Chapter 300 [Bonus ] Mr. Hiroshi's Hunch

Day Thirty-Four...n0ve(l)bi(n.)co/m

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"W-Who is this child?" Mr. Hiroshi asked, slowly approaching Little Ethan. A hint of longing could be seen in his eyes the moment he touched the young boy's shoulders.

Little Ethan glanced at Abigail, asking for reassurance. He had no idea who was the old man in front of him. Why was he looking at him like this?

Sensing that Little Ethan felt a little bit awkward and clueless, Abigail introduced them to each other.

"Uncle, this is Ethan, Nathan's son. Ethan this is Mr. Hiroshi, a good friend of your father and mine."

Ethan's expression eased up when he learned that the old man before him was a close friend of Abigail and his dad.

"Nice meeting you, Mr. Hiroshi. I'm Ethan. I'm Miss Abi's favorite friend... and the cutest one." he declared to them.

Abigail let out a soft giggle while Mr. Hiroshi continued watching Ethan, his eyes scanning his face over and over again. Abigail stopped laughing when she noticed the odd expression on Mr. Hiroshi's face.

"Mr. Hiroshi, are you okay?"

Mr. Hiroshi's eyes became misty. He couldn't help it. Ethan reminded him of his five-year-old daughter, Jane Rielle.

"This child looks like my daughter when she was five years old." Mr. Hiroshi looked away and wiped the tears from his eyes. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't get emotional. It's just that... I missed my daughter a lot."

Little Ethan and Abigail exchanged glances with one another. They felt sorry for Mr. Hiroshi. To comfort him, Little Ethan grabbed his hand and squeezed it gently.

"Don't worry, Sir. I believe you will find your lost daughter. If you need any help, I will ask father to search for her." Little Ethan gave the old man a reassuring smile. This was a kind of smile that could comfort someone.

"Such a cute boy." Mr. Hiroshi pinched his cheeks and stroked his hair. "Your father is already helping me with this. Ahuh! I didn't know that Nathan has a very charming son... Who is your â€"" Mr. Hiroshi didn't complete his words as a sign of respect to Abigail.

He was supposed to ask Ethan about his mother. But he decided not to. Now he could understand why Abigail felt insecure about Nathan's love. Nathan had a son with his first love. Since he was considerate of Abigail's feelings, Mr. Hiroshi didn't mention Ethan's real mother.

But Ethan quickly caught up. He understood that Mr. Hiroshi was about to ask him about his mother.

"My birth mother is gone... But I have a future mom here. It's Miss Abi!" Ethan turned to Abigail and hugged her legs.

Abigail's cheeks reddened at his last remarks. Deep inside, she felt glad that Ethan wanted her to be his mother. This gesture from the young boy was truly heartwarming.

'How I wish... Ethan is my biological son. In my next life... if there is one... I want Ethan to be my son.' Abigail had this wishful thinking.

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Meanwhile, on the SYP Twilight Corp, Nathan's team was already on the move. From the old picture of Mr. Hiroshi's daughter, the team started to generate an old version using their AI technology.

While the team was doing the operation, one team member enhanced the photo. Just like Mr. Hiroshi, he noticed something.

"Guys, look at this photo!" The guy called the other team members. They gathered around his table and looked at his desktop computer screen.

"What's wrong with the photo?"

"Can't you recognize it? She looks like a girl version of our CEO's son... our young master, Ethan."

"Ehhh?"

The members focused their eyes on the screen, assessing the photo. After some time, they finally realized it. "Yeah! Yeah! She resembles our young master, Ethan."

"Whoa! What a coincidence!"

"They have the same facial features..."

"The color of their eyes .... the only difference I can see."

"Should we notify our CEO about this?" he consulted them.

"We might get scolded..."

"Of course not."

They were still arguing when Nathan entered the room.

"What's going on here?" Nathan asked them with his authoritative voice.

Everyone fell silent when their CEO arrived. They stopped talking and just stood straight and frozen in their spots. Nathan was giving them a sharp gaze. He thought they were just gossiping around and not doing their work because they gathered at one table, looking at something.

No one dared to speak up as they were nervous and afraid of Nathan. Nathan had no choice but to find it by himself.

One member pointed his forefinger at the monitor screen. Nathan followed their line of sight and glanced at the monitor.

Nathan's mind processed what he was seeing on the screen and it finally registered to him.

'She looks like my son... Ethan.'