Chapter 31: Shameless
After getting an earful from his mom for yet another misunderstanding, Kai went to his sister and pinched her cheeks in annoyance.
Nana naturally slapped her brother's hands away, annoyed that her happy time with the wolf had been interrupted over something unimportant.
"Do you want to ride it with me?" Nana asked Viona, noticing the girl in her mom's arms watching with an eager expression.
Viona hesitated and looked at her older sister and Kai from time to time because she had been warned by Vanya that she needed to be extremely polite and never ever make any trouble when they were with Kai.
Before Kai could respond to the girl's anxious looks, Liora suddenly said, "Don't be afraid of him. Do whatever you like. If he dares scold you, just tell Auntie Liora, okay?"
She continued, gently settling Viona behind Nana, "But be careful when you play with Nana—her legs are paralyzed, so she can't move them."
"Viona understands," the girl said, then hugged Nana and the wolf together, making sure Nana wouldn't fall.
"From now on, you can just play around with Nana, okay?" Liora petted Viona's head softly, feeling pity that she had already been thinking about how to make money and help her older sister when she was supposed to play around as a kid.
"But..." Viona was genuinely happy for a second before she remembered her situation.
"No—but!" Liora flicked her forehead softly and said, " Don't worry about money. I'll pay you double—no, triple the money you earned before if you accompany Nana and play with her every everyday."
"Really?" Viona exclaimed, opening her eyes widely as she couldn't believe what she'd just heard.