"How did he bully you?"
"He made me carry things and even pinched my face!"
As soon as An Nannan got her snacks, she immediately started to complain.
Xu Musen wasn't flustered at all.
An Nuannuan looked at her sister's cheeks and then raised her head to Xu Musen, "Did you really bully Nannan?"
Xu Musen nodded in understanding and pinched her cheeks too, in a ruffian's tone, "Yeah, what are you going to do about it?"
A long-missed feeling.
An Nuannuan pretended to glower at him, then turned back to her sister.
"Ah, sister was bullied by him too."
A face filled with happiness.
No way, sister, are you playing the fool here?
Young and unprepared for adult PDA.
An Nannan huffed and puffed, taking out her annoyance on the pastry: I'll eat! I'll eat eat eat eat eat!!
Back in Huhai, there were many things to start preparing.
Xu Musen met with his grandparents, and when he brought up his idea of buying a house, not surprisingly, the old man immediately went out to the yard to brandish the Guan Blade a couple of times.
It felt very much like a military exercise, a deterrent against the petty thieves.
The grandmother also pushed her reading glasses up and looked at Xu Musen with a kind smile, "It's good to have plans to buy a house. In a few years, when the policies change, house prices will go up. It's just right to buy now. If your budget is not enough, we can help you figure things out."
Clearly, the grandparents had their own ways of getting policy information.
"No need, no need, I plan to buy with a loan, and I have almost enough money for it."
Xu Musen shook his head hastily, for the matter of buying a house, he'd rather take out a loan than let Nuannuan's family pay a penny.
A man should have a house that he can afford to feel somewhat at ease.
"Getting a loan is also good; spending money where it's needed. Moreover, the interest on the loan compared to the future rise in housing prices isn't much."
The grandmother nodded in agreement but then continued to ask, "By the way, are you planning to move into the house you buy immediately?"
"I have that plan. I prefer having a fixed place to live, and I always find the food at school a bit unhealthy. I'm thinking of being able to take Nuannuan to the house..."
"Impudent! Behold the blade!"
Outside the window, the old man bellowed, and the sound of the Guan Blade cutting through the air could be heard.
Xu Musen quickly added, "I mean, at noon, we could go home and have lunch together or something."
The grandmother smiled warmly, "You're quite thoughtful."
Xu Musen smiled wryly inside, but it wasn't surprising; both elderly were worried about their granddaughter being taken advantage of, which made sense.
"Xu Musen, how about we buy a bed together once you've bought the house?"
Now, An Nuannuan looked forward with anticipation, her cute face innocently earnest.
At her words, Xu Musen suddenly felt a chill run down his back.
The old man was silent, but it somehow felt like he would charge in wielding Guan Yu's giant blade at any moment.
The grandmother slightly adjusted her glasses, still smiling kindly at Xu Musen.
Xu Musen swallowed hard: "I've got an office at school where I usually stay. When I went to choose furniture and stuff, I took Nuannuan along for a look. Besides, Nuannuan sometimes takes her lunch break at the store. I thought it's surely more comfortable than the wooden beds in the dorms..."
Xu Musen explained with a stiff upper lip.
But the cold glint seemed to persist, and through the door crack, a large blade seemed ready to rush in and part Xu Musen's hair down the middle at any moment.
The old man was just like the red-eyed Dian Wei...
The grandmother chuckled, pushed up her reading glasses, and said with a smile, "I see, a nap, eh?"
"Right, right, the bed we bought is really comfortable."
An Nuannuan giggled, "But the bed is a bit small. When we sleep together, it always feels a bit cramped."
The grandmother's hand, pushing her glasses, trembled visibly, and the smile on her face stiffened.
Outside the door, Dian Wei... or the blade-wielding old man, seemed to have awoken the beast within!
"Xu Musen, how about we buy a bigger bed this time?" An Nuannuan seemed oblivious to the bizarre atmosphere and continued to look expectantly at Xu Musen.
Xu Musen really didn't know whether this little girl was genuinely naive or what.
He let out a sigh internally.
Fine, fine, if I can just survive today, a thousand beds, ten thousand beds, I'll definitely accompany you in sleep...