Chapter 277 - Breaking One is Free of Charge

Liu Xiaodan heard the crash, but he felt no spike of danger; neither did he smell blood wafting in the air so it must just be a small accident. However, Chuan Nayi had detached herself from him in worry. Even if he wanted to pull her back, she moved very fast. It seemed that it was too early for him to be so cozy. How could he forget that Chuan Nayi was a prim and proper girl who was probably very shy at things like this?

Still, he continued to hog the bed and sleep in. Unlike before, the bed was warm, and it had another scent that was so sweet to his nose. Before he could hear another word, he had fallen asleep.

Outside, Chuan Nayi pulled on the rather s.e.xy nightdress that Liu Xiaodan didn't get to see. Li Yunru actually lent her this one for some reason, but Chuan Nayi could only glare at the naughty junior. Still, she had nothing else to change into that night. That's why in the morning, it was still on her.

"What happened?" Chuan Nayi stepped out of the room, and she could feel the warmth from the floor. The Mian Residence heating system was very nice, and Chuan Nayi took note. The more she looked around the big house of a rich family, the more she was excited about owning the Wu Family Estate.

"Guangru didn't mean it." The child was hiding at the side. When Chuan Nayi walked closer, the child went to hold onto her hand and walked with her. She just stopped when Guangru blocked the path to keep the shards away from her. Actually, what broke was a strange glass clock on the wall.

"What is that even?" Chuan Nayi only stood where they were. It didn't seem to be a clock because it didn't have numbers on it. She just remembered it because Liu Xiaodan was staring at it before they entered the room last night. She wanted to reach out, but she might prick herself with the shards.

The mother then just went to bend down and picked up the child next to her. "Let's just find an auntie to get it cleaned up. We don't want anyone getting hurt by that." 

Chuan Nayi actually smiled at Guangru, which felt strange for the child. The earlier memories of him with this woman were negative. Still, since she wanted to be Guangru's mommy, the child only clung to her.

The young woman carried the child and walked to the staircase. With Guangru covering her c.h.e.s.t, she felt confident in walking around. Even if she had no slippers, she continued to walk along the warm floor. Inevitably, she actually walked in on Mian Bingbing and Li Heilong talking. Suddenly, her blush had returned. Being seen in this lingerie felt like she was doing a crime in the home of someone else.

"Oh, you're up early." Mian Bingbing was the first one to spot her at the corner of her eye. It didn't help that Guangru was actually perched on his mother like a real child.

"Uhm… I was hoping to find someone who could help me clean what Guangru broke. It's a clock..." Chuan Nayi didn't even want to make eye contact with them. The two looked so professional already after all.

However, the mention of the clock made Mian Bingbing walk to her and even past her. It was as if she knew what Chuan Nayi was talking about. Li Heilong followed in case it was something interesting. The child's mother only followed them after they were a good five meters away from her.

Mian Bingbing quickly located the broken clock. She then frowned as she turned to Chuan Nayi and the child. "You don't have to worry that much. This is just a spirit meter placed all over the house. It's probably too weak to resist the dy… the child's power." Mian Bingbing didn't want to call him a dybbuk anymore. 

Then again, it would be stupid to try this time. Guangru had regained his power, and it would be easy to just decimate an entire clan if he lost care about a lot of things. In fact, the Mian family was so lucky to have members that were familiar to the child.

"Oh, so… we're not paying for it?" Chuan Nayi spouted something stupid, and it took her a while to realize that she had spoken wrongly. Still, Mian Bingbing only told her to keep Guangru away from the spirit meters. These things were indeed expensive, but breaking one was free of charge. Breaking another was a different story.

As they left, Chuan Nayi overheard them talking about business things. It seemed like Li Heilong decided to go back to work now, even if he was not completely healed. With the Qiao family without a family head and another giant was gone, the market would change again. The Li Enterprise should be ready to take the blow or snatch a big fish if one decided to show up.

Chuan Nayi didn't return to the room and decided to walk around with Guangru enjoying her hold. She happened upon a Li Yunru squatting down by the door. She seemed to be spying on someone. The other woman walked cautiously and tapped Li Yunru's foot with hers. The female cousin only made a shushing gesture and let Chuan Nayi take a glimpse of quite a glorious scene.

"How dare you watch them?!" Chuan Nayi hissed as she quickly pulled back. Her embarrassment was translated into chiding the cousin who only pouted. The other didn't like getting scolded, and so she only shifted their focus on something else.

"Hey, don't tell me you didn't take advantage of that nightdress. Come on, that actually fit you way better than I do because of your shape." Li Yunru then flashed a smile. "Did he lose his cool?"

Chuan Nayi shrieked and quickly fled the scene. The cousin only laughed out before running away as well in case Li Feng caught her laughter quite too close to his room's door.

Thinking that she should at least change now, Chuan Nayi came back to the room allotted for her and Liu Xiaodan. Guangru soon hopped off and decided to curl up next to his father. The mother was left to stand by the foot of the bed, not knowing if she wanted to continue wearing such a thing. In the end, she decided to change out of it. It was too early to challenge her body's capability to make a baby.

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The phone in the Jiang Residence's house started to ring. Jiang Yanyu reluctantly picked it up after hearing about the gas leak in Cherry Medical. No one had released an official list of survivors yet, after all. She was scared to receive a call from their partners… about her daughter. "Hello..."

Chuan Nayi then sighed loudly with a smile on her face. "Finally! Mom, I'm at the Mian Residence. Pick me up?"