Chapter 749 Theodore's Sudden Call

Ruby didn't have time to scold Ethan. She hurriedly picked up the food on the floor and threw it all into the nearby trash can.

Ruby turned her head away in shame, "It's nothing, Ethan was being disobedient, and I was scolding him."

"I wasn't being disobedient," Ethan argued loudly, then started crying again, "You said that delicious food should be saved to eat slowly."

"Enough!" Ruby was so angry she felt dizzy, but with Phoebe there, she didn't want to let her know about such an embarrassing matter. She suppressed her anger, her voice seething through her teeth, "Do you know that cooked food goes bad after a day?"

Phoebe had seen the food on the floor earlier-chicken legs, fries, jerky, and other things from the past few days.

Hearing Ruby's scolding, she almost guessed what had happened.

Ethan had lived a hard life before, and there were many things he hadn't eaten, so he cherished them and would hide the food he couldn't bear to eat, thinking he could eat it slowly. But Ethan didn't know that food had a shelf life and would go bad if left for too long. The smell in the house probably made Ruby discover his hidden food, which led to her outburst. Phoebe felt heartbroken and didn't know what to do.

She walked over, picked up Ethan, and said to Ruby, "You clean up the house and air it out. I'll take Ethan to play with Ollie for a while."

"He can't go anywhere until he realizes his mistake today." Ruby knew Phoebe was smart and had probably already figured out what had happened, which made Ruby feel even more ashamed. Phoebe grabbed Ruby's wrist and shook her head, "Ethan is still young. Some things aren't as serious as adults make them out to be."

Ruby pressed her lips tightly together but eventually let Phoebe take Ethan away.

Ethan lay on Phoebe's shoulder, sobbing softly. Phoebe carried him to the master bedroom and let Ollie out of his cage to play with him. Ollie curled up next to Phoebe.

Phoebe put Ollie on her lap and waved to Ethan, "Ethan, come sit next to me. Let's talk, okay?"

Ethan moved to sit next to her, his head hanging low, looking very unhappy.

him, "Ethan, do you

do," Ethan

to pat his head, "Then do you know that when Ollie was little,

looked up at her sharply, his

scar on its belly, "Look, this is

quite understand what Phoebe meant by operating and stitching up, but when he saw the scar on Ollie's belly, he thought of Leah often sitting

like

hurt?" Ethan asked

So now Ollie doesn't hide his food

his head in shame, twisting his fingers together,

a reason for doing this. Can you tell

to go hungry a lot. I wanted to save the delicious food for her, so if we ever ran out of money for food, she

over two years

are a very thoughtful child,

take care of Ethan,

was one thing, but to go so far as to

cried so hard he could

crying finally subsided, she said, "Good boy, don't cry

looking at

know you're worried about your mom not having enough to eat and want to save food for her, but some food goes bad overnight. Things like chicken legs, fries, and ribs can't be kept overnight, or they'll make you sick, like

turned

might continue doing this in the future, so she deliberately spoke very

head, "No, I wanted

hadn't eaten the spoiled food, Phoebe felt

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