"Hahaha..."
After lunch, Zuo Changlu carried a recliner up to the third-floor terrace to read as usual, while Wu Yuting dozed in another recliner.
For now, both of them had set their cares aside, fully enjoying the few remaining days of ease and peace they could count on their fingers!
They even looked quite indolent, as though they no longer had any desires or demands.
Zuo Xiaoduo, meanwhile, followed right on Zuo Xiaonian's heels, sticking to her like a shadow, racking his brains and trying every possible way to steal a little intimacy.
Zuo Xiaonian was feeling blissfully happy and paid him no mind; however, she never let him touch her, bringing the saying "what you cannot have is always best" to vivid, penetrating life.
The two strolled across the villa's lawn. Zuo Xiaonian walked fast one moment and slowly the next, while Zuo Xiaoduo dogged her footsteps, wearing a cheerful, silly grin, occasionally skipping and swaying with every step.
Grandma Shi stood at her doorway, peeling a few heads of garlic. She alone had the good fortune to witness the tall, straight-backed boy and girl chasing each other, laughing and playing in the sunshine, warm sunlight bathing every inch of them as happiness and sweetness radiated from them, inside and out.
"Heaven bless them. May they live their whole lives in peace and joy! May this happiness stay with them into old age, forever..."
Grandma Shi's face was filled with a kindly smile.
"How lovely!"
Afternoon came.
Zuo Xiaonian said she wanted to rest and shut Zuo Xiaoduo straight out of her room.
After moping for a while, Zuo Xiaoduo finally remembered his business and hurried into the Annihilation Sky Pagoda to take a look.
But the moment he entered, Zuo Xiaoduo was utterly stunned.
*Was... was this still