We ordinary people also need to fall in love.

Li Mubai looked down and saw a Ragdoll cat slowly walk over to Xie Shu and lie down next to him.

"Xie Shu, is this your cat?"

It seems like he asked a silly question. If a cat appears in someone else's house, it's very likely that the person owns it. Li Mubai was just confirming something.

Xie Shu remained silent for a while, then gave a soft "hmm".

Puppet...Words and books.

The doubts that had been temporarily set aside resurfaced, and they remained silent, tacitly agreeing to remain silent.

An orange figure rushed over, climbed onto the doll, and started playing around.

"Meow!"

Ragdoll meowed, and the two cats quickly ran away, leaping and bounding around the room.

Is this a big orange?

They look somewhat alike in appearance and build, but their personalities seem different. The orange tabby is probably a very lazy cat, not this lively...

"This is a big orange cat," Xie Shu said calmly, watching the cat playing and laughing.

A big orange?!

"Xie Shu, you... went that day too?"

"Yes." Xie Shu nodded slightly. "I didn't stay long. After adopting Daju, I left."

"..."

"I also bought jasmine flowers," she continued. "If they bloom, you can take a picture and show it to me."

The flowers are blooming along the path; you may slowly return home now…

The advantage of orange cats is their friendliness towards people, but the disadvantage is that they are friendly to everyone. After arriving at their new home, they completely forgot about Li Mubai, the person who once gave them a meal.

"Daju seems to really like your stuffed animal," Li Mubai said, trying to change the subject.

"Yes, they often sleep together in each other's arms at night." Xie Shu took a sip of tea and asked, "By the way, you really like books, right? Would you like to see my study?"

Is it convenient?

It seems like there's nothing else to do.

"certainly."

Xie Shu got up and led him upstairs. Pushing open a door, he saw a simple, light white bed. Li Mubai immediately looked away and stared straight ahead, making sure his eyes didn't wander.

Weren't we taking him to the study? This looks more like a bedroom!

Xie Shu pushed open another door, revealing that the study was inside the bedroom.

Li Mubai walked in and found that the study was quite large. Several walnut-colored solid wood bookshelves with glass doors were against the wall, filled with rows of books. A bookshelf on the edge held various competition trophies.

He shifted his gaze to the desk by the window, where there was a book with a yellow cover and another... Xiyue Poetry Journal.

Xie Shu subtly blocked his view:

"These are all my books; maybe we'll end up with the same one."

"There are quite a lot; I don't have that many books," Li Mubai said with a sigh, choosing to skip the topic for now.

Through the glass, he found two books with yellow covers in the bookshelf, which should be the same set as the ones on the table—"Detailed Annotations on Du Fu's Poems," and next to it was Wang Li's "The Study of Chinese Poetic Prosody."

Indeed, we have a few of the same books.

"Xie Shu, why does your family want you to go abroad?" he suddenly asked.

"They want me to study business at Nottingham." Xie Shu didn't say much; his true purpose would only put too much pressure on Li Mubai.

Business studies? But there wasn't a single business-related book in Xie Shu's bookcase.

"Isn't it strange that someone who wants to study business doesn't have a single book on the subject?" Xie Shu chuckled, sounding like he was making fun of himself.

It is said that even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes. Li Mubai was not an upright official, but he could not interfere in other people's families either. He nodded imperceptibly.

"I prefer humanities to business studies." Xie Shu tidied up the books on the table and put them back in the bookcase.

The glass door prevents the dust from outside from contaminating the books, but it also locks them away from outsiders who want to read them.

She raised her arm, glanced at her watch, and said:

"Let's go, it's almost lunchtime. Let's go get something to eat together. We might not have this chance again."

"……good."

Xie Shu tidied up a bit. She cleaned the teacup that Li Mubai had used, dried it with paper, put it back in the box, and locked it in the cabinet.

Big Orange was a heartless stray cat. He didn't even come to see Li Mubai off when he was leaving. Instead, he lay on the sofa and slept quietly, hugging his plush toy.

The joy here makes me forget Li Mubai.

"By the way, are you bringing Xie Shu, the big orange tree, along with you?"

"Take it with you, hopefully he won't have any problems adjusting to the new environment." She took out her phone. "What do you want to eat?"

"Anything is fine." He didn't really want to eat anything.

"Let's go to a Western restaurant then."

Western food? Wouldn't it be very expensive? That was Li Mubai's first thought.

"it is good."

However, he has saved a lot of money now. Saving money is nothing more than increasing income and reducing expenditure. Increasing income is a bit difficult, but he can reduce expenditure. Can't a thousand yuan be enough for a meal?

The Western restaurant Xie Shu mentioned was not far from the villa area; it took about ten minutes to walk there.

Looking at the exquisitely decorated store, Li Mubai felt inexplicably apprehensive, but thinking of the thousand yuan he still had on his phone, he calmed down a bit and followed Xie Shu into the store to find a table to sit down.

This was a small shop. Although the decoration was exquisite, it was not as full of upper-class people as Li Mubai remembered. In fact, it could be described as deserted.

Will the food at a restaurant like this be good? A doubt arose in Li Mubai's mind.

"Hello, we accept QR code orders here. What would you like?" the waiter said mechanically.

Xie Shu scanned the QR code with his phone and then placed the phone in front of him.

"Let's see what you'd like to eat."

Li Mubai looked at the menu, not to order food, but to check the prices.

"Sir, we recommend ordering a set meal for two; it's delicious and reasonably priced." The waiter handed over a menu.

Li Mubai's gaze shifted to the couple's set meal, 298 RMB.

It's not impossible if you grit your teeth and try.

He looked at Xie Shu sitting opposite him, his eyes asking a question.

Xie Shu took the menu, glanced at it, and nodded slightly without much hesitation.

"Okay, I'll take this one."

The waiter left, and the surroundings quieted down, with only a few diners occasionally taking photos and checking in.

The Western restaurant was bathed in soft yellow light, creating a hazy atmosphere. Xie Shu tilted her head slightly, resting her cheek on her hand. She didn't smile, and her eyes were indifferent. She just quietly watched him without saying a word.

"What's wrong? Class...Class monitor." Li Mubai felt embarrassed by her unwavering gaze.

"Do you remember the Little Prince?" she asked.

"I remember, I finished reading that book not long ago."

"What touches me most about this sleeping little prince is his loyalty to a flower; and the image of that rose, even while he sleeps, is like a beacon illuminating his heart..."

Xie Shu read a passage from the original book, paused, looked at him, and asked a question that startled Li Mubai:

"Li Mu Bai, do you see yourself as the rose? Or the Little Prince?"

"Gentlemen, these are the drinks included in our set meal. Please enjoy."

The waiter was inappropriate...

No, it should be said that she saved Li Mubai. She brought over two drinks, one pale gold and one rose red.