"Mr. Ye, it's time for dinner."
None of them noticed that they had been gaming for quite some time.
Then, Mango shook her sore neck and said, "This game is quite interesting. We should play one round every day."
"What? Mommy, are you serious?"
Rita looked at Mango excitedly as she asked this.
"Of course!"
Mango patted her head affectionately while replying to her.
After that, they went to eat dinner.
When Rita looked at the food on the table, she could not help but say happily, "Wow, chicken! It must be delicious!"
"What a foodie..."
Meanwhile, Zion and Wisdom's lips curled up into a smile when she saw Rita's sparkling eyes.
"What's wrong with being a foodie? Are you trying to tell me that you'll be full only by looking at this food, Zion? Hmph!"
After saying that, Rita snorted at Zion to show her dissatisfaction.
Meanwhile, Zion could only shake his head and sit down.
On the other hand, Nathaniel sat beside Mango. Then, he looked at the table full of food and told her, "Eat more. You've spent a lot of energy these days, so you need to eat a lot more."
As he spoke, he gave a piece of chicken to Mango.
Mango was mad when she listened to what he said.
Urgh! Who was the one who had exhausted her?
At this thought, Mango glared at him, but Nathaniel wanted to bully her again when he saw her cute expression.
"Ahem, please mind your actions. There are still children here."
Suddenly, Zion spoke as he really couldn't stand the both of them anymore.
Since they came here, he had found that Nathaniel was simply too shameless.
After all, Nathaniel had kept Mango all to himself, and he had even shown off to others about what they had done!
Since when did Nathaniel become so shameless?
Was it because he had suppressed his true personality for such a long time?
It was too scary!
At this thought, Zion shook his body in disgust. Meanwhile, Mango was too embarrassed to eat when she saw Zion's disgusted expression.
"Shut up and eat your food!"
Then, Mango picked up a few pieces of chicken and stuffed them into Nathaniel's mouth.
Nathaniel glared at his son from the corner of his eyes. However, Zion wasn't afraid of him. Instead, he looked back at Nathaniel disdainfully.
"Urgh! This brat!"
Nathaniel thought to himself, but he continued to eat anyway.
On the other hand, Rita couldn't care less as she was having such a great time. She couldn't believe she was eating good food and having fun with her family. Most importantly, everyone was eating together, so she enjoyed the lively atmosphere right now.
When Wisdom saw that she was eating so messily, he quickly took a napkin and handed it over.
"Take your time, alright? No one is going to steal your food. Here, this drumstick is for you."
Wisdom said this as he gave his own drumstick to
Rita.
"Thank you, Wisdom!"
Rita smiled at Wisdom with her oily mouth.
Then, Zion stared at her from the other side and said, "Urgh! Rita, you're a girl, so can you eat slowly? We never starved you at home, right? Look at you, you're eating as if you've never eaten anything for three days. Who would want to marry you in the future?"
"Shut up!"
Rita threw the chicken bones she had just finished towards Zion.
However, Zion raised his arm to block it, so the chicken bones fell into the bowl of soup in front of him. Thus, the chicken soup splashed and dirtied Zion's sleeve, so Zion frowned when he saw this.
"Rita, you need a beating, don't you?!"
"Come on, you can't hit me! Hahaha!"
Rita stuck out her tongue at Zion while teasing him. Thus, Zion was so angry that he rolled up his sleeves to get ready for a fight.
"You ungrateful girl! Urgh, you're getting on my nerves! Come over here!"
"Do you think I'll go just because you told me to? No way!"
Rita immediately jumped off the stool and ran around the table.
"Stop right there!"
"Catch me if you can!"
The two kids chased each other around the table, and they had a good time.
However, Zion wasn't chasing after his sister. He just felt that Rita seemed to have felt much better these past few days, so he wanted to play with her.
Well, Rita did have a lot of fun. From time to time, she would hide behind Mango, so Mango couldn't help but laugh at her silly children.
Meanwhile, the oil on Rita's hand had dirtied Mango's clothes too.
On the other hand, Nathaniel looked at the chaos in front of him with a calm expression.
Was that how a happy family looked like?
Well, he had never thought that he could have such happiness before.
Then, Wisdom watched the two of them making a fuss around him and smiled. He even peeled some shrimps for Rita.
His sister liked to eat shrimps, but she was too lazy to peel them. So, he had to do it for her.
When Mango noticed that Wisdom was such a sweet brother, so she couldn't help but say, "Wisdom, you should eat too. Don't just focus on that girl, her stomach is bottomless."
"It's okay, mommy. I'll eat later."
Wisdom smiled gently and replied.
Hence, Mango felt that her three children were a blessing.
Soon, Rita and Zion felt a little tired after playing around for a while.
"Let's stop here! I'm exhausted, Zion. You're so annoying, and you don't even know how to give in to me. Urgh! I'm so tired!"
Zion was a little speechless to hear what he had said.
If he didn't give in to her, he would have caught her almost immediately!
Then, the two of them went back to the sit at the table.
After that, Rita's eyes lit up when she saw a small pile of shrimps on the plate in front of her.
"Thank you, Wisdom. You are the best!"
"Haha! You only know how to flatter people!"
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