"Hmph...would you really have the heart to do it?"
"I might be reluctant, since it's quite expensive, but if my wife commands it, I'd smash even a golden bathtub!"
Xu Musen rolled up his sleeves, ready to grab a hammer.
But An Nuannuan caught hold of his arm, her cheeks puffed up in anger slowly returning to normal.
"Let's just forget it this time..."
"You're not angry anymore?"
"No, I'm still upset."
After all, sometimes a girl just needs an attitude.
An Nuannuan lifted her head to look at Xu Musen, her voice still carrying a hint of grievance, "This is our home, of course, we should decorate it together. I haven't even chosen the bathtub yet..."
"Then I'll just tell the boss to return it, and we'll get a new one."
"They won't accept a return after it's been used."
Xu Musen disagreed with this point. If it was a bathtub Yao Mingyue had bathed in, he figured it might even increase in value if it fell into the hands of some pervert!
Thinking this, Xu Musen nodded silently: "You're right. I'll go smash it, and then we'll buy one you like!"
An Nuannuan stopped him again, by now much of her anger had dissipated.
But the fact that Xu Musen had unhesitatingly taken her side moments earlier made An Nuannuan feel she was indeed the most important to him.
Girls are actually quite easy to coax sometimes, always so sentimental.
She grumbled, "Never mind, bathtubs are expensive too. Mom always said girls shouldn't be wasteful. I'll talk to her about this later..."
"You... are going to talk to her?"
Xu Musen's eyes widened.
"Again, you can't bear to?"
An Nuannuan pouted once more.
"No, no, it's not that. I'm just worried you two will start fighting. She has a bad temper, especially with beautiful girls like you. I think let's just forget about it..."
Xu Musen said, while Xiao Sickly Cutie could be crueler to beautiful girls sometimes than to boys.
An Nuannuan looked thoughtful as she gazed at Xu Musen, then at the little house that belonged to them both.
Right, their names were still on the deed!
A glimmer passed through her eyes that Xu Musen didn't see, or else he definitely would have thought it resembled the shrewdness of Xiao Sickly Cutie when plotting something mischievous...
She lifted her head and looked at Xu Musen again.
"How can we just forget about it?"
As soon as An Nuannuan spoke up, Xu Musen was taken aback, wondering if this silly girl was really going to confront her head-on?
But then An Nuannuan suddenly became as gentle as she usually was.
"After all, she is your sworn sister. It's only right that she sends you a gift. Otherwise... when we have time, let's invite her for a meal here."
"Nuannuan, your brain didn't get damaged from the anger, did it? You're starting to speak nonsense,"
Xu Musen touched her head.
An Nuannuan pouted her lips: "I just don't want people to say I'm taking advantage of others... You disagree?"
Looking at Xu Musen with adorable yet aggrieved eyes, An Nuannuan melted his heart on the spot.
This was you inviting the wolf into your house after all; you can't blame me.
But Xu Musen still asked.
"Nuannuan, you're not planning on getting angry again using this as an excuse after I agree, are you?"
Xu Musen was suspicious. Women were good at this tactic, casually saying, "Go ahead, I won't get angry."
If you really speak up, she might fly into a rage!
"I'm not that petty. Don't project your cunning thoughts onto Nuannuan..."
"Yeah, our Nuannuan could hide a ship in her belly!"
Xu Musen saw An Nuannuan making jokes for a rare occasion, and he laughed as he pinched her cheek.
Watching her gradually calm down, Xu Musen finally spoke.
"So do I take you back to school now?"
An Nuannuan hesitated for a moment on her toes, she lifted her eyes to meet Xu Musen's, and for some reason, her sister's words popped into her head.
The food he makes is really delicious, if you don't eat it, someone else might finish it...
But this guy feels even more silly and dumb than herself...
She would never say something like "Do you want me to go back?"
An Nuannuan's cheeks puffed up slightly, "I'll go wash my hands first..."
Xu Musen had no idea why, but he always felt like he had somehow upset her again. Girls, being abnormal is pretty normal.
An Nuannuan went to the bathroom to wash her hands.
The sound of running water.
An Nuannuan looked at herself in the mirror, eighteen-year-old An Nuannuan was really very pretty and cute.
An Nuannuan's face flushed red, she had told her grandmother that the school was close enough to walk back to, but she hadn't said that she absolutely had to go back today.
She glanced at the bathtub again... her clear eyes moved slightly.
Suddenly, a muffled groan.
"Nuannuan, what happened?"
Xu Musen was in the living room preparing to change shoes when he heard a noise and hurried over, pushing open the door.
He saw An Nuannuan had actually fallen into the bathtub. Thankfully, the edges of the bathtub were lined with proper rubber padding, so it wasn't painful.
"Nuannuan, are you okay?"
Xu Musen hurried over to help her up.
"I'm fine, just slipped... I'll go back to school, they're going to lock the doors soon."
An Nuannuan spoke slowly.
"How can you go back with your clothes all wet?"
Xu Musen looked at her soaking wet clothes, although the temperature had risen, wearing wet clothes back on a late night could definitely cause a cold.
There were no spare clothes at home now.
"Then what should I do? If I don't go back, grandmother will worry..."
An Nuannuan looked pitiful.
Xu Musen looked at her, picked up a new bathrobe, and wiped the water from her body.
He thought to himself that perhaps it was fate.
He wanted to live with Nuannuan as soon as possible, but he couldn't seem too eager in front of his grandparents.
But looking at the situation today, it seemed like heaven was forcing him to make a mistake!
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later.
The grandparents actually had already given their tacit consent.
Xu Musen lowered his head to look at An Nuannuan's water-stained, fair, and tender cheeks, her delicate sweet young body.
Having drunk quite a bit today, he felt his heartbeat quicken.
"Nuannuan, why don't you stay here tonight, alright?"
Xu Musen gently leaned in closer to her. He had been preempted by her when he confessed before, but this time, it was his turn to be proactive in the conquest.
An Nuannuan, with her cheeks blushing, had various emotions flickering through her eyes. Perhaps it was premeditated, but she was still an untouched sheet of paper, and at this moment, all she could do was shyly and nervously nestle into his warm embrace and murmur,