“Hmmm.” Lily nodded. Pursing her lips, she propped her chin on her hands and continued to watch her brother help her with the food. First and foremost, she knew Eliza’s real goal.
Since Eliza met with Lily, she had been really curious about her views and opinions on things. Like a child, she would constantly ask about Lily’s opinions and thoughts about almost everything. At first, Lily thought this was normal. After all, Eliza had been sheltered all her life.
However, after some time, Lily realized that Eliza had strong views against her current royal status and she wanted Lily’s opinions to justify her current opinions.
Eliza, did not want to marry someone. She wanted to live a free life away from all the complications that accompany the status of royalty. However, her courage was not strong enough to even think about leaving her family behind like her grandfather.
Unconsciously, Eliza wanted someone to build up her courage with strong views and opinions, pushing her to decide her own fate instead of just letting her family decide it for her. And that someone was Lily.
Of course, she did not mind doing this. Lily does not mind sharing her opinions to someone who needed it. She would never mind inspiring someone to stand up for themselves and yell fuck you to the world that they were so used to.
However… Lily wanted to spend her time eating. She would not want to focus on talking about people in a fairytale book. Instead, she wanted to focus on the seafood in front of her.
To Lily, this was a rare chance, ah! This was a rare chance for her to eat a lot of food without her husband’s constant nagging. The thought of Zhou Jingren made her giggle.
However, this was short lived. For some reason the sound of the door to their private room being opened, made her freeze. Slowly, she turned her head and as expected, her husband was indeed walking towards her with Secretary Go and Yang Mi in tow.
Lily gulped before she forced a smile to her face. “Hey!”
“Hey.” Leaning towards her, Zhou Jingren smiled before kissing her forehead. “I can see that everyone already started without us.”
“Oh! I was uh… really hungry. I was working very hard today.” Lily said. “I need food.”
“Hmm.” Zhou Jingren chuckled and nodded. He then sat next to Lily and asked Yang Mi and Secretary Go to occupy any vacant seats. Their private room was enough to accommodate eight people so there were still a lot of vacant chairs around the table.
Seeing Lily’s forced smile, Zhou Jingren leaned towards her. “Were you afraid that I would stop you from eating too much seafood?”
“Everything that is too much is bad for your health.” Lily uttered, imitating her husband’s tone.
“Eh?” Surprised flashed in his eyes. “My wife is learning.” He stroked her head before beaming. “Don’t worry about it.” Judging from the number of shells in front of Qin Yuanfeng, Lily didn’t actually eat a lot of shrimp and lobster.
“Then… good!” Lily beamed before she gestured to her brother, silently telling him to keep peeling for her.
This interaction was enough to make Eliza and even Levi smile. It was always nice to have a very good relationship despite having busy schedules and successful careers.
Seeing this, Zhou Jingren laughed as he shook his head helplessly. He then asked Yang Mi and Secretary Go to make their orders so they could start eating too.
“As I was saying… your opinions would not affect my appetite.” Unfazed, Eliza continued after Zhou Jingren and the other’s finished ordering her food.
“What is she talking about?” Zhou Jingren asked.
However, since Lily was busy eating, Qin Yuanfeng was the one who informed him that Eliza wanted to hear about Lily’s opinions on princesses.
“Oh… you wouldn’t want to hear it.” Zhou Jingren beamed. “At least… not while you are eating.” He was sure that Lily had some pretty convoluted ideas about the world.
“Really?” Disbelief flashed in Levi’s eyes. “Eliza is collecting all types of Barbie wearing princess dresses from all over the world. I guess that’s the reason why she wanted to hear your opinions about them.”
“What?” Eyeing her brother, Eliza chuckled. “I love them, alright?”
“Then… don’t listen to my opinions.” Lily uttered in between eating her seafood. “If you love them… you should just stop now and learn that some things in this world are better off untouched.” Beaming, she turned towards Qin Yuanfeng again, waiting for him to finish peeling so she could continue eating.
“Come on, Lily… how bad could it be?” Eliza laughed. “Let me guess… I know you are a feminist so… I guess your opinion involves women wearing dresses to impress the prince? I mean… those thoughts are normal for a strong woman like you.”
“Hmmm. It is indeed normal.” Lily said. “I mean… many women already pointed it out. Still, I believe that we should not give false ideas to kids, letting them think that there is such a word as happily ever after.”
“The thought of happily ever after… gives us hope.” Eliza retorted, grateful that Lily finally turned her head away from the food. “It is always nice for those kids to have something to hope for.”
“True. But let’s be realistic here. Snow white was an underaged girl lying in a coffin when the prince decided to kiss her. Tell me… how twisted is the prince to kiss a dead woman in a coffin?” Lily beamed. “In the original novel… sleeping beauty was r*ped and impregnated by a king while she was sleeping. After r*ping her, the king left for nine months. Did I fail to mention he was married too?”
“You— ” Eliza swallowed her non-existent saliva as she watched Lily smile at her.
“She gave birth while sleeping. Then… the fairies help the twins breastfeed, sucking the poison out of her, waking her up in the process. When the king came back— she was already awake and guess what… she fell for him.” Seeing everyone turned silent, Lily smiled. “Every story has a dark side.” She shrugged. “Would you like me to continue?”
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