"Haha!" Mrs. Borah laughed. "From now on, I'll be cooking for you guys. Make sure to eat
well, alright?"
"Of course! I'll eat everything up, " Venus declared, clapping her hands excitedly.
"Me too."
"And me!"
Randy and Josh stuck their hands up in the air.
Dori, who had been lying in Venus's arms the whole time, looked up blearily and squawked, "Me
too!"
"What's wrong with Dori?" Mrs. Borah asked, looking curiously at the parrot. "Is she sick? Or is
she hungover?"
"She's drunk, actually, " Venus said, her eyes flashing with glee. "This morning, she drank Uncle
Zay's wine secretly. She has been in a coma ever since."
Hearing this, Carla turned to Zayn and gave him a sharp pinch on his arm. "You gave
Dori wine again?"
"She wanted to drink some herself, " Zayn replied, looking very wronged.
"Yeah! You have me as a witness—Dori wanted to drink it herself, " Josh said, standing up for
Zayn immediately.
"And me!" Randy added. "It wasn't Uncle Zay who fed it to her."
"Oh, it's alright. She'll wake up by tomorrow anyway."
Venus patted Dori's green little head comfortingly.
"Alright, then. I'll go prepare dinner first. Go and have some fun! Dinner will be ready at six, as usual."
"Okay! Thanks, Mrs. Borah!'
After sending the kids off to play, Mrs. Borah looked up at Zayn, feeling a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry for hitting you with the mop last time…"
"No worries, " Zayn said, interrupting her. "You were only protecting your own people.
Besides, you're our elder."
Although he wasn't a particularly emotive man and didn't know how to comfort people, he tried his best to reassure Mrs. Borah through his words.
Carla felt extremely shocked. Zayn was such a prideful man that she hadn't expected him to lay down his dignity and forgive Mrs. Borah for her sake.
"Oh, thank you!" Mrs. Borah was equally stunned. She felt a little touched, too. There had been a few misunderstandings between Zayn and herself recently, and she wondered if
their meeting today would be awkward.
However, his attitude towards her right now made her feel very shocked.
This was probably what people meant when they said ‘love me, love my dog'.
Because of his love for Carla, Zayn was willing to do things he would never have
considered before.
"Don't worry about it, " Zayn replied, smiling. "I've hired quite a lot of cooks. You can ask
them for help, too. Don't tire yourself out too much."
"Oh, got it!"
Mrs. Borah nodded, smiling. She ran back into the kitchen to busy herself.
A few cooks hovered at her elbows, worried that she might faint from fatigue any moment.
"I'm going upstairs to change, " Zayn took Carla's hand and pulled her upstairs.
"Look over there! Uncle Zay is holding Mommy's hand!" Venus exclaimed suddenly. She
clapped a hand over her mouth, a horrified expression appearing on her face. "After
graduating from kindergarten, boys and girls aren't allowed to hold hands!"
"Oh no! Will they get pregnant?" Josh frowned, his face full of worry. "If Mommy gets
pregnant again, we'll have the real-life Deedee, Lulu, and Kiki soon enough…"
"Oh, both of you are so ignorant!" Randy said, puffing out his chest. With a pompous
expression, he said, "You can't get pregnant through holding holds! But…"
Here, Zayn looped his hand around Carla's shoulders as the both of them proceeded
upstairs, laughing as they went.
"Oh no, they're hugging each other now!" Venus cried, pointing to them in consternation. "Do
you think they could get pregnant like that?"
"No…" Randy said smugly. "That doesn't mean anything. They have to kiss first…"
At that exact moment, Zayn pressed a kiss to Carla's lips.
"Oh no!" Venus hid her face behind her hands, too afraid to look.
"Oh no…" Randy said, sighing.
"You can get pregnant through kissing?" Josh asked, looking horrified. "I just kissed Miss
Willia on her cheeks! Does that mean…I'm going to be a father soon?"
"What? Josh, did you really kiss Miss Willia on her cheeks?" Venus yelped, stomping her
feet. "This is terrible! I'm going to be an aunt!"
"What are we going to do?" Randy moaned, burying his head in his hands. "I'm too young to
be an uncle! Besides, what will happen if Mommy's baby is born at the same time as my
nephew? Oh my gosh…"
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