Not only Bella Green, but even the old lady Jiang and Elliot Morris were stunned into inaction.
"Ma-Mason, you... aren’t you the one who doesn’t eat fish or shrimp?"
Realizing his own actions, Mason was also momentarily stunned, then he put down his chopsticks, furrowed his brows, and his expression turned slightly cool.
Bella Green was the most bewildered of all, completely unable to understand their reactions. What was going on? Wasn’t it just a shrimp dumpling?
With delicious food in front of her, Bella Green ignored Mason’s odd behavior and continued eating with her chopsticks.
She wanted to gain weight, she wanted to gain weight, she wanted to get fat quickly. Although in this era, being slim is considered beautiful, being too thin has no sense of beauty at all.
The little girl, who did not seem very big, ate with gusto, stuffing everything into her mouth, and she had a particularly good appetite.
Watching her eat, Mason saw crumbs even sticking to the corners of her mouth, and felt a noticeable hunger in his stomach.
These past two days, he indeed hadn’t eaten much, even though he’d been given nutrient solutions, it was far from enough.
Suddenly, the man picked up his chopsticks once more and followed Bella Green’s lead, eating whatever she ate.
The old lady Jiang was so shocked her mouth could have fit an egg inside.
She exchanged a glance with Elliot Morris, both wearing expressions of shock and disbelief.
It seemed that it wasn’t her braised pork that was the issue yesterday, but rather the company at the table was wrong!
Though the speculation sounded rather far-fetched, the fact was that in Bella Green’s presence, Mason Bennett was able to eat normally.
Mason had a severe psychological eating disorder, which could be understood as anorexia nervosa but was different from typical anorexia.
After the incident back then, what was a normal physiological behavior to others was a torment for Mason Bennett.
For so many years, Mark Manning tried every possible method, but could only sustain his physical functions with nutrient solutions and some light medicinal meals.
Mark Manning was Mason Bennett’s nutritionist who had repeatedly advised Mason to seek a psychologist, but he always refused.
The old lady felt sorry for her grandson; after several failed attempts, she simply gave up, though she did consult about it. In such cases, only by unlocking the emotional knot would he be cured.
But the incident from back then was like a taboo; no one could mention it. Discussing unlocking the emotional knot was like being a fool talking in their sleep.
Bella Green hurriedly finished her breakfast and changed into the clothes Elliot Morris brought over.
She glanced at the time, greeted the old lady Jiang, and then left, followed closely by Mason Bennett out of the door.
Elliot Morris watched the man’s back, dumbfounded for a second, then quickly followed them out.
In the dining room, only the old lady Jiang and Uncle Wu were left. Looking at the food on the table, the old lady’s eyes turned red.
"Old Wu, do you think this girl is really Mason’s lucky star?" Perhaps she can truly unravel the knot in Mason’s heart...
"Huh? Madam, which girl?" Uncle Wu, who was sighing, was baffled by her words.
The old lady Jiang looked at him incomprehensively: "You old fool, didn’t you really notice that Little Bella is a girl?"
Uncle Wu: "..." He really hadn’t noticed o((⊙﹏⊙))o
The old lady rolled her eyes at him in disgust: "As expected, old eyes are dim. If Mason, who hasn’t interacted with girls much, can’t tell, fine. But you, at your age, can’t even distinguish between male and female?"
Uncle Wu was quite aggrieved. Can you blame him? These days, it’s hard to tell male from female, with those pretty boys on TV, they all look like little girls to him.
What’s more, Bella Green is young and pinkish; being mistaken for an undeveloped boy is not unreasonable...