Facing An Unstoppable Power! (1)

Wang Xiao looked over at Aisha, then back at Anran, and shook his head, still amused. "You've made your point," he said to Anran, "But if you can't justify this… performance, Luna is ready to send you off to the mines in Africa."

"!"

"But you said mines were off limits!" Anran protested with widened eyes, rapidly welling up with glistening, fake tears.

"..."

Wang Xiao caught himself marveling at her quicksilver emotions, 'Again? How does she manage to cry at the drop of a second...?'

He then nodded, recalling his own decree. "True, I did say that working in the mines is off limits as punishment until after your delivery."

Turning to Luna, he gave a new directive, "Luna, assign her to the Amazon if she starts up with more drama."

"!!"

Anran's eyes shot open in horror, and Luna responded crisply, "Noted, Prince."

"No! No! No! I am not going back to the Amazon!" Anran sprang to her feet, her earlier laziness forgotten.

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