"Go on," Tao Junhao said, smiling as he patted his nephew's head. "Secretly give the other meat pie to your sister. Don't let Tao Xue and Tao Tao see, or they'll throw a fit. Your uncle doesn't have enough money to buy them one too."
"I know! I definitely won't let them see." Lin Jia Bao nodded with a wide grin. 'Uncle still loves me and sis the best,' he thought. Clutching the hot meat pie, still in its wax paper bag, he ran off excitedly to find Lin Jiayi.
Tao Junhao watched him run off with a smile, then turned and headed for the kitchen. He saw his mother bustling about and leaned against the doorframe, his voice sharp with irritation as he immediately began to chide her. "Mom, what's gotten into you? Why are you taking it out on a child?"
"Did that little bastard run to you tattling?" Mrs. Tao's face fell as she heard her son's question. She asked grimly.
"Little bastard? Mom, have you lost your mind? How can you just say things like that out loud?"
