Chen Shu carried Ning Qing out of the Quiet Chamber with Gentleness.
A white cat followed behind with quick little steps.
In the corridor outside, the girl stopped with a glass of water in her hand. She had just bathed and changed into floral pajamas. She turned to stare at them, then followed as her brother-in-law carried her sister past.
Chen Shu laid Ning Qing on the bed, tucked her in, and gave her cheek a pinch.
When he turned around, he saw the girl leaning against the doorway with her water, peeking into the room.
Her floral pajamas were a loose shirt and shorts, leaving her lower legs bare. They were tender and so pale they almost glowed. She wore her usual flat-soled slippers, her little feet delicate and cute.
"Well, if it isn't my Little Devil King of a sister-in-law."
"What Little Devil King?"
"That's what your sister called you."
"Has my sister finished her breakthrough?"
"She has."
"Did she succeed?"
"Probably."
"!"
The girl gripped her glass tighter. She hadn't expected the gap between them to widen again when she had worked so hard.
"What's wrong?"
"N-nothing..."
"Hey, why do you look a little shorter again?"
"..."
The girl grew awkward at once. She lowered her head to avoid her brother-in-law's gaze, her toes shifting inside her slippers. She hadn't known she would run into him just as he came out, and she had been going to bathe, so she hadn't worn her platform slippers. Without them, she was noticeably shorter.
Her eyes flickered as she changed the subject:
"What Little Devil King?"
"Your sister just told me about it. She foresaw a timeline where I didn't exist, and in that timeline, you became a Little Devil King... I don't know exactly what you were like. You'll