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Hearing Yang Na's words, Li Huowang's heart suddenly trembled. Looking into her pure eyes, he did not know how to express his overwhelming emotion for a moment.

In the end, he cupped Yang Na's face and kissed her excitedly.

Yang Na was uncomfortable doing this in front of others. "Let's go home. Auntie gets up early. If we don't go back soon, she'll notice."

Seeing Li Huowang turn to look at Qian Fu again, Yang Na said, "You don't need to worry during the day. I'll keep an eye on him for you. We'll stay in touch by phone."

"Alright." Li Huowang nodded. With Yang Na helping him, things would be much easier, and he would not have to worry about Qian Fu running off unwatched.

When Li Huowang returned home and lay on his bed, thinking back on what had just happened, his heart remained unsettled for a long while. He did not feel sleepy in the slightest.

He desperately wanted Yang Na to believe him, desperately so, yet a thought seemed to keep surfacing in his mind.

If Yang Na could not understand, that was only natural. If he stood in her shoes, he probably would find such an absurd explanation hard to believe as well.

"But..." Li Huowang hesitated. He was caught between two difficult choices.

Just as Li Huowang was pondering this question, the bedroom door quietly opened.

As Li Huowang lifted the blanket and prepared to get out of bed to see who it was, he felt a soft, warm body slip into his arms.

"Miao Miao, what's wrong?" Li Huowang inhaled the familiar fragrance from her hair, stroking the "hairpin" amid those strands and feeling the snake scales beneath the white fur slide across his body.

When he sensed her actions becoming increasingly excessive,