Dazzling Light

"Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen!"

"Did you see those Mechanical Cyborgs in the sky just now?"

"A whole swarm flew past at once—it was so spectacular!"

Lin Zichen was still standing by the window, gazing at the night sky, when Shen Qinghan's voice suddenly came from outside.

The little girl sounded incredibly excited, like children in his previous life's village when they saw an airplane.

"Xiao Chen, Hanhan's here to see you. Hurry and open the door," Zhang Wanxin urged, looking down at Lin Zichen.

Lin Zichen quickly left the window and went to open the door for Shen Qinghan.

The moment he opened it, he saw Shen Qinghan fresh from a bath. She wore a light pink pajama set, her hair still damp, making her look especially fresh and lovely.

Lin Zichen looked at her and said, "It's not like you haven't seen them on TV before. Is there really any need to be this excited?"

Shen Qinghan skipped into the room, her smile brilliant. "It's different! Seeing them on TV isn't nearly as spectacular as seeing them in person."

Lin Zichen said nothing more and quietly closed the door.

After coming in and sitting down, Lin Zichen saw that Shen Qinghan's hair was still dripping wet. He found a hair dryer and said, "Your hair is too wet. Come sit over here, and I'll dry it for you."

Shen Qinghan obediently sat down and let Lin Zichen dry her hair.

As he dried it, her straight, slender little legs kept swinging back and forth, rather distracting.

Zhang Wanxin, sitting nearby, liked her more and more the longer she looked. With a fond, motherly smile, she said, "Xu Meng's daughter really is beautiful. There are probably quite a few little boys at school secretly crushing on her."

"How about we have a daughter too?" Lin Yansheng teased with a chuckle.

Zhang Wanxin rolled her eyes at him. "With Hanhan already here, I can just treat her like my daughter. Why go through the trouble of having another one?"

Meanwhile.

Having finally dried her hair, Shen Qinghan turned toward Lin Zichen. Resting her cheek on one hand and tilting her head, her large, watery eyes blinked as she asked:

"Xiao Chen, there are a few math problems in my homework that I don't understand. Can you teach me later?"

"Sure."

Lin Zichen agreed without hesitation.

For the next while, the two of them worked on math homework in the room.

One taught.

One learned.

Shen Qinghan was very smart. Most problems clicked the moment they were explained, and she soon solved every difficult question.

After finishing her homework, Shen Qinghan casually lay flat on Lin Zichen's bed, playing with her fingers as she chatted with him.

Lin Zichen was doing sit-ups nearby and could only respond halfheartedly now and then.

After chatting for a while, it was nearly time to sleep.

Shen Qinghan yawned and said, "Xiao Chen, I'm so sleepy. I'm too lazy to get out of bed and go home to sleep. I'll just sleep here tonight."

"Fine."

"Then go tell my mom. I'm too lazy to get out of bed and call her."

"Okay."

After saying that, Lin Zichen got up and went downstairs, asking Zhang Wanxin to call Xu Meng and tell her that Shen Qinghan would be sleeping over tonight.

Xu Meng agreed and brought over Shen Qinghan's school uniform, shoes, socks, and toiletries for the next day.

Lin Zichen carried everything upstairs so Shen Qinghan could put them on as soon as she woke up the next morning.

"This girl fell asleep fast."

Looking at Shen Qinghan sleeping soundly on the bed with her limbs spread wide, Lin Zichen smiled. He took a tissue and wiped away the drool at the corner of her mouth.

Afterward, he turned off the light and went to bed.

One pillow each, one blanket each, so no one would steal the covers in the middle of the night and leave the other cold.

The next day, Lin Zichen woke up early.

It was still dark outside.

He checked the alarm clock beside the bed. It was only five in the morning.

Waking up punctually at five every morning was part of his biological clock.

He was used to getting up early to exercise. If he did not do a few hundred push-ups to warm up after waking, he would feel listless all day.

[You are doing push-ups. Blood Qi +1, arm muscle strength +1, chest muscle strength +1, push-up proficiency +1]

[You are doing squats. Blood Qi +1, leg muscle strength +1, squat proficiency +1]

[You are doing sit-ups. Blood Qi +1, abdominal muscle strength +1, sit-up proficiency +1]

After an intense workout.

Lin Zichen went downstairs to wash up.

While there, he stood before the bathroom mirror, took off his shirt, and inspected the results of his years of training.

His muscles were not absurdly large, but they were sharply defined and brimming with explosive power.

His abs in particular were flawless, as though carved with a knife. They felt especially satisfying to touch.

"Tsk, tsk, Xiao Chen. So you're just as vain as your dad. First thing in the morning, and you're already posing in front of the mirror."

Zhang Wanxin had gotten up to make breakfast. Passing by the bathroom, she saw Lin Zichen striking all sorts of bodybuilding poses in front of the mirror and could not help laughing.

Lin Zichen had been admiring himself when Zhang Wanxin suddenly called him out. He was instantly so embarrassed that he wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.

"Oh, you're even blushing. Come on, let Mommy feel those abs."

"I'll go call Hanhan down for breakfast."

After tossing out those words, Lin Zichen fled the bathroom like lightning.

That was way too embarrassing.

He did not even want to see Zhang Wanxin again today.

He simply could not face her.

When Lin Zichen returned to the upstairs room.

Shen Qinghan was still asleep.

She lay sprawled carelessly across the bed, and the blanket covering her had disappeared without a trace.

Looking down, he found that she had somehow kicked it onto the floor.

"You're already this old, and you still kick off your blanket in your sleep."

Lin Zichen shook his head and stepped forward to pick it up.

As he casually tossed the blanket back onto the bed, his gaze fell on Shen Qinghan's lower body.

Her crotch was bulging. Just like when she was little, she was still wearing diapers.

An eight-year-old girl who still had to wear diapers clearly had something wrong with her body.

Yet strangely, they had never been able to find the cause.

Fortunately, Shen Qinghan had only been prone to wetting the bed and her pants up to now.

Other than that, she had no other issues.

It was a blessing amid misfortune.

Lin Zichen stopped dwelling on it. He reached out and pinched Shen Qinghan's little cheek, softly calling, "Hanhan, it's already past six. Get up and brush your teeth, wash your face, and have breakfast."

"Mmm~"

Shen Qinghan groggily opened her eyes and instinctively sat up to stretch.

Then, still bleary-eyed, she looked at Lin Zichen and said in a soft, sleepy voice, "Xiao Chen, I just dreamed about Bai Xue. I wonder where she is now and what she's doing."

"Bai Xue is eating breakfast at home. Hurry up and get dressed, or the breakfast downstairs will get cold."

"Got it." After saying that, Shen Qinghan took off her pajamas right in front of Lin Zichen, intending to change into the school uniform beside her.

The instant she took off her pajamas, Lin Zichen suddenly found the sight dazzling.

Shen Qinghan's chest was glowing!

More precisely, the Beast Tooth hanging from her chest was glowing!

It was the Beast Tooth the white-haired girl had given her.

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