Sonia put her spoon down and turned to Toby.
Pursing his thin lips in conflict, he spoke after a while. "It's not like that."
"If so, why do you keep staring at it and not drinking?" The smile dropped from Rose's face, to which he replied in resignation, "Grandma, does the soup look edible to you?"
He pointed to the bowl in front of him.
Rose, however, only replied in dismissal, "The soup is made for you, so what do you think?"
Toby took a deep breath upon hearing that. "If it is as you say, then why is my soup different from Little Leaf's?"
"He's right, Grandma." Sonia nodded. "It is obvious that mine is chicken soup, but I can't tell what his soup is, and it's weird. Why can't we get the same soup?"
Judging by its smell, Sonia could tell it must have a terrible taste without drinking it. Besides, it had an unnatural color.
I wonder why Grandma made Toby this kind of soup. I doubt it is useful to the body. Sonia was utterly suspicious about the soup.
Hearing Sonia take his side, Toby was touched.
That's my wife! She's showing consideration for me the whole time, unlike Grandma.
Watching the soup in the bowl, Toby felt his stomach churn.
He doubted that Rose wanted to help him nourish his body. Instead, he was sure she wanted to poison him.
Taking note of the young ones' suspicion and confusion, Rose sighed. "You're good at imagining things. I didn't give you the same soup because they have different effects. Sonny is a woman, and a female's body is different from a man's, which is why she's drinking the chicken soup. It was good to have the chicken soup after the menstruation phase or exhaustion. You, being a man, have no need to drink it."
As she finished her words, Rose rolled her eyes at him.
Toby pursed his thin lips before he muttered, "I don't mind what hers is. What I'm curious about is mine. Did I get served the water to wash the pot that cooked the chicken soup?"
Sonia choked at his words before she coughed heavily until her cheeks flushed and tears hung on her eyelashes, which made others worried about her.
"What's wrong, Sonny?" Feeling worried, Rose put her cup aside before she attempted to rise to her feet and check on Sonia.
However, Mary was more worried about Rose. As the latter stood, Mary pressed Rose's shoulder to put her back in the seat. "Don't worry, Madam. Just sit here. I'll check on her."
At that, Mary walked toward Sonia.
On her side, Sonia's well-being occupied Toby's mind. As soon as she coughed, he left his seat and embraced her in his arms. He patted her back to help her with her breathing.
After a moment, Sonia's breath finally calmed down, and relaxed with his help.
At that moment, Mary handed over something to her. "Here you go, Miss Reed. Have this."
"What is this?" As he released her, Sonia sat upright in her seat to look at Mary's eyes.
After coughing, she had a raspy voice, and it sounded pitiful to the onlookers.
Mary stared at her with a distressed look and replied, "This is a medicine effective for a sudden cough. Miss Reed, you must feel the discomfort of your lungs after the cough a moment ago. This pill will help you to get better soon."
Sonia smiled at Mary's words. "Thank you, Madam Mary. That's exactly what I need right now."
"Here. you go, then" Mary's smile grew wider.
Sonia hummed before she took the pill from Mary and put it in her mouth as she raised her chin. Toby passed her a glass of water.
Shooting daggers at him, Sonia took the glass and drank the pill with water.
Scratching the bridge of his nose, Toby shifted his eyes away in guilt as he knew the reason why she choked. Thus, he was avoiding her.
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