If you're not going to marry me, why are you flirting? If you dare run away, I'll sever yo

apartment.

Xia Ningqi had just returned from having dinner with Ye Anran.

My mind is still a bit muddled.

The main problem is that she has instilled some strange and nonsensical ideas into herself.

When we weren't familiar with her, I thought she was just a warm and cute girl. But now that we're closer, I realize she's a female version of a demon, and the kind whose brain is full of lewd nonsense. Even though she's never been in a relationship herself, she's incredibly knowledgeable when it comes to teaching.

The first thing I did when I got back to my apartment was to take a shower.

I'm going to see him later, so I need to smell nice, or at least be clean, because who knows what outrageous things he might do.

Although I only touched her leg yesterday.

But judging from his shy expression, he really didn't seem to have much experience.

Of course, this doesn't rule out the possibility that he's faking it...

My thoughts drifted back to last night.

That was the first time the two of them had been so close.

After taking a shower, Xia Ningqi came out of the bathroom, wondering if she should wear black stockings tonight.

"Hmph, this guy has the desire but not the courage."

She thought about it for a moment, but finally decided against it. After all, wearing it for two consecutive days would seem too unreserved.

In the end, she put on a slip dress and a fleece jacket over it so she wouldn't get cold.

Just as she was blow-drying her hair.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

Xia Ningqi put down the hairdryer, thinking that the person who came was Qi Nan, and even tidied up her hair that had been blown out of shape.

When they arrived at the door...

When the door was opened, it turned out to be Su Qing who had come in.

"Xiao Qing, what are you doing here so late?"

"I've come to ask you for tutoring, sister."

"Who brought you here?"

"Hmph, I came by myself," Su Qing said, hugging her schoolbag and pouting, clearly not very happy.

"Did you come by yourself?"

Xia Ningqi asked in confusion, "Why? It's so late at night, it's dangerous for you to come here alone."

"Because my dad is a complete idiot, I'm not going to pay any attention to him."

"Xiao Qing, you can't do this."

"I'm not wrong."

"Can you tell your sister what happened?"

Su Qing said angrily, "I wanted him to tutor me, but he told me not to study and that all I need to do in the future is inherit the gang."

Huh? There are actually parents like this?

It's truly rare; this is the first time Xia Ningqi has ever heard of parents who don't want their children to have good grades.

He said he was always last in his class when he was in school, so he told me to learn from him.

"Oh, this..."

Xia Ningqi was at her wit's end, so she pulled Su Qing into the house.

"Alright, in that case, let Sister Xia teach you."

"Okay! Sister Xia Ning is the best. Xiao Qing will sleep with Sister Xia tonight."

Xia Ningqi asked in surprise, "Are you going to stay here?"

"Yeah, yeah, I snuck out, and tomorrow's Saturday, Sister Xia, you can't expect me to sleep on the street, can you?"

Xia Ningqi covered her face helplessly, "Okay, I agree."

"Yay! I can sleep in the same bed as Sister Xia!"

Su Qing, carrying her schoolbag, happily entered the house.

"By the way, Sister Xia, why isn't Brother Nan inside? Has he not returned yet?"

"Probably..."

Xia Ningqi was furious. Anyway, he never told her where he went, so she guessed he was off gallivanting somewhere again.

...

After inviting Su Qing to sit down, Xia Ningqi began to teach her step by step.

Su Qing was full of energy.

"Hmph, I'm going to beat that annoying guy this time. He was still upset about losing five candies last time, and now he wants to compete with me again. I will never lose to him."

Are kids these days so competitive?

Xia Ningqi recalled her childhood, when she studied hard every day with only one goal: to get into a good university, find a good job in a big city, and eventually take her grandmother out of the impoverished mountains.

If it weren't for this goal as motivation, she wouldn't have studied so diligently.

"Sister Xia, please teach me this problem quickly. It's so hard, I can't figure it out at all."

Su Qing pointed to a math problem.

Since it was a primary school level question, Xia Ningqi only needed to glance at it before she understood it. In addition, she had honed some teaching skills by teaching Qi Nan over the past few days, which made her explain the concepts step by step, making her no worse than a teacher.

Just as the two were getting into the swing of things, Xia Ningqi heard the sound of a key being opened in the next room.

Even a fool would know that Qi Nan is back.

However, Xia Ningqi did not choose to go to him immediately. After all, she was angry at the moment, and she would not take the initiative to approach him unless he came to her personally.

...

Qi Nan entered the house.

Seeing that Xia Ningqi didn't come to find him as usual, he took a shower first to get rid of the smell of tobacco and alcohol on himself.

After all, Xia Ningqi doesn't like this smell, and he knows it better than anyone else. If she smells it later, she might start teasing him about going out and fooling around.

Men don't need to spend much time showering.

About seven or eight minutes.

Qi Nan then walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel.

The odor on my body completely disappeared, leaving only the scent of shower gel mixed with shampoo.

At home, Qi Nan was very relaxed, wearing a Thunder "Dragon Map" battle robe that he bought online, which looked very "majestic".

but...

Xia Ningqi hasn't knocked on my door yet today...

Qi Nan sensed something was wrong.

He quickly thought of what happened last night. Was she angry?

Sure enough, I shouldn't have joked about touching your leg last night. Although I did manage to touch it, now I'm getting my comeuppance.

Just simple thinking.

Qi Nan then decided to go and apologize, since he needed Xia Ningqi's help; at least he couldn't do without her for the final exams.

If he's not even allowed to see the answers to the multiple-choice questions, then all his hard work these past few days will have been for nothing.

He looked around the room.

You can't go to apologize empty-handed.

But besides dumbbells, I don't seem to have anything else worth showing off in my room.

Should I give her dumbbells?

No, no, what if she develops a lot of muscles and punches me to death? That would be terrible.

Shifting focus.

Qi Nan finally focused his gaze on the black cat.

He remembered that Xia Ningqi had sprained her ankle last time because she was feeding stray cats, which led to her being hit by a car.

So she probably likes cats, right?

There's no other way. As the saying goes, "An army is raised for a thousand days to be used for one." I've fed you cat treats for so long, now it's your turn to repay me.

Meow~

The black cat tried to escape, but Qi Nan grabbed it.

"When you become a cat hostage later, remember to act cute so she'll be happy."

Black Cat: ....

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