Mark Xavier began to wolf down the food—meat and eggs he hadn't eaten in a long time. As he ate, tears streamed down his face. He missed his mom.
When his mom was still around, he had meat and eggs to eat, too. Now, he couldn't even get pickled vegetables. Mark Xavier ate while crying, and in no time, he finished the entire lunchbox, even licking the stray grains of rice from the edges until it was spotless. He wasn't full at all, but his body felt much warmer. The warm food filling his stomach made him feel comfortable, and he desperately wanted to lie down and sleep.
Meanwhile, Tang Xiao'nan and Amanda Chapman were discussing Mark Xavier's situation.
"It has to be a stepmom. No matter how poor a real mother is, she would never let her child go hungry," Amanda Chapman said with conviction.
A child with a mother is a treasure, while a child without one is like a weed. Mark Xavier was that poor weed.
