Three days later, Harley met with Amos and Sugar Bun at Clearwater Bay.
Amos was sitting on the carpet playing with Sugar Bun.
Meanwhile, Harley sat on the sofa opposite them and watched them playing with much emotion.
"Amos, I really appreciate what you did this time. I owe you once, and I'll repay you in the future!"
Amos did not look up at him and instead focused on Sugar Bun.
"Well see."
Harley was speechless.
"Amos, I can't believe that you're doing this. Do you really plan to look after the children at home forever?"
"Why can't I?" Amos looked indifferent as he shrugged, "Don't you think that it's harder to be a full-time father than it is to be working hard in the business industry?"
Harley was stunned, "Is it?"
"Of course! Your opponents at work have only one purpose, which is to get more profit! As long as you are able to comprehend that, everything can be solved. But will you know what your child wants?"
Harley glanced at Sugar Bun, who was currently trying to reach out to Amos.
Harley immediately walked over and handed Sugar Bun a small building block the same colour as the one Sugar Bun was holding, "Here you go!"
Sugar Bun shook his head and looked at Amos instead.
This time, Amos handed Sugar Bun the cup of water that had been placed next to him.
With that, Sugar Bun took two sips of water and continued to play!
Harley was really surprised and asked, "Amos, how did you know that he wanted to drink water?"
"Because he has not drank any water for two hours. This is a habit of his!"
Harley nodded his head in realization, "Well, that's simple. Anyone with a child would understand."
"That's not necessarily true! A child is always full of uncertainties!"
Sure enough, as soon as Amos finished his words, Sugar Bun reached out to Amos again. Amos laughed and asked Harley.
"Can you guess what he wants now?"
This time, Harley looked at the glass of water and then at the building blocks. Sugar Bun had just drank the glass of water, so he probably did not want anything to drink. Meanwhile, he had just finished playing with the building blocks in his hand, so it had to be that Sugar Bun wanted more building blocks!
With that, Harley took another building block and put it in Sugar Bun's hands.
However, Sugar Bun refused the blocks once more and turned to Amos instead. Once again, Amos gave Sugar Bun the cup of water, of which he happily drank from.
Harley was lost for words and said, "Your son is dry as a bone!"
Amos rolled his eyes at Harley and explained, "He's just very thirsty today!"
After being rejected so many times, Harley was annoyed and displeased. He grumbled, "I don't believe you. I dare you to try it again!"
Before Harley could finish his words, Sugar Bun reached out again.
This time, Harley handed the cup directly to Sugar Bun without giving it much thought.
"I know that you're thirsty today. Here, drink more water."
To Harley's surprise, Sugar Bun shook his head once more!
"Are you making fun of your Uncle Louis? You only want to drink it if your father gives it to you, but not me!"
Sugar Bun shook his head and said, "Uncle Louis, I'm not thirsty anymore!"
"Then what do you want? Remember, children should not lie!"
Even before Harley could continue, Amos gave Sugar Bun a high five, accompanied by a loud, "Good work!"
"Thank you, daddy!"
Harley looked confused and asked, "What are you two doing?"
Amos pointed at the blocks and explained, "He had finished making the castle that grandpa taught him. Therefore, he wanted me to give him a high-five as congratulations!"
Harley was speechless.
This time, he was really convinced!
"Aren't you worried about Eudora and the company? Her company was also affected by the incident with Heinz, wasn't it?"
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