I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

That's the sentence.

At the time, I didn't realize what that sentence meant, or I couldn't explain what it meant to me. I was just excited that I had finally succeeded in getting the title, and I even thanked him with great joy. As a result, I became a cat-eared girl.

If God gave me another chance to go back to that time, I definitely wouldn't thank him.

I will only say three words to him.

"I love you?"

When she got to this part of the story, Chen Shuo couldn't help but chime in.

"No, it's a dog!"

"Oh..."

Chen Shuo let out an "Oh," and touched his nose somewhat awkwardly, "I was even humming a song back then?"

"See? I told you you definitely wouldn't remember."

"Oh dear, I was drunk back then, and it's been so long, who would remember?"

"I remember."

"How can I compare to you? Your memory is amazing." Chen Shuo squeezed her small hand in his palm, stretched out his arm to hug her, and let her lean on his shoulder.

A cat nestled on my lap, my wife in my arms, a cool breeze blowing across the rooftop, dispelling the lingering noise of late summer.

Let me sing you a song.

"Okay."

Bai Xiaoqi gazed into the distance, looking at the dark sky and the shimmering neon buildings in the distance, and slowly began to sing.

There are so many people in this world

How lucky I am to have us.

Dawn and dusk in this long destiny

It often makes me gaze into the distance, lost in thought.

Gray leaves swirl in the pond

Watching the plane roar away to a distant land

The corridor of time

Footsteps shouting

The lights came on, revealing an empty space.

A few frames from the past flashed by in the evening breeze.

Has the spinning motion disappeared while speeding along?

You walk towards me in the distant light, bathed in sunshine.

So many people around

But the world remained silent.

........

The evening breeze on the rooftop carried the sound of singing, and everything from the past seemed to flash by frame by frame in the evening breeze.

Having lived half a lifetime in a daze, when she looks back, she is still the same as in my memory, as if defying the years, neither gaining weight nor aging, and untouched by the mundane world.

Even if one day she can no longer resist the passage of time and slowly grows old, the image of her in her memory will not; she will forever be young and beautiful, waving from her own memory.

There is such a person in this world

Living in my vibrant youth

A long kiss soaked in tears

It often makes me think and think, lost in thought.

............

As the singing faded, Bai Xiaoqi pursed her lips, turned her head, and asked, "Was it nice?"

"It sounds nice, but it's not suitable for us. The song you sang tells a story of unrequited love, which is different from ours."

"So what kind of story do we have?"

"What do you think?" Chen Shuo tightened his grip on her arm, his eyes full of tenderness. "What kind of story do you think we have?"

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P.S.: Alright everyone, this book is now truly finished. I'm too lazy to write a separate chapter and a second author's note, so I'll just write something here.

Oh, it's not really over yet. I'll write the final epilogue tomorrow, then it won't be a side story, it'll be an epilogue.

That's basically it for talking about life a few years, or even many years from now.

Since it was the last day of September, I wrote it down to mark the beginning and end, and then I went to celebrate National Day.

Finally, I wish everyone a happy National Day in advance!

[A friendly reminder: it's best not to travel unnecessarily during the National Day holiday. You might unknowingly become a close contact and be placed in quarantine, which could negatively impact everyone's good fortune.]

Chapter 367 Epilogue (The End)

Time flies.

Yangcheng is still the same Yangcheng, yet it is no longer the same Yangcheng it once was.

Times are constantly changing.

Urban development is accelerating at an increasingly rapid pace, so fast that it's hard to keep up.

"Why are you buying this? It's not like I don't have a belt. By the way, how much does this thing cost?"

"It's not much money, just a few thousand yuan."

"A few thousand yuan isn't much money. Isn't this a waste of money?"

Chen Shuo muttered to himself as he fastened the belt his daughter had bought for him. Several thousand yuan was equivalent to a few hundred or even a thousand yuan back then. Thinking about it that way, it didn't seem that expensive.

But my daughter has only just started working, so this is a bit expensive.

Although he kept muttering about it, he couldn't hide the joy on his face. It had to be his daughter. She was truly her father's sweet little angel. The first thing she did after starting work and earning money was to buy him a gift.

He felt that this was his daughter paying tribute to him in a special way, paying tribute to the seven wolves that once carried her father's love.

Otherwise, why would you buy a belt instead of something else?

Wait, that's not right. Seven Wolves, which embodies fatherly love, is clearly meant for sons.

Thinking of this, Chen Shuo turned to Chen Qi'an and said, "Qi'an, look at your sister. You should buy your father a belt tomorrow too."

"Oh, I don't have any money."

"Don't you also go to work and earn money? Where did your money go?"

"He took it all to book a room with Qiuqiu, and Uncle Nie accidentally caught them. Tsk tsk..." Chen Qinghan clicked her tongue in schadenfreude from the side.

"Da Bao, you..." Chen Qi'an's face turned green. He had repeatedly told her not to mention this and even offered her many benefits, but this girl actually turned around and sold him out.

Chen Shuo's face darkened upon hearing this. This brat! He booked a hotel room, and his father-in-law found out! This...this...

He raised his hand, ready to give the guy a whack on the head so the kid could feel the fatherly love he once had, when Chen Qinghan suddenly called out to stop him.

"Hey, Dad, don't hit me!"

"Ok?"

"Ok?"

Chen Shuo turned his head to look over with some confusion, while Chen Qi'an was even more puzzled. What was going on?

Could it be...?

He thought of a possibility: since his father would find out about this sooner or later anyway, instead of hiding it, he might as well expose it directly, and then when his father was about to beat him up, she could jump in to speak up for him and stop him, and then the matter would truly be over.

They truly are siblings; they're family, blood is thicker than water.

In a fleeting moment, a thousand thoughts raced through Chen Qi'an's mind. He was deeply moved. Next year's Top Ten People Who Moved China... wouldn't include you...

"Dad, don't use your hands, use the belt, the one I just bought for you."

"You..." Chen Qi'an looked at his sister in disbelief. So that's why you bought Dad a belt?

"Come on, Da Bao, take your phone and record a video."

After a chaotic scene at home, Chen Shuo pulled up his pants and sent the video of him beating his son to Director Nie.

Just finished cleaning up.

Before the other end could reply, he put his phone back in his pocket and fastened his belt.

It's a pity that I used this new belt to discipline my son as soon as I bought it.

But there was no other way but to make a show of it for Director Nie. He was very petty when it came to his daughter.

Chen Qi'an groaned as he covered his buttocks, but it didn't actually hurt at all. He was just a little ashamed that his father was still whipping his buttocks with a belt when he was such a grown man.

"Dad, don't move. You have a few gray hairs on your head. Let me pluck them out for you."

"Nonsense, I don't have any gray hair." Chen Shuo slapped his daughter's hand aside, then stroked his hair, not wanting to pay attention to the two children, and turned to leave. "I'm going out for a walk, and I'll call your mother back while I'm at it."

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The neighborhood still looks the same as before, with a small garden, an artificial lake, a basketball court, and trees along the road that have grown tall over the decades.

"Hey, Old Chen, have you eaten yet?" Having lived here for decades, he was already familiar with the residents. Some of them waved and greeted him when they saw him.

"Oh, you mean this belt of mine? My daughter bought it for me. It cost several thousand yuan. I told her to return it, but she wouldn't listen and insisted that I wear it. It's just a waste of money every day."

"?"

The person who greeted him paused for a moment, then looked at the belt around Chen Shuo's waist, which was actually quite conspicuous.

From the moment he came downstairs, he walked with his hands behind his back, deliberately leaving his brand-new belt hanging outside.

"You're right, you've already bought it, why return it? It's a filial act from a child."