I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

Think about it for a while,

His brushstrokes flowed like dragons and snakes, producing eighteen large characters in a few swift strokes.

Unreasonable little cat.

Those who are lazy and love to eat will not grow tall.

It also likes to bite people.

Upon seeing the couplet, Bai Xiaoqi's expectant expression vanished instantly. She looked up at him expressionlessly, her little fists clenching unconsciously.

She swore that if this guy dared to put that Spring Festival couplet outside, she would beat him up, a really brutal one.

"It doesn't seem like it will work. We can't put this on the outside. It's embarrassing, and besides, this thing isn't even a Spring Festival couplet."

Chen Shuo stroked his chin and muttered to himself. Bai Xiaoqi loosened her clenched fist a little, but quickly clenched it again.

"Let's stick it on the bedroom door. We've already written it, it'd be a shame to throw it away."

As he spoke, Chen Shuo found some tape and pasted the couplets on the bedroom door, then stretched out his arm and pasted the horizontal scroll on as well.

Take two steps back and look; it's perfectly balanced, upright, and excellent.

"What do you think... Holy crap!" He turned around to ask, but before he could finish speaking, everything went black, and he unconsciously blurted out a phrase from the national treasure.

Bai Xiaoqi rushed over and headbutted him hard, the headbutt landing squarely on his chest with a dull thud.

Little Ah Miao has no sense of martial ethics; he actually launched a sneak attack.

Leaning against the door frame and rubbing his chest for a while, Chen Shuo finally felt better. He tried to speak but coughed twice first, "Cough cough, next time you bump into me, could you at least tell me beforehand? So I can be prepared."

"No."

Although the Spring Festival couplets were still not quite to her liking, Bai Xiaoqi decided not to hold it against him, considering that he had just bumped into her. After all, this guy was always a scoundrel.

"If you can't, you can't."

Chen Shuo went back, picked up his brush, and prepared to write the Spring Festival couplets to be posted outside. This time, he learned his lesson and didn't dare to cause any more trouble, for fear that the girl would give him another beating.

It's clearly just a kitten, but it's always acting like a dog, biting people, or like a calf, charging at people.

I don't even know what breed of cat she is.

While inwardly complaining, Chen Shuo picked up his pen and wrote a rather proper Spring Festival couplet.

May everything go smoothly and may every year be prosperous.

May everything go smoothly and may you rise higher and higher.

Good fortune shines upon you.

Although it's a bit tacky and rustic, at least I don't have to get headbutted by Bai Xiaoqi's cat.

The two went out together to change the Spring Festival couplets. They didn't throw away the old ones either. Bai Xiaoqi felt that they were very meaningful and wanted to keep them as a collection. After all, they had been pasted up for a year and they had feelings for them.

Chen Shuo remembered that there seemed to be some custom: the old Spring Festival couplets that were torn off could not be kept, but had to be burned, which was a way of burning away all the bad luck and misfortune of the previous year.

But seeing her wipe the old Spring Festival couplets clean with a tissue and fold them neatly, I still didn't say anything.

It's all feudal superstition, and besides, nothing bad happened to the two of them last year.

Chen Shuo walked to the bedroom door, took out his phone to compare the photos, and looked for a suitable position and angle until he could capture the couplet in the picture. Then he waved to her, "Come on, let's take a picture here."

Why not take the picture at the entrance?

"The Spring Festival couplets outside are all the same, they're boring. Come over here."

Although Bai Xiaoqi was somewhat reluctant, she straightened her turtleneck sweater, stood beside him in her slippers, and hugged Chen Shuo's arm.

With a snap, the image of the two people froze.

Finally, Chen Shuo pulled out last year's photos for comparison, "Look, you were smiling like an idiot last year, and you're smiling even more like an idiot this year."

"Your buzz cut is the stupid one!"

Bai Xiaoqi stood on tiptoe and started touching his head. Ever since her hair got shorter, this girl would often use her head as a ball, and Chen Shuo felt that she was almost polishing it smooth.

But what can I do? I can't beat her in a fight, and she won't listen to me. Oh well.

Anyway, her hair is gradually growing longer, and she can probably keep it styled for another month or so.

In the afternoon, Bai Xiaoqi went out to see off her friend Anya, having heard that Anya was going to go on a blind date when she returned home this year.

Blind dates are something that people instinctively resist, always feeling like they can't find a partner on their own, so they can only ask their family for help.

Despite her parents' constant urging, Anya has managed to postpone this matter from the beginning of the twelfth lunar month until now. Of course, it will be very difficult to postpone it any longer. Today is the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, and if she postpones it any longer, it will be New Year's Eve, unless she doesn't go home for the New Year.

"I'll report back on the battle situation when I get back after the New Year, and then I'll give you some fun."

Despite her reluctance, Anya maintained a calm and collected demeanor. She had already made up her mind to deliberately sabotage the blind date and make it as messy as possible.

I heard that my family arranged four jobs for me this time, and one of them is a civil servant, a mid-level cadre.

That would be a middle-aged, balding, greasy uncle, wouldn't it?

With that thought in mind, Anya put her luggage in the trunk of the taxi, waved goodbye to Bai Xiaoqi, chatted for a few more minutes, and then got into the taxi to go home.

As evening approached, snowflakes began to fall outside. Bai Xiaoqi unlocked the door and went inside. There was no one in the living room. She walked a little further and saw Chen Shuo on the balcony with a few pieces of clothing that had just been taken down draped over his shoulders. However, he was holding his own bra in his hands and gesturing with it, pulling the bra up and down in front of his chest.

"When did you get back?!"

When she suddenly leaned closer, Chen Shuo was startled and hurriedly hid the underwear in his hand behind his back, his face full of guilt.

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi looked at him with a complicated expression, then at the underwear in Chen Shuo's hand. She hesitated for a few moments, but ultimately said nothing. She turned and went to the kitchen, placing the two large bottles of unidentified liquid she was carrying on the cupboard.

"No, let me explain."

Chen Shuo threw all the clothes in his arms onto the sofa, then quickly chased after him. "I was just bored and wanted to see how stretchy this was. Really, believe me, I didn't mean to wear it."

"..." Bai Xiaoqi didn't say anything, opened the lid of the jar and sniffed it, not wanting to discuss underwear with this guy.

This person is so old, yet they're playing with their own underwear. How childish and vulgar.

“…”

Chen Shuo let his hands fall limply, feeling as if the label of cross-dressing had suddenly been slapped on his head.

But he really doesn't have that.

Now I regret it, I really regret it. Now I'm in big trouble. The label of "cross-dresser" is likely to be stuck on me, and I won't be able to explain it anymore.

Even if he offered an explanation, it would be hard to believe, because his motives were somewhat... well, how should I put it...

Humans are strange creatures; sometimes, bizarre ideas suddenly pop into our heads, and then we put them into action.

Chen Shuo was putting away clothes when a thought suddenly popped into his head: 'I'll pull the rubber band out of her underwear and make a slingshot to shoot your windows.'

But there were no underwear among the clothes drying in the sun, so he thought he'd test the elasticity of his bra to see if it had the power of a slingshot. But then, little cat suddenly popped out.

Damn it....

Just then, a strong aroma of wine mixed with fruity fragrance suddenly wafted into Chen Shuo's nostrils. He twitched his nose and then noticed the two large transparent jars on the cabinet.

Through the glass, you can see that both jars are filled with amber-colored liquid, one darker and the other lighter, and each jar contains a lot of fruit.

You don't need to use your eyes to identify them; you can smell them just by their aroma, as they have a strong fruity fragrance—one is plum, and the other is lychee.

"Where did you get lychee wine and plum wine?"

“Ya Ya gave it to me. She said she brewed it for more than a year and made a total of four jars, and then gave me two jars.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Shuo turned around and left the kitchen to get his own glass. He had never tried fruit wine before, and it must have a unique flavor after being brewed for more than a year. He had to try it today.

But when he returned with the cup, he found that Bai Xiaoqi had already put the lid back on. "Why did you put it on? I want to have another cup to try. Open it quickly."

"No, you can't drink it now. This fruit wine can help you sleep. You'll fall asleep as soon as you drink it. I'll give it to you before you go to bed tonight, but that's all you can drink."

Bai Xiaoqi used two fingers to create a gap, then thought for a moment and reduced it a little more, "This much."

"Stingy and frugal."

After dinner, Chen Shuo took a shower early and then sat on the sofa in the living room, waiting for Bai Xiaoqi to finish her shower and pour him the fruit wine. He wanted to pour it himself, but the little girl had made a mark with a pen.

It's like they're afraid they'll sneak a drink.

However, the more strictly she watched over it, the more it made people anxious and curious about what that thing tasted like, making their mouths water.

"Wipe yourself." Bai Xiaoqi came out of the bathroom after taking a shower and handed him a tissue.

Chen Shuo didn't reach out to take it. The drooling was just an exaggerated rhetorical device; how could he possibly be drooling?

"Go on, I'm waiting."

"I know."

Bai Xiaoqi tilted her head and held her hair with a towel, while UU read a book and vigorously rubbed it to dry it as much as possible before taking the two of their glasses to pour fruit wine.

When she came out, Chen Shuo took his cup and looked inside. It was only half full. Then he looked at her cup, which was full to the brim, almost overflowing. He immediately became unhappy. "Why is yours full while mine is so little?"

"Because you forget things when you drink too much," Bai Xiaoqi said matter-of-factly.

"Then you won't forget?"

"I've never drunk alcohol, how would I know?" Bai Xiaoqi glanced at the fruit wine in the glass, then twitched her little nose to smell it.

"Stop smelling it, come on, cheers."

Chen Shuo was too lazy to argue with her, so he picked up his cup, clinked it against hers, and took a small sip.

Smack your lips. Like a beverage, the first taste is a strong lychee flavor, sweet and quite delicious. Only after you swallow the wine does a long-lasting aroma of wine emerge.

Bai Xiaoqi tilted her head back and took a big gulp. Although it was mostly sweet lychee flavor, it was still mixed with a slight spiciness. A burning sensation rushed into her mouth, and she unconsciously frowned, but quickly relaxed and stared at the wine in the glass.

This stuff is amazing; after drinking it, my whole body felt warm and cozy.

Take another sip.

"Drink slowly, you should savor the wine little by little, don't go around showing off in just a couple of sips," Chen Shuo said, expressing his disapproval of her guzzling manner.

"Pour more after you finish drinking."

"Then I'll finish it..."

"You only have this one cup."

"Damn it..."