She could accept sharing with her daughter, but she could not accept taking away the one her daughter loved.
That was precisely why this mother and daughter supported each other and got along so well.
—A daughter could sacrifice her happiness for her mother, and conversely, a mother could do the same for her daughter.
Ms. Lis left.
Inside the room, as Ren Yu listened to the retreating footsteps, he had just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he had narrowly escaped disaster.
Then the bedding squirmed again.
Rita slowly woke up, her sleepy eyes gazing blankly around her.
In the end, her gaze settled on someone's face.
"Lord Ren Yu?"
Upon seeing the face of the one she loved, the girl murmured as if asking herself.
But then—
Rita's breathing stopped. It was as though she had finally realized what was happening. She looked around, then at the valiant face so close to hers.
"Wait... Lord Ren Yu?!"
The girl's cheeks turned bright red with a poof, and wisps of steam seemed to rise from her head. Her eyes were full of shyness and embarrassment, and she was so awkward that she wanted to find somewhere to hide.
"Awake?"
"Mmm..." Rita pulled up the corner of the blanket, hiding half her face beneath it and revealing only a pair of rose-red eyes as she curled up shyly.
Looking at her, it was as if she had forgotten her earlier motive, forgotten why she had crawled into the bed in the first place.
"Lord Ren Yu... I'm sorry. I... I have a habit of sleepwalking at night. I'm truly sorry for troubling you again."
Ren Yu: "..."
Rita ultimately lost her nerve and hurriedly made up a flimsy lie, trying to conceal her true purpose.
This really was still too