Jianghai City, Emerald Mountain Earl's Mansion.
9:00 a.m.
Sunlight poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, falling across the dining table covered in a snow-white tablecloth.
The table was laden with all kinds of breakfast dishes, steaming hot and fragrant.
Lin Mo sat in the main seat, wearing a dark gray house robe. His hair was casually swept back, and he looked relaxed and at ease.
Lin's mother placed a shrimp dumpling in his bowl. "Son, eat more. You've lost weight lately."
Lin Mo glanced at her, then lowered his head to look at his muscular chest and sturdy forearms. He really couldn't see where he had gotten thinner.
But if his mother said he was thin, then he was thin. There was no use arguing, so he nodded. "Okay, thanks, mom."
Lin's father was scrolling through his phone when he suddenly let out a startled sound.
Lin's mother shot him a glare. "Eat while you're eating. What are you looking at your phone for?"
Lin's father handed her the phone and pointed at a news article on the screen, his voice rising several notches.
"Look! Someone's praising our son again!"
Lin's mother leaned over for a look, then froze. "What does... Tier 3 mean?"
Lin's father thought for a moment. "It means he's very impressive."
Lin's mother nodded. Though she did not really understand, she could not suppress the smile at the corners of her lips. She put another steamed dumpling into Lin Mo's bowl. "Son, eat more."
Lin Mo looked at the breakfast piled into a small mountain in his bowl, but said nothing and lowered his head to continue eating.
Ma Xiaoling sat beside Su Wanqing, eating with her head down.
Every now and then, she could not resist secretly looking up at Lin Mo, an unconcealable smile