My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 172 The dining room of the Hughes family mansion was one-of-a-kind.

The walls were glass, from floor to ceiling, offering a sweeping panorama of the scenery. Through the open windows, the scent of countless flowers wafted in on a light breeze.

If you listened closely, you could even hear the clicks and chirps of the wildlife outside.

Having a meal in a place like this would be a feast for all the senses!

Rich people sure have it good, Willow thought to herself.

Presented upon the dining table were luxuries flown in by air from abroad: premium-grade king crab, lobster, a whole platter of assorted raw fish sashimi...

It was a feast of seafood... a fantastic festival of flavors and colors!

Just the sight of it already had Willow drooling.

She'd always loved seafood... but Buscen City was nowhere near the sea, which made seafood items costly there. Struggling to feed four children meant that having seafood was out of the question.

years since she last tasted

the sight of an entire table fully laden with seafood delights... the delicious aromas filled her grateful lungs. Digestive

Make yourself at home, don't be shy! This feast was prepared especially in your honor!" Willow tried to salvage her tattered dignity with a wretched attempt at courtesy: "But how kind of you,

a few days ago, neither of them had even suspected the connection they shared from that night five years ago. They had only been

of a massive and successful company, while she was

in his position would be bothered to learn the likes and dislikes of

seemed pleasantly

as she shot a look at Jasper before replying, "It was only a guess, although it appears to have been a very lucky guess, at that. The truth is, I adore seafood myself-and so does our Jasper! It seems to me that the two of you have plenty in common with each other! Thank goodness... I'd have to object to this courtship, otherwise! Instead, it looks like the two of you are a

searching gaze, Willow bowed her head bashfully, and giggled a little. "Just a lucky

though, truly! What were the odds that Jasper Hughes might also have a taste

Cindy,

he extracted a sizeable hunk of lobster flesh, and placed it onto Cindy's dish.

a section

keeping up a show of being polite and reserved... but now, here was a whole chunk of lobster goodness, staring up at

had come from

by this gesture of affection, she turned to look