"I sold the cara, but I still have the storage card, I should be able to find it."
Hearing his words, Wanxia smiled slightly, "Then I’ll thank you in advance."
"No need to thank for such a small matter," Song Mingyang waved his hand, "Sister Wan Xia, leave your email, I’ll look for it when I get ho and send it to you if I find it."
"...Okay."
Wanxia looked out at the dazzling neon lights outside the window, her eyes carrying emotions that no one could understand.
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Pea had been away from ho for a week, missing her parents, and before bed, she cuddled up to Wanxia and pouted, saying she wanted to video call her dad.
The mont she pouted slightly and adorably called out for her aunt, Wanxia couldn’t refuse her anything, especially just a simple video call.
Wanxia looked at the ti on the wall and hesitated a bit, "It’s already ten o’clock now, your mom might already be asleep."
Pea hugged her neck tightly, giggling as she snuggled into her arms, speaking in a childish voice, "But I really want to hear dad tell the story of the little turtle, Auntie, please, just for a little while."
Her chubby little forefinger was placed pitiably in front of her mouth.
Resignedly, Wanxia sighed and smiled, "Alright, I got it."
After placing the little pink bundle into the bed, she took her phone and dialed Nan Wan’s number; it took a long while to connect.
After freeing herself from the man’s arms, Nan Wan reached for the phone on the nightstand, trying to steady her voice, "Wanxia, why aren’t you asleep yet this late, is An Ge being fussy?"
The sound reaching Wanxia’s ear through the airwaves was slightly different from usual.
Carrying a hint of... coquettishness?
A bit awkward, fortunately, she had the foresight not to start a video call directly, "Sister-in-law, I didn’t disturb you... did I?"
A very ordinary question, yet full of implications.
"No, no, I’m just idle," Nan Wan replied quickly, her ears burning, casting a sidelong glance at the man with mild annoyance, as she adjusted the collar of her nightgown and leaned against the headboard.
She already heard Pea calling for mom in her soft and glutinous voice.
Unconsciously smiling, "An Ge, what are you fussing about?"
"Sister-in-law, An Ge is very well-behaved," Wanxia guessed it should be fine by now, so she turned on the video, handing the phone to the eagerly waiting Pea.
Pinching her soft cheek, "Auntie is going to bathe, you sit still and don’t move around, or you might fall off the bed and it will hurt a lot, okay."
If she was here, when the child called for mom, whether the sister-in-law agreed or not, it would be quite awkward.
Pea obediently nodded, holding the phone while lying on the bedding, pouting and acting spoiled, "Mama, I miss you so much."
Worried about closing the door and not hearing Pea call her, Wanxia left a small gap.
She didn’t go to bathe, just stood in the hallway outside the bedroom, under the warm-toned light, her shadow stretched long on the ground.
The hallway was free from any excess noise, and she could clearly hear the sounds coming from the room.
"Mama, when will you co pick up? I don’t want to stay here anymore."
"Auntie is afraid to sleep alone, you’re an angel, you need to protect Auntie."
"But, but I miss brother, and dad, and mom."
"Think about the ice cream first, and then think about the toy doll Auntie gave you."
"..."
Before the maid went downstairs after finishing cleaning the study, she glanced to the right side of the hallway.
Miss Ji still hadn’t changed her clothes, her head slightly lowered, her long hair falling down covering most of her delicate face.
Although Miss An Ge’s laughter was warm and healing, she could see a hint of loneliness in Miss Ji.
...
Nan Wan, after a considerable effort, finally coaxed the troubleso little princess to sleep, and sighed in relief, softly leaning into the man’s arms.
"Mu Huan, once Wanxia’s situation is resolved, let’s return An Ge to her."
Although reluctant, she’s a mother too, and understands that bittersweet feeling.
"We’ll talk about it later," Mu Jin Huan wrapped his arm around the woman’s shoulder, leaning down to lightly peck her cheek, "Given how things are with Wanwan now... it’s better for An Ge to stay with us."
Whatever Jiu Jiu has, An Ge will not lack.
Nan Wan withdrew from the man’s arms, sat up straight, and looked at him without blinking, "And, and her and Gu Shaozhi?"
The mont a pair of lovers enter each other’s lives, no matter what entanglents happen afterward, they hope to end with a beautiful conclusion.
For the words ’beautiful’, ’support each other until old age’ is one, ’part peacefully and find own happiness’ is too.
Mu Jin Huan, having just loosely donned a robe after a bath, snorted lightly, although his stern and resolute features showed little emotional variation, his tone was not pleasant, "That kind of man, after using him up, isn’t kicked away, should he be kept for New Year’s?"
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