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Awakening from her dream, Shen Chuwei was momentarily unable to distinguish between the dream and reality. She simply stared at Xiao Jinyan with her starry eyes, her mind still replaying the dream.

Seeing that she was fixated on watching him without saying a word, Xiao Jinyan couldn’t help but feel a bit worried.

"What’s wrong? Was the dream terrifying? So much that it scared you like this?"

Shen Chuwei shook her head, then sat up from the couch, looking at Xiao Jinyan with confusion, "Did I really call you ’Brother Jinyan’?"

Xiao Jinyan nodded, "Yes, this palace is your husband, why would you call this palace ’brother’ in your dream?"

"I don’t know why I would call you ’brother.’ That’s clearly something only children would do." That Feng Wuyou, he would call Xiao Jinyan ’brother’...

Thinking of Feng Wuyou, she had asked Chun Xi. Chun Xi had been in the palace since she was young, but she had never heard of anyone named Feng Wuyou.

Xiao Jinyan said, "But you did call me that just now, and this palace does not dislike it."

Shen Chuwei pouted, you might not dislike it, but that Feng Wuyou does call you ’Brother Jinyan.’

Xiao Jinyan was a bit curious, "What did you dream about?"

She had been running throughout the entire dream, and after waking up, she felt even more exhausted.

Shen Chuwei, somewhat listlessly, thought hard and said, "In the dream, I was always running, from when I was five until I was around ten. It seemed like I was chasing someone."

Xiao Jinyan pressed on, "Were you chasing me?"

Shen Chuwei really wanted to say, Crown Prince, you’re really full of yourself!

"Why would Your Highness think I was chasing you?"

"You were calling for this palace in your dream. Could it be that you didn’t call while chasing me?" Xiao Jinyan said it as if it were a matter of course.

Shen Chuwei laughed softly, "Indeed, there was a spirited young man in the dream, whether it was Your Highness or not, I cannot say."

Xiao Jinyan’s smile froze at the corners of his mouth, watching her triumphant look. He knew nothing about Chuwei’s past.

He knew nothing about her family and friends.

She had never spoken of them either.

Xiao Jinyan certainly didn’t want his wife to dream about men other than himself.

"You couldn’t see the face in your dream?"

Shen Chuwei shook her head, then with a smiling face she praised, "I only saw the young man’s silhouette in the dream. From his back, one could tell that he was handsome and of noble bearing."

Xiao Jinyan: "..."

Shen Chuwei stared at Xiao Jinyan for a good while, then suddenly leaned over, wrapping her arms around his arm, and asked with a face full of curiosity, "Your Highness, has anyone ever called you ’Brother Jinyan’ before?"

Xiao Jinyan looked down, "I don’t remember."

Shen Chuwei frowned, then let go of Xiao Jinyan’s arm, hmph! You’re lying again!

Little Nine, her expressions were almost written on her face, unhappy!

"How could this palace allow others to call me ’Brother Jinyan,’ such an intimate term?"

Originally she had believed every word Xiao Jinyan said, but now, she began to doubt.

Feng Wuyou had not only called him that, but they had also entered a painting together.

Although it was a quick sketch, you couldn’t make out who it was, but it was a portrait of two people nevertheless.

At this moment, Shen Chuwei didn’t realize she was feeling jealous~

A call of "mommy!" drew all of Shen Chuwei’s attention. She looked down to see her daughter lifting her little head, grinning at her. The word ’mommy’ was a bit mispronounced, with the second ’mom’ being very light and soft.

She would often teach her son and daughter to say ’mommy’ and ’daddy’.

She happily picked up her daughter, "Susu, you can call ’mommy’ now."

Xiao Jinyan asked in confusion, "What does ’mommy’ mean?"

Shen Chuwei explained joyfully, "It means ’mother,’ the same as ’mom.’

Hearing this, Xiao Jinyan looked down at his son and picked him up as well, coaxing him, "Taotao, call ’father king.’"

Taotao opened his mouth, his voice milky, "Mommy..."

Xiao Jinyan repeated, "Call ’father king.’"

Susu called out in a milky voice, "Daddy..."

Taotao, not wanting to be outdone, "Daddy..."

Xiao Jinyan: "..."

Shen Chuwei saw Xiao Jinyan’s baffled face and couldn’t help but laugh, "Daddy means the same as ’dad,’ also ’father king.’ They’re still very young and can only pronounce syllables like ’mommy’ and ’daddy.’ ’Father king’ is too hard for them; they can’t utter such sounds for the time being."

"I see." Calling daddy also made Xiao Jinyan happy. His son and daughter could now call ’daddy’ and ’mommy.’

After playing with the babies for a while, Xiao Jinyan went to the study room.

Sitting in front of the writing desk looking at memorials, he thought about Chuwei calling him ’Brother Jinyan.’ He put down the memorial in his hands, stood up, and came to the bookshelf. He pressed on a glass lamp, and a secret compartment opened.

This secret compartment had not been opened for a long time. He took out the items inside: a painting and an extremely precious jade stone.