I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

Actually, if you think about it carefully, it's nothing. After eating hot pot, you still smell your clothes, right? You smell your blankets when you air them out, and you smell clothes that haven't been washed for a few days. It's just a subconscious reaction.

It's not perverted.

Thinking of this, Chen Shuo couldn't help but look back. Just then, Bai Xiaoqi was also secretly glancing at him. The two looked at each other and then quickly looked away at the same time.

Chen Shuo hesitated for a moment, then cleared his throat and said, "From now on, let's both forget about what just happened, okay?"

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi was silent for a moment, feeling that she couldn't forget it, but still nodded gently, "Okay."

Chapter Thirty-Nine: Never Tired of Being Stubborn

After what happened at noon, the atmosphere between the two was a bit awkward all afternoon, and they didn't talk much.

Bai Xiaoqi felt that this person had suddenly become unbearable to look at, while Chen Shuo simply felt regret, thinking, "Damn it, my lifelong reputation!"

This awkward atmosphere lasted until evening before it was finally broken. Around 6 p.m., the folding bed was delivered by the seller.

Chen Shuo opened the cardboard box, took out the folding bed and various support parts, glanced at the instruction manual, and began to assemble it.

Bai Xiaoqi remained seated on the small stool, her hands tucked inside to prevent the hot water bottle on her stomach from falling off, secretly watching him work.

The folding bed was installed quite quickly. After Chen Shuo finished setting it up, he unfolded the bed and then turned to say, "You'll be sleeping on this from now on. This kind of bed can be folded up. You can fold it up during the day and unfold it again when you go to sleep at night. It's quite easy to operate, you see."

As he spoke, Chen Shuo demonstrated the folding bed to her, and only after making sure she had learned how to use it did he fold the bed up and put it against the corner of the wall.

Bai Xiaoqi stared at the bed in the corner for a moment, then looked at the sofa, which was narrow, only half the width of the folding bed. She asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why did you suddenly want to buy me a bed?"

"It's nothing, I just think the sofa is too narrow, you'd feel uncomfortable sleeping on it." Chen Shuo didn't explain in detail, and seeing that the subtle atmosphere was finally starting to change, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Time heals all wounds. If you leave it to time, today's embarrassing moments will surely be completely forgotten.

.........

Time quietly slipped into early October, and occasionally a few leaves would fall from the tree outside the window. The falling of a single leaf signaled the arrival of autumn, indicating that the city had fully entered autumn.

Unfortunately, the autumn heat wave should not be underestimated; sometimes the weather will suddenly turn hot again, giving people a sense of unpredictability.

"Let me see if it turns green again."

"Ah."

Bai Xiaoqi nodded, her hair color changed, and she became a green-haired loli again.

"This one won't do, let's get a purple one."

Chen Shuo sat on the sofa watching her hair change color, trying out every shade of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and purple, each color having a different feel to it.

Suddenly, I felt as if I had returned to the era when "Shamate" (a subculture characterized by flamboyant and often outlandish fashion) was rampant, and I also felt as if I were playing a real-life version of Shining Nikki.

"Alright, turn it black one last time, then put your ears back and tuck your tail in too."

"......"

Bai Xiaoqi clenched her fists, but ultimately said nothing. She turned her hair black and also transformed away her cat ears and tail.

Chen Shuo snapped several photos with his phone before he was satisfied. Today was the Mid-Autumn Festival, a day for family reunions. With these photos, he could show them to his mother when he got back.

Then he looked down and flipped through the photos, saying as he looked, "Alright, you don't need to keep them anymore, change back."

Actually, even without him saying it, Bai Xiaoqi's hair had already turned back to pure white, and her ears and tail had also appeared.

But the fine beads of sweat on her forehead indicated that this transformation had taken a toll on her.

Ultimately, his cultivation level was still insufficient.

She turned to look at the balcony. Tonight was the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and her subconscious told her that as long as she performed the moon worship one last time tonight, she would be able to completely control her ears and tail.

And it is precisely this subconscious feeling that makes her self-identity with her species even more blurred.

They say they are human, but how could a human possibly master the art of illusion?

If it's a demon, then a demon's illusionary arts aren't that bad; even the simplest illusionary arts are tiring.

The path to obtaining the title and transforming into human form ultimately went awry.

Neither human nor demon.

She felt that her current species should be called... a transvestite?

Maybe, that's quite fitting.

Chen Shuo had no idea what she was thinking about. He glanced at her a few times and thought that she looked better in her white-haired loli form, which pleased him. He then put his phone in his pocket and went to the entrance to change his shoes.

"You stay home, I'm leaving. Cook dinner for yourself tonight, don't do anything for me. If you don't want to cook, just message me and I'll order takeout for you."

Chen Shuo changed his shoes, put on his coat, gave his usual instructions, and then went downstairs.

After taking the bus home, Wu Yulan was sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"You came back alone?"

When Chen Shuo returned, she craned her neck and looked out the door with anticipation. But when Chen Shuo closed the door, her anticipation vanished and turned into disappointment.

"Well, what else can we do? We can't have half a person come back, can we?"

"Stop being silly, where's your girlfriend?"

"She's at home, uh, in her own home."

Wu Yulan didn't respond. She was just asking casually and didn't really expect to see him in person, but of course, she still had some hope, just in case.

Then she turned to the question she cared about most, saying, "Then let me see the photos. I've asked you on WeChat several times, but you haven't sent them to me once."

"Oh dear, oh dear, I'll show you now."

Chen Shuo took out his phone from his pocket, opened the photo album, then remembered something, turned around and looked around, asking, "Where's my dad?"

"I'm going out to buy some things, I'll be back in a bit."

"What do you want to buy..." Chen Shuo hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly felt his hand loosen, and then he realized that Wu Yulan had taken his phone.

"Wow, you're so beautiful."

Wu Yulan held her phone, clicking her tongue as she swiped her finger, revealing a picture of black hair; she swiped again, revealing another picture of black hair.

With another swipe, you see someone with white hair.

Ok?

How did this turn into white hair?

With another swipe, wow, not only is there white hair, but there are also ears on this head.

"Why is there a white-haired one? Are those cat ears? What are all these things? They're quite interesting."

"Hey, Mom, stop looking through my phone and give it back to me."

Chen Shuo snatched the phone away. He had originally planned to show her the pictures of black hair himself, but now he had completely exposed her.

"I haven't finished reading it yet, let Mom take another look."

"What are you looking at? Haven't you already seen her? That's how she looks. No matter how many times you look, she'll still look the same."

Chen Shuo put his phone back in his pocket and zipped up the pocket, as if he was afraid someone would steal it.

Seeing this, Wu Yulan couldn't help but secretly purse her lips, then asked with interest, "Tell me, what's that white-haired guy with the cat ears? It's quite interesting."

"Um..."

Chen Shuo felt inexplicably ashamed and said, "It's just CosPy."

"Isn't it tiring to be so stingy?"

"It's not 'Kou Si,' it's 'Kou Si,' which translates to 'role-playing.' Anyway, it's something that young people like to do. You might not understand, it's a kind of subculture. People dress up as Ultraman, zombies, fairies, or something like that."

Upon hearing "fairy," Wu Yulan felt she understood and asked, "Does it mean dressing up as characters from TV shows, like Nezha, Chang'e, or Sun Wukong?"

"Ah, yes, that's it."

"So, which TV show is your girlfriend dressed as a monster with cat ears and white hair? I'll check it out another day and see if she looks like one."

"this..."

Chen Shuo was a little embarrassed. There shouldn't be such a monster in TV dramas, right? If he remembered correctly, cat-eared girls seemed to appear in adult games.

"I forgot, I'll ask her for you another day."

Chapter 40 Are you sick?

When Chen Jianwen returned, Wu Yulan was cooking in the kitchen, filling the house with a delicious aroma, while Chen Shuo sat on the sofa playing on his phone.

"Dad, you're back."

Chen Shuo looked up and saw what was in his arms. He glanced at it and said, "You bought Dream Blue again. That must be expensive."

"Yeah, it's a holiday, so let's have something nice to drink."

Chen Jianwen looked delighted, and when he glanced at the wine in his arms, his expression became even happier.

"Dad, I'll have a drink with you later." Chen Shuo was happy to see him so happy.

"Go away, it's a waste to give you this wine."

"..."

Chen Shuo's happy mood vanished instantly.

Chen Jianwen placed the wine on the dining table, arranging it neatly, then stepped back to take a closer look, becoming more and more pleased with himself.

He doesn't have many hobbies, except for enjoying tea and drinking wine. He drinks tea often, but Wu Yulan strictly controls his wine consumption, so he rarely gets to drink it.

Not to mention drinking this kind of wine that costs thousands of yuan; being able to drink it once feels like celebrating the New Year.

"Where's your girlfriend?" After looking around for a while, Chen Jianwen sat down on the sofa with satisfaction and took a sip of his tea.

"At home."

"Your house or her house?"

"my home."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jianwen knew that the two were indeed living together. He glanced at the kitchen and asked in a low voice, "Are you two really living together like this now?"