It took a while to calm the little girl down. However, she insisted on sleeping in her parents' room. Though reluctant, Jada eventually gave in to the little girl's adorable gaze and her look that seemed to say, "If you don't agree, I'll cry for you to see."
Just as they were about to leave, the little girl suddenly remembered the dark shadow she had seen outside the window and told Ren about it before shyly hiding behind him and peeping out.
It was that shadow that seemed to steal her magical girl powers; otherwise, she wouldn't have been scared of any watermelon ghost!
"A shadow?" Ren paused, then walked over to the curtains and pulled them open.
"Holy crap!" Ren exclaimed as he fell to the floor.
"It's just a bird, an owl." Seeing the owl that had been startled into flight by Ren suddenly opening the curtains, and looking at Ren sitting on the ground, Jada laughed.
Then she pinched the little girl's cheek and said, "See, there's no ghost."
"Umm... Bad owl!" The little girl patted her chest and pouted, "Scaring Yueyue!"
Ren rubbed his bottom as he got up, speechless.
He felt like he was experiencing something his age should not have to handle.
"Let's go!" The little girl pulled them out of the room, and after they arrived in Ren's room, she looked at the floor and then at the bed. She gave Ren a look that said, 'You're sleeping on the floor again.'
This left Ren speechless, but at least he was finally able to sleep in a bed, so he didn't complain further.
Though he never mentioned it, honestly, who would want to sleep on a hard floor when they could sleep on a bed? Just as Ren was about to get into bed, Jada kicked him.
"What for?" Ren looked at her, puzzled.
"All the trouble tonight came from the ghost story you told, and you still want to sleep in the bed?"
"It's not like I made it happen," Ren protested pitifully, then gave the little girl a pleading look.
"Hmph!" The little girl hadn't thought about it until Jada mentioned it, and suddenly it seemed reasonable.
It was all because of the bad daddy's ghost story that scared her! Otherwise, how could Yueyue, such a big girl, still... produce so much cold sweat!
Without a word, the little girl sprawled out, taking up half the bed space, effectively leaving no room for Ren.
Looking at this cunning little one, Ren decided on the floor that he needed to speed up his efforts with Jada.
To have another child, preferably a boy this time, as male camaraderie seemed more reliable! Then it would be two against two, and he couldn't lose!
And if...
If there was a second child, and it had his surname, that would be acceptable to his parents. He could even play games with his son in the future.
The more Ren thought about it, the more appealing the idea became, and he slowly drifted off to sleep.
Unaware of Ren's concerns, the little girl, initially worried about him, heard his snoring and huffed softly. She thought her daddy hadn't repented at all since he fell asleep faster than her!
But all of this was unknown to Ren. That night, he dreamed a happy dream of a family of four living joyously, with frequent visits from his parents.
As days passed, Ren's life was quite simple, mostly taking care of his little girl and occasionally surprising Jada.
He felt if their relationship could be measured in terms of affection points, on a scale of one hundred, they must be at least in the seventies or eighties by now.
As time went on, the third issue of "Your Name" was successfully released.
This time, Jada's company erupted in cheers again because the sales volume was even higher than before, reaching their company's peak levels!
Accordingly, online discussions about the work also increased.
"Finally, they went back! But what I want to know is, after three years, does the kuchikamizake taste good?"
"If you can't even drink the saliva of the woman you love, how can you say you love her?"
"Man, I think Taki still has some issues. There were two bottles of kuchikamizake, and he only drank Mitsuha's? What about her sister Yotsuha? If I were there, I would've taken them all!"
"But isn't the key point that scene where they swap bodies again? I laughed so hard. A touching moment turned into sobbing while groping, I didn't know whether to be moved or laugh."
"I noticed that the author really likes to touch that spot."
"... " In the office, Jada rubbed her nose bridge as she read the comment.
Yeah, does that guy really like touching breasts that much? She hadn't minded before, but now she wondered if that guy was always looking at her chest.
Gross, what a pervert! A rare blush appeared on Jada's face.
She thought maybe she should tie him up tonight; otherwise, he might grope her while she was asleep, and she might not even know.
...
"Achoo!"
At home, Ren, who was leisurely playing Black Myth: Wukong with his legs crossed, suddenly sneezed.
"What beauty is thinking about me?"
Ren had no idea that trouble was brewing for him at home.
His future wife was actually considering tying him up.
Otherwise, he might...
Add some demands? Like sitting on him, perhaps, cough cough...
"Daddy!"
Just as Ren was lost in thought, the little girl burst into his room.
She looked panicked and said urgently, "Daddy, there's a thief in our house!"
A thief in such a high-end community? Were the security guards slacking off?
"Hmm?" Hearing this, Ren immediately sat up, grabbed the life-sized replica of Frost Mourne by his side, and asked the little girl in a low voice, "Where's the thief?"
"I don't know~" The little girl shook her head.
"You don't know?" Ren was puzzled, then asked weirdly, "Then how do you know there's a thief?"
"My cheese sticks are gone!"
"... " Hearing this, Ren's hand trembled, his expression changing slightly.
But the little girl didn't notice Ren's reaction and just continued, counting on her fingers, "Not just that, my chocolate, beef jerky, potato chips, and yogurt are all gone too!"
With each item the little girl mentioned, Ren's hand shook again, his expression growing more bizarre.
This made the clever little girl notice something. She looked at Ren with her big watery eyes, curious, "Daddy, why do you keep shaking? Are you cold? Then... sit down."
Saying this, the little girl pushed Ren into a chair, planning to get a blanket to cover him.
However, her peripheral vision suddenly caught a familiar package!
Looking closely, wasn't that the bag for her cheese sticks? Then she followed the trail to the table, only to see an opened bag of chips, a bitten beef jerky, half-drunk yogurt, and a chocolate with teeth marks...
╥﹏╥.
The little girl was dumbfounded. She never expected her daddy to have eaten her treats!
Especially the chocolate, which she had been saving for today!
Her little mouth puckered, and tears immediately welled up, and the next moment she ran out of the room, crying as she went, "Wuu wuu wuu wuu wuu! Daddy, you big meanie! Yueyue will never talk to you again!!!!"
"No, Yueyue, listen to me explain, it's these snacks that seduced me first!"
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