Chapter 349 - Eat It

Randy came back to consciousness and coughed. "Well, I'll take you to another place for practice next time. So, you can get used to different situations in case of any sickness." After he finished speaking, he realized that all he said was about Lord Top. He wanted to explain, but he was afraid that it would be too obvious. So, he just stopped.

Lord Top nodded. "Okay."

Randy didn't know whether Lord Top got him or not. Perhaps he pretended that he didn't. Anyway, there wasn't a sad expression on his face. He looked very calm. He lowered his head to drink the soup. He enjoyed it so much that he narrowing his eyes.

Was the soup that good?

Randy was about to say something when he raised his head and saw Vincent who arrived late. He immediately waved his arm and said, "Here! Why are you all so late?"

Emily and Vincent walked along the edge of the Forest Hot Spring because it was surrounded with lush broad-leaved forests. They felt like entering a primeval forest. Then, they arrived at the upper reaches of the spring.

They looked down and saw a green lake. There was a pavilion in the middle of the lake. People were rowing on the lake. Pelicans were standing on the boat. They came out from the bottom of the water. The boatman opened their huge beaks and took out the fish inside.

Emily was surprised. "Wow, what kind of bird is that?"

Vincent told her, but Emily didn't know how to spell it. She searched it on her phone, then took pictures.

In the distance, there was a high-altitude cable bridge that looked like a mirage from afar.

There were bird chirps and the sounds of other small animals. They sounded like squirrels or other animals which kept rustling.

Emily closed her eyes and quietly listened to the sounds coming from the surroundings. She liked nature very much. She felt relaxed in such an environment. The people she hated, like Beverly and Elsie, and deemed unwanted weren't around.

There were only Vincent and her here.

"There will be a competition in Fine Arts Education Research next month. You can choose a piece of work and participate." Vincent suddenly said in his low voice.

"Fine Arts Education Research" was a journal that combined art, education and research. The journal focused on cultural exchange, art education, academic research, and advocated the combination of science, nature, humanities. The art competition was considered as internationally famous.

Emily knew it, because Harold accidentally bought the magazine once. She studied it for a long time. Worried that her drawing might imitate other people's painting styles inadvertently, she started painting after a long wait.

"Can I?" she asked.

Vincent placed his palm on her head and rubbed it before saying, "Of course."

"If I win the award, I would like to thank the media, my parents, and Fine Arts Education Research as it provides such a good platform. Lastly, I would like to thank one person in particular. He is handsome, graceful, elegant, dignified, smart..." She gave a solemn acceptance speech.

Vincent laughed. "Am I so perfect in your eyes?"

Emily looked at him and asked confusedly, "Wait! What are you talking about, Vincent? I'm talking about Harold."

Vincent, "..."

When they came back, Emily's mouth was red, as if she had a fiery red pomegranate and it dyed her lips.

Vincent picked up a plate and picked the dishes. Emily only took a glass of milk and sat on the long table.

Janessa stared at her lips and pretended to be surprised. "What happened to your mouth?"

Emily, "..."

She lowered her head awkwardly, "Lipstick."

"Which color?" Janessa asked with a smile.

"..."

Vincent sat beside her and looked at Janessa. "Don't laugh at her."

"Well, I'm jealous."

Janessa laughed as she raised her arm and rubbed it. She got the goose bumps. She was jealous and upset.

If nothing else, her impression of Vincent was very good. Parents would want their children like him. He was aloof, indifferent, perverse and emotional. Besides, he didn't speak much. She had met him only a few times at family gatherings. And she could tell that he was quiet. He didn't smile much, always with an indifferent expression. When he met an elder occasionally, he smiled slightly. It was courtesy, not a sincere one.

Later, she heard that families set Arabella up with him. She even made fun of Arabella and Vincent in the early years. Janessa could not help but refuse when she heard this. "No, I don't like a man with a cold face."

"I'm just joking. Arabella is here. It is not possible for you." She remembered that someone had said that.

As a result, most prominent families in City Y thought that Vincent would marry Arabella. However, it turned out to be wrong.

Vincent quietly fell in love with Emily, a petite and lovely girl, instead of Arabella. At first, Janessa was very curious about Emily as she didn't know that Vincent would like other girls. She was more curious about why he liked such a petite girl.

She thought that he would like a girl as powerful as him, with a strong personality, or a high-achieving girl in the workplace. She didn't expect it to be Emily, a fragile girl like a doll.

However, she found out that Emily and Vincent did not behave in the "dominating man and weak woman" way when they were together. Instead, they were very intimate. And no one could spoil that kind of intimacy.

They weren't showing off their affection. It was natural and enviable.

She even faintly felt that Vincent loved Emily more than Emily loved him.

Vincent, famous for being uninterested in women in City Y, was wearing gloves and carefully peeling a prawn. After peeling it, he carefully dipped it in vinegar and handed it to Emily's mouth.

Emily ate half of it and said, "You eat too."

Vincent had a meaningful look and ate the rest of it.

"I really want to fall in love," Janessa thought.

"Eat while it's warm." The voice of Armando on the side brought her back.

She looked down and saw five pieces of fish neatly placed on the plate.

Armando was also peeling shrimps. After peeling, he dipped them in the soy sauce and then put them on her plate. She did not like vinegar, onion, coriander and ginger. She did not like fish because of fish bones or the shrimps because of shells, or crabs ... because she could not be elegant while eating.

However, she almost forgot that Armando peeled shrimps and even dipped them in the sauce for her all these years. He picked out the onion, coriander and fish bones that she did not like. He served her like a queen.

"Don't worry about me. Help yourself."

She didn't want to be in love that much. She lowered her head and ate the shrimp.

She saw that Armando's plate was full of dishes she liked. He was patiently picking out all the things she did not want to eat before sending them to her plate.

Her mood immediately became very bad. Because there were many people, she suppressed her anger. She only stared at the shrimp in Armando's hand with displeasure.

All the Mosbys' hands were for ceramic art. His hands were very beautiful and their joints were distinct. His fingers were slender. He was very skilled in shrimp peeling. If anything, he perfected the skill. He grabbed the head of a shrimp with one hand, and the rest with the other hand. Next, he pulled out the sand vein with the toothpick. Then, he pressed the tail with his finger and pulled the shrimp shell.

"Don't worry. It'll be ready soon." Armando thought that she couldn't wait any longer and smiled at her, seeing her staring at him.

Janessa's anger dissipated in an instant. She couldn't even figure out why. Armando was quite similar to Vincent in many ways. Both were silent, weren't good at expressing themselves, and always hid their emotions. Most of the time, she didn't know what they were thinking.

More importantly, they usually had indifferent faces. Only when they saw someone they liked would they reveal a genuine smile. To Vincent, it was Emily; to Armando, it was her...

At this moment, she suddenly remembered what Benson had said.

"Don't lie to me. Armando used to follow you everywhere, but now he is away from you. He has been staying in his room without saying anything. He didn't even look at you when he came out for dinner. You must be fighting."

"I don't know what happened to you, but that child has a one-track mind. If he doesn't admit his mistake, you can just give him an out. He talks to you the most in the whole family. He doesn't talk much and we can't force him. Go and talk to him. Don't let him get depressed during the New Year."

"Done." Armando put the shrimp on her plate and said, "Enjoy it."

Janessa lowered her head and silently ate it.