"Ha, ha... Wuyou, you're here... When did you arrive? Oh, you just got here..."
In the quaint courtyard, Xia Ke'an, who had hurriedly climbed off Xu Shi, was speechless. Her cheeks were flushed red like glowing tomatoes, and she looked like she was about to cry at any moment.
"..."
Xia Wuyou looked at her aunt with a strange expression and fell into a long silence.
She is also experiencing a pupil earthquake.
To be honest...
In Xia Wuyou's eyes, her aunt was actually a very good elder.
When she was little, her parents were strict and would scold her with a stern face every day. The people around her were either obsequious or outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant. Only Xia Ke'an was different. She was always kind to her and would always take the initiative to do things that her parents did not allow. She misses her now. Although she was called her aunt, she felt more like her older sister.
Later, their family fell into poverty, and the two relied on each other for ten years. Although she was bedridden for a long time and couldn't do much, she was always smiling and would try her best to encourage her and provide her with all sorts of advice. Xia Xiaomao asked herself, if the other person hadn't had this attitude towards life in those years, but instead had been lifeless and gloomy every day, it's hard to say whether she could have survived those years.
In addition, considering the old aunt's previous confident and spirited image in public... to be honest, if it weren't for the unexpected events, Xia Wuyou felt that she would definitely want to be like her aunt rather than like her parents.
The only downside might be that the white-haired loli is increasingly fond of acting young. As time goes by, her quirky and mischievous nature sometimes makes her feel a bit helpless. For example, that time in the ward before, she was genuinely annoyed, which is why she deliberately acted like a spoiled brat. Who told you to deliberately disturb what was going on between me and Xu Shi first...
That's why what happened today is even more unacceptable to her. What are you doing? Don't you even try to hide it from others in public?
Especially Auntie, with your disheveled appearance lying on top of a man—it's quite something. The shape changes from small to large, and even though you're wearing loose clothes, you're still very messy. The white-haired mature woman really wants to tidy up, but in this situation, she's at a loss and can only make things worse.
Where did my wise and gentle aunt go?!
You're even lying on top of my man!
"What are you doing...?"
After a long while, she finally raised her head and asked with empty eyes.
"Um, Mom, no, Wuyou, don't misunderstand. I was just playing around with him, nothing more..."
Xia Ke'an lowered her head, fiddled with her fingers, and explained incoherently.
"Mom's here..." Watching the other person desperately trying to make amends like a child who had done something wrong, and remembering that she had indeed played the role of "mom" for a while before, Xia Wuyou suddenly felt like laughing.
When had she ever seen her aunt like this? Even when she was truly a good daughter, she had never been this guilty; instead, she acted like a wild child.
As for this explanation, it's rather weak and unconvincing. At least she would find it hard to stay still. Glancing at the recliner next to her, which had been crushed into an artful shape, her lips twitched involuntarily.
"...Xu Shi, can you explain this to me?"
Fortunately, she didn't seem to have any lingering concerns. Instead, she looked at someone who appeared to be uninvolved and said, "Explain yourself properly. What, what, is it called, a surprise?"
"What kind of surprise is this?"
The white-haired mature woman's mind was also in a mess, and upon hearing this, she subconsciously asked a question in return.
Xu Shi swallowed hard, feeling as if he had inexplicably wandered onto the wrong set, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.
Because this really was the surprise he had prepared for Xia Wuyou—wasn't it a surprise that your aunt had turned back? He was quite certain that for the two of them, who were each other's only blood relatives, this was definitely the best news imaginable.
But who knew things would turn out so unlucky? Why did it have to happen now of all times? The surprise almost turned into a shock...
Sigh, it all comes down to the recliner. If it were of better quality, the situation wouldn't have been so awkward, right?
"...Isn't this a pleasant surprise?"
After skillfully shifting the blame to the unassailable recliner, some shameless individuals cleared their throats and regained their composure, "The story goes something like this..."
To save face for the old lady, he didn't mention that she could have turned back long ago but hadn't. Of course, he didn't need to say much anyway; just by looking at Xia Wuyou standing there, he knew what had happened.
However, Xia Xiaomao was actually a bit slow to realize that something was wrong as she was talking... Oh right, when did her aunt turn back into an adult?
I was so focused on her relationship with Xu Shi that I overlooked the most important part.
Since the two of them had indeed only been playfully fighting and not actually engaging in any shameful acts under the open sky, she soon let it go.
"But does Auntie look like she's frozen in time?"
She even joked, "You were like this when you were a kid, and you still are now."
"...I guess so?"
Xia Ke'an had also recovered by this time, and scratched her cheek sheepishly.
Aside from her hair color, she felt exactly the same as she did more than ten years ago after turning back into an adult, and she didn't have that sense of weakness that comes with age.
Perhaps this is the benefit of self-healing ability? Or perhaps it was originally a gift that turned bad luck into good... She couldn't say for sure, but it was definitely a good thing.
Xu Shi also felt a little dazed looking at them – he had never seen the two of them together before, and could only imagine that their eyes and eyebrows were similar.
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