In the kitchen, Xu Ran was still chattering away as she washed vegetables and cut meat.
Lu Guan stroked Na'er's head, his eyes drifting toward Gu Yue, who stood nearby.
Gu Yue looked at him too.
Lu Guan looked away, then glanced at Gu Yue again.
Gu Yue was still watching him.
Their eyes met, then parted. Met again, then parted again...
"Hm?" Enjoying her brother's head pats, Na'er tilted her head to look at them. What were these two sneaky puppies up to?
Looking at each other one moment and away the next-were they flirting?
...Wait!
Could it be that her brother was holding her down and patting her head just so he could make eyes at Gu Yue?
What?! Were her beloved head pats nothing but a tool for their flirting...?
If that was the case, then... then I, Na'er, would rather go without these head pats!
Na'er was overcome with grief and indignation!
Na'er gritted her teeth!
Na'er rammed her head into Lu Guan!
"Hm?" Lu Guan was rather puzzled. What was Gu Yue doing, constantly shifting her backside? If it itched, she should scratch it! Surely she wasn't embarrassed because a guy was here?
That must be it. Why else would she keep looking at him?
Lu Guan was considering whether he should leave for a bit and let Her Majesty the Silver Arowana have a good scratch when something suddenly slammed into his chest.
Caught completely off guard, he cried, "Urgh!"
"Tsk!"
That little brat Na'er.
Smack!
"Hm?" Gu Yue watched Lu Guan. For some reason, she kept feeling that something about him had changed. She couldn't tell exactly what, only that she seemed... to want to get a little closer to him...
Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle, shuffle...
After taking a knuckle rap from Lu Guan,