Qin Hao had ordered the food for them, and a waiter brought it over quickly.
A Western restaurant would normally serve steak, but Gu Chen was given mashed potatoes, fruit salad, and milk cupcakes instead.
Actually, Xia Ran preferred Gu Chen's steak to his...
Moreover, he had never eaten steak before, so he really didn't know where to start.
Gu Zheng had already started eating, but Xia Ran was too embarrassed to call Gu Zheng, so she could only feed Gu Chen first.
Gu Zheng glanced up and saw this scene by chance, and his brows furrowed instantly.
"Let him eat by himself, stop spoiling him?"
Actually, Xia Ran usually lets Gu Chen eat by himself, except at the very beginning.
Xia Ran's face stiffened slightly. He looked up at Gu Zheng, then said softly,
"I...I've never eaten steak before..."
Gu Zheng was taken aback, then he understood.
"Why didn't you say so sooner? If I hadn't asked you, were you planning to keep quiet and then say you weren't hungry and not eat?"
His tone was somewhat annoyed, or rather, very displeased.
"Do you think I'm just sitting across from you for show? Didn't I tell you to just say what you need to say? Have you forgotten what I told you when we got married?"
Aside from the first time he accidentally gave broad beans to Xiao Chen and heard Gu Zheng speak in such a cold tone, this was only the second time.
Xia Ran's thoughts drifted back to her wedding day.
At the time, Gu Zheng said that as long as it wasn't about love, he would give him anything and help him sort out anything.
Xia Ran snapped out of his thoughts and found that Gu Zheng had already walked up to him.
"Give the mashed potatoes to Gu Chen to eat himself."
Gu Zheng's voice remained very cold.
Xia Ran didn't dare to contradict Gu Zheng, so she could only hand the bowl of mashed potatoes to Gu Chen and whisper,
"Xiao Chen, have you finished eating?"
Gu Chen blinked, instinctively wanting to shake his head and say no, but when his gaze met Gu Zheng's eyes, he pouted and nodded.
Xia Ran placed the bowl in front of Gu Chen, and only after seeing Gu Chen start eating did he turn his attention back to Gu Zheng.
Gu Zheng: "Hold your knives and forks."
Xia Ran pursed her lips, trying hard to figure out which hand to hold the knife and fork with.
Gu Zheng immediately noticed Xia Ran's predicament. He frowned, bent down, and placed the fork in Xia Ran's left hand and the knife in her right hand.
Then he directly taught Xia Ran the correct posture, and then held Xia Ran's hand to teach her how to cut.
The moment Gu Zheng grasped Xia Ran's hand, her heart raced and her face flushed.
Gu Zheng directly put his hand over Xia Ran's shoulder to teach her, which was essentially equivalent to putting his whole body in Xia Ran's arms.
Chapter 47 Growing Taller, Hugging Daddy
Xia Ran's head was spinning; all she knew was that she was being held in Gu Zheng's arms, and she didn't even look at the steak.
Gu Zheng glanced down at Xia Ran, his brows furrowing even more deeply, and said in a low voice,
"Watch carefully, and don't let your imagination run wild."
He was just trying to get Xia Ran's attention, but Xia Ran thought that Gu Zheng had discovered her little scheme, and her face turned bright red.
Xia Ran calmed herself down before focusing all her attention on the steak.
Actually, cutting steak isn't that difficult; it's mainly about the technique.
Gu Zheng held Xia Ran's hand and went through it again, and Xia Ran had basically memorized it all.
Gu Chen, who was scooping up mashed potatoes, looked at his little darling being held in his big dad's arms, and couldn't help but purse his lips again.
He needs to eat more to grow taller! Then he'll hold his little tyrant in his arms and not want that big tyrant anymore!
Thinking this, Gu Chen took another big scoop of mashed potatoes.
Neither Gu Zheng nor Xia Ran noticed anything unusual about Gu Chen.
Gu Zheng: "Do you understand?"
Xia Ran nodded. "I understand."
Upon hearing Xia Ran's reply, Gu Zheng released her hand and returned to his seat.
The large hand that had been covering the back of his hand was suddenly removed, and Xia Ran couldn't help but feel a sense of loss.
However, this disappointment vanished very quickly; after all, Ah Zheng had held his hand for quite some time! He had gained something from it!
Xia Ran happily ate her steak; it seemed to taste pretty good.
But just as Xia Ran was enjoying her meal, Gu Zheng pressed the bell next to him, and a waiter came in a moment later.
The same waiter who brought them in earlier came in this time.
"Gentlemen, what can I do for you?"
"Another steak, please," Gu Zheng said casually.
The waiter paused for a moment, glancing at the steaks still left in front of Xia Ran and Gu Zheng.
Although he had some doubts, he nodded fearfully and went out to place the order.
Xia Ran had a general idea of what was going on when she heard Gu Zheng say to the waiter.
He pursed his lips, feeling a little nervous and uneasy.
Although he had already watched Ah Zheng cut it once, he still couldn't help feeling a little nervous if he had to cut it again in front of Ah Zheng.
Gu Zheng didn't seem to notice Xia Ran's nervousness; he just kept his head down and ate his steak.
Xia Ran looked at Gu Zheng and sighed silently, then looked at Gu Chen beside her.
When Xia Ran saw that Gu Chen had finished a bowl of mashed potatoes and had started eating the small cakes at some point, her heart skipped a beat. She quickly put down her knife and fork and moved the small cakes away from Gu Chen.
"Xiao Chen, you've already eaten a lot of mashed potatoes, you can't eat so much cake anymore."
The square cake is already half eaten.
If he hadn't eaten anything, he would have let Gu Chen eat as much as he wanted, but Gu Chen's previous bowl of mashed potatoes was quite generous.
Based on Gu Chen's usual appetite, Xia Ran was even prepared to finish all the mashed potatoes that Gu Chen left behind.
But to his surprise, Gu Chen finished the whole bowl of mashed potatoes in just a short while!
Upon seeing that the small cakes were gone, Gu Chen immediately pouted.
"I want to eat..."
Xia Ran frowned as she looked at Gu Chen, her eyes filled with confusion.
"Xiao Chen, are you very hungry today?"
Actually, they ate quite a bit of popcorn at the movie theater, so Gu Chen shouldn't have been very hungry.
But now, with this appetite...
Upon hearing Xia Ran's words, Gu Chen initially shook his head, but then, for some reason, nodded.
"Hmm...not hungry, grow tall and strong, hug Daddy..."
He still spoke in his usual childish voice, but Xia Ran realized that he couldn't understand Gu Chen's words anymore.
What does it mean when I feel hungry for a moment and then not hungry for a moment?
However, he did understand the words "grow taller".
Xia Ran patted Gu Chen's head and said,
"Little Chen, be good. But you have to grow taller slowly. You won't grow taller if you eat so much at once, and it will also make your stomach hurt. So let's stop eating for now, okay?"
As he spoke, he reached out and touched Gu Chen's stomach, finding that it was indeed swollen.
Now, Xia Ran's worry was even more impossible to hide.
He subconsciously looked up at Gu Zheng, who was also looking at him.
"What happened?" Gu Zheng asked.
He understood what Xia Ran had just said to Gu Chen.
"Xiao Chen's stomach is already very bloated; he's been full for a long time."
But the fact that she still wanted to eat even when she was full made Xia Ran very worried.
Even Gu Zheng frowned at this.
"Then let him not eat it. Maybe he's just a child who likes to eat."
Hearing this, Xia Ran could only nod, then lowered her head again and gently said to Gu Chen,
"Xiao Chen, how about we stop eating? You can't eat too much at once. If you like small cakes, Daddy will make them for you tomorrow, okay?"
Gu Chen's eyes lit up instantly when he heard that Xia Ran was going to make him a cake.
"Okay! Eat more..."
His eyes were bright, and even now he hasn't forgotten to eat more so he can grow taller and hug his little dad.
If Xia Ran were a normal person, she would be very happy to hear Gu Chen say to eat more.
But Xia Ran felt none of that now; instead, she was filled with worry.
A child suddenly developed a huge appetite and kept wanting to eat even when he was already full. How could Xia Ran not be worried?
So when the waiter brought over the newly ordered steak, he cut it in no time, his movements and speed were nothing like someone who had previously said he couldn't do it.
Actually, Xia Ran only took the time to cut it because she saw that Gu Chen didn't show any signs of distress.
Gu Zheng nodded as he looked at Xia Ran's posture.
“That’s right, so you have to learn to do many things. Now that you are Xiao Chen’s other father, many things will inevitably happen in the future. Sometimes you have to learn what you don’t know.”