Chapter 399 The Rich Boy
As Hayden heard Nicole’s words, he looked up and gazed at her for a while before he confessed, “I was afraid you wouldn’t like what I was doing.”
Nicole let out a sigh and slowly sat down beside Hayden. She then wrapped her arms around her son and caressed his head, explaining seriously, “Of course, I won’t interfere with what you like doing, Hayden, but at your age, I’m worried that you may not be careful enough to foresee the consequences that follow your actions. So, if you let me know ahead, I could at least do something to back you up should anything go wrong.”
Upon hearing his mother’s clarification, Hayden was overwhelmed by his guilt. In fact, the reason he had been keeping Nicole in the dark about his identity as a hacker was that the assignments that he had been working with involved confidential intel, which was enough to spark a gang war in the underworld. Therefore, one wrong move could invite disasters that cost a life.
Nonetheless, Hayden was confident with his own capability that he wouldn’t expose his whereabouts to his enemies. “I only accepted these assignments because I wanted to become a really, really rich boy and give you a good life. In that case, you won’t have to work anymore,” Hayden answered.
Nicole fixed her gaze on the child for a minute. “Are all these assignments complicated?” she asked, to which Hayden nodded in response. Helpless, Nicole pondered for a moment and added, “You must stay safe, Hayden. If you can promise me that while doing what you’re doing righteously, I will not interfere with your business.”
When Hayden heard Nicole’s reply, he suddenly felt a lump in his throat. Back when he was younger, Nicole always left home early and came back late. Thus, he knew his mother had sacrificed a lot for him, which was why he started making money as soon as he picked up his hacking skills from Whitney. After all, he wanted to make enough money to live a comfortable life with his mother. While he thought Nicole wouldn’t understand his situation, he was stunned to realize that Nicole didn’t mind what he was doing at all.
Therefore, he instantly felt guilty, thinking he shouldn’t have kept her in the dark about his secret. With his head kept down, he began to reveal everything to Nicole honestly. “Mommy, I’ve actually been accepting jobs since a year ago. The name that I go by is ‘Nick’, but no one else knows about that besides you and Miss Whitney.”
Nick?! Nicole couldn’t believe her ears. Although she was not familiar with the line of work in which her son was involved, she had heard about Nick’s name as the person behind the name was deemed to be the best hacker there was.Then, Nicole was reminded of the time that Zachary tried to search for more information about Hayden when she was still in F&M Apparel.
Oh, man! I wonder how old those elite hackers would be after all the time they spent learning to hack.
At the thought of that, Nicole was stunned when the person she had been wondering about was, in fact, her son. With her eyes wide open and her mouth largely agape, she couldn’t seem to calm herself down and asked, “Hayden, tell me how much you’ve made so far.”
Hayden looked down and roughly went through his balance, eventually calculating his revenue to be approximately ten billion. He then turned his attention to Nicole and answered, “About ten billion.”
Wait, what?! Nicole was left with her mouth wide agape when she heard the boy’s answer. After all, she had always thought she had a successful career that paid her well and was sure she could live comfortably for the rest of her life with her son, but when Hayden revealed how much money he had been making, she realized her son was better at making money than she was.
It’s only been a year, but he’s already made so much money. Nicole sat on the bed for a few moments before she could accept the truth. She then covered her forehead helplessly and let out a sigh, finding it ironic the fact that her son was richer than she was.
With a brittle smile on her face, Nicole wasn’t sure whether she should be happy or sad about that.
