She walked into the kitchen as if nothing had happened. She washed the fish and cut it, and when Gabriel returned with Rainy after his work, she had already completed four dishes: a soup-red-braised fish, steamed eggplants, stir-fried meat, and a plate of tender yellow eggs, as well as a pumpkin porridge and fragrant steamed milk buns.
“Mommy, Rainy is back,” Rainy shouted in the childish voice even before she entered.
She had become more daring, and her tone was lighter now. Lucia knew that it wasn’t because of her, but Gabriel. Rainy was treating Gabriel like her own father, and with a father, it was like she had someone to back her up now. He was very reliable. No matter what, the position of a father in Rainy’s heart was important.
Gabriel entered and put Rainy down. She ran to the
