"Peach!"
"Woof?"
Chen Shu leaned close to Peach, his expression grave. He stared into her eyes and pointed at her nose. "Tell me honestly! Did I wake up yesterday?"
"Woof~"
"Speak like a human!"
"Woof!"
"Yes or no. Yesh means yes, nuh means no."
"Meow~"
"Yesh. Means. Yes~" Chen Shu slowed down, trying to teach her. "Nuh. Means. No~"
"Baa~"
"Forget it, you stupid cat."
"Arf, woof!"
"After all these years and all those catgirl cartoons I've shown you, you still can't take human form. You're probably a lost cause."
"Woof, woof!"
Human and cat sat on the floor, one cross-legged and the other upright, trading lines back and forth.
"I suspect you're insulting me..."
"Mm-hmm~"
"You're agreeing with me?"
"Ah~"
The little girl lay curled up on the sofa beside them, arms wrapped around herself and head resting against the cushion. She looked so small as she watched them silently. She had barely slept in two days and two nights, only dozing during boring classes, and she was beginning to feel a little sleepy. She just didn't want to sleep.
Brother-in-law really didn't believe her anymore.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have asked Peach.
That awful sister of hers! She must have driven a wedge between them!
"Yaaawn~~"
The little girl yawned and blinked. Her eyes grew a little moist, but she kept watching them.
It definitely wasn't her fault. It was all the Nightfolk bloodline's fault.
The sky beyond the window turned pale as a fish's belly.
Meanwhile, in the second-floor bedroom.
Ning Qing sat against the headboard with a book on her lap, but she wasn't reading. Her head rested against the padded wall, her gaze angled upward as she quietly listened to the sounds downstairs. The corner of her mouth curved slightly.
Chen Shu spent half the