16 – Kidnapped by the Morality of Two Animals
After seeing her husband off, Mu Mian returned to the living room.
Fu Yifei was also preparing to go out.
“Sister-in-law, what have you been doing at home all day these days?”
Thinking about how she had only gone out shopping once, which nearly ended in disaster, and spent the rest of her time at home, Fu Yifei couldn’t help but ask.
Mu Mian looked up, recalling: “Eating… sleeping… daydreaming… waiting for my husband to come home.”
What a perfectly leisurely day for a little rabbit.
Fu Yifei: “…”
“Sister-in-law, that sounds incredibly boring.”
But since his sister-in-law might as well have time-traveled from ancient times, he didn’t dare let her go out and do anything reckless.
Fu Yifei’s eyes fell on the large color TV in the living room that had been gathering dust.
“Hey, sister-in-law, why don’t you watch some TV?”
Mu Mian blinked curiously. “What’s TV?”
Fu Yifei picked up the remote and turned on the TV for Mu Mian.
The previously dark screen, whose purpose she never understood, immediately lit up with moving images.
“Wow, that’s amazing.”
After thinking for a moment, Fu Yifei tuned to a children’s cartoon channel for Mu Mian.
“Sister-in-law, if you’re bored, you can watch this to pass the time. I’ll be going now too.”
Mu Mian nodded and happily settled on the sofa to watch cartoons.
——Fu Corporation
“Ding—” The elevator reached the top floor. Fu Chenxiu and Shi Hai stepped out and headed toward the office.
Employees in the secretarial office quickly bowed and greeted Fu Chenxiu: “Good morning, President Fu.”
Fu Chenxiu strode directly into his office without pause.
After he left, one employee whispered, “Did President Fu smell particularly nice today? Like he’s wearing cologne.”
“You noticed it too? I thought it was Assistant Shi’s scent. President Fu never wears cologne, does he?”
“And… it smelled kind of milky and sweet, not like men’s cologne at all…” The employee suddenly seemed to understand, exclaiming in surprise, “Could it be that we’re about to have a madam president?!”
After settling in his office, Fu Chenxiu recalled Shi Hai mentioning he had a fragrance about him when they got in the car earlier.
Fu Chenxiu lowered his head and sniffed himself but didn’t detect any unusual scent.
At six in the evening, Fu Chenxiu left work as usual and returned to the villa.
After getting out of the car, a certain rabbit still didn’t come out to greet him as she used to.
Fu Chenxiu frowned imperceptibly. Yesterday, she had been upset after overhearing the servants’ gossip.
Shi Hai had identified the two servants involved and dismissed them.
Had someone been spreading rumors to her again?
With that thought, Fu Chenxiu walked into the villa with his long strides.
As soon as he opened the door, he heard strange pig-like snorts coming from the living room.
“I’m Peppa, oink~ This is my brother George, oink oink~ This is my Mommy, oink~ This is my Daddy, oink”
A certain rabbit was sitting on the sofa, leaning forward intently as she watched TV, completely unaware of his return.
Fu Chenxiu walked through the entryway into the living room.
Mu Mian continued staring at the TV without blinking, seemingly oblivious to his presence.
Fu Chenxiu: “…”
Ahem. Fu Chenxiu cleared his throat and continued toward the staircase.
Only then did Mu Mian snap out of it. Noticing her husband’s figure from the corner of her eye, she turned to look: “Husband, you’re back!”Fu Chenxiu stopped in his tracks. “What are you doing here?”
“Watching TV! TV is so interesting! I’ve been watching all day!” Mu Mian said, her eyes sparkling brightly like a child who had discovered something new.
Fu Chenxiu glanced at the huge television screen playing “Peppa Pig”: “…”
She had been watching this all day without even noticing he had returned.
Fu Chenxiu’s slender hand picked up the remote control from the coffee table beside the sofa and turned off the TV.
“Watching too much TV is bad for your eyes.”
“Oh…”
Unable to watch TV anymore, Mu Mian responded dejectedly.
Dinner wasn’t ready yet, so Mu Mian returned to her room first.
As soon as she entered the room, Xiao Qiu flew over and couldn’t help asking: “Master, why haven’t you come up all day! How was the effect of those cheesy pickup lines? Was the master charmed by you?”
This topic made Mu Mian flare up. She grabbed Xiao Qiu and shook him vigorously: “It’s all your fault for giving bad advice! Yi Fei said those lines are outdated! It’s so embarrassing!”
Xiao Qiu: (＠＠)(＠＠)(＠_＠)
After seeing stars for a while, Xiao Qiu finally recovered.
“Xiao Qiu just wanted to help the master. You weren’t staying away from the room all day because you’re mad at Xiao Qiu, were you?”
“Am I that petty of a rabbit! I was watching TV in the living room all afternoon!”
“TV? What’s TV?”
“It’s a really big screen! It shows lots of interesting pictures! It’s so fun to watch!”
“Xiao Qiu wants to see too!”
“Then after dinner, I’ll take you to watch!”
Before long, a servant came up to notify them that dinner was ready.
Mu Mian brought Xiao Qiu downstairs to eat.
Fu Yifei hadn’t returned yet today, so only the two of them were there.
Mu Mian quickly finished her dinner, then looked up at Fu Chenxiu with hopeful eyes: “Husband, I’ve finished dinner. Can I watch TV now?”
She didn’t know how to turn on the TV, so she could only ask her husband to help her turn it on.
Fu Chenxiu: “…”
So that’s why she ate so quickly – to watch TV.
Just how much did she like watching TV that she could become so absorbed she didn’t even notice when he returned.
His handsome face stern, he refused coldly: “No. You’ve already watched enough today.”
Mu Mian immediately put on a pitiful expression: “But Xiao Qiu said it has never seen TV before. It wants to see what TV looks like.”
Hearing this, Fu Chenxiu’s gaze fell on the bird perched on Mu Mian’s shoulder.
The little bird was looking at him with the same pitiful expression as Mu Mian.
Fu Chenxiu: “…” He never expected that in this lifetime he would be emotionally blackmailed by two animals.
Fu Chenxiu pursed his lips and compromised: “Only half an hour.”
Mu Mian’s eyes instantly lit up: “Okay!”
The two humans and one bird went to the living room, with Mu Mian obediently sitting on the sofa.
She originally thought Fu Chenxiu would leave after helping turn on the TV, but instead he sat down beside her.
“Husband, are you going to watch with us?” Mu Mian’s eyes shone with surprise.
This was the first time since she found her husband in this life that he had voluntarily accompanied her in doing something.
“Otherwise how would I know you only watched for half an hour,” Fu Chenxiu gave a very reasonable answer.
Since the TV had been turned off while on the children’s cartoon channel, when turned back on, it naturally appeared on the same channel.Of course, Fu Chenxiu didn’t want to watch half an hour of Peppa Pig with Mu Mian, so he switched the television to the educational channel.