Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

“That younger brother is quite good-looking. I’ve always liked younger guys,” Xiao Youqian said confidently. “He’s better looking than any of you. Oh, no, he’s probably not as good-looking as Xiao Yong.”

"Then why don't you consider our old Wu?" Kong Fugui said with a smile, putting his arm around Wu Yong's shoulder.

“I can consider it.” Xiao Youqian also joked with a smile, raising her glass to Wu Yong. “Actually, I’m more interested in finding an older man lately, but if you don’t mind, Xiao Yong, you can jump the queue.”

Wu Yong waved his hands repeatedly: "I don't like people older than me."

"Hahahaha!" Kong Fugui burst into laughter.

Xiao Youqian wasn't annoyed, she just gave him a slightly annoyed look: "You really have no sense of romance, how are you going to find a wife like this?"

After the banter, the dice game continued.

In the fifth game, it was Ai Qing's turn to lose again.

This time, Ai Qing was smarter and raised her hand, saying, "I'm not playing Truth or Dare anymore, I'll choose Truth or Dare."

"Are you sure?" Kong Fugui raised an eyebrow. "Then go to the first floor, I'll pick a girl for you, you go up..."

"Hey, hey, hey!" Xiao Youqian interrupted him halfway through, "That's so boring, let me tell you one!"

"I want to see Ai Qing's phone! Open Taobao, open the shopping cart, and we'll choose three items right now for you to buy."

As she spoke, Xiao Youqian added, "I'll reimburse the expenses, okay?"

Everyone would be happy about something this good.

But before she could finish speaking, Ai Qing's expression changed drastically.

Chapter 33 Unrequited Love?

As we all know, all major app platforms nowadays, regardless of their algorithm technology, are building user profiles and then pushing various information based on user habits.

At Xiao Youqian's command, Wu Yong, a former soldier, captured Ai Qing without hesitation.

So Ai Qing could only watch helplessly as Xiao Youqian took her beloved phone and played with it carefully.

"By the way, who is this character?" Xiao Youqian glanced at Ai Qing's phone case, which featured a very pretty anime girl.

With her hands clasped behind her back by Wu Yong, Ai Qing said with a helpless expression, "Kamisato Ayaka."

"Oh, I think I've heard of that before." Xiao Youqian nodded. "Which game is it from?"

She wasn't very interested in the game. After asking the question, she tapped the phone screen and unlocked it by pointing it at Ai Qing's face.

However, she wasn't in a hurry to watch, and asked again, "This time it was your choice of dare, but we will only watch it if you agree."

“I think the adventure that Gui Gui mentioned is better,” Ai Qing said without hesitation.

"Sure, go downstairs now, I'll pick a girl, you go up to her, hold her hand, and then say super loudly, 'Will you be my girlfriend?'"

Kong Fugui said, sipping his wine beside him.

"See? See?" Ai Qing's body went limp. She regretted choosing dare.

But if I choose truth, I'm afraid Sister Qian will ask me something related to Xiaoyu again.

He can lie and get away with it, but his conscience will hurt.

Now that we've already failed once before, what's one more time?

Ai Qing closed her eyes, willingly accepting the judgment.

However, when Xiao Youqian opened her Taobao shopping cart, she was still shocked by the dazzling array of products inside.

Kong Fugui and Wu Yong noticed her strange expression and came over to admire her, only to be dumbfounded.

"Have you finished looking? Give it back to me when you're done." Ai Qing said speechlessly, and reached out to take the phone back.

But Xiao Youqian dodged away in a flash: "Don't rush, I promised to buy you three things."

"Ai Qing, you're amazing, so many good things." Kong Fugui clicked his tongue in admiration, which was understandable. "But be careful with your spending, don't overspend."

He's not worried about whether Ai Qing has any strange quirks, since Kong Fugui knows that Ai Qing has found a very pretty girlfriend.

The items in these shopping carts are probably all intended for his girlfriend.

But this amount was really too much, and Kong Fugui was genuinely worried that Ai Qing might have given the young girl too many gold coins.

Wu Yong was unaware of these things and was shocked, never expecting that his former good brother would have such a hobby.

Take a look at the items saved in your shopping cart.

Twenty or thirty pieces of clothing for girls, including various dresses, sundresses, knitwear, short-sleeved T-shirts, and JK uniform skirts...

There are also all kinds of shoes for girls, such as white sneakers, British-style leather shoes, casual sneakers, genuine leather combat boots...

There were even girls' underwear, socks, and other clothing!

If Wu Yong hadn't seen Ai Qing using this phone with his own eyes, he would have thought it was Xiao Youqian's phone just by looking at the Taobao shopping cart interface.

Fortunately, as I scrolled further down, I finally found some things that guys would use.

Bluetooth earphones, folding phones, ergonomic chairs, height-adjustable computer desks, cat food, freeze-dried food, canned cat food, cat litter...

Ok?

Why are there anime-themed Fiji cups and body pillows shaped like the character "涩情人" (a Japanese term for a woman who is sexually suggestive)?!

……

When the phone was returned to Ai Qing, she had already collapsed on the sofa, looking utterly hopeless.

Soon, he felt his phone vibrate.

He picked up his phone and his eyes widened in surprise.

[Transfer from Xiao Youqian: 1000 yuan - Alipay message]

"Sister Qian?"

"I picked out three items and placed the order for you. It'll probably cost around 800." Xiao Youqian coughed twice, a little embarrassed. "I'm too lazy to keep track of the amount. Consider the extra as compensation for emotional distress."

"Wait, what did you buy for me?!" Ai Qing exclaimed in surprise.

"Don't worry, don't worry, these are all things from your shopping cart."

That's why I'm worried...

"How about we just cancel it? Otherwise you'll end up spending money on this."

"It's not that bad." Xiao Youqian waved her hand, put her arm around Ai Qing's shoulder, clinked glasses with him, and said while drinking, "Your grandma helped me promote the pet hospital before, saving me a lot of advertising fees. What's this compared to that?"

Ai Qing knew that Xiao Youqian and Kong Fugui were both well-off, so since she had said so, he didn't refuse her outright.

As for the consequences of the great adventure, well, Ai Qing isn't someone who can't handle the risks.

Moreover, hanging out with close friends and playfully arguing with each other actually makes him feel much more relaxed.

Social death, after a while, it gets better; it's not as scary as you imagine.

In the following rounds, Ai Qing did not lose again.

Xiao Youqian lost a few times, but she not only danced for them, but also personally shared her shopping cart, which broadened Ai Qing and Wu Yong's horizons.

Kong Fugui lost later, but he got what he wanted. He went downstairs and confessed his love to a girl, and she actually believed him. Kong Fugui was so scared that he quickly offered her a toast and apologized, and then slunk back.

Wu Yong always used a three-dimensional defense, only choosing to tell the truth, since there was nothing else to dig up about this guy anyway.

Around 10 p.m., Ai Qing decided to go home. The other three didn't stay any longer and left the bar together in Kong Fugui's car.

……

"So what were you thinking when you bought women's clothes before, and your shopping cart was full of women's clothes?"

As Xiao Youqian rode the elevator upstairs with Ai Qing, she voiced her doubts.

Ai Qing had been thinking about it all the way, but still felt that she couldn't expose Xiao Yu's situation.

But saying that he has a girlfriend would seem too fake.

After all, Kong Fugui was usually busy chasing girls and didn't have time to distinguish between the real and the fake.

Xiao Youqian lived across the hall, so it was easy to find out whether Ai Qing had any other close female friends.

What's more, Ai Qing had previously sworn that he would never have a girlfriend in his life.

After thinking it over, Ai Qing still said with a serious expression, "It really is based on a novel."

"I won't hide it from you, Sister Qian. The book I wrote is about love and some of the content related to girls. I wanted to write it in a more realistic and reliable way, so I researched these things and even bought them to check."

"Didn't I ask you a lot of questions before? It was all for research purposes."

"So what kind of novel is it?" Xiao Youqian was really curious.

Seeing her so persistent in asking questions, Ai Qing, perhaps because she had drunk too much that night and was acting up, actually took out her phone and opened the Kaidian app.

Show the book title to Xiao Youqian.

You have to promise me you won't tell anyone else.

"Of course." Xiao Youqian nodded vigorously, then leaned closer and said, word by word, "My childhood sweetheart will turn into a cat?"

"Yes, this one."

"Ai Qing".

"Ok?"

"You wouldn't..." Xiao Youqian's expression was complicated, "...have a crush on me all this time, would you?"

"You're overthinking it." Ai Qing was exasperated. She put away her phone and walked straight out of the elevator toward her front door.

Before I even reached the door, it was opened.

A white figure darted out and rushed straight into Ai Qing's arms, who had just knelt down to greet her.

"Meow~"

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Little Fish." Ai Qing gently patted her head and smiled tenderly. "I'm going home."

Chapter 34 Love

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