Artemis playfully bit his daughter's neck, eliciting a fit of giggles from the little girl.
“It tickles, Daddy!”
“So? Still doubting whether I'm a human or a ghost?”
“I have no doubts anymore! I have no doubts. Daddy, please spare me.”
Bailey walked over and pulled her daughter out of the arms of Artemis.
“Go cling to your brother. Stop clinging to your father.”
The little girl rolled her eyes.
Do you really have to do this? Getting jealous of your own daughter—what a great achievement indeed.
Suppressing a laugh, Artemis pulled his wife closer into his embrace.
“Ms. Jefferson, I think I smell jealousy in the air. Can you smell it?”
Bailey was somewhat irritated, struggling in the arms of Artemis. “I haven't given my son a kiss yet. Let me go.”
Artemis extended his other hand and flicked her forehead twice. “I'm just teasing you. Why do you lose your temper so quickly?”
The two little ones came up and hugged their parents' thighs tightly.
Bailey subconsciously looked up and asked with a frown, “Where did Zayron go? Where has he run off to?”
The housekeeper at the side respectfully replied, “Mr. Zayron has learned about Ms. Luna's incident and has just rushed to the infirmary.”
Looking up at her mother with a carefree smile, Susan asked, “Bailey, have I become an elder cousin?”
Bailey pinched her cheek, chuckling lightly. “Indeed, so you need to start acting like a big sister from now on. Enough with the mischief and be careful not to lead your younger cousin astray. Your uncle will spank you with a stick if you don't behave.”
“No way, Uncle Simon treats me so well, he would never bear to hit me. If it were Daddy, he probably wouldn't bear to hit my younger cousin either.”
Bailey vigorously rubbed the top of the young girl's head, chuckling as she teased, “Such a little imp you are!”
Then, looking up at the housekeeper, she instructed, “Take them to the infirmary to see Ms. Luna.”
“Yes.”
After watching the two children leave, Bailey turned to Artemis and asked, “Was it you who let Max and Susan come to Moranta?”
Artemis shook his head. “It wasn't me. It should be something they, the siblings, cooked up themselves.”
Bailey chuckled, changing the subject, “Have you found out who used the substance that can catalyze the parasitic worms in Luna on her?”
Artemis' handsome face slightly darkened, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
“After Zayron left the research base, Luna went to the garden to play after seeing the sprinklers were on. The sprinkler heads used for watering the flowers were all misting types. I guess the substance that can stimulate the parasitic worms was mixed in there. Luna ran around there, so she probably managed to absorb a bit of it into her body. And just a tiny bit of the substance was enough.”
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