Chapter 618: Chapter 618: A Virtue Called Sharing (8)
 

Ruby Gregory endured her unfulfilled hunger, watching Steve Burton leisurely eat his porridge.

For Steve, this was a porridge personally cooked by Ruby, much more delectable and heartwarming than any of the finest delicacies he’d eaten in his life. Hence, with every bite, he ate diligently and sincerely, his eyes and eyebrows conveying sheer enjoyment.

Though Ruby hadn’t eaten her fill, she was about eighty percent full. Nonetheless, seeing Steve relish the porridge as if it were a top-notch earthly delight prompted her to feel as though her stomach had suddenly hollowed out.

A pregnant person’s craving for a particular food can be especially intense.

Ruby stared straight at the porridge in Steve’s bowl, swallowing a couple of mouthfuls of saliva involuntarily.

She wanted to eat it so badly; what should she do?

But she was the one who gave up the porridge, so she couldn’t exactly take it back from Steve’s bowl now that she wanted some.

Ruby immediately dismissed the idea of asking Steve outright. Instead, she fixed her dark, wide eyes on Steve’s rapidly diminishing bowl of porridge and thought that if she didn’t come up with a plan soon, Steve would eat every last drop of it!

Ruby blinked and racked her brains for a moment. Then, as if struck by lightning, she leaned on the dining table, looked at Steve, and said aloud, “Steve, when we were young, our teachers taught us many virtues. Do you remember any of them?”

Steve furrowed his brow, inwardly complaining about the bizarre question, but still put down his spoon, lifted his head, and responded without thinking, “Respect the old and cherish the young.”

Ruby eagerly nodded, “What else?”

“Courtesy, modesty, honesty, perseverance,” Steve quickly listed three more virtues for Ruby.

Yet none of these were what Ruby was looking for. As she nodded, her bright eyes urged Steve to continue, “What else?”

He wasn’t a grade schooler, so why did he have to answer grade school questions? Though Steve mutely griped in his heart, he still looked at Ruby’s expectant face and went on listing virtues, “Self-discipline, selflessness, humility, detachment, magnanimity…”

Ah, why had he listed so many virtues but not the one she wanted?

Ruby couldn’t help but furrow her brow.

Looking at Ruby’s expressive little brow, Steve’s brow furrowed too. Were the virtues he mentioned not enough?

So, Steve continued, “Thrift, helping others, abstaining from unrighteous wealth, enduring hardship, sacrificing oneself for others, acting bravely for a just cause…”

This time, Steve mentioned nearly every word regarding good character he could remember before finally stopping.

Seeing that Steve was no longer speaking, Ruby’s face filled with worry, “Is that all?”

“Is there more?” As Steve questioned her, he recalled all the virtues he knew and replied, “That should be everything.”

Puffing her cheeks, Ruby couldn’t hold back from making an addition for Steve, “There’s also a virtue called sharing.”

After a pause, Ruby asked again, “We must carry forward these virtues, right?”

Was Ruby lecturing him? Baffled, Steve nodded along with her words.