No longer a pushover (Noelle and Cedric)

Not long after Noelle left, Frank returned to his hospital room. He noticed a bouquet of flowers in the trash can right outside his room and asked, "Did someone visit?"

Gordon responded calmly, "No one important. I sent them away so they wouldn't disturb your rest, Mr. Frank."

Xenia took out a thermos and said, "Frank, try the medicinal congee I made. Have I improved?"

Frank took a bite. "Yeah, you've improved a lot. Thank you for the effort, Xenia." But in his heart, he couldn't help but think about the medicinal congee Noelle used to make for him.

He had always enjoyed the care he received from Noelle. However, he had gotten too used to it and taken her for granted. He had been feeling regretful of how poorly he had treated her in the past.

Seeing Frank's distracted expression, Xenia said in a slightly resentful tone, "Frank, did you know? Noelle has been streaming recently."

"She's been earning money by streaming?" Frank felt bad for Noelle.

He thought that she should've been living comfortably without needing to take on part-time jobs, let alonso working so hard streaming. After the live stream industry was complicated... Xenia modded "Yeah, but she's streaming on Firestum, a competitor of Lucas Starlight, Imagine how angry Lucas will be when he finds out!""

Frank replied milly, "Serves hinsight. He's the reason Noelle len!-

Xenia was caught off guard as she didn't expect Frank to react that way.

She had expected him to sale with Lucas and condemn Noelle for joining a tival platfours and acting against the family's interests. She even thought that he might cause trouble for Noelle and force bej to quit live streaming entirely. That was what she had hoped. But Frankcddition the way the hoped he would.

Xema didn't want Noelle topher, she contmund saying "Frank, you're right. But it Noelle works for storm, it's like she's going against the Liddell family. If only she could quir

Frank interrupted enia and said, "Noelle has the freedom to choose whichever platform she wants.

Xenia sam Frank's expression and stopped speaking, fearing that it would annoy Frank. She felt uneasy. Frank had really changed. She had worked so hard just to secure a small place in his heart while Noelle didn't even need to do anything, Frank forgave her anyway. Being related by blood was indeed a significant factor

Luras" washed comment that day was. slap on Xenia's face, wilding her up from her sweet dream. In the end, she wasn't truly part of the Liddell family! She needed to start planning for

Noelle returned to her apartment. The housekeeper aived on time to cook for her. It was only a single serving. It was clear that Cedric and Allied were not coming home to eat After finishing her meal, de lopped into the game to repair her equipment, as Player kill matches were scheduled for later that night

Not long after she logged in, the received a message. It was from Lucas "Who the hell are you?!.

Noelle kaew that it was only a matter of time before Lucas found out the truth. She didn't plan on hiding any longer but didn't see the need to explain herself either. So she ignored the message and starind grinding dungeons alone,

mt, many players knew of her in the rivedumus invitations to jon teams. So, she randomly picked ou

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teain channel. "You have time t

tu prind dungeons but no tione to reply to my messages?" he asked accusatorily.

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elle brand Lingai' voice but didn't bother to respond.

The dinge raid had bepun, and Noelle was fighting monsters almgside her teammates

Low, howeve, kept following her around, persistently asking. "What's you deal? Not satisfied with our terms? What more do you want from us?

was early aroonus. He didn't know what to do for the final if he couldn't recruit suitable teammates by the end of the month

Noelle trommed. Dil Locatinget there were other players on the team? Wasn't he worried about people recognizing who he was?

Soon after, a male voice came through. "Hey, isn't that the leader of Team Luminask? If you want to recruit someone, you should at least be nice about it!" "keow, right?" Instead of recruiting, he sounded more like he was reprimanding." "Ma. Nelly, you should consider joining Team Celestial! I heard they have a good reputation and great perks."

The mention of

Celestial instantly set Lucas off. "She's not allowed to!" He absolutely refused to let that happen.