"Miss, just call him Mr. Rowland; you don't need to know his name!" Daniel blinked his bright eyes and looked at William, who just hung up his call. Daniel pouted and said to him, "This lady wants to know your name, I told her to call you Mr. Rowland!"
William overheard his son just moments ago as he called him daddy to a stranger. This left him quite surprised and shocked. Earlier, William already noticed that this woman was flirting with him, so he pretended to need to make a call to get rid of her. But he was unexpected that she’d follow him here.
William gently held Daniel’s hand, looked at that woman, and said, “Son, you need to get your eyesight checked. She was an old lady. How could you call her Miss?”
With this said, William took his son into the VIP room.
The waitress was left shocked; Old lady? Did she look old? Did she need to go get a facelift again? Was her wrinkles noticeable?
“I’m telling mommy!” Daniel looked at William disapprovingly.
“Tell her what?” William asked.
“That you’re too slick!” Daniel looked up with his little face, “You attract too many women, just like that bad guys on TV!”
“What! When did I go hit on a woman?” William said as he laughed.
“Maybe not this time, but what about next time! You better not, or I’ll make sure you never see mommy again!” Daniel took this chance to threaten William, but his tiny hand never left William’s grasp.
It appeared that he was really concerned with William’s behavior.
“Son, are you trying to help your mommy keep her place?” It just dawned on William that Daniel followed him out because he knew that waitress was flirting with him.
By god, his son must be a genius, right?
“Of course! Mommy didn’t notice, but as her son, I have to help mommy get rid of bad things. I don’t want mommy to feel sad!”
“Do you think this kind of woman would be a challenge to your mommy?” William joked as he squat down to look his son in the eyes. He was glad that his son would protect his mother like this, but also worried whether he was overprotecting her.
Daniel pouted, “I won’t even let any women approach you!”
“Ah hahaha…” William laughed. His son’s adamant tone made him laugh.
“What’s so funny?” Daniel asked as he raised his eyebrows.
“You are a little detective!” William held Daniel up and continued to tease him, “You little rascal, I’m not a male fly.”
“But there are female flies! It’s all too much!” Daniel continued to pout, “If you don’t want to be a male fly, then you’d better ignore them!”
“You little devil!” William touched Daniel’s nose, “Go on, daddy promises to only want your mommy! Come on, call me daddy!”
“No way!” Daniel said, “I’m heading in!”
“Stubborn kid,” Looking at Daniel’s back, the corner of William’s lips raised, then he got up and headed in the VIP room.
“Where’d you two go?” Liam said as he saw the two walk in.
"Nowhere!"
"Nowhere!"
The duo answered together in sync.
Daniel glared at William, then sat next to Sherry and whispered into her ear, “Mommy, you better keep an eye on Mr. Rowland, or someone’s going to steal him away!”
“What!” Sherry was stunned and looked at William.
“What are you two whispering about?” William laughed as he asked them.
Sherry began to blush and quickly shook her head, "Nothing, it’s nothing!"
“We’re talking about female flies! There was one near you just now, so I’m telling mommy to remember to bring a fly swatter with her at all times, so she can swat them anytime!” Daniel sat upright in his seat and said calmly.
“What female fly? How do you even tell from looking whether a fly is male or female?” Sarah confusedly asked.
“Brother, how does a female fly look like?” Samuel also asked with curiosity.
“Right! Are there even flies in winter? Maybe there are certain species of flies that are available even during winter! Where is it?” Liam also chimed in.
“Hah!” William suppressed himself from laughing out loud, “He’s talking about a flirty waitress!”
“OH- My god!” Liam shouted, “My nephew’s so funny; he must have inherited a sense of humor from me. Come here, boy, come home with uncle tonight, OK?”
“Inherited from you? Stop kidding yourself!” William gave Liam a light shove.
“Doesn’t inheriting come from mommy and daddy?” Daniel pondered and asked.
Everyone was shocked; William continued, “Yes, it’s from mommy and daddy; you’re daddy’s son, so of course you inherited from me!”
“No, I’m not, Samuel is!” Daniel disapproved.
“You both are!” William hinted.
A waiter brought in the drinks, and Samuel ran to pour drinks, “Let me pour the juice!”
“Hold on, Samuel, let me!” Sarah was afraid that Samuel would spill the juice onto his clothes.
“Sarah, Samuel can handle it; he even pours us tea at home. Samuel is a good little boy who loves to work!” Sherry praised Samuel with pride. “Let him pour you a glass!”
“Alright!” Sherry’s eyes began to turn red. This was her child; she never raised him for a day, yet he already knew how to pour her juice. “Be careful, dear!”
In the end, Samuel poured a glass for everyone; Liam and Sarah’s eyes were both red.
William then said, “Samuel, after lunch, go to Liam and Sarah’s house, OK?”
“Will Daniel go too?” Samuel asked in a behaved manner.
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the writing is quite childish, but maybe it's just the translations...