After a lot of persuading by Zhou Zhenya, Zhou Lei gave in and cooked.Hearing her brother"s confirmation, she excitedly made her way to the dinner table and patiently waited there.
Zhou Jiahao was still confused as to who this handsome man was, but according to his conversations with his daughter, it should be that this handsome man is his son.
Of course, that just made him all the more puzzled. Why did both of his children magically turn into top grade models? And his son has such a nice voice as well...
He was very jealous.
"Aah, why did I not turn into a top grade model like them?" Zhou Jiahao complained loudly. He made sure that, whatever magical being made his children incredibly good-looking, it could hear him.
Zhou Lei was getting annoyed of his father"s incessant complains, but he knew that he couldn"t just shout at him as it would be disrespectful.
Instead, what he did was just grumble silently as he cooked.
Tsss.
Zhou Lei finished cooking the egg, and was sure to be careful this time, not letting the pan slip through his fingers and fall down on the floor.
He put the pan with the egg on the table where Zhou Zhenya was seated. She cut the egg in half to preserve some for later.
"Don"t eat this." Zhou Zhenya pointed to the other half of the egg she was going to eat.
"Don"t worry, I"m still full from dinner." Zhou Lei was not hungry this night. He already ate the egg he cooked on dinner.
"Speaking of dinner, why did you not cook the eggs at this level of deliciousness then?" Segueing perfectly into a different topic, Zhou Zhenya became curious about the reason.
"What? It tastes the same though." Zhou Lei replied. He was confused as to why both his father and sister asked him to cook eggs when they could have just cooked the eggs themselves.
At this moment, Zhou Zhenya was too immersed in eating that she didn"t bother replying to her oblivious brother.
She thought that he was trying to make her compliment his cooking. Yes, it is truly deserving of compliments, but those would not come if you force them out.
His sister"s silence made Zhou Lei awkward. He, who expected a reply, scratched his head as he waited longer. No matter how long he waited, there was none.
He instead saw her expressions. She was too happy while eating the egg that it looked fake, almost as if it was just an act to persuade him into cooking for himself...
"Ugh, fine."
Being forced into this, Zhou Lei stood up. He planned on cooking another egg.
As he looked behind him, he was startled.
He surprisingly saw his father sitting on the chair in the kitchen, looking at him cook and salivating while he"s at it.
"Wha... what the heck? How"d he get here?"
"That one"s mine, right?" Suddenly, his father spoke in a controlling manner, as if he was just waiting for affirmation.
"No, it"s mine." Despite the confidence of his father, Zhou Lei slashed it away.
"What?! But I"m your father!" Zhou Jiahao was very angry now, especially since he knew his son could read between the lines, but didn"t give him face in front of his daughter! ...actually let"s not involve face...
"Thi-this is abuse of power..." Zhou Lei grumbled in an indignant manner. He planned to eat it for himself, but his father got in the way of that.
Eventually, he finished cooking the second egg. He planned on eating it himself even with his father"s protests, so he put it on a plate with rice and sat. His father also moved from the kitchen chair to the dinner table, expecting some food.
Zhou Jiahao"s expression was happy up to this point, as he thought that his son put it on a plate for him, and even put some rice on it too!
However, as he saw his son sit, his expression darkened as he glared at his son.
Zhou Lei felt the gaze of his father, but didn"t mind it... okay, he minded it. He felt extremely uncomfortable knowing that someone was lowering at him.
What made it worse was the fact that that someone was his father. He knew he would be screamed at if he continued this behavior. After all, his father is childish.
Zhou Lei reluctantly parted with the dish. He pushed it towards his father"s side as he looked on the floor and stood up.
"Yeah, that"s right! It"s mine! Haha!" Zhou Jiahao taunted his son.
A vein became visible on Zhou Lei"s forehead. "I gave you my egg, and you"re taunting me? You"re more childish than I thought!"
He headed towards the kitchen and prepared to cook another one. As he did, he glanced at the two who were seated on the dining table and caught them looking at him before quickly retracting their gazes.
As he cracked the egg, he shouted. "This egg is mine, you hear me?!"
Zhou Xiang heard his son and opened the door. "What about me?"
Zhou Lei looked back at his mother. "AaAaAaH! So frustrating!"