I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

Bai Xiaoqi strolled over slowly, looked at the large wooden box, and asked, "What did you buy?"

"piano."

"Wow!"

Bai Xiaoqi exclaimed in exaggerated surprise, "A piano is so expensive, it costs hundreds of thousands! I didn't know you were such a rich woman!"

She remembered that when she went shopping with Chen Shuo last year, there was a piano in the lobby on the first floor of the mall. Chen Shuo said that the piano cost hundreds of thousands of yuan.

"What rich woman? The piano I bought is just a regular one, costing a little over 20,000 yuan. I hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to buy it, and I even used Alipay installment payments to pay 10,000 yuan of it."

"More than 20,000 is very expensive."

Several workers worked together to carry the large wooden crate into the elevator. The two girls followed them in, talking as they went. Anya pressed the floor button and went into the house. The workers carried the piano in and placed it in its place, then removed the wooden crate from the outside. Suddenly, a brand new piano appeared in the corner of the living room.

After paying the shipping fee, the men who helped carry the piano left. Anya couldn't wait to sit down next to the piano, get into position, and play a string of Dao Rui Mi Fa So La Ti.

Bai Xiaoqi was standing to the side, wanting to see how the piano was played, but she didn't expect her to stop after playing a few notes. She couldn't help but ask, "Why did you stop playing?"

"I can't play it."

"???"

Chapter 271 Let's Go to Sleep

In the living room, Anya excitedly fiddled with the piano, playing her self-composed pieces over and over again, while Bai Xiaoqi sat on a small stool watching, completely mesmerized.

Even now, she still can't understand what Anya was thinking. She clearly can't play, so why did she spend more than 20,000 yuan to buy a piano?

After a while, the chaotic piano music finally stopped. Anya removed her hands from the keys, turned her head, and asked excitedly, "How was it? Did my piano playing movements and posture have that feel?"

What does it taste like?

"Didn't I look like a piano master just now?"

"You can't play it."

"The question asked about the movements, not the music. You're just asking if the movements are like the music, and whether they're particularly elegant?"

Bai Xiaoqi pondered for a moment after hearing this. She remembered seeing a video of someone playing the piano on Douyin before. The man in the video seemed to be named Langlang. Chen Shuo said that this person was a piano master.

But when Langlang plays the piano...

She didn't know how to describe it, but she was shaking her head and looking a bit crazy, but Anya didn't. However, she did look very elegant.

After thinking for a moment, she nodded. "Very similar."

"Hehe, I knew it would be like that." Anya was happy. Her best friend had thought for so long before answering, which meant she wasn't just giving a perfunctory answer. She must have thought it through carefully, which showed that she was absolutely elegant.

"But what's the use of just making movements?"

"Practice the movements well first; that's the first and most important step. The second step..."

"The second step is to learn the music, right?" Bai Xiaoqi answered quickly.

"No, the second step is to make the movements and postures more perfect and elegant."

"And the third step?"

This time, she didn't rush to answer and decided to honestly ask Anya instead.

"The third step is still related to movement. As soon as you sit down next to the piano, you will instinctively adopt an elegant posture."

"So you bought the piano just to practice your moves?" Bai Xiaoqi looked at Anya with a puzzled expression.

If you just want to practice the moves, why not just bounce them randomly on the table? Can't you practice like that?

"Practice the movements first, then learn the pieces. I bought the piano with great determination. I want to practice the movements and learn the pieces. In the future, I will be an elegant piano girl."

Anya clenched her fist and swung her arm in a gesture of encouragement, then continued,

"Besides, you know how competitive things are these days. Even finding a partner is competitive. All the good guys have been snatched up by those flashy, cheap girls out there. Just imagine, if I go out and see a handsome guy, and I chat with him and say that I can play the piano, won't he look at me differently and think that I'm special and suddenly have a lot of class?"

"Oh..."

Bai Xiaoqi suddenly realized that Anya had bought the piano for a reason. "So you wanted to find a boyfriend."

"Yes, seeing you two always together, even going to the capital for your honeymoon, I'm so envious, okay?" Anya sighed deliberately, then sat up straight to continue practicing her piano moves.

"What couple..."

Bai Xiaoqi muttered softly, "They're not even married yet, but this person has made them a couple, and their trip has turned into a honeymoon."

But apart from not being married... they seem no different from a married couple now...

As she was thinking, she suddenly realized that it seemed like a week had passed, so would it be another... tonight?

The thought of such things made her feel inexplicably weak, and her fair face suddenly flushed with embarrassment.

Anya clearly noticed this and leaned closer to look at her. "Hey, why are you blushing all of a sudden?"

"I am hot."

Bai Xiaoqi's heart skipped a beat upon hearing this. She opened her mouth and hurriedly made up an excuse, then fanned herself with her hand while pulling at her collar. She looked around and said, "It's a bit hot here. Is the air conditioning off?"

Anya glanced at the air conditioner over there. "I turned it on! I set it to 20 degrees and it's still hot?"

“Oh, I get it…” she said, then suddenly made an exaggerated “oh” sound, clicked her tongue twice, and said in a particularly pretentious tone, “Tsk tsk, people with central air conditioning at home are so different. Now they all complain that our ordinary air conditioners don’t cool us.”

"No, I'm going home now."

"You're leaving after only a short while?"

"Well, I should go back and make dinner."

Bai Xiaoqi responded calmly, turned around and went out. She breathed a sigh of relief after entering the elevator, then reached out and touched her cheek, which was a little hot.

But thinking that a week was over, she couldn't help but shyly bite her lip. With a ding, the elevator arrived at the first floor. She shook her head, trying to clear her mind of all her chaotic thoughts.

.......

In the summer, people often lose their appetite. In the evening, I just stir-fried some vegetables and steamed some rice, eating until I was about 70-80% full.

Chen Shuo took a shower, changed into a cool tank top, and sat down on a chair on the master bedroom balcony. He started organizing the themes for his new book on his computer. This was something he had been busy with for the past few days. He had been idle for more than a month and needed to finalize the new book he was going to write as soon as possible.

He decided to change his style and wrote two books of slice-of-life romance novels. The female lead's personality was inevitably similar to Bai Xiaoqi's, which was unavoidable and really hard not to be influenced by.

That's why he's thinking of switching to a new genre.

What should I write?

Chen Shuo started by writing supernatural stories, and later switched to everyday life. But he can't write supernatural stories now. Of his first two supernatural books, one and a half were banned. Why one and a half? Because he was locked up in a dark room when he was only halfway through writing the second one.

He unconsciously rubbed his brow bone with his fingers, deep in thought as he stared at the computer screen. Bai Xiaoqi came out of the bathroom after taking a shower and went to the balcony to see him. Seeing him deep in thought, she hesitated for a moment but didn't disturb him. She went to the living room, grabbed a hairdryer, and dried her hair herself.

Back in the bedroom, she saw Chen Shuo still sitting on the balcony, deep in thought in front of the computer. She went over to take a look, hesitated for a moment, fidgeting with the hem of her nightgown, and then patted his head. "Let's go to sleep."

"You go to sleep first. I'm thinking of a new book topic and I'll be there in a bit."

"Oh..."

Bai Xiaoqi responded, turned around and walked towards the bed. When she got to the bedside, she looked back at him again before climbing onto the big bed.

One by one, the themes were rejected. By the time Chen Shuo finally figured out the theme for his new book and put up a brief storyline, it was already eleven o'clock. He stretched, turned off the computer, drew the floor-to-ceiling curtains that separated the master bedroom from the balcony, and turned to walk towards the bed.

The bedroom lights were off, with only the bedside nightlight casting a warm glow. Bai Xiaoqi had her eyes closed as if she were asleep. It was the height of summer in July, and the air conditioning had been running almost constantly. She was covered with a thin blanket to avoid catching a cold.

As soon as Chen Shuo lifted the covers and lay down, a warm and soft body pressed against his chest. He reached out and embraced her soft, fragrant body, then lowered his head and kissed her delicate face. "You're not asleep?"

"No."

Bai Xiaoqi responded and buried her face in his chest, rubbing against him repeatedly. Her cat ears brushed against his chin again and again, like a gentle and obedient kitten.

Chen Shuo originally wanted to go to sleep, but he didn't expect her to suddenly start acting cute again, so he had no choice but to stroke her back through the thin gauze nightgown.

After a while, seeing that she showed no sign of stopping, Chen Shuo asked, "What's wrong with you today?"

"..." Bai Xiaoqi stopped what she was doing upon hearing this, looked up at him, then buried her face in Chen Shuo's chest again. After a while, she bit her lip and said in a very soft voice, "Agou, it's been a week..."

Chapter 272 Feeling Melancholy

The floor-to-ceiling curtains were drawn tightly, completely blocking out the sunlight. There was a faint sound like a car horn, but it was too far away to disturb my deep, sweet dreams.

Over time, one develops a magical biological clock. Although he went to bed very late last night, around three or four in the morning, Chen Shuo still woke up automatically at ten o'clock in the morning.

He stared at the ceiling for a moment, and his brain, which had been somewhat sluggish from just waking up, began to clear up. He heard a slight movement on his neck and cheek, a soft and gentle breath, and turned his head to look.

Little A-Miao was sleeping soundly in her arms. She looked especially charming in her sleep, just like a lazy kitten, languid and indescribably cute.

The blush from fatigue hadn't completely faded and remained on her face, adding a touch of softness to her cuteness.

Chen Shuo's arms were already aching, but he still held her tightly, unwilling to let go. He could never get enough of holding her delicate and soft body in his arms, and holding her gave him an unparalleled sense of satisfaction.

And last night she even called her husband in a soft, sweet voice that made my bones melt. Although she was half asleep, it was a great start.

Thinking of this, Chen Shuo couldn't help but lean over and give her a hard kiss on the cheek, which made Bai Xiaoqi grumble twice in dissatisfaction. She opened her eyes groggily, clearly not having had enough sleep, her eyes full of confusion and innocence, making her even more adorable.

My body felt limp, as if all my strength had been exhausted, and I was too lazy to move at all.

Her little head rested in Chen Shuo's arm, remaining motionless in her sleeping position. She was reluctant to leave his warm and reassuring embrace, and was also a little tired. She wanted to close her eyes and sleep a little longer, but the images from last night kept floating in her drowsy mind, and the scenes in her memory made her little face turn redder and redder.

"Um..."

Just then, Bai Xiaoqi suddenly let out a soft groan. She opened her eyes, which were still misty and adorably sleepy.

In psychology, there is a condition called "cute aggression syndrome," which means that when you see something cute, you not only feel a strong liking for it, but also a desire to hurt or bully it.

To put it simply, this is the brain's balancing mechanism, preventing you from being overwhelmed by cuteness, so negative emotions are needed to maintain balance.

After Chen Shuo opened his eyes, he kept staring at her, watching her dazed and innocent look when she first woke up, watching her little face getting redder and redder for some reason, and then he couldn't help but want to tease her again. The soft hum he had just heard came from that.

Noticing him pushing towards her, Bai Xiaoqi snorted and quickly came to her senses. She pressed her still slightly sore legs together, barely managed to raise her arms to push him away a couple of times, and said shyly in a low voice, "No, no, I'm so tired..."

At this moment, Chen Shuo's head was full of tadpoles swimming around. He hugged her and kissed her twice, then leaned close to her ear and said something that every man would say at this moment without any instruction.

“.....….”

Bai Xiaoqi instinctively didn't quite believe him, but she still bit her lip and whispered, "Then you can't lie to me."

"Don't worry, I won't."

Chen Shuo's voice was very soft, as if he were talking in his sleep. Before she could answer, he turned over and kissed her little lips.

........