The silence stretched for exactly three seconds before chaos erupted.
"ABSOLUTELY NOT." Zhāo Yàn's tails puffed to triple size. "Mother, you cannot, she's PREGNANT, she needs REST—"
"I'm not going to disrupt her rest," Gū Gū said innocently. "I'm going to monitor it."
"That's worse!"
"Yòu Lín sleeps in my bed all the time. I'm an excellent bed-sharer."
"Yòu Lín is a FOX KIT. Bai Yue is a—a—"
"A what?" Gū Gū's eyebrow arched dangerously.
Zhāo Yàn's mouth opened and closed several times. No words came out.
Han Shān stepped forward, his expression carefully neutral. "Grandma Gū Gū. Perhaps my hut would be more comfortable. I have the largest bed. Extra furs. Complete silence."
"How do you have the largest bed?" Zhāo Yàn snapped. "You live ALONE."
"I like space."
"You're not even USING the space for anything useful!"
"I use it for brooding," Han Shān said flatly. "It's very efficient brooding space."
