An Shanhai listened quietly for a while before a smile slowly appeared on his face, and his satisfaction grew when he looked at Xu Musen.
"Nuannuan is lucky to have found someone like you who takes such good care of her. Her mother passed away early, and before she did, she always entrusted me to find Nuannuan a good family, mainly one that would treat her well. Now, I can rest easy."
As An Shanhai spoke, he poured another cup of tea for Xu Musen, "But, Nuannuan's health has only just recovered, and she can't quite compare to other girls. You also need to take good care of her at school, make sure she doesn't get hurt or become too emotionally upset."
Xu Musen listened in silence and nodded, but inside he couldn't help but wryly smile, the old man was obviously pointing fingers at him.
He could understand, though, given Nuannuan's fragile health, and as a girl, she would be the one to suffer any consequences in the end.
Becoming a father obviously made him extra cautious.
Xu Musen nodded: "Don't worry, Uncle An, Nuannuan and I are very happy now, I will take good care of her."
An Shanhai knew that at this stage in a young person's life, even if they truly reached that step.
He couldn't really say much, after all, it was mutual consent, and it was a very normal part of life.
Still, he was very pleased with Xu Musen's response.
"You are both young, and there are many days ahead of you. Alright, you must be tired after driving all day, get some rest early, we'll chat more tomorrow."
An Shanhai patted Xu Musen on the shoulder.
And went off to sleep.
After showering, Xu Musen lay down on the soft bed, somewhat exhausted from driving all day; he began to doze off as soon as he laid down.
In the next room, An Nannan came in again, sent on a mission to sleep with her sister.
But as soon as she entered the room, she saw her sister, staring at the small box on the desk with a slightly goofy smile.
"Sister, what are you looking at?"
An Nannan ran over lightly, and when she saw the small snowman in the box, her eyes sparkled brightly.
"Wow! Such a cute snowman, eh? But it hasn't snowed here, has it?"
An Nuannuan spoke, her face showing pride.
"He? He can actually make snowmen?"
An Nannan didn't expect that, looking at the adorable snowman, it did indeed resemble her sister a bit.
"Hehe, sister, can I touch it?"
"Ah? Sister, you're rejecting your cute little sister?!"
An Nannan looked wounded, her face one of a sibling forgotten for a lover.
An Nuannuan smiled, she herself was reluctant to touch it.
"You can have boys give you one in the future, too."
"No, no, I don't want to date, I just want to be with Sister."
Shaking her head and twirling her large eyes, An Nannan huffed, "Humph, I'll make that guy help me make one too, especially since I covered for him…"
An Nuannuan gently patted her little bottom: "Time for bed."
An Nannan happily prepared to snuggle up with her sister's arm and sleep.
But An Nuannuan stared at the ceiling and then glanced at her sister, who was not yet sleepy, and suddenly asked, "Nannan, can't you fall asleep?"
"Yeah, I ate too much, I'll lie here for a while."
"Then why don't you get up and do some winter homework for a bit?"
"Let set A = {1,2,3,4,5}, the mapping f: A→A satisfies, for all x in A, f(f(f(x)))=f(z)..."
An Nuannuan really brought out her summer homework, but An Nannan was fast asleep before even two problems were discussed.
It was an old trick, and especially effective.
An Nuannuan pursed her lips slightly, her cheeks gradually flushing; she always felt like she was becoming mischievous.
And after last time, she had secretly looked up some things on her phone; actually, such matters were normal.
It was even uncomfortable for boys if she always held back...
She pursed her lips, decided to be a 'bad kid' after all.
She gently moved Nannan aside and slowly got out of bed...