Jay said, "You be careful now."
"Okay."
Angeline walked out with the plate in her hands, and just as she reached the door, Zayne suddenly yelled," Ahh!"
Angeline was so startled that the baked eggplants on the plate fell to the ground.
At the next moment, Angeline stared at Zayne in anger.
Zayne pointed at the dictionary aggrievedly. "I was looking for a name for your nephew." It turned out he had yelled out of joy after finding the perfect name.
Angeline was heartbroken over the food that was splattered on the ground and bent over to pick the pieces up.
Jay strode over and helped Angeline up. He said, "It's alright."
Angeline said sorrowfully, "It's wasted.”
Jay replied, "It's not wasted. You ate a lot earlier. They were only meant to relieve your hunger anyway, so you shouldn't eat too much of these. Let’s pick these u p and let Zayne have them.”
Zayne widened his eyes and looked at Jay, unable to restrain himself. "Big Brother, I'm not a trash can.”
Jay retorted, "Who startled Angeline in the first place?"
Zayne looked at Angelina's disappointed expression and remembered that he had inadvertently startled Angeline last night too. He had caused her illness to relapse and felt guilty about it. To make Angeline happy, he heroically announced, "Hey, hey, hey. Don’t b e sad over it. Bring it over here and Big Brother will eat all of them."
Jay brought the plate over to him and shoved it into Zayne's arms. He warned him fiercely, "Remember this. Don’t make any loud noises in the future."
Zayne replied somewhat pitifully, "There are so many rules in your household."
Jay grabbed the baked eggplants and stuffed them into his mouth...
Zayne chewed on the eggplants, and his expression that was deeply ingrained with long standing resentment gradually turned brighter. "It’s so tasty."
When Josie took a whiff of the baked eggplants, she wanted one as well. However, considering that it was food picked off the ground, she still felt slightly concerned.
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