I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Hello."

Chen Jianwen quickly responded, but then suddenly realized something was wrong. Why hadn't the girl said yes?

"Ahem, you said hello to Uncle." Chen Shuo coughed lightly, pretending not to see his father's strange look, and reminded Cat Girl.

"Hello, Uncle." Bai Xiaoqi said in a clear voice again.

"Hello."

Chen Jianwen responded again, saying that he was right this time, but he felt a little complicated.

"Dad, anyway... it's basically what I said. She came to my place to take a shower. I was afraid you would misunderstand, so I admitted to stealing shoes, but actually I didn't steal them at all. How about we continue filming the video? After we finish filming, you can go back and explain to my mom."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jianwen's face, which had just softened, became complicated again. He looked at Chen Shuo without saying a word.

What do you mean by "afraid I'll misunderstand"?

I've already misunderstood, okay?

And is it even important to explain things to your mother?

Chen Jianwen, who had taught history for half his life, suddenly began to doubt life. History develops in a spiral. If history is an exhibition hall, then almost everything in this exhibition hall is a replica.

But even after searching through all the copies in his mind, he couldn't find one that matched his son's situation.

He went out on a blind date yesterday, and today he quietly started keeping a mistress.

This is even more outrageous than Emperor Wu of Han. At least Emperor Wu of Han never did anything like this, let alone role-play.

"Come here with me for a moment."

Chen Jianwen looked around, then reached out and pulled Chen Shuo toward the balcony. Remembering something, he turned back to Bai Xiaoqi and said, "Um, Bai, Bai Xiaoqi, right? It's nothing, you go about your business, I just want to say a few words to Chen Shuo."

The father and son went to the small balcony. Chen Jianwen glanced back and, seeing that the girl hadn't followed, turned to Chen Shuo and asked in a low voice, "What exactly happened?!"

"That's all, a friend came over to take a shower..."

"Nonsense." Chen Jianwen didn't believe it at all and interrupted directly, "She wore your pajamas while taking a shower? Doesn't she have her own clothes to wear?"

"Those are her clothes, um..."

Seeing Chen Shuo's drawn-out slurred speech, clearly indicating he was figuring out how to make up a lie, Chen Jianwen's face darkened. "Don't tell me she came naked."

"No, it's like this, her clothes got wet from the water, yes, they got wet from the bath, so she wore mine."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jianwen's expression softened slightly. He glanced at the balcony, but all he saw were Chen Shuo's two short-sleeved shirts fluttering in the breeze; nothing else.

"Where did she hang her clothes to dry?"

"Wait..." Chen Shuo wanted to say the bedroom, and add that it had good lighting and dried quickly, but then he suddenly remembered that the old man had been to the bedroom earlier, so he quickly changed his words to: "Wait, there's a dry cleaner at the entrance of my community, her clothes are dry cleaned there."

"You take your summer clothes to the dry cleaners?"

Chen Jianwen gave Chen Shuo a look that said, "Do you think I'm stupid?" Then he stared at Chen Shuo and asked, "Your girlfriend?"

"No."

"But she was hiding in the bedroom, wearing your pajamas."

"..." Chen Shuo scratched his head, feeling that this really couldn't be explained, so he simply remained silent.

Seeing that Chen Shuo remained silent, Chen Jianwen stared at him for a moment, then chose to skip the topic and instead asked about something he was more concerned about, "How old is that girl this year?"

"This one is about the same as mine."

"They look younger than you, so how old are they exactly?"

"..."

Chen Shuo wanted to say that he really didn't know the answer to the question, but she told him she was one year old.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Nineteen."

Hearing this, Chen Jianwen nodded, then suddenly put on a stern face and asked, "What's your zodiac sign?"

"what?"

Chen Shuo was stunned. Just as he was about to do the conversion, Chen Jianwen urged him, "Don't think about it, just say it quickly."

"Belongs to, belongs to the cat, oops, belongs to the sheep."

"Eighteen years old, born in the Year of the Sheep!"

"Then it's eighteen. Maybe I got it mixed up."

"What do you mean by 'that's eighteen'? How old is that exactly?"

"It's eighteen."

Chen Jianwen frowned, thinking about Bai Xiaoqi's appearance. Eighteen was plausible. "Really eighteen?"

"Ah."

"..."

Silence fell once more.

"What a tragedy..."

Chen Jianwen sighed deeply, pointed at Chen Shuo, and said with a hint of disappointment, "He's only just come of age, and you..."

Then, he suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Which month? Don't think about it, just tell me."

"September."

Chen Shuo's mind was blank, and he subconsciously answered with his favorite month.

"What a misfortune for our family." Chen Jianwen closed his eyes. "He's not even an adult yet."

"........"

Chapter Fourteen: How many times better are cats' hearings than humans'?

Looking at his kind old father's complicated expression, Chen Shuo was still somewhat bewildered.

"Dad, what are you saying? What do you mean by 'misfortune for the family'? I've already said she's not my girlfriend. We're completely innocent. Her age doesn't matter, does it?"

"Completely innocent, she was wearing your pajamas, standing in your bedroom, and..."

At this point, Chen Jianwen paused, thought for a moment, and then added, "We also did a role-playing game, Cospree."

"..."

Chen Shuo remained silent. There was no way to refute this; upon closer examination, it was indeed easy to cause misunderstandings.

Any young person who sees this scene and notices those white cat ears will probably feel like they've just done something inappropriate with that cat girl.

only...

Dad, don't you know a lot, you're a middle-aged man?

As someone who studies history, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to know about such trendy things?

If I had known you were so good at this, we wouldn't have bothered with this shoe-stealing nonsense. I would have just openly admitted that I have a cat-eared girl at home.

"How did you two meet? How long did you date? Where is she from, and what do her parents do?"

Faced with this barrage of questions, Chen Shuo remained silent, feeling that he couldn't answer any of them.

"What a mess, you just met him and already..."

"How is that a sin? We're not in the kind of relationship you're thinking of, and we didn't do anything."

Chen Shuo's head was throbbing right now. "Even if we did something, she's not married and I'm not married, ugh, she's not married and I'm not married. Dating each other isn't illegal, is it?"

"..."

Chen Jianwen scratched his head, feeling that he was at a loss for words again.

He can't very well call the police and have his own son arrested; he can't bring himself to do something like turning his own family against his own.

We shouldn't have let our son study literature; he should have studied history instead.

Now look what's happened; he didn't become a scholar, and he's picked up all the bad habits of one.

In the eyes of these people, the best women are tall, thin, fair-skinned, and young, which really fits the girl's description.

After hesitating for a while, he finally managed to stammer out, "Isn't it a bit too early for you two to be living together now?"

“We didn’t live together; she was just staying at my place for a while.”

Where does she sleep?

"sofa."

Chen Jianwen glanced at the sofa, feeling that it didn't look like anyone had slept on it. His expression was complicated, but he didn't want to point it out. "You don't even have a proper job right now. Aren't you holding people back?"

“How is it a delay? Besides, apart from not having the five social insurances and one housing fund, it’s not like I can’t make money. Sometimes, if I’m lucky, I can even earn more than you in a month.”

"That's true."

Chen Jianwen nodded. He never interfered much with Chen Shuo's choices and always took a supportive attitude.

For example, what he wrote online would be considered far-fetched by other parents, but he didn't. He thought he should support it and not discourage his son's enthusiasm. Unfortunately, his son wouldn't let him see it and never said what he wrote.

But he felt he couldn't support this matter today.

They seem a bit arrogant.

"So you deliberately drove that blind date away yesterday because of the girl in your family?"

Chen Jianwen thought this was commendable; at least the kid hadn't considered having an affair and knew how to be faithful, otherwise he would have definitely given him a beating.

Chen Shuo thought for a moment, then decided not to refute, and nodded, saying, "Pretty much, but the blind date I met yesterday was indeed a bit... how should I put it, he smoked and drank heavily, had tattoos and loved clubbing, he just seemed really tough."

"Well, I need to talk to your mom about this when I get home, and then..."

Chen Jianwen hesitated for a moment, unsure of what else to say. He took out his phone from his pocket and checked it; the video was only half-finished, but that seemed unimportant now.

My son got a girlfriend, which is great, but it's a bit too outrageous for him to bring her home to live with us right away, especially since she won't turn eighteen until next month.

She wanted to intervene, but felt it wasn't her forte, and wondered if she should go back and talk to Chen Shuo's mother about it.

But if you mention it, she'll definitely come over to take a look. She'll then start asking all sorts of questions, and young girls are easily embarrassed; they definitely won't be able to handle that.

After hesitating for a while, he said, "When you have time, bring her home so your mother can meet her. You should also go back to her home with her to meet her parents. Then our two families can sit down and settle things."