"Mm."
Liu Wan murmured her assent, and he impatiently pressed his lips to hers.
Their passion grew more intense.
They let it carry them along.
At last, they each had only a single garment left on.
Xia Siheng gave a low, impatient groan and was about to get down to business.
Just then.
A child's cries came from outside the door. "Mother, Mother, wah..."
He stopped at once. The fire had yet to fade from his eyes as he rolled off Liu Wan and said hoarsely, "Our daughter is crying outside."
Liu Wan froze too.
She hurriedly got up and dressed, climbed off the bed, and headed for the door before she had even put her shoes on properly.
"What's wrong, Wanwan?"
When she opened the door, she found Xia Wanwan clutching her little pillow, her eyes red from crying.
Her cheeks were red too, and she could barely get her words out.
Liu Wan crouched down, her heart aching, and wiped away her tears.
Pan Chun said, "The Princess must have had some wine tonight. She's all tipsy, and she just had a nightmare. I couldn't soothe her no matter what I tried."
Alcohol could magnify the emptiness and insecurity in a person's heart without limit.
Especially in the darkness of night.
When Wanwan was all alone.
Xia Wanwan sniffled, the tip of her nose red, and burrowed into Mother's arms, rubbing against her in a heart-wrenching sight.
"Mother, don't leave Wanwan behind."
It was hard to say whether those words were meant for her mother in her previous life or for Liu Wan.
"Wanwan... Wanwan is Mother's good baby. Wanwan is really, really good. Don't leave Wanwan behind."
In her previous life, when she was a little over a year old, her parents had abandoned her at the