I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"I didn't."

"Really not?"

"No."

"A few nights ago, I was half asleep when someone entertained themselves and even put on a little skit with a question and answer to themselves."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi's heart skipped a beat. Now it was Chen Shuo's turn to imitate her. He cleared his throat.

"Honey, honey, I love you. Do you love me? Yes, hehe, I knew you loved me the most! Honey, give me a kiss..."

"I didn't do that!"

Bai Xiaoqi was furious and embarrassed. Her face flushed an alluring blush, her chest heaving with anger, and she threw the Ultraman Tiga toy in her hand at him.

"Don't deny it, I heard you clearly." Chen Shuo turned his head away, looking at her face which had turned red with embarrassment, and instantly felt a sense of triumph.

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi's eyes were full of adorable annoyance. She glared at him for a while, then slipped on her slippers and went into the bedroom.

When she came out again, she had a Growlithe plush toy in her arms, which she had bought online a while ago. It was a Pokémon game merchandise, and she had also bought a Pikachu plush toy at the same time.

She placed the plush toy next to Chen Shuo, took a deep breath, clenched her little fists, and started punching it.

"Are you making an example of someone?" Chen Shuo asked after watching silently for a while.

"No, I'm just hitting the dog to scare it away." Bai Xiaoqi creatively invented a new idiom.

Watching the doll take the beating in his place, Chen Shuo felt grateful but also a little sorry for it. "Don't hit it anymore, it didn't do anything to you."

"But you bullied me."

"Where did I bully you? I was just stating the facts, but you just won't admit it."

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi ignored him and swung her two little fists with great force, hitting the Growlithe body again and again. The cotton material dented and slowly bounced back, then dented again and slowly bounced back again.

After a while, she finally spoke up: "We will definitely get married in the future."

"Hmm, and then?" Chen Shuo asked.

She slowly stopped moving, hugged the Growlithe that had just been given a good beating, gently stroked it with her hand, and continued to Chen Shuo: "So it's normal for me to call you husband. It's just a little practice beforehand. There's nothing shameful about it. You should be the one who's ashamed."

Why should I feel ashamed?

"Tiga, you stand..."

"Stop, I'm ashamed."

"Humph."

Bai Xiaoqi snorted, turned around and put the Growlithe dog in her arms back in the bedroom. After a while, she came out again as if nothing had happened and continued to hum the fan.

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Chapter 148 Should We Meet Up?

In the afternoon, the courier arrived again. Chen Shuo watched her return with the package, her face full of excitement.

"Did your juicer arrive?"

"Ah."

Bai Xiaoqi quickly opened the box and took out the juicer inside. "With a juicer, we can make our own juice, fruit tea, and milk tea at home, so we don't have to spend money to buy them."

Chen Shuo knew that she was planning to learn how to do it by following the video of Ya Ya Ya Ya, but there was one part that puzzled him, and he felt that it touched on a blind spot in his knowledge.

"Can a juicer be used to make milk tea? I remember she used a milk tea machine in her video to make milk tea."

"How do you make milk tea with a juicer? Juicers are used to juice fruit. I specifically asked her about making milk tea, and she said you can make it without a milk tea machine."

Bai Xiaoqi picked up the juicer and examined it carefully. She now knew that there were also defective products bought from Taobao, and she had learned her lesson the hard way last time.

This thing costs over a hundred yuan, so it can't have any problems.

After checking and finding no flaws, she was relieved and was about to take the juicer to clean it when she turned around and said, "After I clean the juicer, I'll make you watermelon juice."

"Yes, I'm looking forward to it."

The watermelon I bought yesterday was in the fridge overnight. She ate a few pieces today, and there's still more than half left, enough for watermelon juice. It's just that Chen Shuo's method of removing the watermelon seeds is a bit...

Well, I wouldn't say I dislike it, but something just doesn't feel right.

Bai Xiaoqi used her mouth to pick them out. Her clean, neat little teeth bit off the seeds one by one from the watermelon. If she encountered a particularly stubborn seed, she would stick out her little tongue and lick it with the tip of her tongue.

Chen Shuo maintained the same expression as an elderly person on the subway the entire time, but finally couldn't help asking, "Why don't you use toothpicks?"

"I used up all the toothpicks while making toothpick meat a while ago."

"Oh..." Chen Shuo suddenly realized, paused for two seconds, and said, "Then you must have worked hard."

"It's not hard."

It has to be said that using one's mouth to remove the seeds is indeed a bit slow. After working for a long time, Bai Xiaoqi finally managed to remove all the watermelon seeds.

She cut the peeled watermelon into small pieces, put them into the juicer, and after a few loud whirring sounds, it was turned into red juice.

Then, take it out of the refrigerator and pour in the freshly made watermelon juice.

She took out the half lemon she had kept in the refrigerator to remove odors, squeezed a few drops into the cup, and stirred it a couple of times with chopsticks.

Bai Xiaoqi smacked her chopsticks, nodded with a smack of her lips, placed the watermelon juice in front of Chen Shuo, and said with a look of anticipation, "Try it and see if it tastes good."

"What is this?" Chen Shuo pointed to the green stain hanging on the rim of the cup. If he wasn't mistaken, it looked like coriander, commonly known as cilantro.

"coriander."

That's really true.

Chen Shuo was puzzled, "Why do you hang cilantro on your cup?"

"Because we don't have any mint leaves at home."

"I see."

Now Chen Shuo understood. This little sprig of cilantro was what Cat Girl used to replace mint leaves; it was something for a sense of ritual.

But if you actually asked her to buy mint leaves, she probably wouldn't be willing, because she feels it's unnecessary. After all, they're just for decoration and can't be eaten. She can easily use cilantro instead, since they're both green anyway.

I picked up the glass and took a sip. It had a strong watermelon flavor, and with the ice cubes inside, it was refreshingly cool. It would be perfect for cooling off when the weather gets really hot.

"Is it good?"

"Delicious."

Chen Shuo took another sip, rubbing the cup as he asked, "Why aren't you drinking? You only made one cup?"

"Yes, I do."

Bai Xiaoqi went back to the kitchen and brought over a pitcher full of [something]. She picked it up, tilted her head back, and took a swig. Her cat ears on her head twitched happily, and she squinted her eyes and said, "It's so delicious."

"..." Chen Shuo looked at his cup, then at her pitcher, "I only have this one cup, and you have such a whole pitcher?"

"I can drink it cold now."

"No, didn't you notice that you have a lot, while I have very little?"

"I'll pour you more after you finish drinking." Bai Xiaoqi said, patting the pot. "There's still so much left."

"Oh." Chen Shuo didn't say anything more, but held up his cup and asked, "Did you juice all the watermelon in the fridge?"

"No, I left two pieces for you to eat." Bai Xiaoqi kicked off her slippers, hugged the pitcher, leaned back on the sofa, tilted her head back and took another swig. Her two little feet happily curled up. It's so delicious. I'm so amazing.

I made this myself, and I feel a great sense of accomplishment.

Thinking of something, she picked up her phone again, took a picture of the teapot, and sent it to someone on WeChat.

Chen Shuo glanced at it and was immediately surprised, "When did you two add each other on WeChat?"

"I added her a couple of days ago when I asked about milk tea. She said it was hard to explain on Douyin and told me to add her on WeChat to chat."

Bai Xiaoqi already has four friends on WeChat: Agou, Uncle, Aunt, and now a new friend whose contact name is Ya Ya.

What do you think of the watermelon juice I made?

It looks alright, but it's hard to say exactly how it is until you've tasted it.

Anyway, it tastes really good.

Then why did you ask me?

“She lives in the same city as us, you see.”

Bai Xiaoqi clicked on the other person's profile, and the location displayed was Yangcheng. There were also photos in the Moments, including several familiar landscape photos, which were also of buildings in Yangcheng.

"That's good." Chen Shuo didn't know what to say, so he could only say that it was good. This girl finally had a friend of her own, even if it was just an online friend.

He thought for a moment and then said, "Since you're in the same city, you can meet up sometime in the future."

These two chat on Douyin every day and seem to get along quite well; they might even become friends in real life.

"A face-to-face meeting?" Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi suddenly looked up. "You mean meeting up privately with someone you met online?"

"Mm." Chen Shuo nodded.

"...Then I'll ask her if she wants to meet up in person."

After thinking about it carefully, Bai Xiaoqi was actually a little tempted, so she clicked on the screen to ask a question, but was stopped by Chen Shuo.

"Don't ask now. Meeting up with online friends is risky. Some online friends aren't good people. They're the kind of evil criminal organizations that specialize in deceiving online friends into meeting up. Once you get there, they'll cut your kidneys without anesthesia. It's extremely painful."

"I don't think she's that kind of bad person."

"I mean, if you suddenly suggest meeting up in person, she might worry that you're the kind of bad person who is."

Chen Shuo scrolled down the screen. His Moments was set to be visible only for the last month, so there weren't many photos, only about ten. Besides the landscape photos, there were a few home photos, but not a single selfie, so he didn't know what the other person looked like.

I don't think so.

"If you don't believe me, just ask her. I guarantee she will never agree."

"Then let me ask."