Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

Judging from this, learning to speak is still a long way off.

"I'm going out tonight," Ai Qing said, pressing her shoulder with a serious expression. "I'm going out with friends to eat and drink. I might come home a little late."

"You stay home and don't open the door for strangers, understand?"

Little Fish also looked very serious, her expression growing more and more earnest as she listened. Finally, she smiled happily, raised her hand, and said in a clear and distinct voice, "Eat, eat, eat... food!"

Okay, okay, you're so smart, aren't you?

Ai Qing gently rubbed her head, her snow-white hair caressing his palm.

Unconsciously, subconsciously, he touched the little fish's cat ears.

It's so soft, and it even shrinks back and forth, it's so cute.

However, Ai Qing was too embarrassed to pet it any longer and immediately withdrew her hand: "Then I'll go first. You take good care of the house. I've already set the cat food timer, and it will automatically feed the cat at six o'clock."

"Hmm?" Little Fish felt the warm current flowing into her body suddenly thicken and then thin again. Realizing that Ai Qing had left, she immediately climbed up the bed to the other side near the door.

When Ai Qing saw her following, she chuckled and simply reached out, took her arm, and helped her off the bed. While they were leaving, she taught her to walk.

Little Fish doesn't know anything about learning to walk; she simply feels a lot of warmth flowing into her body when Ai Qing holds her hand.

It's warm and cozy, very comfortable.

So much so that when Ai Qing led her to the door and let go of her hand to turn around and leave, Xiao Yu couldn't help herself and, being unsteady on her feet, lunged forward and hugged Ai Qing's back.

Well!

Xiaoyu closed her eyes tightly, feeling as if her whole body was being filled with Aiqing's warm current.

At the same time, there was a knock on the door.

Xiao Youqian's voice came from outside the door.

"Ai Qing! Are you ready? We're about to leave."

Ai Qing: "..."

He really wanted to set off.

But how can I bear to do this now?

It seems like Xiaoyu has become increasingly clingy lately.

Did he put catnip on himself?

Chapter 29 Little Fish Called!

After finally managing to pry Xiaoyu's hands open, Ai Qing pulled her to the sofa and pressed her down there.

Without Ai Qing's support, Xiao Yu was still unsteady on her feet and could only sit on the sofa, watching Ai Qing leave.

After opening the door, Ai Qing greeted Xiao Youqian: "Sister Qian, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting. Let's go."

"Hmm." Xiao Youqian nodded, glanced into the room, and asked curiously, "Where's Xiaoyu? I can't see her."

"Ahem... She's playing in the living room, just leave her alone." Ai Qing guiltily blocked Xiao Youqian's view, quickly walked out of the house, and closed the door.

If Sister Qian saw Xiaoyu's human form and the clothes she was wearing, she would probably imagine a whole drama unfolding in her mind.

……

The southern section of Jinpan Yunting Mansion is much more vibrant than the northern section, which was only built two years ago.

Especially as soon as you enter the community, around dusk, the elderly, children, and middle-aged people returning home from get off work are all coming and going.

Two streets to the west of the South District is the local Fifth Primary School, and further west is the Second Middle School.

So there's nothing wrong with using this place as a school district property.

It was the time when elementary school students were letting out, and a large group of them were attacking the residential area.

The families in the community all used to be from the same village, so they knew each other and would greet each other and exchange pleasantries.

When elders who knew Ai Qing and Xiao Youqian called their names, they were required to respond politely.

"So where are the Gui Gui people?" Ai Qing turned her head and asked, "Didn't we say we'd meet at the entrance of the residential area?"

"They said they were called away at the last minute to pick up my younger brother from school." Xiao Youqian took out her phone and glanced at it. "They told us to wait a few minutes."

The two weren't in a hurry. They walked to the small park in the middle of the neighborhood and saw Ai Lisong playing chess with someone in the pavilion not far away.

"Isn't that Grandpa Ai?" Xiao Youqian, with her sharp eyes, was the first to spot him and pointed him out to Ai Qing.

Upon seeing this, Ai Qing immediately strolled over and stood behind Ai Lisong for a couple of glances.

The old man on the other side has a chariot, a horse, and a cannon, while my grandfather only has two chariots left. It looks like the situation is quite critical.

“If your carriage doesn’t come back soon, it’ll be a dead end. Look, he’ll dismount and block the way. It’ll be hard for you to get back,” Ai Qing reminded her from the side.

"What's the rush? I know." Ai Lisong's mind was completely on the chessboard. He noticed that the opponent's knight was in considerable danger, so he quickly moved his rook back.

The old man opposite recognized Ai Qing. Seeing that his last few steps had been exposed, he glanced up and said, "Grandpa and granddaughter coming at me together, huh?"

"Huh?" Ai Lisong turned his head and saw that it was his grandson giving him advice. "You little rascal, what are you doing here?"

"I was supposed to go out to dinner with Gui Gui and the others, so I'm waiting for him here with Sister Qian," Ai Qing said with a smile. "Grandpa, what are you doing here? Are you at the supermarket?"

“Your grandma can watch it. I’ll let her watch the supermarket for a while. What can she do?” Ai Lisong said, stroking his beard. “Don’t say anything, or people will say I won unfairly.”

Ai Qing stopped getting involved and sat down with Xiao Youqian next to the pavilion to rest.

Outside the pavilion was a small pond, and inside the pavilion, two old men were playing chess, surrounded by a group of other old men who would occasionally point and comment on the chessboard.

As the sun sets, tall buildings partially obscure the view, cutting the remaining light into long strips that also divide the pond in two.

A lazy kitten yawns on a rock by the pond.

The sheriff, dressed entirely in black on his back and white on his belly, strolled into the small pavilion. Upon seeing an acquaintance, he ran to the seat next to Ai Qing.

Ai Qing reached out and touched the sheriff's head, then scratched his chin.

Xiao Youqian, who was standing to the side, laughed and said, "Be careful when you get home, Xiaoyu might smell another cat and get angry with you."

"No, Xiaoyu has a very good personality."

"I remember last time she pushed Vera away and wouldn't let you touch her."

"I was just joking with Vera," Ai Qing shook her head, defending Xiao Yu.

The two chatted casually for a while, and Kong Fugui finally found this place.

"Hey, here you are?" Kong Fugui walked into the pavilion, first greeting Ai Lisong, then walking over to Ai Qing and Xiao Youqian. "Let's go find Old Wu."

"Did your brother receive it?" Ai Qing asked.

"I picked it up and just dropped it off at home."

"It was sent back? I was thinking of asking you some questions."

"Huh?" Kong Fugui was a little confused. "What do you want to ask my brother?"

“Isn’t he still in elementary school? Does he still have his textbooks from grades one, two, three, and four?” Ai Qing said. “I’d like to borrow them.”

What are you going to do?

"It's for novel reference," Ai Qing offered her go-to excuse.

Xiao Youqian, standing to the side, looked puzzled: "What kind of novel are you writing? Why are you even using elementary school textbooks?"

"Can't my protagonist have a younger brother? I want to write a plot about teaching children how to learn, and I need to use textbooks for reference."

"Okay, I'll ask around for you later. They shouldn't be missing." Kong Fugui didn't think too much about it and nodded in agreement. Then he urged, "Let's go, let's go find Old Wu."

……

Like Kong Fugui, Wu Yong was Ai Qing's best friend during their childhood and school years.

Moreover, his academic performance was not good.

However, unlike Kong Fugui, Wu Yong's family was of modest means. His father, a former firefighter, had already died in a fire before the area was even demolished.

Therefore, Wu Yong was raised by his mother alone from elementary school onwards.

After failing the college entrance exam, Wu Yong simply joined the army.

Unexpectedly, I got injured recently and had to leave the team due to injury. Although I have recovered and it doesn't affect my daily life too much, I definitely can't do high-intensity training anymore.

Right now, all I can do is go home and wait for the government to arrange a job for me after I'm discharged.

“My boyfriend before me was in the army, but unfortunately he was transferred to another place last year, so we broke up.” Sitting in the passenger seat of Kong Fugui’s car, Xiao Youqian skillfully fastened her seatbelt and then said, “If Xiaoyong doesn’t mind a relationship between an older woman and a younger man, we can ask him to consider it.”

"Even rabbits know not to eat the grass near their burrows," Kong Fugui said with a chuckle, gripping the steering wheel. "Sister Qian, you've really gone too far. Don't bully our Lao Wu."

"Heh, why are you being so nosy? I was just joking." Xiao Youqian rolled her eyes at him, then sniffed the air from the passenger seat. "Your girlfriend is alright. Her taste in perfume is good, much better than the last one."

"And what about you?" Kong Fugui drove towards Wu Yong's house. "How long has it been since your last breakup? Still haven't you found someone?"

"I've been liking older men lately, but there are so many greasy old men out there. It's so hard to find a charming older man." Xiao Youqian lifted the sun visor, looked in the mirror, and fixed her hair.

Sitting in the back seat, Ai Qing listened to the two sea kings speak, unable to get a word in edgewise, until her phone suddenly rang.

I looked down.

"Little Fish" called.

Ai Qing: "...?"

What the hell is that?

Chapter 30 Wu Yong

Ai Qing has two phone cards.

The phone card is a family package, linked to Ai Zhongguo and Yao Qiang. Ai Qing doesn't usually have to pay; Ai Zhongguo will pay the bill on time every month.

The other phone card was obtained by Ai Qing when she was a naive and ignorant freshman, after being persuaded by a sweet and cute senior.

The phone card alone cost two hundred.

With the addition of the campus-exclusive packages that were gradually tricked into being activated, the senior student can probably earn a lot of commission.

Later, Ai Qing would only use the campus phone card when there was any information to fill out at school; otherwise, she rarely used it.