Chapter 653 Like To Be Free
As he spoke, Bobby yawned. "Uncle Hiram, I don't want to have breakfast. I want to go back to sleep, can I?"
Hiram's eyebrows rose. "Bobby, you just don't want to go to the kindergarten, do you?"
"Uncle Hiram. You're awesome. You've seen through me at once. But... Can I?" A flattering smile appeared on Bobby's face, as if he was convincing Hiram not to let him go to school. To his dismay, it didn't work on Hiram. "No way!"
"Well, Uncle Hiram. You are really difficult. Okay, I'll wash myself." The smile on Bobby's face disappeared. He got up and went straight to the bathroom.
While waiting for Bobby in the dining area, Nadia went to wash her hands and sat down, thinking that she could eat. She slowly opened the fast food box, only to be disappointed when she saw hamburgers inside of it.
It was also when Hiram walked into the room to check on her, so she looked up at him and sighed. "Uncle Hiram, you only feed us with these food. Don't you know that we have had enough?"
Some time ago, Nancy was taken abroad by Edward. Charles looked for her all over the world, so he couldn't take care of the two children.
As a result, Hiram had to look after them.
Every day, Hiram drove and picked them up at school, and then he fed them.
It felt good for Hiram to pick up the children from the kindergarten. He could talk and laugh with them. As for accompanying the children to sleep at night, it was no problem. Anyway, he liked to tell stories to children. The only problem was that he couldn't cook.
Therefore, all kinds of fast food took turns. At first, the two children were excited, because Nancy refused to let the children eat those when she was home.
The two kids ate the fast food with great enjoyment, but it only lasted for a few days. Soon enough, they were fed up and wanted to throw up whenever they saw some fast food.
Just like today, Nadia was covering her mouth as she looked at the fast food box. "Uncle Hiram. Can't you cook porridge for us?"
"I can cook porridge, but I don't have enough time now. Just put up with these for now." It was true that Hiram knew how to cook porridge. He knew that the only ingredients he needed was rice and water. As for whether it tasted good or not, he couldn't make sure.
After all, he hadn't cooked a meal himself since he worked for Charles.
When Bobby walked over and saw the familiar box, he instantly lost his appetite.
But they needed to eat breakfast, so he suggested, "Uncle Hiram. I think instant noodles are better than fast food. How about you cook some for us?"
"Well, honestly, I don't want to buy fast food for you. From now on, I will buy instant noodles instead." It was easy to cook instant noodles, so Hiram went to the kitchen without hesitation.
Since Hiram was busy cooking two bags of instant noodles, he didn't notice that Bobby followed him. "Uncle Hiram, can you learn to cook? It's not for me and Nadia, but for your future. I find that good women like men who can cook. If you can't cook, which good woman in the future will you marry?"
His words amused Hiram. Of course, he had a lot of women around him, but he had never fallen in love at first sight. He thought he hadn't found the woman who would ask him to cook for her for a lifetime yet, so he was not interested in cooking.
Not at all. As a single man, he could just buy some ready-to-eat meals for himself, so it was not a big deal.
"Bobby, it's women's responsibility to cook, while men work hard outside. You should study hard, so when you grow up, you can leave cooking to women," Hiram said casually as he cooked the noodles. "Uncle Hiram. Do you mean my father's not earning enough? That's why he cooked for Mommy and us?" As soon as Hiram heard this, he turned to Bobby and saw that the little boy was smiling. Hiram couldn't stand the mockery in Bobby's eyes.
His face heated in embarrassment. "No, your Daddy is an exception, an exception!"
Even so, Bobby snickered.
This little guy inherited Charles' wisdom and wickedness perfectly.
"Well, Bobby, don't laugh. The noodles are ready. Have breakfast now. If you are late today, I tell you, Ruby will be taken away by other children"
In an instant, Bobby's smile vanished and his face turned cold.
"Uncle Hiram. How did you know her?"
"Well, Bobby, I often pick you up, right? I see you leave Nadia alone and walk out of the classroom hand in hand with Ruby. You don't care about your own sister, but you hold Ruby's hand. Doesn't that mean something?"
"I...I... Humph!" Obviously, Bobby was rendered speechless.
"Uncle Hiram is right. I am the poor little girl Bobby ignores when he sees his crush." Then Nadia stuck her tongue out at him.
"Mommy said that children can't talk during the meal." Embarrassed, Bobby quickly ate the food in front of him. For the first time, his favorite instant noodles were tasteless.
Well, it was because he hadn't enjoyed it and ate too fast.
When they were done eating, Hiram drove them to the kindergarten and went back to the office. Judging from the look on Charles' face this morning, it seemed that Nancy had a serious cold, so he didn't ask Charles and directly drove to pick up the children in the afternoon.
To his surprise, he met Nancy outside the kindergarten.
"Miss Ning, since Mr. Fu is busy, I'll drive you home." Since he was already here, he couldn't let Nancy and the children take a taxi home.
If so, he couldn't explain it to Charles.
"Well, thank you." It was rare for Nancy to treat Hiram politely, mainly because they had been together for a long time and she treated him as a family.
Bowing his head down a little, Hiram replied, "You're welcome."
When they got in the car, Nadia suddenly said, "Mommy, don't be so polite to Uncle Hiram in the future."
"Why?" What Nadia said made her frown. She had taught them to respect and listen to Hiram. Why did she say such words?
"Because he is our family. He is very kind to us."
Nadia's words moved both Hiram and Nancy.
Therefore, Nancy smiled and touched Nadia's little head. "Nadia is right. Uncle Hiram is a member of our family."
On the other hand, Bobby looked at them with a bored expression. "Sentimental."
His words amused Hiram and Nancy, but neither of the two reacted.
The kids were talking and laughing in the car until they arrived at their house in the suburb.
"Miss Ning, do you need me to stay with you?" Seeing that Charles hadn't come home yet, Hiram couldn't help but be concerned. But he immediately thought it was inappropriate for him to do so, so he added, "I mean to accompany the children."
With an understanding smile, Nancy said, "No, thanks. I can do it myself."
After thinking for a while, Hiram nodded. "I have assigned bodyguards in the yard. You can ask them if you need anything."
"By the way," Reminded by Hiram, Nancy suddenly thought of the bodyguards. "Hiram, can you remove the bodyguards here? I really don't need them. I like freedom."