Chapter 627 - 14.23
"Mom, let’s have that in the house!" Hermes said excitedly.
"Ahahaha, of course, we can’t have that big Manta-Ray. We live in an apartment. We don’t have enough space," Gaius replied.
"Eh, why don’t we have this kind of aquarium...." Hermes asked. "Dad cannot afford it?"
Gaius gulped when Hermes questioned his Dad’s capability. They were well off. Of course, Clarke was the CEO of a company. Although the company wasn’t a huge one, it would be enough for them to live comfortably. It would be enough for Artemis and Hermes to go to university without taking student debt and even buy each of the kids good houses in the future.
But of course, they weren’t as rich as owning their own aquarium dome for their sole entertainment. Reed was on another level kind of rich, where he could buy anything without caring about money.
"A—Ah, well, Dad also works hard...." Gaius tried to persuade Hermes, but it seemed that Hermes was old enough to know the truth.
"So Dad is not rich enough...." Hermes grieved.
...
The situation became so awkward that Gaius was thinking hard about making things less depressing for them.
But before he could open his mouth, Reed suddenly approached them and patted Hermes’ shoulder. He said, "Don’t say it like that. Your Dad also works hard to give you food on the table. And you live in a good apartment, right?"
"Yeah..." Hermes nodded, he was still a bit sad, but he knew he couldn’t do much about their situation. He looked at his Uncle and begged, "Uncle, can I visit this aquarium often? I really like it here...."