I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Well, what did you think? Let's not even talk about building materials, just labor costs. Labor is so expensive these days. They charge by the square meter. On average, the daily labor cost is over a thousand yuan. We've been renovating for more than three months now. Do the math, how much does that cost?"

Chen Shuo picked up a hairdryer and helped her dry her hair, saying as he did so, "And this isn't over yet. The construction is only halfway done. The interior decoration is almost finished, but the roof hasn't been done yet. We still need to buy furniture and appliances later."

Of course, we can spend less on the later parts, since 100,000 of that 300,000 is for the designer's fees, but it will still cost at least 200,000 to 300,000.

"It still costs this much?"

Although he couldn't see Bai Xiaoqi's expression at the moment, he could hear the heartache in her voice, and he could imagine what she was like. Chen Shuo couldn't help but chuckle, "Look how heartbroken you are."

"Don't you feel bad?" Bai Xiaoqi turned her head and asked.

"Of course it hurts, but you get what you pay for. It's a house I'll be living in for the rest of my life, so of course I want it to be nicely decorated. Besides, I'm following the renovation every day, watching the house being built little by little, so I actually think it's a good deal."

"is it?"

"Well, once the house is renovated and you see the results, you'll realize it was a great deal."

.....

After drying his hair, Chen Shuo put the hairdryer away, and Bai Xiaoqi, wrapped in a fleece-lined cat-themed pajama, curled up on the sofa.

As soon as the weather turned cold, she dug out her winter pajamas. Now that it's cold and the heating hasn't been turned on yet, and the rented little shabby apartment isn't well insulated, she needs to dress warmly at home.

After thinking for a moment, she put on another pair of cotton socks to keep her little feet warm as well.

"I'll buy you a few pairs of leggings online later. Those are warmer than thermal underwear, like stockings, they can cover your legs and feet."

"Stockings?" Upon hearing these two words, Bai Xiaoqi had a kind of stress response.

Chen Shuo nodded and said, "Yes, it is a type of stocking, but it is not an ordinary stocking. It is a thicker type of pantyhose. It is very warm when you wear it, and you won't feel cold. You can wear those at home from now on."

Bai Xiaoqi's cat ears twitched, and she looked at him suspiciously, saying, "And then you dragged me to do naughty things?"

"Can you please stop thinking about me like that?" Chen Shuo's expression twitched slightly. "I'm not a lustful monster. I was just worried you were cold. How could I possibly drag you into doing something bad?"

"Why not?"

Bai Xiaoqi's expression remained unchanged. She had long seen through this man's true nature; he was a lecherous scoundrel who would drag her into doing naughty things whenever she wore stockings.

“Every time you make me wear stockings, it means you’re preparing to do something bad.”

"Nonsense, what do you mean by 'every time'?" Chen Shuo's eyes widened. "How can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?"

"I didn't smear your name, you clearly are." Bai Xiaoqi said firmly.

"Bullshit, that's slander."

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi stopped talking and just looked at him.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Chen Shuo waved his hand, "Let's not talk about the past, let's talk about this time. I was just worried that you would be cold, so I said I would buy you some leggings to wear. I never thought about doing anything else."

"..."

"..."

"Do you think I'll still believe you? You can't fool me now." Bai Xiaoqi raised her hand to touch the cat ears on her head; they were a little hot.

This guy is so naughty, he always tries to drag me into doing naughty things.

No, I'm going to bite him in a bit.

"I'm not buying it for you, you'll freeze to death."

Chen Shuo wasn't going to buy it for her anymore. What a load of rubbish, that little brat was accusing an innocent person.

"Come on, it's only a little past eight o'clock, there's still plenty of time, do one page of your workbook."

He from the coffee table

"I do not!"

"If you don't study, you won't even be able to calculate the price when you go out to buy vegetables, and you'll be fooled by the vegetable sellers every day."

"I can figure it out!"

"Cabbage costs 80 cents a pound, and eggs cost 3.6 yuan a pound. If you go to buy vegetables and pick out a three-pound cabbage and buy one and a half pounds of eggs, how much will it cost in total?"

“…”

"Don't count on your fingers."

“…”

So Bai Xiaoqi picked up her phone and opened the calculator.

"And don't use a calculator."

"Why can't I use it? I don't believe you can figure it out without a calculator." Bai Xiaoqi angrily threw her phone aside and glared at him with puffed-out cheeks.

"Why can't you figure it out? It's seven yuan and eighty cents in total." Chen Shuo reached out and pinched her cheek, and her puffed-up cheeks instantly deflated. "A bet's a bet, hurry up and do the problem."

"I didn't make a bet with you."

Bai Xiaoqi slipped on her slippers and ran to the bedroom.

Don't think she doesn't know; this guy did it on purpose. He wanted to trick himself into wearing those bare-legged tights so he could do bad things.

But the clever me saw through his trick, and the guy got angry and wanted to get revenge on me by making me do math problems.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiaoqi turned around, clenched her little fist, and threatened, "If you make me do math problems again, I'll bite you!"

.......

A few days later, the package containing leggings arrived by express delivery. It wasn't the one Chen Shuo had bought; in fact, he was quite surprised to see it.

When Bai Xiaoqi drove back, she picked up a package at the Caiji Station at the entrance of the community. After taking it home and opening it, Chen Shuo discovered that it contained leggings.

Double standard!

"I remember someone was yelling a few days ago that buying leggings was a way to get her to do something bad, and now you're buying them yourself, what do you mean by that?"

"I bought them to wear for yoga," Bai Xiaoqi said matter-of-factly. "Besides, these are leggings, pantyhose, not stockings."

"laugh...."

Chen Shuo curled his lip in disdain. Little Miao is a typical double standard. When I, Chen, buy things for you, it's considered lewd and despicable, but when you buy things yourself, it's considered doing yoga and exercising, full of positive energy.

Is there any justice in this world?

Bai Xiaoqi bought four pairs of leggings in total, intending to wear them in rotation. Seeing Chen Shuo staring at them, she took out one and handed it to him, saying, "Here, take it and wear it."

"Why should I wear this?" Chen Shuo frowned.

"It's warm, you can wear it as thermal underwear." As she spoke, Bai Xiaoqi turned the lining of the leggings inside out. "Look, it's velvet inside, it'll definitely be very comfortable to wear."

"I don't wear anything made of phoenix velvet."

Chen Shuo decided to ignore her and turned on his computer to start typing. "A grown man wearing pantyhose, isn't that perverted?"

"You've worn my stockings."

"Bullshit!" Chen Shuo was so shocked he almost jumped up. "Which eye of yours saw me wear it?"

“I saw it with both eyes.”

Bai Xiaoqi pointed to her eyes, then put her hands behind her back, tilted her chin up, and said, "That time you put my stockings on your head and asked me if I looked like I was robbing a bank, do you dare to say that didn't happen?"

"Damn it... I was just trying to make you happy. Besides, this is a set, not something you wear. There's a big difference between the two, you know? A guy wearing stockings on his legs looks like a pervert."

"It looks even more like it when worn on the head."

"You're nothing but a fart. Go away and play somewhere else. Stop damaging my reputation here, and don't label me as a pervert."

"Humph."

Bai Xiaoqi snorted indignantly. This guy was a pervert to begin with, and he always told her not to say it.

She decided to ignore the guy and picked up a pair of black leggings, sitting on the sofa to try them on.

Chen Shuo said, "Wash it before wearing it since it's just been bought. It's in direct contact with your skin, so who knows what kind of dirt might be on it."

"I know, I'm just wearing it over my pants to see what it feels like to wear these leggings."

"I don't know what it feels like, but it definitely won't look good through pants."

"......"

Bai Xiaoqi ignored him and put on her leggings. Then she lifted her legs up to take a look and found that they really didn't look good.

Because I was wearing pants underneath, it was a bit bulky and not very smooth.

She then took off her leggings and put them in the washing machine along with the other pairs of leggings.

"Do you have any clothes to wash?" Bai Xiaoqi asked, peeking out of the bathroom while the water was running.

"No, I washed it yesterday."

"Then go and look for them; maybe some were missed and haven't been washed." (New)

"Where am I supposed to find it for you?" Chen Shuo asked, puzzled. He turned to look at her and asked, "Are you addicted to doing laundry?"

Don't you think it's a bit of a waste to only wash these few pairs of my leggings?

Bai Xiaoqi peered into the washing machine. It could clearly wash a lot of clothes at once, but now there were only a few pairs of pantyhose inside.

"I don't think so. If you think it's wasteful, you can wash it by hand."

After a pause, Chen Shuo added, "But in the dead of winter, with water so cold, leaving the washing machine unused and washing by hand is a very foolish and stupid thing to do. I hope you're not a fool."

"I was never that way."

As if to prove she wasn't a fool, Bai Xiaoqi poured in the laundry detergent, then closed the lid and pressed the switch.

The washing machine was making a loud rumbling noise. She came out of the bathroom and asked, "Before washing machines existed, did people wash clothes by hand on a washboard?"

"They also know how to use sticks," Chen Shuo replied casually.

"stick?"

"Yes, haven't you seen this scene in some period dramas? A woman or a group of women are squatting by the river chatting away, each holding a big stick and slapping it on their clothes. That's when they're washing clothes."

Upon hearing Chen Shuo's words, Bai Xiaoqi naturally envisioned the scene in her mind, and then she immersed herself in it.

Squatting by the river, I would beat clothes with a big stick. It was alright in the summer, but in the winter, the water was very cold, my hands were very cold, and the wind was howling.

"It feels so pitiful."