Chapter 195: Chapter 195: New Tricks Learned

Yu An had finally figured it out: Ao Wu was an expert at twisting everything, turning any topic, no matter how innocent, into something lewd!

Still, after all this commotion, she certainly wasn’t sleepy anymore.

With a gentle push, Yu An sent Ao Wu tumbling onto the bed. She then climbed on top of him, saying, "Alright then, let’s give it a try. Show me what you’ve learned."

"I didn’t learn it from anyone," Ao Wu said stubbornly, shifting his position. "I’m self-taught."

Yu An chuckled. "Oh, you. Of all the parts on your body, your mouth is definitely the hardest!"

"Nonsense."

Ao Wu buried his face against her lower abdomen and planted a kiss there. "There are clearly other places."

Much harder.

He adjusted his position, half-kneeling on the bed. With a soft tug, the thin fabric covering her was pulled open.

Pink curtains hung around the bed. As the bed began to rock, the curtains swayed uncontrollably.

As her mind grew hazy, Yu An had only one thought—

’His mouth is still the hardest part, huh? How could someone who’s supposedly ’self-taught’ possibly know all this?’

Ao Wu was bursting with energy. Plus, it had been who-knows-how-many days since they had last been intimate, so he gave it his all. If Yu An hadn’t eventually given him a couple of slaps, he probably would have gone on until dawn.

Despite that, when Yu An got out of bed the next day, she couldn’t stop herself from clutching her lower back. When she saw Ao Wu’s smug, triumphant expression, she wanted nothing more than to kick him right off the bed!

As if guessing her thoughts, he quickly got out of bed himself. "An’an, take it slow," he said, his voice gentle and solicitous. "Watch your step."

Yu An shot him a glare. "You knew I had things to do today, but you just had to keep at it so late. You did that on purpose, didn’t you?"

Ao Wu looked the picture of innocence. "But An’an, you were the one holding onto me and refusing to let go. I had no choice but to go along with your desires."

Yu An blushed. ’When was I the one holding on to him? It was clearly... No, I can’t think about it.’

She huffed and ordered him around imperiously, "Today, you’ll do exactly as I say. If you dare to slack off, I’ll have your hide!"

Ao Wu played along with her act. "This servant obeys! This servant will be completely obedient and won’t slack off at all."

Seeing Yu An still clutching her back, he knew he was in the wrong and eagerly helped her get washed and ready for the day.

By the time they emerged from the room, Mo Yan had already had to reheat lunch twice.

They were basically an old married couple at this point, but Yu An still blushed when everyone turned to stare at them in unison.

Ao Wu, on the other hand, was thick-skinned and completely unaffected. He pulled out a chair, helped Yu An sit down, and started putting food on her plate as if no one else was there.

Han Li peeled a shrimp and placed it in Yu An’s bowl. "He really doesn’t know how to feel for you, making all that noise so late. Honestly!"

"COUGH, COUGH." Yu An choked. "How do you all...?"

"The rooms aren’t soundproof," Feng Xuan said, patting her on the back. "Besides, it’s not the first time. What’s there to be shy about?"

Lan Ying pushed a cup of water toward her. "An’an, drink some water."

Yu An picked up the cup, wishing it were bigger so she could hide her face behind it.

’How could I have forgotten? The houses the beastmen build now aren’t soundproof at all. It was all Ao Wu’s fault last night. He moved so fast I completely forgot to retreat into my space.’

"My bad, my bad," Ao Wu said, though his face showed no sign of regret. "It’s all my fault for being so naturally gifted and making such a racket."

’There wasn’t a hint of repentance in his voice, only the sweet memory of it all!’

Yu An shot him a glare, then turned to Lan Ying. "A Ying, come to my room tonight."

This was an explicit invitation from his Female Master. Lan Ying was overjoyed. "Yes, An’an! I’ll be ready!"

"Ready for what?"

Yu An picked up a bite of food with her chopsticks. Hearing his words, she asked, puzzled, "Is there something you need to prepare for?"

"Of course," Lan Ying said, as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "I have to prepare some new moves. What would we do if you got bored of us?"

Yu An looked over at the others, who all wore expressions of agreement. The corner of her mouth twitched. "So, what exactly have all of you been learning?"

’And where did you learn it?!’

They had always told Yu An everything, but on this particular matter, they remained tight-lipped, refusing to say a word no matter how she asked.

Yu An felt a sense of resignation. ’In any case, I’m not the one doing the learning, I’m the one who gets to enjoy it.’ So, she decided to drop the subject.

"Female Mother—"

Halfway through the meal, Da Hu arrived with his younger brothers and sisters.

Although this courtyard had rooms for the Zaizai, their Beast Fathers had told them that they were big kids now and had to sleep by themselves.

The Zaizai were reluctant at first. They were still little, so why couldn’t they sleep with their Female Mother?

It was only later, when they had things they wanted to do in secret from their Female Mother, that they obediently went to sleep in their own rooms.

However, they still wanted to be with their Female Mother during the daytime.

Yu An patted each of their little noggins, six in all. Seeing that their Female Mother hadn’t finished her meal, they went off to play in the courtyard.

In the afternoon, Yu An began preparing the ingredients for her food stall for the next day.

Cozy winter foods usually included snacks like roasted sweet potatoes, sugar-fried chestnuts, tanghulu, and milk tea. Of these, she had made roasted sweet potatoes and milk tea before.

The new food cart provided by her space could materialize whatever utensils she needed just by thinking about them. Yu An decided to start with roasted sweet potatoes and milk tea.

She would sell them as a pair to start, then introduce other snacks later.

The cart had a special oven for roasting sweet potatoes. Yu An just had to wash the sweet potatoes from her space and put them inside to roast. She only needed to flip them occasionally, which was very convenient.

For the milk tea, Yu An planned to make a few different varieties.

Naturally, there had to be hot milk tea for the winter, but there were also plenty of people who liked cold drinks, so she planned to make two of each.

One of the hot drinks was the pearl milk tea she had made before. This time, the pearls were also freshly made, not from her stored supply in the space.

The variety of crops in her space was exceptionally large. Whenever she encountered a new plant in the outside world, she would toss it into her space for people to cultivate.

Cassava was among them. Chun Nuan and the others didn’t have much to do in the space, and having heard Yu An mention it once, they had used the cassava to make tapioca flour to keep in reserve, which was now coming in handy.

Yu An boiled some brown sugar, added the tapioca flour and mixed it evenly. While it was still hot, she kneaded it into a smooth dough, rolled it into thin strips, cut them into small pieces, and rolled them into spheres to make the "pearls."

While the pearls were cooking, Yu An saw Da Hu and the others holding a bowl and gathered in a circle around Xiao Yu.

She walked over curiously and saw Fuzai holding half an onion, making all the little ones’ eyes sting and tear up.

Only Xiao Yu’s tears were turning into pearls, which dropped one by one into the bowl.

The corner of Yu An’s mouth twitched. "What are you guys doing?"

Da Hu sniffled, and through his tears, he said, "Female Mother, pearl milk tea... needs pearls... We’re collecting pearls..."

Yu An: "..."

She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. "Who said the pearls in pearl milk tea are real pearls? Da Hu, haven’t you had it before?"

Xiao Yu shook his head. "Female Mother, the pearls I used to cry were small and didn’t look good."

"I’ve grown up, so the pearls I cry are really big now. Since we can afford it, we should use real pearls! Don’t worry, Female Mother, I can cry a whole bowlful of pearls right away!"

He rubbed his eyes, and instantly, even more pearls fell out.

Yu An was exasperated. So the little guy had thought she didn’t use his pearls for the milk tea last time because they were too small!

She quickly called Mo Yan and the others over to take their respective Zaizai and wash their faces.

Fuzai, cradled in her Beast Father’s arms, had an idea. She handed the onion to Lan Ying.

In her sweet, childish voice, she said, "Big Brother Xiao Yu, we should get Beast Father Lan Ying to cry pearls! The pearls he cries are the biggest!"

Realization dawned on Xiao Yu. "Oh, right!"

’How did I not think of that?’

Yu An: "..."

’I already told you, the pearls in pearl milk tea aren’t real pearls!’