I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Actually, the flute sounds a bit too crisp, so it's not suitable for playing this tune. Wait a minute, I'll go get the xiao and play it for you again."

As she spoke, Anya got up and went into the bedroom. When she came out again, she was holding a long, dark-colored flute in her hand.

The xiao's tone was deep and soothing, indeed suitable for playing this kind of piece. After the piece ended, Anya took the xiao down and asked, "How was it? Wasn't it a little better than the flute?"

"Ah."

Bai Xiaoqi couldn't tell the difference either; they both sounded nice, so she just nodded in agreement.

Anya stopped there, put the long flute she was holding on the coffee table, looked up at the ceiling, and sighed, "You got married at twenty, while I was still in college at twenty."

"Chen Shuo was also in college when he was twenty years old. He said that he just wasted his time in college."

“It’s the same for me, I’m just getting by.” Anya turned to look at her. “You didn’t go to university, so you only graduated from high school?”

"No."

"Junior high school graduate?"

"No."

Anya was stunned for a moment, "Elementary school graduate?"

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi pondered for a while. She had graduated from elementary school with a degree in Chinese, but not in math.

So I'm someone who graduated from elementary school, but not completely.

"...I guess so."

What does "consider" mean?

"I graduated from elementary school with a Chinese language certificate, but I haven't graduated with a math certificate yet."

"???"

Anya was truly stunned. What kind of elementary school graduates like this, making it seem like they're getting a degree?

"I don't understand what you mean. Where did you go to primary school? Abroad?"

“I never went to school; Chen Shuo taught me everything at home.”

Bai Xiaoqi finished her orange juice, put the glass bottle on the coffee table, and turned to say, "I was supposed to study today, but I didn't want to, so I came to find you."

......

......

It was past 8 p.m. when Bai Xiaoqi returned home, carrying a plate of fried rice with eggs.

When I opened the door, Chen Shuo was lying motionless on the sofa, his face covered with a book. He didn't react at all when I came back, just like he was dead.

She changed into slippers and went over to check on him. Chen Shuo's chest was rising and falling rhythmically. "Are you asleep?"

"No."

"So what are you doing?"

Bai Xiaoqi removed the book from his face, revealing a blank expression. Chen Shuo opened his eyes and slowly said, "I'm conserving my energy to alleviate my hunger."

"I brought you fried rice with eggs, eat up."

"You were out eating skewers with someone and brought me fried rice?" Chen Shuo lay still, remembering clearly that when he called, the girl said she was out eating skewers.

"If you don't want to eat it, then forget it."

Bai Xiaoqi covered the book in her hand with his again. This guy was so troublesome. The skewers were already cooking in the pot. How could she bring them for him?

"I didn't say I wouldn't eat it."

Chen Shuo removed the book from his face, then took the lunchbox, opened the lid, and the egg fried rice was still warm. He used a spoon to shovel it into his mouth.

Bai Xiaoqi sat to the side, resting her chin on her hand and watching him. Suddenly, she asked, "Guess where Ya Ya lives?"

"You went to her house today?"

"Hmm, guess where she lives?"

"where is it?"

"It's right..." Bai Xiaoqi almost blurted it out, but quickly stopped herself, saying in a coquettish tone, "Guess, you'll never guess."

"You said I definitely couldn't guess it, so what's there for me to guess?"

"Then I'll give you a hint: we've been to the neighborhood where she lives once."

"You've been there once?"

Chen Shuo thought for a moment and quickly gave his answer, "The neighborhood where we're planning to buy a house?"

"You guessed it so quickly?"

"Any normal person could guess that."

Chen Shuo lowered his head and continued eating. The two of them stayed at home every day, acting like fat, no, skinny homebodies, and rarely went out.

There's only one neighborhood I've been to once, so it's not hard to guess, is it?

He finished the fried rice cleanly, without having to wash the dishes. He threw the lunchbox into the trash can, picked up his water glass and drank it all in one gulp, let out a long sigh, and then lay back down on the sofa to continue lounging around. It was really comfortable to lie on the sofa after a full meal.

Seeing this, Bai Xiaoqi also kicked off her slippers and nestled on the sofa, squeezing in next to Chen Shuo, and pushed him further in, saying, "Move over a bit."

Aren't you hot in the middle of summer?

"It's not hot." Bai Xiaoqi rested her head on his chest, took a soft breath, snuggled closer to him, closed her eyes, and said, "Ya Ya praised you today."

"?"

Chen Shuo was taken aback. "Why did she praise me?"

“I told her I was an orphan who grew up in an orphanage and never went to school. She taught me and wanted me to become smarter.”

Then she praised you, saying you were a good person and that I was very lucky to have met you. She said a lot of things, mostly compliments.

"Oh..."

Chen Shuo gave an "oh," his fingers gently caressing her waist. Bai Xiaoqi felt that this guy was being perfunctory, so she opened her eyes and looked at him, "Don't you have anything to say?"

"No... Oh, what you said about studying reminded me that you haven't finished your studies for today. Remember to catch up on them later."

"........"

Bai Xiaoqi was silent for a moment, then pried his arms off her, got out of bed, put on her slippers, and walked towards the bathroom. "I'm going to take a shower and go to sleep. I don't know why, but I'm so sleepy today."

Chapter 167 I, a Modern Human

Days passed by, and it was already July. The temperature, which had dropped a few days ago due to a heavy rain, is now rising rapidly again.

"Shall we find somewhere to go and have some fun?"

July marks the start of summer vacation. Although Bai Xiaoqi doesn't have a summer vacation, she would miss a lot of her studies in two months.

But Chen Shuo still decided to let her relax and stop her from spending all her time frowning and doing math problems on the coffee table.

When we get back from our trip, I'll buy her summer homework; she wants to have what everyone else has.

"Okay, let's go now."

Bai Xiaoqi nodded vigorously, then threw down her pen, got up, and prepared to go to her bedroom to change her clothes before leaving.

Chen Shuo grabbed her wrist. "I'm not going now. I'm thinking of going on a long trip, not just wandering around nearby."

"Going on a long trip?"

Bai Xiaoqi's cat ears twitched twice, and as if remembering something, her expression suddenly turned to surprise. She turned to look at him and asked, "Then does that mean we don't need to come back for several days?"

"Yes."

"I haven't had to do any practice problems for several days either?"

"Correct."

Once confirmed, Bai Xiaoqi pounced on him and pinned him down on the sofa, then showered him with kisses, like a woodpecker, kissing him from his forehead to his cheeks, and then from his cheeks to his lips.

Finally, she rubbed her smooth little face against Chen Shuo's neck and smiled憨憨地, "Agou, you're so nice."

Chen Shuo's face was covered in her saliva. He wiped it off haphazardly with his hands and said, "Stop doing this useless thing and get away. It's so hot."

"I do not."

Bai Xiaoqi pouted and nudged his chin with her head. He didn't mind the heat when he was taking advantage of her, but now he complained about the heat.

Besides, his body was clearly much hotter than hers, like a ball of fire, and she didn't complain about him being hot, but he complained about hers.

Bad dog.

"Get up quickly."

The soft cat ears kept brushing against her neck, making her feel hot and a little itchy. Chen Shuo helped her up, but Bai Xiaoqi reluctantly sat up straight, glanced at him, and then leaned in again.

"If you're going to do this, then don't blame me..." With that, Chen Shuo lifted her skirt, feeling the cool touch of her bottom, and then hooked his hand over her panties...

"What are you doing?!" Bai Xiaoqi exclaimed, grabbing his hand.

"Let me cool you down, so you can feel refreshed."

“…”

“…”

Seeing the adorable annoyance in her eyes, Chen Shuo slowly turned his head away, avoiding her gaze.

Little A Miao is so hypocritical. It's fine to touch her all you want while she's sleeping at night, but not during the day.

After a while, Bai Xiaoqi finally stopped glaring at him. She hit Chen Shuo's chest with her forehead, then climbed off him and pulled up her underwear.

Then he got out of bed, put on his slippers, rushed to the refrigerator, grabbed an ice cream, tore open the wrapper, took a bite, and asked indistinctly, "Where are we going on this long trip?"

"I haven't decided where to go yet. I haven't traveled far many times. The farthest I've been is after graduation when I went to Mount Tai with my friends. How about we climb Mount Tai? I've been there once before, so I'm quite familiar with it."

"Why not climb Cat Mountain? I'm more familiar with Cat Mountain."

Cat Mountain?

To be honest, Chen Shuo was actually quite interested. "Where is your Cat Mountain? Is it far?"