Well-Practiced

An Nuan answered the phone.

"I'm already at the hotel, it's not far from here, the hotel is pretty nice... The exam went okay this morning, I checked the answers with my classmates... No need! You don't need to come over, I'll fall asleep soon, and I'll have to open the door for you! I'll sleep for a bit and then go to the exam center by myself."

After hanging up the phone, An Nuan breathed a sigh of relief; thankfully, she had gotten away with it.

"Your mom's not coming?"

Why do you sound so regretful?

"We'll meet eventually. Better late than never, and better to seize the day than to wait. I've been wanting to get to know her anyway."

An Nuan was just thinking about bullying Liu Chang'an when the phone call snapped her out of her reverie. She sat on the edge of the bed, stretched out her legs, and her two pretty little feet with their toes twitching around. She lifted them up and placed them heavily on the edge of Liu Chang'an's bed, giving him a "I'll show you what I'm capable of" look. She then slowly brought her toes closer, cautiously and tentatively pinching Liu Chang'an's toes.

Liu Chang'an raised his hand, and An Nuan cried out in surprise, then giggled and rolled to the side.

The doorbell rang.

An Nuan stared at Liu Chang'an in disbelief.

Liu Chang'an felt a little regretful. If he greeted An Nuan's mother now, it would probably cause a scene, and An Nuan would ultimately lose face... Who says girls don't care about their dignity in front of their parents?

Liu Chang'an also shushed him, picked up the data cable and phone, and pulled An Nuan to the door.

"Distract her, or give her some water, let her go to the bathroom, and I'll take the opportunity to leave." Liu Chang'an whispered in An Nuan's ear, then opened the wardrobe next to the door and hid inside.

An Nuan breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but wonder how Liu Chang'an could handle this situation so calmly and quickly, as if he had practiced it many times before.

But this wasn't the time to think about such things. An Nuan stretched, yawned, and pouted, opening the door with a disgruntled expression. She said reproachfully, "Mom, didn't I tell you not to come? I was about to fall asleep."

"I was already downstairs when I called you, why don't you come up too? Besides, it's only been two or three minutes after the call, you can't possibly fall asleep like that," Liu Yuewang as she walked in. "I was worried you'd oversleep, so I'll stay with you for your exam this afternoon."

An Nuan really didn't need it, but she was still a little guilty, afraid that if she kept rejecting her, it would arouse her suspicion. "Don't you have class this afternoon?"

"What subject could be more important than my precious daughter's college entrance exam?"

Liu Yuewang stepped into the porch, a fragrant breeze wafted out, carrying the unique, soft, milky scent of the beautiful woman. Even Liu Chang'an, who wasn't deliberately holding his breath, could smell it through the ventilation vents of the cabinet.

Liu Yuewang came to the bedside and looked at the two beds.

An Nuan rolled over on one bed naturally, then grabbed a pillow and rolled onto another bed.

Liu Yuewang then sat down; both beds looked as if someone had lain on them.

An Nuan had her back to Liu Yuewang, a slight upturn at the corners of her mouth, like a little fox who had done something naughty and was secretly laughing.

"Is Liu Chang'an at the same test center as you?" Liu Yuewang stretched.

An Nuan was somewhat envious of her mother's slender waist because she felt she had been eating a bit more lately and her belly was starting to feel a little chubby. But her mother was supposed to be doing belly dancing, a dance that supposedly requires a bit of fat around the abdomen, yet she never seemed to have gained any weight in her belly.

"Yes, he was late today," An Nuan said casually, her mind preoccupied with other things.

"Hmph, I knew he didn't have a proper attitude towards studying. I heard from Old Huang that Liu Chang'an is always late, how come he's late for the college entrance exam too?" Liu Yuewang shook her head. "You think I don't know that the extra wishing plaque you got from South Sea Guanyin was for Liu Chang'an."

An Nuan's cheeks flushed. "How did you know! I was just showing concern for him as a classmate. After all, he used to be my deskmate, and we got along well."

"I went through your bag." Liu Yuewang slightly smug. You think you can fool your mother? Don't you know who gave birth to you? Do you think you can escape your mother's grasp?

"Mom, you went through someone else's bag and you were so smug about it? I should have gone through your bag too." An Nuan angrily and regretfully.

"Out of concern for your classmate, why don't you ask Gao Dewei for one?"

"Gao Dewei's grades are better than even Guanyin Bodhisattva's (the Bodhisattva of Compassion) own exams. Does he need any blessings?"

"That's true." Liu Yuewang knew of Gao Dewei's name; having an old classmate as her daughter's homeroom teacher meant she could ask him anything.

"Hmph... Where's that wishing plaque you secretly made? You think I don't know? I knew even if I didn't search your bag." An Nuan naturally had to retaliate.

"I got it for your Aunt Ling."

An Nuan didn't believe it at all. When she wrote her wish on the plaque, she hid far away. Why would she need to be so secretive when making a wish for Aunt Ling?

"Alright, go to sleep now, I'll take a nap too." Liu Yuewang didn't want to continue this topic with her. As a parent, she could start a topic and end it at any time without needing to reason with her.

An Nuan opened a bottle of water for Liu Yuewang. Whether it's a girl or a woman, if they drink water before bed, they'll feel the urge to go to the bathroom soon. This way, even if Liu Yuewang doesn't sleep for a while, she'll still go to the bathroom.

Liu Yuewang was thirsty, so she drank some water, put down the bottle, and urged An Nuan to go to sleep, as her own eyelids were starting to droop.

An Nuan hadn't waited more than a few minutes before Liu Yuewang fell asleep, which made An Nuan feel that she had simply come to take a nap after lunch because she was sleepy.

An Nuan hurriedly and carefully opened the cabinet door, only to find Liu Chang'an leisurely playing games inside!

Liu Chang'an came out and peeked inside, but An Nuan pressed his face down and pushed him out.

"Why don't you sit in the hotel lobby coffee shop for a while? I'll call you when I get up. Don't go too far! Teacher Huang will call you too. Stop playing games, or your battery will run out again!" An Nuan reminded Liu Chang'an.

"You're really meddling." Liu Chang'an looked at An Nuan with a smile.

An Nuan peeked at Liu Chang'an through the crack in the door and noticed that he seemed to have grown taller over the past few days. A faint blush appeared on his cheeks. She gave him a reproachful look and then closed the door.

Liu Chang'an put his phone back in his pocket, turned around, and saw that a pair of breasts had actually grown out of the side wall!

Liu Chang'an walked over and looked at Bai Hui.

Bai Hui pressed herself tightly against the door frame of the guest room next to her, but no matter how close she pressed, her chest still bulged out, and she couldn't completely hide it in the door frame like her body.

What are you doing? Are you being punished by standing in the corner?

Bai Hui blushed, shook her head, and guiltily opened the door. "Qian Ning, Lu Yuan, and I also booked a room at this hotel. They're downstairs, and I'm in the room next to yours... Would you like to come in and sit down?"

"Okay," Liu Chang'an readily agreed and went inside.

Bai Hui opened her mouth, she really was just saying it casually, Liu Chang'an was really not polite... But Bai Hui was still a little gloating, she saw An Nuan's mother go into the next room, and then Liu Chang'an ran out, you can imagine what happened... How exciting!