I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

Is it almost Chinese New Year?

"Hmm, about five or six days."

"Then we don't need to prepare New Year's goods?"

Chen Shuo was taken aback. He had never really thought about this question before. In the past, he always spent the New Year at his parents' house, so he didn't need to prepare any New Year's goods at all.

Just take your computer back home, eat at home for ten days or half a month, and then leave without a second thought.

It seems we really need to buy some this year; it wouldn't be appropriate to just let her stay at her parents' house eating and drinking all the time.

"Actually, there's no need to prepare anything. We'll definitely be spending New Year's Eve with my parents, so we'll get some New Year's goods from them. Oh right, I need to tell them to prepare more New Year's goods this year."

As he spoke, Chen Shuo took out his phone, intending to call Chen Jianwen, but then remembered that there were still two days before the winter vacation started, and Chen Jianwen might be in class. He thought of calling Wu Yulan, but was afraid of being nagged.

I simply opened the WeChat family group. The group name was very simple: "A Loving Family".

Chen Shuo rarely opens this group because he simply can't stand the nicknames of the members. His grandfather's group name is "Blind Date," his mother's group name is "In Love," and his group name is "Accident."

So I'm the only outsider in this family? At the very least, I could call everyone else.

Unexpected: [Dad, Mom, are you there?]

Blind date: [Just say what you want to say.]

Unexpectedly: [I just wanted to say, could you guys prepare more New Year's goods this year? That way, the two of us won't have to buy any, and we can just come over and pick some up.]

Blind date: [Okay.]

Communication with the old man is always so convenient and effective. Wu Yulan is probably busy, so she doesn't have time to look at her phone. Chen Shuo is happy with this, otherwise he would have to listen to voice messages for half a day.

Just as I was about to put my phone in my pocket, I heard two more pings. I picked it up and saw that it was another group message from my grandfather.

Blind date: [You'll be twenty-three in a few days, right?]

Chen Shuo's birthday falls on the first day of the Lunar New Year, making it very easy to remember. He typed: 【Yes.】

Blind date: [At twenty-three, I'm not getting any younger; I can't keep going like this.]

Chen Shuo was momentarily stunned. The words seemed to carry a deeper meaning, as if the speaker was worried about his marriage prospects. He turned to look at the cat girl peering down from the balcony and replied, "Dad, don't I have a girlfriend?"

Blind Date: [I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about your profile picture. Can you please stop using such a childish one? Is that something a twenty-something should be using? Change it now.]

Chen Shuo looked at his profile picture, a cartoon dog with a blue bow on its head.

I recently changed my profile picture to a matching one with Bai Xiaoqi's. Her profile picture is of a cartoon cat with a pink bow on its head.

To prove that he wasn't naive, Chen Shuo decided to add her to the group chat so the old man could see.

I didn't want to add them, after all, the nickname in this group was really awkward.

He invited Bai Xiaoqi to the group, then looked up and said, "I've added you to our family group. Just say hello to my parents, like 'Hello Uncle' and 'Hello Auntie'."

Bai Xiaoqi walked over, picked up her phone, and saw that she had indeed joined a group. So she tapped the screen and clumsily began to type.

Little Meow: [Hello Uncle, hello Auntie.]

Seeing the cartoon cat avatar flash in the group chat, Chen Shuo typed something in response.

Unexpected: [Dad, this is Bai Xiaoqi. I added her to our family group chat.]

The appearance of two cartoon avatars that clearly belong to a couple was enough for Chen Shuo to understand the situation: one person's immaturity is just immaturity, but two people's immaturity is love.

Yes, that's a good sentence. I'll use it in my book later.

With that thought in mind, he put his phone back in his pocket and continued registering online stores.

Registering an online store isn't actually that difficult; the challenge lies in how to operate it and find suppliers.

However, Chen Shuo discovered a wholesale website that could be used as a source of goods. It was integrated with Taobao, and more importantly, it allowed manufacturers to help with drop shipping. This was much better than being a middleman, at least there was no need to raise prices twice, and Cat Girl wouldn't have to bear the pangs of conscience.

Moreover, most merchants on Taobao do this.

"Look, my uncle and aunt sent me so many red envelopes!" Bai Xiaoqi kicked off her slippers, climbed onto the sofa, and excitedly handed her phone to him to show him.

Chen Shuo turned his head and saw that, sure enough, there was a row of red envelopes in the group, about six or seven at a glance.

But she didn't seem to have accepted any of them, so Chen Shuo couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you accept the red envelopes?"

"I'm sorry."

"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Just accept the red envelopes they give you and say thank you. These red envelopes are like gifts they're giving to their future daughter-in-law."

"Here's what you're going to do: give me your phone. You might feel bad, but I feel really good about it. I'll help you get it."

As he spoke, Chen Shuo took her phone.

Upon hearing the words "future daughter-in-law," Bai Xiaoqi felt a sudden jolt in her heart, and her heartbeat quickened. She didn't even notice when her phone was taken from her hand.

Receiving a red envelope is definitely a pleasant thing. Chen Shuo received one and saw it was two hundred yuan. He received another one and saw it was still two hundred yuan.

"The red envelopes my parents sent were still the maximum amount allowed."

He became more and more excited as he received each red envelope, typing out his thanks to his parents with each one.

As he led the group along, he realized something was wrong. His phone kept ringing, and red envelopes kept popping up, as if they were free.

I was just about to ask my parents if they had won the lottery, otherwise why would they be so generous? But when I saw my reply, my expression froze, and I instantly understood.

Damn it, I was so excited about receiving the red envelope that I forgot I was using her account to receive it.

Seeing the string of "Thank you, Dad" and "Thank you, Mom" ​​messages in the group chat, Chen Shuo subconsciously went to retract them. He could retract the ones he had just sent, but the ones he sent at the very beginning were over two minutes old anyway.

Moreover, withdrawing it wouldn't have made a difference, as they had already seen it; the subsequent series of red envelopes were clearly payment for changing their minds.

So, will her parents have a bad impression of her, such as that she is not reserved enough or that she is greedy for money?

He glanced at Bai Xiaoqi with a guilty conscience, only to find that the girl wasn't staring at her phone at the moment. Instead, her beautiful eyes were blinking and looking a little dreamy, and her face was slightly flushed, as if she was lost in reverie.

Chen Shuo suspected she might be thinking about something risqué, but he didn't want to ask. He turned his attention back to his phone, deleted everything that couldn't be retracted, and then began to explain:

[Dad, Mom, actually, the person who received this red envelope was your son, that is, me. She was too shy to accept it, and I didn't realize I sent it as "Thank you, Dad, thank you, Mom." How about I return the rest of the red envelopes she received?]

"..."

Chapter Seventy-Eight Because You Didn't

After sending out a long message explaining the situation, there was a long silence. After waiting for a long time, two notification sounds finally appeared.

However, the sound was coming from my own phone.

Chen Shuo took out his phone from his pocket and saw that Chen Jianwen and Wu Yulan had each sent him a private message.

Dad: [Take it, why are you trying to return it?]

Mom: [60-second voice message]

Chen Shuo could almost feel the old man's helplessness through the screen, as for the 60-second voice message sent by Wu Yulan.

He didn't listen. He knew without even thinking that it must contain a lot of profanity. Then Chen Shuo deleted the message he had just used to explain. It was enough to explain this matter clearly; he shouldn't let her know.

..........

Meanwhile, at Anbei University, Chen Jianwen sat in his office with a complicated expression, staring at the group chat interface on his phone for a long time without saying a word. Then, he silently sent a private message to Wu Yulan.

Do you think this guy is deliberately trying to scam us out of our money?

It's actually quite easy to calculate exactly how much she was scammed out of; you just need to check her wallet to find out, since Bai Xiaoqi's WeChat wallet was completely empty.

Oh, well, you can't say there isn't any. She used Chen Shuo's WeChat secondary account, which did have a few cents in it.

Now, the few cents inside have instantly turned into four figures, 3,600. If it hadn't been discovered in time, and there were still about ten red envelopes left to claim, it would definitely have been even more.

Breaking 5,000 is a certainty, and it might even reach 10,000.

Have you finished collecting your red envelopes?

Seeing her crane her neck to get closer, Chen Shuo instinctively closed the wallet app, but then, thinking she'd see it sooner or later, he opened it again and calmly handed the phone back to her.

"Yes, I've received it all. It totaled a little over three thousand."

Bai Xiaoqi had just reached out to take the phone when she was stunned to hear the words "more than three thousand". She looked at the balance in her wallet and saw that it was a full four figures.

This amount was a huge sum of money for her, and she felt very uneasy about it.

"cough..."

Seeing her expression, Chen Shuo coughed and explained, "It's like this, my parents really like you as their future daughter-in-law, that's why they sent you so many."

"I also really like uncles and aunties."

Bai Xiaoqi immediately felt at ease, and when she looked at the balance in her wallet, her eyes quickly curved into crescent moons.

This is proof that the uncle and aunt like their future daughter-in-law.

"Alright, I've almost finished registering the online store. Next, we'll..."

As he spoke, Chen Shuo reached out to pull her into his arms. He did manage to put his arm around her, but it seemed like he was holding her in the wrong place—not her shoulder, arm, or waist.

Even through his pajamas, he could feel a different sensation. He immediately realized what was happening, turned his head to look, and sure enough, his hand was in the wrong place.

The two looked at each other and remained silent for a moment.

Chen Shuo was about to pull his hand back when he looked at her expression. Although her face was flushed and she was staring at his hand with her head down, she didn't seem to have any intention of hitting him.

Seeing this, he boldly continued to place his hand on it.

Yes, the little bear is not big, but it feels great to the touch.

Unfortunately, the pajamas were a bit thick.

"cough..."

Chen Shuo coughed lightly, turned his gaze back to the computer screen, and said frankly, "I've already registered the online store. Now we need to discuss what to sell. Hmm, what do you think would be a good thing to sell?"

"..."

Looking at his serious expression, Bai Xiaoqi felt inexplicably unsure. Did this guy not notice where his hands were?

Is it because I am very young?

Thinking of this, she looked down again and, feeling somewhat frustrated, realized that it was indeed not very big.

Chen Shuo pretended not to see her expression and offered suggestions.

"Although there are many things you can sell online, I think it's more suitable for you to sell things related to women. Women's money is the easiest to earn. Women's clothing, women's shoes, bags, or you could simply open a gift shop. That way you can earn money from both women and men."