I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Yes, you're right. Okay, I'm leaving now."

After showing off, Chen Shuo waved goodbye and prepared to find his next target.

Bringing a wife home was just a side thing; the main purpose was to show off the belt his daughter bought him.

He quickly spotted a new target, "Hey, Master Liu, just got back?"

"Oh, I just went out and bought some groceries."

"Did you go out and buy a belt?"

"I didn't buy a belt, I mean..."

"What a coincidence, my daughter also bought me one."

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"I don't even want to walk with you now. It makes me look so much older. Do you remember that store we went to buy clothes with last time?"

Which time?

"The other day we went to that store. I had just tried it on and thought it didn't look good, but the sales assistant said it looked great. She even pointed her chin at me and said if I didn't believe her, she'd have her daughter come and see. That made me so angry. Do I look that old?"

"Not old at all, still quite young."

"No one is as young as you. You look like you haven't changed at all over the years."

The two women, carrying freshly bought groceries, walked side by side down the road. Anya sometimes thought she was well-maintained, but every time she saw her, she couldn't feel that way anymore.

If this were a martial arts world, she would definitely suspect that her best friend had practiced some kind of "Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies, I Alone Am Supreme, Everlasting Youth Technique".

Just like that Tianshan Child Granny.

As they approached the entrance to the residential area, Anya pointed ahead and said, "Hey, look, isn't that your husband over there?"

"it's him."

Bai Xiaoqi had already seen him; this guy was standing at the entrance of the residential area, chatting animatedly with the security guard.

Once she got a little closer, she walked over, cleared her throat, and then patted Chen Shuo on the shoulder. "What are you doing here?"

Chen Shuo was chatting with the security guard about belts when he heard someone ask him something behind him. He turned around and subconsciously said, "My daughter bought me one... and she's back?"

"Ah."

Bai Xiaoqi responded and glanced down, "Did Dabao buy you a new belt?"

How did you know?

"Your belt is showing too much," Anya interjected from the side.

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late at night.

Chen Shuo finally took off the belt, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and then changed into loose pajamas.

Bai Xiaoqi went to check on her children in their respective rooms, still in her pajamas. The two young people were always energetic at night, with their lights on, and she didn't know what they were busy with.

"Everyone, hurry up and go to sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow."

"Oh..."

Seeing that the siblings agreed, she shuffled back to the bedroom in her slippers. The nightlight in the room was on, and Chen Shuo was sitting on the edge of the bed fiddling with his phone.

Bai Xiaoqi climbed onto the bed and waited for a while. Seeing that he still showed no signs of sleeping, she nudged him with her foot and urged, "Turn off the light and go to sleep."

"You go to sleep first, I'm not sleepy yet."

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi didn't say anything, but turned over, sat up behind him, and wrapped her arms around Chen Shuo's neck from behind. "If you don't go to sleep now, you won't be sleeping tonight."

As she spoke, her hand slowly moved downwards.

"Oh, I'm suddenly feeling a bit sleepy."

"Hmph..." Bai Xiaoqi rubbed her nose against his neck, then lay back down with a hum.

Oh man.

No, it should be: Ah, a middle-aged man.

Chen Shuo turned off the nightlight by the bedside, put his phone aside, and lay down on the bed in the dark, embracing the body that had come close to him.

He lay with his eyes closed for a while, but couldn't fall asleep. So he opened his eyes again and looked at his wife sleeping in his arms through the dim light.

Time never stops. When you think it's moving slowly, it's actually flying by. Only when you occasionally stop and look back do you realize how fleeting youth is and how time flies like an arrow.

Chen Shuo sometimes wondered if the reason he always felt that time passed so slowly was because of her seemingly unchanging appearance.

So many years have passed, and it's as if she really practiced some kind of immortal technique, the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies, the Only One of Us, the Everlasting Youthful Skill. Even though she has reached the age of a middle-aged woman, she still hasn't changed much.

It feels like I've barely lived a full life; half a lifetime has passed in the blink of an eye. Today, my child said they've sprouted a few gray hairs. We used to say we'd grow old together, but now we are old, and it seems like only I have gray hair.

Chen Shuo lowered his head and nuzzled against Bai Xiaoqi's neck.

"What?" Bai Xiaoqi held back for a moment before opening her eyes.

"I won't do it. You can turn into someone with white hair then."

"Then I won't change."

"Oh dear, hurry up and transform!"

"..."

Although he didn't really want to change, Bai Xiaoqi still fulfilled his wish. Looking at the white-haired cat-eared girl, Chen Shuo was satisfied. Now they could grow old together.

"Okay, let's go to sleep."

"Going to sleep already?"

"Ah."

"Hmph." Bai Xiaoqi couldn't help but snort again. This bastard, she had actually been looking forward to it.

After a while, Chen Shuo suddenly turned over, groped around, lifted her clothes, and slipped his hand inside.

"What are you planning to do now?"

I feel I'm still young.

"........"

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The elderly couple are seventy years old, but they look very healthy and energetic.

Wu Yulan attributes all of this to Chen Jianwen's retirement. "Retirement is great! I don't have to go to work, I have nothing to do all day, and he can spend every day with me."

This way, I'll feel good, and if I'm in a good mood, Chen Jianwen will definitely feel good too. When both of us are in a good mood, we'll naturally be full of energy.

She felt that she and her husband could live to be a hundred.

Chen Jianwen combed his hair back, and his old glasses were replaced with reading glasses.

Seeing Chen Shuo leading his grandson over, he waved to the two of them repeatedly, mainly to Chen Qi'an.

Now the grandfather and grandson have something in common: one studies ancient history, and the other studies ancient tombs.

Yes, they can all be linked to ancient times.

"How's the excavation of Wen Tao's tomb going? Have they found the original copy of the Lanting Preface inside?"

"No, there are more than a dozen holes of varying sizes inside the tomb. Even if it were really inside, it would most likely have been taken away by tomb raiders long ago."

"That's unlikely. It's more likely that the Lanting Preface isn't in Wen Tao's tomb." Chen Jianwen shook his head thoughtfully. Before his death, Emperor Taizong of Tang (Li Shimin) requested that the Lanting Preface be buried with him. However, historical records state that Wen Tao later robbed Emperor Taizong's tomb and took the Lanting Preface.

However, there is a view in the historical community that Wen Tao never excavated Zhaoling, and it is more likely that the Lanting Preface is still lying in Li Shimin's underground palace.

"Yes, that's what our teacher said too."

"......"

Seeing that the two of them started talking about these things right away, Chen Shuo didn't interrupt. These weren't his specialties, and he wasn't particularly interested in them. He turned around and went to the kitchen to chat with the old lady.

Wu Yulan is a little younger than Chen Jianwen, but she is 68 years old this year. She doesn't have a single gray hair on her head. Whenever a gray hair grows out, she goes to the hair salon to dye it black.

Upon seeing Chen Shuo enter, she complained, "Only you guys came. Why didn't you bring Qiqi and Dabao along?"

"Da Bao has to go to work today, and Qi Qi also has something to do."

"Oh..." Wu Yulan responded, and didn't ask any further questions. Instead, she said, "How are Xiaobao and Qiuqiu doing? They're at the age where they should be talking about marriage. As their father, you should pay more attention."

"They're only twenty-two, what's the rush?"

As he spoke, Chen Shuo casually picked up a piece of sausage from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth, then continued indistinctly, "I was already twenty-five when I got married, which was considered relatively early back then. Young people these days get married even later, and they're not in a hurry, so why should I be?"

"Dad, I'm actually a little anxious. Could you go talk to Uncle Nie for me?" Chen Qi'an appeared out of nowhere.

"..."

Chen Shuo turned his head and frowned. This unlucky kid is so old, how come he doesn't know how to be mature at all?

However, his shamelessness has only improved day by day; he has the nerve to shamelessly say he's anxious.

I don't know who he took after in this respect.

I seriously suspect they switched babies back then.

Although he was disgusted by his son's shamelessness, Chen Shuo still took him to Nie Xi's house to discuss the matter with Nie Xi and finalize the marriage.

He doesn't take any subtle approaches, nor does he follow any rules. His friendship with Little Tweezers over the years doesn't require such things.

Before anything even happened upon entering, he went straight to the point: "I have brought my son to propose marriage."

"......"

"......"

End of the book

P.S.: This is truly the end. I originally wanted to write about what happened next.