72 My Mom, Is Back?

After that, Erina's eyes were a bit misty, like tears were about to come out.

But because of her hidden, pretending to be a strong personality, she quickly held back her tears.

Maybe.

For her mother, Mana.

She has a kind of hatred, but still deep down she longs to have the "love" from her mother like everyone else.

There were countless nights when she really wanted to lie in her mother's arms and fall asleep peacefully!

But for her, this was ultimately a luxury.

Finally, unable to help but look at the empty ceramic bowl, Erina's thoughts couldn't help but become a bit complicated. 

If one day in the future she really meets her mother again, how should she face her?

And can the rift between mother and daughter be repaired?

Obviously, on these questions, no one can give the right answer!

"Interesting."

"Just a normal parent-child rice bowl."

"It can make Erina show such a painful and uncomfortable expression, and even almost make her cry!"

Rindo quietly watched all this, and couldn't help but sigh deeply.

In this world, is there really a dish that can move people to tears just by eating it? The answer is definitely yes.

If it's just crying, it's very simple, like many spicy dishes that can make many diners cry!

There is another kind, the dish itself has no story and won't evoke any memories, but its power lies in triggering "resonance", such as: it's rare, eating it will bring a sense of guilt, and so on!

Of course, what resonates with most people is:

Expensive!

Dishes that cost thousands or tens of thousands of dollars.

For many people, they really can eat until they cry.

In the eyes of Rindo, Zane's cooking itself doesn't have many stories.

But his cooking is definitely the warmest food in the world, often filled with a lot of "love".

Every time, it can make any hungry diner feel a strong sense of happiness after coming to the tavern!

In fact.

Many "emotions" are eaten out.

Eating a meal together, eating grilled skewers together, the feelings are definitely different.

Just like the difference between friends and old classmates, one shares prosperity, and the other shares adversity!

Even someone like Rindo, whenever she passes by some food shops, she can't help but take a sniff, not of the barbecue aroma, but of the nostalgia for the old classmates she used to eat with!

Therefore, she fully believes that Zane's cooking will invisibly influence many people.

She just can't understand why Zane would purposely want to influence Erina in this way?

"Here!"

"Let me wipe your mouth!"

Seeing a grain of rice and grease at the corner of Erina's mouth,

Zane couldn't help but suppress a smile and quickly took out a clean handkerchief.

"Tha...thank you."

Erina, who had calmed down, blushed slightly.

Then she quickly took the handkerchief from Zane's hand, wiped her mouth gracefully, and then heard Zane say, "How is it? This Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl,."

"It's okay."

Erina said without thinking.

"Just okay? Didn't it remind you of anything?"

Zane, with his hands crossed in front of his chest, then looked down at Erina.

Perhaps it was his words that made her think of Mana in her mind again, so her watery eyes immediately lost their original luster and became dim!

It seems that as long as she mentions her mother, her heart will ache.

"Anorexia."

"Is it really that scary?"

Erina, feeling lost, continued softly, "Zane, can you tell me about it?"

"Eat."

"Throw up."

"Eat again."

"Throw up again."

"Imagine, when you're sitting on the toilet for the 10th time in the middle of the night."

"Puking until your throat feels like it's on fire, and the severe pain in your stomach goes all the way to your back, straight to your heart!"

"Then you can't stand this pain, and swear to eat well tomorrow, and never throw up again."

"But in the next few days, you're still struggling in the cycle of eating and throwing up. So the pain brought by anorexia is not something an ordinary person can imagine."

Zane looked deeply at Erina and then said lightly.

"But even so, my... my mother shouldn't have left home, let alone abandoned me."

Listening to Zane's explanation, Erina still couldn't accept it.

In the Nakiri family's history, it's rare for two generations to have "God's Tongue." That's why, logically, Erina should understand her mother's pain.

However, things turned out unexpectedly. Erina only knows that she lost her mother in her childhood and missed her mother's love. Nobody understands her childhood misery.

"It seems that you still can't understand."

"In fact, your mother is in Neon Country, and she has tasted my cooking here."

"When I saw her, her physical condition was very bad, and she could only maintain her life with nutrition liquid every day."

"The curse of God's Tongue made her life difficult these years."

"She could die, but if she can't find the dish that conquers God's Tongue before she dies, then your destiny will be the same as hers."

"So, perhaps because of you, she dragged her weak body and left home, traveling all around the world."

"She can endure the pain brought by God's Tongue and can commit suicide, but she absolutely doesn't want to see you follow the same path, becoming the second Mana Nakiri!"

Finally, Zane honestly told Erina why he wanted to make the Parent-and-Child Rice Bowl.

...

Actually, many things have two sides. People usually see the ugly side or the beautiful side but ignore the opposite side.

If one cannot truly understand and solve this problem, Erina's relationship with her mother will still be bad, even leading to a quarrel when they meet!

Erina's face was filled with doubts, shock, confusion, and fear when she heard her mom appeared in the tavern. She couldn't imagine that the mother, who was already an executive officer in the WGO Food Organization, had come back.

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