An Nuannuan watched Xu Musen chatting with Grandpa and Grandma, her eyes brimming with an ever-deepening tenderness.
She really had been waiting for him for such a long time...
Once, she’d thought she might never have the chance, but thankfully, she’d finally waited him out.
This time, she wouldn’t let anything separate them again!
"Sister, eat, if you don’t eat now, there’ll be none left."
An Nannan’s mouth was always greasy from eating Xu Musen’s cooking, and she was always worried her sister hadn’t eaten enough.
She gave her sister the last piece of ribs on the plate.
An Nuannuan blinked her large eyes, which shimmered with a sly gleam markedly different from her usual naive and goofy demeanor; she took a bite of the ribs while looking on...
Indeed, with something this delicious, she needed to eat up fast, or someone else might snatch it away...
An Nuannuan pursed her lips and swallowed the bite of rib in her mouth.
...
After dinner.
Xu Musen showed Grandpa and Grandma around the room, though there wasn’t much to see in such a humble flat.
But An Nuannuan appeared very happy, like a little tiger surveying her territory.
There were four rooms in total, and she checked them repeatedly, as if she had already mapped out many future visions in her mind.
However, when she reached the bathroom and saw the massage bathtub, she blinked.
This... she didn’t remember buying it.
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Not only that, An Nuannuan also noticed several pieces of furniture that she hadn’t chosen with Xu Musen.
And... there was a towel hanging in the bathroom.
She reached out to touch it; it was still damp with a slight warmth, and seemed to carry a hint... of roses?
The scent is a woman’s second identity card.
In that instant, An Nuannuan recalled a name.
"Sister, are you going to take a bath now?"
An Nannan squeezed over and asked, looking forward to sharing a soak in the brand-new massage bathtub with her sister.
An Nuannuan pulled her hand back and shook her head, "How can I bathe without my pajamas? You’ll have to go back home to bathe."
"Alright then..." An Nannan nodded her head in disappointment.
It was getting late.
Grandpa and Grandma were ready to go home.
An Nannan really wanted to stay, but she had school the next day and reluctantly had to leave with them.
"Nuannuan, are you coming home with us today, or should Xiao Xiang drive you back to school?"
Grandma made a point to ask An Nuannuan.
This was their last effort to confirm with their cherished granddaughter.
Xu Musen stood there obediently; this was not the time to act out, or else Grandma’s cleaver might just find its way to his neck.
An Nuannuan blinked and replied, "No need, Aunt Xiang would have to bother bringing me back early tomorrow, and since it’s close to school, I can walk back."
Aunt Xiang, listening on the side, really wanted to offer to take her regardless of the time, but she certainly wouldn’t be the one to interfere.
Plus, everything that needed to be said had been said; it was time to let the young ones figure things out.
Grandpa and Grandma exchanged a glance, knowing deep down it didn’t really matter whether their granddaughter went back to school or not. They both harbored a complex but somewhat relieved sentiment in their eyes.
That’s probably for the best, their eldest granddaughter had spent so many years quietly on her own, like a broken doll without a thought in her mind, just listening to whatever the family said.
A person always needs to have their own thoughts, and it’s truly frightening to be without them.
But now, someone had finally come along who could prompt her to make her own choices. Xu Musen was like the battery that reactivated her.
An Nuannuan was now a truly alive person, an eighteen-year-old girl with her own thoughts, innocence, and passion.
This was a good thing as well.
"Okay, don’t stay up chatting too late; remember to go back and rest early."
Grandma said with a smile, leading her husband—who kept trying to sneak off to grab the cleaver—away.
"Sister, I’ll come to play with you next time!"
An Nannan waved her hand reluctantly and then looked at Xu Musen with a suddenly entitled expression, "And next time, I want to eat caramelized bananas!"
"No problem."
Xu Musen smiled and waved.
Watching them step into the elevator.
Xu Musen then lowered his head to look at An Nuannuan and gently lifted her delicate chin, "Do you want me to take you back to school now?"
An Nuannuan looked up at him, her lips pursed, "Xu Musen, did someone else come to our place before?"
Xu Musen was startled for a moment, then seeing the jealous look on An Nuannuan’s face, a look he’d seen too many times in other girls.
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"Okay, I admit, Yao Mingyue did come by yesterday, but I definitely didn’t invite her. She knew we were renovating, so she sent some furniture over directly from the store. You must have seen it. She simply took a bath, and nothing happened between us."
Xu Musen said earnestly, without a hint of guilt.
An Nuannuan still pouted, happy that Xu Musen didn’t keep it from her and believing what he said.
Still, she felt a bit sulky.
Why should Yao Mingyue be sending furniture to her and Xu Musen’s home anyway!
"Why did you accept her furniture?"
"I didn’t want to; she insisted on sending it over."
"She insisted on sending it, and you just accepted?"
An Nuannuan’s cheeks puffed out, looking like an angry pufferfish on the verge of exploding.
Indeed, even the tamest of tigers would get upset over a territory dispute.
"What should we do then, should we smash the bathtub and replace it?"