Chapter 428

Adrian’s avid interest in the shooting game caught Earle’s attention.

He walked over and stood beside the little boy. Seeing how huge the gun looked in Adrian’s hands, he

couldn’t help but doubt his shooting prowess. Earle raised his eyebrows and decided to discourage

him.

“You call yourself a skilled gunner? Don’t be foolish. You’re just a kid. Put the gun down and save

yourself from embarrassment.”

“Oh yeah? I’ll prove you wrong!”

Imitating the action stars he had seen on TV, Adrian took aim and pulled the trigger.

The plastic bullet launched into the air, heading towards the target. To Adrian’s utter dismay, he missed

the board completely.

“Wait, I need one more try. It was an accident!”

Adrian couldn’t believe it and shot again, but he still failed to hit the target.

“Hang on. I got this!”

He fired the plastic gun several times, but kept missing wildly.

Watching from the sidelines, Earle snorted in amusement. “What happened? It seems I was correct.

You’re all talk, little boy.”

“It’s not my fault. I didn’t hit the target because of this cheap toy gun! I guarantee you that I won’t miss

using a real one!” Adrian explained in a high-pitched tone, visibly flustered.

“Come on now. You are just a kid. How could you even know how to handle a real gun? Quit bragging

and accept your defeat.”

Shaking his head, Earle chuckled and mocked the young boy.

Little did he know that he would soon embarrass himself.

With a determined expression, Adrian adjusted his aim and breathed in slowly. He pulled the trigger as

he exhaled. In quick succession, the next few shots finally hit the target.

The longer he played, the more accurate and consistent his shots became. Soon, a small crowd

formed around the stall. Onlookers were mesmerized by Adrian’s remarkable shooting skills and

cheered him on.

When he shot the last bullet, he garnered just enough points to win the teddy bear for Aileen.

“Amazing! Adrian, you played really well!”

Aileen hurried over and hugged Adrian, celebrating his victory.

Quite impressed at the boy’s performance, Earle reluctantly joined the crowd in clapping for him.

“Not bad at all, kid. You really are good. You reminded me of myself when I was young!”

Seeing the relaxed expression on Earle’s face, Silas couldn’t help but wonder what exactly was

happening.

His great-grandfather had always been a serious and imposing man who seldom played with kids.

It was the first time Earle had met Aileen and Adrian, but he seemed to grow fond of them. Moreover,

the twins appeared to get along with him as well. It was as if the three of them were long-time friends.

Before Eliana knew that her two children had been taken to the amusement park, she had arrived at

the kindergarten to pick them up.

As soon as she got out of the car, she saw that Adrian had called her, but he hung up before she could

answer the phone.

Slightly confused, she rushed into the classroom and found no one there.

With her children nowhere to be seen, she immediately fell into a panic. She quickly went to the

teacher and asked, “Miss Walker, where are Aileen and Adrian? I can’t find them anywhere.”

“There you are, Miss Pierce. I’m afraid you just missed them. They left earlier with Silas, so I thought

you knew his family and allowed them to leave together.”

When the teacher finished speaking, she suddenly realized her mistake and became quite

embarrassed.

Did Silas take her two children away?

As she thought of the phone call she had missed, Eliana’s heart started to pound wildly.

Did anything bad happen?

Filled with worry, she took out her phone and called the kids, but they didn’t answer.

Finally, she couldn’t think of anything else to do but seek help from Maurice.

Eliana sighed in relief when Maurice answered the phone.

“Hello, Eliana. What is it?” Maurice said casually.

“Do you know where Adrian and Aileen are? I came to the kindergarten to take them home, but they’re

not here.”

Hearing her dilemma, Maurice became confused.

“How should I know? What does this have to do with me?”

Eliana struggled to catch her breath. “Maurice, Silas took them. I don’t know where they went, and I

couldn’t contact the kids.”

The real reason she called Maurice was that she suspected in the back of her mind that he was behind

her kids’ disappearance. It seemed like something he would do to manipulate her.

In retrospect, Eliana really regretted not anticipating the worst. She should have transferred the two

children to another school while she had the chance than let them get too close to Silas. She was being

thoughtless.

“Where do you think they might be? Please help me, Maurice. I can’t bear anything bad happening to

my babies.”

Her voice cracked, and her distinct sobs followed after.

Maurice felt her pain and quickly comforted her, “Calm down, Eliana. Let’s not overthink things. Go

home first, get some rest, and wait there. I’ll send my men to look for them.”

After hanging up the phone, Maurice immediately dialed Silas’ number.

At the amusement park, Silas’ phone rang. When he saw Maurice’s name on the caller ID, he put the

phone beside his ear to answer, but Earle stopped him immediately.

“Silas, don’t you dare talk to that bastard!” With a menacing look, he turned around and shouted at all

the bodyguards around him, “No one is allowed to answer Maurice’s call without my permission! Is that

understood?”