Collapse? No, this is just everyday life.

"Ah."

"Then my husband, please rest well. I will always be by your side."

A gentle caress and soft whispers soothed his heart, and weariness began to rise from the depths of his consciousness.

Noticing Nangong Yu's relaxed expression, Kaguya chuckled softly and continued to whisper in his ear, "Whenever you feel tired in the future, my embrace will always be open for you, my husband. This is a place that belongs to you, and only to you..."

Nangong Yu could no longer hear the sounds behind her. Her thoughts were enveloped by weariness, and she soon fell into a deep sleep.

......

He slept soundly in Kaguya's arms, had lunch with everyone, and then boarded the train back home.

After two hours of travel, he arrived at the gate of Xilin's house on time.

This is a rather cozy two-story detached cottage, with the yard filled with pure white flowers that the owner specially planted.

According to Kiana, her family originally lived in Italy, but moved here due to her parents' work and Kiana's studies.

Having already messaged Xilin beforehand, he stretched lazily on the stone path in the yard, relaxed his body, and then stood at the door, raising his hand to ring the doorbell.

ding dong~

A melodious and clear bell rang, and soon Nangong Yu heard a series of hurried footsteps.

With a click of the lock turning, a gentle woman with long silver hair opened the door for him from the inside.

Seeing Nangong Yu looking somewhat dazed, Cecilia's eyes lit up, and she immediately stepped forward enthusiastically, grabbed his hand, and pulled him into the room.

"Please come in. You must be the Yu that Sirin and Kiana talk about every day, right? You're quite a handsome boy. Can I call you Yu?"

Her gentle voice, accompanied by a soft laugh, exuded a strong sense of motherhood and maturity, making Nangong Yu hesitant to look her in the eye.

Somewhat awkwardly withdrawing her hand, Nangong Yu quickly said, "Hello, Sister."

Before he could finish saying "Auntie," he felt a chill run down his spine, and his survival instinct made him subconsciously change his form of address.

Upon hearing "sister," Cecilia smiled even more broadly. After he changed his shoes, she didn't wait for him to say anything and immediately pulled him into the living room.

She fired off a barrage of questions: "Are you tired from coming all this way? Are you thirsty? Do you need me to cut some fruit...?"

After asking around for a while, she noticed Nangong Yu's somewhat embarrassed expression and blushed, saying apologetically, "I'm sorry, you're the first friend besides Mei to come looking for Sirin and Kiana. I was a little too excited."

Cecilia released Nangong Yu's hand and apologized awkwardly.

"No, no, it's nothing. It's just that... I'm a little overwhelmed by your enthusiasm, sister."

Only then did he have time to observe Cecilia standing in front of him.

The fitted, pure white lace dress accentuated her mature and beautiful figure, with her smooth and delicate calves extending from the hem, adorned with a pair of sandals decorated with flowers.

Even though she's a mother of three, her skin is still incredibly smooth and delicate. Her face, which normally exudes maturity and maternal loveliness, gains an extra touch of girlish charm when flushed with a blush.

I think my mother-in-law is still quite charming...

Ahem, of course this was just a joke.

Nangong Yu didn't have any particular thoughts about this person. The first thing that came to her mind upon seeing her was, 'Could this be what Kiana will look like grown up?'

She is undeniably a great beauty.

It's a pity, Kiana is his brother.

"Mom, didn't you say I was supposed to open the door?!"

At the escalator entrance on the second floor, after a flurry of activity, Xilin's little head, with its puffed-up cheeks, peeked out.

She had already made arrangements with her mother, but as soon as she came out, she saw her mother pulling Yu around and asking her questions.

I should have known better than to look in the mirror before I came out. I'd already tidied myself up so many times, and my clothes and hair were all neat and tidy.

"But Mom is curious too!"

Turning around and looking up, Cecilia also revealed a girlish demeanor when she looked at Sirin, and retorted in a huff.

Boom! ! !

At that moment, a loud bang suddenly came from the door of a bedroom on the inner side of the first floor, as if someone was slamming it with their body.

"this......?"

Nangong Yu looked over in confusion and immediately saw Cecilia stepping in front of him, blocking his way. She looked at him with an unnatural expression and said, "Oh dear, it seems something has fallen over. Yu, go up and play with Xilin and the others. Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Boom!

The door opened again.

At this moment, Xilin also hurriedly ran down the stairs, grabbed his hand and walked up, her expression somewhat unnatural, just like her mother's: "No, it's nothing, you don't need to worry about Yu anymore, come up and do the live stream with me, everyone is getting impatient!"

"Huh? Oh..."

Cecilia took the opportunity to quickly walk to the door, open it, and go inside.

With a dull thud, the door opened again, and Cecilia waved cheerfully to Sirin and Nangong Yu, who had reached the top of the stairs, saying happily, "Have fun!"

After saying that, she closed the door again.

Nangong Yu fell silent.

He really wanted to ask, but he felt it wasn't something worth investigating, so he simply went along with the mother and daughter and put the matter out of his mind.

As for Xilin, she breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Nangong Yu didn't ask any questions.

If that idiot father who yells, "I don't approve of my daughter having a boyfriend!" comes out, then she'll really be a disgrace!

It's so good that Mom was able to lock him in the room beforehand.

Once she relaxed, she finally noticed that she was holding Nangong Yu's hand tightly.

Feeling the warmth from her palm, she immediately released her grip as if burned and jumped away, her face flushed and stammering, unable to speak.

"You, me, this...this..."

Puzzled by Xilin's reaction, Nangong Yu asked, "What's wrong?"

“No, nothing!!”

Upon discovering that Nangong Yu hadn't taken the handshake to heart at all, the shyness she felt was instantly replaced by a nameless anger, and she turned her head and snapped at him in dissatisfaction.

"?"

It's inexplicable. You can't be shy just because you're holding hands, can you?

Watching Xilin open the door and walk into the room, Nangong Yu could only mutter to himself as he followed her in.

The room's color scheme was purple, similar to her hair color, and it was decorated with cute, girlish ornaments everywhere.

For some reason, it has a magical girl vibe.

After admiring the surrounding scenery, when her gaze shifted to the bed piled high with dolls, Celine finally blushed and pushed him to the other side of the room, where there was a separate little door.

Opening the door, one finds a fairly spacious room with windows, where all of Xilin's live-streaming equipment is stored.

Three monitors were placed on the long computer desk: one was the main screen, one displayed the chat messages, and one showed the live feed from her live stream. Next to it were various other devices: speakers, microphones, webcams...

Next to the table was a pink gaming chair, and at the back was a large display case filled with all of Sirin's various collections.

Upon seeing this, Nangong Yu noticed a familiar CD case in the far corner of the figurine display case, and his gaze towards Xilin immediately changed.

You're quite the hidden talent, kid; you even have a kaleidoscope.

Because of her departure, the live stream screen looked empty at this moment, but on the screen displaying the comments, a large number of comments were scrolling rapidly.

[Hey, Pufferfish says that old scoundrel Nangong is here, do you believe it?]

[Just take it with a grain of salt. Didn't they say last time they'd get Nangong Laozei to do a solo livestream? They still haven't delivered.]

If you can't do it, don't brag.

[That old scoundrel Nangong was still showing up at the St. Freya Games Festival this morning; he should at least pick a good time to brag.]

【...】

The doubts in the comments section immediately made Xilin angry. She was about to go over and argue with them to slap them in the face, but Nangong Yu pulled her back.

Pointing to the only chair, he laughed and said, "You want us to squeeze into one chair? I wouldn't mind!"

"..."

Xilin couldn't bring herself to say the word "want" for a long time, and in the end, she could only sulk and walk out of the small house.

"I'll get you a chair, wait a moment."

"Ah."

Watching her run away quickly, Nangong Yu stared at the screen, stroked her chin, thought for a moment, then smiled and walked over, sitting directly in Xilin's seat.

This was probably Xilin's seat all along, because as soon as Nangong Yu sat down, she smelled a faint fragrance.

The moment his figure appeared in the live stream, the scrolling comments instantly froze.

After fixing her hair in front of the screen, Nangong Yu smiled and waved to the camera: "Hello everyone, I'm Nangong, the substitute anchor for today. Nice to meet you!"

Chapter 131 Live Stream with Sirin

【? ? ? ? ? ? 】

【No, are you serious?!】

[Pufferfish, don't come back. I'm afraid that old scoundrel Nangong will misunderstand.]

【...】

After a brief pause, the barrage of comments erupted like a tsunami.

Thanks to the previous experience, Xilin's live stream has been closely monitored by the live streaming company, and they immediately activated early warning measures when faced with this data explosion.

The video only froze briefly for a couple of seconds before returning to normal, much to the relief of the balding programmers.

One of the new programmers took a sip of water to calm his rapidly beating heart before clicking on Xilin's live stream with some confusion.

What did this person do? Why is he suddenly getting so much attention? Could he be involved in something borderline?

The moment he opened the app and saw the person on the screen, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of water, exclaiming in astonishment, "Holy crap, that old scoundrel Nangong!!"

The nickname "Old Thief" actually started being used when To the Moon was first released, and it spread even more widely when Hollow Knight came out.