Watching Nana grab his hand and place it on hers, then say that he'd caught her, Chen Ming was completely dumbfounded.
"Do you remember what I told you? If you could catch me, you'd get a reward. Well, you caught me."
Seeing his bewildered expression, Nana explained with complete seriousness. He snapped out of it and shook his head.
"There's nothing I want. And even if there were, I'd get it through my own efforts."
"Then... I'll save the reward for you. If there's ever anything you want, you can come to me."
She didn't seem offended. She said she'd keep the reward for him, then got down to business.
"Chen Ming, there's something I'd like to ask your opinion on."
"What is it?"
A question mark seemed to appear over Chen Ming's head. What could she possibly need his opinion on? And what did it have to do with him?
Nana stared straight into his dark eyes with her purple ones. Under her gaze, Chen Ming felt goosebumps rising, but soon she spoke.
"I want to raise you and your little sister. Would you be willing?"
When she said that, Chen Ming fell silent for a moment, then turned the words over in his mind. Once he was sure he'd heard right, his face filled with shock.
"What?"
"I said I want to adopt you. You and your little sister both feel so familiar to me. I want to adopt you two."
Hearing his response, Nana assumed he hadn't heard her clearly and repeated herself. Chen Ming stared at her, at a loss for words. What the hell was this supposed to be?
"Why? We're not related, and there's no reason for you to adopt me and my sister out of the blue. Teacher Nana, you're not after my