I just hope to live a leisurely life in the world of anime.

The promise An Shu made to him back then is one of An Shu's dark secrets!

"Aurelia!"

An Shu was feeling rather sad and upset, but then her eccentric behavior stirred things up, and she felt like hitting someone!

"Well, Shu is so stingy, can't even make a joke... Hmm, let's continue. Although I don't know what went wrong with Big Sister that day, her concern for you is genuine."

But saying all this is pointless, because ultimately it all stemmed from that stupid woman's distrust of you, didn't it?

"Fortunately, because of her subsequent actions, those of us with bad tempers didn't fight with her. However, some of us left, since it's better to go elsewhere and try to find a way to save you than to wait idly."

"The world is vast and full of wonders. Although we constitute so many worlds, we are not the world itself. No one knows if there is anything special that might save you. Although the possibility is slim, it is better than doing nothing and worrying."

"Then, as I just mentioned... Sylphella and Sylphella caused some trouble, and my older sister cried all night."

###Chapter 439 Old Stories (End)###

('You mean after that?')

Aurelia poured herself a third cup of tea, held it in her hands, and blew on the rim of the cup.

After saying all that, it's perfectly normal to feel thirsty.

"After that, I don't know much about what happened next. As I just said, I left the day after you. Every time I got any news, it was from other people."

"Well... although I didn't see it with my own eyes so it might be a little inaccurate, it's probably pretty close. Based on the time difference, in the first year after you left, my eldest sister became a bit anxious and worried. Because we don't know what you did that made it impossible for us to contact you, and you didn't contact us on your own initiative. What's worse, you were very weak. Don't you two siblings have a special connection? According to her, she felt like something might happen to you at any moment."

"Oh……"

"Oh, so cold, huh? I bet your older sister was still naively thinking you just went out for a stroll, like those other girls who ran away from home for a couple of days after being scolded by her and then came back. Who knew..." At this point, Aurelia's face suddenly changed, her head drooped, and an unknown black aura began to rise from behind her. "Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! That bastard took advantage of you while we weren't around! If I hadn't secretly gone through their memories last night while you were asleep, I wouldn't even have known you were married!! Unforgivable!!"

"Well!"

The girl who had been sitting quietly to the side suddenly shrank back, because Aurelia abruptly looked up at her.

Hmm, she really has turned evil.

An Shu immediately stretched out her hand, standing between the two: "Calm down, Aurelia!"

"Calm down, calm down... No..." Aurelia was stunned, then suddenly covered her head with her hand. "I can't lose my mind, at least not in front of the books... I have to wait until later, and when I find an opportunity, I'll evaporate them all, and the books will be mine again."

She whispered this to herself and took two deep breaths to calm herself.

"Hey, I heard everything!" An Shu shouted. "Besides, why did you treat Hui like that? Hui and I are just friends, we have no other relationship."

"There's no other relationship now, but what about later? Ask her yourself." Aurelia pouted. "I won't let anyone who dares to covet the book get away with it!"

"Hey! Hey!"

"Well……"

"Well, let's talk about that later."

Before An Shu and the girl could say anything, Aurelia tossed her long hair aside and changed the subject: "They said that Big Sister originally wanted everyone to come to you directly, but she was busy with something."

"Um... I don't know what it is. My older sister didn't say, and she didn't let us ask."

"The following year, she was the same, only her unease lessened a little, because she sensed your presence gradually returning."

"By the third year, it seemed she had finished dealing with your matter, so she called everyone together for a meeting and dismissed everyone. Well, actually, not many people attended the meeting."

Most of them had already left, only a few stayed behind to keep the older sister company because they were worried she wouldn't be able to handle it and her mental state would collapse. So that time, most of us, including myself, could only go to one recording studio. We all agreed that as soon as we found you, we would notify the others.

"And then, there's not much more to say. The rest of the story just involves how I suffered to find the book. Want to hear that too?"

“I would love to hear it. It would be even better if Aurelia could confide in me, but Aurelia would never talk about her hardships.” An Shu said earnestly, with a slightly serious tone, though his voice betrayed his helplessness. He knew Aurelia was very strong-willed.

"Well, it's alright. Luckily, the book still understands me. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know what to do if I had to talk about embarrassing things."

"Whoosh..."

Aurelia picked up the teacup again and blew on it once more.

She first put it to her lips, took a small sip to test the temperature, and then drank a mouthful to moisten her throat.

"Would you like some music?"

She put down her teacup once again and suddenly made a strange suggestion.

"..."

No one answered.

There was nothing she could do, so she shrugged and gave up.

"..."

There was another long silence.

An Shucai opened his mouth bitterly: "So... my willfulness has caused everyone a lot of trouble?"

"No, no, it's just that Shu was being a little willful this time. We'll forgive you no matter what."

"..."

"I guess I've only caused trouble after all..."

"Of course! What do you think? It's clearly your eldest sister who misunderstood you. Why has Shu ignored us for almost twenty years? Twenty years! Does Shu know what we've all been thinking? Shu has really gone too far this time!"

“I’m sorry, Aurelia…” An Shu lowered her head, “I just wanted to clear my head and calm down at first…”

"So it's been almost twenty years since then, and you even managed to date a whole bunch of girls while you were away... No, let's not talk about this, we might start arguing, Aurelia, you need to calm down, calm down..."

Aurelia patted her face; this was the second time today she had reminded herself not to act impulsively.

"Oh, right, I'm going to tell everyone I've found you. Do you want me to tell you your location?"

She suddenly remembered this, and her attention was immediately diverted, since everyone else was still wandering in other universes.

"Well, if you're thinking about it, I advise you to be mentally prepared. Those guys aren't like me. Although they won't get angry, after such a long time, all that resentment has accumulated will definitely be directed at you."

"I'm sorry, Aurelia..."

"Well, it won't do any good to me, and you shouldn't feel guilty towards me either. You should say that to other people. Also, do you want everyone to know where you are right now? If you do, then I'll tell you."

"...Tell them to stop looking, and then, could you give me some more time so I can apologize to them one by one?"

"Does 'them' here include An Yu?"

"..."

"Well, it seems not. But that's fine, I'm all for it! Okay, I agree! But for now, Book, you can stay until you want to go back, otherwise your family will have to feed another mouth to feed! After all, I have nowhere else to go."

###Chapter 440: Reading about Fat Ci and such might improve one's mood.###

('Hmm...')

"Well……"

The atmosphere feels... a bit off.

Ok……

It's understandable that something seemed off, given that the two girls next to them had been staring at each other for quite some time.

After getting to know each other at the mall and returning home.

The little maid was preparing afternoon tea in the kitchen, while her older sister had already gone to her room to play games with the girl next door.

Speaking of games...

It seems they bought some new game cards this morning. We can try them out tonight.

After all, the Little Tyrant (a popular Chinese game console) is endlessly fun!

But for now...

An Shu glanced at the little girl next to her holding a toy mouse.

"I'm going upstairs to take a nap."

An Shu felt that she should leave now.

By leaving, they will have more space to continue watching.

Ok……

"Book, you don't seem to have the habit of taking afternoon naps before."

“Brother Anshu is pregnant now.”

"So, it seems having a wife like you has led him to this decline."

"Well--"

"..."

Well, I guess I shouldn't have made a sound and just left quietly.

"Aurelia, don't you dare bully my little Weizhi!" An Shu said, slightly worried.

"Tsk, what can the book do if it's bullied?"

"I won't let this woman bully me!"

“…” An Shu paused for a moment. His mind had been in turmoil since morning. Seeing the two girls looking each other up and down, he sighed.

They're all just kids who haven't grown up yet...

Forget it.

He reached out, grabbed the little girl by the neck, pulled her close, and slowly walked upstairs.

……

"Well……"

An Shu sighed again, though he didn't know what he was sighing about or why he was sighing.

"Is Onii-chan in a bad mood?"

Straddling An Shu's soft belly, the little girl leaned down and lay on An Shu's chest, looking at his profile and poking him with the fluffy toy mouse in her hand.

"It's not that I'm in a bad mood, it's just so complicated..." An Shu gently shook her head, reached out and pulled the thin sheet over the two of them. "Speaking of which, why did Tong-chan buy a mouse?"