Chapter 68

Daughter is dressed as a pirate captain, so Annie is obviously the crew member.

Hmm, a pirate duo for Halloween to 'steal' candies, that's a pretty good combination.

When Kim Hyuntae saw the two of them dressed up, he smiled with satisfaction.

"You two got dressed so quickly."

"Daddy, I'm the pirate captain," Coco first lifted her little face, looked at her father, and then announced the role she was playing with a very serious expression, which Annie had taught her beforehand, and the little one remembered it very clearly.

Kim Hyuntae, of course, cooperated perfectly, immediately changing his expression: "Oh, yes, Captain."

Coco lifted her little face, looking very proud, and placed her small hand on her waist, as if she were really a captain, not wanting to acknowledge her crew member, Kim Hyuntae.

"William, you haven't changed your costume yet."

Annie walked over to the proud Coco, squatted down to tidy up her clothes, and then reminded Kim Hyuntae.

Indeed, Kim Hyuntae hadn't changed his clothes yet. Earlier, he had been busy with Twitter, writing in his diary, and searching for MSN and QQ.

"Uh!"

Kim Hyuntae was taken aback for a moment, then immediately responded: "Okay! I'll go change my costume."

Annie then handed him a set of clothes, and after Kim Hyuntae took them, he closed the door and began to change into his Halloween outfit.

It was also a sailor's uniform, not much different from Annie's, except for the color of the pants and the headscarf.

Thus, Coco's two 'guardians' were in place.

When Kim Hyuntae reopened the door to his room, wearing the sailor's uniform, Annie nodded in satisfaction.

He looked like a very handsome sailor.

Annie's evaluation was very fair.

Coco, seeing her father's outfit, was also very excited and happy.

"Captain Coco's crew has grown, oh, oh."

Coco was exceptionally excited.

Looking at the excited and happy Coco, Annie couldn't help but marvel in her heart.

"Compared to other ten-month-old babies, Coco's performance is truly amazing. At just ten months old, she's almost as good as a two-year-old, and even surpasses them."

Indeed, Coco could walk at ten months and walk very steadily.

At the same time, at ten months old, Coco could speak, and simple and complete conversations were not difficult for her.

Many children at 'ten months' old can't even stand steadily, let alone walk or talk.

Being able to babble a few sounds is considered very good.

Therefore, Annie was amazed by what Coco displayed.

But Annie didn't know that Coco's true age should be two and a half years old.

The reason the little one was 'ten months old' was due to the influence of the mysterious energy from the time tunnel.

In other words, everything the little one displayed now corresponded to her actual age.

But Annie was unaware of this.

"Let's go downstairs and watch TV for a while to pass the time. We can go out to play after sunset," Annie suggested to Kim Hyuntae as soon as Coco finished speaking.

Kim Hyuntae looked at the time and the sky outside, and also felt it was still too early, so he agreed with Annie's suggestion.

He bent down to pick up Coco and then walked downstairs with Annie to the living room.

Annie turned on the LCD TV, and Kim Hyuntae sat on the sofa with Coco in his arms.

The little one was not at all quiet at this moment, rolling around on the sofa and soon rolling to the floor.

Fortunately, the living room floor was covered with a thick carpet, so there was no need to worry about the little one getting hurt, and Kim Hyuntae let his daughter play and frolic.

After turning on the TV, Annie walked over and sat on another sofa.

After sitting down, Annie started chatting with Kim Hyuntae.

"You've been out of school for a year. Is it still comfortable to return to the academy and continue your high school life?"

Kim Hyuntae replied, "It's okay, I don't really have any issues with it." At this point, Kim Hyuntae thought of the 'Lulu' Vincent and the young Chinese student, Yang Weiwei, "The classmates at the academy are all nice, quite friendly, and I've made three friends."

Annie had a faint smile on her face, and she was very pleased and happy that Kim Hyuntae had made friends.

After all, she was also worried that Kim Hyuntae might not be used to school or might be bullied.

But now it seemed she had overthought it.

Being able to make friends showed that Kim Hyuntae's social skills were good, and he wasn't being excluded or too introverted.

Such a person would likely not be bullied.

Then, Annie asked as if it were a casual question, "Are all three friends girls? Oh, right, Boss B, you're so handsome, I'm sure you attract a lot of girls."

This question was actually a deliberate one from Annie.

Though she appeared calm, she was very concerned about whether Kim Hyuntae was favored by the girls at the academy.

She also wanted to clearly understand whether the three new friends Kim Hyuntae mentioned were boys or girls, and if they were girls, how beautiful they were...

Kim Hyuntae didn't think much of it and naturally smiled as he answered, "No, not as you think. One of the three friends is a guy from the Compton black neighborhood. His name is Omar, and he's quite an interesting person."

When talking about Omar, Kim Hyuntae recalled the look of panic on Omar's face when he followed him into the bathroom at noon, his gritted teeth, and his determined effort, and couldn't help but smile.

At the same time, Kim Hyuntae thought: Well, just for that, he can be considered a friend.

He's a guy, and a black kid. Compton has a lot of gang members, so I hope this Omar kid isn't involved with them.

If he is, I'll have to advise William to try not to be friends with such people.

Annie secretly noted Omar's name and decided to find out more about him when the opportunity arose.

Of course, when she heard it was a guy, she felt a bit relieved, but there were still two 'new friends' she hadn't mentioned...

"The second one is Omar's friend...," recalling Vincent, Kim Hyuntae's tone became a bit uncertain, "Right, Omar invited me to join a fraternity and a club under the fraternity, but there are only three of us, including me." At this point, Kim Hyuntae showed a somewhat helpless expression, which made Annie laugh.

Indeed, a fraternity and club with only three people were quite pitiful.

"That's a white chubby guy, also in 11th grade, but not in our class. He's in another class. His personality is a bit quirky, and I haven't interacted with him much, so I don't know much about him. But since he's Omar's friend and we're in the same fraternity and club, I consider him a new friend."

There wasn't much to say about Vincent.

As he himself said, he hadn't interacted much with Vincent, so he didn't know much about him.

But considering Vincent was a 'founding member' of the fraternity and a member of the [Human Body Research] club, it wasn't wrong to temporarily consider him a new friend.

"Hmm! So that's two boys, right?" Annie's heart was somewhat relieved.

After all, two male friends were nothing unusual for a high school student.

Annie even began to reflect on whether she was being too petty.

But then, when Kim Hyuntae mentioned the 'little compatriot' Yang Weiwei, Annie instantly became uneasy.

"There's a girl in our class who spoke to me. She's from China, a young exchange student. I have a good impression of her, and she invited me to join the gatherings of Chinese exchange students. I'm looking forward to it."

It's a girl!

He's looking forward to the invitation for future gatherings!

This very normal statement opened a floodgate of wild imagination in Annie's mind.

At this moment, Annie's ears were filled with the words "I'm looking forward to it! I'm looking forward to it!" and she automatically entered a loop.

It must be said that since Annie had 'interactions' with Kim Hyuntae, she had become 'very abnormal,' losing her former aloofness and becoming more imaginative, prone to self-imagining, and having wild thoughts.

"Hehe! Is that girl very pretty? I heard Chinese girls are different from American girls; they are very gentle and kind."

Once her imagination took over, Annie's tone changed.

Kim Hyuntae was puzzled by this change, looking at Annie with confusion and doubt, making Annie realize she was acting a bit strange.

So, Annie tried to cover it up.

"Oh... hehehe, why are you looking at me like that, as if I'm an alien." She covered her mouth with her hand, forced a smile, and quickly thought of some lame excuses, "Don't misunderstand, I really heard that Chinese girls are very gentle. Maybe you can find her as a girlfriend."

As she said this, a little devil with her own image appeared in Annie's mind. The little devil held a trident high, her beautiful little face full of ferocity, shouting loudly...

"I'm carrying your baby, and you're flirting with a girl at school. Do you have any conscience, any conscience at all? Even if you don't know about me, can you forget the poor girl who was in a car accident and gave birth to your child? Ah! You heartless man..."

Imagining the condemnation and anger towards the 'unfaithful man,' Annie's face remained expressionless in reality, and Kim Hyuntae couldn't see anything unusual no matter how long he looked.

It must be said that every woman is a natural actress.

"Mommy! Your smile is so fake, Coco wants to learn too!"

Coco, who had been playing happily, suddenly tilted her head and looked at Annie for a long time, then burst out with a sentence, pounced at her, and hugged her leg, making Annie very embarrassed.

Uh! Fake?

Is this what they call 'innocent words'?

Annie was inwardly terrified.

[Maybe I shouldn't let you call me Mommy anymore, you little rascal!]

Therefore, Annie felt she needed to 'punish' little Coco.

"Mommy will hug you, Coco wants a hug."

Coco opened her arms, looked up at Annie, and her innocent and demanding expression instantly softened Annie's heart.

Hey!

Innocent words, why should I take it to heart with a child?

With her resentment gone, Annie bent down to pick up Coco, placed the little one on her lap, and said to Kim Hyuntae, "Chinese people have a talent for math and are very kind. Getting along more with this Chinese exchange student will be beneficial for you. That's my true intention, hehe, don't take it to heart, hehe..."

[PS: Recently, I don't know what's wrong, my neck hurts a lot, and my heart is also uncomfortable. I'm a bit scared...]