When An Nuan was little, she had visited South Mountain Ranch with her mother. Back then, the sky over South Mountain Ranch had seemed especially blue, the grass especially green, and even the cattle and sheep fuller and fatter. It had been far prettier and more fun than the place Bai Hui visited now.
In Bai Hui's photo, she was playing with an ugly sheep. Someone had sheared its wool into a complete mess, and a blue-purple plastic bag was wrapped around its rear, with its two legs threaded through the bag's handles.
The sheep's most distinctive feature was its particularly lively eyes, which gave off the sense of having far too much energy. It was like one of those little huskies eating dog food—no one had to fight it for the food, yet it would still shove the kibble all over the tray.
"Look at the photos in Bai Hui's Moments. Bai Hui is playing with a sheep!" An Nuan looked at the sheep and, after staring at it for a while, somehow found it adorably ugly. She showed the picture to Liu Chang'an.
At the same time, she watched to see whether, now that she had mentioned the sheep, Liu Chang'an would glance at it and then let his gaze wander over to Bai Hui.
Liu Chang'an took one look before immediately turning away. "I'm not looking. It annoys me."
"That's a bit exaggerated, isn't it? No need, no need." An Nuan giggled in satisfaction. Even though she felt that no matter what, he probably would not actually be annoyed just by looking at Bai Hui, as his girlfriend, this was the attitude she wanted. Insisting on getting to the bottom of it and making him prove that he was truly annoyed would be a little excessive.
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