I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"I didn't think about it!"

"I know you didn't mean it, I was just asking casually. Okay, you go in first, I'll go move the bed."

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment, then wrapped herself in the blanket, put on her slippers, and went into the bedroom.

After a while, Chen Shuo also came in carrying a folding bed. He looked around the bedroom, which was about 20 square meters in size. Although it wasn't big, it was more than enough to fit a folding bed.

Moreover, there are at least two or three places where it can be placed.

After thinking for a moment, he unfolded the folding bed and placed it next to the bed in the bedroom, then began to put the bedding on it.

Bai Xiaoqi watched him busy himself from the bed, then glanced at the wardrobe and asked hesitantly, "Why did you put the bed here? Isn't there more space there?"

"It's in the way if you put it there." Chen Shuo answered quite naturally without looking up.

"Oh..."

Seeing how natural he was, Bai Xiaoqi had nothing to say and could only say "oh." She realized that she had misunderstood and that this person did not actually want to get closer to her.

A little lost.

...........

As night deepened, the rain outside showed no signs of stopping. Chen Shuo stretched, turned off his computer, and glanced at the bed. Bai Xiaoqi was sitting on the bed, wrapped in a blanket, looking like she was in postpartum confinement.

It's cold, so he doesn't plan to take a shower. He usually wears pajamas at home and doesn't need to change; he can just go straight to bed.

However, although he had slept in the bedroom with her once before, after several days, he felt a little embarrassed about sleeping in the same room again just before getting into bed. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Do you need to go to the bathroom?"

"I just went there."

Would you like some water?

"Don't drink."

"Okay, let's go to sleep. Turn on the lamp."

With a click, the desk lamp turned on, and Chen Shuo turned off the incandescent bulb as well. Using the dim light of the desk lamp, he climbed onto the folding bed.

The two beds were placed side by side, and at a glance, they looked like a huge bed, somewhat like a dormitory-style dormitory.

However, folding beds are actually lower, so strictly speaking, they can't be considered as sleeping on the same bed.

After putting on his pillow and pulling the covers over himself, just as he was about to turn off the light, Chen Shuo suddenly remembered something and said, "No talking or asking questions while you're sleeping. Go to sleep early, understand?"

Bai Xiaoqi had just lain down when she heard his instructions. After a moment of silence, she replied in a muffled voice, "I heard you."

"That's enough. Okay, go to sleep."

Chen Shuo inexplicably felt as if he were raising a daughter, and felt like a kind old father.

Bah, what kind of father am I? That would just be some kind of father!

He shook his head, reached out and turned off the desk lamp. "Goodnight."

"Good night."

It was raining outside, and it was pitch black with no light at all. The whole house was also completely plunged into darkness.

Chen Shuo turned over in bed, but still couldn't fall asleep. After tossing and turning for a long time, he simply turned his body to face Bai Xiaoqi. "How about we chat for a while?"

"Hmph, you're not allowed to talk or ask questions while you're sleeping."

“…”

Chen Shuo was speechless for a moment.

It feels like I've shot myself in the foot.

He thought for a moment and asked, "What do you think about abolishing this rule from now on?"

"Not very good." Bai Xiaoqi's voice was muffled. You say it's there, and you say it's invalid, so why should you?

“I also want to set some rules,” she said.

"What rules?"

"You can talk freely and ask any questions while you're sleeping."

"Okay, whatever you say."

Hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi's lips unconsciously curled up, and she turned over to ask, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Um...."

Just as Chen Shuo was about to come up with a topic, he suddenly yawned, feeling sleepy. "Never mind, I'm a little sleepy. Let's go to sleep. Goodnight."

"???"

An eerie silence fell over the bedroom, before a deafeningly loud voice rang out, "You're not allowed to sleep!"

Chapter 47 Dietary Habits

Autumn always feels very short; it seems like winter has already arrived before we've even truly begun to experience it.

November has finally arrived, and it's time for the heating to be turned on. That's one of the advantages of the north—there's heating when it's cold.

Unlike the South, where it doesn't snow much and the temperature isn't as cold as in the North, the cold in the South is like magic damage.

With the arrival of winter, the couple's lifestyle changed; they became much more homebodies, rarely going out and cooking their meals at home.

As for the issue of adding sugar to cooking, Chen Shuo mentioned it to her several times, and Bai Xiaoqi has become much more restrained. Although she still adds sugar, at least it's not to a lethal amount.

Chen Shuo let her do as she pleased, as long as she brushed her teeth a few more times each day.

Compared to the heater, Bai Xiaoqi preferred the hand warmer, carrying it everywhere she went, even though she hardly moved from her spot and spent her days lounging in bed.

It's clear that although her behavior patterns are now indistinguishable from humans, she can't shake off the deep-rooted characteristics of a cat.

Cats are known for being lazy.

Chen Shuo felt a little uncomfortable watching her, while he spent all day sitting in a chair painstakingly typing away, and she spent all day holed up in bed, just waiting to die.

Well, it's not fair to say she's just loafing around. She does housework and cooks every day, but these things don't take up much time, which is why people get the impression that she spends all her time in bed.

But no matter what, she is no longer the cat that has transcended vulgar interests and has noble sentiments. She no longer shouts nonsense about being self-reliant and having a clear conscience. She has been turned into a lazy bum by herself.

This is actually quite good.

It's enough to live comfortably, why make things so difficult? You'll have someone to support you anyway.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Bai Xiaoqi couldn't help but ask when she noticed Chen Shuo glancing at her from time to time.

"You weren't looking at me, how did you know I was looking at you?" Chen Shuo replied casually, then glanced at the time and asked, "Are you hungry?"

"A little."

"Then go cook, but use less sugar."

"Oh..." Bai Xiaoqi nodded, lifted the blanket, hugged the hand warmer, and was about to get out of bed when a knock on the door suddenly rang out.

Someone is knocking on the door.

“I can hear you.”

Chen Shuo put down the keyboard, got up and went outside. He peeked through the peephole a couple of times before opening the door.

"Dad, what brings you here?"

"Your mother sent me to check if you're dead."

As Chen Jianwen spoke, he walked inside. When he saw Chen Shuo's pajamas, he couldn't help but frown. A dog's head was pinned to his head, which looked awkward no matter how you looked at it.

"Look at your clothes, you look like you're from a zoo, or maybe it's just..."

He was about to say something when he caught a glimpse of a cat's head peeking out of the bedroom door. He was startled, and then he saw a human face inside. He was momentarily stunned, wondering what was going on.

“…”

The living room was silent. Chen Shuo couldn't help but wave to Bai Xiaoqi, "What are you standing there for? Come and call someone."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi walked over with the hand warmer in her arms and looked at Chen Jianwen, saying, "Hello, Uncle."

"..."

"......"

"Hey, hello, hello, um... Bai Xiaoqi, right? I just came over to take a look around, you go ahead with your work."

As Chen Jianwen spoke, he subconsciously glanced at her pajamas and then at Chen Shuo's.

In winter, pajamas should naturally be the thick, fleece-lined kind. However, these two people's pajamas are a bit special, as they are both animal-themed, one a cat and the other a dog.

I didn't wear my son's pajamas this time, but I still felt a bit conflicted.

Would you consider this an addiction to role-playing that one cannot break free from?

Last time we came, it was this girl who played the role herself, and now even her dog son is doing it.

He wanted to say something, but considering Bai Xiaoqi's presence, he hesitated to speak. Instead, Chen Jianwen looked away and said to Chen Shuo, "Um, your mother has been urging you on WeChat several times, you know about that, right?"

"Yeah. I know."

Chen Shuo nodded. His mother had indeed urged him several times to bring his girlfriend home to meet her.

"Good to know. Anyway, you'll be going home in the next couple of days. Oh, you two come back together. Okay, I'm off."

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jianwen turned around and went out the door again. For some reason, he always felt particularly uncomfortable being in the same room with those two people.

It was even wearing dog pajamas, which was quite dog-like.

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi glanced at the door that had been closed again, then looked at Chen Shuo, and asked, "Uncle, why did you leave in such a hurry?"

Chen Jianwen stayed for less than three minutes from entering to leaving, which anyone would find suspicious.

"I do not know either."

Chen Shuo scratched his head, also feeling that something was wrong, and thought that his father might have social anxiety.

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi didn't ask any further questions and handed over the hand warmer she was holding: "Here you go."

"Why are you giving this to me? I'm a grown man, I don't need this kind of thing."