Nan Wan’s mouth twitched involuntarily.
Whenever there were others around, he would revert to this gentle, considerate good-guy act, as if he hadn’t just been the one earnestly cracking dirty jokes.
"Aren’t you busy?"
Mu Jin Huan’s voice was low, "Busy as I am, I still need to make ti to be with you, don’t I?"
After Aunt Zhou finished tidying up, she went to the second floor to help Zhao Ying organize the bedroom.
Nan Wan held the glass cup, sipping the milk slowly. The lingering effects of the alcohol from last night were still there, and her head felt a bit heavy. "It’s rare to have a weekend. Let’s just rest at ho."
The man’s dark eyes held a hint of mischief, "Can’t walk anymore?"
Nan Wan closed her eyes.
Putting down the cup in her hand, she didn’t look at him but stood up. Before leaving the dining room, she tossed out a line, "I’m going to change clothes."
She faintly heard the man’s low laughter coming from behind, the frustration she had been holding in all morning settling densely in her chest.
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When Nan Wan took clothes from the closet and walked to the master bedroom, Zhao Ying was standing by the bed, and the wrinkled sheets had already been changed by Aunt Zhou.
Barton circled around its owner’s feet. When it saw Zhao Ying and was about to pounce, Nan Wan quickly scooped it up with deft hands.
Aunt Zhou was startled by Nan Wan’s quick actions. She hurriedly put down her work and went to support her, "Madam, you must be careful, you can’t do this anymore."
After all, she was still a young girl, utterly unaware of protecting the baby.
It truly worried her to pieces.
After acknowledging with a sound, Nan Wan said blandly, "Aunt Zhou, Xiao Zhao, you two go tidy the study first while I change my clothes."
Having been frightened a couple of tis before, Zhao Ying wisely stood far away this ti, and now that the big golden retriever had retracted its claws, she wasn’t as scared.
She had never seen this dog before, so logically, it shouldn’t attack her for no reason.
Animals listen to people. If it wasn’t a mad dog, it must’ve been incited by its owner.
Secretly directing the dog to attack her while openly protecting her—it was truly cunning.
Disgust flashed briefly in her eyes, but she quickly resud that pitifully delicate deanor, "Madam, did you and Mr. Mu sleep together last night?"
Aunt Zhou quickly tugged Zhao Ying’s sleeve upon hearing this.
Nan Wan’s expression remained unchanged, and she asked with so amusent, "Is there a problem with that?"
Zhao Ying knew she wasn’t taken seriously, but she couldn’t defy Madam Mu’s words, "I didn’t an it like that; it’s just that Madam Mu said it’s better for the couple not to sleep together in the early stages of pregnancy."
"Oh, really," Nan Wan seed to realize as if enlightened, her gaze falling on Zhao Ying’s seemingly tender face. With a hint of a smile, she said, "You can go tell Mu Huan, wherever he wants to sleep, I have no objections."
It’s only been a few days, and she’s already losing her cool.
It seems she overestimated the girl’s capabilities...
Would Zhao Ying really be so foolish? n hate won who create trouble for no reason.
After last night’s blunder, she knew Mr. Mu wasn’t a superficial man. Any tactic seed transparent before him, a re glance making her shiver.
So, she definitely couldn’t....
Her fingers twisted back and forth in front of her, head lowered, but there wasn’t a trace of fear in her eyes, "This..."
Nan Wan tossed the clothes in her arm onto the foot of the bed, interrupting her blandly, "Leave."
Aunt Zhou placed the changed sheets and covers into the basket, her gaze shifting between the two before making up her mind.
This Xiao Zhao surely had impure motives!
Even she realized it; how could Madam not know?
She bowed slightly, "Yes."
Zhao Ying felt inner disdain that even Aunt Zhou, a generation older, was so respectful, but she had to keep up appearances.
"Madam, I’m just repeating what Madam said; I hope you won’t be angry with ."
Not a single flaw.
After the door closed, Nan Wan patted Barton’s head, a faint smile gracing her face, "You’re so smart, aren’t you..."
The big golden retriever seed to understand her words, sticking out its tongue asking for a reward.
Nan Wan leaned over and rubbed her forehead against Barton’s as if coaxing Jiashu, "Be good, let’s not bicker with her, it’s not worth it..."
As she finished speaking, a voice, lightly amused, sounded from behind her, "Who are we not bickering with?"
Barton broke free from Nan Wan’s hands, running straight to Mu Jin Huan, its front paws lifted, resting on the man’s body, completely unafraid of strangers.
Mu Jin Huan, accustod to the big golden retriever’s presence, was in a good mood, picking up the ball on the carpet to tease it, tossing and catching it in the air.
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