"Uncle Velin, there's no need to trouble you over this."
"So what if I've got nothing better to do?" Velin said to Talisha, half-jokingly.
At this, Talisha let out a soft laugh, but quickly resumed her dignified posture.
"Go find Trisa."
"Uncle Velin, then I'll be leaving first."
"Go on."
After watching Talisha leave, Velin picked up a pastry from the stone table, placed it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully. He found the taste quite good.
In just one minute, Velin looked at the seven completely empty plates on the stone table, still wanting more.
He took out an Adventure Storybook from his Space Equipment and began reading as though no one else were around.
In the garden, after temporarily parting with Sister-in-law, Xuemya looked around and quickly spotted her husband reading beneath the pavilion.
"Did you see Talisha?"
Hearing his wife's voice, Velin closed the book in his hands and patted the spot beside him, signaling for her to sit down.
Seeing this, Xuemya naturally sat down on Velin's right.
Velin placed his right hand on Xuemya's shoulder and said softly, "I saw her. She's very beautiful, having perfectly inherited her big brother and sister-in-law's looks."
"I still remember when I first saw Talisha. She was so little then, but now she's already grown so much. Time really flies!"
"So you feel like you've gotten old?" Velin teased with a smile.
Seeing this, Xuemya said with a smile, "Haven't you gotten old too?"
"I'm naturally more than you—"
"More than what, my dear Velin? Why have you stopped talking?"
Looking at Xuemya's half-smiling gaze, Velin changed the subject. "I think that flower is very pretty, just like you."
"Never mind, let's not talk about that."
"Sister-in-law came to see me just now. She said she was a