That evening, Tanya stayed at the villa to accompany the two children. The little cakes she brought back were loved by both Caden and Joy. Caden enthusiastically shared some good news with her: their team had passed the preliminary round of the programming competition and successfully entered the national stage! Tanya was genuinely happy for Caden too. He’s showing promise at such a young age and doesn’t have to hide his talents like she did when she was small. "Do you think I can win the championship?" After showing Tanya his competition piece, Caden couldn’t help but ask. In every mother’s eyes, her own child is naturally the best, but once out in the world, as big as it is, no matter how amazing someone is, they can’t always be number one. Tanya didn’t want to instill in Caden the mindset that he would definitely win. She thought for a moment and then earnestly said, "I can’t guarantee that, after all, there are always others more talented. But I hope you enjoy the process, competing with experts is a joy in itself." Enjoying the process is far more meaningful than pursuing a result. Caden is a child who can listen, and he nodded solemnly. "That’s true. If I can’t win the championship this time, then I’ll try again next time. I’ll still learn a lot, and I’ve made many good friends too." "My Caden is really awesome." Tanya cupped her son’s round little face, finding him more adorable the more she looked, and couldn’t help but kiss his forehead. He wasn’t used to being kissed, but seeing the woman’s smiling eyes in front of him, he swallowed back the words he was about to say. Oh well, an occasional kiss... doesn’t matter. "Oh, by the way," Caden remembered something else, "If you’re free, could you come be our consultant for the semifinals? K wants to invite his uncle; he says his uncle is amazing, a computer genius! But I think you’re even more amazing." Caden had secretly looked up Tanya’s resume online and was dumbfounded by what he found. Everyone used to say his intelligence was inherited from his dad, and he thought so too. But now, after getting to know Tanya, honestly speaking, his dad’s great too, but not quite as brilliant as his mom. Tanya was flattered by her son’s invitation and promptly agreed, "Of course, as long as you need me, Mommy’s always available." Even though Caden is mature for his age, he’s just a five-year-old child who can’t hide his thoughts. "Hehe, then I’ll tell K right away! His uncle is not the best hacker after all!" Caden’s little fingers danced across the keyboard, and an encrypted chat window popped up. The other side was K. Caden: [My mom has agreed to be our consultant. Let your uncle take a break.] Tanya rarely saw this childlike side of her son, smiled, and let him be. Seeing that it was getting late, it was time for Joy to take a bath and go to bed. "Caden, you can’t play on the computer anymore in twenty minutes." Caden responded, and Tanya turned to leave. On the other side of the evening, in a bedroom of a large apartment. Chapters first released on novel※fire.net A teenager of fifteen or sixteen looked at the line that had popped up in the chat box and laughed in disbelief. "Your mom, a woman, can compete with my uncle? What an international joke!" K: [Get your mom to come out and challenge my uncle if you’re so confident!] Caden: [Challenge accepted! My mom can beat your uncle hands down!] "Kaj, why aren’t you sleeping yet?" Julian Poole pushed the door open and came in, his hand still bandaged. Seeing his nephew Kaj still on the computer, Julian frowned and asserted his uncle’s authority. "If you don’t listen, I’ll book a ticket tomorrow and send you back to Hawaii to your mom." "Uncle! Caden says his mom is a computer expert even more amazing than you. I don’t believe him, so I agreed to have you two face off in a challenge to decide who’s better!" Julian: "... From a gender standpoint, there’s no need for me to have a showdown with his mom. You have five minutes to turn off the computer and go to bed." Julian said as he turned off the main light of the bedroom. Just as he was about to leave, Kaj started sending a voice message on the other side. "My uncle is the famous CEO of Nexus Technologies, Julian Poole! Heard of Z Times? That’s what my uncle developed! Who is your mom? Dare to give her name!" He definitely should cut the kid’s internet. The next second, a crisp child’s voice came through the receiver, full of pride. "My mom’s name is Tanya Sinclair, and she’s a genius from Northwood University..." Julian was taken aback, abruptly turning to face forward, his dark pupils stirring with excitement and joy. He dashed to the computer, and just as Kaj was about to speak, he was pushed aside by his uncle. "Hello." Julian’s voice was tense and quivering slightly, "I’m Jul..." Before he could finish, the other side logged off. "Uncle, why are you all sweaty?" Kaj had never seen his uncle and was a bit flustered, "If you don’t want, I won’t schedule a PK with Caden’s mom..." "Invite!" Julian Poole grabbed Kaj with one hand and put him back on the chair, trying hard to remain calm, "You go ahead and arrange a time with Caden’s mom for an offline PK, as soon as possible!" Julian felt that wasn’t enough, so he revised his words: "You know what, give me Caden’s contact information, I’ll arrange it myself!" Tanya Sinclair was completely unaware of any of this. She was currently hiding at the staircase corner, quietly watching Joy run barefoot into the kitchen. There was still a small portion of cake left, Tanya had put it in the fridge. Little foodie Joy brought a small stool, climbed on it, opened the fridge, and took out the remaining cake. Thinking no one had noticed, she began munching away at the cake. After finishing, she contentedly patted her little belly, and placed the cake plate back where it belonged. Watching her daughter’s adorable display, Tanya’s heart melted. A small dollop of cream had fallen onto the floor. Joy jumped off the chair and naturally cleaned it up with a tissue. Tanya’s step was halted in mid-stride. She was moved, her eyes slightly reddened. It seemed that the education she’d given Joy previously had an effect. Joy wasn’t a bad kid. She’s not like Caden, a genius who has an ample spiritual world to fill the void of maternal love and insecurity, hence her excessive reliance on Cindy Lynn. Tanya believed that given enough time to spend with her daughter, she would definitely raise Joy well. Having lost her mother when she was young, Tanya most understood the feeling of losing a mother. Now, as a mother, she always hoped to give her children a little more, even more love. "Joy." Tanya walked over. Joy clutched her clothes, immediately denying, "I didn’t secretly eat the cake." Her nose and the corner of her mouth were dotted with white cream. Tanya laughed despite herself. "It’s okay to eat, it was bought for you and your brother after all." Tanya crouched down in front of her daughter, gently wiping the cream off her face, "Just don’t eat too much at night, you won’t digest it well." "Oh..." Joy’s round little belly lightly shook, "Can you help me take a bath later?" "Then I want to listen to a story while taking a bath," Joy requested. Tanya gently agreed, "Alright, mom will tell you a long bedtime story tonight, okay?" "Okay!" Joy bounced and ran upstairs, "Then I want to wear the little mermaid pajamas tonight." Tanya was about to follow her when the phone rang. She glanced at it, the caller ID showed it was Cody Crawford. Tanya was a bit surprised. Why would he proactively call her? Among Vincent’s group of rowdy friends, only Cody Crawford barely counted as a decent person. Tanya thought for two seconds, answered the phone, her tone not too friendly: "What’s up?" The background was very noisy, seemingly in a place like a bar. Cody shouted over the noise, "Sis, don’t hang up! I’ll switch to another place!" She waited a few seconds, and it quieted down on the other end. Cody seemed to have drunk quite a bit, slurring, "Sis, you better come over, Brother Hawthorne is drunk, his stomach is feeling sick. Keeps calling your name!" Vincent was with Cody and the others? Tanya raised an eyebrow in surprise. She initially thought Vincent should be coupling with Cindy Lynn tonight, completely oblivious to the world. "Sis, are you listening?" Hearing no response from Tanya, Cody couldn’t help but shout again. Tanya replied coolly, "If he feels bad, he should go to the hospital. Why call me? I’m not a painkiller." He looked at his phone again, confirmed he hadn’t dialed the wrong number, and indeed, it was Tanya Sinclair who had answered! But the Tanya in the past, upon hearing Brother Hawthorne was unwell, shouldn’t she have been worried sick, immediately appearing beside him? "Cody Crawford." Tanya’s voice was indifferent and calm, telling him, word by word, "Vincent Hawthorne and I are in the process of getting divorced." Cody sobered up significantly in an instant, startled enough that his phone almost dropped.