Deer in the forest in early autumn

When Shen Yanqiu woke up, the sound of rain was no longer in his ears.

Yesterday's rain fell on and off all night, and now the world around us has said goodbye to the darkness and the day has arrived.
Last night's rainstorm also quietly left.

She slowly stood up and pulled open the beige cotton and linen curtains. The morning sky outside the window was still gray.

Pushing open the window, the cool wind blew Shen Yanqiu's hair. A few strands of hair floated in front of her eyes, blocking her vision.
Shen Yanqiu gently pushed them behind her ears with her hands, and she lowered her eyes to take a look.

Not far away, the branches of a few new trees were trembling slightly and sprouting under the gray sky.
This scene unconsciously reminded her of the custom cat calendar she had found a few days ago, which said that spring was coming.

But now she still felt a little regretful. The cool breeze just now reminded her that early spring had not yet arrived and the cruel and changeable weather had not yet dissipated.
Thinking of this, Shen Yanqiu shivered suddenly. She waved goodbye to the new green branches.
Goodbye, new little cute branch. Grow up soon!

Then he gently closed the window and quietly returned to the house.

After struggling for a long time, Shen Yanqiu decided not to go out in this weather. In the cloakroom, she chose a home dress with rabbit ears to change into. In front of the dressing mirror, she saw that her round face a few days ago had become thinner, and she touched her face sadly.

After a while, Shen Yanqiu, wearing fluffy rabbit slippers, walked slowly towards the kitchen, yawned, and opened the refrigerator with a dazed look.

!!!
Oops. I forgot to restock it recently.
Shen Yanqiu looked at the empty refrigerator and felt even gloomier.

Oh my God, all the things I stocked up at the supermarket when I moved last time have been eaten up by me staying at home recently!
Gurgle, gurgle, so hungry. She frowned and rubbed her stomach. Then she stood there at a loss, stupidly.

Ding Dong! The master is calling!
Who is looking for me so early in the morning? Probably...

Shen Yanqiu glanced at his phone, and the caller ID was indeed [Lin Sen'an]. Well, new neighbor, good morning.

"Hello, Lin Sen'an." Shen Yanqiu's voice was clear and soft in the morning, but at this moment it contained a bit more tenderness and joy that could not be concealed.
"Qiuqiu, are you awake? I'll bring you breakfast, okay?" A faint smile came from Lin Sen'an's voice. His voice was very lazy, and the light words fell on Shen Yanqiu's ears like feathers.

"I..." Gurgle, gurgle, my stomach started singing again. "Okay, Lin Sen'an, come here!" Shen Yanqiu said, and her face couldn't help but blushing slightly.

Five minutes later, Lin Sen'an's tall figure appeared at the door of 507. He stood there elegantly in white home clothes, his beautiful black eyes fixed on Shen Yanqiu, holding a shiny dinner plate in his hand, with many freshly baked breads exuding a mellow and delicate flavor.

Shen Yanqiu saw the freshly baked bread on the plate, steaming hot in front of him, smelling delicious.
Her stomach growled again.

Gulu gulu...
Shen Yanqiu didn't care about the blush on her face, she raised her delicate eyebrows and said, "Today, the hungry ghosts are reincarnated. Lin Sen'an, you should understand."

"Hahaha." Lin Sen'an saw the fair, oval face of the person in front of him turn red at this moment, getting redder and redder with a look of taking it for granted. A hint of fluctuation flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help but laughed heartily.
Qiuqiu, still so cute.

The delicious meat floss bread, the strands of meat floss seemed to melt in Shen Yanqiu's mouth.
But... after a few bites, the bread seemed a bit too dry and choked me.

Ahem, she coughed accidentally. Lin Sen'an, who was sitting next to her, stopped eating bread elegantly and looked at her, his eyes moving.

"Qiuqiu, please wait a moment." After he said that, he got up and left Shen Yanqiu's house.
Three minutes later, he came back with two cups of warm milk.

"Qiuqiu, bread might be too dry, drink some milk!" Warm milk was handed to Shen Yanqiu.
The aroma of milk at this moment was mellow and thick, mixed with the mint smell on Lin Sen'an's body a second ago, floating and spreading in the room.

"Lin Sen'an, thank you." Shen Yanqiu smiled and lowered his head to drink the fragrant milk, which tasted sweet.
"Qiuqiu, there's no need to say thank you between us." Lin Sen'an narrowed his eyes slightly, stretched out his slender and bony hand and touched Shen Yanqiu's head.

Hmm? Shen Yanqiu raised her head, her eyes flickering like a deer. She was stunned and took a long time to react: "Okay."
It seemed that last time, Lin Sen'an did say that there was no need to say thank you between two people.

Since the two of them had breakfast together this time, Shen Yanqiu's daily routine seemed to have become Lin Sen'an treating her to breakfast, treating her to lunch when Lin Sen'an accidentally cooked too much, helping her pick up packages, and giving Shen Yanqiu free gifts when Lin Sen'an bought too much fruit...

After just one day, Shen Yanqiu realized that Lin Sen'an was not only a neighbor, but also a good neighbor who was exploited by him. His face became thicker and thicker as the two of them tugged at him.

Two days later, Shen Yanqiu had gotten used to joking with Lin Sen'an no matter what. [Lin Sen'an, good neighbor. Please buy me some snacks when you pass by the supermarket today! The weather is bad again, and I don't want to go out. Please, please~ There is a huge sum of 6.6 yuan for running errands.]

This time, after hearing a noise at the door, Shen Yanqiu immediately ran out of the room and opened the door. But it was not Lin Sen'an outside the door. Instead, a group of orange shadows rushed in! Shen Yanqiu's pupils widened and he stepped back in fear.

"Meow" Mochi, the culprit just now, was walking around the living room leisurely with a clear conscience.

"Moshu——" Fortunately, this time, he didn't fall down the stairs and break his bones. Shen Yanqiu looked helplessly at Mr. Moshu, whom he hadn't seen for some time.

Mochi walked around the living room, tilted his head and sniffed as if he had discovered something, then ran straight to the kitchen.
Shen Yanqiu quickly followed behind it. Not good——

Shen Yanqiu seemed to have thought of something the last second, and at this moment, the sweet sausage on the kitchen table had indeed been taken away by Moshu. It whined happily and wagged its tail, and jumped down from the table quickly.

Mochi, this is the masterpiece of your master Lin Sen'an.
As expected, good things stay within the family. You had a really good meal today.

After a few seconds, the sweet little sausage disappeared without a trace in Mochi's mouth.

In the past two days, Shen Yanqiu has been concentrating on painting and has not read the negative articles on the Internet. Lin Sen'an seems to have become unusually busy after just two days of free time after taking over as the new coach. Mochi, the pet of the new good neighbor, would come to show his face from time to time.

At this moment, Mochi was lying peacefully in Shen Yanqiu's arms, sleeping soundly. Shen Yanqiu gently stroked its fur, thinking that today was Friday. A month ago, Team Leader Yin of the Mori Team had sent her an email, inviting her to go to the Mori Team today to draw a poster for the new member. Shen Yanqiu carefully placed Mochi on the sofa and sent a message to Team Leader Yin of the Mori Team to confirm the time to meet this afternoon.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Yanqiu arrived at the Sen team base.
Several team members in the base were sitting in the lobby on the first floor and resting.

When Xiao Cang saw Shen Yanqiu coming in, he immediately scratched his hair: "Sister Painter, long time no see."

"Woof" The little dog named Fa Cai that I saw at the base last time rushed over when he saw the human figure. He sniffed Shen Yanqiu's trouser leg, stammered and barked once, then stopped barking, and immediately wagged his tail wildly and obediently.

"Get rich, why do you rush over when you see a beautiful painter?" Xun Xiu from the Sen team said with a smile.
Team leader Yin came over and said, "Ms. Shen, please come this way." Then he took Shen Yanqiu to the team's exclusive meeting room.

The first time Xiao Cang saw Shen Yanqiu, he knew that it was his sister-in-law who came to the team. Unfortunately, Yu Shen was out for team matters and had not returned yet. As soon as Shen Yanqiu left, he quickly took out his phone and sent a message [Sister-in-law is here] in seconds.

The next second, Lin Sen'an threw a cold expression in the group.
Everyone trembled and dared not speak.

Xiao Cang took a closer look.
Oh no, he sent it to the wrong group. He was going to send it to his usual team group, but now he sent it directly to the Sen team group.

You have withdrawn a new message.
At that time, the small group was already in an uproar.
[Zuo Zuo Yi] Xiao Cang, hahaha, awesome.
【Xiao Cang】My hand slipped.
[Universe] Is the painter sister the sister-in-law that Yu Shen mentioned? So excited to see her in person.
[Edit] Miss painter, you look so cute.
[Pipi Shrimp] +1
【Twilight】Reconsideration
[Zuo Zuo Yi] What a pity, I wasn't in the lobby just now. Regretful face.

Half an hour later, Shen Yanqiu began to draw posters for the new members of the team one by one.
Until a man pushed open the door, rubbed his messy hair, and walked in sleepily. His clothes were loose.

"Shen Yang?" Shen Yanqiu looked up and was stunned. He didn't expect that his idiot brother would come to the Sen team.
The moment Shen Yang saw Shen Yanqiu, he seemed to be caught off guard. But on the surface, he raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "Sister, I participated in the Sen team audition and succeeded."

For a moment, Shen Yanqiu didn't know whether he should say congratulations.
She remembered that Shen Yang and Lin Sen'an had never liked each other since childhood. The two people who were always at loggerheads with each other were now on the same team, with Yu Shen as the coach. With Shen Yang's hot temper, could this team really last long?

She thought for a long time, frowned and said: "Come on, you are the fattest Shen Yang." Come on, good job, you idiot brother. Wait for the Islet God to abuse you for 300 rounds, I hope you keep moving forward!
The next second, she started drawing a poster of her brother.

After finishing work, Lin Sen'an just returned to the base. He saw Shen Yang, Xiao Cang and Shen Yanqiu playing games together in the corner.

It seemed that the battle was going well, and the three of them just happened to win.
Shen Yanqiu played as a support in this game and killed the enemy three times, breaking the record.

Shen Yang teased: "Sister, the evil spirit in your body has awakened!"
Shen Yanqiu: ...
She stood up and knocked Shen Yang on the ground.

When they parted, Shen Yang pulled Shen Yanqiu aside and carefully handed her something that seemed to be in a shocking packaging.

After returning home, Shen Yanqiu received an encouraging message from Shen Yang [Sister, don't be sad. Your brother gave you a special gift.] When she opened the thing, a funny and cute singing girl ran out shaking her head. [I hope my sister will be happy. I can beat up the haters who bullied you 300 times.]

My younger brother, Shen Yang, has a unique way of making people happy. Lei Renhua turned on the machine and sang a song that sounded like ghosts and wolves howling, which was inexplicably funny.

Late at night, when Lin Sen'an returned to 508, he suddenly had a stomachache. He had been working so hard in the past few years that his stomach problems would flare up from time to time.
Shen Yanqiu was holding the mochi and walked to the door of 508. She was going to send it back to Lin Sen'an.

"Lin Sen'an?" When she saw Lin Sen'an, whose face was as pale as paper, her eyes darkened and she couldn't stop staring at him.
"Qiuqiu, my stomach problem comes back. It's an old problem, it's nothing." Lin Sen'an had cold sweat dripping from his head, and his lips were frighteningly white.

Shen Yanqiu hurriedly put down the mochi and went into the house.
"Have you taken the medicine?" Shen Yanqiu asked anxiously.

"Not yet, Qiuqiu, my medicine cannot be taken on an empty stomach. I haven't had time to eat dinner yet." Lin Sen'an's voice was weak. He slowly sat down and leaned on the sofa, looking pitiful.

Shen Yanqiu's eyes fluctuated and his heart tightened.
"Lin Sen'an, wait for me."

Arriving at the kitchen, Shen Yanqiu took a deep breath and made some simple plain noodles. Shen Yanqiu, you should be okay with this, right?
She tried for a long time, failed more than a dozen times, and finally, more than ten minutes later, Shen Yanqiu brought out a bowl of plain noodles that looked edible.

"I'm sorry, Lin Sen'an, you know I'm not a good cook, so just eat this bowl of plain noodles and take your medicine right after you finish it."

Lin Sen'an's eyes trembled slightly, and he reached out to take the clear water noodles from Shen Yanqiu's hand. He took a bite, and surprisingly, it tasted okay.
Half an hour later, Lin Sen'an took some stomach medicine. His pale and handsome face slowly recovered at this moment.

"Qiuqiu." He held Shen Yanqiu's hand and said like a child, "Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu, you can call me Brother Sen from now on, okay?"

Brother Sen?
Shen Yanqiu seemed to have returned to the days when they were in college and were in love. At that time, she followed Lin Sen'an every day and called him: Brother Sen.

This time, I won’t!
Shen Yanqiu smiled, his eyebrows curved.

Today I just want to be rebellious, so I call you Sen Sen. The next second: "Sensen." This name came out of her red lips.

Sen Sen? Lin Sen'an seemed to be frightened by this special name. After a while, he tilted his head and said, "Qiu Qiu, little cutie, little sweetheart, good baby, my dear wife, do you like Sen Sen?"

This seems to be Lin Sen'an's second official confession.
Shen Yanqiu reached out and bravely touched Lin Sen'an's head: "Sensen, I like you very, very much."

(End of this chapter)