Tongtong let out a silly giggle.

Back in the bedroom.

Tongtong obediently crawled under the covers.

As soon as she was settled in Jiang Liu’s arms, Tongtong decided she wasn’t sleepy anymore. "Daddy, let’s lie in bed and watch for a little while longer."

Jiang Liu chuckled. "No problem. Go ahead."

’Judging by how often she’s yawning, she’ll be out cold in less than a minute.’

The three of them lay comfortably together under the covers. Tongtong rested her head in Jiang Liu’s arms, holding a tablet and watching an anime.

She didn’t even make it through the one-minute opening of *Detective Conan* before her eyelids drooped and her breathing grew slow and even.

The little darling had fallen asleep.

"Shh, she’s asleep."

Jiang Liu took the tablet, turned it off, and gently shifted Tongtong into a more comfortable sleeping position.

Jun Qingmeng turned on her side, looked into Jiang Liu’s eyes, and whispered, "Darling~"

"What is it?"

"I like you so, so much. I really, really like you."

Jun Qingmeng leaned in closer to Jiang Liu’s face.

He could feel her sweet breath on his cheek.

Jiang Liu looked at her and said, "I like you a lot, too. Weren’t you sleepy just a moment ago? How come you’re not sleeping now?"

"I want to look at you for a little while longer. I’ll sleep in a bit."

Jun Qingmeng’s voice was languid; she sounded like she was about to start purring.

"You want to come over here?" Jiang Liu asked, lifting the covers.

"Yes!"

Jun Qingmeng got up, carefully stepped over Tongtong, and snuggled into Jiang Liu’s arms.

Her nightgown was thin, and her every movement carried an alluring air.

The two of them snuggled close.

Jiang Liu gently tweaked Jun Qingmeng’s straight little nose, a smile playing on his lips.

’My girlfriend is so adorable.’

Jun Qingmeng murmured softly.

"Darling."

"Hm?"

"Darling, you know what? I missed you so much at the kindergarten today... mm, no, that’s not right! I miss you every day. I think of you when I go to the bathroom, I think of you when I’m soothing the children, I think of you when I eat, and I even think of you during my breaks."

Jiang Liu said, "It’s the same for me. When you two aren’t at the shop, I often find myself thinking about you. Especially when I see the little paper hearts on the wall—some folded by you, and some by Tongtong."

"Really? If you like them, I’ll fold more for you. When we get our own house, we can cover a whole wall with them. That way, even when I’m not there, my little hearts will be there to keep you company."

"Okay."

Jun Qingmeng murmured, nestled in Jiang Liu’s arms, and drifted uncontrollably into dreamland.

She was already exhausted, and being in Jiang Liu’s arms, surrounded by his comforting scent, made her feel so safe that she basically conked out ten times faster than usual.

With Tongtong clinging to his left arm and his right arm wrapped around Jun Qingmeng’s neck, Jiang Liu awkwardly managed to hold his phone and browse for a bit.

Even late at night, the Kun City group chat was buzzing with people asking when the buns would be back and begging Boss Jiang to hurry up and open a shop in Kun City.

Jiang Liu left a few of the group chats. Even on mute, they were still making his phone lag.

Yue Longfan and Hu Yongfa sent him reports on the business’s performance.

After reading their messages, Jiang Liu lay down to sleep. His plan was to get three hours of shut-eye, then head downstairs once the other two were fast asleep.

That night, Jiang Liu had a long nightmare.

In the dream, he had actually gotten back together with Yang Yixue. Tongtong was crying her eyes out every day, so scared by Yang Yixue’s harshness that she didn’t dare come home.

His shop had been seized by Li Xiaoyan, and Jun Qingmeng had married another man.

When he woke up the next morning, the three of them were in a position similar to the day before.

Tongtong had turned over, still hugging Jiang Liu’s arm, but now with her backside facing him.

Jun Qingmeng’s right leg was draped over Jiang Liu’s body, her head was nestled in the crook of his arm, and her nightgown had ridden up.

The sight of her smooth, fair thighs was almost too much for him to handle. The first thing he did upon waking was rush to the bathroom to wash his face with cold water.

’His girlfriend really was a little enchantress.’

He didn’t plan on making bread today.

He just didn’t feel like it, purely out of laziness.

After the three of them had washed up, they went downstairs and got into the car.

Jiang Liu felt pretty energetic. Ever since getting Spiritual Enhancement, he had been sleeping very soundly.

Previously, while his energy levels were decent, he’d still needed a full seven or eight hours to feel completely recharged. Now, three or four hours was all it took.

He started the car.

Jiang Liu took out his phone to reply to Yue Longfan’s message.

Yue Longfan was already approaching the Kun City toll gate.

Jun Qingmeng asked, "Darling, what are you looking at?"

"I’m just checking on how things are going with the new shop."

"Daddy, is our new shop making money yet?" Tongtong asked from the back seat, looking at Jiang Liu with concern.

Jiang Liu glanced at his worried daughter in the rearview mirror and said casually, "Of course it is. It’s making lots of money every day."

"How much is ’lots’? Is it enough to buy lots of ice cream?"

’Why is it always about ice cream...’ Jiang Liu’s head was about to explode.

"You and your little brain, all you can think about is ice cream! It’s autumn now, so you can just forget about eating it!"

"Aww, okay... In that case, Daddy, can you tell me how much money our new shop makes?"

Jiang Liu thought for a moment, then decided to quiz her. "The amount our new shop earns is eight plus four. Can you figure out how much that is?"

"Mmm, let me see."

Tongtong frowned, counting on her little fingers. "Daddy, is it ten?"

Jiang Liu sighed. "Wow, my daughter is so talented at math. I’m sure she’ll be a great mathematician one day."

Jun Qingmeng giggled at the two of them.

"I’m not?" Jiang Tongtong was a sensitive child and could hear the teasing in her father’s voice.

Jun Qingmeng added from the side, "Mommy just taught you this yesterday. Did you forget everything after watching *Detective Conan*?"

"Aww, Tongtong left her brain in dreamland."

"Here, I’ll lend you my hands. Try counting again."

Tongtong put her hands together with Jun Qingmeng’s and counted again. She said shyly, "Daddy, it’s twelve..."

"That’s right! My daughter is amazing." Jiang Liu didn’t hold back his doting fatherly praise.

"But Daddy, I got it wrong the first time. Does that mean Tongtong is a dummy?"

Jiang Tongtong looked at Jiang Liu with a pitiful expression, her lower lip stuck out in a prominent pout.

Jiang Liu found this amusing. He comforted her as he turned the steering wheel.

"It’s normal to make a mistake. Of course you’re not a dummy. Everyone gets things wrong sometimes. Even though your dad was a math prodigy as a kid, I still got a problem wrong now and then."

Jiang Tongtong’s face lit up with a happy smile. "Hehe, then I’m going to be a math genius just like Daddy when I grow up!"

Just as they pulled out of the garage, the car, which had been so lively a moment before, suddenly fell silent.

His two darlings had fallen asleep yet again.

Jiang Liu quietly turned on the climate control and set it to 25 degrees to keep them from catching a cold.

The weather wasn’t cold, but it wasn’t warm either, especially in the mornings. The air outside was cool enough that the elderly sanitation worker sweeping the streets was already wearing a jacket.

He parked the car at the local market.

As if on a shared alarm, both of them opened their eyes at the exact same time.

Tongtong and Jun Qingmeng looked at each other and let out a silly giggle.

They just wanted to be with Jiang Liu all the time.

Jiang Liu carried Tongtong on one arm and held Jun Qingmeng’s hand with his other as they walked into the market.

Many of the vendors at the market had gradually gotten to know Jiang Liu.

They had recently become obsessed with Jiang Liu’s cooking. If the crowds weren’t so insane and the competition so fierce, they probably would have been in line at his shop themselves!

"Boss Jiang, your wife is so beautiful! Your whole family just radiates good fortune."

"Tongtong, how about you let this old grandpa give you a hug?"

"Hmph! Tongtong doesn’t know you, so no hugs."

’She only lets Mommy and Daddy hug her. Well, and Grandpa and Grandma, or aunties. She doesn’t want to be held by any other men.’

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