The Unveiling of Secret Queen

Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Amadeus Certainly Won’t Be Jealous_1

Freddy Cagwin was utterly confused, his aura of a worldly young man weakened significantly, his gaze fixed on her face as if he had seen a ghost.

”You... went to school?”

The way he said it felt as absurd as hearing about a comet crashing into Earth!

Nathalie Quinlan seriously retorted, ”Can’t I go to school?”

Freddy Cagwin didn’t know how to respond.

Whether Nathalie Quinlan could go to school or not was not the issue, given her age, Nathalie Quinlan certainly could. But he knew of her unusual relationship with Pinecone Group and, moreover, she had medical skills... her connections were extensive enough to alarm anyone...

For example, his father had been in City Hospital for so long, seemingly staying in an ordinary four-person ward on the 6th floor of South Garden, yet coincidentally no new patient had been admitted for a whole year, essentially giving his father a private room!

The private wards in City Hospital were only for those with enough money and connections to afford them.

Not only did Nathalie Quinlan manage to get his father a room, but she also transformed an ordinary ward into a private one.

The network of connections involved is beyond a simple explanation; she is like an enigma, and he had only begun to grasp a fraction of it.

Now he’s being told that such a person is going to attend high school with him, and even become his classmate, this feeling... Freddy Cagwin thought about it, and for some reason, he imagined a lion crammed into a cat’s kennel.

...

Not far away, Alfred Garland and Amadeus Yancey had asked the nurse’s station for Nathalie Quinlan’s location on the 6th floor.

As they made their way there, they immediately spotted the girl who stood out from the crowd at the end of the corridor.

She had an air of banditry about her.

Even in the dark, they could recognize her at first glance.

But who was the boy next to Ms. Quinlan?

Alfred Garland swiftly glanced at his master Amadeus’ face color, which seemed alright; he looked not angry, though the blood in his eyes appeared darker, and the Buddhist beads on his wrist seemed close to snapping...

Amadeus, surely he isn’t jealous, right?

Hmm, his master Amadeus would definitely not be jealous over such a trifle!

...

In the corridor.

After ten minutes of pondering, Freddy Cagwin finally figured it out.

”If you can find a way for me to go back to school, I will listen to you and return,” he said.

”Figured it out?”

Nathalie Quinlan was a bit lazy and lethargic; she didn’t like meddling in others’ affairs, let alone managing troublesome children. However, she couldn’t ignore Freddy Cagwin.

”Once you’ve decided, and I help you get back, you must study hard and get into a top university. You can’t entertain the idea of joining the underworld again, or I won’t be as amenable as before. If I can’t manage you, I’ll have to find other ways. In my view, disobedient children need to be spanked; after a few spankings, once they listen, they become much easier to manage!”

If he got involved with the underworld again, did she mean she plans to have someone beat him up?

Freddy Cagwin felt both amused and depressed as he nodded solemnly, ”A promise from a man is worth more than any steed—once spoken, it cannot be retracted.”

Temporarily trusting him, Nathalie Quinlan caught a glimpse of Amadeus Yancey and Alfred Garland in the corner of her eye and turned back to him, ”I have something to deal with, so I won’t return later. Please let Aunt Cagwin and Uncle Cagwin know.”

She often vanished as mysteriously as she arrived, busy with a myriad of things. Freddy Cagwin had grown accustomed to this and waved her off, ”Go ahead, I’ll tell my parents.”

”Okay.”

Nathalie Quinlan had already taken several steps away when she suddenly heard a boy’s voice laden with suppressed emotion, like words that had been held in too long, unable to find an outlet.

”Nathalie Quinlan, do you think the only way for someone from a humble background to rise up is through education?”

”...” What does he mean?

Freddy Cagwin had been holding back for a long time and wanted to ask her, ”My parents don’t know, but I’ve always known you’re very capable. I thought I could be as successful as you without wasting my time on studies, but only after stepping out did I realize it’s not that easy! Society has its rules; the rich set the rules of the game, and the poor struggle within them...”