Excuse

An Nuan carefully recalled what happened last night. At first, she was happily drinking grape juice, but Professor Liu and Professor Ling kept urging Liu Chang'an to drink alcohol.

They were both elders and beautiful women, so Liu Chang'an couldn't refuse.

Professor Ling is one thing; she's very proud of herself as a heroine and often boasts about how she can beat others at the dinner table. But what about Mom? She's clearly just joining in the fun, or perhaps she has ulterior motives.

An Nuan stepped forward without hesitation and helped Liu Chang'an drink a few cups.

So she collapsed first.

She didn't know what happened after that, but she remembered that after rinsing her mouth, she sat on the sofa wanting to drink some tea, and tried to hold on a little longer, but she couldn't. In the end, she saw her mother and Professor Ling still drinking with Liu Chang'an.

Without a doubt, she was initially lying on the sofa, and was later moved to the bed by Liu Chang'an. Her own mother would usually just wake her up if she saw her lying on the sofa, and if she couldn't be woken up, she would just throw her on the bed. There was absolutely no way she would carry her to the bed.

It's a pity I fell asleep. If only I had pretended to be asleep, I could have secretly observed whether Liu Chang'an blushed, felt his heart race, had any fantasies, or hesitated before finally succumbing to the allure of the super beautiful girl and making any advances.

I'm a little sad. Next time he climbs in through the window, I'll just pretend to be asleep.

No, my thoughts have wandered. The important thing is that Mom woke up early this morning looking for Liu Chang'an, and she was even peering into An Nuan's room, which means she was drunk. I wonder if Liu Chang'an stayed overnight.

Was she also carried to bed by Liu Chang'an?

"He went back?" Liu Yuewang rubbed her temples, sitting uncomfortably on the sofa.

An Nuan opened the study door and glanced inside. "I've gone back."

"How can Liu Chang'an drink so much?" Liu Yuewang was indignant and upset. Even though she was still feeling unwell after sobering up, she still couldn't get him drunk.

"Why did you keep pouring him drinks last night? Honestly, you're not a particularly heavy drinker yourself." An Nuan poured some water and placed it in front of Liu Yuewang.

Liu Yuewang downed her drink in one gulp. "Do you even know when he left?"

"How would I know? But he carried me back to my room." An Nuan looked at Liu Yuewang with some suspicion, wondering if she had received the same treatment.

Liu Yuewang paused for a moment, looking at An Nuan uncertainly, "When I was drunk, he wasn't drunk yet... I should have walked back to sleep by myself, right?"

An Nuan's cheeks slowly puffed up, and her little fists clenched.

"I was drunk, what's wrong with him taking care of me? You're jealous of everything, even your mother!" No one knows a daughter better than her mother. Looking at An Nuan's expression, Liu Yuewang knew what she was thinking, so she took the initiative and hit An Nuan several times.

An Nuan's momentum vanished after those few blows. Feeling a little aggrieved, she picked up her phone from the table, unlocked it with her back to Liu Yuewang, checked the message, and immediately smiled, "Liu Chang'an left me a message, saying that we were both drunk last night. He helped you back to your room, and then carried me back to my room. He even told me to check myself; there was a little surprise."

"What little surprise?" Liu Yuewang was startled by the word "surprise." He had only thought about getting Liu Chang'an drunk, but he hadn't considered the consequences of failure. If two stunning beauties got drunk, and Liu Chang'an was the kind of lecherous person who could do whatever he wanted to them, wouldn't that be enough to get him to do whatever he wanted?

"I don't know!" An Nuan put down her phone, stood up, spun around to look at herself, and happily cupped her chest. "It must be because my breasts have gotten bigger!"

"Keep dreaming, he can't possibly..." Liu Yuewang hesitated for a moment, then took a closer look. She wasn't sure; she wouldn't be observing An Nuan's development all the time. She was already eighteen; she had no future.

After observing carefully, An Nuan realized she was overthinking things... But could it be that he massaged her while she was asleep, causing her to grow taller? Although she had already considered this possibility and dismissed the idea that Liu Chang'an would do such a thing, she still measured herself with the ruler on the wall between the living room and the bedroom, and found that she hadn't grown taller.

What was the surprise? An Nuan was about to go to the bathroom to take a shower and observe herself more closely when Liu Yuewang sharp eyes, noticed, "Your toes!"

An Nuan then looked down at her toes, exclaimed in amazement, and then looked down to examine them closely, "Wow... so beautiful!"

On each of An Nuan's toenails was painted a tiny classical beauty. The pink base coat was covered with tiny figures, and the ten toes were held together, as if a scroll of a beautiful lady had been unfurled, cut out section by section, and pasted onto her toenails. Even the smallest toe had been polished to make it smooth and shiny, and a child with details that were hard to discern with the naked eye was painted on it.

An Nuan quickly grabbed a magnifying glass and examined the details carefully. After exclaiming "Wow!" repeatedly, An Nuan stood up triumphantly, "I told you to get your nails done without me! Mine are a hundred times prettier than yours!"

"I'm your mother, he should give me face, right?" Liu Yuewang thought, her eyes sparkling.

"You're dreaming!" An Nuan exclaimed in fright, "Don't even think about it!"

"I was just saying." Liu Yuewang glared at An Nuan, annoyed. This wasn't even her biological daughter, was she? Other people's daughters always wanted their mothers to enjoy the good things they got. But she really was just saying it. If Liu Chang'an were a professional nail artist, that would be one thing, but this kind of intimate, private pleasure—how could Liu Yuewang possibly let Liu Chang'an paint on her toes?

That girl is so lucky.

An Nuan observed Professor Liu's expression and, confirming that she was probably just saying it casually, began to worry, "I feel like every woman in the world wants to steal my boyfriend, what should I do?"

Liu Yuewang rolled her eyes at her. This girl in love was completely obsessed. She wasn't just saying it; she actually believed that every woman in the world coveted her boyfriend. Women in love really don't have brains.

An Nuan didn't think she had drawn this conclusion simply because of her relationship. After thinking about it, she couldn't help but take a picture of her toes and post it on her WeChat Moments, along with a close-up picture taken with a magnifying glass.

"You're worried about others stealing your boyfriend, yet you still want to show him off. The more I look at you, the more stupid you seem. It's infuriating." Liu Yuewang stood up irritably, preparing to go back to her room to take a shower.

After closing the door, Liu Yuewang glanced down casually and saw that the drawing on her toes was still the one she had made herself... Liu Yuewang felt a little neurotic, rubbed her temples, and went to take a shower.

Forget it, whether Liu Chang'an is that uncle or not... let's not worry about the past. As long as Liu Chang'an treats An Nuan well now and they are happy together, that's better than anything else.

Liu Yuewang felt her heart soften because of this man's devotion to his girlfriend, and hoped that Liu Chang'an would continue to be so devoted.

An Nuan didn't take a shower. She sat on the sofa and texted Liu Chang'an. She didn't know what he was doing, but he replied to her messages quite quickly today. Basically, he would reply to her An Nuan very soon.

I want to see him right away, rush into his arms and act all cute, telling him in a sweet voice how much I love my pretty toenails.

Liu Chang'an is jogging with his dog.

Running with a dog requires taking care of its stamina and speed, so you can't run too far or too fast. Liu Chang'an naturally ran very leisurely and lazily.

At the electric motorcycle taxi stand in front of the train station, Liu Chang'an encountered a driver. He had asked the driver about the price before and felt it was too exorbitant, so he didn't take the ride, and the driver started cursing at him. So today, Liu Chang'an asked again and still didn't take the ride, and the driver's tone was noticeably calmer.

Liu Chang'an appreciated his improved manners, patted the dog's head, and continued running forward.

Liu Chang'an ate a bowl of tofu pudding at a breakfast shop next to White Sand Ancient Well. The owner said it was made with spring water from White Sand Ancient Well. Even Liu Chang'an couldn't tell the difference between tofu pudding made with well water and tofu pudding made with tap water, but the taste was still acceptable. The owner sold both sweet and savory tofu pudding, and Liu Chang'an ate a bowl of each.

Running home, Liu Chang'an chased away the child who was sitting under the sycamore tree waiting to ride his dog to school, who was almost late. He went inside, and Zhou Shuling came downstairs with a bowl of noodles.

"I already ate this morning." Liu Chang'an glanced at the pig's feet skin noodles and declined.

Zhou Shuling glanced at Liu Chang'an, then at her noodles, picked up some noodles with her chopsticks, whispered, "If you're not going to eat, I'll eat them myself," slurped the noodles into her mouth, and slowly turned and went upstairs.

Liu Chang'an changed his clothes, took the face cream and property deed to school, and handed them to An Nuan before class started.

An Nuan was very serious, as if she were performing some kind of ceremony. She carefully took the property certificate, put it into the inner pocket of her backpack, zipped it up, and then, not feeling at ease, put all the books next to the inner pocket to cover the zipper.

"What time did you leave last night? Why didn't you wake me up?" An Nuan asked somewhat embarrassedly.

"I woke you up, so what excuse do I have to help you take off your pants?" Liu Chang'an said, somewhat embarrassed.

"You pervert!" An Nuan twisted her body and pouted coquettishly, "Don't make excuses like that again."

"Okay, next time I won't make excuses, I'll just do it directly." Liu Chang'an accepted this suggestion.

"Ugh! I need to go to the girls' dormitory before class to show them my toenails," An Nuan said smugly.

"Don't you dare take on any work for me!" Liu Chang'an warned solemnly.

An Nuan was stunned for a moment before she reacted, then giggled and ran off without answering Liu Chang'an. She only asked him to apply face cream for her because she didn't want him to do it for someone else; how could she possibly paint another girl's toenails? An Nuan would never agree to something so disrespectful to Liu Chang'an ... Painting her toenails was a little romantic gesture between lovers, but what kind of request was it for someone else... Anyone who dared to make such a request would definitely be met with a furious outburst from An Nuan; they really had no sense of propriety!