The package has assigned me way too many objects.

"Huh?" He turned his head in surprise, but a splash of red plum blossoms against the snow-capped mountains startled him. He quickly turned his head back. "Auntie, is it your birthday? There's been no sound from the manor at all. I didn't even know, and I didn't prepare any gift for you..."

"I don't like celebrating birthdays, you don't have to worry about it."

"Oh...so what were you talking about just now? What birthday gift did Heinrich give and then take back?"

Morgan shrugged regretfully: "They gave me a teddy bear, but I only played with it for a little while before they took it back."

Bullshit! Even rounding down the time, it still takes two hours!

"That Heinrich is so stingy, he's so stingy with a teddy bear that he only lets you play with it for a short while!" Chu Yinan took the opportunity to speak ill of Heinrich.

His gaze secretly drifted towards his aunt's bed; the maid hadn't come to clean it yet.

Messy and wrinkled.

Even if you call over a mischievous kid, they'd have to be an exceptionally mischievous kid to cause this much chaos.

One of the stains was watermarked, presumably from sweating a lot while sleeping.

"The gift I gave you was just an experience, not the teddy bear itself. Besides, you'd just leave one of those big teddy bears in your room for a few days and then get rid of it. Wouldn't it be better if I took care of it for you in advance?"

"But at least let me play for a while! We were only halfway through when it was time to clock out, and you wouldn't let me extend the time. Little Chunan, don't you have a way to recharge your game account?"

"Uh, um, yes," Chu Yinan stammered, not daring to speak recklessly on such a dangerous topic.

He was quite afraid that one day Sister Qilin would run out of research funds, and then his aunt would pay to buy him to play with for a few days.

"Ha—" Chu Yinan yawned.

The calves, exhausted from being plowed by the field all afternoon, are now relaxing. Weariness has taken hold, and their eyelids have become quite heavy.

"Little Chunan is very sleepy. What did you do at noon? Didn't you take a nap?" Morgan placed his hand on his nephew's belly.

"You lack self-discipline; you were too busy playing on your phone," Chu Yinan replied, using a pre-prepared answer.

"That's such a naughty child. Auntie didn't nap at noon either, so why don't you stay and nap with me for a while?"

Chu Yinan broke out in a cold sweat. Although his mind was foggy, his steely consciousness was still barely clear.

Aunt Morgan seems much closer to me lately. Hopefully, she's noticed? Probably not. If she had, we wouldn't be having this conversation now. It's better to keep Heinrich here.

If it really gets exposed, there's always a way to deal with it with Heinrich around.

"Okay, then Heinrich, let's take a nap together. I bet you're sleepy too!"

As he spoke, he had already wrapped his arms around Heinrich's slender waist, hanging on her body with his face pressed against her navel and abs.

If she didn't agree, Chu Yinan would have no choice but to leave with her like a pendant; he absolutely couldn't stay alone in his aunt's room.

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P.S.: I'll add a short side story about Aunt and the Teddy Bear another day.

Chapter 76 The Female Monster is Unhappy

In the days that followed, Chu Yinan lived in constant fear and anxiety.

Aunt Morgan's affection for him has visibly increased. Even when Marissa and Chu Yinan are taking a bath together, she will ask him what's going on between him and Mrs. Morgan lately, and their relationship has become much closer.

Chu Yinan couldn't answer this question; it was too mysterious, too Schrödinger's cat-like. He himself couldn't explain it clearly, let alone dare to think about it.

Whether it was because Aunt Morgan was satisfied with the "toy" and extended that affection to him, her "original template," or whether she had discovered something amiss, he dared not confirm with his aunt.

Despite asking Heinrich, her answer was always, "What problem could there be? Your aunt didn't tell you, so of course she didn't find out."

This explanation failed to convince Chu Yinan, but what other options were there?

On a rare quiet afternoon nap, Minagawa Izumi found Xiao Chunan, who was watching a show with Marisa in his room. The two little ones were lying close together, the warmth of the blankets making them drowsy. However, after Minagawa Izumi entered the room, they both woke up.

"Did I disturb your afternoon nap?" Minagawa Izumi sat on the edge of the bed.

Chu Yinan was perfectly lucid at this moment, a lucidity largely born of fright. In his drowsy state, his hand had been resting on the soft crevice of his sister's body for warmth. Hearing the door open, he quickly pulled his hand away, but the movement was too forceful, dislocating Marissa's underwear...

The girl was extremely flustered, her face flushed, and she dared not get up. Lying in bed, she secretly tried to fix her underwear, otherwise, if she kept getting up, the front of her clothes would look very strange. After trying a few times without success, she secretly took off her underwear and hid it under the covers.

"No, we slept for a while at the beginning, but the show was a bit hypnotic, and we fell asleep again. Didn't you take a nap?"

"I woke up too, so I came over to see if you two were playing or taking a nap."

Chu Yinan forgot about his sister's embarrassment and was preoccupied with entertaining the female monster. He got up, pulled her onto the bed, and lifted the blanket to let her lie down. As soon as the blanket was lifted, Marissa's underwear was exposed.

The girl blushed deeply, covering her face as she explained, "I accidentally knocked it askew while I was sleeping, and then I wanted to take it out..."

Minagawa Izumi stared at the underwear for a moment, speechless. As a woman herself, she knew that underwear wasn't so easily warped by sleeping on it. It could only have been subjected to external force, such as Xiao Chunan pulling it.

These two kids were just being affectionate, weren't they?

Many subtle thoughts flashed through the woman's mind. At the beginning of the holiday, she was the one who suggested that Marisa spend more time with Xiao Chunan and prevent Yan Liu from always looking for him. Moreover, Marisa was the most suitable person. In terms of the talent relationship that Turing Tower gave to the children, Marisa and Xiao Chunan were practically betrothed.

But now she's become a bad elder, somewhat meddling in the children's lives.

"It's alright, Marissa. If you're sleeping crookedly, it means it's not suitable for you. You can ask Yan Liu to pick out a few suitable ones for you another day."

"I can do it! There's no need to trouble Aunt Liu. I'm quite knowledgeable about choosing underwear!" Chu Yinan volunteered and lay down between Marissa and Minagawa Izumi.

Although his arms weren't long enough to hug both of them at the same time, it was still roughly equivalent to having them on his left and right.

"Little Chunan, why are you two so close lately? I see you together all the time. Did Morgan ask you to do something?"

The female demon indeed sensed something was amiss... A fleeting stiffness crossed Chu Yinan's face as he offered a weak explanation:

“There’s nothing I can do. My aunt probably just wanted something to hold. She probably saw how much fun Heinrich was holding me, so she tried it too.”

"I see." The woman nodded slightly, her jade-like face showing a thoughtful expression.

She couldn't say whether Morgan's growing closeness to Xiao Chunan was good or bad, but rationally speaking, it should be a good thing. With Morgan taking Xiao Chunan by his side, he would have less time and opportunity to be alone with Yan Liu and be led astray, and he wouldn't have as many chances to cling to her and say he wanted to nibble on the bear.

In fact, a few days ago, after Xiao Chunan missed her lunch milk, although he said he wanted to find her to drink milk whenever he wanted, he was called over by Morgan from time to time and never got to find her to drink milk. On the contrary, Li Xuanen, that woman with a bad constitution, secretly fed Xiao Chunan a few times, and Izumi Minagawa smelled the milk.

When she discovered that Xiao Chunan was eating someone else's pudding, she felt a slight displeasure at having something taken away from her... Minagawa Izumi felt that this was probably because she was dissatisfied with Lee Hyun-eun for ruining her plans. Originally, she intended to help Xiao Chunan gradually get rid of this habit, but Lee Hyun-eun ruined the progress and all her previous efforts were in vain, rather than being jealous of her child for wanting to eat another woman's pudding!

After staring blankly for a while, Minagawa Izumi noticed that Xiao Chu Nan was looking at her with bright, blinking eyes. She loved her child's beautiful big eyes, especially the way he stared at her. His bright eyes reflected her, and only reflected her image.

"Is something bothering you again? Last time, you suddenly felt down and wanted to go back to the north, but you can't go back this time either," Chu Yinan asked softly. Marissa had just fallen asleep pretending to be an ostrich, and he didn't want to wake her.

"It's not that I'm unhappy. I won't go back for now. I'll at least stay with you until the end of the winter break. Is that okay?" The woman turned to the side and gently lifted the boy's head, letting him rest his head on her arm.

Chu Yinan wasn't exactly innocent either. Some things become easier with practice. Recently, he'd been targeted by his dangerous aunt, which meant he hadn't been able to properly enjoy the taste of his wet nurse a few times. So, he started having some thoughts about it.

He didn't dare to touch it directly, and didn't even touch the bulging part of the clothing, he just pointed at it vaguely.

"May I?"

Now?

Minagawa Izumi glanced at the nun next door; Marissa was right there! But she was asleep. It should be alright, right? This was something she'd promised Xiao Chu Nan...

The woman slowly loosened the tight collar of her dress and took it out.

"Did you secretly drink with your Aunt Hyun-eun?"

Chu Yinan's mouth was too busy to speak, but he nodded with a sense of foreboding, hoping the female demon wouldn't be angry.

Just as Minagawa Izumi was about to scold him, Marisa turned over, probably because she was suffocating in the blankets. She got up, put her head back on the pillow, and continued to sleep. Minagawa Izumi's heart pounded in fright at the little girl's movements. Chu Yinan could hear the rapid heartbeat even through the thick layer of fat.

Marissa fell asleep again, and Minagawa Izumi whispered, "Why do you like drinking that stuff?"

"I think it tastes pretty good..."

"Even if it tastes good, you have to learn to control yourself. If you behave well... I'll go ask Qilin for those pills another day, and I'll give you mine."

Chapter 77 Things Are Getting More and More Unsettled at Home

Marissa and Chun continued to look for things to do around the manor as usual. Several days of sunny winter weather had melted the snow outside, and the snowman they had built earlier could only remain in photos.

When it was time for the two maids to rest, they sat down in the warm sunshine in the courtyard.

From here, you can also see what's happening in the main hall through the window.

Marissa said, "Chun, have you noticed that Aunt Liu and Aunt Quan have been at odds again lately, just like when Xiao Chunan first came over for vacation?"

I vividly remember that not long ago, the maids in the manor had a daily task of kissing Xiao Chunan on the cheek. At that time, the two maids were at an impasse, trying to establish rules for each other.

The standoff between the two armies ended in just a few days, but for some reason, it has resurfaced in the last couple of days.

"Yes, but I feel that before it was Aunt Quan who complained that Madam Yan Liu was holding Xiao Chunan for too long, but now it's more like... they're fighting over who gets to hold him. Occasionally I'll see Aunt Li Xuanen trying to snatch Xiao Chunan from her."

"Really? I feel like it was mostly Aunt Li Xuanen and Sister Xuan Ya who took Xiao Chunan out to play, so there wasn't much fighting over him."

Lee Hyun-eun was one of the more war-avoiding members. Knowing that staying in the manor would definitely make Yan Liu and Minagawa Izumi unhappy, she always wanted to take Xiao Chu-nan back. Therefore, whenever she had the chance to take Xiao Chu-nan out to play, she would not stay at home, but would take him out of the manor to play immediately, directly away from the center of the battlefield.

Chun sat on the swing, her white-silk legs swinging lightly back and forth, and continued, "Then Mrs. Morgan also became much more familiar with Xiao Chunan. When I went to help deliver afternoon tea, I heard Mrs. Morgan ask Miss Heinrich why she didn't bring Xiao Chunan with her."

Marissa only just learned about this, but thinking back, aside from more private places like the study, Mrs. Morgan had indeed become much closer to Xiao Chunan in places like the living room.

"It seems so. Xiao Chu Nan is really busy these days, and he gets called over by Sister Yu Tang every now and then."

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In the living room.

Chu Yinan was pretending to be asleep on the sofa, wrapped in a quilt, huddled in the corner. He really wanted to get up, but he didn't dare to.

“Minagawa Izumi, you said before that I spent too much time with Xiao Chunan and that it affected his playing with other kids his age. Now it’s clear that you’re taking up his time too. The last time Xiao Chunan played with Yutang and Marisa was in the morning. You’ve been clinging to him for the entire afternoon nap. I’m here to keep him company!”

Yan Liu was about to take the kid off the sofa to play with, but Minagawa Izumi blocked her way.

"What do you mean I'm clinging to him during lunch break? After we ate, we watched TV in the living room. Unlike you, who always carries Xiao Chunan back to his room. He's asleep now. He was chatting with Chun before he went to sleep."

“He should go back to his room to sleep more comfortably during his lunch break. Now Xiao Chunan is sleeping late, isn’t it because you made him sleep poorly here? What’s wrong with me taking him back to his room to catch up on his sleep?”

"I'm afraid you'll take Xiao Chunan back to your room and just wake him up so you can have fun."

"Minagawa, you still haven't answered my question directly. Why have you started to monopolize Xiao Chu Nan lately? You weren't like this before, were you?"

Chu Yinan broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't keep up the act any longer; if he did, something bad would happen.

These days he has tried to navigate between the aunties, trying to make them happy, thinking that if he can make them happy when he spends time with them, their dissatisfaction with each other will lessen.

When people are happy, they feel refreshed and in a good mood, making everything else more enjoyable.

But he was wrong. Chu Yinan never expected that the happier he made Aunt Liu, the female demon, and Aunt Xuan En, the more they disliked each other, each feeling that the other was affecting their relationship with him.

The current situation is that we won't have a heated argument, but we can't avoid verbal squabbles.