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"Mommy, what are you thinking about? Why aren't you eating? " Unknowingly, An An was already standing in front of Tao Tian with a curious look on her face.

"Oh, it's fine, it's fine. Mommy is just thinking about what else to add to Anthea's performance." Tao Tian found an excuse and said, "Okay, it's time to eat. Didn't you say that you were going to perform for your uncle after the meal?"

"Right." An An An nodded her head vigorously and rushed to his seat. She laboriously ran to the chair, holding the spoon and looking at the busy adults with her big eyes. She waited for them to start again before she started to eat.

"An'an is such a good boy," Lei Zichen said with a knowing smile. "He knows to wait until the lord is on the move before making his move."

"Yeah, Mommy said that, or she wouldn't be a good girl." An An An answered seriously.

"Alright, everyone has eaten." Auntie Zhong placed the last dish on the table before sitting down and calling out to everyone.

"Oh, Lei Dong, this is Chestnut Lotus Soup. I've been cooking for the whole afternoon. Quickly, try it! This lotus root is from the authentic Yan City." As soon as Auntie Zhong sat down at the dining table, she took out a bowl and started filling Lei Zichen's bowl with soup.

"Auntie, Auntie does not need to be so courteous, I can come by myself," Lei Zichen hurriedly took the bowl with both hands. "I have also left Yan City for a while, I really do miss Yan City's lotus roots." Lei Zichen smiled as he spoke, intoxicated by the fragrance of the soup.

"I like it. It's good as long as I like it." Auntie Zhong said with a beaming smile, full of gratification.

"And this, Cheshire Bright Shrimp, I wonder if you like it." Auntie Zhong pushed the plate towards Lei Zichen with a smile.

The cheese prawn, Lei Zichen, and Tao Tian simultaneously thought of a certain part of the past. They unconsciously raised their heads, and their eyes just happened to meet each other's.

Tao Tian hurriedly lowered his head and pretended to eat.

In the Tao family's old mansion, his grandpa also used this dish to entertain Lei Zichen, but Lei Zichen didn't dare to eat it, and it was Tao Yao who helped him finish it. There was also red wine, an entire bottle, and Lei Zichen actually didn't drink it all, it all went into Tao Tian's stomach.

Lei Zichen's handsome face unconsciously twitched.

"What's wrong, Lei Dong? Don't you like it?" Auntie Zhong's gaze had never left Lei Zichen for even a moment. Such a subtle expression naturally couldn't escape her eyes.

"Oh, it's not, it's not. It's delicious, it's really delicious," Lei Zichen smiled, waving the prawn in his chopsticks, "Auntie, you don't have to be so polite. Just call me Zichen." Even though it was a cheerful and harmonious atmosphere, Lei Zichen still felt a bit weird when he heard someone call him an official title. He didn't want to use such a cold term to call her auntie, especially this kind of benevolent aunt.

"Sigh, good, good. Zichen, Zichen." Hearing Lei Zichen's words, Auntie Zhong became even more happy as she kept calling him 'catalpa' one after another.

"Grandma, you don't like me anymore because you like uncle." An An said loudly, a little jealous.

"How could that be? My little darling, Grandma likes you the most." Every day, she would try her luck and chance to see Lei Zichen once again appear at Tao Yao's house. For this reason, she even reduced the number of times she went out, and even prepared a large amount of ingredients at home, hoping that Lei Zichen would come for a meal here. Fortunately, this old building was not completely soundproof, so she hurriedly ran to their doorstep to listen for a long time, and after confirming that it was Lei Zichen, she prepared to go home and pay attention to the singing in the room next door.

"Yes, An An likes Grandma too." Seeing that Auntie Zhong did not dislike him, An An happily responded.

Thinking back to the room he was about to face, his fiancee … Oh, right, he still had a fiancee waiting for him, and in these few years Irene's temper had restrained quite a bit, she just brought him along wholeheartedly. No matter how many romantic affairs he provoked, she just ignored them and focused on him, thus allowing him, who had been separated from her for three years, to have the thought of getting married. But she was also a haughty young lady.

"Ah, Zichen, you …" Do you have a girlfriend? " After thinking for a long time, Auntie Zhong asked this question.

"Oh, Auntie, I... Actually, I am... I do. " The scene from three years ago was indeed something that he owed Tao Tian. It was just that she had always had the heart to kill him, two people were in debt, and in the end, it was only a mutual destruction. Now, it was not easy for her to retrieve some of the warm fragments.

Realizing that her question was somewhat rude to Lei Zichen, as well as the strange atmosphere between him and Tao Tian, Auntie Zhong hurriedly mocked herself, "Look at what kind of questions this old lady is asking. Eat, eat."

"That's right, that's right. Hurry up and eat. The soup will become cold in a while." Tao Ran was also trying to smooth things over. He didn't want to make things too awkward between the two of them.

Tao Tian kept his head low as he scooped up the rice in the bowl. He glanced at Lei Zichen out of the corner of his eyes, and so did Lei Zichen.

By the end of the meal, the two of them were not conversing at all. On the contrary, Auntie Zhong was blabbering on and on. She even asked about Lei Zichen's kindergarten. The deep affection between mother and child could clearly be seen.

"Alright, I'm full." He was usually impatient, but today, he did not feel the least bit annoyed by her nagging. Instead, he was happily replying to all kinds of weird questions from her while stuffing food into his mouth. Soon, he was full of food.

"How about another bowl of soup?" After all, with her blabbering attitude, she didn't know if she would anger Lei Zichen if she continued like this. After all, he still didn't know that she was his mother, so she didn't have the right to ask a lot of questions.

"Auntie, I'm really so full that I can't walk anymore," Lei Zichen said with a smile as he held his stomach. "However, your culinary skills are pretty good. I'm really not full yet." Lei Zichen said as he patted his belly.

"Haha, as long as you like it, then that's good. Aren't you and An Xin good friends? Then come often to auntie's place. Auntie will cook good food for you. Quickly tell Auntie, what do you like to eat?" Auntie Zhong quickly moved closer, her face close to Lei Zichen's, wishing that she could look at him more carefully.

"Hur hur, alright." Lei Zichen subconsciously took a few steps back. 'This auntie is too nice to me, could it be that she has some ulterior motive?'

"Ah, Zichen, don't think too much about it. Auntie has a son like you, but …" It's just that we haven't seen each other in a long time, so when we saw your aunt … Sigh, I've let you down. " Seeing Lei Zichen's doubt, Auntie Zhong quickly explained.

"Ah, ah, it's okay, it's okay." Hearing Auntie Zhong's explanation, Lei Zichen didn't say anything else.

"Uncle, let me act for you." Still in high spirits, little An An hadn't forgotten her promise with her uncle before dinner.

"Great, uncle really wants to see it." Tao Ran was excited. He pulled An An An's hand and walked to the sofa. "Alright, you can perform now. Uncle will sit here and watch." As Tao Ran spoke, he sat down on the sofa.

After waiting for a long time, Little An An just looked around, but didn't have the slightest intention of performing.

"Eh, An An, why aren't you performing?" Tao Ran asked in bewilderment.

"I was rehearsing with my uncle and Mommy just now. An'an wants to find them to perform together with her now." An An An continued to look from left to right as he spoke.

"Ah?" Little devil, you really have a lot of requirements. " Tao Ran smiled as he pinched An An's cheeks. Lei Zichen was being pulled around by Auntie Zhong while Tao Tian self-consciously went into the kitchen to prepare the fruits for everyone.

"Then what are you looking at?" Tao Ran asked.

"I'm watching to see what Mommy and Uncle are doing, to see if they have time to play with Anthea." An An An replied seriously, her gaze fixed on Lei Zichen.

"Then quickly go and ask them," Tao Ran patted An An with a smile and said, "Uncle will be waiting for you here."

"Right." Anthea nodded her head vigorously, turned around, and went back into the kitchen.

"Mommy, Uncle said he only wants you to perform with Uncle," Anthea said with a sly smile as she pulled at her mother's lapels.

"Oh? How could this be? " Tao Tian didn't expect his brother to have such a strange request. "But Mommy is busy, you see." Tao Tian showed An An the mango he was cutting.

"It's alright. Uncle said he's waiting for you." Anthea smiled as she spoke, propping her chin as she watched Tao Tian bustle.

"Oh, okay then, I'll try to be quick." Even though he had some doubts about his big brother's strange request, Tao Tian nodded his head in agreement as he looked at little An An's expectant gaze.

"Good An An, just wait a moment more for Mommy." Tao Tian said to An An as he busied himself.

"Alright, then I'll go out and see what uncle is doing." Anthea laughed and ran away.

"Uncle, uncle." An An came over to Lei Zichen's side and grabbed his sleeve.

"What's the matter, Anthea?" Lei Zichen, who was chatting with Auntie Zhong, lowered his head and asked.

"Uncle said he wanted to see you and Mommy and me together." The same crafty smile from before. An'an smiled as he looked at Lei Zichen.

"Oh, so it's like this. Why would Uncle ask me to do that?" Like Tao Tian, Lei Zichen felt that Tao Ran's request was a little strange.

On the other hand, An An looked at Lei Zichen with an ignorant expression.