Adorable Kids Asking for Bear Hug novel Chapter 518

When Anthony heard the news, he furrowed his brows. “Nat, where did you lose your laptop? Where is it?”

Reluctantly, Natasha admitted, “Vermillion Base.”

A trace of worry flickered across Anthony's eyes as he continued to look at Natasha. “Is there anything in your laptop?”

“No, I didn't leave anything. I have the habit of erasing all traces of activities on the laptop whenever I go out or whenever I'm outside, but I'm worried that someone would be able to restore all the activities,” answered Natasha.

Anthony thought it over. He knew better than to rule out the possibility of someone doing so.

If someone managed to restore all activities from the laptop, Natasha's identity would be exposed.

At that thought, he shot up from his seat. “I'll settle it now.”

Natasha's eyes followed his movements. “It's not so urgent that you'd have to do it now.”

“No, every single minute is beyond precious,” replied Anthony before turning around to face Natasha and Benjamin. “You guys go ahead and eat first. I'll be back soon.” With that being said, Anthony dashed up the stairs.

Staring at his silhouette, Natasha could not help the pride and relief bubbling in her chest.

Anthony has grown. He's getting better at protecting and caring for others.

“Here you go, Nat.” Just then, Benjamin broke the silence as he added more food to her plate.

The corners of her lips lifted as Natasha turned to look at Benjamin.

“Benjamin.”

“Hm?”

“Have you ever thought about what you're going to do when you grow up?” Natasha asked all of a sudden.

Benjamin pondered over the question seriously. After a while, he looked straight into her eyes. “I want to protect all of you.”

Natasha was taken aback slightly before breaking into a warm smile. “Benjamin, I appreciate your intentions, but I hope that you can take care of yourself in the future. What I meant when I asked you what you want to do is whether or not you have a specific area of knowledge that you would like to pursue. Anthony had figured out the path he wanted to take, but what about you?”

At the mention of that topic, Benjamin frowned before shaking his head. “I haven't thought about it.”

Natasha nodded in response. “That's o—”

“Thalia said I can consider going into STEM.”

Natasha was dumbfounded. “STEM?”

“Remember the album that I sketched? Thalia saw it the other day and became very agitated. She said I could continue developing my skills in that area,” Benjamin answered.

Natasha had always known about Benjamin's habit of drawing. She had given them a few glances but had never really thought much about it. All of his drawings and sketches consisted of firearms. Before that day, Natasha had thought that Benjamin's interest in weapons was a mere childish hobby. However, if Thalia had such a peculiar response to the drawings, things might not be as simple as she had originally thought.

“Thalia said that?” Natasha asked again.

Benjamin bobbed his head.

Natasha looked at Benjamin in confusion. “What did you draw?”

“Nothing much. When I was watching a movie some time ago, a weapon in the movie caught my attention. I thought its shooting range was too small, so I drew a similar model. But I believe that the one I drew would be a lot more advanced, whether it's the range or the precision.”

Natasha sized him up. She was starting to think that Benjamin had been an underestimated genius that went unnoticed.

After pondering for a brief moment, Natasha turned to look at Benjamin. “Do you have it with you?”

Benjamin nodded. “Yeah. Thalia told me to keep it safe and not lose it. Otherwise, it could cause trouble.”

His words managed to piqued Natasha's curiosity even more.

The fact that Thalia had said made such a comment meant that she had been shocked by whatever she had seen.

“Let's go to your room later. I want to take a look at it.”

Benjamin nodded without thinking much of it. “Okay.”

“Let's eat.” Natasha looked pointedly at the food on the table.

Benjamin nodded in response.

Just as the two of them were eating, Anthony descended the stairs.

Approaching the table, he took a seat and began putting food on his plate. “Settled?” Natasha asked, prompting a nod from Anthony.

Natasha eyed Anthony up and down before lowering her head to eat and pretending to ask nonchalantly, “Was it difficult?”

“No...” As the word left his mouth, Anthony paused and raised his head to meet Natasha's gaze.

Natasha was looking at him too.

“I mean, yes!” Anthony nodded. “It was a little difficult. I spent a lot of effort on it!”

Rolling her eyes at him, Natasha smiled knowingly.

From the looks of it, Anthony's skills were no longer inferior to hers.