Cecilia let him have his way, her eyes half-closed and her lashes damp.
After Jiang Lianqiu carried Cecilia to the bed and tucked her in, she finally spoke her first words since waking up.
"Um... shouldn't you go check on Firefly?"
"...Huh?" Jiang Lianqiu paused.
Cecilia blinked teasingly. "When I came home from work, I accidentally noticed signs that the washing machine had been used. And while cleaning the house, I also noticed that the sheets in Firefly's room had clearly been washed."
"And..."
She hooked her arms around Jiang Lianqiu's neck and pulled him into her embrace, then whispered into his ear, "Last night, Miss Kafka said..."
Jiang Lianqiu: "..."
Firefly, it seemed that no one had been fooled by the thing you'd tried so hard to hide.
"Hurry up and go..."
Cecilia gave Jiang Lianqiu's chest another push.
"After dinner, I noticed that child's eyes were practically melting whenever she looked at you."
Meanwhile, in another bedroom.
Kiana lay on the bed, tossing and turning, her brows occasionally knitting together.
Originally, soothed by Jiang Lianqiu, the girl had quickly fallen asleep. But before long, a strange dream came upon her.
White-haired Bun could not understand what she was seeing at all. All she could make out were clusters of multicolored orbs flying around before her eyes.
Countless murmurs and whispers also echoed endlessly in her ears.
"Ugh... so noisy..."
"Stop bothering me already... damn it...!"
When her tightly furrowed brows finally formed a deep crease, Kiana opened her damp eyes and sat up in bed, drenched in sweat.
"Phew... phew... A nightmare?"
Her eyes widened as she desperately tried to recall the dream she had just had.
But it did not seem to have been a nightmare. The girl simply could not remember what exactly had happened