After dinner, everyone chatted for a while in Moonlight Pavilion's spacious living room, getting to know one another.
As the night deepened, it was time to rest.
Since Nan Feng had brought a new little girl home today, everyone showed remarkable tacit understanding.
Whether it was the fiery-tempered Ice Empress or Gu Yuena, who always liked clinging to Nan Feng, both returned to their rooms early to rest.
Even the newly arrived Sea Maiden and Xiao Bai were properly settled into guest rooms by Tang Yuehua.
Yet as Moonlight Pavilion's head steward, Tang Yuehua alone had not arranged a separate room for the newly arrived Zhu Zhuqing.
The implication was obvious—the new little kitten would definitely be responsible for keeping him company on her first night.
Though Sea Maiden's guidance during the day and Nan Feng's reassurance had greatly lessened Zhu Zhuqing's wariness and fear of him, it was still late at night, with a lone man and woman sharing a room—and even sleeping in the same bed...
She was nine years old already, born into royalty and nobility. She had long understood the proper boundaries between men and women, so naturally, she was still nervous enough for her palms to sweat.
Fortunately, Nan Feng did not take the opportunity to do anything improper.
Whenever he slept while holding this group of little girls at night, he had actually always behaved himself. He simply treated them as breathing, temperature-controlled body pillows.
Other than Ice Empress and Zi Ji, those two troublemakers who would never behave without being frightened a little, he never deliberately teased the well-behaved children.
As for Zhu Zhuqing, who had just left home and was full of confusion, Nan Feng merely drew her naturally into his arms. He neither frightened her nor teased her with any crude