It was a relief that the porridge Melissa Chan cooked was edible, after all, it's just about getting the porridge to thicken up—who couldn't do that?
After breakfast, Melissa Chan and Lucy Wood conscientiously cleaned up the dishes, leaving Ellen Young with some free time.
Michael clearly saw that Ellen had eaten, but still came over to ask her, "Have you eaten?"
Ellen Young: "..."
She felt that the first thing she needed to do was to kick this bad habit of Michael's of asking unnecessary questions.
At the very least, she wanted him to have the basic ability to recognize that if someone had already eaten, there was no need to ask again—it was tedious.
Blackie barked beside them, and Ellen crouched down to pat him on the head.
He nuzzled in her arms and, after she let him go, he squeezed out through the fence gate and scampered off to the village to play.
Ellen's gaze uncontrollably followed him outside, and that's when she spotted Ruffy Smith standing in the distance.
