Chapter 70

At midnight, the community streets had already become quiet, and the children who had been running around in groups had all returned to their homes.

For Koko, the daughter of Hyun-tae Kim, this was the happiest night of her life, as she could get a lot of candy no matter whose house she went to.

Of course, considering her young age, Annie did not take her too far, and they basically just wandered around the neighborhood. Even so, the little one had a bountiful harvest.

Especially the old butler Nord, who, under her hints, basically gave Koko most of the candy and even thoughtfully gave her a small cart.

This made Koko form a deep impression of the old butler Nord, and she sweetly called him "Grandpa! Grandpa!" which made the old butler smile with his eyes squinting, and the wrinkles on his face deepened.

In fact, Old Nord had come to the house to find Annie during the day, but the little one didn't pay much attention to him, so she didn't really know him.

However, after this night, Koko's impression of Old Nord changed a lot and became much deeper.

It was simple; Koko thought that this old grandpa had a lot of candy, so she had to flatter him more.

Look!

A child's world is so simple; having candy is all that matters.

After returning home, Hyun-tae Kim played with his daughter for a while until she became sleepy, then he handed her over to Annie to give her a bath, change her into pajamas, and put her to bed upstairs.

When the little one was sound asleep, and since he wasn't sleepy yet, Annie went downstairs to watch some TV to pass the time.

When she came to the living room, she found that Hyun-tae Kim had no intention of sleeping either and was already sitting in the living room, watching TV with great interest.

At this moment, Hyun-tae Kim had already taken a shower and changed into beach shorts and a tank top.

"It's so late, and you're not sleeping? You have to go to school tomorrow morning."

Annie came over to remind Hyun-tae Kim.

Hearing this, Hyun-tae Kim smiled and said, "I'll go to rest in a bit. I want to watch the midnight news."

Annie poured herself a glass of water and came over to sit on another sofa, occasionally sneaking a peek at Hyun-tae Kim in his white tank top.

As she looked, Annie's face turned a rosy red, who knows what she was thinking.

The midnight news program on the TV was mostly the same old stuff, with the latest crime news and street interviews, and some international affairs.

After watching for a while, Hyun-tae Kim lost interest.

And because of the soreness all over his body from the rugby match in the afternoon, he stood up, said "Goodnight" to Annie, and went upstairs to prepare for bed.

Unaware of Annie's gaze on his back, he continued up the stairs until he disappeared around the corner, and only then did Annie retract her gaze.

"His figure is really good."

After Hyun-tae Kim left, Annie, completely relaxed, leaned back on the sofa, watching the midnight news while whispering to herself with a red face.

"Really, why have I become a bit naughty?"

After mumbling to herself for a while, Annie suddenly felt that it wasn't quite right to comment on a young man's figure like this.

So she lightly raised her hand and gently touched her forehead.

Hyun-tae Kim, who had returned to his room, was completely unaware of all this.

Although the soreness in his body wasn't severe, it still affected him.

Hyun-tae Kim closed the bedroom door, fell onto the bed, counted sheep, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

After Hyun-tae Kim left, Annie, who was in the living room downstairs, also felt sleepy after watching TV for a while and then turned off the TV to go upstairs to rest.

After an unknown amount of time, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared on the sleeping Hyun-tae Kim's body.

His body began to emit a blinding red light, which quickly enveloped him entirely.

At the same time, his body, hidden under the pajamas, swelled in a terrifying and exaggerated manner, even more so than those bodybuilders.

Hyun-tae Kim was completely unaware of what was happening to his body.

At this time, he was in a deep sleep and had no idea about the strange phenomenon occurring to him.

Fortunately, this strange phenomenon appeared and disappeared quickly, lasting only about a few dozen seconds before everything returned to normal.

Everything seemed so strange.

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The next morning, after waking up feeling refreshed, Hyun-tae Kim found that the soreness from the previous day was gone.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Hyun-tae Kim thought about it and concluded that since he had become younger, his body's recovery ability had also improved, so he didn't think much more about it.

After getting out of bed, dressing, and washing up in the bathroom, Hyun-tae Kim went downstairs.

Hmm?

Hyun-tae Kim noticed that Annie had actually gotten up earlier than him and was busy in the kitchen.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that Annie was making breakfast.

But hadn't Annie said she didn't know how to make breakfast?

Curious, Hyun-tae Kim walked over.

Annie was wearing the apron that Hyun-tae Kim had worn, and on the stove in front of her was a frying pan with something black inside, emitting a strong burnt smell.

"Annie, what are you doing?"

"I'm just learning how to make breakfast," Annie responded naturally, but when Hyun-tae Kim looked at the blackened contents in the frying pan, his lips twitched. "What kind of breakfast is this? It smells like it's burnt."

"Burnt! That's impossible. I followed the instructions in this cookbook," Annie said, not believing it, and looked at the frying pan and the blackened lump.

Oh, how could she not know that the food was burnt?

How could she not see that black lump?

Hyun-tae Kim was speechless.

He gently pushed Annie aside, turned off the gas valve, and then turned to look at her. "Why did you suddenly decide to make breakfast? It's okay if you can't."

Although Hyun-tae Kim looked young, he was tall, giving Annie a sense of being looked down upon.

Plus, since it was her first time cooking and she had failed, Annie felt flustered and uneasy. When Hyun-tae Kim asked her, she lowered her head like a child who had done something wrong and was being scolded by an adult, fidgeting with the apron.

"I'm a nanny, but I can't cook, so I feel like I'm not doing my job well, so..."

Hearing this, how could Hyun-tae Kim not understand Annie's intentions?

Clearly, she wanted to learn how to cook to improve herself and get a higher evaluation during her probationary period.

Unfortunately, it seemed she didn't have the talent for it.

Hyun-tae Kim thought to himself.

"I followed the instructions in the book, but... but..." Annie hurriedly took a book out of her apron pocket and tried to explain, but her voice grew smaller and smaller as she spoke.

Well, the food in the cookbook looked delicious, but looking at what she had made... Annie couldn't continue.

Hyun-tae Kim glanced at the book and saw that it was a common cookbook teaching women how to make home-cooked dishes.

Unfortunately, Annie clearly didn't have the talent for cooking.

"What is this?" Hyun-tae Kim pointed to the black lump in the frying pan. Annie, with her head down, responded in a voice barely louder than a mosquito's buzz, "Eggs, I wanted to make scrambled eggs."

Well! You're a unique one!

To burn scrambled eggs like that, you're quite something.

What could Hyun-tae Kim say?

But Annie's intention was worth praising.

So, Hyun-tae Kim didn't want to criticize her.

"Never mind, I'll do it from now on."

Hyun-tae Kim dumped the black lump in the frying pan into the trash, quickly washed the pan, and took over the task of making breakfast.

Annie, feeling a bit wronged, pouted, her eyes a bit red, but she held back the tears.

"Hmph! I got up early with good intentions, wanting to make you breakfast. I thought I could do it, but it turned out like this.

I thought cooking was simple, but who knew it would be so difficult."

Looking at Hyun-tae Kim's busy back, Annie felt useless for the first time, unable to even make a simple breakfast.

But she seemed to have forgotten her identity and was really acting like a nanny.

Think about it, what difference would it make if she couldn't make breakfast?

If she hadn't met Hyun-tae Kim, she wouldn't have had to worry about it at all.

She thought that following the book's instructions should have been fine, but in reality, it was different from what she imagined.

Hyun-tae Kim didn't turn around and didn't see Annie's pouting face.

"If you can't cook, it's okay. In the future, if I can't make breakfast, you can contact the Chinese restaurant to deliver it."

Hyun-tae Kim's words made Annie feel even worse.

For the first time, Annie felt useless, unable to do even a small task, and felt very disappointed.

Thinking about it, she tightly pursed her lips, put away her pouting face, and her eyes became determined.

"I will learn to cook well. I don't believe I can't do this! It's not that difficult!"

Annie, determined to learn cooking, responded to Hyun-tae Kim in a somewhat dismissive manner.

"Okay, I understand."

Thus, Hyun-tae Kim made the breakfast, and Annie and Koko continued to be the ones who only ate.

After eating breakfast, Hyun-tae Kim left 300 yuan in cash and went to school with his backpack.

As soon as Hyun-tae Kim left, Annie immediately called her old butler and asked him to find a Chinese chef to teach her Chinese cooking.

Annie didn't believe it!

With a chef teaching her step by step, how could she not learn to cook?

Hmph!

Not only would she learn Chinese cooking, but she would also learn Japanese and Korean cooking.

One failure is not scary; as long as she could stand up strong, she would make him look at her differently. She would become a cooking expert!

Annie set a goal for herself.

After putting down her phone, Annie felt more and more satisfied, as if she were already a master of multiple cuisines.

Looking at Koko, who was happily eating the breakfast her father had made, Annie smiled and asked, "Koko, if I can make a lot of delicious things in the future, will you like me more?"

The little one, who was "working hard," looked up at Annie, who was smiling and asking, then tilted her head cutely, showing a "serious thinking" expression, and after a long time, nodded seriously and said in a baby voice, "If it's delicious, I'll like you more~ If it's not, I won't~"

"Little rascal, if it's not delicious, you won't like me? No touching today!" Annie puffed up her cheeks, pretending to be angry, and scared Koko.

Unfortunately, the little one wasn't scared at all and instead laughed heartily at Annie's puffed-up face, shouting, "Miko, Miko, I'm Miko."

Yes, in recent days, Koko had developed some "bad habits," like all mischievous children of her age, "touching." Before each touch, Koko would shout the nickname Annie had given her and then extend her "perverted" little hand to Annie...