Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

He's currently having a very close relationship with a pretty female teacher.

It's really lucky that all four of them had enough free time to get together after graduating from university.

Ai Qing enjoys this kind of life.

Even back in his school days, he often fantasized about having a job with freedom and leisure, living a carefree life, and occasionally inviting a few close friends over for drinks and fun.

It seems that he doesn't have many other pursuits.

Thinking of this, Ai Qing clinked glasses with Kong Fugui and drank half a cup of wine, then turned to look at the little fish beside her.

At this moment, Xiaoyu was still sipping her beer, her cheeks slightly flushed, which looked quite cute.

Ai Qing glanced at Xiao Yu's profile and then smiled.

Now, Xiaoyu has also entered my life, and what seemed like a missing piece has now been completely filled.

As for Li Qiqi, let's not even mention her.

This guy is just here to freeload.

His aunt Ai Huijun's family was well-off, and his uncle's family lived in the urban area of ​​Hangzhou, so Li Qiqi had been studying there since he was a child and was not very familiar with Kong Fugui and others.

However, Li Qiqi's situation is not much different from Xiao Youqian's.

However, Xiao Youqian's family gave her more freedom and was less strict with her, and also gave her more pocket money. Otherwise, Xiao Youqian would not have been able to open a pet hospital on her own.

In comparison, Li Qiqi's family is stricter and provides her with enough living expenses, but not more.

Relatively speaking, my requirements aren't that high. I just hope she can marry into a good family and live a peaceful life.

Li Qiqi has an older brother, so she doesn't need to worry much about the family business.

Besides, she didn't have that many thoughts; her mind was full of cute cats and dogs.

Ai Huijun originally planned to bring her along to do real estate brokerage business after she graduated, so that she would at least have some money-making skills.

In the end, nothing came of it.

"This one?"

After finishing their hotpot, the group started playing tortoise cards. Li Qiqi nervously stared at the last two cards in Ai Qing's hand; if she chose the right ones, Ai Qing would win.

But after she touched the card, she saw Ai Qing unconsciously clench her fist a little tighter.

Li Qiqi burst into laughter and pinched the card hard: "Let go! Why are you squeezing so hard?"

"Are you sure you want this one?" Ai Qing gritted her teeth and gripped it tightly. "Don't forget I'm the birthday girl."

"It's precisely because you're the birthday person that I can't just go through the motions! Not giving it my all would be disrespectful to the birthday person!" Li Qiqi's lips practically curled into a smile. With a swift movement, she snatched the card back, then froze, "Holy crap! Are you crazy for holding the tortoise card so tightly?!"

"I already asked you if you were sure you wanted this one, and I couldn't stop you no matter how hard I tried. What could I do?" Ai Qing said innocently. "Hurry up, it's my turn to draw."

"You're really shameless!" Li Qiqi's face twisted with anger. She quickly put the two cards behind her back, rearranged their order, and then presented them to Ai Qing.

Ai Qing wasn't as conflicted as her. She simply reached out and drew the tortoise shell, leaving it to Li Qiqi: "OK, you lost."

"How did you manage to draw the winning card on your first try?" Li Qiqi angrily threw the cards on the table.

Ai Qing across from her pouted: "You crumpled the tortoise shell just now, it was obvious at a glance."

Li Qiqi: "..."

"A bet's a bet, right? You stay seated." The birthday boy waved his hand and chuckled. "Sister Qian, bring me the lipstick."

"What are you so arrogant about?" Li Qiqi rolled her eyes. "It's not like you were the first to win."

As she spoke, Li Qiqi snatched the lipstick that Xiao Youqian handed her and stuffed it into the hand of Xiaoyu, the winner of this round: "Xiaoyu, make it a little smaller, okay?"

"Don't listen to her." Ai Qing leaned closer to Xiao Yu, pointed to the artwork covering her entire face, and sneered, "You should have been mentally prepared before doing something like this."

Xiaoyu looked at Ai Qing's face, which was covered in lipstick, then at Li Qiqi, blinked her innocent big eyes, and said softly, "Qiqi, it's your birthday today, so sit still and don't move."

Li Qiqi: "..."

After finishing the hot pot, the six of them sat in a circle on the sofa, playing cards and chatting to clear their stomachs and digest some food before eating some birthday cake.

Ai Qing was very satisfied with the birthday cake Xiao Yu made. It was chocolate flavored, which he liked, and it didn't have any fruit inside.

However, even after all six of them had eaten their fill, there was still quite a bit of cake left.

First, Kong Fugui rolled his eyes, secretly dipped some cream in his hand, and pretended to care as he wiped it off Ai Qing's lips: "You have something stuck to your lips, let me wipe it off for you."

I casually drew a Nike logo for Ai Qing, and the people around me were secretly trying not to laugh.

Although Ai Qing felt it was a bit strange that her good brother took the initiative to wipe the corner of her mouth, she didn't notice anything amiss at first.

It wasn't until Li Qiqi across from her couldn't hold back her laughter any longer and collapsed onto the sofa that Ai Qing suddenly realized what was happening. She touched her own face, then chuckled, getting cream all over her hand, and slapped Kong Fugui across the face: "Come on, come on, this is a reward for the birthday boy."

"Holy crap! You're ruthless!" Kong Fugui didn't have time to dodge and was smeared with cream all over his face. He wiped it off with his left and right hands and pretended to fight back.

As a result, the moment he got close to Ai Qing, he touched Wu Yong and Xiao Youqian's faces.

"Gui Gui!" Xiao Youqian didn't have time to dodge and gritted her teeth. "I'm wearing makeup! You want to die?! Don't run away!"

The whole room was thrown into chaos. Xiao Youqian, who had been chasing Kong Fugui all over the room, realized she couldn't catch up, so she ran up behind Xiaoyu and Li Qiqi and launched a sneak attack.

Now, everyone in the room was all smiles, laughing and cursing.

Ai Qing even drew a kitten on Xiao Yu's face with cream, and Xiao Yu returned the favor by drawing a pig.

The commotion lasted until after 10 p.m. before the six of them finally calmed down, and they were all covered in grime.

Even Vera, who was squatting on the windowsill watching the show, was caught in the crossfire; someone smeared some cream on her head.

Xiao Youqian pulled Li Qiqi to her apartment across the hall to clean up, while Kong Fugui and Wu Yong went to the bathroom in the living room.

Ai Qing and Xiao Yu naturally went to the master bedroom.

However, before going in, Xiaoyu specifically asked Xiao Youqian a question.

"Sister Youxi".

"what happened?"

Can you eat lipstick?

"Um... it's fine if you eat a little bit." Xiao Youqian said, then gave Xiaoyu a rather ambiguous look, and chuckled as she pulled Li Qiqi to the other side.

At this moment, Ai Qing was already standing in front of the mirror in the master bathroom. She looked at her face in the mirror a couple of times, and then turned on the faucet.

But then Xiaoyu came in and tugged at Aiqing's sleeve.

Ai Qing turned her head to look at her, puzzled, before being pulled around by Xiao Yu.

The little fish tiptoed, wrapped its arms around Ai Qing's neck, and stuck out its little tongue to gently lick the cream on his face.

"Brother, don't move."

……

"Where is my brother?" After cleaning up first, Li Qiqi let Xiao Youqian come back first because Xiao Youqian's clothes were also stained with cream and she needed to change.

Upon entering the house, she saw Kong Fugui and Wu Yong sitting on the sofa eating snacks, and immediately asked out of curiosity.

"She's probably washing her face in the bedroom." Kong Fugui opened a bottle of juice for himself and gulped down a big mouthful. "What did Lao Wu say today? How about we go back later? It's rare for us to get together."

"Hmm." Wu Yong thought for a moment, then glanced at the time; it was almost 11 p.m.

As is his usual habit, he should be getting ready to go home by this time to avoid being nagged by his mother.

But now that his job has stabilized, and it's his good friend's birthday today, Wu Yong nodded in agreement: "I'll send my mom a WeChat message to let her know."

"Okay!" Kong Fugui put his arm around Wu Yong's shoulder. "Hehe, let's have some more wine later."

Li Qiqi was already walking towards the master bedroom when she heard the sound of running water coming from the bathroom.

She walked to the bathroom door, knocked, and asked, "Xiaoyu, are you done yet?"

"Hmm...um...Qiqi?"

The sound of the little fish came out intermittently from inside.

"Little Fish has cream on her clothes, so she needs to change them and take a bath while she's at it." Ai Qing's voice came from inside, seemingly calm, but actually a little breathless.

But Li Qiqi didn't notice; the faint breathing was completely masked by the sound of water inside.

So she simply nodded and said, "Then we'll wait for you in the living room."

After saying that, she walked out of the bedroom and thoughtfully closed the door behind her.

After the bedroom door was closed, the sounds from the bathroom became even more intense.

Chapter 216 Sharing Hidden Knowledge

When Xiaoyu and Aiqing came out of the bathroom, Xiaoyu's hair was wet.

"I forgot to bring in the birthday present that Sister Youqian gave me, otherwise I should have tried on the new ones."

“There’s plenty of time later.” Ai Qing, holding a hairdryer, followed Xiao Yu toward the living room. “I don’t know who it was, trying to seduce me as soon as they entered the bathroom. Otherwise, this wouldn’t have happened. Qi Qi almost caught us just now.”

"Little Fish didn't think that much about it, she just wanted to help her brother clean his face." Little Fish's sweet and cute voice sounded quite innocent.

"Then I really thank you." Ai Qing said with a speechless look, "Our little fish is so well-behaved."

"hey-hey."

The two people came out of the bedroom.

Xiao Youqian had already changed into clean clothes, and the four of them were playing cards.

Ai Qing pulled Xiao Yu to sit down on a chair next to her, plugged in the hair dryer, and started drying Xiao Yu's hair.

"Tsk tsk tsk." Kong Fugui clicked his tongue when he saw this scene. "That's too much. They even came all the way to our place to blow-dry their hair. There's a limit to how much you can show off your love."

"I should have washed my hair too," Xiao Youqian chuckled. "The birthday boy could have blow-dried my hair too."

"Little Fish can help Sister Youqian blow-dry her hair." Little Fish enjoyed Ai Qing's service and then said with a serious expression.

"Jealous little fish are cute too." Xiao Youqian reached out and pinched her cheek. "You two just took a shower in the bathroom, you didn't do anything naughty, did you?"

"No." Little Fish shook her head, thinking to herself, how could that be a bad thing?

It's so comfortable, it's the best thing in the world.

After drying Xiaoyu's hair, the group stopped playing cards, shared some snacks, drank some beer, and sprawled on the sofa chatting.