“Crayfish?” Little Harvey’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Lu Wanqing smiled and nodded, "Yes, crayfish. Haven't you had them before, Harvey? They're ready, let's go try them together."
"Okay." Little Harvey immediately agreed.
The little fellow almost instantly put down the pen he was holding and jumped off the stool.
Lu Wanqing waited at the door. When the little one reached the door, she couldn't help but reach out and affectionately rub his head.
"Mommy, the crayfish you mentioned, are they the insectoid kind you ate on the insectoid planet with Black Fur before?" Little Harvey asked, his eyes shining with excitement.
Black Fur?
Lu Wanqing was speechless. Was this a nickname Little Harvey gave to Xiao Yi?
This was not a good habit.
"Harvey, you can't just give people nicknames casually."
"Xiao Yi is your brother, you should call him Brother Xiao Yi," Lu Wanqing said earnestly.
Little Harvey pouted, "Not at all."
Lu Wanqing: "..."
"Does Harvey dislike Brother Xiao Yi?" Lu Wanqing asked after a moment of silence, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
"Why should I like them?" Little Harvey retorted as if it were obvious.
Lu Wanqing fell silent.
"Then can Mommy ask you a question?" Lu Wanqing couldn't help but ask again.
"What?" Little Harvey asked.
Lu Wanqing looked at Little Harvey and said seriously, "Did Xiao Yi do anything to offend you before?"
Little Harvey thought for a moment and shook his head, "No."
"Then why do you hate Brother Xiao Yi?" Lu Wanqing couldn't understand. Harvey grew up with pirates, and Xiao Yi grew up in the imperial capital. How did this child become enemies with Xiao Yi?
"Does hating someone require a reason?" Little Harvey seemed even more confused.
Little Harvey pouted and said with disdain, "He's so ugly, I just don't like him."
Ugly...
Lu Wanqing's mouth twitched. She felt Harvey was simply talking nonsense. How was Xiao Yi ugly?
Perhaps it was a case of boys repelling each other?
"If I don't like him, will Mommy be unhappy?" Little Harvey asked after a rare moment of silence.
Lu Wanqing was stumped by this question. Would she be unhappy if Harvey didn't like Xiao Yi?
Undoubtedly, every mother wanted her children to love each other. However, from the child's perspective, one couldn't force them to like each other.
"Mommy won't be angry," Lu Wanqing said calmly, considering it.
"However, your identities are very special. If you meet in the future, and it's as enemies, I hope you can give each other some leeway, at least... don't hurt each other, okay?" Lu Wanqing said carefully.
Although Little Harvey now had imperial citizenship, the relationship between the empire and the federation was still not friendly. If the two countries went to war, these two children might end up fighting each other when they grew up. She didn't want her children to kill each other.
"Oh." Little Harvey said indifferently.
Lu Wanqing: "..."
She sighed.
Harvey's personality had always been too unrestrained since he was young. His lively nature, she feared, no one could suppress. It had to be this way.
"Let's go. You're still young now, no need to think about the future. Let's go eat first," Lu Wanqing said with a smile.
Things didn't always have to go in a bad direction. Perhaps when the two children grew up, they would become good friends?
The federation and the empire were not friends yet, but who knew about the future? The federation couldn't defeat the empire, and the empire belonged to Third Brother. As long as Third Brother didn't attack the federation, the two countries shouldn't go to war, right?
"Mhm, okay." Little Harvey immediately became happy.
Little Harvey ran downstairs and soon saw the crayfish on the dining table.
"Wow, it's really crayfish! The kind Mommy ate on the insectoid planet before!" Little Harvey exclaimed loudly, extremely happy.
"Crayfish are delicious!" Little Harvey added.
When Lu Wanqing was live-streaming before, she had enabled the empathy mode, and Little Harvey had tasted it. It was incredibly delicious.
Having lived with Lu Wanqing for some time, Little Harvey knew he had to wash his hands before eating. So, he quickly ran to the water basin brought by the robot, washed his hands quickly, and then returned to sit at the dining table, waiting for the meal.
Lu Wanqing also came down. She looked at Third Brother and Zhongli Feiyu and said with a smile, "Everyone, let's eat quickly while it's hot."
"Okay," Lu Yang nodded.
"Ahhh, I want to eat, I want to eat the biggest one!" Little Harvey immediately shouted.
Little Harvey didn't need anyone to call him. He immediately used his chopsticks to pick up a crayfish and put it in his own bowl, then started to peel and eat it.
Lu Wanqing also picked up one.
Lu Yang and Zhongli Feiyu also started to eat. However, unlike Lu Wanqing and Little Harvey who tore them open and ate them, Zhongli Feiyu looked at the shrimp in his bowl, still a bit afraid to start. This thing... eating it felt somewhat wrong.
Lu Yang didn't have Zhongli Feiyu's concerns. A long, long time ago, his subconscious knew that these crayfish were delicious food that could be made into exquisite dishes. The person he had been searching for loved crayfish the most.
However, Lu Yang peeled the shell, but instead of eating it himself, he put it into Qingqing's bowl.
Lu Wanqing felt a warmth in her heart when she saw Third Brother peeling shrimp for her. Back in the ancient Earth era, Third Brother had always been this warm, always taking care of her the most.
"Third Brother, thank you, but you don't need to peel shrimp for me. You can eat it yourself," Lu Wanqing said quickly.
Despite saying that, Lu Wanqing still ate the shrimp her Third Brother had placed in her bowl. It was indeed delicious.
After eating the shrimp peeled by her Third Brother, Lu Wanqing also began to peel shrimp seriously and placed them into Third Brother's bowl.
Third Brother was like this, always thinking of her and not himself when he did things. If she didn't peel them for him, Third Brother probably wouldn't eat a single crayfish this meal.
Lu Yang placed the second peeled crayfish into Lu Wanqing's bowl. At the same time, he saw Qingqing also peel one and place it into his bowl. His smile immediately became even brighter and happier.
"Third Brother, eat, it's delicious," Lu Wanqing said.
Little Harvey was also eating by then. Hearing this, he quickly nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes, yes, it's super delicious, a hundred times tastier than cake, I love it!!!"
Lu Wanqing found it amusing and looked at the little fellow, "If it's delicious, eat more."
"Okay!" Little Harvey nodded quickly.
Zhongli Feiyu was puzzled. He watched Lu Yang peel crayfish one after another, all of which ended up in Lu Wanqing's bowl. And the crayfish Lu Wanqing peeled, she also put into Lu Yang's bowl. These two people...
Why didn't they peel shrimp and eat them themselves?
Zhongli Feiyu found it very strange. He couldn't understand their behavior.
While thinking this, Zhongli Feiyu also finished peeling his first shrimp. Seeing that everyone else was eating and looked very happy, he prepared himself mentally and then carefully put the crayfish meat into his mouth.
As the spicy crayfish entered his mouth, Zhongli Feiyu's mind went blank. It was... so delicious!