After Fabian left, Eudora realized that something was amiss.
"So, Juju, just now, you deliberately competed with Fabian to get him him to leave?"
Juju rolled her eyes and thought to herself, "Mommy, you've been too protected by Daddy. You don't know anything about the sinister ways of the outside world."
"And in the end, you still needed your daughter to save you?"
But on the surface, Juju pretended to not know anything.
"Mommy, what did you say?"
When facing Eudora, Juju had to maintain her innocent, vivacious and adorable persona. Otherwise, Eudora might not believe her anymore the next time!
Eudora also felt a little puzzled when she saw Juju's innocent expression, wondering what was amiss.
Juju was still a child, it was impossible for her to be so scheming.
Leaving this thought behind, Eudora walked over to Juju and picked up the fishing rod.
"Juju, do you still want to fish? I'll help you!"
"No need for that. There are already enough fish here!"
After Juju spoke, she released the smaller fishes back into the water, and left two larger ones for Eudora.
"Mommy, I want to have fried fish with chilies tonight, is that okay?"
In the past, in order to take good care of the children, Eudora would usually prepare healthy, light dishes. She never cooked spicy, greasy food at home.
"No, Juju, you can't eat spicy food!"
"Yes, I can!" Juju insisted.
Eudora had no choice but to give in. "Alright! Let's go back then. I'll cook for the both of you."
When they got back, they chanced upon Malcom and Tyler playing chess in the living room. Beside the men was a servant saying, "Sir, the dishes for dinner tonight, you see..."
Eudora hurriedly handed over the freshly caught fishes. "Sorry, I want to cook fried chili fish tonight instead. Is that alright?"
The servant nodded immediately. "Of course!"
Tyler's eyes lit up. "Eudora, you know how to make that dish?"
Tyler enjoyed the food from Rosaville City, however, he was a local of Greene City at heart. Most of the citizens of Greene City loved spicy food.
Therefore, when he heard that Eudora was going to make a spicy dish, he was very happy.
"I didn't expect that I would be able to taste my daughter's fried chili fish!"
Malcom immediately shot a jealous look at Tyler. He had struggled against Tyler for almost all of his life, but in the end, he was defeated by Tyler just because of Eudora.
However, Malcom couldn't get angry.
Tyler seemed to have sensed Malcom's displeasure.
So, he smiled deliberately and asked, "What do you think?"
Malcom remembered Fabian's repeated reminders to tolerate Tyler, hence, he suppressed his anger.
He merely replied, "Sure."
Tyler was even happier. "If I remember correctly, you also love spicy food! Eudora, you should make a bigger portion!"
Eudora's mind was filled with nonsensical thoughts. She had originally wanted to make the dish just for her children, so why was it now her job to cook for everyone?
Alas, it was hard to refuse the request at that point. Anyway, it didn't matter since she was going to cook for the children.
Eudora followed the servant away, with Juju in tow.
"Mommy, I'll help you!"
Along the way, the servant said, "Miss Eudora, our Young Master can't handle his food too spicy. When you cook later, be sure to keep the spice level to a minimum!"
Eudora nodded. She hadn't planned on making the food too spicy, to begin with. After all, Juju was just a child, having overly spicy food may not be suitable for her.
Juju, on the other hand, rolled her eyes and a devious scheme formed in her mind again.
After they arrived at the kitchen, little Juju started helping Eudora proactively. However, there were quite a few domestic helpers in the kitchen, and hence Eudora and Juju were not really able to do much.
The main dish for their meal was the fish with chilies. Eudora went to wash her hands after putting all the ingredients into the pot.
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