Julia was the happiest to see Aria staying at her house. She was unhappy because she didn't see Aria this morning, but she didn't expect her mother to bring such good news.
"It's great that Aria is staying at our house!" Julia held Aria's hand with a big smile on her face. "I'm so happy!"
Aria's face softened when she saw how happy Julia was.
A child-like Julia was innocent and adorable.
Aria was unmarried in her thirties. She had some regrets about marriage and would occasionally feel lonely. It didn't matter if she didn't have a husband, but she wanted to have a child to accompany her. She once thought that if she was still unmarried when she was 35, she would think of a way to adopt a child.
Therefore, Aria, who had such thoughts, really liked children like Julia.
She felt that Julia was her child.
"Alright, you guys go play. I'm going to the kitchen to cook." Mary said with a smile.
After getting the three children's answers, Mary went to the kitchen.
Julia pulled Aria into the room, and Steven followed behind silently.
"Aria, let's play with the dolls." Julia ran to the closet, pulled open the door, and pulled out a box.
Aria looked at it too. It turned out that all the things inside were Julia's toys.
"So beautiful!" Aria casually picked up a furry long-eared rabbit doll. A girl's love for plush toys would not diminish no matter how old she was.
Hearing Aria's praise, Julia was very happy. She took out the toys from the box one by one and told Aria about the origin of these toys. There were birthday gifts, New Year gifts, gifts from her aunt, and gifts from her father. Every time her father went out, he would bring toys back for her. She remembered them very clearly.
"Julia's toys are very clean and well taken care of!" Aria looked at these clean toys and said with a smile. She had seen many people who threw toys away casually, so it was best to cherish them like this.
Julia smiled even more happily. "Which one do you like?"
Aria was stunned for a moment. Then, she took a look and casually pointed at a furry bear doll.
Because of the teddy bear that her father had bought for her, she had always liked bear dolls the most.
Julia looked at the toy that Aria was pointing at. It was a light pink bear with a brown ribbon around its neck. She picked up the toy and stuffed it into Aria's arms. "Then this is for Aria!"
Aria was stunned for a moment as she held the toy. Then, she quickly shook her head. "No need. It's your toy. You can keep it."
How could she want a three-year-old child's toy?
"No, this is for Aria!" Julia stubbornly said, "Aria, you must play with me more!"
"Even if there are no toys, I will play with you. You can keep the toys for yourself!" Aria said with a laugh.
However, Julia became stubborn and insisted on giving the toy to Aria. Aria didn't know what to do.
"Just accept it."
Steven's voice came from the side.
Aria glanced at him.
"Julia wants to give it to you. If you don't accept it, she will be unhappy." He said softly, "Please accept it!"
Hearing Steven's words, Aria thought for a moment, then nodded at Julia and said, "Alright."
She could accept it now and leave the toy when she left...
Julia was happy.
But after feeling happy, Julia turned to look at her brother and said with a tilt of her head, "What are you doing here? We girls want to play with toys together. Do you want to play too?"
Steven was speechless.
Aria looked at Steven's darkened face and could not help but imagine he was holding a furry doll. She laughed suddenly, but it was not easy for her to stop laughing so exaggeratedly.
However, Julia didn't say anything else after that, because Aria had diverted her attention with the toy after laughing.
Although Steven was asked such a question by his sister, he still did not leave. He sat on his bed and took a book.
However, no one knew if his gaze fell on the book.
After playing for a while, Mary called them to eat. Aria could smell the fragrance of food from the kitchen.
Mary brought the dishes to the dining table. The dishes were simple and ordinary home-cooked dishes. There were pot roast and Cobb salad, but they were all delicious. There was also spaghetti.
"Uncle, sorry for disturbing you these few days!" Aria saw George sitting there and said politely.
George smiled." We welcome you very much. You're not disturbing us!" Then he turned to Mary and said, "She is so polite!"
Mary smiled and nodded. "Yes, Aria is such a good girl. She's different from other children."
Different...
Hearing Mary's words, Aria couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then she chuckled in her heart.
After all, she did not treat herself as a child, so she still acted like an adult.
However, it shouldn't be a big problem because there were precocious and sensible children. Otherwise, it would be difficult for her to act like a five-year-old child.
Mary's cooking skills were really good, but perhaps because she was only five years old and her stomach was relatively small, Aria was full after eating half a bowl of spaghetti.
"Aria, eat more and you'll grow faster," Mary said with a smile.
"Thank you, Aunt Mary, but I'm full." Aria shook her head." Aunt Mary, let me wash the dishes later."
Since she temporarily lived at their house, she should do whatever she could.
However, Mary was stunned when she heard her words. She smiled and said, "I don't need you to wash the dishes. Go play in the room with Julia."
Although Aria's performance was very sensible, Mary still didn't think that Aria could wash the dishes. After all, her age was five.
Even if she really knew how to do it, Mary would not let her do it...