"Ptui, ptui, ptui! You're the little monkey! No, you big gorilla!"
An Nan glared, hands on her hips, clearly displeased.
Xu Musen just smiled calmly, "Before coming here, Grandma told me that if certain people misbehave and refuse to listen, Aunt Xiang could come and take her back at any time."
That statement immediately deflated An Nan; she stammered, her pretty face turning beet red.
"I… I didn't say I wouldn't listen…"
"Can you really be obedient?"
"I... have always been very obedient, okay."
"Okay, then go fetch our slippers."
Xu Musen showed his feodal landlord-like fangs.
An Nan heard it too. Was she being treated like a little maid?
Xu Musen just watched her, his mouth twitching.
An Nan pouted, both defiant and a bit cowardly, "You... just you wait!"
Having said that, she could only scurry to the doorway to fetch the slippers.
An Nuannuan and Yao Mingyue couldn't help but laugh at the scene.
Perhaps for An Nan, Xu Musen was like the neighborhood big brother—a girl fortunate enough during her childhood to have a big brother who could both tease her and protect her at all times.
Yao Mingyue and An Nuannuan were both firsthand experiencers of this.
An Nan brought over the slippers, placing them in front of the trio, still somewhat reluctantly, "These are for my sister and Sister Mingyue; you're just incidental, okay?"
Xu Musen chuckled as he took off his shoes and slipped on the slippers, "Go, put my shoes back."
An Nan, whimpering, took Xu Musen's removed shoes back to the shoe cabinet.
"It feels really good to be served. Bringing Nannan along wasn't a loss at all."
Xu Musen couldn't help but laugh.
"Bullying kids now, are you proud of yourself?"
Yao Mingyue snorted disdainfully from the side.
"I'm just a ten-year-old plus a couple hundred months, I see you get quite a kick out of bullying me."
Xu Musen shamelessly gazed at her.
Yao Mingyue's cheeks flushed, she turned her gaze away, "Tsk, besides Nuannuan, who else can bully you."
An Nuannuan passed by Xu Musen with a faint smile, helping him take off his coat, "We're not bullying you, this is… family discipline~"
An Nuannuan flashed a deadly cute expression, even winking lightly at Xu Musen.
Xu Musen: Oh no, it's the feeling of a heart fluttering!
Yao Mingyue: Damn, it's like a heart attack!
Xu Musen felt that An Nuannuan was getting better at flirting, pure and serious yet seductive.
This contrast was indeed irresistibly delightful.
On the contrary, Yao Mingyue sometimes seemed a bit adorably silly.
It was a new experience.
"Sis, let's go change into our swimsuits!"
An Nan chimed in, obviously unable to wait any longer.
"Yes, hurry up and change, don't miss out on the great beach time!"
Xu Musen immediately echoed.
An Nuannuan and Yao Mingyue stared at him for a few seconds.
An Nan also jumped in, "Didn't someone just say they weren't in a hurry?"
"Little brat, what do you know, go, go, go."
Xu Musen tapped her forehead.
An Nan stepped back, her hand on her hip and the other pulling down her lower eyelid, sticking out her tongue at Xu Musen in a face.
Before Xu Musen could continue to tease her, she quickly joined her sister and Yao Mingyue in the changing room.
Changing into swimsuits.
Yao Mingyue looked at her legs, which by now had mostly healed, although it would still take some time before she could walk on her own.
"Maybe... I just won't change."
Yao Mingyue remarked.
It wasn't that she disliked the swimsuits Liu Rushuang had secretly prepared for her as "Combat Holy Clothes"!
But she felt somewhat restrained, needing assistance and being carried only by Xu Musen.
Normal clothes were fine, but changing into a bikini, especially the daring ones chosen by her mom...
If Xu Musen were to carry her, it would virtually be like being almost naked, something she would have definitely done in the past to tease An Nuannuan.
But now, in front of An Nuannuan, Yao Mingyue felt a bit embarrassed.
"Your legs need more sun exposure to heal faster, you know."
An Nuannuan came over, adjusted her wheelchair so she could sit comfortably on the side couch.
An Nuannuan whispered into her ear, "Xu Musen said that patients get special privileges; he used to take care of me the same way, and now I allow him to take care of you, just for this period."
An Nuannuan added the last part, but it already made Yao Mingyue feel warm inside.
An Nuannuan shook her head, handed her the suitcase, and helped pull the curtain for her.
Yao Mingyue opened the suitcase, which contained several swimsuits.
Yao Mingyue hadn't yet checked what type they were, but her mom had handed them to her that morning all mysteriously, saying they'd definitely make Xu Musen unforgettable.
It couldn't possibly be those like a Band-Aid, could it?
Her face turning red, she tentatively reached in with a trembling hand, touching something lace, similar to a dress...
She slowly pulled it out to see.
Surprisingly, it turned out to be a rather conservative swimsuit.