True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 1000

Maria was still slightly doubtful, but as she stared at Little Gary, her reddened eyes slowly became clearer. Grace thought to herself, "Little Gary is really great at coaxing girls when he wants to."

She couldn't help but feel ashamed of her own ability comparatively.

"Can I believe in you then?" Maria asked Little Gary again, but she still sounded slightly hesitant regarding it.

"Maria, your mommy is really so busy that she called me. Look, isn't this your mommy's phone number?" Grace showed her call history to Maria.

She took a look at it, but then looked at Little Gary again, as if she would believe whatever he said.

He looked at the ceiling and sighed, "Alas, women are really troublesome, paranoid, lack selfconfidence and often cry. They won't believe people when they say something, and yet they still want them to say something. I have no idea how to deal with women anymore."

Grace felt embarrassed after hearing what he

said.

Maria rebutted, "I'm a little girl, not a woman."

"It doesn't make much of a difference since you're gonna turn into a woman eventually," he said. "Anyway, little girls still belong to the same species as women, so there aren't many differences. Maria actually nodded in response.

Grace suspected that she didn't actually understand what Little Gary said.

"Maria, do you actually understand what Little Gary said before nodding?"

"Little Gary said that little girls and women are of the same species. I think that makes a lot of sense," Maria sounded just like a baby when she answered her.

Alright, perhaps Grace was too old-fashioned after all.

These children knew what was going on and understood things well.

She was the one who was overthinking.

Heinz, who stood behind them, couldn't help but laugh as well. This little guy seemed to have shifted his attention and no longer looked for his mommy all the time. However, he felt the need to remind her again,

"Maria, so do you still need to look for your mommy? Is it okay for you to sleep over here tonight?"

As soon as she heard Heinz's voice and realized that her mommy wouldn't be picking her up that night, Maria felt like tearing up again.

Little Gary immediately rolled his eyes at Heinz and said with disdain, "Old Heinz, you're so insensitive. Why did you bring this topic up again when we literally just shifted her attention?"

"Shouldn't she face this problem directly?" Heinz answered nonchalantly, "Otherwise, wouldn't she feel worried again the moment this thought crosses her mind later? I think Maria would understand if we talked to her directly about it. Right?"

Perhaps it was Heinz's deep voice, his cold demeanor or a combination of both, but Maria started crying the moment she looked at him.

"Ahh!"

As soon as that happened, Little Gary's disdain for Heinz worsened.

Even Grace felt that he was too stupid to be so blunt about it.

She thus looked at him helplessly.

Heinz frowned and looked at Maria who was crying as he asked again, "Maria, why are you

crying?"

She cried even harder.

"Alright, alright," Grace sounded helpless about it, "Heinz, why don't you leave us alone for now? You're really scaring Maria the longer you remain here, which would make it harder for us to calm her down. You should just leave us for now."

Heinz sounded as if he was innocent, "Am I really that scary?"

"What do you think?" Little Gary answered with disdain.

Having not spoken for a long time, even Ernest felt the need to say, "Dad, you really do look scary when you're being serious, I doubt anyone here isn't afraid of that face of yours."

Heinz was shocked to hear that. He stared at Ernest, Grace, and Little Gary just to replace that they all stared at him in a disdainful manner.

He finally walked out of the room, "Fine, I'll leave so that you guys can comfort her."

He walked out in frustration as he wondered if his face really wasn't meant to soothe girls.

Wouldn't it be troublesome if his own daughter were to be so afraid of him?

What was even more strange was the fact that Maria instantly stopped crying the moment she heard him leave the room.

Heinz stood dumbfounded at the door as he watched how she reacted to his presence.

He felt really defeated again. Meanwhile, in the room, Little Gary continued to comfort, "Maria, don't be afraid of Old Heinz as he's not here anymore. Do you replace him scary? Let me assure you, he's actually no that scary after all. However, he can be pretty annoying. Didn't you notice me calling him Old Heinz all the time?"

Maria wiped her tears and asked him, "Isn't that your dad? Why aren't you calling him "dad" instead? You're so impolite."

Little Gary suddenly felt speechless.

He didn't know what to answer her anymore.

Ernest explained, "That's because my brother is quite arrogant, so he has never addressed him as "dad", only "Old Heinz". My dad always feels sad because of this, because in my brother's mind, Daddy is always the loser. Isn't that such a pity?"

Just as Heinz was about to feel smug, he felt helpless right after hearing Ernest's explanation. Were all the children these days really so intelligent?

They were so intelligent to the extent that an old man like him felt shocked and ashamed of himself.

"What's so pitiful about him again?" Little Gary said of him disapprovingly, "He's just a player who cheated women's feelings. What's there to pity about him?"

Heinz felt himself sweat.

"Little Gary, what do you mean by a player?" Maria was shocked and confused by his usage of words.

Little Gary suddenly realized something and looked up at his mommy instantly.

Grace's face didn't look very good. How could she smile when her son was always joking about this matter?

He quickly lowered his head and answered Maria, "Mommy was late so someone else stole her spot."

"Why were you late, Aunty?" Maria continued asking another one of her ten thousand questions.

Little Gary said, "She walked too slowly and couldn't catch up with the car."

"Why did she walk so slowly? Also, is it very difficult to purchase tickets?" Maria asked him innocently, "I never had to purchase tickets for my bus rides as it's free for me." He resisted the urge to roll his eyes as he sighed. "You're so naive."

"What does being "naive" mean?"

"It means being gullible in this context."

"What does gullible mean then?

"Maria." Little Gary felt like vomiting blood after being bombarded with her questions.

"Little Gary, why did you just call me by my name without saying anything else?" She continued with her many other questions, "You still haven't answered my question just now."

"You wouldn't understand anything anyway," Little Gary sighed. "To put it simply, someone else abducted Old Heinz before my mommy met him."

"Then why was uncle abducted?" She continued asking, "Did he not see Aunty?"

"He was blind," Little Gary said frankly, "Otherwise, why wouldn't he be able to see my mommy?"

"I see," Maria seemed to have understood already. She sighed before asking again, "I thought his eyes seemed fine, why would he be blind?"

"They were just really problematic," he responded.

"What do you mean by problematic?" She persisted with her questions.

"Oh my goodness, there you go again!" Little Gary felt like crying.

Grace patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little Gary, can you and Ernest stay here to accompany

Maria first? I'll be back soon." "Mommy, are you trying to run away from this?" Little Gary sensed what was on her mind.