I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

A hint of sorrow appeared on the deer girl's face.

"No, no, um... consider this my payment for Alina's care these past few days. Alina just needs to wait and paint with the new brushes and paints. Oh, by the way, when the art supplies arrive, how about Alina paints a portrait of me?"

"...My drawing isn't very good, so don't laugh at me."

Young Draco smiled at her, but soon his smile turned into panic.

"The vegetables are burning! Alina, Alina, help me!"

"Talulah, add some water... Oops, not pour water!"

The two of them busied themselves for a while, and successfully turned the stir-fry into a pot of soup.

"Pfft... Hahaha!"

Looking at the soup on the table, the two exchanged a glance and then laughed together.

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A thunderclap ripped through the sky, the booming sound waking the two people who were taking a nap.

"Hmm, is it going to rain? Talulah, hurry up and bring in the laundry."

The sleepy deer girl nudged the arm of the person next to her, urging her softly.

"It's not raining, it's not raining. This thunder means the old man is coming."

Talulah stretched and yawned, then put on her shoes and prepared to open the door.

"Grandpa...Grandpa!"

Alina instantly perked up, hurriedly dressed, and went to open the door with Talulah.

"Hmm... Talulah, that old man..."

The deer girl swallowed back the words she was about to say.

Talulah moved so fast that she practically ran there. She had barely taken a step when the door was already open.

"Old man!"

A cheerful cheer was followed by a slightly somber hug.

"Yeah, you've gained a little weight. You seem to be doing pretty well."

Bai Zhou put the little girl down, then looked at the girl who was standing there very reserved, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"You must be Miss Alina. I'm so sorry to trouble you to take care of my good-for-nothing daughter."

"Ugh... No, it's okay. Talulah helped me a lot too... Ah, it's cold outside, please come in."

Alina had assumed that the old man Talulah kept mentioning was a very imposing and dignified elder, but she never expected him to be such a handsome man in front of her. This unexpected turn of events made her carefully prepared greeting suddenly become a jumbled mess, and she could only stammer out some incomprehensible words in her reply.

Will this gentleman dislike me? Will I embarrass Talulah?

"Grandpa, don't scare Alina."

Talulah chuckled and returned to Alina's side to offer her support.

"well."

Bai Zhou gently shook his head, then spoke to comfort the girl who seemed somewhat flustered.

"We only have hot water at home... I hope you don't mind."

The deer girl placed a cup of hot water in front of Bai Zhou, then obediently sat down beside him.

"Thank you, hot water is already the best drink."

He thanked her softly during the day, then looked at Talulah sitting next to her.

"Little Tower, I've brought the salt you wanted, and the art supplies that Miss Alina needs are also inside. Go and get them."

"Hey, thank you, sir."

"Thank you for your help."

The two of them thanked him together.

Talulah was quick; in less than half a minute, she had completely unpacked the package that Bai Zhou had brought.

Ten bags of snow-white fine salt, along with many snacks and daily necessities.

Since Talulah hadn't specified what type of art supplies Alina wanted, Bai Zhou simply picked out two types that were currently popular in Ursus and brought them over.

"Oh, it's dessert. Grandpa is so kind, knowing that Alina likes to eat it."

"Ugh?"

The deer girl, who was carefully checking her art supplies, looked up at them in confusion when she heard Talulah's words.

"I think you're just greedy, but you're using this as an excuse to blame Alina."

During the day, she still doesn't know what Talulah looks like.

To put it bluntly, he could tell the moment Talulah lifted her butt... cough cough, that's roughly the idea.

"hey-hey……"

Talulah didn't care that her little scheme had been exposed. She opened a bag of pastries, gave one to Daylight, took one for herself, and gave the rest to Alina.

"..."

Seeing that Talulah seemed to have something to say, Alina didn't say much. She took the snacks but didn't eat them. She just sat there quietly and listened attentively.

"Where is your grand plan at?"

Before she could even speak, Talulah was asked a question by daylight, which roused her.

"Hey, old man, I have to tell you how I conquered this village with my actions!"

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Sixty-one Nights: Forget about the New Year

"Sir... um..."

Bai Zhou gently shook his head, feeling that the pillow was unusually soft today. But the gentle stroking on his head immediately woke him from his drowsy state.

When I opened my eyes, I saw two majestic peaks.

Hmm... Don't look at what you shouldn't see...

"..."

Two breaths later, a pair of rainbow eyes appeared from behind the mountain peak, looking down at him with concern.

"Ah Xi, are you feeling unwell?"

Xi's warm fingertips gently brushed his cheek, and her gentle, soft voice made him feel incredibly at ease.

"gentlemen……"

Ren Youxi's palms gently rubbed and pinched his face. Bai Zhou immersed himself in this peaceful atmosphere, enjoying the joy that came from being alone with her.

Looking at the comfortable and peaceful expression on the person in her arms, Xi couldn't help but feel a sense of joy and pride.

Oh, Nian Nian... No matter what kind of messy things you trick him into doing, he'll behave himself with me.

"Ah Xi, come to my painting tonight. Radish and Green Vegetable miss you too. The painting is quite big, you can sleep in it if you get tired."

"Um... Mr. Yi's."

I didn't think much about it during the day; at most, I would just spend the night with my husband.

And radishes and greens... I haven't seen them in a long time.

And there is also great freedom...

"Ugh, how awful! They actually kidnapped Little White while I was sleeping. Is my wonderful older sister really inferior to a few mere little black monsters?"

"Waaah... Will Little Tower call?"

After dinner, Nian looked unhappy as Bai Zhou left with Xi. Xiao Huijie was holding her phone, waiting for her sister's call, so happy that she forgot about Bai Zhou.

But when Nian was unhappy, Xi was overjoyed.

"Gah!"

"Gah!"

The gnats got excited too, and they danced a joyful dance around the daytime.

"Phew... everyone's still so enthusiastic."

When Bai Zhou escaped from the group of A Yao, his coat was soaked with the saliva and ink dripping from them.

"Ah Xi, change your clothes. Those guys went a bit too far."

Xi's original intention was to use the A-Yaos to lure Bai Zhou in, but she underestimated the extent of the A-Yaos' antics, and the result was what it is now.

"Sir, there's no need to be angry. I also bear some responsibility. I hadn't seen them for a long time and got a little carried away playing with them."

Bai Zhou took off his wet shirt, revealing his exquisitely sculpted upper body, and then casually put on the robe that Xi had given him, completely unconcerned about how alluring his figure was.

"Ah Xi, you need to dress properly."

Seeing him like this, Xi frowned and reached out to straighten his outer robe.

"Thank you, sir..."

During the day, he opened his arms and let Xi do as she pleased, then suddenly pulled his arms back and gently embraced her as she clutched the hem of his robe.

"Ah Xi... don't joke around."

Suddenly hugged, almost her entire body pressed against him, Xi raised her hand and grabbed Bai Zhou's tail, gently scolding him.

"gentlemen."

He released her during the day, gazing helplessly at her face.

He genuinely didn't know whether his husband understood or not.