A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 92 First Time Meeting Each Other

Dan hailed a taxi and shoved some bank notes to that driver, “Sir, thank you!”

The driver looked at the thousand yuan bank notes in his hand and glanced at this small kid too. This was a residential area where rich people resided in, so there was rarely any cars passing by here. He couldn’t help but feeling a little worried, “Little kid, are you sure you are at the right place to look for someone?”

Dan looked at the huge insignia on the wall next to the main door: The Rowland Residence.

He turned around and flashed a smile at the driver, “That’s right, I’m at the right place. You can go now, there will be someone fetching me from here after this! You have nothing to worry about!”

“Hmm! Alright then, I’ll go now!” The driver then drove off.

Dan stood in front of the villa and stared at the main entrance with a defiant look in his eyes. At that moment, the guard at the door saw him who had the same size as the young master. He then asked, “Kid, what are you doing here?”

“I am looking for John Rowland!” He answered politely, “Sir, please open the door for me!”

Oh my god!

This was the first time someone was calling the master by his full name. This little kid was really outrageous to come looking for the old master. What business did he have with the master?

“Kid, you should go now. Recently, our old master is easily angered. He has really bad-temper, and he is not someone you can meet easily!” The guard tried to persuade Dan patiently.

“I need to see him now, you have to open the door. Or else, you can ask him to meet me here too! I’m here to negotiate!” Dan retorted seriously, and his expression also darkened. Although he was at a

tender age, he had a mature look on his face and an inborn aura. The guard was actually stunned momentarily.

“The master won’t see you!” The guard returned to himself after a while and continued to persuade Dan. “Which family are you from? How are you able to find this place? Go back now!”

“Go and tell him now, I need to see him. Does he not dare to see me?” Dan was cemented to the spot in front of the door. “Tell him that I don’t like his personality at all. He is too arrogant!”

“Kid, I have told you again and again, the master won’t see a child like you. There are tigers around this hill, so you better go home now!”

“Uncle, you are bluffing. It would be nice if there are really tigers around. They can build a zoo here. There’s no way you can continue living here!” Dan snorted, “Go pass on my word to Mr. Rowland! I hate arrogant people the most!”

The guard was really petrified. It was the first time he had seen a child criticizing the master like this! However, how could the master come out to negotiate with a child? “Kid, you better go now. Your mum is going to be worried about you at dinner time!”

“Uncle, you really have no manners. You haven’t even asked yet, yet how do you know that he won’t want to see me? Tell him to return Sammy to my mum, or else he will feel sorry!”

Dan’s tone was so serious that he sounded like he was threatening the guard despite being a child. His aura could give the young master a run for his money!

“But I don’t dare to go pass on your word!” The guard was being honest this time. The master was really in a foul mood lately as he even imprisoned the young master at home. How could he go over and provoke the tiger in the house?

As they were still in a stranglehold, suddenly an ominous voice came from afar, “Lyford, what’s wrong? Why are you being so noisy so early in the morning? This is too unbecoming!”

“Ah! Master!” The guard whose name was Lyford saw John standing in the courtyard with a grave expression and this caused him to get a little nervous, “A child is here and he says that he’s looking for you!”

John froze for a moment as his gaze shifted to the outside. The guard was right, there was a tiny finger standing there.

“Good day, Mr. Rowland. My name is Daniel, and I’m here to see you!” Dan introduced himself with a loud voice and clear intonation. His impressive aura successfully attracted John’s attention to him.

John took a good look at the tiny figure outside the door and thought that he must be at Sammy’s age. This kid also had an impressive aura, unlike his own grandson. An interesting smile played around John’s lips, “Open the door and let him in!”

It was an amusing sight to see such a young child looking for himself so early in the morning.

Dan was finally allowed to enter and he immediately approached John and stood in front of him. With just a few steps separating them, he looked at John seriously as he repeated his introduction with a smile, “I have told you my name just now, and now I want to elaborate further. My name is Daniel, and my mummy is Sherry. In other words, she is your grandson’s biological mother!”

John focused his gaze on Dan’s face upon hearing that. Suddenly, something sparked in the depths of his eyes as he stared at Dan’s round eyes. This pair of eyes… They looked so familiar…

“Who is your dad?” John made some deductions in his mind with Dan’s age as the reference. There was a possibility. Could Sherry give birth to a second child? He was almost at Sammy’s age.

Dan simply stared at her without saying anything. After being silent for a few seconds, he replied, “Are you planning to have such a private conversation with me in this courtyard? It seems that you don’t know how to treat your guest well.”

John was stunned by his words. This child was really imposing! For some reason, he wasn’t angry in the least bit. He simply turned around and invited, “Come with me!”

Dan followed from behind with heavy steps.

As they reached the living room, John waved his hand to signal his servants to take a leave. They all looked at this unfamiliar child with confusion, yet they could see a familiar resemblance on his face.

Mrs. Howe especially felt something stir in her heart as she laid eyes on Dan. Her eyesight blurred for a moment as he concluded that Dan really took after the lady and the young master…

However, she simply left without saying a word since this was John’s order.

There were only John and Dan left in the living room. He sat on the sofa and studied the little kid, “You are Sherry’s son too?”

“I’m not her real son!” Dan didn’t continue after saying that. After all, he was still a child, and bringing such a topic up would still cause him sadness and loneliness.

John froze for a second, “You’re not her actual son?”

“Yes!” Dan nodded, “Mr. Rowland, I’m here to talk about Sammy, not me. Can you return Sammy to mummy? She is so worried now!”

“Sammy is my grandson! He only needs a grandfather in me! He doesn’t need a mum!” John answered with conviction. Returning Sammy to Sherry? Someone like her who could sell off her body to bear other’s child, did she have the qualifications to be Sammy’s mother?

“I know that Sammy is your grandson!” Dan raised his brows.

This child really looked adorable with his brows twisted up! For some strange reason, John had a familiar feeling besieging him, “So?”

“Sammy is your grandson, but he is also my mummy’s son!” Dan couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that John was declaring Sammy as his grandson who couldn’t call Sherry his mother anymore.

“Has your mum sent you here?” John curled up the corner of his lips without even realizing himself.

“I come here by myself!” Dan replied while lowering his head. He didn’t know whether mummy would get angry if she learnt that he had come here. Nevertheless, he was really worried about mummy and he wanted mummy to be happy. He didn’t want mummy to hate him, so he vowed to bring Sammy back to mummy’s side.

John was really surprised by Dan’s answer. He was curious about Dan’s motivation to come here all alone while he was still so young. By car, he would need fifteen minutes to reach this place. He asked, “How did you come here?”

“Taxi!” Dan looked up, “It’s very easy! I just told the driver the address of this place and he was able to bring me here!”

“Taxi?”

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“Then how are you planning to go down the hill later?” John didn’t know why he was asking this at all since they were just talking nonsense at this point. He hated bantering with people without any meaningful content, especially when the other party was a child.

“You will send me down there! I have asked the driver to go since it’s not easy for him to earn money. I can’t waste his time!” Dan answered with nonchalance.

“How are you so sure that I’m going to send you back later?” John’s interest in this child was piqued.

“That is because Sammy is going back with me to see mummy! Aren’t you worried about two little child sitting in a car all by themselves? You’re not concerned with me going missing, but you must be concerned with your grandson going missing, right?”

This was why Dan was so sure that Mr. Rowland would send him down there personally! Dan was very confident that he would be able to convince him.

Uh!

Dan was very reasonable! How could he be so smart? Why was his own grandson not as smart as him? Dan could even hold his ground with an adult, and his reasoning was flawless, “Sammy won’t go back with you because he’s already overseas now. I can send my driver to drive you home, but you have to let your mum knows that Sammy is doing fine. There is no need for her to come looking for him anymore. Sammy will still be happy without his mother, and it is a lifelong embarrassment for him to have such a mother like Sherry!”

“Why is that?” Dan frowned, “Why are you so critical of my mother?”

“You are really unreasonable and arrogant. Isn’t having a parent good for Sammy? Do you know how bad does it feel to get abandoned by your own parents? My mummy is really kind. She has given me love and raised me up but she was not able to have his own son by her side. Don’t you think that is very saddening? My mummy will cry, and she always cries alone. Don’t you know that, Mr. Rowland? Sammy is very happy with mummy by his side? How could you hide him away? I hate you! I hate unreasonable people like you!” Dan glared at him while gnashing his teeth. There was a defiant look in his hateful eyes.

John felt his body tremble slightly and his expression rapidly darkened. As he looked into Dan’s defiant eyes which was trained on him so stubbornly, the doors to his memories flung open as he recalled two other person—

Twenty five years ago, in this same place and with the same scene happening, William who was just five years old was glaring at him with such defiance too after getting yelled at. William was gritting his teeth, “You hate me!”

“I really hate you!” He remembered answering his son like that.

“Why are you so critical of me?” Five-year-old William asked him vehemently, and his eyes were full of apprehension.

“Because you have led to your mother’s death. If it were not for you, your mother wouldn’t have died. You always have to remember that your mother is dead because she had given birth to you…”

As his memories wandered, William must been this child’s age too.

He recalled that he immediately regretted for saying such words. He watched the azure sky and a sadness descended on his face. His beloved wife was dead because of complications when giving birth, which caused William to grow up without a mother. This prompted him to think: What if his grandson grew up without a mother? It was not like the Rowland family couldn’t raise him up fine.

However, it was precisely that sentence that caused William to lose his happiness forever ever since he was five-years-old. He was never happy after that!

He recalled Mrs. Howe begging her while sobbing, “Master, the young master is not wrong. He is still a child, and if you want to blame anything, it should be the lady’s bad luck you should blame. She couldn’t enjoy her happiness! I know you hate the young master for leading to the lady’s death, but he is still your child in the end. This is your fate!”

“If he doesn’t exist, Vivien would never have left me.” John’s eyes were hiding a terrible pain. Residing within that sensation of pain was endless longing. The woman he loved the most was no more. She would never return!

He had gone through such a lonely life for five years, and those years felt so long and never-ending. He was shrouded in complete loneliness and sadness!

William simply stared at him and remaining silent at that time.