After this incident, there was a new little girl by Little Jason's side—the little tiger girl he had bought. Originally, Angela Long also wanted to find a maid of similar age to Little Jason, someone who could take care of him and also be his playmate.

This little tiger girl seemed quite sensible as well. She knew that the only reason she was spared from humiliation was thanks to this somewhat foolish Little Jason. Although she also knew that Little Jason didn’t truly help her out of kindness, the fact remained that he did help her and rescued her from a living hell.

As a member of the tiger clan, repaying kindness is a tradition. Even the smallest favor is repaid a hundredfold. Of course, if someone offends them, they will also seek revenge without hesitation.

So, although the little tiger girl grew to enjoy taking care of Little Jason, she had no fondness at all for some of the other humans—after all, it was humans who had captured her.

From then on, the The York Family had a new little tiger maid, and Little Jason gained a childhood companion who grew up with him as both servant and playmate.

Many years later, Angela Long would still boast about how wise her decision had been.

However, at the time, Little Jason disagreed. He said he wanted to send the little tiger girl back home, claiming that would be the ultimate act of squandering, while Angela Long gave him a sharp snap of her fingers in exasperation.

It wasn’t that Angela Long was reluctant to part with fifty thousand gold coins—that amount meant little to her. Besides, it was originally Little Jason’s pocket money. She just felt that perhaps this little tiger girl was sent by fate to accompany her son.

As for Little Jason, he had no objections. He never really cared about anything or understood much, and now that he had another playmate, he was quite happy.

Oh, I almost forgot to introduce the little tiger girl’s name—she is called Taylor. As for which branch of the family she comes from, she never said, and no one bothered to investigate.

Actually, even if she had told him her name, it wouldn’t have made a difference to Little Jason, because he only ever called Taylor by one name—Tina.

One more thing: Tina is about a year older than Little Jason, but because she’s rather petite, she looks about the same age as him. It’s likely that when they grow up, she’ll actually appear much smaller than Little Jason.

Don’t assume that all tiger clan members are burly and muscular—some tiger women are quite petite, though they are extremely rare, and Tina just happens to be one of them.

……

“Little brother, is the Fenghua Xueyue Pavilion really that much fun? Let’s go together next time.” Little Brian said excitedly, whispering to Little Jason.

“Mm, it’s fun, but we can’t go. Mom said it’s not allowed.” Little Jason nodded, then shook his head.

“We’ll sneak out. As long as Mom doesn’t find out, it’s fine.” Little Brian whispered.

“?? Is that okay? I’ll go ask Mom.” Little Jason ran off, puzzled, to ask Angela Long, and when Little Brian saw this and couldn’t stop him, she decided to run away immediately.

“Brian York! You stop right there!!” Angela Long’s roar echoed through the whole world.

“Mom, I was just joking. Liam York, you little brat, I’m not taking you with me next time.”

……

In the following months, Little Jason still went out to squander money every now and then. Of course, he would first ask Angela Long for some pocket money, and every time Angela Long would say, “This is the last time,” but she always gave him some anyway.

Originally, Little Jason was forbidden to go out, but later Angela Long decided to let him, no longer restricting him. The reason wasn’t that she suddenly changed her mind, but that she simply had no other choice.

Ever since the first time he went missing, Little Jason had been strictly forbidden from leaving the house, and the entire The York Residence was on high alert to prevent a repeat incident. By all rights, Little Jason shouldn’t have been able to leave again.

But the strange thing was, Little Jason still managed to play his disappearing act, even when everyone knew he was about to vanish. He used some very interesting methods to sneak out.

These methods were things normal people would overlook—perhaps only he could think of them. When he told Angela Long, all she could do was gape in astonishment.

Later on, Angela Long stopped being surprised and just found it odd—how could he have so many tricks? Even someone with peerless intelligence would struggle to come up with so many schemes, and yet this child, who was supposedly intellectually challenged, managed it all. How was that possible?

It wasn’t just Angela Long who found it strange; everyone in the The York Family did. They even suspected that Little Jason was just pretending to be foolish, but that didn’t seem possible.

He had been like this since he was little. If he was pretending, he would have had to start from early childhood—is that even possible? Or necessary?

Besides, some things simply can’t be faked. Maybe for a while, but even with the greatest acting skills and deepest cunning, it’s impossible to be flawless—his own parents would have noticed.

The only explanation was that Little Jason had intellectual deficiencies in some areas, but in others, he surpassed ordinary people. If he could grow up like a normal person, then just as the legends once said, he would become a true child of the gods—a legend.