he came to our door


    to beg, and we simply couldn’t drive him away, no matter what we did. He just kept staying outside


    stubbornly. If we called the police, he just came back again every time the police took him away. He


    even asked for delicious food. In the end, the old sir told us to let him stay and give him some food, and


    just take it that we’re doing a good deed. We arranged for him to stay in a small house in the yard, but


    for some reason, when he heard today that a new youngdy of the Smiths hase, he started to


    shout excitedly that the old sir has a daughter now, and broke in. He has always been well-behaved


    and has never given anyone trouble all these years, so I didn’t think that he would suddenly go crazy


    and run up to your door. I’m really sorry.”


    Nora waved. “It’s fine.”


    She looked again at the madman that had been held down. As the skin on his face was all burned, one


    couldn’t tell what he looked like or how old he was. Judging from the wrinkles on his hands, however,


    the man was likely quite advanced in age and was at least fifty years old.


    As she walked toward the lower floor with the butler, she asked, “What is his background?”


    The butler replied, “He’s just a beggar. The ID card we found on him stated that he’s from a small town


    near the mountains. A huge fire burned down his home, so he came out to beg when he had no way


    out… The old sir said that he definitely wouldn’t have taken him in if he were mentally sound—after all,


    he’s physically able to make a living for himself—but since he is in this state, then it was alright.”


    Nora looked at the madman again while listening to the butler.


    The man’s hair was dirty, and he looked like he hadn’t had a bath in a very long while. Although his


    clothes were intact and didn’t have any patches, they were also dirty and covered in dust and dirt.


    One could tell that the Smiths hadn’t abused him. It was just that he was mentally ill, so he was dirtier


    than ordinary people.


    Perhaps because he sensed her disdain, the butler exined, “He has burns on his body, so his skin


    has always been in poor condition. It’s very ufortable for him if he takes a hot bath, so he runs off


    and kicks up a fuss as soon as we give him a bath. As a result, we only give him a bath once a month.


    It’s also mainly because he usually lives in an empty small house in the yard, and doesn’t meet with


    anyone.”


    Nora nodded.


    The butler asked the security guards to take him away. Even when they had walked a distance away,


    she could still hear the butler threatening him. “If you run in there again, I’ll kick you out! And I won’t


    give you burgers anymore! You hear me?”


    “Burgers! Burgers! I wanna eat burgers!”


    The madman jumped around and followed the few of them.


    Nora narrowed her eyes.


    Then, she shook her head and paid no further attention to the matter. She turned and walked into the


    living room.


    Warren and Maureen were both on the sofa. Their necks were craned as they looked at the door


    anxiously. Obviously, they were also waiting for Brandon to return from school.


    Although the boy was all brawn and no brains, he was born into a rather blissful family.


    While Nora was thinking about it, Maureen saw her. She waved at once and called out, “Nora! Let’s go


    downstairs and have dinner together?”


    Nora shook her head. “I’m waiting for Cherry, we’re going out for dinner.”


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    Maureen suddenly winked at her. “With Mr. Hunt?”


    “Yeah.”


    After Nora answered her, Warren gave the crayfish and pasta tes in front of him a small push and


    snorted. “Are the Smiths unable to feed you? Do you have to go out for meals every day? Or are the


    Smiths giving you too little pocket money that you have to get Justin to treat you to meals? Are the


    Hunts’ meals better than the food at home?!”


    Nora: “??”


    She raised her eyebrows, but before she could speak, someone had smacked Warren on his head.


    Maureen chastised him angrily, “Can’t you speak properly?”


    Warren rubbed his head and red at Maureen. “What are you doing?”


    Maureen ignored him and looked at Nora instead. “Don’t mind him, Nora. He’s in a panic and in a bad


    mood because a game developed by thepany has a major bug that can’t be fixed, that’s why he’s


    talking as if he has just eaten a whole load of gunpowder. Just ignore him. He actually does care about


    you. He bought the crayfish and pasta for you.”


    Nora: “?”


    Warren looked as if he wanted to explode, though. He said, “Who says I bought it for her? You’re


    obviously the one who likes it, so why are you saying so much?”


    “… Okay, okay. I’m the one who likes it, okay?” said Maureen.


    She sneered, “I wonder who it was that saw her eating crayfish so happily yesterday and traveled a


    long way to buy the best crayfish in New York!”


    Nora: “!!”


    She tilted her head to the side and thought about it. She had indeed eaten crayfish and pasta the day


    before, but this didn’t mean that she liked eating them!


    Why was Warren behaving so strangely?!


    Warren snorted and continued to hold hisptop. He stared at the programming code on the screen


    and muttered to himself, “It doesn’t look like there’s a problem, so why is there a bug?”


    Maureen said, “What would someone like you who only knows a little about programming know? You


    might as well leave it to a professional to solve it!”


    Warren snorted. “Don’t you think I’ve already done that? There are so many technicians in the


    company, but they still haven’t found it even after searching for a whole day and night! Our game has


    only justunched. If this continues for one more day, all of our users are gonna disappear!”


    Nora subconsciously nced at hisputer.


    Warren, who caught her action, sneered, “What are you looking at? Can you even understand what this


    is?”


    The corners of Nora’s lips spasmed and she answered earnestly, “I… do understand what it is..”