I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Pity is relative. If everyone is washing clothes by hitting them with a big stick, you won't feel pitiful or that you're having a hard time. You'll just feel that it's normal."

But people are most afraid of comparisons. Suppose one day you suddenly discover that not everyone uses a stick to wash clothes.

Some people actually use a washing machine when they do laundry. It makes washing clothes easy and effortless, unlike you, who have to struggle by swinging a big stick.

At this point, you'll feel pathetic and miserable, then come home with a sour face, take it out on me, and yell at me for being useless for not being able to buy you a washing machine.

"I would never do that."

“I didn’t say you would do that, I was just giving an example, but you’ll definitely want a washing machine.”

"Of course I want one! The water's so cold, my hands will get really cold when I wash clothes. If we can't afford a washing machine, we can save up together to buy one. Why am I scolding you?"

"What if you can't afford it even after saving up?"

Chen Shuo continued to ask questions, and then explained: "The washing machine I'm talking about doesn't refer to a washing machine. It actually refers to something very expensive, so expensive that it's beyond our means, like luxury cars and villas. It's something we can't afford even if we save up for a lifetime."

"Then I won't buy it. I can wash clothes by swinging a big stick. If my hands are cold, you can buy me some gloves."

Bai Xiaoqi answered decisively, then paused and asked, "Are you going to say you can't even afford gloves?"

"No, I can still afford gloves."

Chen Shuo chuckled, "Besides, if you wash by hand, I won't want you to do the laundry. I'll take over the laundry myself, just like I wash the dishes every day after meals, so you can keep your hands soft and smooth."

"So that you can have a comfortable time playing," Bai Xiaoqi added.

"I was just feeling sorry for him, nothing... whatever, say what you want."

Chen Shuo was too lazy to explain anymore. His glorious and noble image had completely collapsed in the girl's mind. In her eyes, everything he did was tinged with ulterior motives.

Bai Xiaoqi sat down next to him and offered him her little hand.

"What?"

"You haven't played with my hands in a long time."

Chapter 207 You Can Choose to Forgive Her [Two-in-One Chapter]

Chen Shuo held and played with her little hand for a while, then kissed it several times. Bai Xiaoqi was satisfied now. Seeing that Chen Shuo was back to typing on his computer, she got up from the coffee table...

"So self-disciplined today?"

Chen Shuo couldn't hide his surprise. He hadn't expected that Xiao A Miao would take the initiative to learn without anyone having to tell her.

"Anyway, if I just sit here doing nothing, you'll definitely say things like, 'Why don't you study instead of sitting here?' So I might as well take the initiative to study, so you don't have to nag me."

"It's good that you can understand this."

Chen Shuo was quite pleased. "Instead of me wasting my breath talking about you, you should take the initiative yourself. That way, it will save you trouble and save me trouble. Everyone will be happy."

Bai Xiaoqi glanced at him and said, "Besides, I've also figured it out."

"What have you figured out this time?" Chen Shuo asked her curiously.

"If I study for a while, I can play games or do other things openly and without you saying anything."

"No, you're too naive. If you go too far, I'll still scold you."

"But I can confidently say that I have already studied it, and then you won't have anything to say."

Are you sure it's me who's silent and not you?

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi thought for a moment and realized that she was always the one who was left speechless because this guy always had a whole set of grand principles and was particularly good at rambling.

I can never win an argument with him, which is really annoying.

"Okay, I'm the one who has nothing to say, not you. Hurry up and study."

"I didn't say I wasn't going to learn." Bai Xiaoqi turned her head back to look at the computer screen, muttering to herself again.

"Before, I didn't know anything and could only be bullied and fooled by you. But learning is different. Learning will make me smarter and smarter, and I won't arouse suspicion from others because I don't know anything."

"If you ever make me angry again, I'll run away from home, and you'll never find me no matter how hard you look. I'll make you sad for days, and then I'll come back when you're at your saddest."

Chen Shuo chuckled upon hearing this, "You're back now, aren't you? I thought you were going to say you'd never come back."

"Then I'll never come back, and you'll be heartbroken."

...

More than half an hour later.

Chen Shuo put down the keyboard, stretched his slightly sore fingers, rubbed his temples, and looked to the side...

The math book was open, and the teacher in the online class was still lecturing non-stop. However, Bai Xiaoqi was dozing off with her face resting on the book, and her drool was soaking the pages.

"Knock knock..."

Chen Shuo clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the coffee table.

"Meow?"

The thumping sounds startled Bai Xiaoqi, who instinctively meowed, then hastily wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand, and looked up at him in a daze.

Her eyes were still blurry, and the half of her face that had just been resting on the book still bore red marks.

"How come you fell asleep during your online class?" Chen Shuo frowned as he looked at her, at this little cat who had just been puffing out her chest and saying she would study hard so that she could run away from home and never come back, thus making him sad to death.

"This teacher's lectures are bad; they make me dizzy."

Bai Xiaoqi pointed at the female teacher on the screen, shifting the blame to her, and then continued...

"Besides, since you like me so much, you definitely wouldn't want to make me angry, so I won't need to run away from home in the future, so studying is useless."

With a serious expression, she put away her math textbook, then got up to leave, saying, "I'm going to check if my leggings are washed yet."

"Sit back down and continue the lesson. I'll go watch it for you."

.......

Chen Shuo poured some fabric softener into the washing machine and let the leggings rinse inside. He then sat back down to continue typing. This time, he was multitasking, glancing at Bai Xiaoqi every now and then to prevent the girl from falling asleep again.

For Xiao A Miao, studying wasn't actually that much of a chore; she just disliked math. She never slept during Chinese class.

Although Bai Xiaoqi usually appears simple-minded, she is not that stupid; in fact, she is quite clever. Her resistance to math is not because she cannot learn it, but simply because learning math requires using her brain, and she is too lazy to use her brain.

Aside from not wanting to use her brain, she's willing to use everything else, running wild every day and being more mischievous than anyone else.

Noticing that Chen Shuo kept glancing at her, Bai Xiaoqi ignored him and reluctantly continued her online class with a pout.

Fourth-grade math is different from before. Before, it was all numbers, but now letters have appeared, like x and y. Studying them for a while can give you nightmares all night.

My head hurts so much.

Despite her headache, Bai Xiaoqi could only obediently finish the online class, taking another not-so-solid step on her mathematical journey.

......

In early December, the first heavy snow of the year fell gently.

Wearing a thick down jacket, layer upon layer, Bai Xiaoqi had wrapped herself up like a round, chubby ball as winter approached. She also had a white cotton hat on her head with a fluffy ball on top.

She wore a cashmere off-white scarf around her neck, which looked especially warm. Anya next to her was wearing high-heeled boots, with a bit of her cotton-padded flesh-colored tights showing, and a khaki cardigan. She looked much better than herself, who was all bundled up.

Bai Xiaoqi reached out and pinched the pom-pom on the hat, glanced at Anya's tights, and then touched her own cotton pants. Actually, she also wore tights when she went out, but she always wore them underneath as thermal underwear.

She's never run out wearing only a pair of tights like Anya before.

Passing by a milk tea shop, the two bought a cup of hot milk tea and drank it as they walked.

"Is your new house finished being renovated?"

"It should be soon. Chen Shuo said the renovation will be completed before the Chinese New Year."

Bai Xiaoqi took a small sip of her milk tea, her eyes crinkling as she continued, "But you can't move in right away after the renovation is done. You have to leave it vacant for three or four months first, otherwise there will be formaldehyde. This stuff is very dangerous and can cause a lot of harm to the human body."

This is what Chen Shuo said; she didn't really understand the specifics.

He said he'd leave it vacant for a few months if he wanted, since it was their wedding home anyway. She had calculated that after three or four months of vacancy, it would be next summer.

Her birthday falls in late summer or early autumn, so it won't delay her wedding.

Holding milk tea, the two strolled along the pedestrian street. Bai Xiaoqi wanted to buy Chen Shuo a pair of gloves so that he could put his hands in them to warm them when he rested after carrying bricks on the roof.

"Another person has returned the item. This is the fifth person to return an item this month."

Bai Xiaoqi's phone vibrated, and she took it out to look at the return notification sent by the online store assistant. Her eyes lowered slightly, and she looked somewhat disappointed.

"Five is already enough, there are at least a lot of people who accidentally bought the wrong things or placed the wrong order."

"I'm not talking about the return itself, but the return after receiving the goods."

There are at least ** dozen returns a month, and you get used to it and don't feel bad about it anymore, but this kind of return... why return something when you've already received it?

Bai Xiaoqi started complaining in her mind about Taobao's rules again. This seven-day no-reason return policy must be a brain-dead design by an idiot.

"I want to ask this person why they retired."

She tapped away on her phone, starting to send messages to the person who wanted to return the item.

Customer Service A-Miao: [Hello, is there anything wrong with the products in our store?]

【This is a big problem. I took your necklace to give to my girlfriend, and I caught her cheating on me. Now she's dumped me. Do you think this is a problem with your necklace?】

Stealing someone's life?

Bai Xiaoqi thought for a moment, then started sending messages again.

Customer service representative A-Miao: [Is your girlfriend a human trafficker? How many people has she stolen from? Have you called the police?]

"Uh..."

Anya froze when she saw what she was doing. Well, this person had been cheated on, and she was deliberately teasing him. She must be feeling uncomfortable if she didn't get a bad review.

【? ? ? 】

As expected, the young man on the other end sent back a series of question marks.

I'm giving you a bad review!

"Doing business is so hard. Look, I just asked out of curiosity, and this person is going to give me a bad review." Bai Xiaoqi sighed and handed her phone to Anya.

Anya rolled her eyes. "Anyone would give you a bad review."