Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

The greenery in the community is beautiful, but it's too neat and orderly, and after a while it looks a bit artificial.

Running along the road in this mountain town, breathing in the fresh air, this feeling of freedom is truly a rare treat.

Before long, he and Xiaoyu disappeared into the woods by the roadside, running down the slope and leaping onto tree branches, feeling their cat paws firmly gripping the bark.

With the warmth of the climate and without the physique of the large orange cats in the cat cafe, Ai Qing's orange cats are very agile in the mountains and forests.

After gradually getting used to the cat's body, he began to immerse himself in it.

Little Fish followed nimbly behind him, and the two cats darted swiftly through the forest, soon arriving at the lake in the middle of the mountain.

Normally, it would take ten or twenty minutes to walk down the mountain path from the small town halfway up the mountain to reach the lakeside to enjoy the scenery.

But after the two transformed into cats, they quickly descended the slope and arrived in just a few minutes.

After glancing around and finding no one, Ai Qing transformed back into human form.

The little fish next to it immediately turned back to normal.

The two stood by the lake, gazing out. The lakeside was quiet and peaceful at night, with the outlines of the distant mountains appearing and disappearing intermittently.

The hazy moonlight hanging on the edge of the sky creates a unique kind of beauty.

Xiao Yu held Ai Qing's arm and looked at the lake. Her mood calmed down, and she thoroughly enjoyed the tranquility of the moment.

"It's so beautiful!" Little Fish exclaimed.

"It wasn't a wasted trip." Ai Qing took out her phone and took a picture of the lake.

Then Xiaoyu, not to be outdone, took out her phone to take pictures.

However, she didn't just take pictures of the scenery; she also dragged Ai Qing into taking photos together, resulting in many selfies.

Around 5:30, the two looked around to make sure no one was nearby, then transformed back into cats. With the help of the warm current, they quickly climbed towards the town halfway up the mountain.

When the two found a deserted alley and transformed back into humans, they walked towards the villa's courtyard, and heard someone calling their names from the third floor.

"Ai Qing, Xiao Yu! What are you doing?" Xiao Youqian, wearing pajamas, stood by the window of the second bedroom on the third floor and looked downstairs, asking with a curious expression.

"I got up a little early, so I went out for a walk," Ai Qing replied. "You change your clothes first, I'll go wake up Gui Gui and Lao Wu."

"OK."

Xiao Youqian turned around and went back into the house.

Ai Qing, pulling Xiao Yu along, said as they went upstairs, "Go and wake Qi Qi too, don't let her stay in bed too long."

"Doesn't Qiqi sleep with Sister Youqian?"

"How would I know if they slept together or not? You should go and check."

"And what about Sister Qiaohe?"

“She doesn’t need to be woken up,” Ai Qing said, waving her hand. “If she really gets up late, let Lao Wu wake her up.”

With the group split into two, everyone got up quickly.

The group was fully equipped, and Xiao Youqian reminded them, "Let's go up the mountain to watch the sunrise first, and then we'll go straight to the ski resort."

"We'll have lunch over there, and then we'll go to the open-air hot spring next door in the afternoon, so remember to bring your swimsuits so you don't have to waste time coming back to get them."

Xiao Youqian efficiently arranged the rest of the itinerary. Everyone brought their swimsuits and then boarded the minibus.

At this time, the moon is bright and the stars are few. In the dead of winter, it will not be light until at least seven o'clock, but the sunrise time will be relatively earlier.

Anji Mountain is only a few hundred meters high, and it's not exactly a spectacular spot for watching the sunrise.

However, upon closer inspection, the highest peak on the east side of Anji Mountain is already considered the highest point around Hangzhou.

For example, Linping Mountain, which Ai Qing and Xiao Yu climbed before, is only about 200 meters high.

After the minibus set off, it only took about twenty minutes to reach the top of the mountain.

This mountain road has been developed and can be considered a sunrise viewing spot, but it is far less famous than the ski resort and open-air hot springs here.

It's Chinese New Year again, and most people are still visiting each other to exchange New Year's greetings. Families with the means are also traveling to more distant places.

On the other hand, there are very few people visiting the summit of Anji Mountain.

So after getting off the minibus, the group of seven easily found the best spot to watch the sunrise, facing southeast.

Xiao Youqian took out a picnic blanket and spread it on the lawn.

Little Fish put all the snacks she had brought on the plate.

Kong Fugui yawned, plopped down on the blanket, and rubbed his still sleepy eyes: "I'm so sleepy."

"No...you were clearly the first one to go back to your room to sleep yesterday, weren't you?" Xiao Youqian sat down next to him, glanced at Kong Fugui's appearance, and was immediately speechless. "Out of the seven of us, you're the most sleepy right now. What did you do after you went back to your room last night?"

“I did everything, but I didn’t sleep.” Kong Fugui rolled his eyes. “It’s not like I can just go back to my room and fall asleep the moment I hit the bed. My biological clock doesn’t allow me to go to sleep that early.”

"Then why did you go back to your room? You might as well come out and play with us."

"Hehe." Kong Fugui pursed his lips. "But I wanted to go to the hot springs, but Sister Qian didn't agree."

"Weren't Lao Wu and the others having a great time playing billiards?"

"Heh." Kong Fugui sneered, "Don't think I don't know, is that billiards they're playing? I used to play that kind of billiards a lot."

Ai Qing: "..."

Wu Yong: "..."

Xiao Yu's face remained expressionless, but Xie Qiaohe, standing beside her, lowered her head shyly upon hearing this, her cheeks flushing slightly.

Especially when he thought about the way Wu Yong half-huddled up to him while playing billiards last night, he felt his body warm up and didn't even feel the cold wind on the mountaintop.

Li Qiqi, who was standing to the side, was also a little sleepy. She yawned slightly and rested her head on Xiaoyu's shoulder without any hesitation.

Seeing the sleepiness on her face, Xiaoyu couldn't help but ask, "Qiqi, did you not sleep well last night either?"

"It's alright." Li Qiqi closed her eyes and then said, "It's just that it's rare for me to sleep with a girl. We chatted for a long time last night, and I don't even know what time I fell asleep. Anyway, it was very late."

Fortunately, we managed to get some sleep on the minibus, so everyone's mental state isn't too bad.

As the time passed six o'clock, and slowly approached six-thirty, a hazy light began to appear on the distant horizon.

Even before the sun rises, the sunlight below the horizon has already painted the sky with a blush of color.

"Brother, why is it already bright before we can even see the sun?" Little Fish asked curiously in a low voice.

"You didn't study physics seriously, did you?" Ai Qing whispered with a smile in her ear. "Do you remember what I taught you before? When light enters water from the air, it is refracted, just like when you stick chopsticks into water, it looks like the chopsticks are broken when you look at it from the outside of the cup."

“I know that,” Little Fish nodded vigorously, proving that she had studied it carefully. “But the sun isn’t in the water.”

“You haven’t grasped the essence of it,” Ai Qing said, shaking her head. “Light refracts when it enters water. The fundamental reason is that the density of water is different from that of air.”

"So you can think of our air as something like seawater. Fish are animals that live in seawater, and we are animals that live in seawater called air."

“And in the sky, there is another kind of ‘seawater’ with a different density.”

"So when sunlight shines, the air density is different at an altitude of about 1,000 meters, and it will refract like light entering water from the air."

Little Fish sat obediently next to Ai Qing, listening with some confusion, and it took her a while to understand the reasoning behind it.

At that moment, Li Qiqi exclaimed in surprise, "Look, look! The sun is out!"

The seven people on the picnic mat reacted in different ways.

Li Qiqi and Xiao Youqian jumped up from the blanket and ran excitedly to the railing to look into the distance, all while recording videos with their phones.

Xie Qiaohe was a beat slow, but she immediately stood up from the blanket. She even waited until Wu Yong also stood up before holding his hand and standing together by the railing.

Ai Qing was also pulled up by Xiao Yu and found a good spot.

However, Xiaoyu took the initiative, pulling Aiqing to stand behind her and hugging her from behind.

The two of them used the same pose when they first watched the sunrise on Linping Mountain.

This is considered a standard action for small fish watching the sunrise.

Before leaving, Kong Fugui slowly finished the bag of potato chips in his hand, then clapped his hands, stood up from the picnic mat, and leisurely walked to the railing.

He wasn't particularly interested in watching the sunrise, but since he had come with his friend, he certainly couldn't spoil the fun.

Yawning, Kong Fugui stood over to Li Qiqi, away from the two couples on the other side, and took out his phone to symbolically take a picture, finally proving that he had been there.

As time went by, the sun in the distant sky, like a lotus bud just beginning to peek out, gradually began to reveal its true face.

A bright, round sun, bathed in golden light, shone down on the surrounding treetops.

Ai Qing squinted at the distant sun, then looked down at the golden edges of Xiao Yu's hair, rested her chin on Xiao Yu's head, and hugged her even tighter.

Wu Yong glanced at Ai Qing and Xiao Yu, then at Xie Qiaohe, who was holding hands with him.

Then he looked at the rising sun in the distance, swallowed hard, and silently moved behind Xie Qiaohe, tentatively hugging his girlfriend in a similar manner.

Xie Qiaohe naturally sensed Wu Yong's actions, but said nothing and silently accepted the hug, even obediently snuggling closer to Wu Yong's chest.

Feeling the softness and warmth in his arms, Wu Yong felt fortunate.

Fortunately, I mustered up the courage to invite Xie Qiaohe on this short trip.

Otherwise, given his personality, it would be difficult for his relationship with Xie Qiaohe to progress so rapidly.

This time, by simply listening to Kong Fugui's advice and imitating Ai Qing's movements, he finally made significant progress.

This is something to celebrate.

Once the sun had completely risen below the horizon, Xiao Youqian immediately asked the other guests nearby to take a group photo of the seven of them with the sunrise as their backdrop, as a memento.

"OK, OK~ We've finished watching the sunrise, let's head to the ski resort!"

After the seven of them cleaned up the trash, Xiao Youqian put away the picnic mat, and then everyone boarded the minibus.

Those who were tired began to close their eyes and take a nap in the car, but Li Qiqi, Xiao Youqian, and the others were full of energy after watching the sunrise and sat together to start editing photos.

Xiaoyu curiously knelt on the chair and leaned against the backrest to watch them edit the photos: "Will this look better?"

"Of course!" Xiao Youqian nodded. "This group photo was taken with the lights off, so our faces are a bit dark. We can brighten it up and then reshape our faces a bit."

"Little Fish, don't bother looking. We still need to retouch it. Your face is already perfect, so don't waste time photoshopping it," Li Qiqi added from the side.

“You’ve finally said something sensible.” Ai Qing from the front seat chimed in at the right moment, only to be met with eye rolls from Li Qiqi and Xiao Youqian.

Little Fish blinked, not intending to edit the photos, but simply finding it quite novel to watch them edit them, and stared at them the whole way.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the ski resort. The group got out of the car, ate breakfast that Manager Tingting had prepared, and then went to the lounge to change into their ski suits.