Chapter: 636
‘Did this kid just call me a kidnapper?' Despite her annoyance, Susan couldn't come up with a single retort. It was the first time feeling so much hatred for a mere child.
"Oh, yeah... Your mommy's right, kid. Children should definitely be wary of strangers. You're pretty smart for your age, aren't you?"
Susan replied while trying her best to keep smiling.
"Thank you! It's about time someone realized how much of a genius I am."
The little boy's response felt so smug that it left Susan speechless once again.
‘Didn't your mother teach you to be humble?’ she angrily thought.
Although Ivan had been ignoring the little boy as best he could,
Susan's sudden change in demeanor made it hard to keep a blind eye.
The more he looked at the child, the more he felt like he had seen him before.
As soon as the little boy noticed Ivan's gaze, he turned his head towards him and smiled.
“Hello! Nice to meet you!”
Ivan wasn't expecting the boy to be so brazen, so it took him a few seconds to come up with a response.
“Uh, hi there, little guy.”
Hearing Ivan's soft yet manly voice caused the little boy's disappointment in him to worsen.
‘What a real shame. Although his looks fall short compared to my father, he still stands out amongst any crowd. And if you add the fact that he's kind and reliable, he'll be one heck of a candidate for my stepfather. I really wish he isn't working for my father.’
The little boy clicked his tongue before muttering, "What a pity."
‘What a pity?' Ivan was dumbfounded to hear such words coming out of a child's mouth.
Curious as to why a child he didn't know would be so displeased with him, Ivan couldn't help himself from asking, "Hey, kid. Do you know who I am?"
"No, mister. Why do you ask?"
"What?" Ivan's confusion started to overwhelm him.
"You do look like someone I used to know, though."
"Really? Can you tell me his name?" Ivan asked with an intrigued
Look.
“Well, I don't really know him personally. I just saw a few photos of him." The little boy pretended to think for a while before adding,
“He's a friend of my mommy. She told me that he was super reliable, around twenty-eight years old, and the right-hand man of a powerful