I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Go to sleep." Chen Shuo murmured, closed his eyes, turned over and hugged the little cat girl in his arms tightly. Then, his right hand precisely went around her smooth back and climbed up the cat mountain.

His other left hand held her thigh, his slightly rough palm roaming and caressing the delicate skin between her knee and hip.

Listening to her unconscious whimpering, she quickly fell into a deep sleep again.

......

When Chen Shuo finally woke up, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. The whole room was pitch black, and for a moment he thought he had gone blind.

After waiting a while, his eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness. Chen Shuo reached out and groped around to get his phone. He pressed the buttons twice but couldn't turn it on. Only then did he realize that his phone had been turned off at some point.

After restarting his phone and seeing the time displayed, Chen Shuo's half-closed eyes widened instantly. Holy crap, 7:47 PM.

crossed?

Looking at the list of missed calls in the notification bar, there were classmates and friends from yesterday's wedding, as well as calls from Wu Yulan. There were also many missed voice calls and messages on WeChat.

Chen Shuo read through all the messages one by one. They were mostly nothing serious, just congratulatory messages. He could simply reply with thanks to each one.

The important thing is Wu Yulan's side. She also sent a few WeChat messages: Are you awake? Are you awake? Call back when you're awake.

I did wake up, but it was almost 8 p.m., so what should I say when I return the call?

You can't exactly say you just woke up, that you didn't wake up until 8 pm, because they'd definitely tell you to take care of yourself, which would be so awkward.

Chen Shuo continued scrolling down. The last WeChat message was sent around noon, with just a few words: "Why is your phone off?"

Chen Shuo also wanted to ask this question, but it wasn't hard to guess. He was sleeping soundly at noon when one phone call after another came in, which was so annoying that he simply turned off his phone.

Looking at the message screen, Chen Shuo pondered how to make the call. Should he say that the phone was off because it was broken and had just been fixed, and that they had actually been awake for a while?

"Hmm, um..."

The phone's light was glaringly bright in the darkness. Bai Xiaoqi hummed some incomprehensible syllables, rubbed her eyes, and asked in a slightly dazed voice, "What time is it?"

"...It's almost eight o'clock."

"Oh..." Bai Xiaoqi responded, then drowsily closed her eyes again, preparing to continue sleeping. She felt her head was still dizzy, she must not have slept enough.

Seeing that she had closed her eyes and was about to fall asleep, Chen Shuo said quietly, "It's almost eight o'clock in the evening."

"!!!"

Bai Xiaoqi suddenly opened her eyes and exclaimed in surprise, "Eight o'clock at night?"

"if not?"

Chen Shuo tossed his phone aside and nudged her twice, saying, "Alright, get up now."

"But I'm still a little sleepy."

"You've been sleeping too long, so you're getting more and more tired. Listen to me, get up quickly, let's take a shower first, and then go out to eat."

As he spoke, Chen Shuo leaned down to kiss her soft lips. He intended only a quick kiss, but as the kiss progressed, her delicate arms wrapped around his neck, and the bedroom began to heat up again, a tender atmosphere gradually filling the air.

The two figures on the bed embraced each other tighter and tighter, making the time to get up seem endlessly longer.

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Around 9 p.m., Chen Shuo got out of bed, carrying the still slightly panting kitten girl, and walked into the ensuite bathroom of the master bedroom.

Chen Shuo carried her into the bathroom and placed her on the floor. Perhaps the floor tiles were too slippery, because Bai Xiaoqi felt a little unsteady on her feet. She could only lean against him, her face flushed as she watched Chen Shuo fill the bathtub with water.

The rushing water filled the bathtub to two-thirds full. Chen Shuo turned off the water valve, tested the water temperature with his hand, then picked her up and put her in the bathtub before sitting in himself.

"I'm so tired and so hungry..." Bai Xiaoqi mumbled, leaning against Chen Shuo and letting him do her bath. She felt not only tired but also extremely hungry.

"Who told you to sleep so long?"

"It's all your fault."

"...It's me, it's all my fault." Chen Shuo sincerely took the blame, but he didn't really believe it in his heart. Although it was indeed related to him, it takes two to tango, and to make a slapping sound, cooperation is needed, so everyone is responsible.

Even if we take a step back and say the worst, don't you still enjoy it immensely?

"Hurry up and wash, hurry up..." Bai Xiaoqi pouted and urged, "I'm so hungry, I want to eat."

"Take it one step at a time. We'll go out to eat after you've showered. Don't rush us."

He didn't know why, maybe because he had passed the point of being hungry. Even though he had slept all day and hadn't eaten anything, Chen Shuo felt no reaction in his stomach and didn't seem to feel hungry at all.

"Then let's go to a buffet, I'm sure I can eat a lot."

"Okay, I'll go out and check in a bit. There aren't any self-service doors yet, but I reckon they're probably closed or about to close at this hour. So you can think of something else."

The two were talking in the bathroom, while Walnut was squatting on the coffee table in the living room, meowing at the bedroom door, its eyes glowing in the darkness.

It remembers that its last meal was yesterday, and it has been starving ever since. It's almost starving to death.

After calling for a while and seeing no response, Walnut stopped barking, jumped off the coffee table, and lay down in front of the bedroom door, intending to just lie there and wait.

"Then..." Bai Xiaoqi was about to speak when the cat ears on her head suddenly twitched twice, catching an extremely faint sound. She turned her head and asked, "Did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?" Chen Shuo was a little confused.

Bai Xiaoqi didn't speak, listened carefully for a while, then shook her head, "...There seemed to be some sound just now, but it's gone now."

"Is it possible that you misheard?"

"It's possible..."

Chapter 288 My days are numbered

After showering, brushing their teeth, and drying their long, wet hair until it was about 80% dry, the two finally changed their clothes around 11 p.m. and prepared to go out to find food.

When Chen Shuo pushed open the bedroom door, he first felt a resistance, and then saw a pair of eyes glowing green. Before he could recover, there was another mournful howl.

"Meow!"

"Holy crap!" Chen Shuo was so startled by the three consecutive words that he took two steps back. Only then, with the light coming from the bedroom, could he see that it was Walnut outside the door.

He composed himself, turned his head and said, "Ask it what's wrong. Why is it so resentful? Is it uncomfortable wearing those clothes?"

On such a joyous occasion as a wedding, the whole house is decorated with various festive decorations. As a member of the family, Walnut is also dressed in a small red coat to symbolize the celebration.

Bai Xiaoqi was silent for a moment before asking, "...Did you feed it today?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Shuo also fell silent for a moment, "...Did you feed him when you came back last night?"

"Meow meow..."

Bai Xiaoqi took Walnut to the balcony to add water and food for it. She felt guilty watching Walnut wolf down its food. She reached out and kept stroking Walnut's head, meowing and apologizing in its feline language.

Chen Shuo opened another can of cat food for it, a big can, as a small compensation for Walnut.

Then the two of them went out to eat together.

It was past 11 p.m., and most of the restaurants outside had already closed. Chen Shuo checked on his phone and found that there was still one barbecue buffet open until 3 a.m.

After driving there for dinner, it was past 1 a.m. when I came out of the restaurant with my belly bulging.

To summarize the wedding, from the night of the wedding until now, apart from sleeping until 8 pm, feeding Walnuts, and going out for a buffet in the middle of the night, the rest is all indescribable.

"Ding ding ding..."

As soon as he got into the car and fastened his seatbelt, his cell phone rang. Chen Shuo picked it up and almost slapped his forehead.

Oh no, I completely forgot about calling back.

"Hey, Mom, you're still awake?"

"You two have both lost contact, how can your dad and I sleep..." The person on the other end of the line started talking, followed by a continuous stream of chatter, but it was clear that Wu Yulan was relieved.

"I'm fine, she's fine too, yeah, really, I'm not lying to you, no, you shouldn't read those news reports. There's a reason I woke up late. I've been busy with the wedding these past few days and haven't slept much. I also drank some alcohol, so I was really tired. Last night, as soon as I got home, I lay down on the bed and fell asleep immediately..."

Chen Shuo couldn't find a reliable reason after thinking it over and over, so he could only make a small change and try to conform to the objective facts.

"What do you mean, 'take care of your health'? Okay, okay, take care of your health. We woke up this morning, but we didn't have anything to do, so we thought we'd sleep a little longer. But the more we slept, the more tired we became, and the more tired we became, the more we slept, until we slept until 8 p.m. Huh? Why didn't you call back when you woke up? Well... actually, I didn't see your message. I just turned my phone on."

"Mom, what a coincidence! I just turned my phone on and you called! Oh? Qiqi's been unanswered all this time?"

Bai Xiaoqi had been listening intently, but when she heard this sentence, she suddenly remembered, "Wait, where's my phone?"

She touched her pockets; they were empty.

"I think I've lost my phone."

"Qiqi lost her phone, and we're still looking for it. Okay, I'll stop talking to you now. Let's keep looking for the phone. Okay, I'll come see you tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Chen Shuo let out a long sigh of relief before turning his head to ask, "Where did you lose your phone?"

"I don't know, anyway, I didn't have any in my pocket."

Did you get your phone back last night?

"Ah."

"Then it should be at home. Let's go back and look for it carefully."

When they drove home, Walnut, with her round belly, curled up in the cat bed and took a nap, while the two of them were faced with the mess and chaos of the entire bedroom.

Chen Shuo's bright red wedding dress and Bai Xiaoqi's bright red wedding gown were scattered on the ground, along with socks and underwear lying around. A pair of small, exquisite red embroidered shoes lay on the edge of the platform. My gaze swept over the wrinkled bed sheet and landed on the carpet on the platform, where a pair of battle-damaged flesh-colored stockings lay.

He hadn't noticed it when he was in such a rush to go out for dinner, but now, looking at the mess, Chen Shuo rubbed his temples. "Why is it so chaotic?"

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi ignored him and started tidying up. She threw away what needed to be thrown away, changed what needed to be changed, and tidied up what needed to be tidied up. She crumpled up the stockings and threw them into the trash can. She changed the bed sheets, and the new bed sheets were also festive bright red. She had a lot of these kinds of bed sheets at home.

The couple's wedding clothes will be hung up first, then taken to the dry cleaners tomorrow, and then stored away in a trunk for safekeeping.

Chen Shuo picked up the exquisite red embroidered shoes, fiddled with the decorations, then put them in a box and stored them in his wardrobe. He also intended to keep them as collectibles.

After tidying up the bedroom for half a day, Bai Xiaoqi found her phone on the second shelf of the display case, next to the big teddy bear. Then she started checking her messages.

It was almost 3 a.m., but Chen Shuo wasn't sleepy at all. He wanted to count how much money he had received as gifts, but he couldn't.

Last night, when I returned home from the wedding, I didn't take anything, not even a gift list or monetary gift. I came back empty-handed, still wearing my wedding dress. My parents helped me clean up the mess.

When I turned on my computer, I found that the wedding company had sent me a video that was several hours long, and they even left a message asking them to check if the editing was okay.

The wedding video was shot from the perspectives of both of them, including shots of Chen Shuo setting off to pick up the bride and shots of Bai Xiaoqi putting on makeup and headdress.

Chen Shuo watched quietly, and before he knew it, Bai Xiaoqi had come over and snuggled into his arms to watch with him.

Yesterday, during the wedding ceremony, Bai Xiaoqi was in a daze. Now, watching the scenes in the video, she felt as if she had just come to her senses, and then a feeling of happiness welled up in her heart like a rising tide.