Chapter 36: Muddled Coffee?
Having washed up and changed into a fresh set of clothes.
Still dressed in a minimalist style, she wore a white short-sleeved shirt that reached just to her navel.
A slight lift of her arm revealed her slender waist and a patch of snow-white skin.
She wore loose-fitting high-waisted wide-leg pants with black canvas shoes on her feet.
If someone else were wearing this outfit, it would be a disaster, but with her tall, slender figure, she didn't look short at all.
When she went downstairs, Joan Edwin was no longer in the dining room, presumably off to school, leaving only Virginia Daniel sitting there.
Caroline Edwin sat down in an empty seat and served herself a bowl of millet porridge.
She took a spoonful and tasted the rich, savory flavor that filled her taste buds.
Seeing Caroline in a good mood, Virginia's eyes revealed a touch of joy and she seemed hesitant to speak.
"Mom, just say what you want to say. There's no need to hem and haw," said Caroline.