Chapter 15

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Su Bing sighed helplessly and whispered to Su Li, “Su Li, control your mouth.”

Su Li absentmindedly responded and wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth.

Just then, Su Li saw Gu Zi bringing out the steamed rice and placing it on the dining table. He hadn’t expected to have rice for today’s meal.

A joyful smile spread across Su Li’s face, and when he saw Gu Zi bringing out the braised pork, he immediately rushed to the dining table.

Earlier in the afternoon, his brother had told him not to eat the food their stepmother prepared in the future. However, the food she cooked looked delicious, smelled heavenly, and he was sure it would taste incredibly good.

Gu Zi also served stir-fried green beans, cold cucumber salad, and four bowls of egg soup.

Gu Zi dished out the rice, set up the chopsticks, and said to Su Bing, who was sitting dumbfounded nearby, “Let’s dig in.”

Su Bing looked at Gu Zi with a complicated expression. In his memory, his father had always been busy, and his previous stepmother had never treated them well, nor had she ever given them anything to eat.

After Aunt Chu arrived, she did cook for them, but the meals were barely edible. Even on special occasions, when his father instructed her to steam rice for them, it was usually mixed with corn.

He glanced at Su Li. His younger brother was obviously scared silly by so much delicious food. He stood rooted to the ground, not daring to move.

Su Li seemed to have noticed Su Bing’s gaze. He turned his head and saw that his big brother was also looking at the dishes on the table.

Su Bing walked to the dining table step by step, holding Su Le’s hand.

Su Li was young, and he couldn’t remember everything clearly, but he remembered that his mother had never been kind to him. She never cooked anything delicious for him.

What’s more, every time that man came, she would reluctantly feed him a little and then force him to cry and beg the man to stay.

Most of the time, the man didn’t listen to their mother’s pleas and left without hesitation.

Once the man disappeared behind the courtyard gate, their mother would mercilessly beat them. There were several times when Su Li had feared he might be beaten to death.

Then, their current father adopted them and married another woman. Initially, she was gentle with them, but as soon as their father went to work, she turned into a fierce and cruel woman, just like their mother. Eventually, she even tried to kill them.

Gu Zi sat at the table and raised her head, meeting Su Bing’s resentful gaze. She couldn’t help but shiver, feeling a chill down her spine.

When she had been reading this novel, she had thought that Su Bing’s dark and calculating personality might have been a result of the abuse from the original body’s stepmother.

However, now it seemed that whether or not the original body had suffered abuse, Su Bing had developed this gloomy personality regardless.

She looked at Su Bing, sighed silently, and realized that changing Su Bing’s personality, especially at his age, would be no easy task.

She knew the fate of these three children, and she didn’t want them to lead unhappy lives.

However, some things were not as simple as she had initially thought, especially changing a person’s fundamental personality, which was incredibly difficult.

“Let’s eat. Do I have to invite you to the table?” Gu Zi walked over to Su Bing and bent down to pick up Su Le.

Su Le’s eyes squinted with delight, and she happily waved her little hands, pointing at the egg soup on the table.

Gu Zi placed Su Le in a chair next to her and then picked up a spoonful of egg soup, feeding it to Su Le.

The reason why Gu Zi did this was to hint to Su Bing and Su Li that there was nothing wrong with her cooking.

However, the two children still stood there without moving.

She could see that Su Li was about to sit on the stool and eat, but Su Li was pulled back by Su Bing before he could touch the chair.

Gu Zi only fed Su Le a little. After that, she handed the spoon to Su Le and encouraged her to try eating on her own.

Gu Zi didn’t say anything more. She picked up her chopsticks and began to eat, tasting each dish carefully.

The food in this era wasn’t created using advanced technology, but it was incredibly delicious.

Su Bing looked at Gu Zi with a complex expression. He finally released his grip on Su Li’s hand.

Su Li couldn’t wait any longer and rushed to his seat, subconsciously reaching out to grab a piece of meat from the plate.

Gu Zi stretched out her hand to block Su Li’s hand.

Su Li was so frightened that he immediately pulled back his hand, his face pale. He stood there, helpless and unsure of what to do.