Chapter 1074
“But it‘s not healthy to eat instant noodles.” “Papa Charlie said it‘s fine to have them once in a while.”
Nia‘s response caught Meredith off guard and she was suddenly lost in her own thoughts.
It had been long since she last heard Nia mention Charlie.
It might be that she had been disoriented lately and Nia had been staying with Josiah, hence, she was spending less time with Nia. Meredith grabbed two packets of instant noodles from the aisle and said, “Okay, let‘s have it then.”
“Yay! That‘s great, I can finally have some instant noodles!” Nia cheered.
Meredith shook her head and smiled, “Look at you all happy just because of instant
noodles. People would think that I‘ve been starving you.”
“Because I love having instant noodles.”
“True, most kids enjoy having this type of noodles.”
“Why?”
“Because kids enjoy junk food,” Meredith replied.
Nia‘s watch rang, and Meredith caught a glimpse of the number who was calling, it was Josiah.
“Daddy, I won‘t be able to have dinner with you tonight because Mommy has picked me up from school,” Nia said.
Josiah replied, “Is that so? If that‘s the case, would you stay with Mommy tonight?”
Nia was slightly stunned. She asked worriedly, “Daddy, are you mad at me? Is that why you don‘t want me to go home?”
“Why would I be angry that you‘re spending time with your mom?” Josiah added, “I have things to do tonight and I‘ll be leaving at noon. I didn‘t want to leave you all alone so I think it‘d be better if you stay with your Mommy.”
It was a good thing that Josiah did not invite her to the dinner party and it was just what she wished for. At least, it meant that Josiah would finally leave her alone now.
Meredith tried to convince herself that this was for the best.
Nia wanted to go to a library.
Meredith was slightly stunned. Studying her daughter, she asked, “Why a library? Don‘t you want to go to the amusement park instead?”
“But I want to read books.”
“But kids your age should be playing and having fun, kids your age shouldn‘t be wanting to read books all the time.”
“Daddy says that we should read more to become a better person. If not, I‘ll just end up being useless.”
“Who says so? Who says that just because you don‘t read, you‘ll end up becoming useless? Don‘t listen to your dad.” Meredith said. But quickly, she corrected herself,” To be honest, what I‘m trying to say is that you‘re still young and you don‘t need to drown yourself in absorbing too much knowledge. As you grow up, you‘d learn things and gain knowledge along the way. After all, you‘re not someone who is lazy.”
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