I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

He walked out of the residential area to the nearby bus stop. The cool night breeze made him feel the effects of the alcohol and a little dizzy. He let out a long sigh and looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

Tonight is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon is so round. She must be worshipping the moon right now, right?

Thinking of his cat at home, Chen Shuo felt a warm ripple in his heart. He stopped waiting for the bus at the bus stop and hailed a taxi.

When Chen Shuo got home, it was just past nine o'clock in the evening. He carried a few boxes of mooncakes into the door. Sure enough, Bai Xiaoqi was on the balcony. Instead of worshipping the moon, she was clinging to the balcony railing, looking at the big fat cat in the building across the street. He could faintly hear a few meows from across the street.

???

"What are you doing?"

"I'm chatting with the big fat cat across the street." Bai Xiaoqi turned around, saw the boxes of mooncakes in Chen Shuo's hand, and asked, "What are those?"

"moon cake."

Chen Shuo picked up the box to show her, then glanced at the balcony of the building across the street. The big fat cat had already slipped back inside. "What were you talking about with that cat?"

He was quite curious; mastering a foreign language really made a difference, and he could even chat with the cat.

Oh, no, she was a cat too, she used to be.

"We didn't talk much. It's a bit slow and doesn't really understand what I mean."

"And you still managed to have a back-and-forth conversation with it."

Chen Shuo guessed that she was bored and had nothing to do, so she went to chat with an ordinary cat. What does an ordinary cat know? All it knows is to eat and sleep.

Oh, she seems to be in the same boat, just eating and sleeping all the time now.

Thinking of this, Chen Shuo then asked, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"Yes, I ate it."

"Just eat it." Chen Shuo nodded, then thought for a moment and opened the mooncake box in his hand, took out one, tore open the packaging, and beckoned her over, "Come here, come here, have a taste of this, you probably haven't eaten mooncakes before."

"Thank you." Bai Xiaoqi walked over, took the mooncake, took a small bite, and her eyes lit up. It was sweet and delicious.

"Is it tasty?"

"It's delicious, and sweet."

"As long as it's delicious, it's all yours. I'll put it on the coffee table for you."

Chen Shuo placed the mooncake box under the coffee table, turned to look at the full moon outside the balcony, and asked, "Why didn't you worship the moon tonight?"

"Pray again at midnight, otherwise it won't be good if someone sees you."

"That's right, you've thought of everything."

Chen Shuo kept talking about trivial things and couldn't find a suitable opportunity. The words he really wanted to say kept running through his mind, but he couldn't bring himself to say them.

"Then I'm going to sleep. You should rest early after you finish your prayers."

He left those words and walked towards the bedroom. As he reached the door and reached for the doorknob, Chen Shuo hesitated for a moment, then turned back and said, "Um, could you come here for a second?"

Bai Xiaoqi's cat ears twitched when she heard this. She walked over, looked up at him, her cheeks bulging from being stuffed with mooncakes, and asked indistinctly, "What are you doing?"

"Uh..."

Chen Shuo looked at her and saw that she was like a hamster, with her cheeks puffed up, which was especially cute. He felt like his heart was melting, but the words he wanted to say got stuck in his throat again.

The two stared at each other for a long time before Bai Xiaoqi couldn't help but ask, "Is there something you need?"

She felt that this person was acting strangely today.

"It's nothing, I'm going to sleep..." Chen Shuo hesitated for a moment, then continued, "It's like this, I have a friend who lives with a woman, and then..."

"So you're just going to live with us like this?"

"Yes, yes, exactly like us. He likes that girl and wants to confess his feelings. He wants to tell her, 'I like you, I want to be her boyfriend.' Hmm... do you think that girl will agree?"

"How would I know? I'm not that woman." Bai Xiaoqi lowered her head and took another bite of mooncake.

"If you were that woman, would you agree?"

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi shook her head without hesitation.

Seeing this, Chen Shuo couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment. Then he pursed his lips and asked calmly, "You don't agree?"

"Yeah, why would I like your friend?"

Bai Xiaoqi looked at him with a puzzled expression, thinking that this person might have something wrong with his head. Of course, it was also possible that it wasn't his head, but the reason he was drinking, as he smelled strongly of alcohol.

"You didn't understand what I meant. You're not yourself now; you're that woman. You're in her shoes. Oh well, I'm going to sleep now. You should get some rest."

Seeing that things were getting more and more confusing, Chen Shuo simply turned around and went back to his room to sleep. But he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he didn't understand, he didn't understand. It was better than being rejected. At least there was still a chance.

Seeing him turn and go into the house, Bai Xiaoqi was a little confused. She took a bite of her mooncake, walked over and sat on the sofa. After thinking for a while, she still didn't know why he asked this question.

What do you mean I'm not me? I'm that woman.

So who are you?

Your friend?

Thinking of this, she suddenly looked up at the closed bedroom door, her eyes flickered a few times, and she wanted to knock on the door to ask for clarification, but after hesitating for a long time, she gave up on the idea.

I promised I would have a clear conscience.

He must have a clear conscience.

Yes, that's right, I'm the same way.

Chapter Forty-Two: What Kind of Friend

Nothing happened that night. Chen Shuo got out of bed in the morning to go to the bathroom to wash up, but as soon as he stepped out, he felt something was wrong.

The folding bed that should have been in the living room was leaning against the corner of the wall, with bedding and other items placed on the sofa. Turning around, something seemed even more amiss.

There was a bubbling sound coming from the kitchen, along with a slender little figure.

Chen Shuo walked over and stood aside to watch her. Today's cat-eared girl—no, she can't be called a cat-eared girl, because at this moment she was no different from a human.

The long, snow-white hair had disappeared, as had the ears on her head and the tail under her skirt.

Instead, she had long black hair, which was not cascading down her back but tied up in the middle and hung down her slender waist.

A girl with long, straight black hair.

Especially since she was wearing a little apron and there was porridge cooking in the pot, it felt even more homely. Of course, it would have been even better if she hadn't been sprinkling so much sugar into the porridge.

Watching her shake the sugar jar repeatedly, with handfuls of sugar falling into the pot like snowflakes, Chen Shuo clicked his tongue and quickly called out to stop her, "Alright, alright, put in less sugar. Eating too much of that stuff isn't good for you. Doesn't your tooth hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt."

"But my tooth hurts."

"Oh."

Bai Xiaoqi obediently put the candy jar aside, then turned her head and asked, "Why are you staring at me like that?"

"It's because you've changed so much, you look like a real person now."

"After the full moon last night, I can keep this indefinitely..."

At this point, Bai Xiaoqi paused, then frowned and asked, "What do you mean by 'like a person'?"

Why does this sound so awkward? I looked in the mirror this morning and I look exactly like a human.

"It's nothing," Chen Shuo changed the subject. "You can control your ears and tail now, right?"

"Ah."

"Then you can let your ears and tail out at home, and you can also make your hair white."

"Why?" Bai Xiaoqi asked, puzzled. "I look just like a human right now. I want to be a human. I don't want to look like that."

"That's fine."

Chen Shuo scratched his head. It seemed impossible to persuade her about this. Besides, although he especially liked her white-haired cat-eared loli appearance, she was also very pretty in her current black-haired girl form, especially her cute face, which made him more and more attracted to her.

As expected of something I customized, the eyes and nose are perfectly shaped, and every feature is exactly what I consider aesthetically pleasing.

Bai Xiaoqi stared at him for a while before looking away. After thinking for a moment, she hesitated and whispered, "Your friend..."

At this point, she suddenly fell silent again.

Chen Shuo waited for a while, but when she didn't say anything more, he couldn't help but ask, "What friend?"

"...It's nothing." Bai Xiaoqi turned her head to the side and puffed out her cheeks.

I spent a lot of time worrying about this last night, just wanting to know if that friend of his was him. I even stayed up all night because of it.

Although it was almost dawn after the moon worship ceremony, he hadn't slept all night, and it seemed like he couldn't remember anything.

"You're not allowed to drink alcohol anymore." Bai Xiaoqi felt that this must be related to drinking. When she came to his door to demand justice, he had been drinking and didn't remember anything.

"Why? Aren't you being a bit nosy?" Chen Shuo asked, puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, and realized that she had been meddling a bit. She hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to say, so she simply made a face at him, "Anyway, you're not allowed to drink it anymore."

"Okay, I won't drink it."

Chen Shuo was amused by her and readily agreed. He then turned around and went to the bathroom to wash up. He picked up his toothbrush and started brushing his teeth, his brows furrowing slightly.

What kind of friend is he?

He can't hold his liquor very well; if he drinks even a little too much, he'll forget some things when he wakes up.

The only thing Chen Shuo remembered was how to win her over as his girlfriend, but unfortunately he had never done it before and lacked experience, so he needed to plan it carefully.

The morning always seems to fly by. After a bowl of cloyingly sweet porridge, it feels like noon has passed in no time.

Chen Shuo glanced outside; it was a rare sunny day. He waved to Bai Xiaoqi, who was sitting on the sofa playing on her phone, and said, "Come on, let's go out to eat."

"Why won't you eat the food I cooked?" Bai Xiaoqi looked up.

Just thinking about the food she cooked made Chen Shuo feel a strange toothache. "Isn't it because I was worried you'd get tired?"

Whether it's porridge or anything else, this girl basically puts sugar in everything she cooks. If he keeps eating like this, Chen Shuo feels he might have to rely on insulin for the rest of his life.

No, I need to find a way to talk to her about this.

Hearing him say that, Bai Xiaoqi was a little happy. She ran to the wardrobe and started rummaging through her clothes. As the weather gradually turned colder, Chen Shuo bought her a lot of autumn and winter clothes, as well as shoes and socks.