Norton asked for millions without blushing. This amount of money was not enough for Ryder to buy a few bottles of top-grade red wine, and his laboratory could have high-end technology.
“No money.”
Ryder refused without hesitation.
“Are you kidding!”
Norton couldn’t believe his ears. Ryder had paid a few hundred million yuan for the hospital. Now he asked for tens of millions, and Ryder had no money? Was this still the most reliable and intimate friendship!
“I’m not joking.”
Ryder enjoyed Norton’s exaggerated expression with a smile. He was a person who held grudges, even if it was a trivial matter.
He invested in the hospital for his daughter, Nicole. Just to keep the secret that Nicole could not speak. So, he had to find someone who can trust to treat her.
There was no improvement in these years. In the past two days, Ryder found that since Marina changed her attitude, Nicole became more dependent on her and seemed to be more willing to speak.
In that case, the divorce would be postponed for a while. He would like to see what this woman was up to. As long as his daughter slowly recovered, he could tolerate some of this woman’s problems.
“Are you really going to abandon me for this woman?”
Norton covered his chest with his hand, and his face was full of heartache as if he could not breathe and could faint at any time.
With such skilled acting skills, it was a pity that he not be an actor.
“Your acting is exaggerated.”
Ryder commented with a few words.
Actors have to be close to life, life is like a play, a play is like life, such an exaggerated act, who’d like to watch?
“No, Dr. Norton can be a comedian.”
Marina proposed. Even comedians dressed ugly, they were still popular.
As long as an actor had a bit of fame, it was a high-income profession.
“How about I find a manager for you?”
Ryder thought that what Marina said was a good way to make Norton earn money by himself.
“How dare you, Ryder, you heartless man, you can insult me, but you can’t insult the great profession of a doctor!”
Marina’s and Ryder’s words made Norton speechless.
He had no choice but to ask Ryder for money. His family opposed him becoming a doctor. If he compromised, he could only go home and inherit the huge fortune.
However, dreams are great, he has to work hard and finally get the Nobel Prize! He wants to prove to the world that he is a genius!
Ryder was choked.
Marina was choked too.
Norton was indeed the best friend of Ryder. In short, he is crazy.
After the injection, the family of three left the hospital. After a day, Nicole had fallen asleep in Marina’s arms.
“Nicole will sleep with you tonight. I still have work to do.”
Ryder looked at his watch. It was nine in the evening.
These two days, he was going to take down an international project. The competitor was very strong. It was the Duncan Group in City J, and their president, William, was a big shot that could not be underestimated.
Previously, the Duncan Group had done the Underwater Hotel Project in the south and invested hundreds of millions. Ryder could not reach whether its courage or ability.
Although the Langdon Group had been in the limelight for the past few years, it could not be compared to the Duncan Group, and William was the head of the Duncans. Ryder was different, he was just the illegitimate son of Colin.
Taking down the international project would allow the Duncan Group to take a step further, and within the group, they should also experience a washing of cards. The stubborn old man should retire early.
After Ryder left. Marina made a gesture of victory in her mind. It seemed that she could sleep well tonight.
In the next few days, Nicole would come to Marina for breakfast with the company of the maid.
Nicole was a picky eater. Marina tried to reason with her daughter in a gentle tone.
“Nicole, you are a well-behaved rabbit. A rabbit loves to eat vegetables.”
Marina would do anything to let Nicole eat lettuce.
“A rabbit eats grass.”
Nicole shook her head, showing great resistance to eating vegetables.
“And it also eats vegetables and carrots.”
To make Nicole get nutrition, Marina specially made up a story. Several rabbits were together. The rabbits who didn’t like to eat vegetables were thin and small. In the end, the big gray wolf came. The rabbits couldn’t run away, and the thin ones were eaten by the big gray wolf.
“No, no!”
For the first time, the well-behaved Nicole was disobedient and tried to refuse.
Daddy said that as long as the big gray wolf came, no matter how fast the rabbit ran, it could not escape the big gray wolf’s bloody mouth in the end. Mommy must have lied to her. What Daddy said made sense.
Marina was speechless.
No kids would be well-behaved forever.
The Langdon family valued nutrition and specially hired a nutritionist to prepare meals. Nicole didn’t like to eat vegetables. In the end, she relied on some vitamin pills.
However, Marina always thought that food was better than medicine. Once this habit was developed it would have a great impact on the future.
“In that case, doesn’t Nicole love Mommy? Mommy will make delicious food for Nicole, Okay?”
Marina was helpless. Fortunately, she was an otaku girl in her last life. She usually drew manga in the studio and studied baking when she had time.
“Alright then.”
Nicole thought about it and reluctantly agreed.
Marina squeezed the spinach, made noodles with it, and added the braised pork she made.
His daughter didn’t like to eat vegetables, and she couldn’t force her, so she could only do it step by step.
Nicole’s dinner was very simple. But she enjoyed it.
Vegetables and noodles were not as nutritious as vegetables, but Nicole could eat them, which was a big improvement.
Marina immediately planned the recipe and planned to make soft pumpkin toast for Nicole the next morning.
“Come on, as expected of the daughter of a nouveau riche. Our Miss White, is giving this to Nicole?”
Early the next morning, the second aunt of the Sage family, Bailey Sage, heard the maid say that Nicole did not eat the breakfast made at home so she came to see it. She curled her lips and said disdainfully when she saw the pumpkin toast and milk.
“Marina indeed has no taste at all. How could these poor people’s food be placed at the dining table of the Langdon family!” Bailey thought.
“You are not a maid. What does it have to do with you? It’s none of your business.”
Marina retorted immediately. As long as Ryder is not here, it was easy for her to maintain her pride.
Marie was afraid that others would laugh at her identity as a nouveau riche, so every meal had to be cooked with imported ingredients. It was very luxurious.
Bailey used to laugh at Marina and said that she was very pretentious.
For someone who doesn’t like you, whatever you do is a thorn in her side.
Marina did not care what an outsider said. When she left the Langdon family, Bailey would be a stranger to her. If they met on the street, she would turn around and leave.
Marina was not willing to talk to Bailey, and her attitude was made Bailey even angrier.