In the private room.

Olivia sat quietly and watched the broth in her hotpot bubbled. As Brenda had not arrived yet, Olivia placed a few pieces of vegetables and potatoes into the broth.

She also ordered a few bottles of beer.

The vegetables and potatoes were almost cooked. Olivia took them out of the broth and placed them onto her plate. Then she swirled some meat in the broth. When that was cooked too, she took the meat out and dipped it into sauce she mixed herself and ate it with the vegetables.

That was her favorite way of eating hotpot.

Then, she ate a piece of the potato, and opened a bottle of beer and drank it.

Ah, she missed the taste of such dishes. She hadn't eaten hotpot for over six months when she was abroad. Her nose felt slightly blocked, and her eyes watery. She reached out for a napkin and gently dabbed it at the corner of her eye.

Knock, knock....

Someone knocked on the door. Olivia raised her

head and figured that it might be her mother.

With the thought in mind, Olivia put down her cutleries, approached the door and opened it.

Brenda stood in front of Olivia, looking beautiful. She had dressed up specially, put on a nice dress and makeup just to meet Olivia.

Although Brenda liked to dress up in the past as well, ever since Ollie left, Brenda hadn't been in the mood to do so like before. For the longest time, she hadn't paid attention to her appearance and as a result, her skin no longer had the healthy glow that it once had.

As she was going to meet up with Ollie, Brenda had frantically applied skincare products and put on a face mask before putting on her makeup. She hoped that it would help her look healthier and younger. When the mother and daughter met, both of them were quiet. After a while, Olivia reluctantly smiled.

"Mom."

Brenda walked carefully into the room.

Click!

door of the private room was closed, only did

when you would arrive, so I began

daughter duo were stunned by that and

their tears couldn't help but to stream down their faces. Soon, they were

both ladies had their make up ruined. However, none of them cared the least as they were a family, so they sat down and started eating the hotpot together without even touching up on

of hotpot is this? If it's hotpot, you should make it hotter. Have you been abroad for so long that

when I was pregnant with you, I ate nothing but spicy food? Do

heard of the saying 'the student

the waiter to add more chilli and

"Okay, let's do it."

chilli into the hotpot. The broth bubbled into a deep red color and the food they

as the broth. When

took the food out and placed it onto their plate, steam could be seen rising from it. Neither of them hesitated as they popped the food into their

duo continued to eat without hesitation, and they sweated profusely. Their tongue and stomach burned and when they couldn't take it anymore, they finally stopped eating. Brenda cried as she glared at Olivia, "Child, I thought since you've been abroad for half a year, you wouldn't be able to tolerate spiciness

that, Olivia blinked her beautiful eyes and said, "Mom, you are elderly, you should let me win.

a mouthful of beer, "If we continue to

at the brim of giving up too. They were just

stomach was burning, but she couldn't stomach any more drinks. Hence, Olivia stopped everything she was

and it brought them back to the times of ten years

Brenda. Whenever she wanted something, Ollie would lie on the table and look up at her with her beautiful big eyes pitifully. She would then call out to Brenda gently

become a mother, seemed to suddenly turn back to the soft and lovely little

I miss

too much beer. She seemed to be staring at Brenda in a daze and Brenda was sure Olivia was slightly drunk

knew shouldn't have come back. Six months have already passed but he didn't even send me one text message. He even said back then that he would wait for me to come back,

must be glad that

slammed her fist onto the table hard, "After my departure, he must have been

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