I painted an aircraft carrier on the courtyard house for Dongda University.

Old Qin readily agreed, and the head manager then asked, "By the way, how's Natasha, the goose expert beside him, doing?"

Old Qin's smile faded slightly as he carefully said, "The two of them live in the same courtyard, so their relationship must be quite special. However, Natasha is genuinely looking out for us. Not only did she share her technology without reservation, but she also subtly reminded me to be wary of changes in the relationship between Xia Guo and Da E, especially regarding technological cooperation, where we should keep some things in reserve."

The head steward, far from being worried, calmly replied, "There are no permanent friends between nations; we were prepared for that. The fact that she said that shows she truly considers herself a member of the Zhou family, which is good."

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Meanwhile, Zhou Weiguo was escorted back to the courtyard house by Wang Jianguo. After looking around but not seeing Natasha, he muttered to himself, "Why did she go to the factory so early?" Just as he was about to go back inside, a soft, childlike voice suddenly rang in his mind: "Daddy, that older sister is doing something strange, do you want to take a look?"

"Who?" Zhou Weiguo was startled and asked in his mind, following the sound.

"It's Nannan!" The voice was filled with a pitiful, childish tone.

Zhou Weiguo snapped out of his daze, slapped his thigh, and flashed into the spatial dimension. There stood a chubby little girl, about three or four years old, not far away, staring at him with her big, round eyes, sweetly calling out, "Master Daddy, you're here?"

"Are you a space spirit?" Zhou Weiguo looked completely bewildered.

Nannan nodded matter-of-factly. Zhou Weiguo couldn't help but pat her head and point at her constantly spinning fingers, asking, "What are you doing?"

"Daddy, that girl was so strange not moving at all, and she was all red, like she was sick. So I turned on the time flow, and she kept touching herself, and she seemed really hot, so I helped her cool down." Nannan pouted, feeling wronged.

Zhou Weiguo's heart skipped a beat. He turned his head and saw Tian Zao being spun around in the water, like clothes in a washing machine, in a pool that was four or five meters wide. She was about to lose her breath.

"Nannan, what are you doing! Pull her out!" he shouted anxiously.

When he scolded her, tears welled up in her eyes instantly, and she looked at him with a wronged expression.

Just as Zhou Weiguo was about to jump into the water, a gentle energy suddenly lifted Tian Zao out of the water.

He rushed over and started performing CPR based on Leng Feng's memory. Just as he bent down to prepare for artificial respiration, Tian Zao suddenly opened her eyes and stared intently at him.

"Don't misunderstand! This is first aid! Artificial respiration!" Zhou Weiguo hurriedly explained.

But Tianzao didn't say anything, she reached out and hooked her arm around his neck and kissed him.

"Holy crap! I got forcibly kissed?" Zhou Weiguo pushed her away abruptly, turned around and saw Nannan covering her eyes, but two bright eyes were peeking out from between her fingers. He was so embarrassed that his scalp tingled.

"Don't look, little girl! You're just a child!" He quickly waved her away, and the little girl pouted and walked off.

Tian Zao clung to her again, her whole body burning hot.

Zhou Weiguo forced himself to look away: "You've been drugged! Calm down! Don't you have a boyfriend? I have a boyfriend too, this won't do!"

"I don't have a boyfriend! And I'm not married!" Tian Zao suddenly pushed him down forcefully, straddled him, and hugged him tightly while panting.

"Just bear with it! The effects of the medicine will wear off soon!" Zhou Weiguo was sweating profusely with anxiety.

"Hold on? How can I hold on?" Tian Zao's voice was heavy with breaths, her eyes glazed yet stubborn. "I feel like my whole body is on fire, I only feel comfortable when I'm close to you... Zhou Weiguo, you're clearly aroused too, why are you pretending to be a gentleman?"

As she spoke, her icy fingers caressed Zhou Weiguo's neck, her damp hair clinging to his chest, the coolness of the water and the heat of his body creating a strange allure.

Zhou Weiguo froze, instinctively trying to push her away, but she held him tightly around the waist.

"That was a normal reaction! You've been drugged; you're not conscious at all!"

He gritted his teeth and explained, but his gaze involuntarily swept over the curves faintly visible beneath her soaked clothes before he quickly looked away.

"Sober? I'm more sober than ever!"

Tian Zao suddenly bit his shoulder hard, making Zhou Weiguo gasp in pain. Taking the opportunity, she leaned close to his ear, her voice soft and sweet, "I felt last time that you were different from other men... Maybe this is God's arrangement..."

Zhou Weiguo's heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Nannan's voice from not far away: "Daddy, this older sister seems even hotter. Should I cool her down a bit more?"

He looked up and saw his daughter standing on tiptoe, peering in his direction and making water-playing gestures. Startled, he yelled, "Don't come any closer! And don't splash any more water!"

His yelling made Nannan's little mouth tremble, and tears welled up in her eyes again: "But Daddy, my sister is in so much pain... Nannan wants to help..."

When Tian Zao heard Nannan's soft voice, she trembled violently as if pricked by needles. The heat brought on by the medicine subsided almost completely, and her rationality returned somewhat.

She hurriedly lowered her head, her long, black hair falling down to cover her flushed and burning cheeks. Her voice was filled with unsteady panting and barely concealed embarrassment: "Zhou Weiguo... let your daughter go away first... I really can't take it anymore..."

Zhou Weiguo, fearing that Nannan would witness this absurd scene, quickly lowered his voice and shouted into the air, "Nannan, you're not allowed to come out without my permission! I'll really get angry if you come any closer!"

A few seconds of silence followed, then came the little girl's tearful muttering: "Daddy's bad..." Immediately afterward, that soft breath completely disappeared.

Zhou Weiguo let out a long sigh of relief and turned to look at Tian Zao, who was still clinging to him. His heart felt like it was being torn between two opposing forces. Reason kept reminding him that Tian Zao had been drugged and had lost her senses. If he went along with it, given her personality, who knew what kind of trouble she would cause afterwards? But looking at her reddened eyes, burning skin, and pleading gaze, he simply couldn't bring himself to push this helpless woman away.

"Just bear with it a little longer, I'll think of something..." Zhou Weiguo was still making a last-ditch effort, his eyes scanning the space around him, trying to find something that could alleviate the effects of the medicine.

But Tian Zao thought he was trying to escape, so she suddenly wrapped her legs tightly around his waist, hanging on him like a koala, her nails even digging deep into his back, her voice trembling with tears: "Don't go!" Tears streamed down her cheeks, dripping onto Zhou Weiguo's hand, burning hot.

Seeing her tearful appearance, Zhou Weiguo's defenses completely crumbled.

He reached out and gently wiped away Tian Zao's tears, his voice hoarse: "Don't shout... I won't leave."

Tian Zao felt reassured and instantly let down her guard. She went limp in his arms and her warm lips eagerly pressed against his neck, kissing him all the way down to his cheeks before finally stopping on his lips.