CHAPTER 446: 221. NAN WAN LOOKED AT HIM, INNOCENT YET SLY, ’MR. MU, THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER.

The ’siblings’ who were almost the same age met for the first time. After they stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes, Pea suddenly burst out laughing.

Jiu Jiu was a bit slower to react, but he was the one who made the first friendly gesture, handing his toy to his younger sister to play with.

Then the two children began to communicate in a language that adults couldn’t understand.

Nan Wan couldn’t help but smile, "This is Mu Yan, he still can’t call me aunt yet."

In a couple of months, he might be able to call me mom.

"Is Jiu Jiu a nickname? Such a cute name, definitely not chosen by my brother," Ji Wanxia blinked, looking at Jiu Jiu and Pea, who seemed to have a natural affinity for each other. The worries and anxieties buried deep in her heart quietly dissipated.

Nan Wan smiled and nodded in agreement, "Yes, it was chosen by Jiu Jiu’s cousin."

Ji Wanxia tucked the loose hair at her temples behind her ear, left the sofa, and walked behind her daughter, half-kneeling on the carpet.

Holding her daughter’s wrist, she taught her to greet Mu Yan, "Hey, Brother Jiu Jiu, I’m Pea. Nice to meet you. Please take care of me in the future."

Jiu Jiu stared with big eyes, completely unable to understand what she was saying.

Seeing this, Nan Wan also got up and walked over, held her son and moved a little closer, teaching him to shake the hand Pea extended, and smiled in response, "No problem, I will protect my sister in the future."

Ji Wanxia looked at the two small hands wrapped together and was momentarily dazed.

After a while, she got up and took out a longevity lock that she had prepared long before, which was identical to the one Pea was wearing.

She put it into Jiu Jiu’s pocket with a gentle smile, "It’s a promise, you can’t take it back."

Sunlight fell into the living room, her delicate features as gentle as ever, her forehead’s loose hair haloed with a golden glow, her smile subtle, showing no sign of anything amiss.

But Nan Wan always felt something was not quite right, though she couldn’t pinpoint where the issue lay.

Suppressing that emotion in her heart, she said to Ji Wanxia, "Let’s eat first. The two of them have the servants watching over them, and Barton is there too, so they shouldn’t cause a fuss for a while."

Ji Wanxia smiled and stood up, "Alright."

Pea was also drinking milk formula, but it wasn’t the same brand Jiu Jiu was having. After the servants mixed them separately, they took care of the ’siblings’ in the living room as they drank milk and played.

Both servants were extremely careful, not daring to be careless at all.

At the dining table.

Nan Wan picked a piece of rib and placed it in Ji Wanxia’s bowl. Before she could say anything, Ji Wanxia spoke, "Sister-in-law, there’s something I want... to ask you."

She used the word ’ask’.

What is it...

The relationship between the Ji Family and the Mu Family went back decades. Even though Mr. Ji had passed away, it didn’t erase the fact that he had raised Mu Jin Huan as a member of the Ji Family.

Even Cheng Shihong was polite to Ji Wanxia.

If Ji Wanxia wanted a star from the sky, Mu Jin Huan would probably find a way to get it for her.

Nan Wan put down her chopsticks and looked up at Ji Wanxia across the table, "What is it, you say, as long as I can do it, I will do my best."

She caught a hint of... sadness on that beautiful and gentle face.

Ji Wanxia held onto her teacup, her head slightly lowered, her voice a little weak, "Pea, I want to ask you to help me take care of Pea."

The words carried a hidden determination, yet it was still very difficult to let go.

Take care of Pea...

Even without blood relation, Ji Wanxia was still Mu Jin Huan’s sister.

Calling her sister-in-law, taking care of Pea was a matter of course, so why use the word ’ask’?

"Of course it’s no problem," Nan Wan felt she might be overthinking it, looking at her, smiling softly, "There are several empty rooms at home, you and Pea can stay. If you find it uncomfortable with so many people, you can move after finding a suitable place."

After carrying a child for ten months, how could one bear to part with it?

"I mean," Ji Wanxia’s hand holding the water glass unconsciously tightened, the loose hair on her forehead shielding her eyes’ emotions, "I’m asking you to help me look after Pea, I... I have other things."

Death is not a punishment; living with guilt is.

A murderer has no right to live at peace, neither does Shen Weiyi, nor does she.

She didn’t say it clearly, but the meaning was easy to understand. Through the half-open wall, Nan Wan could vaguely hear the sound of the servants coaxing Pea and Jiu Jiu to play.

In a few months, Pea would be able to call for mom. Even though Gu Shaozhi hadn’t found her now, one day he would know.

Nan Wan looked at her and asked softly, "Wanxia, do you hate him, don’t you?"