"Who is that girl?" asked Mother Chen.
Chen Jianyu turned to look at the girl she pointed to.
Outside, they saw a girl running behind a small boy, trying to catch him. The boy giggled and then took a handful of mud and threw it on the girl's dress. Clearly, he was still in the mood to play. The girl got surprised, but she didn't get angry. She smiled and ruffled his hair.
"That girl...she is so pretty. And her temper is also so nice. Had it been so other person, she would have surely scolded him for making her all dirty."
Chen Jianyu stared at her. Her beauty was certainly refreshing than those so many socialites he t until now. She was smiling like there was nothing to hide. What she felt in her heart was on her faceexpressing those sa thoughts without any filter.
He ca back from his stupor.
"And you know that just after a single glance?" He asked.
"Of course! Had not been the case, I would have already tied you to marriage with one of those many hypocrite girls." Mother Chen said.
He sighed. No matter what, the topic always ends up going in the marriage direction.
"Is she single? Should I talk to her about you?"
"Mom!"
Just then, the food arrived.
The aroma itself was so inviting. The waitress laid out the dishes, and they started to dig in.
Both of them were visibly stunned.
Mother Chen felt like she had missed this taste for ages. It instantly struck a chord with her heart. It took her back to the ti when she, along with her whole family, used to enjoy her grandma's food for dinner. Her grandma had loved cooking. But later on, her brother went abroad for further studies for business managent, and she too got busy in her life. So family dinner beca a less occurrence. Things beca stable again after their marriages, but by that ti, their grandma wasn't there anymore to make those delicious als. So yes, it had been a long ti since she felt like this.
Chen Jianyu's thoughts were also on a similar wavelength. But in his case, it was Mother Chen. She loved the family bonding over dinner, which she had experienced during her ti, so she used to try to replicate her grandmother's dishes. He still rembers how her first trial was a complete failure. He was five years old at that ti. But she never gave up.
He smiled faintly, reminiscing those fond mories.
"Did you rember sothing?" Mother Chen asked smilingly.
"Yes. Your failed attempts in trying to copy great-grandma." He mocked.
She was horrified. "Don't make rember those horrifying mories! It was such a disaster. I am still so embarrassed." She cried. "It's like my dark past."
Father Chen had eaten her food with a gentle smile on his face...which he managed not to crack in despair.
She always wanted to cry, rembering it.
"Forget it! Can you please appreciate the food instead of mocking your mother?"
"You are the one who asked what I was thinking. You started it."
She gritted her teeth. "Of course. My mistake." She glared. "Anyways, I want to et the chef. He must be one great cook who could evoke those mories with the food. Now I understand why the place is nad Natsukashi."
She was busy appreciating the delicacies when suddenly they heard a commotion.
"How dare you!" a man shouted.
Just diagonally opposite to them was another table where there were three custors. The man sitting on the left was the one who had started with the yelling.
"I-I am sorry, sir. Mam, it's okay." cried He Xiaoli. She was the sa waitress who had greeted Mother Chen and Chen Juan.
"No. It's not okay." ca a voice.
Mother Chen saw that the voice belonged to the sa girl whom they just saw outside with the child.
"What is not okay? And why are you gripping my hand? Leave !"
"Is this how you serve your custors?" His other friend yelled.
"Sir, you very well know what you were doing.", the girl said.
By this ti, she had the attention of all the custors.
"What do you an!"
She said, "Sir, weren't you trying to touch her inappropriately?"
All three friends were shocked including all the other custors.
"You, you..how dare you say that?"
The custors started whispering among themselves.
"Yes, sir. I saw myself. You were squeezing her hand when she was serving, and she wanted to free herself, but you didn't let her. And both of your friends were leering and laughing at her." she said with a hint of anger. "So, I will have to ask you to apologize to her and leave from here."
"What nonsense are you spouting?" He was enraged. And panicked. He was sure that nobody noticed him and also equally sure that the waitress won't open her mouth.
"And who are you to tell that?" his voice seething in anger.
"I am the owner of Natsukashi."
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