I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"There is a difference."

"There are differences, but it's just that one bed is higher than the other; other than that, there's nothing..."

"besides."

"What other differences are there?"

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi wanted to speak, but then realized that apart from the fact that the large bed was a bit higher than the folding bed, it really seemed no different from sleeping in the same bed. However, she still insisted, "There is something else."

"Okay, if you say there's more, then there is more."

Chen Shuo closed his eyes and let out a long sigh. "I only get to celebrate my birthday once a year, and I can't even get a simple birthday wish granted. I think I must be the most pitiful person in the world."

Bai Xiaoqi ignored him and buried her head under the covers again, preparing to continue searching for those things. Listening to the chatter outside, she hesitated for a moment, then poked her head out again and asked with some disbelief, "Is today really your birthday?"

"It's true, I'm not lying to you."

"But your ID card says January 1st, right? It's clearly February 13th now." Bai Xiaoqi gave her a look that said, "You're just lying to me."

"That says the lunar calendar date. February 13th in the Gregorian calendar is January 1st in the lunar calendar, which is today."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi remained silent for a moment, then pursed her lips and said, "Then you can sleep here."

"Really?!" Chen Shuo exclaimed with delight.

Seeing how excited he was, Bai Xiaoqi started to hesitate again. After hesitating for a long time, she solemnly instructed him, "But you are not allowed to crawl into my blanket, and you are not allowed to do any naughty things to me."

"Don't worry, I definitely won't."

"You promise."

"I promise, if I do anything wrong..."

Chen Shuo almost swore a solemn oath to the heavens, but then he felt that it was not a good idea. Not doing it now does not mean he will not do it in the future; he will definitely do it in the future.

So he changed his tune, saying, "Look, we're both wearing pajamas. If I really wanted to do something bad to you, I'd have to take my clothes off first, right? And if I took my clothes off, you'd definitely notice..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi's heart tightened, and before he could finish speaking, she threatened, "If you dare to take off your clothes, I'll kick you off the stage."

"Yes, yes, that's right, you kick me off the bed when I take off my clothes."

Chen Shuo sat up in the darkness, casually rolled up his blanket and hugged it to his chest. Just as he was about to get into bed, he asked, "Shall I get in now?"

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi remained silent, hugged her blanket, and rolled over to the other side of the bed, stopping only when she was almost at the edge.

Then she wrapped the blanket tightly around herself, and as if still not feeling secure, she tucked a corner of the blanket under her body.

By the moonlight streaming through the window, Chen Shuo could roughly make out her series of actions. Looking at how she was now wrapped up like a caterpillar, he found her inexplicably adorable. He subconsciously tried to smile, but then suddenly suppressed his expression.

Oh, this shows she doesn't trust herself; she's wary of herself.

I am Chen Shuo, a gentleman of integrity.

He never does what he says he won't do, earning him the nickname "Young Master of His Words."

Feeling his character was being questioned, Chen Shuo left the cat-shaped pillow on the folding bed, climbed onto the big bed with a look of excitement, put the pillow on top, patted it a couple of times, covered himself with the blanket, and let out a satisfied sigh.

They're already sharing a bed, so how far are they from sleeping with a sweet and soft cat?

Oh, it's quite far.

Chen Shuo glanced to the side and saw her current position. Just a moment ago she was close to the edge of the bed, but now she was huddled on the edge, and it looked like half of her body was probably outside the bed.

This resulted in a large open space between the two people, almost taking up half of the bed.

Damn it, what's the difference between this and before?

No, it's not as good as before.

Before, I could at least reach out and touch her, but now I might not be able to even reach her with my legs outstretched.

I've lost out.

Chapter Ninety-Six: It's you, isn't it?

The curtains were drawn, leaving only a small gap through which the bright moonlight shone. Chen Shuo stared at her slightly blurry outline for a moment before saying, "Move closer to me, don't stay so far away."

"what are you up to?"

Bai Xiaoqi's cat ears suddenly stood up, and she stared at him warily.

Chen Shuo sighed, feeling that this girl was a walking contradiction. She was usually so proactive, always asking for kisses and hugs.

But right now, protecting yourself is like protecting yourself from wolves.

"What do you think I'm going to do to you? I'm just afraid you'll fall."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi's wariness lessened slightly, and she hesitated before moving a little further into the bed.

"Come a little closer, come sleep here, let's sleep together." Chen Shuo patted the spot next to him.

“…”

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi immediately moved back to the bedside, wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, and glared at him.

Sure enough, this guy had no good intentions. He said nice things, like he was afraid he would fall.

Actually, that's not the case at all. He's trying to deceive himself step by step, first tricking himself into sleeping next to him, then finding a way to sneak into his bed, and then doing naughty things to himself.

By the time you have your own child, it will be too late to say anything.

"Why are you by the bed again? Come here quickly, or you might fall off."

"I do not!"

"Don't speak so loudly."

Chen Shuo was startled by her suddenly raised voice. He patted his chest a couple of times before asking, "Um... have you ever heard a saying?"

"......"

Bai Xiaoqi ignored him. This guy always said the same thing: "Have you ever heard a saying? How am I supposed to know if I've heard it or not if you don't tell me?"

And this guy is asking this now, he's definitely trying to lie to me again.

Thinking of this, she turned over, preparing to turn her back to him.

Unexpectedly, there was a loud bang, followed by her cry of pain.

Hearing the noise, Chen Shuo knew without a doubt that the guy had fallen off the bed. He quickly reached out and turned on the bedside lamp, then ran to the bedside to look down.

Sure enough, the cat girl was lying on the ground, wrinkling her nose and whimpering. When she saw me looking over, she glared at me angrily.

"Why are you glaring at me? I told you to come to bed a little earlier, but you wouldn't listen. Look, you've fallen down now!"

Chen Shuo got off the ground and immediately picked her up in a princess carry, then asked, "How are you? Did you hurt yourself?"

Bai Xiaoqi turned her head away and said firmly, "It doesn't hurt, it's actually very comfortable."

"Whatever makes you comfortable."

The bed wasn't high, and she was wrapped in a blanket, so falling down wouldn't hurt. Chen Shuo wasn't worried anymore. He threw the cat girl in his arms into the middle of the bed, picked up the blanket, shook it a couple of times, and covered her with it.

Then he climbed into bed and covered himself with the blanket.

Bai Xiaoqi turned to look at him. The two of them were now less than ten centimeters apart, a distance that made her feel very insecure.

Then he grabbed the blanket with his hand and tried to roll to the side of the bed.

Seeing this, Chen Shuo got a headache and grabbed her hand. "Can you stop rolling? You'll fall down again. If you keep doing this, I'm going to fall back asleep."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi paused, about to say that he should go back quickly, but then she felt inexplicably unwilling if he really went back to sleep.

It simply wrinkled its nose, snorted, and stopped moving, becoming quiet and still.

Chen Shuo pulled her small hand to his lips and kissed it before letting go. Then he turned off the light, pulled the blanket up, and said, "Okay, go to sleep now. Don't roll around, you hear me? Otherwise, if you fall off again, I won't be responsible for you."

As he was talking, he couldn't help but yawn. He hadn't slept well the night before and was already incredibly sleepy.

I closed my eyes for only a moment, and I felt all sorts of bizarre particle patterns appearing on my eyelids. Before long, I fell into a deep sleep.

The room was quiet for a while.

Bai Xiaoqi poked him a few times with her hand, but when there was no response, she leaned forward and stared at his face for a while, and found that he seemed to be really asleep.

Only then did she feel safe enough to lean over and give him a quick kiss on the cheek. Just as she was about to lie down, she slipped her hand under the covers and, after groping around for a while, pulled his large hand out.

Then I started to pry open his fingers, one by one, and then I put my fingers through his fingers, and then I put my fingers back in so that we could interlock our fingers.

After doing all this, she lay down again, satisfied, and closed her eyes peacefully, her breathing gradually becoming even.

........

When Chen Shuo opened his eyes again, it was already broad daylight. He seemed to hear a noisy sound and turned his head to look.

A beanbag chair was set up next to her, with a computer on it. Bai Xiaoqi was wearing pajamas, with a cushion behind her, leisurely watching a show, and slurping yogurt.

"Today is Saturday, I don't have to study."

"Hmm, how did you get up today... ouch..."

As he spoke, Chen Shuo sat up, then suddenly hissed and twitched his lips. He then looked at his left arm, which seemed to have lost all feeling; it was both sore and numb.

He frowned and tried to move his arm, only to find that he couldn't lift it at all, and even the slightest movement hurt, as if it were useless.

Seeing his expression, Bai Xiaoqi's eyes flickered a few times before she quickly turned her head back to continue watching the TV series. After thinking for a moment, she pulled the cat-head hood of her pajamas up so he wouldn't see her guilty expression.

Did you put your arm on my shoulder last night?

However, Chen Shuo quickly focused his suspicions on her, as this girl's sleeping posture was always terrible.

"I didn't," Bai Xiaoqi denied outright, continuing to slurp her yogurt.

She would never admit that she had pressed his entire arm against her body.

She was certain she had pressed down all night because she felt uncomfortable pressing down the whole night.

"Then why does my arm hurt for no reason? It's obviously from being pressed down."

"Don't blame everything on me; maybe you're the one who's putting pressure on yourself."