Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

The dress, which was originally puffed up because of its tail, became less noticeable after being covered by the coat.

"3:20 a.m., not bad." Ai Qing glanced at the time and said as she walked towards the door, "There should be the fewest people here at this time. Let me take you for a walk around the park."

"Uh-huh."

As Xiaoyu followed Ai Qing to the door, she adjusted her hat and jumped around happily a few times.

Now that she has learned to walk, this little movement is naturally no problem for her.

With an expectant look on her face, Xiaoyu followed Ai Qing to the door, grabbed his sleeve, and stepped out.

Our second nighttime trip has finally begun!

Chapter 61 Four Seasons Park

Four Seasons Park is located to the east of Jinpan Yunting Mansion and is the largest park in the vicinity.

This place gets lively every weekend or evening.

People come to play, take a walk, or exercise; there's a constant stream of visitors.

The streets were also filled with various vendors selling food, drinks, toys, and clothes.

When she was little, Ai Qing loved to hang out here.

However, at 3 a.m., even Four Seasons Park was completely deserted.

On her second outing, Xiaoyu wore a fisherman's hat, a dress, and white sneakers. She was petite and walked with a natural gait. She tugged at Aiqing's sleeve, and the coat tied around her waist swayed with her steps.

Although she was still excited and looking forward to it, Xiaoyu was no longer like she was the first time she went out, eagerly naming everything she saw.

These days, even little fish are quite knowledgeable!

We can't keep making such a fuss.

"What is that? It's huge!"

Halfway there, Xiaoyu saw a very large building and couldn't help but ask.

“That’s a shopping mall over there, with all sorts of places to eat, drink, and have fun,” Ai Qing explained, glancing at Wanda Plaza across the street. “But they only open before midnight, and they’re all closed now.”

"So many, they're all not opening their doors." Xiaoyu exclaimed in surprise at first, then her tone turned somewhat disappointed.

Walking down the street, she saw all the shops with their doors closed, and she couldn't see what was inside or what was inside, which made her feel a little disappointed.

Seeing her expression, Ai Qing sighed and then encouraged her, "When you can speak as fluently as me without any flaws, I'll take you out to play during the day."

"Really?!" Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu's eyes lit up. She looked at Ai Qing with a face full of surprise, and her feet couldn't help but jump up and down, almost causing her fisherman's hat to fall off.

Fortunately, Ai Qing reached out to support him, and chuckled, "Don't get excited. I have a condition: your language skills aren't up to par yet."

Little Fish nodded vigorously and said in a very serious tone, "I will try my best! Soon!"

"Then I'll look forward to it." Ai Qing smiled and shook her head, not holding out much hope.

Based on Xiaoyu's current learning progress, Ai Qing estimates that it will be several months before she can communicate smoothly and without obstacles with others.

And this speed is considered fast.

It's important to understand that for an average human child, it can take several years or even more than a decade from birth to speaking and then fluently expressing their thoughts.

If a child can complete this process in just a few months, then he's a prodigy.

This time, the two did not ride the electric scooter.

After all, Four Seasons Park isn't far away; it only takes about ten minutes to walk there.

The streets were deserted, with hardly anyone in sight.

Occasionally, a car would speed by, attracting the little fish's attention.

"A car? You don't have one?" Little Fish asked curiously.

"No, I didn't." Ai Qing shook her head and admitted, "I haven't even taken my driver's test yet. To drive a car, you need to learn first, then take a test, and get a license before you can drive. I'm waiting for you, Xiaoyu, to learn so you can drive me around."

"Study?!" Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu immediately shook her head, indicating that it was unnecessary.

The human world is terrifying. No matter what you do, you have to learn. It's so tiring. Don't they have a hard time living?

She's already exhausted her brain just studying Chinese and math, and she also has to learn to cook and eat delicious food.

This is already exhausting.

Ai Qing also taught her to use the toilet by herself, to put on her own shoes and clothes, and to tie her hair before going out.

Now we also want her to learn to drive!

“Clearly, you don’t even study yourself.” Little Fish became clever and learned to argue back.

“If you want to drive, you’ll definitely have to learn yourself. I don’t want to, so I don’t need to learn,” Ai Qing said seriously.

Besides, he really doesn't need to learn to drive.

If he writes online novels full-time in the future, he might not even leave the house once a month. All his daily necessities, whether food, drink, clothing, or anything else, can be delivered to his door by courier or food delivery services.

If you really need to go somewhere, just take a taxi.

The price of one car is enough for him to take a taxi thousands of times.

Moreover, given the current parking situation, even when you arrive at your destination, there might not be a place to park.

Some have stopped operating, but you still have to pay a fee.

Including gasoline and maintenance costs, it might be enough for a taxi ride.

“Then I don’t want to learn either,” Xiaoyu immediately said.

Learn as little as possible; don't overwork yourself.

Little Fish's current goal is to learn to speak well so that she can go play in the super big house she just saw during the day.

……

The streets at night are different from those during the day; there aren't many people or cars, and even the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves becomes exceptionally clear.

This was the first time Ai Qing had ever seen the Four Seasons Park so deserted.

In the past, he would come here during the busiest times of the day.

After people left, only a desolate scene remained, with the remaining garbage on the street barely hinting at the previous hustle and bustle.

"Actually, I don't know what's fun here either." Ai Qing pulled Xiao Yu and walked to the entrance of Four Seasons Park. "But I used to love coming here with my friends when I was a kid, so I wanted to bring you here to see it too."

The little fish, however, didn't find it boring.

For Ai Qing, it was a place she had visited countless times; for Xiao Yu, each visit was an exploration of a new world.

She stood at the entrance, looking around, and followed Ai Qing inside. Then she pointed to the left: "Over there, over there, what's that?"

Ai Qing glanced over there and recalled, "Oh, it's some fitness and entertainment equipment. This should be quite interesting. Let me take you to see it."

The closest pieces of equipment to them are the horizontal bar, parallel bars, and climbing frame.

The little fish stepped forward, curiously touched it, and found it cool to the touch. It turned its head and asked, "What is this?"

“It’s for exercising, like this.” Ai Qing walked to the horizontal bar, looked up, aimed carefully, and then jumped up with a whoosh, managing to do a pull-up.

Back in junior high, he could pull 25 people, but in high school he only had 15, in college it was 10, and now, as he's about to graduate, he only has 1 left.

Little Fish blinked, not understanding what he meant, but she chose a height that suited her, looked up to confirm her location, and then jumped up.

"Is that so?" Xiaoyu pulled hard, her posture wasn't even standard, and the part of her body she was using was wrong, but she still managed to pull herself up.

Ai Qing blushed slightly: "Almost...more or less."

The warm current that had been channeled to her hands was released, and Xiaoyu jumped down. Without expending much energy, she went to Ai Qing's side to recover some health, then pointed to the cloud ladder next to her: "Then, this one?"

“This…” Ai Qing looked up at the cloud ladder, somewhat perplexed.

When he was little, he would play with this, climbing back and forth without getting tired, and he could even flip himself onto it.

Instead of letting him play this game now, it's better to take him hiking.

“You can go up and try it.” Ai Qing was now quite confident in Xiao Yu’s athletic ability, so she walked to the bottom of the ladder, pointed to the horizontal bar above and said, “Hold on to this with your hands, and then alternately grip the horizontal bar in front of you with both hands, and you can go from one end to the other.”

"I'll be down here, I'll catch you if you fall."

The little fish understood Ai Qing's words and eagerly climbed up.

Her feline nature remained within her, making her unable to resist the urge to crawl around.

Chapter 62 You're not good enough?

With the help of the warm current, there's no way the little fish could fall down.

Even without warm current, the little fish can still play, it's just a little tiring.

Flying back and forth on the ladder, the little fish's figure is like a butterfly fluttering in the air, and the coat tied around its waist also dances along with it, making it look very beautiful.

Come to think of it, a cat tree is just a cat climbing frame for people to play with.

Thinking about it this way, it suddenly makes a lot of sense.

Watching the little fish drift leisurely and effortlessly on the surface, Ai Qing was genuinely a little envious.

When he was a kid, he was like a monkey, able to flip back and forth on it. Now he's old.

Thinking of this, Ai Qing felt inexplicably emotional.

"What's wrong with you?" Xiaoyu jumped down from above and landed in front of Ai Qing, looking at him with a puzzled expression. Seeing that his expression was a little strange, she immediately asked.

"It's nothing," Ai Qing patted her head. "It's just that I suddenly have a feeling that time has passed."

"I never imagined I would grow old one day, and I used to think all the time that I wish I could grow up sooner."

"When you grow up, you'll be able to earn your own money and spend it as you please, buying whatever you want."

"I want to eat potato chips until I'm full, drink Want Want milk until I'm stuffed, play games all night long, read novels all night long, and travel all over the country."

"When graduation was really approaching, I realized that I couldn't do these things, and I even wanted to go back to the carefree state of my childhood."

"Just like you are now, Little Fish."

When do people start to realize they are truly getting old?