Second Update (No Fluff, No Angst)

There are so many trees in the Juyuan residential area that they filter out only a few spots of morning light, making it seem like it's still before dawn. Liu Chang'an knocked on the door for a while before An Nuan finally opened it.

"Why are you here?" An Nuan, still half asleep, chuckled softly, not expecting her favorite person to stand behind the annoying knocking. She placed her hands on Liu Chang'an's shoulders, closed her eyes, and leaned against him, lazily humming, "Don't move, I'm going to sleep a little longer."

Liu Chang'an didn't move, but gently put his arm around her waist and looked into the distance at a cat lazily squatting on the wall.

After a while, Liu Yuewang came out. She glanced at Liu Chang'an standing at the door, went back to put on a coat, and then came over to talk.

"What are you doing standing at the door?" Liu Yuewang asked, nudging An Nuan as she spoke.

She said she wanted to sleep a little longer.

Liu Yuewang didn't indulge An Nuan like that and kept pushing her An Nuan.

An Nuan woke up, grunted impatiently twice, and glared at her mother with a frown, "What are you doing... I want to sleep!"

"Go to your room if you want to sleep. Standing here to sleep, do you think you're a horse just because you're tall?" Liu Yuewang slapped An Nuan.

"Actually, many animals sleep standing up, mainly mammals. As mammals, it's normal for humans to sleep standing up too, it's not unbelievable," Liu Chang'an said, speaking up for An Nuan.

"I really fell asleep?" An Nuan was jolted awake by Liu Yuewang, blinking as she looked at Liu Chang'an. "I fell asleep in your arms, and you've been standing here the whole time?"

Liu Chang'an nodded.

An Nuan didn't say anything, but a sweet smile appeared on her face. While touching Liu Chang'an's arm and chest, she turned around and looked at her mother with a defiant gaze.

"I'm full, don't call me for dinner." Liu Yuewang flicked her sleeves and went back. She saw the plastic bag Liu Chang'an was carrying. Liu Chang'an usually came to see An Nuan early in the morning and would take care of breakfast.

"After you make breakfast, she'll come out and eat by herself again." An Nuan chuckled, pulling Liu Chang'an's hand as they entered the living room.

"Professor Liu is a person who cares about his reputation, she would never do that," Liu Chang'an said, pointing towards Liu Yuewang's room.

"Stop teasing her!" An Nuan protested. When a woman is teased, if she gets angry, holds her breath, or feels suffocated, most of her reactions will make a man find her adorable.

Liu Chang'an went to the kitchen to make breakfast.

After breakfast was prepared, Liu Yuewang indeed came out.

"Didn't you say you were full?" An Nuan asked, holding a spoon.

"I'm full just looking at you, so I'm ignoring you now because I'm hungry." Liu Yuewang took the bowl Liu Chang'an handed her. He really underestimated her; did a mother really have no shame?

You're so shameless!

"How dare you call someone shameless for being all sticky and sluggish first thing in the morning?"

"Our feelings were genuine, but we stopped short of propriety."

"What kind of propriety is this in public?"

"What's the big deal about public spaces outside your own home!"

"Then let's examine whether the area in front of one's house counts as a public place..."

"I..."

"Eat, don't talk while eating," Liu Chang'an said.

As the one who prepared the breakfast, she held a certain authority, and the two women, washing their hands and waiting for their food, stopped arguing.

This is the essence of good manners: knowing when to stop and respecting service providers and laborers. It's why, no matter how noisy they are, they don't seem like vulgar shrewish women.

After breakfast, Liu Yuewang, as usual, brewed tea for Liu Chang'an... Although Liu Yuewang swore that when Liu Chang'an came over after that incident, she would never greet him again, wasn't that a vow made by another personality? What did that have to do with the gentle, elegant, and warm-hearted Professor Liu Yuewang?

Liu Chang'an drank tea, Liu Yuewang and An Nuan went to change their clothes.

"I'm wearing something fluffy today, do I look cute?" An Nuan came out holding a fluffy coat. Unlike the coat with bunny ears that bounced around, this one had cat ears on the hood.

"When have you ever not been cute?" Liu Chang'an asked from the bottom of his heart. With his keen eye, he had never seen her not being cute, which was truly surprising.

It must be because she is cuteness itself.

An Nuan happily went back to change her clothes, although she might not ultimately choose the cat-ear coat.

"Liu Chang'an, could you help me choose between this clutch and this shoulder bag? Which one goes with my cheongsam?" Liu Yuewang came out carrying two bags.

"Hold the bag in your hand, because when An Nuan and I are holding hands, you can hold the bag with both hands, so you won't feel like you don't know what to do with your hands." Liu Chang'an offered an objective analysis and suggestion, with absolutely no intention of provocation or mockery.

Liu Yuewang used two bags to beat people until An Nuan came out to rescue them.

Professor Liu prefers events with an artistic atmosphere. Although, given her taste, an exhibition mainly featuring works by amateur enthusiasts would hardly catch her eye... However, these amateur exhibitions often have some novelty to offer, providing a completely different experience from the unconventional works of seasoned art world veterans.

We agreed to go to the exhibition together today. Professor Liu herself is a stunningly beautiful woman, like a fine work of art.

After Liu Yuewang and An Nuan finished dressing up, they went out with Liu Chang'an, who had been drinking tea.

"Liu Chang'an, why are you suddenly interested in this small exhibition? The school has held many art and design exhibitions this semester, but I haven't seen you ask An Nuan to go to any of them." Liu Yuewang said with some doubt, while glancing at Liu Chang'an's thin clothes. She realized that it was a mistake not to hit him with that commuter bag with the alloy handle earlier.

Unlike other mothers who worry that their children will get cold if they are dressed too lightly, Liu Chang'an was no ordinary person.

"I participated in the exhibition."

"Ah?"

Liu Yuewang and An Nuan both looked at him in surprise; neither of them knew what was going on.

"Why didn't you say so sooner?" Liu Yuewang said reproachfully.

"Exactly!" An Nuan rarely agreed with her mother.

"Surprise."

"Surprise my foot! Why didn't you say so earlier?" Liu Yuewang frowned, her lips pursed slightly. "If I'd known you'd be attending, I would have posted on my WeChat Moments and invited people to come and support me!"

Liu Yuewang was very enthusiastic about this kind of thing, because women her age often liked and voted on posts about their children that people in her WeChat Moments posted. Liu Chang'an's opportunity to post about her on WeChat Moments was a chance for her to recoup the favors she had accumulated from liking and voting in the past.

"Then forget it. If you post this on your WeChat Moments, it'll be a case of praising Liu Chang'an to death." An Nuan was unwilling, but then she thought about it and had full confidence in her boyfriend, so she changed her tune, "Are your middle-aged and elderly friends able to keep up with Liu Chang'an's artistic tastes?"

"You simp," Liu Yuewang cursed hatefully. Ever since she learned this word, she especially liked to use it to insult An Nuan.

Of course, it's also excellent for cursing Liu Chang'an.

"Speaking of aesthetics... the hardest thing for a person to improve and change in their lifetime is their aesthetic level and preferences. Aesthetics also come in various fields. Someone may have a commendable aesthetic level in calligraphy and painting, but that doesn't mean they have a good aesthetic level in jewelry craftsmanship or modern industrial design... Sometimes aesthetics determine the upper limit of a person's professional level, and sometimes it only determines the upper limit of a person's quality of life. For example, many people become wealthy..."

"Stop."

Why did you make him stop? Wasn't what you said quite good?

"Do you believe he'll be able to bring up 5G infrastructure and trade tariffs later?"

"I know he can talk nonsense, but how did he steer a discussion about aesthetics into 5G and tariffs?"

"Don't I know my boyfriend?"

So what if you have a boyfriend?

"That's right, I'm not in a relationship anymore, it's none of your business."

"Heh, you think you're having puppy love? Before you were fifteen, you were chased by dogs every day, rolling around on the ground, and going to shady internet cafes with Han Zhizhi..."

"I don't!"

Liu Chang'an realized they were quite good at making things up; they'd already steered the conversation towards illegal internet cafes. Speaking of illegal internet cafes...

We've arrived at the exhibition center.

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I don't understand why so many people call An Nuan a naive and innocent girl. She's a girl with a lot of dirty jokes in her head, but she insists on maintaining a pure image. If her boyfriend finds out, she'll even act like a spoiled brat. She's a girl who's good at acting opposite or fighting with her love rivals, and she even gets jealous of her mother. How can she be a naive and innocent girl?

Is there some misunderstanding about "naive and innocent"? Or is it that you lack adjectives, haven't read enough books, and can't even find an accurate adjective?

Is it true that if you see a normal girl who is gentle, kind, has high emotional intelligence, and doesn't commit murder or arson, you call her a naive and innocent girl? (In a calm and gentle Analects)