Chapter 619: Chapter 619: A Virtue Called Sharing (9)
 

Ruby Gregory’s porridge contained a little handful of red beans. Upon seeing Steve Burton nod in agreement, her eyes drifted towards her own bowl, where she spotted a particularly small leftover red bean. Blinking, she picked up her chopsticks, split the bean in half, then stuck the bigger half on the chopstick and held it up to Steve’s mouth. TIlting her head to the side, she said with a beaming smile, “Here, have this.”

Ruby Gregory was actually feeding him red beans. Steve Burton’s face immediately lit up and without any hesitation, he opened his mouth to swallow the half of a red bean.

The red bean itself was quite small, especially when halved. Steve felt nothing upon putting it in his mouth. His tongue swirled around in his mouth for quite a while before finally capturing the pathetic half bean, but before he had the chance to chew and savor the feeling of being fed by Ruby, the bean had already slipped down his throat and into his stomach.

After feeding Steve, Ruby picked up her chopsticks again and put the other half of the bean into her own mouth. After swallowing, she looked straight at Steve and expectantly said, “Your turn.”

“Huh?” Steve had no clue what it was his turn for.

Ruby tilted her head, winked at Steve and waited. When he didn’t react, she urged, “Hurry up!”

Hurry what up! Steve still had no idea what Ruby was trying to hint at, and his brows furrowed with confusion.

Steve’s frown deepened and in an amused tone, he asked, “Ruby, how have I become ungracious?”

Ruby, a bit furious now, pointed at the half bowl of porridge in front of Steve and self-righteously said, “In order to show my generosity, I shared the only small red bean I had with you, giving you the bigger half, and yet you, with that half bowl of porridge right there, haven’t made the slightest offer to share. Tell me, how are you being gracious?”

Steve was dumbfounded by Ruby’s fiery words; he just sat there in silence. After mulling over her words, he finally realized what the young woman in front of him was hinting at with her roundabout way of speaking.

Steve couldn’t help but chuckle. Without any hesitation, he mimicked her gesture of feeding him the red bean, using a spoon to scoop up a helping of porridge. He leaned over slightly and offered it to Ruby’s mouth, “Here, my graciousness.”

“Achieving her goal, Ruby’s eyes curved into crescents as she opened her mouth to swallow the porridge Steve had offered.”

Upon seeing her swallow, Steve scooped up another spoonful and held it out to her mouth. Ruby, not one to be modest, readily accepted Steve’s demonstration of graciousness.

The bowl of porridge was inadvertently emptied as Steve spoonful by spoonful fed Ruby.

They were meant to share, but she had ended up enjoying it all by herself.

Looking at the empty bowl in front of Steve, Ruby’s cheeks turned a slight red. She tilted her head and looking at Steve, she came up with an excuse that wasn’t really about wanting to finish the porridge, “Steve, your graciousness is terrific!”

Being praised for his wonderful graciousness, Steve was in a great mood and chuckled. He then looked up to see a grain of rice stuck on Ruby’s mouth and instinctively reached out.