Sherman felt dizzy hearing him howling like a wolf. "What the hell are you singing?"
Cody licked the lollipop in his hand, tilting his head as he lay on her lap. After thinking for a moment, he answered," Auntie said it’s called 'Super Happy', wow, I'm so happy!"
Sherman's face darkened.
Dream
One day, many children at the same age as Cody came to the Wright's. They played games together happily.
They played generals and guards in the game. Cody soiled his face.
When Sherman and Kingsley returned, they saw their son look like a dirty thief.
As soon as he saw Kingsley, Cody excitedly jumped over and put his dirty little hands o n Kingsley's trousers.
Sherman wanted to pull him away.
Yet Kingsley picked him up with a broad smile, ignoring that his son was deliberately soiling his trousers. He tenderly wiped the dirt off Cody's little face. "What are you playing?"
"General and robber." Cody's palms were soiled.
Sherman was interested. The more she looked at her son, the more handsome and valiant she felt he was. She said, "Then my son must be the heroic general."
Cody shook his head like a rattle and straightened his back. "No! I like to be a robber, but not a general. Everyone who passes through my place needs to give me money! I can eat and drink a lot. What's more, I have many wives! Oh, I'm so happy!"
Sherman and Kingsley were lost for words.
Sherman was close to tears, wondering whom Cody took after in character.
Kingsley rubbed his eyebrows with a wry face. Was he so naughty as a boy?
Growing Up
Four-year-old Cody was less mischievous than before. He became reserved, behaving like an adult.
Sherman sighed at Kingsley. "I miss the time when he was little. He was full of fun. Now he's just a replica of you, not lively at all!"
"He's precocious." Kingsley could accept his son's change.
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