But after being with the Yancey family for a year or two, the elderly couple instilled in her the concept of being their future daughter-in-law.
In a subtle and gradual way, Nancy came to regard herself as the future mistress of the Yancey family and the fiancée of Liam Yancey.
To be worthy of this identity, she studied very hard.
From her time in the orphanage, Nancy had shown a keen interest in medicine, and not wanting to waste such talent, her teachers allowed her to study with an old traditional Chinese medicine practitioner from the age of eight.
Within just two years, Nancy had displayed extraordinary talent in medicine. The old practitioner was quite famous in the area and had never before encountered such a prodigy.
Thus, he took her on as his prized student, intending to pass on all his knowledge to her.