Yes, Lady Funina!

Just as Funina was about to go out and bring back something, Richard helplessly stopped her from taking any further action.

"We're just watching a movie, do we really need to bring all our stuff into the bedroom?"

"Ha, haha...you're right." Funina chuckled dryly, then sat properly on the edge of the bed.

Her back was ramrod straight, her face tense, and she looked ready for anything; anyone who didn't know better would think she was in a job interview.

When Funina sensed Richard's gaze, her expression tensed even more, and her small hands began to grip the hem of her dress, creating several distinct creases.

Finally, Richard couldn't hold back any longer and spoke up:

"So, aren't you going to play the video yet?"

"Huh? Oh, I was wondering why the room was so quiet..." Funina muttered to herself, a faint blush creeping onto her pretty face as she thought about her earlier behavior.

Insert the video tape into the player, and images will begin to appear on the screen.

The first thing you see is a Pompom Beast logo, but unlike other logos, this one is animated, with the Pompom Beast seemingly flipping over.

This is the official logo of Fontaine Films, Fontaine's most famous film studio. It was designed by the water goddess Funina herself, and the idea came from an outdoor excursion.

As for why the Puff Beast was chosen, it's because in the wild, only the Puff Beast was willing to pay attention to Fufu. Other monsters either ran away quickly when they saw Funinga or showed a strong desire to attack her.

But the puffy beast is different. It's not that it's kind, it's just that it's too lazy to run away and too lazy to attack Funina.

Funina has actually watched this film many times. She wrote a significant portion of the plot herself, and she can practically recite the lines with her eyes closed.

But she still watched it quite intently, as if it weren't a comedy but a serious documentary.

Richard wondered why Funina could watch so intently, even when the scenes were funny, she still had the same expression on her face.

But he noticed that while the other person was ostensibly looking at the big screen, their eyes were constantly glancing in his direction out of the corner of their eye.

Richard raised his hand, and the ahoge (cowlick) on Funina's head stood up visibly.

Richard scratched his head, and the ahoge (cowlick) on Funina's head fell down.

Richard didn't lower his hand, but instead leaned slightly towards Funina, causing his ahoge (cowlick) to tremble rapidly as if it had been touched by lightning.

This is much more fun than watching movies or anything like that.

Richard patted the empty seat next to him and said to Funina, who was at least a couple of feet away:

"Aren't you tired of looking at it from the side?"

There was no chair in Funina's boudoir. To be precise, there was actually a chair in front of the dressing mirror, but she had moved it out beforehand.

Both Fulina and Richard are watching the movie sitting on the bed, except Richard has taken off his shoes and is half-lying down on the bed enjoying the film.

After all, this wasn't the first time Richard had slept in Funina's bed; coming here felt like coming home.

But Funina remained sitting upright, only turning slightly to look at the player screen in front of the bed.

Even though this is her own house, she, as the owner, is behaving like a guest.

It should be noted that when Richard stayed overnight at the Mo Mang Palace and Fukaros was not home, Furynna would always sleep with her arm around his.

Its current abnormal behavior makes it hard not to suspect that there might be something fishy going on.

"No, I'm not tired. I just had a stiff neck last night. Looking at myself on my side... feels more comfortable." Funina came up with an extremely lame excuse.

But the way you were running around just now doesn't seem like you have a stiff neck.

Under Richard's questioning gaze, Funina realized that what she had just said was a bit outrageous, but since things had come to this point, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue pretending.

"A stiff neck?" Richard moved closer to Funina and placed his hand on the back of her neck with perfect ease.

The moment the large, hot hand touched her skin, Funina felt her heart race, as if she had been given a shot of adrenaline. The sounds around her faded into the distance, leaving only the thunderous beating of her heart.

Upon closer inspection, one can see that the fine downy hairs around Funina's skin, where Richard's palm touched, had already stood on end.

"Let me give you a massage," Richard said, indicating that he was quite skilled at massage.

"No, no need for that. Let's watch the video first." Funina didn't dare to move, like a little white kitten whose fate had been bitten by the scruff of its neck.

“Neither of them will interfere with the other.” Li realized that Funina was overthinking it.

He patted the center of the large bed, making Funina lie face down with her head towards the foot of the bed so that she could see the reflection when she looked up, and Richard, who was massaging her, could also see it.

After all, massage is a skill performed by the hands and doesn't strain the eyes.

Seeing that Richard had said so, Funina had no choice but to bite the bullet and obediently lie down.

"Actually... I feel like my stiff neck is almost healed." Funina wanted to struggle a little more, and she turned her head to Richard behind her, already in a certain position.

"Okay, just massage it as usual." Richard patted Funina on the back, signaling her to relax.

Besides, they've interacted like this before; Richard has massaged Funina before, and Funina has even massaged Richard in return.

However, due to the difference in strength, Richard usually lies face down while Funina steps onto Richard's back.

However, this time it meant something completely different to Funina, after all, Funina was no longer the naive girl she once was.

Having received meticulous instruction from her mentor Clorinde, Funina now possesses a wealth of theoretical knowledge and is only lacking practical application.

And today is the day when Funina decides to put her plan into practice.

But unlike what I expected, even though she was supposed to take the initiative, somehow I ended up being the one who had to give in.

Funina felt that she was never as passive as she was now when she was with Richard.

But today it seems like it's been bewitched. Not only did it not take the initiative, but it also made a series of blunders, and its original plan has long since vanished.

It's a case of planning and execution going their separate ways.

At first, she didn't think much of it, but when it came to her own turn, Funina realized just how powerful Lynette's execution ability was.

"What are you thinking about?" Richard gently rubbed Funina's neck.

Funina's neck was slender, and her skin had a healthy milky white color. Further down, you could see her smooth back peeking out from the loose neckline.

Funina's skin is very delicate and easily leaves marks. Richard could leave a red mark with just a little force.

With this kind of constitution, growing strawberries is naturally a sure thing.

"Is it... all done?" Funina asked weakly.

Before they knew it, Richard's massage service had lasted for several tens of minutes, and even the movie playing had already been halfway through.

Richard gradually changed from massaging Funina from his side to sitting on her and massaging her, and the pressure spread from her neck to her back and legs.

In just a few tens of minutes, he pressed almost the entire back of Funina.

But to be fair, Richard's technique was indeed very professional. At least Funina felt very comfortable being massaged, not just in a comfortable way, but simply in a comfortable way.

"Sorry, I was daydreaming." Richard got off Furina.

"It's ok."

Perhaps because the massage eased her mind, Funina is no longer as nervous as before.

At this moment, she finally remembered the plan that she had forgotten about somewhere.

However, due to the deviation at the beginning, the second half could not proceed according to the original plan, but the overall direction remained unchanged, and she only needed to make some temporary changes.

Fulina has always been good at adapting to situations. After Richard came down, she turned over and lay on her back on the bed.

"The back is done, so... what about the front?"

Richard was taken aback, then saw Funina awkwardly tuck her hem down, while saying in a serious tone:

"The front hasn't been pressed yet."

Richard had never heard of a massage where the front of the face was massaged, but since Funina had already asked, he had to do it even if it wasn't possible.

"Yes, Lady Funina."

A week has passed since that day, and nothing major has happened in Fontaine in the past week.

The film, which was invested in and adapted by Fu Ningna, was a huge success upon its release, and the mini player sold out even more than the film.

Just when everyone was lamenting that the film and television industry in Fontaine was about to undergo a major change, Fu Ningna, the person involved, unusually refused all media interviews.

Neither Steam News nor any other mainstream media outlets managed to find any mention of this water god.

This situation naturally attracted a lot of attention. Some people felt that Lady Funinga was mentoring a younger generation and wanted everyone to focus more on the production team and the director.

Some people think that Lady Funina should be busy counting money right now, since both the movie player and the small home movie player have earned her an astronomical amount of Mora.

But what they didn't know was that Lady Funina, whom they were so concerned about, was sitting in front of the dressing mirror, poking at the unusually conspicuous red mark on her neck with her finger with some worry.

"How am I supposed to go out and face people like this?!"

Richard approached Funina, placing his hands on her shoulders, and their eyes met in the mirror.

"In that case, I'll take a few more days off."

"No, absolutely not! Go find Fukaros and the others, I definitely won't go!"

(End of the book)