While Ye Jinghuai was busy in his study, Jiang Nuan was squatting by the pond, watching the fish.
As expected, the fish kept by the wealthy were different. She had thought they were koi, but her poverty had limited her imagination.
Jiang Nuan didn't know the names of the fish. Seeing them for the first time, she found them very novel and was happily occupied squatting by the pond by herself.
"Miss Nuannuan, be careful not to fall in."
A kind female voice came from behind her. Jiang Nuan turned her head and saw a woman in her fifties, with a round face full of a friendly smile.
"Grandma, who are you?" Jiang Nuan asked, scratching her little head in confusion.
"I am the wife of your housekeeper uncle. You can call me Grandma Wu."
Wu Ma's face was full of smiles, and she was genuinely happy to see Jiang Nuan. After all these years, watching the young masters grow up, why hadn't they gotten married except for the eldest young master? Now that there was a little master in the house, she was overjoyed.
"Grandma Wu, what is a 'nao po'?"
"A wife is someone who lives together with you forever."
"Then I want to be Papa's 'nao po' too! I want to be with Papa forever," Jiang Nuan said happily.
"Miss Nuannuan, you are the young master's daughter. You cannot be a wife," Wu Ma explained patiently to Jiang Nuan.
"Why?" Jiang Nuan tilted her head in confusion.
"Because you are already the young master's daughter." Wu Ma really didn't know how to explain the relationship between husband and wife and father and daughter to Jiang Nuan.
"Grandma Wu, aren't you also a bit confused?"
"What are you two talking about?" Ye Jinghuai's voice came from behind.
"Papa, I don't want to be your daughter anymore," Jiang Nuan pounced towards Ye Jinghuai.
"What did you say?" Ye Jinghuai's expression darkened, and he looked down at the little one clinging to his leg.
"Papa, I want to be your 'nao po'. I don't want to be your daughter," Jiang Nuan looked at Ye Jinghuai with pure innocence.
Ye Jinghuai felt like crying and laughing. He squatted down, rubbed her head, and asked,
"Why do you want to be a wife?"
"Grandma Wu said a 'nao po' is someone who stays together forever. I want to be with Papa forever," Jiang Nuan looked at Ye Jinghuai very seriously.
"You can also be with your father forever as his daughter. A wife is not necessarily so," Ye Jinghuai reached out and picked Jiang Nuan up.
"Then I'll still be your daughter!" Jiang Nuan changed her mind after thinking about it.
"Then, Papa, who is your 'nao po'?"
"Papa doesn't have a wife."
"Will you have one in the future?"
Ye Jinghuai thought that he originally didn't plan to get married, otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to freeze sperm. Now that he had Nuannuan, he didn't want her to suffer any grievances in the future.
"Papa won't have one in the future either. Only Nuannuan, okay?"
Ye Jinghuai looked at Jiang Nuan and smiled gently. Wu Ma also saw the second young master's expression for the first time and found it very touching.
She also thought that if the second young master ever had a wife, she would never let Miss Nuannuan be wronged.
"Okay! Then I can be Papa's 'nao po' and daughter. This way, Papa will have both!" Jiang Nuan became happier as she spoke.
As they were talking, Uncle Li came out to open the door. It turned out that the person delivering things for Jiang Nuan had arrived. A large truck was parked outside, and workers were moving boxes of things from the truck into the house.
"Papa, look~" Jiang Nuan, in Ye Jinghuai's arms, waved her little arms, wanting to go over.
Ye Jinghuai carried the little dumpling over, and the boxes were opened one by one and placed on the ground. Inside were all of Jiang Nuan's clothes, as well as many children's items.
Jiang Nuan was dazzled and sighed inwardly: With so many clothes, even if she wore one a day, she wouldn't be able to wear them all! Many clothes might be outgrown before she could wear them.
"Papa, so many beautiful clothes!" Jiang Nuan exclaimed with her mouth agape in surprise.
"Do you like them?"
"Yes~ Nuannuan will wear one every day. Thank you, Papa, mua~"
Jiang Nuan unexpectedly kissed Ye Jinghuai's cheek. Ye Jinghuai only felt a soft touch on his face for a moment before it disappeared, and he felt a sense of longing.
"Papa, you should kiss Nuannuan too!" Jiang Nuan looked at Ye Jinghuai expectantly.
Ye Jinghuai felt his ears getting a little hot. Then, he lightly touched Jiang Nuan's face with his thin lips and quickly pulled away. He felt that the place he had just touched was exceptionally soft.
"Ahem, move all these things upstairs and put them away. Remember to set up a walk-in closet for Nuannuan tomorrow."
Ye Jinghuai quickly found a topic to cover his embarrassment. In fact, Uncle Li would have handled these matters even if he hadn't mentioned them.