An Ning pushed open the door and was slightly relieved to see only her husband inside.
However, she quickly noticed something unusual.
Her husband, who was supposedly studying diligently, had turned her chair to face the door!
During the previous semester, she had been extremely focused on her studies.
Unless An Ning was right next to her, her husband would not have reacted at all. An Ning sensed a hint of conspiracy in the air.
Just then, a voice came from the other end of the phone, interrupting her thoughts and drawing her attention back to the call.
The call she was currently on was from the manager of the Sichuan-style restaurant where they had dined the previous night.
She had just handled a similar incident moments ago.
A customer had found a cigarette butt in their hotpot and took a photo with their phone, demanding compensation loudly. The situation had escalated and was difficult to control.
After questioning the staff, the manager of the Sichuan-style restaurant was certain that it was not the restaurant's mistake. The argument continued, and fearing that it would disrupt other diners, the manager chose to call the police.
Naturally, the police involvement caught the attention of An Ning, the owner. This led to the scene of An Ning hastily leaving earlier.
By the time An Ning arrived, the police had already reviewed the security camera footage and discovered that the man had placed the cigarette butt into the hotpot himself. It was a case of attempted fraud. The man eventually paid for the meal and was arrested.
After informing the manager on how to handle the impact of the incident, An Ning rushed back.
Now, as she listened to the manager's report that the entire matter had been resolved, An Ning, being a qualified boss, distributed some small rewards to the staff involved before ending the call. She then turned her gaze to her wife, who was reading.
At this moment, Xiao Xiaoxiao, realizing that their secret could not be exposed, hid inside Su Qi's wardrobe just before An Ning's wife opened the door.
Fortunately, Su University's wardrobe was large enough, and Xiao Xiaoxiao was slightly short, allowing her to fit inside comfortably.
Seeing Xiao Xiaoxiao slip inside, and hearing the approaching sound of An Ning's wife on the phone, Su Qi guiltily closed the wardrobe door.
In this critical moment, she exhibited the fastest speed of her life.
Jumping to the chair, she opened the Respiratory and Lung Physiology Secret 2 placed on it, pretending to study. The entire sequence of actions took only 0.5 seconds.
Su Qi proved with her own actions just how powerful one's survival instinct could be.
As she looked at her wife An Ning's observing gaze, she spoke while forcing a smile:
"Wif—"
'Wifey' was left unsaid because Su Qi suddenly remembered that Xiao Xiaoxiao was still inside the wardrobe. The little girl was unaware of the relationship between herself and her two wives.
After a brief contemplation, Su Qi quickly responded:
"It's really hot outside. Would you like to have a popsicle?"
Hearing her husband use the word 'hot', An Ning found it somewhat amusing.
However, she had to admit that it was indeed hot outside. Just the few steps from the car to the house made An Ning feel quite warm. After a moment's thought, she nodded.
Seeing her wife An Ning nod, Su Qi quickly walked to the refrigerator. Noticing only five popsicles quietly lying inside, she said to her wife An Ning: "We're out of popsicles. Let's go buy some, Wifey An Ning!"
An Ning was slightly stunned by her husband's words. According to her best friend, she had bought ten popsicles just yesterday. How could they be gone so quickly?
Noticing An Ning's puzzled expression, Su Qi thought for a moment and said: "Last night, I saw Gu Panpan eat several before taking a shower. She probably finished them all! Let's go buy some, Wifey An Ning. I want to have a milk popsicle."
Listening to her wife's explanation, An Ning found it a bit far-fetched. After all, what girl would eat so many popsicles in one go, especially before bedtime? Wasn't she afraid of gaining weight?
Considering her husband's unusual behavior from the beginning, An Ning felt that something was amiss. However, seeing that the room was completely still aside from the two of them, An Ning couldn't think of anything!
As her husband stretched out her fair arms to pull her out of the room, An Ning knew that she couldn't let her husband leave. She wanted to see what little scheme her husband was plotting.
Watching her husband struggling to pull her out the door, An Ning thought for a moment and gently embraced her, saying:
"Hubby, are you hiding something from me?"
Hearing her wife An Ning call her 'Hubby', Su Qi felt a surge of panic. She couldn't let the little girl hear that!
In fact, Xiao Xiaoxiao did hear that 'Hubby' address.
Not only did she hear it, but she also saw through the gaps in the ventilation shaft that her Sister Su was embraced by An Ning and then kissed.
Witnessing this scene, Xiao Xiaoxiao subconsciously covered her mouth with both hands, feeling as if she had discovered an earth-shattering secret. Her bright, limpid eyes were wide open due to this revelation.
At this moment, Xiao Xiaoxiao's emotions were difficult to describe.
She truly liked Sister Su, but from her reading, she knew that such feelings were inappropriate.
She had thought she was the only one with these feelings, but she never expected that the gentle An Ning also had such feelings for Sister Su.
Did this mean that her own feelings were not abnormal, but actually normal?
All along, Xiao Xiaoxiao had believed that Sister Su liked normal boys, but now she discovered that Sister Su, like herself, also liked girls.
This discovery greatly excited Xiao Xiaoxiao.
However, seeing An Ning and Sister Su entangled on the other side, Xiao Xiaoxiao felt a bit conflicted in her heart.
The books said that love should be exclusive. Considering the time she had known Sister Su, didn't that make her the latecomer? Wouldn't she be wronging An Ning?
This realization disappointed Xiao Xiaoxiao, and her little head lightly bumped against the wardrobe due to this disappointment.
It was this slight sound that caused An Ning to instinctively look back, while Su Qi broke out in a cold sweat. If they were discovered, wouldn't she be...
Just as An Ning was about to investigate, the door was pushed open by her best friend.
This made her abandon the urge to check, assuming the noise was from her best friend opening the door.
Su Qi breathed a huge sigh of relief, but then realized that the situation had become even more complicated.
She already had a wife in An Ning, and now there was another wife in Zijin. How was she going to let her little junior out?
However, before she could think for too long, Su Qi soon found a phone screen appearing in front of her eyes. The content on the screen was actually her embrace with Xiao Xiaoxiao from the morning.
Who took this photo???
Before Su Qi could ponder further, she heard Zijin's voice.
"Gentle Sister and Soft and Cute Sister. I didn't expect this from you, Hubby. You're really gentle!"
Xiao Xiaoxiao, inside the wardrobe, widened her eyes upon hearing Zijin call Sister Su 'Hubby'. She didn't expect that her Sister Su actually had two wives simultaneously.
Could it be that the book she had was a pirated version?