In Richards Manor, the flowers and trees were growing luxuriantly. After that disaster, Richards Manor had regained its former tranquility, and the serenity was ever-present.
“Charge! We have to kill all of the bad guys in order to save Mommy. All of you have to beat them to death.” Four-year-old Jerry was wearing a child’s playsuit as he held a gun in each hand. He was leading a group of kids as they played a game of cops and robbers in the courtyard of Richards Manor.
Ever since Jenna died, this had been the game he played most.
He had to rely on his own abilities to save his mother.
Ever since he had been kidnapped by Aria the previous year and witnessed Jenna tumble into the abyss, Jerry had been scared out of his wits. Soon after the explosion that day, he passed out.
After returning from Sunshine Mountain, he had been admitted into the hospital for a high fever. He talked nonsense and had not recovered until a month later. He kept crying for his mother when he returned home. He would also wake up crying from his dream.
Hansen had put aside his grief and hired a psychologist to treat Jerry for half a year. Jerry had gradually stopped from being haunted by the nightmares.
He was no longer in the mood to go to school.
Hansen had to personally take care of him for the past year. He had done everything by himself, acting both as a mother and a father to Jerry. However, he was too busy recently, so he did not have much time to accompany him.
In this way, Jerry, who was unrestrained, gradually became headstrong.
He often invited his friends from kindergarten or the kids of the staff of Richards Manor to play a game of cops and robbers with him. In this regard, Jerry had a unique talent.
He came up with this game all on his own, even the details were very realistic.
Of course, every time in the game, he would be able to kill the bad guy and save his mother.
There would invariably be a big group of kids at his heels because they knew there would always be fun and games as well as good food.
They were more than happy to do his bidding.
After that accident, Hansen had specially assigned more people to watch over Jerry.
Wherever Jerry went, there would always be a large group of people following him. It was an impressive sight to behold.
Richards Manor had lost a hostess ever since Jenna died.
After Norton recovered, he went straight to Capital City to find General Delia to ask him for Sabrina’s hand in marriage. General Delia saw his sincerity and agreed for the time being on one condition. It was that he must be able to make a name for himself. Careerwise, he had to be at least on par with Hansen.
Norton confidently agreed to General Delia’s request for the sake of Sabrina. As soon as his injury healed, he flew over to the States with Sabrina.
Sabrina studied fashion design while she helped Norton with the N&S Group.
They gradually grew to be as thick as thieves and developed feelings for each other.
“Beat this bad guy to death! How dare he cause harm to my Mom?” As soon as Hansen came out from his car, he heard Jerry’s angry roar coming from the back garden.
“Don’t hit me, don’t hit me,” the child cried out in fear.
“Young Master, stop hitting him. He’s not a bad guy.” The two men from the Grand Eagles squad Hansen had appointed to protect Jerry stood there, helpless as they watched him hit the child. They were afraid that he would injure the kid, so they could only try to persuade him.
“Not a chance, this bad guy is too stubborn. I can’t seem to end him,” Jerry said in an arrogant manner, perching both of his hands on his hips.
It turned out that in Jerry’s game, the bad guys had to be beaten to death. Every time he successfully killed a bad guy, everyone would be rewarded 100 dollars each. That day, the kid playing the bad guy refused to die. If it were other kids, then they would have pretended to be dead long ago. However, this particular kid was stubborn and thought he could outsmart Jerry and the other peers. Therefore, for a long time he wasn’t willing to ‘die’. Fury got the better of Jerry and he held the water gun and toy sword, commanding his troops to kill the bad guy.
His troops outnumbered the bad guy, and the latter was finally subdued. After the insensible child was knocked to the ground, all the kids went up and besieged him. The child, frightened, started crying.
Hansen’s expression darkened as he immediately understood what Jerry was doing. He immediately shouted, “Jerry.”
Wearing a pair of goggles, Jerry was instructing his troops to beat up the bad guy. He started when he heard his father’s voice. At that moment, the other children’s expressions changed when they saw Hansen. They cried out ‘run!’ and quickly dispersed.
Jerry had no choice but to brace himself and approached his father. He obediently greeted him, “Hi, Dad.”
He stood and looked up at Hansen. Anyway, Hansen could not see him. Although he was afraid in his heart, he had a stupefied look on his face.
“Jerry, what are you doing?” Hansen asked, pulling a long face when he sensed Jerry walking over.
“Nothing. I’m just trying to save Mom.” Jerry wiped his nose with his dirty hands and said in a nonchalant voice.
“Nonsense.” When Hansen heard that he was entertaining himself with these absurd games again, he could not help but to reproach him. “Did you forget what I told you last time?”
“No.” Jerry curled his lips in disdain.
“What kind of attitude is this?” Hansen heard the flippant tone in Jerry’s voice and could not help but to turn red with anger. He immediately bellowed, “You’re being rebellious. You don’t even listen to me anymore, always fooling around with a bunch of kids. Let me ask you, have you finished your homework? Did you practise your writing? Have you done your training?”
Hansen’s tone was stern as he raised one question after another.
Although he had put in a lot of effort in Jerry, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he could not control him anymore.
There were many times he had felt helpless when it came to Jerry.
Jerry knew that Hansen could not see him, so he made a face at him. He stuck out his tongue and did not say anything.
Molten anger rolled through Hansen. He then reached out and grabbed Jerry.
Jerry was very quick and managed to avoid Hansen.
“Jerry, how dare you run away?” Hansen gritted his teeth and held his breath. He tried and reached out to grab Jerry again. That time, he successfully caught him. He said, “Jerry boy, you are getting more and more rebellious now. You fool around every day and fight with others. It looks like I have to teach you a lesson today.”
Jerry’s recent behavior had been giving Hansen a headache. He was extremely naughty and whipped up an awful lot of trouble. That day, he happened to bump into him and decided to give him a piece of his mind. If he did not teach him a lesson that day, Heaven forbid that Jerry might turn out to be the boss of the underworld.
Every day Jerry would put on a pair of goggles and hold a toy gun. He would have a group of kids following him, strutting as his chin tipped skyward. Had he continued like this, it wouldn’t bode well for his future.
Now that the Richards Group was expanding, Jerry’s status as the young master became more and more precious. The people around him were flattering him, and this was exacerbated by Marissa spoiling him. Jerry had already lost the ability to tell right from wrong. He was becoming very pompous and pretentious.
Hansen’s heart sank when he realised this. At first, he had not dared to be too harsh on him because of his traumatic experience, but right then he was determined. He held Jerry’s hand tightly and walked home.