The sun rose from the East.
Its light did not need to pierce through thick layers of clouds; it could shine directly into the rooms of the Dragon Race residents.
This was much warmer than the lives of other races living on the land, and the Dragon Race was able to obtain more sunlight resources.
Inside the Dragon Race Imperial Palace, a white-haired Dragon Race loli was lying sprawled in the middle of her bed.
One pillow was tossed to the side, and the quilt had long since been kicked onto the floor in the middle of the night.
In contrast, Zhu Xiaxia was lying quietly in the room she had prepared for Zhu Qiu.
Last night, when Zhu Xiaxia was preparing to wash up and go to sleep, she remembered Zhu Qiu was still in her room.
By that time, the girl should have been fast asleep.
Thus, Zhu Xiaxia chose not to disturb Zhu Qiu.
Instead, she tidied up Zhu Qiu’s room and spent the night there.
Because she had spent quite a while tidying up the room the night before, Zhu Xiaxia needed a good sleep — the kind where she woke up naturally.
Naturally, she couldn’t manage to get up early today.
Inside Zhu Xiaxia’s room, the little loli sleeping soundly on the bed began to stir.
There were two pillows on the bed; she had one under her head and another pressed under her arm.
The pillows were filled with the finest materials, making them incredibly soft and comfortable.
Unconsciously, she picked up the pillow under her arm and threw it into the distance.
The pillow happened to land by the window and bounced back, coincidentally hitting Zhu Qiu square in the face.
Anyone else would have certainly been woken up by such a disturbance, but Zhu Qiu was no ordinary person.
She continued to sleep as soundly as a dead pig.
“Ugh~”
The pillow covering her face made it a little difficult for Zhu Qiu to breathe, so she used her Dragon Tail to knock the pillow away.
Time gradually reached noon. In the room next door, Zhu Xiaxia had already gotten out of bed.
She walked to the door of the room where Zhu Qiu was sleeping, pushed it open, and stepped inside.
The moment she entered, she saw Zhu Qiu’s sleeping posture… Uh…
It was a bit unsightly. She was now a Princess of the Dragon Race, yet she was lying sprawled out with her quilt on the floor.
What kind of image was that?
“Time to get up, baby daughter.”
Zhu Xiaxia called out softly, but Zhu Qiu gave no reaction and continued to snore away.
“……”
This simply wouldn’t do.
It was already high noon, time for lunch.
How could someone forget to eat just to sleep? And…
Zhu Xiaxia noticed some shiny fragments on the ground.
At first, she thought they were gemstone fragments Zhu Qiu had picked up from somewhere, but upon closer inspection, she realized the floor was covered in candy wrappers.
The wooden box that held the candy was currently sitting open and empty.
Zhu Xiaxia had expected Zhu Qiu to finish the candy, but she hadn’t expected Zhu Qiu to have the bad habit of littering!
This had to be corrected; it absolutely had to be corrected!
As the Future Ruler of the Dragon Race, how could she have such trivial bad habits?
However, Zhu Qiu wasn’t awake yet, and she didn’t want to disturb her sleep.
No, staying in bed wasn’t a good habit either.
She must not spoil Zhu Qiu too much.
“Baby daughter, wake up. The sun is shining on your butt.”
Zhu Xiaxia walked to the bedside and began stroking the girl’s little belly in a rhythmic, clockwise motion.
“Ugh~ Let me sleep a bit longer~”
“No can do. It’s already noon. If you don’t get up soon, you’re going to miss lunch~”
Zhu Xiaxia used her other hand to pinch Zhu Qiu’s tail.
“Ugh~ No, I don’t want to get up……”
Zhu Qiu lazily rolled over, shaking off Zhu Xiaxia’s hands.
She changed from her sprawled position and curled up into a little ball.
‘My daughter’s half-asleep voice is so soft and cute~ But even if she’s cute, she still has to get up.’
“You really need to get up. Otherwise, Mother will have no choice but to……”
Zhu Xiaxia tapped Zhu Qiu’s little Dragon Tail.
“Ugh~ Don’t touch me, I just want to sleep.”
“That’s not allowed~”
Zhu Xiaxia began to stroke Zhu Qiu’s Dragon Tail, wanting to see how long it would take for her to wake up.
“What are you doing!”
Unfortunately for her, Zhu Xiaxia had placed her hand at the base of Zhu Qiu’s Dragon Tail and slid it along.
She had only reached the middle of the tail when Zhu Qiu woke up completely.
Zhu Qiu’s little face flushed a deep red.
She sat up and hugged her own tail with a look of grievance.
“Zhu Xiaxia, don’t touch my tail. It’s very sensitive… ugh~”
However, Zhu Xiaxia seemed to enjoy seeing Zhu Qiu’s aggrieved expression, so she intentionally poked it again.
“Don’t touch that spot……”
“Alright, alright, I won’t touch it. But daughter, don’t you think you should explain something to me now?”
Zhu Xiaxia shifted the topic, getting straight to the point.
Zhu Qiu simply shook her head and replied, “I don’t know, I just want to sleep.”
Well, she had expected Zhu Qiu to say that.
Zhu Xiaxia picked up a candy wrapper from the ground and held it between her fingers.
“Then, daughter, explain to me what these are?”
“Those are candy wrappers.
I must have eaten them yesterday.
You said the candy was all mine, and now that I’ve finished it all, you can’t go back on your word.”
Zhu Qiu had been a bit too excited while eating the candy yesterday.
Before she knew it, she had eaten them all and fell asleep on the bed for some mysterious reason.
By the time she woke up, it was the next day.
“Daughter, did you brush your teeth after finishing the candy?”
“I don’t think so. I was too sleepy at the time and just fell asleep.”
Hmm…
Zhu Xiaxia furrowed her brow slightly.
Littering and not brushing her teeth — for a moment, she didn’t know what to say to Zhu Qiu.
“Next time before you sleep, you must brush your teeth, okay?
Otherwise, you’ll get cavities.
When the bugs eat all your teeth, you won’t be able to eat candy anymore, do you understand?”
“Oh, next time for sure.”
Zhu Qiu didn’t take it to heart, giving a half-hearted response.
‘Wait? Why is Zhu Xiaxia’s tone so gentle when speaking to me? Is she… treating me like a child again?’
“Hmph! I know how to do all that. I just forgot. Don’t treat me like a child! I’m an adult.”
“Is that so?”
“It is!”
“Then, Adult Zhu Qiu, is littering something an adult should do?”
“No.”
“Then who threw these candy wrappers?”
“Me!”
“So, as an adult, Zhu Qiu committed an error that only a child would make. Shouldn’t you be punished~?”
“I should.”
‘Wait? That’s not right! It feels like I’ve been played by Zhu Xiaxia!’
“Well then, what kind of punishment does Adult Zhu Qiu want~?”
Zhu Xiaxia looked at Zhu Qiu with a mischievous smile.
she crawled onto the bed and leaned closer to Zhu Qiu, giving her a sense of pressure she had never felt before.
It was over; she had definitely been tricked.
“You, you, you, don’t come any closer! I won’t say I’m an adult anymore! I’ll pick up the candy wrappers right now!”
Terrified, Zhu Qiu used her tail to block herself.
At that moment, Zhu Xiaxia’s hand had already come to rest on Zhu Qiu’s tail.
“Alright, alright. Mother just wanted to scare her daughter a little. Since my daughter now deeply realizes her mistake, Mother is satisfied.”
Zhu Xiaxia withdrew her hand.?
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Zhu Qiu looked completely bewildered.
‘So, Zhu Xiaxia just used a feint to trick me into using all my skills?’
Wow!
What a failure! A total failure! She was being played right in the palm of Zhu Xiaxia’s hand!
No, she had to win back a round.
Zhu Qiu quickly finished cleaning up the candy wrappers.
Just as she was about to plot something, her stomach began to growl.
She was hungry.
To demonstrate her love as a Mother for her daughter, Zhu Xiaxia prepared to do something big.
She walked over to Zhu Qiu, who was standing in the corner, rubbed her little head, and made a solemn announcement.
“Today at noon, Mother is going to let you taste my cooking.”