A man and two women with different thoughts sat at the dining table.
Kiara lowered her head with a blushing face. Alex sat beside her, feeling a bit embarrassed, while Freya calmly served them porridge, a barely perceptible smile on the corners of her mouth.
Alex couldn't help but glance at her, suspecting that it was she who had tricked Kiara into coming upstairs earlier.
Earlier, Alex was washing clothes when Kiara suddenly burst in. Normally, washing clothes was a very normal thing, but the problem was that Alex was only washing one piece of clothing, and it was the most private one. Plus, he was washing it in the morning—this timing was sensitive.
Kiara, who had taken biology class, immediately realized the real reason for him washing the clothes. She was so embarrassed that she fled, almost falling down, and hadn't recovered until now.
Noticing Alex's gaze, Freya stuck out her tongue, acting cute.
Not to mention, with this level of beauty, acting cute was simply lethal. Alex immediately didn't want to pursue it anymore.
After Freya finished serving porridge to everyone, she also sat down and asked casually: "Are you going out today too?"
Her tone seemed a bit dissatisfied.
Kiara didn't notice and said embarrassedly: "Originally yes, but my mom won't let me go too far. She told me to stay here, or tutor Alex at my house."
Freya was overjoyed and said: "Let's just do it here, I can take care of you both."
She thought to herself, with a rich woman like her here, the little vixen from the Xu family shouldn't even think about seducing her little man.
Kiara had no objections, but as soon as she thought of the embarrassing incident earlier, she was too shy to look at Alex.
After the meal, Alex and Kiara sat on the sofa in the living room to study. Originally, they were going to go to the room, but in front of Freya, Kiara felt too embarrassed to go in, so she suggested staying here.
After answering a few of Alex's questions, she also focused on reading her own book. Having entered the study state, she also forgot about the embarrassing matter from earlier.
At noon, Freya kept Kiara for lunch, and the two were busy in the kitchen. Alex took advantage of the time to return to his room and start writing legend of fengyun hualong.
In the kitchen.
Freya skillfully processed various ingredients, turning them into a delicious dish.
Kiara, who was helping on the side, watched with envy. Compared to her mother, Sister Feiyan was the person she admired most, especially in terms of cooking skills, which simply crushed her own mother's.
One of the reasons she became friends with little Alex when she was a child was that she wanted to come to Freya's place to eat the dishes she cooked herself; that was the taste of happiness.
Freya was very satisfied with Kiara's attitude. She rolled her eyes and asked with a smile: "How is Xiao Fu's cooking coming along?"
"I'm very clumsy, I always can't learn it."
Kiara felt a bit embarrassed.
Freya knew her talent in cooking; it could only be considered very poor.
Freya smiled and said: "Take your time, don't worry. It's necessary for a girl to learn how to cook, otherwise you won't be able to make delicious things for the person you like in the future. You know Alex, right? That child is very picky; he doesn't eat bad-tasting food. In the future, if he brings a girl home, if her cooking can't compare to mine, I won't let her into the house. If he marries that kind of girl, Alex will just have to go hungry."
Kiara clicked her tongue inwardly upon hearing this, thinking that Sister Feiyan was really strict and that Xiao-Ke would be miserable in the future. She felt that there was something wrong with Freya's words, but she didn't know where to start refuting.
Seeing that the child was dazed, as if she hadn't reacted, Freya thought to herself that it seemed she needed to step it up.
She changed the subject: "When it comes to marriage, cooking is only one of the problems. It's quite difficult for people to get married nowadays. Xiao Fu, you should have heard that the bride price issue is very serious nowadays, right?"
"Uh, I've heard of it."
Kiara was stunned for a moment and nodded. She couldn't understand why Sister Feiyan was telling her this.
"I don't know what to do about Alex's marriage in the future. They want cars, houses, and a large bride price. Xiao Fu, don't look at me like this; actually, with my net worth, I can't necessarily support Alex's marriage. This house isn't mine; it's borrowed. If he wants to get married, he has to buy a new one. A few million isn't enough, and I don't have that much money. And the girls look down on cheap houses, sigh."
Freya sighed with worry.
Kiara instinctively wanted to say that there were girls who didn't want houses, cars, or bride prices, but Freya seemed to see through her thoughts and said:
"The girl's side might be easy to pass, but the mother-in-law's side is not easy to pass. Like your family, Xiao Fu, your mom once told me that the man qualified to marry you needs a bride price of at least one hundred million, no less than ten houses in first-tier cities, and cars like Rolls-Royces, Ferraris..."
In order to discourage Kiara, Freya kept inflating the numbers, meaning that you are too expensive, and my Alex can't afford it.
"Ah, it takes that much?"
Kiara's eyes widened in exclamation. After all, it was about herself; she didn't expect her bride price to be so high. This shock even suppressed the shyness caused by the possibility of getting married.
One hundred million! Even she was astonished when she heard it, let alone ten houses in first-tier cities. She knew the housing prices in first-tier cities now; even a toilet was worth hundreds of thousands.
"Of course, this is what your mom told me personally. If you don't believe me, go back and ask her."
Freya said confidently.
After hesitating for a moment, Kiara said with a slightly red face: "I don't want to get married; it's not fun to get married. But how can Mom ask for such a high bride price? It's too much; I'll go back and talk to her."
She looked like she was standing up for someone, though she didn't know for whom.
"Uh... don't be too emotional when you talk to her, after all, your mom is doing this for your own good."
Freya quickly warned.
Kiara nodded, then her gaze turned to the pot, and she exclaimed: "Sister Feiyan, the food seems a bit burnt."
Then, the two of them were in a flurry of activity.
After cooking the food, Freya instructed Kiara to take the dishes out and asked her to go upstairs to call Alex down for dinner. Then she picked up her phone and called Kiara's mother.
"Hello, who is it?"
"Lanhui, it's me, Feiyan."
"It's actually you, you homebody. It's rare. Speak, what do you want with me?"
"Can't I call you if there's nothing wrong..." Freya was immediately annoyed, but just as she finished saying this, she heard Xu Lanhui say lazily: "If you don't say it, I'm hanging up."
"Don't hang up... Actually, I want to discuss something with you. When your daughter asks you how much bride price is needed to marry her tonight, remember to say it high. Just say the bride price is one hundred million, and ten houses..."
"Freya, are you sick in the head?"
"No, promise me, remember to tell her that."
"Get lost!"
"Hehe, Lanhui, you little hussy, is the toy you ordered a while ago still working well? Does your daughter know you're such a lewd woman?"
"How could you... fine, I agree. Freya, you are truly hopeless, even wanting to have the man you raised yourself."
Xu Lanhui was ashamed and angry; she hung up the phone while muttering curses.
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