I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"is it?"

"Yes."

Chen Shuo took the backpack from her arms and held it in his hand, then stood up and said, "Come on, come home with me. I'll buy you cotton candy on the way."

"Ah."

Bai Xiaoqi picked up the paper bag, reached out her small hand to touch his big hand, and then her hand was grasped.

Chapter 153 Let's begin tonight.

Monday, May 20th.

Chen Shuo was making a phone call while leaning against the railing on the balcony.

"This morning, someone claiming to be from the household registration office called and told us to go to a designated hospital for a medical examination."

"Hmm, what did you reply?"

"What can I say? I'll just agree first."

Having not worn a shirt for several years, Chen Shuo felt a little uncomfortable putting one on, as if he were being restrained. He unbuttoned two buttons at the collar and asked hesitantly, "If... if we don't do a medical check-up, do you have a way?"

After a moment of silence on the other end of the line, Nie Xi's voice came through, "This is a necessary procedure."

"...You mean there's no way?"

"Yes, your identity information needs to be collected and stored in the database, which I can't help you with."

After a long silence, Chen Shuo said, "There are some things we both know, so I'll be a little more open about them."

The sunlight was blinding, so he raised his hand to shield his eyes and squinted as he looked downstairs.

"X-rays, infrared and ultraviolet detectors, blood and urine tests—all these miscellaneous things make me a little uneasy. You know what I mean?"

"You can get a physical exam; hospitals usually can't find anything wrong."

“If you hadn’t said that, I would have felt much more at ease taking her for a medical check-up.”

"No one can guarantee this, but there shouldn't be any problems."

"What about vaccines?"

Chen Shuo remembers receiving many vaccines and even taking oral polio vaccine when he was a child.

"The hospitals will decide whether to revaccinate based on the situation."

After saying that, Nie Xi added at the right time, "There are also unregistered people who have never been vaccinated since childhood, and there are quite a few of them."

......

The hospital corridor always smelled of disinfectant. Sitting on a bench by the wall, Chen Shuo felt uneasy, afraid that Bai Xiaoqi would find something wrong during the examination.

She passed through all those messy lighting equipment and filming devices without any problems. After all, her cat ears and tail were just illusions that disappeared, somewhat like an optical illusion. They weren't actually inside her head and body, so it's normal that they weren't photographed.

What worries him most is the blood test.

Thinking of this, Chen Shuo glanced at the department next door, wondering what the situation was like inside.

After a long while, Bai Xiaoqi came out of the department, her arm covered with cotton swabs.

Upon seeing Chen Shuo outside the door, her little face immediately scrunched up, looking pitiful. "That nurse drew so much blood from me."

"How much is 'a lot'?"

"They pulled out several colorful tubes, each one this long..."

Bai Xiaoqi gestured with her hand, pulling her index finger and thumb three centimeters apart. After thinking for a moment, she raised her index finger and pulled it five centimeters, then six centimeters, and finally stretched it out flat.

"Such a long tube?!" Chen Shuo exclaimed in shock, playing along with her act, then said with concern, "So much blood must hurt a lot, right?"

"Hmm, very, very..."

As they were talking, the department door suddenly opened, and Bai Xiaoqi's pitiful expression vanished instantly, replaced by a calm and composed look. A nurse then came out and handed her a small measuring cup.

"The next step is a urine test. Put it in this cup and then send it to the urine testing department on the second floor."

"Oh."

Bai Xiaoqi took the cup and said "Oh." After the nurse went in, she looked at Chen Shuo, preparing to continue her performance. Before she could even show her pitiful expression, she noticed that this guy was grinning at her.

"why are you laughing?"

"I'm not laughing at anything. Hurry up and finish so we can go home sooner."

Chen Shuo pointed to the restroom at the end of the corridor, "The restroom is over there."

"Then I'll go."

"Well, let's go."

Watching her receding figure until she turned into the bathroom, Chen Shuo finally looked away, took out his phone, and began searching for reasons why so much blood was drawn. He remembered that he only needed one tube drawn during each physical examination.

The hospital's Wi-Fi was fast, and the results appeared immediately. Each tube of a different color represented a different test, and the blood collection tubes also had their own secrets, containing various medical agents to neutralize the blood.

She is collecting information for database entry, so she will have to undergo many tests and draw more blood.

That makes perfect sense.

Around 4 p.m., the two, who had spent almost a whole day at the hospital, finally left.

On the way back, I made a special trip to the market to buy an old hen, intending to take it home to make soup to nourish my body. I bought a live one and asked the vendor to clean it for me, so I can just stew it when I get home.

After putting the chicken in the pot to stew, Bai Xiaoqi rolled up her sleeves, looked at the needle marks on her arm, and turned to ask Chen Shuo, "If there are problems with the medical examination, will I still be unable to get my household registration?"

"Don't worry, there definitely won't be any problems."

Despite saying that, Chen Shuo was also a little uncertain. He was only one step away from getting his household registration, and Director Nie's words were not certain, so he couldn't help but feel anxious.

"Even if there is a problem, such as some test data on the report that the hospital does not understand, the doctor will just assume that the results are wrong and then notify us to come for a physical examination, instead of directly refusing to register your household registration."

What do you mean by "incomprehensible test results"?

"You had a lot of medical check-up items done today, which are actually collecting your identity information."

For example, in a blood test, if your blood type is different from a normal person's—it's not human blood, but cat blood…”

This is what Chen Shuo has always been most worried about. If someone tests positive for cat blood, it's bound to be news, and it'll definitely make headlines, even on UC Shocking News.

[Shocking! A woman had her blood tested at the hospital and discovered that her blood was actually cat blood. Is this a sign of human depravity, or the depravity of cats...?]

"Isn't human blood and cat blood the same?"

"Of course they're different. Genes and DNA can be detected with just one test."

"However, your transformation from a cat to a human is not a change in biological structure, but rather an evolutionary reorganization. Therefore, the blood in your body must have been replaced with human blood, so there should be no problem."

"..." Bai Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment, then asked with some worry, "What if a problem really arises?"

"Didn't we just say that the hospital will notify us to go for another physical examination?"

"What if it still is..."

"Don't overthink it," Chen Shuo interrupted her. "What you need to do now is wait quietly until the household registration is processed. It will definitely be processed."

"Is that right?"

"Yes."

The two looked at each other for a moment, then Bai Xiaoqi reached out and hugged his waist, tilting her head up and whispering, "Actually, it doesn't matter if we can't get the household registration."

"Don't worry, definitely..."

"Listen to me first." She reached out and covered Chen Shuo's mouth. "Even without a household registration, we can still get married. We just won't have a marriage certificate, but we can hold a banquet. That's still getting married."

Then... even if we have a child, I've checked online, and you can say the child is adopted, so the child can be registered in the household registration system, and we'll still live together, which is no different from being married.

After listening to her words, Chen Shuo remained silent for a long time before asking, "Is that what you think?"

"Hmm...what do you think?"

"Well, I think this is a good idea. How about we have the wedding banquet tomorrow and start having babies tonight?"

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi twisted his waist tightly with her hand, then broke free from his embrace.

All this guy thinks about is having kids.

I'm ignoring him.

Chapter 154 This is what you were talking about.

A few days later, two men in uniforms came to the door. They were both wearing light blue shirts with national emblems pinned to their chests.

"Don't be nervous, we're just visiting to ask about some things."

Upon hearing that they were there for a visit, Chen Shuo breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought they were there to arrest someone. He led the two men to sit down on the sofa and asked, "Excuse me, gentlemen... comrades... what would you like to ask?"

"It's just asking some simple questions and verifying the information."

wrong

"The information says you are an orphan."

The middle-aged man who identified himself as Zhang Jianguo turned his gaze to Bai Xiaoqi, while the younger man next to him took out paper and pen from his bag, seemingly preparing to take notes.

"Yes, an orphan."

"Born in 2003, according to the information I have, you were abandoned shortly after birth and adopted by a private children's welfare home in another province. The founder of the welfare home was named Li Xianzong. You spent thirteen years there, and then..."

Zhang Jianguo recited life experiences that weren't hers, and finally asked, "Is that how it is?"

"Correct."

"They do look quite similar," Zhang Jianguo said, comparing the photos.

"what?"

Bai Xiaoqi paused for a moment, then nodded again, "Mm."

"Here, have some water, you two."

Chen Shuo knew very well that all these documents and files were forged. He poured two glasses of water and placed them on the coffee table.