Chapter 298: 298 Not Even a Step Allowed

And after frequently seeing the children, amazingly, the two little ones stopped crying and fussing as soon as they saw Tushan Jiu.

Now it's also quite late; Xu Aixu said she'd send the children back to Prosperous World Luxury Residence tomorrow.

Seeing that Tushan Jiu's condition was good, Xie Shiyu went to the bathroom to take a shower and tidy himself up.

These past few days he's been by Tushan Jiu's side without even taking off his clothes, afraid that if she woke up she wouldn't see him right away.

After finishing his shower and cleaning up, he came out of the bathroom.

Just as he came out, a black shadow lunged at him, and he hurriedly caught it with one hand.

Tushan Jiu jumped onto him, took the towel from his hand, and wiped his hair.

Xie Shiyu changed to holding her with both hands and walked toward the bed.

Tushan Jiu rubbed his hair and said, 'Are you stupid? The nanny I just heard said you haven't been eating much these days—look, you've lost weight.'

Xie Shiyu tapped her nose with his and said, 'I was afraid you'd wake up and I wouldn't be here.'

He put her on the bedside, squatted in front of her, touched her forehead, and asked, 'Really, nothing feels uncomfortable?'

To be honest, he still felt uneasy.

Tushan Jiu grabbed his hand, pulled him up, flung him onto the bed, flipped over and straddled his waist in one smooth motion, using her actions to tell him whether she still felt any discomfort.

She extended a finger to lift Xie Shiyu's chin, rubbed it twice, then slowly slid her fingertip down, in slow motion brushing over his moving Adam's apple, his collarbone, pausing at his chest, hesitating whether to pinch the red spot on the left first or the one on the right.

Xie Shiyu gave a helpless laugh and chose for her: 'Last time left, this time right.'

Tushan Jiu was quite obedient; her finger slowly moved to the right and then gave a moderate pinch.

'Mmm...'

Hearing Xie Shiyu's muffled groan, his breathing slightly rough, her ears felt pleased again.

Xie Shiyu also reached his limit; after letting her play enough, just as she was about to reach for his robe's belt, he flipped over, pressed her beneath him, and dropped a hurried kiss.

These days' worries were genuine, so seeing her still able to play with him like this naturally relaxed his heart, but once his nerves relaxed, Tushan Jiu couldn't escape at all.

More than ever, he was on the verge of losing control, exerting his strength without restraint; whenever he thought of her collapsing before him, he felt a lingering fear.

He now only wants to be with her, on and on, forever together!

At first Tushan Jiu could keep up with Xie Shiyu's rhythm, but as the number of firecracker explosions increased, she became dazed, ran out of energy, and was finally squeezed dry like a salted fish flipped back and forth.

This time things were settled satisfactorily, and Tushan Jiu slept again until noon the next day.

Upon opening her eyes, she heard the voices of the two little ones.

They can now occasionally blurt out 'mama,' and they're less than three months away from turning one year old.

Tushan Jiu couldn't wait; she hurriedly got up, washed up, and rushed to their room.

"Sons, Mom's here—do you miss Mom?"

"A day apart feels like three autumns"; as soon as Tushan Jiu appeared, Tushan Bai and Tushan Xi heard her and looked over.

Tushan Xi is more active than Tushan Bai and crawls faster, his little hands and legs kicking quickly as he crawls toward Tushan Jiu.

Tushan Bai, meanwhile, follows behind at a steady pace, calm and composed, yet clearly crawling faster than usual.

Tushan Jiu picked them up, one in each hand.

Her strength is great; holding another would pose no problem.

She gave each a firm kiss on the cheek, and the two little ones giggled.

Tushan Jiu guided them to call 'mama': 'Little Bai, little Xi, call Mama, Mama, Mama!'

"Ma~ma ma~" Tushan Xi chimed in first, following Tushan Jiu's call.

Then Tushan Bai quickly followed, his face still showing little expression, "Ma~ma~"

Tushan Jiu gave each another kiss as a reward, saying, "You babies are awesome!"

She put them on the crawling mat and then played with them.

Tushan Xi was having fun playing, while Tushan Bai sat there playing with the Yin Soldier Token, his eyes fixed on Tushan Jiu.

After noticing, Tushan Jiu picked him up, smiled, and tapped his little nose: "Little Bai, why do you keep staring at Mom? Mom promises she won't sleep too long from now on, okay? Let's pinky promise."

Although she knew they couldn't understand, Tushan Jiu still wanted to make her promise to them.

She extended her little finger to hook Tushan Bai's little finger.

But the next second, Tushan Bai reached out his little hand past hers and touched her forehead.

It was as if to soothe her, and he even gave it a pat.

Tushan Jiu was extremely surprised: "Little Bai, can you sense Mom's heavenly eye?"

But Tushan Bai gave her no response, just touched twice and then withdrew his hand.

Tushan Jiu looked down at Tushan Bai, thinking her eldest son possessed absolute metaphysical talent; when he grows older, if he wants to learn, she will naturally teach him all her skills.

Tushan Jiu told Xie Shiyu about this; he was surprised yet not entirely surprised.

Because the eldest is usually quiet, he likes playing with turtle shells, yarrow stalks, copper coins, gourds—and of course his favorite is the Yin Soldier Token given by the Tushan family elders.

Actually, it's also the case that the Hundred Blades given by Tushan Sheng, which Tushan Jiu had set aside, she thought they were too young to play with knives; otherwise, the eldest would surely love them to death.

Don't look at him being only eight months old; some aspects are already beginning to show.

When the afternoon sun was nice, the two of them held the children and went downstairs for a stroll.

Until the sun set westward, the shadow of the family of four kept lengthening.

During these three days, Tushan Jiu's heavenly-eye prophecy about this matter has spread throughout the metaphysical world.

Although the prophecy gave a specific time, everyone still dared not let their guard down.

Lin Xiu'er and Chen Rang, among others, would each day lead people to patrol the big bridge.

Not only is the Nan Cheng office like this, but other places are the same.

Tushan Jiu rested another day before returning to the office.

Now it's more than five months until Lunar New Year's Eve, and the metaphysical world has begun making deployments, holding meeting after meeting.

This incident also must be reported to the higher-ups, because some places need their cooperation.

The highest leaders above, upon hearing about this matter, attached even greater importance to it, because this matter concerns the life and safety of all the people of China, so naturally they must spare no effort to suppress the demon tribe's invasion.

Therefore, from the day any department receives the notice, they must give full priority to making way for the metaphysical community, with the Faction (or Place) taking precedence, while the army stands ready at all times, preparing a second line of defense.

At any cost, they must block them on the bridge.

Not an inch can be given!