Why bother with dating when you already have a cat?

Fortunately, the little fish is still very resilient.

Seeing Ai Qing's encouraging gaze, she abandoned the idea of ​​running back and mustered her courage to walk forward.

I finally reached the counter and looked at the female cashier.

"What would you like to order?" the waiter asked politely with a smile.

"Uh...that..." Xiaoyu stammered, her mind blank, and for a moment she almost couldn't remember what Ai Qing had ordered.

Apart from greeting Kong Fugui at the internet cafe last time, Xiaoyu has never spoken to anyone other than Ai Qing.

This was the first time he had ever spoken to someone alone without Ai Qing by his side.

Fortunately, the waitresses were very pretty and spoke in a gentle, soft-spoken tone.

Seeing that Xiaoyu hesitated, she continued, "You can take a look at the menu, there's no rush."

The little fish looked down at the menu and was immediately overwhelmed by the various terms on it.

Fortunately, she remembered what Ai Qing had said and quickly decided on a latte, saying to the waiter, "One latte, medium size."

"Okay, would you like it hot or cold?"

"Uh..." Xiaoyu choked for a moment, thinking that Ai Qing didn't seem to have mentioned this.

But she's not stupid; in this sweltering heat, she definitely doesn't want to be hot.

So the little fish said, "It's iced."

"Okay, sure." The waiter nodded, took the order, and said to Xiaoyu, "Please scan this to pay."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu immediately took out the payment code she had prepared beforehand, placed it in front of the machine, and scanned it.

My phone vibrated, indicating that the payment was successful and 27 yuan had been deducted.

Upon seeing the message on her phone, Xiaoyu's face lit up with excitement, and she eagerly turned to look at Ai Qing.

Ai Qing, who was sitting in a corner some distance away, saw her turn around, smiled, and then raised her phone to show Xiao Yu.

Xiaoyu looked down at her phone and received a WeChat message from Aiqing.

[Rise, my lord]: Little Fish was great today.

【Ai Eats Fish】: I succeeded.

[Ai Eats Fish]: Should we wait here for her to finish?

[Rise, my subject]: Didn't she give you a piece of paper? Your number is on it. If there are many people, you can find a seat and wait. When it's your turn, go and get your number.

[Rise, my subject]: There aren't many people around right now, so please wait a moment.

【艾吃鱼】: Mm-hmm.

Xiaoyu didn't have to wait long at the counter before the server brought her a freshly made latte and handed it to her.

Xiaoyu took the iced latte and quickly ran back to Aiqing's side.

Sitting down next to Ai Qing, Xiao Yu leaned close to him, as if only then could she feel safe.

She originally thought that the outside world wasn't so scary.

But even though everything around her hadn't changed, Xiaoyu was still filled with fear after Ai Qing wasn't around.

Only after returning to Ai Qing's side did I feel completely at ease.

"Here, this is for you." Xiaoyu handed the latte to Aiqing.

Ai Qing looked at her in surprise, then chuckled and said, "You bought it yourself, so drink it yourself."

"Should I drink it?" Xiaoyu blinked, looking down at the latte she had bought. "Aren't you going to drink it?"

“This is coffee. You probably haven’t tried it before. You can have some,” Ai Qing said. “The taste is a bit unique; it’s not quite the same as the drinks you’ve had before.”

"I see." Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu immediately became somewhat expectant.

The drinks she had before all tasted much better than plain water.

Thinking this, Xiaoyu skillfully inserted the straw, lowered her head, and took a big gulp.

But soon, her fair face scrunched up in a frown.

After finally managing to swallow all the coffee in her mouth, Xiaoyu felt a bitter taste in her mouth, her eyes and mouth drooped, and she couldn't help but complain:

"What is this? It tastes so bitter!"

"Uh..." Ai Qing didn't expect such a strong reaction. "This shouldn't be considered bitter, right?"

Latte is one of the least bitter types of coffee, and Ai Qing specifically chose it, otherwise the others might be more bitter.

Of course, if it's instant coffee, the taste will be much milder, and it might even taste sweet.

But Starbucks is at least a mass-market coffee shop, so the taste is at least acceptable.

Unfortunately, the little fish couldn't taste it: "No, no, I can't drink this. Brother, would you like to drink it?"

As Xiaoyu pushed the latte in front of her, Ai Qing looked down at the straw in front of her, and took a sip with a suspicious expression.

Hmm... It has a slightly bitter taste with a silky smoothness of milk, so it can't really be considered very bitter.

I guess the little fish had never tasted this flavor before, so it wasn't quite used to it.

Thinking of this, Ai Qing nodded, but then her gaze fell on the straw of the latte, and she fell into deep thought.

Hmm... there's no reason for an older brother to be disgusted by something his younger sister has drunk.

Right.

A reasonable explanation.

"Let's go home." Ai Qing said as she stood up, holding a cup in one hand and Xiao Yu's hand in the other.

"I want to drink Coke." Xiaoyu obediently got up and followed, whispering to Ai Qing.

"I'll buy it for you on the way back," Ai Qing said, sipping her latte. "And I'll teach you how to use your phone to take the subway while I'm at it."

Is there a person inside Chapter 85?

For Ai Qing, a bottle of Coke was nothing more than a casual grabbing thing on her way home from her grandparents' supermarket.

But having small fish following you around is not very realistic.

Although his grandparents would probably be happy to see him taking a little girl back with him.

But if they knew that this girl was Xiaoyu, I wonder how the two elders would react.

Ai Qing led Xiao Yu directly from the basement of Yintai City to the subway station. They walked through the security gate, and Ai Qing had already activated the subway ride code mini-program on WeChat for her along the way.

Xiaoyu copied how the people around her swiped their QR codes, aligning her ride code with the scanner of the card reader. As soon as the gate opened, she rushed in.

Ai Qing, who was behind her, scanned the code to enter the station and praised with a smile, "Great job! You succeeded on your first try."

"Hehe." The little fish grinned sheepishly after being praised, revealing a proud expression. It was overjoyed, feeling as if it had learned an amazing skill.

Indeed, it is truly remarkable.

Once Xiaoyu unlocked the skill of riding the subway, it meant that she could go anywhere in Hangzhou with a subway line on her own.

The two of them made their way to the waiting hall, and luckily, the subway for their return trip arrived just as they went downstairs.

After entering the subway, Ai Qing found a seat in the outermost carriage and took Xiao Yu's phone, first deleting most of the unofficial apps that came pre-installed on her phone.

Aside from the system's own functional apps, we don't need any of the others.

For smartphone beginners, getting exposed to too many apps at once is not very beneficial.

Interest is the best teacher.

Like Ai Qing's grandfather, Ai Lisong, he wasn't used to smartphones before, so he always used the old-fashioned button phone.

The screen is only the size of four fingernails.

Later, Ai Qing downloaded Douyin for her grandfather, which was quite unexpected. It turns out that the elderly can have such a strong enthusiasm for learning.

It's true that one should learn until old age and keep up with the times.

Now, almost half a year later, I'm really good at using this smartphone.

Although Xiaoyu is not old, Aiqing thinks it's better to be conservative in the dazzling world of the internet.

With fewer apps on the phone, if Xiaoyu gets misled, Aiqing will at least know who's behind it.

"Let me download this for you to play with first." Ai Qing thought for a moment and decided to download Bilibili for her.

Besides that, there are WeChat and QQ, which I just downloaded.

Actually, Douyin and Kuaishou are pre-installed apps on mobile phones.

But how should I put it?

Ai Qing recommends that people with mature values ​​go through these two things.

After all, this kind of short video and big data recommendation flow can easily trap people in an information cocoon.

Bilibili isn't much better now... but at least it's slightly better than the two mentioned above.

Ai Qing usually enjoys watching long videos on Bilibili while eating.

On the contrary, he hardly uses Douyin (TikTok).

Ai Qing recommended this because it's suitable for elderly people like grandparents, considering the difficulty of using smartphones.

Xiaoyu is still young, so Bilibili is more suitable for her.

"Okay." Ai Qing handed the phone back to Xiao Yu and then said, "Just check WeChat on the subway for now, and I'll help you register for QQ and Bilibili when we get back."

"I'll also link a bank card to your account so that there will be fewer restrictions on future transfers and payments."

"But you should be careful. If you see anything on the internet that asks you to pay, you'd better let me know first. Don't just pay directly, understand?"

"Oh, okay." Little Fish nodded, then asked, "Why can't I just pay directly? I paid directly at the coffee shop earlier, didn't I?"

“There are a lot of scammers online,” Ai Qing explained. “In real life, if you’re in a coffee shop, and that coffee shop is real, even if you pay and they don’t give you coffee, the shop is right there and you can’t escape it.”

"But if you buy something online and pay in Hangzhou, the person you're paying for might be thousands of miles away. If they're gone, you won't even know where to look for them."

"You may not receive the promised services and goods even after you pay, so you must be extra careful when paying online."