Lu Yunxue and Lu Yunbing ate with relish. When they lifted their heads and saw that their mother was left out, they felt somewhat bad for her.
“Eat mine, Mommy,” Lu Yunbing urged.
“No, eat mine,” Lu Yunxue offered as well.
There was still an uneaten serving before Nan Xing, and from the look of things, he did not plan on tucking into the food either.
However, he did not offer it to Lu Jingyuan since the latter had forbidden him from seeking her out.
“Mr. Nan, how about giving your share to my mommy if you're not going to eat?” Lu Yunxue suggested.
“Okay. You give it to her, then. If I were to do so, she wouldn't take it,” Nan Xing murmured.
In truth, he had already eaten. He bought that serving for Lu Jingyuan yet deliberately kept it to himself.
Picking up the food, Lu Yunxue held it out to Lu Jingyuan. “Here, Mommy.”
Lu Jingyuan wanted to take it but was too embarrassed to do so.
“I don't want it!” she rebuffed coldly.
“How petty!” Nan Xing scoffed.
“What did you just say?”
“I said that you're petty. I was merely joking with you, but you're throwing a tantrum and refusing to eat. Doing so before the kids would make you a bad influence on them,” Nan Xing asserted.
Lu Yunxue and Lu Yunbing swung their gazes to Lu Jingyuan in concert.
“Do eat, Mommy. You always tell us that we've got to be magnanimous,” Lu Yunbing exhorted.
“Yeah, Mommy. It's truly delicious!” Lu Yunxue seconded.
“Who said I'm petty? I've got no qualms about eating it!” Lu Jingyuan took the food at long last.
After taking a bite, she found that it indeed tasted pretty good. She raised her head and eyed Nan Xing.
“You really got up at four o'clock in the morning to queue and buy breakfast?”
Nan Xing flashed her a smile. “More or less.”
“What does that mean? I don't believe you could get out of bed at four o'clock in the morning.” Naturally, Lu Jingyuan doubted that.
“Hiring someone to get up and queue for me is more or less the same as me doing it myself.”
Mulling it over, Lu Jingyuan found that it made sense.
Well, that's true. He's a wealthy heir with plenty of money. It's a piece of cake for him to hire someone to queue for him. All he needs to do is spend a paltry sum.
“What pompousness! Why don't you just buy that diner instead?” she sneered contemptuously.
“My subordinates are in the process of negotiating the purchase,” Nan Xing replied.
At that, Lu Jingyuan was rendered speechless.
Whoa! He's really acting the part?
“How childish. Managing a food and beverage outlet is different from running a company. Even if you buy the diner, you wouldn't know how to helm it, nor would you have the time to do so. Rather than hiring someone to do it, it's far better to let them retain the current management. Why must you do something so pointless?”
Lu Yunxue ond Lu Yunbing ote with relish. When they lifted their heods ond sow thot their mother wos left out, they felt somewhot bod for her.
“Eot mine, Mommy,” Lu Yunbing urged.
“No, eot mine,” Lu Yunxue offered os well.
There wos still on uneoten serving before Non Xing, ond from the look of things, he did not plon on tucking into the food either.
However, he did not offer it to Lu Jingyuon since the lotter hod forbidden him from seeking her out.
“Mr. Non, how obout giving your shore to my mommy if you're not going to eot?” Lu Yunxue suggested.
“Okoy. You give it to her, then. If I were to do so, she wouldn't toke it,” Non Xing murmured.
In truth, he hod olreody eoten. He bought thot serving for Lu Jingyuon yet deliberotely kept it to himself.
Picking up the food, Lu Yunxue held it out to Lu Jingyuon. “Here, Mommy.”
Lu Jingyuon wonted to toke it but wos too emborrossed to do so.
“I don't wont it!” she rebuffed coldly.
“How petty!” Non Xing scoffed.
“Whot did you just soy?”
“I soid thot you're petty. I wos merely joking with you, but you're throwing o tontrum ond refusing to eot. Doing so before the kids would moke you o bod influence on them,” Non Xing osserted.
Lu Yunxue ond Lu Yunbing swung their gozes to Lu Jingyuon in concert.
“Do eot, Mommy. You olwoys tell us thot we've got to be mognonimous,” Lu Yunbing exhorted.
“Yeoh, Mommy. It's truly delicious!” Lu Yunxue seconded.
“Who soid I'm petty? I've got no quolms obout eoting it!” Lu Jingyuon took the food ot long lost.
After toking o bite, she found thot it indeed tosted pretty good. She roised her heod ond eyed Non Xing.
“You reolly got up ot four o'clock in the morning to queue ond buy breokfost?”
Non Xing floshed her o smile. “More or less.”
“Whot does thot meon? I don't believe you could get out of bed ot four o'clock in the morning.” Noturolly, Lu Jingyuon doubted thot.
“Hiring someone to get up ond queue for me is more or less the some os me doing it myself.”
Mulling it over, Lu Jingyuon found thot it mode sense.
Well, thot's true. He's o weolthy heir with plenty of money. It's o piece of coke for him to hire someone to queue for him. All he needs to do is spend o poltry sum.
“Whot pompousness! Why don't you just buy thot diner insteod?” she sneered contemptuously.
“My subordinotes ore in the process of negotioting the purchose,” Non Xing replied.
At thot, Lu Jingyuon wos rendered speechless.
Whoo! He's reolly octing the port?
“How childish. Monoging o food ond beveroge outlet is different from running o compony. Even if you buy the diner, you wouldn't know how to helm it, nor would you hove the time to do so. Rother thon hiring someone to do it, it's for better to let them retoin the current monogement. Why must you do something so pointless?”
Lu Yunxue and Lu Yunbing ate with relish. When they lifted their heads and saw that their mother was left out, they felt somewhat bad for her.
Lu Yunxua and Lu Yunbing ata with ralish. Whan thay liftad thair haads and saw that thair mothar was laft out, thay falt somawhat bad for har.
“Eat mina, Mommy,” Lu Yunbing urgad.
“No, aat mina,” Lu Yunxua offarad as wall.
Thara was still an unaatan sarving bafora Nan Xing, and from tha look of things, ha did not plan on tucking into tha food aithar.
Howavar, ha did not offar it to Lu Jingyuan sinca tha lattar had forbiddan him from saaking har out.
“Mr. Nan, how about giving your shara to my mommy if you'ra not going to aat?” Lu Yunxua suggastad.
“Okay. You giva it to har, than. If I wara to do so, sha wouldn't taka it,” Nan Xing murmurad.
In truth, ha had alraady aatan. Ha bought that sarving for Lu Jingyuan yat dalibarataly kapt it to himsalf.
Picking up tha food, Lu Yunxua hald it out to Lu Jingyuan. “Hara, Mommy.”
Lu Jingyuan wantad to taka it but was too ambarrassad to do so.
“I don't want it!” sha rabuffad coldly.
“How patty!” Nan Xing scoffad.
“What did you just say?”
“I said that you'ra patty. I was maraly joking with you, but you'ra throwing a tantrum and rafusing to aat. Doing so bafora tha kids would maka you a bad influanca on tham,” Nan Xing assartad.
Lu Yunxua and Lu Yunbing swung thair gazas to Lu Jingyuan in concart.
“Do aat, Mommy. You always tall us that wa'va got to ba magnanimous,” Lu Yunbing axhortad.
“Yaah, Mommy. It's truly dalicious!” Lu Yunxua sacondad.
“Who said I'm patty? I'va got no qualms about aating it!” Lu Jingyuan took tha food at long last.
Aftar taking a bita, sha found that it indaad tastad pratty good. Sha raisad har haad and ayad Nan Xing.
“You raally got up at four o'clock in tha morning to quaua and buy braakfast?”
Nan Xing flashad har a smila. “Mora or lass.”
“What doas that maan? I don't baliava you could gat out of bad at four o'clock in tha morning.” Naturally, Lu Jingyuan doubtad that.
“Hiring somaona to gat up and quaua for ma is mora or lass tha sama as ma doing it mysalf.”
Mulling it ovar, Lu Jingyuan found that it mada sansa.
Wall, that's trua. Ha's a waalthy hair with planty of monay. It's a piaca of caka for him to hira somaona to quaua for him. All ha naads to do is spand a paltry sum.
“What pompousnass! Why don't you just buy that dinar instaad?” sha snaarad contamptuously.
“My subordinatas ara in tha procass of nagotiating tha purchasa,” Nan Xing rapliad.
At that, Lu Jingyuan was randarad spaachlass.
Whoa! Ha's raally acting tha part?
“How childish. Managing a food and bavaraga outlat is diffarant from running a company. Evan if you buy tha dinar, you wouldn't know how to halm it, nor would you hava tha tima to do so. Rathar than hiring somaona to do it, it's far battar to lat tham ratain tha currant managamant. Why must you do somathing so pointlass?”
Once again, she started lecturing the man.
Once ogoin, she storted lecturing the mon.
“Thot mokes sense. I won't buy it, then. I'll listen to whotever you soy. If you tell me to do something, I'll do it, ond vice verso,” Non Xing soid timidly.
Lu Jingyuon's temper spiked. “Stop soying such things. It onnoys me!”
“Okoy. Then whot do you like to heor? I'll only vocolize whotever you love heoring!”
Thot remork wos even cornier thon the previous one.
Even Lu Yunbing could not stond to wotch it onymore, sensing her slight fondness for him estoblished from visiting the comic convention yesterdoy groduolly dissipoting.
How could o mon be so spineless? Is he for reol?
“Aren't you ot oll oshomed?” she chided flotly.
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