In the early morning, the eastern sky showed a hint of dawn, and the gentle sunlight spilled over the earth, casting a misty veil over the entire world.
Mu Bai, who had been tossing and turning all night, showed no signs of waking up, thus missing the astonishing scene at the round table.
Suddenly, a wisp of thin smoke emerged from the empty round table, and a black line leaped out of the smoke.
This black line seemed to have a life of its own, quickly circling the round table, and a pencil sketch of a table full of delicacies appeared before one's eyes.
Then, the black line disappeared, and these sketched delicacies were colored by an invisible hand, becoming much more lifelike.
As the thin smoke dissipated, the ink sketches of delicacies truly transformed into a table of steaming breakfast.
The windows opened on their own without any wind, revealing a wall of vibrant purple and red flowers that jumped through the window, adding a touch of color to the boudoir.
A large black python swam past beneath the window. It raised its head to look inside and saw that the woman was still asleep, discontentedly flicking its tongue.
It couldn't understand what its master saw in her, valuing her so much and "confined" her here.
Having gained the master's favor, she should get up early and start cultivating. Instead, she caused trouble all night and was still asleep, truly letting down the master's kind intentions.
Hmph! When the master comes, it will definitely complain to him.
Compared to Mu Bai's desolation, Mu Qiuniang was much happier, with pink bubbles floating everywhere.
Jiang Nuo rarely slept in, getting up early to order two takeouts (to avoid unnecessary trouble, he cleverly used his wife's phone and only had it delivered to the security office downstairs).
Even though she was injured, Mu Qiuniang woke up as usual, preparing to go to the rooftop for "cultivation".
Of course, Jiang Nuo wouldn't let her go: "Wife, you're injured, just rest for a day."
"It's fine." Mu Qiuniang didn't feel injured at all. After all, she had suffered far worse injuries, and such minor wounds that would heal in a few days were nothing to her.
"No, you're injured!" Jiang Nuo, rarely being assertive, said, "Wife, considering you didn't follow your husband's instructions and didn't take care of yourself, getting injured behind your husband's back, today you must listen to your husband."
"Come, wife, sit. I've made breakfast. Look, this is a gourmet breakfast highly recommended by XX website, nutritious and well-reviewed. I specially ordered it for you, try it." Jiang Nuo pushed Mu Qiuniang to sit by the dining table, smiling expectantly.
Hehehe... Although he couldn't cook, he could "order food", so his wife would never go hungry.
Mu Qiuniang blinked, wanting to say: Didn't he say that nothing made outside tasted as good as hers?
"Wife, try it, this is really nice." Jiang Nuo picked up a piece of pie with chopsticks, placed it in the bowl in front of her, and carefully cut it into small pieces for easy eating.
Mu Qiuniang looked innocent: "I haven't brushed my teeth yet."
Jiang Nuo froze for a moment: "I forgot."
"I'll go brush my teeth." It's not like she didn't want to give him face, but she really couldn't eat without brushing her teeth.
Jiang Nuo carefully supported Mu Qiuniang: "Wife, be careful, I'll help you walk."
Mu Qiuniang felt a bit helpless: "I'm injured on the back, not the legs."
Mu Qiuniang, treated as a "disabled person" due to her injury, was stubbornly escorted to the bathroom by Jiang Nuo, who even helped her squeeze her toothpaste and poured warm water.
"Wife, you can brush your teeth now." Jiang Nuo stood at the door, saying.
"You go eat breakfast first, no need to watch me." She was really only injured on the back, not to the extent of being unable to brush her teeth.
"Wife, I just want to watch you." Jiang Nuo earnestly said, "Look, before, I wasn't always watching you, and you got hurt as soon as you left my sight. If I don't keep an eye on you, what if you get hurt again?"
Mu Qiuniang was speechless: "Yesterday was an accident."
"Who knows if there won't be a second 'accident'."
"You used to go out to shoot movies often, and I was alone too." Why did it feel like Jiang Nuo became foolish as soon as she got injured?
"Yes, before if anything happened to you, I didn't know, because I was mostly shooting movies elsewhere, but yesterday, as soon as you left my sight, you got hurt." Jiang Nuo insisted.
Mu Qiuniang slowly reacted: "So, you're angry?"
"Nonsense!" Jiang Nuo exploded immediately, "How can I not be angry? You're my wife. You didn't take good care of yourself, knowing there was danger and still went to save someone. Do you know how dangerous it was? The explosion is no joke. If you were one second slower, you would have been caught there. Do you know?"
"I knew it wouldn't hurt me, that's why I went."
"Wouldn't hurt you? You think an explosion can see who to harm or not? Are you proud of being a heroine? Mu Qiuniang, it's okay to save people, but please consider your own safety before doing so, okay? Do you know, when I saw you in the video, just after you saved the person, the car exploded, and you were so close, my heart almost jumped out..."
Thinking about that video, Jiang Nuo was genuinely scared. He didn't know what he would do if Mu Qiuniang had really taken a step slower and was caught in that explosion.
He simply didn't dare imagine.
"Qiuniang, do you know how scared I was? I thought I was going to lose you!"
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell at you, I just... I just can't stand the thought of you risking your life to save others without caring for your own safety. I'm happy and proud you saved someone, but I don't want you to disregard your safety for others. You are what's most important, you understand?"
"I know it's selfish to think this way, but I'd rather be selfish than have something happen to you."
"Mu Qiuniang, I hope you remember, you're really important to me. Your life is not just yours, it's mine too. So next time you do something , you must consider me. You can save people, but do it only when you're sure of your own safety first."
"You can be a hero, but be a living hero!"
Mu Qiuniang was taken aback for a moment. She knew her own abilities, so she was clear the explosion couldn't hurt her, but Jiang Nuo didn't know that. She never thought something that seemed insignificant to her would frighten him so much.
Since he appeared at the hospital yesterday, he had only been concerned about her safety, saying nothing else, holding it in until this morning when it finally erupted. Who knows what kind of mental struggle he went through last night.
If she put herself in Jiang Nuo's shoes, as an ordinary person suddenly seeing a loved one nearly have an accident while saving someone, she'd probably feel angry and scared too, right?
Maybe, she should reveal a bit of her abilities?
No one wants to lose their loved one midway through love.