"Ye Chen, do you know why your Spoon Aunt worries about you so much?"
Rayleigh sat down with Ye Chen on the Deck and laughed heartily.
"Why?"
Ye Chen wondered about that too. Shakky had a fiery temper and would teach people a lesson at the drop of a hat, whether they were customers in her shop or Ye Chen himself. Yet he always felt at home with her.
"Because you're exactly like I was when I was young. Your Spoon Aunt and I have always been together, but we never married or had children. And I... well, I may be getting on in years, but I haven't exactly stopped..."
Rayleigh gave a self-mocking laugh. Before he could finish, Ye Chen cut in. "Fooling around?"
Rayleigh patted him on the shoulder. "Men chase different things. Some want fame, some want wealth, and some want power. I know I've wronged your Spoon Aunt, but you really are just like me!"
"Hahaha..."
The old man and the young man looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Living however you please, without chasing fame or fortune, with beautiful women at your side—even the gods would envy you. But Ye Chen, there's something I have to tell you. No matter how many women you have or how beautiful they are, deep in your heart, there will be one woman no one else can replace. Beautiful or not, her looks won't be why you love her."
"Uncle Rayleigh, Spoon Aunt is that woman to you, isn't she?"
"She is. No matter how many women I have or whose room I spend the night in, your Spoon Aunt has never complained. She's always waited quietly for me. Even if I'm gone for ten days, her door is still open to me. Without her patience, I