LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 190 - Miranda's Backstory
Chapter 190: Miranda’s Backstory
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Clarence was only momentarily distracted before instantly calming down.
He started treating Miranda.
“You have a few contusions and bruises that need to be tended to, or you’ll be left with an ugly black scar there. It’ll be a sore sight in the future.
“I’ll bring you a basin of hot water. Apply it yourself to promote blood circulation and discourage stasis.
“You’ll probably suffer from insomnia and have vivid dreams whenever you do manage to sleep. You’ll also have some endocrine disorders for some time.
“You’ll also be mentally exhausted after what’s happened today. You need to rest for a couple of days. Don’t go to work in the meantime.
“Just rest at home,” Clarence said as he examined Miranda.
Miranda nodded. “Okay, I’ll do whatever you say.”
Clarence went out and brought in a basin of hot water.
He handed Miranda a towel. “Apply it on your bruises.”
Miranda wanted Clarence to help her because she had trouble moving. “Help me do it. It’s quite inconvenient for me to do.
“And I can’t feel my back, for some reason.”
“Your back?” Clarence frowned.
He pulled Miranda’s clothes open. The corners of his eyes twitched when he saw a giant footprint on her back.
The mark had become a blackish purple. The area was severely bruised.
Then, Clarence remembered that Master Dunn had kicked Miranda during that critical moment.
The entire chunk of flesh here was close to being ruined!
Clarence reached out to touch the flesh. “Does it hurt?”
Miranda shook her head. “I feel nothing.
“What’s wrong with it?” she asked.
Clarence sighed. “Remember Master Dunn’s kick? He ruined a whole chunk of your flesh with that kick. The nerves here are dead.
“It won’t be long before the flesh starts rotting.”
“Huh?”
Miranda screamed and nervously grabbed Clarence. “It’s not going to leave a scar, is it?
“You’re an amazing doctor. You must help me.”
Clarence placed his hand on the back of Miranda’s hand. “Don’t worry. I’ll try my best to help you.”
Then, he took the necklace with a cross, held it in his hand, and unleashed a green glow that covered the rotten flesh on Miranda’s back.
The rotten flesh slowly turned from a blackish purple to a blackish blue.
Clarence reached out and poked it.
“Ah… Ouch…”
Miranda broke out in cold sweat due to the pain. She flung herself into Clarence’s arms, hugging him.
Clarence smiled. “If you can feel it hurting, it means your nerves are still working.
“Rest for a few days, and you’ll be alright once the bruises heal.”
However, Miranda did not let go of Clarence. She just continued hugging him.
The atmosphere in the room was a little amorous.
“Ahem.” Clarence broke the silence with a dry cough. “You’re alright now. Patients are waiting outside. You can rest here while I go tend to the others.”
With that said, Clarence pushed Miranda aside and walked out of the room.
Miranda bit her red lip. “How unromantic.”
She dressed in silence and walked out of the room. Then, she left Thirteen Hall when she saw Clarence treating another patient.
Master Williams looked at Clarence. “Master Howard, are you just going to let her go?”
“What else do you think I should do?”
Master Williams laughed. “Master Howard, you should remarry Miranda if you still like her.
“I watched her grow up. She’s unlike Belle and Melody because Peony adopted her.”
Clarence froze. “What?
“Peony adopted Miranda?”
Master Williams lowered his voice. “One night 23 years ago, Peony suddenly brought home a baby girl.
“I was still working at the Humanity Hall in Beth City at the time.
“A few days later, Armstrong did something to offend the Murphy family, so he was sent from Beth City to Mediterranean City.
“Belle, Melody, and Miranda, who had just been brought home, were all taken to Mediterranean City together.”
Master Williams sighed. “You can see it from the way Peony treats her. She just wants to trade Miranda for money and status. She doesn’t even think of her as her own daughter.
“Belle and Melody are awful, yet they own a majority of the Murphy Group’s shares.
“Murphy Group is worth over two billion dollars, yet the two daughters and two sons-in-law divided billions of dollars between themselves!
“What did Miranda get? A company worth less than fifty million dollars.”
Master Williams shook his head, a look of regret on his face. “It’s too noticeable of a difference.
“The child has always been filial since she was little. I think of her as a granddaughter.
“Oh…”
He let out a long sigh.
Clarence fell into a trance too. It turned out that he and Miranda both shared similar experiences.
Both had been abandoned when they were little!
However, Miranda was adopted by the Murphy family, while he had to go to an orphanage.
Clarence laughed drily at the thought of it.
Ring… Suddenly, Clarence’s phone rang. It was a number that had been on his contact list for years. He had never called it before, but he sent it messages during the holidays.
“Clarence, where are you?
“How have you been?” a youthful and lively voice asked.
Clarence froze. “Hailey?
“How did you find the time to call me?”
The girl on the other end of the line was Hailey Lester.
They had grown up in the orphanage together.
Because they were orphans, she had cherished the opportunity she was given to study.
Besides Clarence, nearly all the children there had gotten into college.
Hailey was one of them.
After her college entrance examination, she did not study in a local college. She went abroad.
Clarence remembered the night they had seen Hailey off. Everyone toasted her congratulations.
Six or seven years had gone by in a flash.
“Hi, have you forgotten? It’s the third year anniversary of the death of our orphanage’s director, and everyone’s coming to pay their respects.
“It’s all in the Whatsapp group. Haven’t you read it?” asked Hailey.
Clarence smacked his head.
He had been so busy these days that he had completely forgotten about it.
He opened the Whatsapp group and looked through it. Sure enough, he found conversations in the rarely-active Whatsapp group where everyone was talking about a trip to the cemetery together to pay their respects to the orphanage director.
Clarence laughed and asked, “Did you come back from abroad for this?”
Hailey shook her head. “No. Being abroad is great and all, but it’s not home.
“I wanted to come back for my career, and Mediterranean City’s a good place, so I came back to check it out.
“If I manage to find a good job, I’ll stay here in Mediterranean City.
“Where are you? I’ll go and pick you up. Everyone’s having dinner together tonight. We’ll head to the cemetery to pay the orphanage director our respects tomorrow.
“By the way, didn’t you get into a matrilocal marriage? Can you go out at night? Your wife won’t object, will she?” Hailey was a little worried.
Clarence smiled faintly. “Hailey, I’m divorced.”
“Huh?”
Hailey shouted, quickly apologizing, “Sorry, I didn’t know.”
“It’s okay. It’s all over.” Clarence seemed carefree.
Hailey was puzzled. “Sorry for being nosy, but why did you get divorced?”
Clarence shrugged. “Irreconcilable differences. What else could it be? It’s a good thing to be divorced. I’m happy.
“Pfft…”
Hailey smiled. “Well, that’s a good point. You can’t be happy in a matrilocal marriage anyway.
“I’ll introduce you to some friends later. They’re all beautiful.
“If you can conquer one, maybe we can get closer too.”
Clarence snapped, “Do you think so highly of me? Are you just throwing your friends at the wall that is me and seeing which one will stick?”
Hailey did not deny it. “What wall? You were smart. If it hadn’t been for Sophie’s incident, you would have gotten into college and probably done better than I’m doing now.
“Anyway, let’s stop talking about that. Where are you?
“I’ll pick you up, and we’ll all get together tonight.”
Clarence gave her Thirteen Hall’s address.
About half an hour later, a BMW X5 pulled up to Thirteen Hall’s door and honked.
Clarence stepped out, and a beautiful woman rushed out of the car to give Clarence a big hug. “Clary, I missed you so much.”
She was beautiful and fair.
She was also young and vivacious, and had long legs…
Her looks could kill!