I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

“…”

She paused for a moment, then continued jumping, saying defiantly, "...Take it off if you want, I'm not afraid."

Chen Shuo looked a little surprised when he heard this, and pressed her small hand down, "Because I've already taken your clothes off several times, you're used to it so you're not afraid anymore, right?"

"Anyway, you're not going to do anything to me."

He had previously said that they would only do *that* after they were close to getting married, so at most this guy was just randomly kissing me all over...

Thinking of this, Bai Xiaoqi's heart skipped a beat. She realized that her bottom line seemed to be getting lower and lower. Before, she would feel ashamed if his hands touched her randomly, but now...

Oh no, I've really gone astray.

She glanced at Chen Shuo with a hint of embarrassment and annoyance, then started flicking his forehead with her hand again. This time, it wasn't to check his brain, but to punish him. This was the guy who led her astray, and the guy who made her go astray.

Anyway, it was all his fault, and had nothing to do with her, this innocent little kitten.

"Hiss... Okay, stop playing, I don't want a wheelchair anymore."

Chen Shuo couldn't help but grimace. This time, the flick on the head was noticeably harder than the previous one. It hadn't hurt much before, but now his head was buzzing.

"You don't want it anymore?"

Bai Xiaoqi paused, her hands involuntarily stopping their movements.

"Yes, no, I figured it out this afternoon. If I can't eat or drink, wouldn't it be better to use that money to buy ribs?"

"Is that right?"

"Yes."

"Oh..."

Bai Xiaoqi let out an "oh" and continued to flick his forehead. She had to flick him even if he didn't have a wheelchair, since the current head-slapping had nothing to do with the wheelchair.

"Didn't we all say we don't want wheelchairs? Why are you still going on and on?"

“Because your head is full of filthy things, I’m going to eject those things, and here too…” M.

She then poked Chen Shuo's stomach with her other hand, saying, "Your stomach is full of bad ideas too, and I'm going to expose you."

"Alright, behave yourself, or I'll eat the candy." Chen Shuo grabbed both of her little hands.

Bai Xiaoqi was about to pull her hand away to continue flicking him when she heard the words "candy" and immediately quieted down. After a moment of silence, she flicked his switch with her leg, saying, "It's clearly you who's being dishonest."

This guy is always like this, yet he claims he's dishonest.

The wicked person files a lawsuit first.

P.S.: On a side note, my cousins ​​tragically drowned a few days ago. Tomorrow is the seventh day after their deaths, so I might not be able to update. I need to take a day off and will resume updates the day after tomorrow at the latest. I'm really sorry.

Chapter 224 He really did go astray

The next day, the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

Strictly speaking, the New Year wasn't over yet, but Anya had already run back from home. Bai Xiaoqi greeted Chen Shuo and then came out with her small bag to play with her friends.

It was early February, a gentle breeze was blowing, and the two strolled along the street together. Anya complained about her blind date experiences during the Lunar New Year holiday, and finally asked, "How about you? How was your holiday? What did you do every day?"

"Eating, sleeping, sometimes playing games with you, and then taking online classes and doing workbooks."

"what?"

Hearing this, Anya paused for a moment, then asked, "He won't let you rest during the New Year? He's forcing you to study?"

"Yes."

Bai Xiaoqi sighed, frowned, and began to complain in a low voice: "Chen Shuofei is forcing me to study. He said that I don't have winter and summer vacations, so I have to catch up on my courses as soon as possible and not be a fish that slips through the net of nine years of compulsory education."

He also said that people who don't study are worse off than pigs, that not learning only makes them increasingly stupid, easily deceived, and prone to having their values ​​distorted, even to following others into boxing or something similar. Basically, this guy is incredibly talkative when it comes to studying, always going on and on about it.

Seeing Bai Xiaoqi's sullen expression, Anya couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, knowing that it must have been her boyfriend who forced her.

It's impossible to expect this girl to study on her own. I remember when we were renovating our new house last year, she would come to play with me every day, and she always carried a fifth-grade math book in her little handbag.

At first, I thought she was studious, but I soon found out that wasn't the case, because she always looked gloomy when she studied.

"That's good. You need someone to force you. But his claim about boxing is pure nonsense. How could you possibly box? You have a boyfriend who loves you, you're handsome, and you're getting married soon. You'd have to be bored to go online and start boxing."

"Yes, I don't know how to play, but I still need to learn."

"He's doing it for your own good, he's just a bit of a straight man."

"Straight man?" Bai Xiaoqi was taken aback. She had heard this term many times, but she never quite understood what it meant.

Isn't it straight?

As they talked, they turned into a milk tea shop by the roadside, ordered two cups of milk tea at the counter, and Anya took the receipt and continued talking while waiting:

"You already have your own online store business, and you'll soon have your own family. Whether you study or not is actually irrelevant, but he still forces you to study all the time, compelling you to do things you don't want to do..."

At this point, Anya paused, then said, "Uh, thinking about it this way, it seems even more straightforward."

"Even straighter?" Bai Xiaoqi blinked her eyes, a strange thought flashing through her mind about something that had grown on Chen Shuo's body, but looking at Anya's expression, she realized that she hadn't made any suggestive remarks.

I've really gone astray; even without a driver, I voluntarily got on the highway.

"Well, straight men have their advantages too. At least they're countless times better than those playboy scumbags who spend all their time figuring out how to sweet-talk girls and then cheat on them with the next target. I remember your boyfriend graduated from university, right?"

"Correct."

“Look, he’s in college, and you haven’t even finished elementary school. He’s making you study and read books to broaden your mind and to have more in common with you. Even though it’s forcing you and might upset you, he’s actually thinking about the long-term future of both of you.”

At this point, Anya couldn't help but purse her lips, suddenly feeling like she had been inexplicably fed a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

Bai Xiaoqi nodded thoughtfully, "Is that so?"

"What else would you do? What normal person would force their girlfriend to study all the time? Wouldn't it be better to just stick together, eat, drink, have fun, and do some exercise to keep her healthy?"

Just then, two cups of milk tea were ready. Anya reached out and took them, handing the one with regular sugar to Bai Xiaoqi. She then continued, "Even the most beautiful face will eventually become tiresome, and the novelty will slowly wear off over time. Relationships are sometimes fragile too. If you want them to last, you have to make some effort. You understand, right?"

"I don't quite understand." Bai Xiaoqi shook her head, not really agreeing with that statement. She felt that her feelings for Chen Shuo would only grow deeper and deeper, and they would never get tired of each other.

"......"

Anya was a little stumped; how could she not understand such a simple truth?

Maybe she's mistaken. Is her boyfriend making her study just to make her smarter?

.....

The two girls came out of the bubble tea shop. Bai Xiaoqi took a sip of her bubble tea through the straw, looked around the street, and suddenly felt like going home. She turned to Anya and asked, "Are we going back now?"

"Go back? You have no idea what I've been doing at home these past few days. I have to make it up to you."

Anya doesn't have the habit of biting straws, so she sucks the pearls up with the straw in her mouth. "I'm going to get a haircut now, and then get a perm and dye."

"It's not even the end of the first month of the lunar calendar yet, so you can't get a haircut."

"So what if it's not over the first month of the lunar calendar? Don't be so superstitious. Getting a haircut won't really kill your uncle."

"Not cutting one's hair in the first month of the lunar calendar is not because of the death of one's maternal uncle, but because it is a way of remembering the old custom."

"Then there's nothing to worry about. I'll tell my uncle that after I get my hair cut."

Anya pulled her long hair over to look at it. "Besides, it's not like I wanted to cut my hair in the first month of the lunar year. If my parents hadn't insisted that I go on blind dates during the New Year, I would have definitely gotten my hair done before the New Year, instead of doing it now."

As she spoke, she looked up at Bai Xiaoqi and asked, "What, you don't want to go?"

"Yes, I want to go home."

"You're going home right after you came out? Come on, come with me to get your hair done. I'm sitting here all alone with no one to talk to."

"That..."

Seeing that she was still clearly conflicted, Anya immediately used her trump card, "When you get home, are you going to take online classes or do your workbook?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi immediately stopped worrying. However, she did not admit that she was avoiding studying. She said that it was only because Chen Shuo had mentioned wanting her to cut her hair long a while ago that she was planning to go and get it cut.

She looked around and asked, "Where should we get our hair cut?"

"It's right at the entrance of our neighborhood, so it's close by. I got a membership card there. The skills are so-so, but it's passable. Let's go over there now."

The two were not far from the residential area, and they walked back in about ten minutes. Once inside the shop, Anya picked out a hair styling catalog and began to choose. It took her a while to decide on a color and style. Finally, she looked at Bai Xiaoqi and asked, "What about you? Aren't you going to get your hair done?"

"Don't do it."

"It's my treat."

"Don't do it."

Bai Xiaoqi sat to the side, playing with her hair by twirling her fingers. She had originally planned to get a haircut, but realized she had miscalculated after coming in.

Thinking to herself, she pulled out another strand of hair to examine it, and the black hair instantly returned to its original white color.

That guy wanted to cut his hair long, but that made it impossible to cut it.

Cutting one or two strands might not be noticeable, but if you cut your shoulder-length hair in half, and a whole bunch of black hair turns white with one snip, it'll definitely make the news.

When I get home, I need to tell Chen Shuo about this and tell him that I can't get a haircut, since I'm also reluctant to cut my hair.

Chapter 225

It started to drizzle in the evening, then gradually turned into a downpour, with large raindrops pattering against the window.

It's 9:30 p.m.

Bai Xiaoqi, holding an umbrella, waded through the puddles in the neighborhood as she ran home, her trousers rolled up high, the splashes of water flying several meters away.

Once inside the building, she folded her umbrella, looked down, and saw that her clothes and pants were mostly wet, and her shoes were completely soaked. Pouting, she went upstairs with some unease.

He's coming back so late, that guy is definitely going to be really, really angry.

Hesitantly, she unlocked the door and was immediately met with Chen Shuo's angry face and a barrage of questions: "Where have you been? It's raining and you didn't even bother to come back? Why was your phone off when I called you?"

"We didn't go anywhere. I just went with Ya Ya to get her hair done. While she was getting her hair done, we played games together, and her phone died and shut down. I didn't even know it was raining..."

Bai Xiaoqi leaned her newly bought umbrella against the entryway, took off her wet clothes and soaked shoes and socks, wiped the rain off her face, and secretly glanced at Chen Shuo, "Are you angry?"

"What do you say?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Shuo's face instantly darkened. He hadn't expected this guy to have the nerve to ask.

"I left at noon and haven't seen you come back by late at night. It's raining heavily outside and I can't get through to you on your phone. If you hadn't come back soon, I was going to call the police. And you're asking me if I'm angry? Do you think I'm not angry?"