Ye Yaodong picked up a thin slice of food and put it in his mouth. The taste seemed familiar, and he instantly remembered the three coconut snails from yesterday.
He pointed his chopsticks at the dish in front of the children. "Is this sliced, stir-fried coconut snail meat?"
"Yes, I forgot to tell you. I opened one this morning, but there was nothing inside, so I saved the meat to stir-fry tonight."
"You only opened one?"
"Yes. If I took the meat out of all three, there'd be too much. It'd be a waste if we couldn't finish it. I was planning to open one a day."
"Do whatever you think best. Finding even one Melo pearl was already incredibly lucky. I thought about selling them, but I couldn't bear to, since we've found one before. Opening one a day and cooking a plateful is just right."
Lin Xiuqing smiled and nodded, then picked up a big chopstickful of coconut snail meat for him. "We haven't had this in months. The meat's crunchy and quite tasty."
Ye Yaodong put a chopstickful in her bowl too. "You have more as well. If you like it, I'll bring home any I catch from now on."
Ye Chenghu kept looking between his parents as they took turns putting food in each other's bowls. How come neither of them thought to give their son any?
His mother had never been like this before. Now she even overlooked them.
He bit his chopsticks, not daring to speak. If he said anything, his parents would definitely say, "Don't you know how to use chopsticks? Can't you get it yourself? You're old enough now. You still need someone to put food in your bowl? Should we feed it straight into your mouth?"
He had already been snapped