I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"As long as it works, haha..."

Chen Shuo twitched the corners of his mouth and returned her smile. Undeterred, he pulled out his fishing hook to check it. The bait was still hanging on it perfectly. He added some more bait to the hook before casting it back into the water.

After a moment's hesitation, he asked casually, "Have you ever fished before?"

“I tried fishing with my tail in the mountains, but I didn’t catch anything, so I just catch them directly in the water.”

"You can swim?"

"No." Bai Xiaoqi finished her yogurt, put it in her pocket, and gestured as she spoke, "But I can use my tail to wrap around a branch on the riverbank, then stick my claws into the water, and when the fish swims over, I might catch it if I'm lucky."

Chen Shuo pondered for a moment, then asked, "Was the branch broken?"

"How did you know?"

“You mentioned before that you fell into the river and were saved by an older woman, so I guessed that you might have fallen into the river because a branch broke while you were fishing.”

"oh.…."

Bai Xiaoqi nodded to indicate that he understood. He was used to this kind of thing and could always combine the two things together to analyze the truth.

Unfortunately, I, who am just as intelligent, cannot do it.

This might be because he has read more books than me, but reading is tiring, so I only need to learn to a certain extent and always let him be a little smarter than me, so that I won't steal his thunder.

Chen Shuo had no idea what she was thinking about again. Staring at the fishing float, his thoughts began to wander.

You have to be lucky to catch fish. No wonder she once said she was often hungry and even fell into the river; if someone hadn't saved her...

I didn't think about it any further.

For her, it was a life-saving grace; for him, it was a grace to save his daughter-in-law.

I need to find a chance to repay her properly, but unfortunately that woman is probably already in her grave, since it happened decades ago. And Su Yu should be her descendant...

I wonder how things are going with Director Nie. The online store has been doing quite well lately, sometimes even selling ten orders a day, and one or two of those orders are definitely from this city.

This shows that progress has indeed been slow.

Ha, so useless.

It wasn't until evening, when the sun was about to set, that the two packed up their fishing rods and prepared to go home.

The catch was meager, only seven or eight small crucian carp the size of a palm, all caught by Bai Xiaoqi. Chen Shuo unsurprisingly came back empty-handed.

Bai Xiaoqi picked up the small bucket, packed up the fishing rod and stool, and then turned to look at him. Chen Shuo was holding a mineral water bottle, staring at the water, seemingly with no intention of leaving.

"Ah Gou, let's go back."

"Wait for me a moment."

Chen Shuo hesitated for a moment, then bent down and lay down on the riverbank, stretched out his arm and sank the mineral water bottle in his hand into the river to fill it to the brim.

Damn it, I'm not going to sell out!

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Chapter 119 I'll Wear It for You

Crucian carp, a silly yet delicious fish, is best suited for stewing in soup. The milky white soup is especially nourishing and has a delicious flavor; it's even said to help with lactation.

However, this effect is currently useless.

"The fish here are so easy to catch, let's come back here to fish another day, okay?"

Walking home along the path by the riverbank, Bai Xiaoqi had already handed the small bucket to Chen Shuo. Carrying the portable bag, she skipped and hopped, occasionally kicking a small pebble on the ground. She had already experienced the joy of fishing; catching fish without spending money was fantastic.

Oh, I spent money on the fishing rod, bait, a small stool... all of that costs money, so I need to fish a lot and definitely can't lose money.

"Okay." Chen Shuo readily agreed, but he disagreed with the assessment that the fish here were silly. If they were really silly, would he be able to catch the air force?

No, not exactly the Air Force. He reached into his pocket and touched the mineral water bottle inside; the bottle of river water was his harvest.

They took a longer route, going down the small path to the main road, and returned to the same roadside as before, but the fortune teller was still not there.

It seems like the two hundred yuan is gone for good. Those painful memories will fade with time, but that doesn't apply to Cat Girl.

She stared at the curb by the roadside, her lips pursed in disappointment. Chen Shuo felt that she would remember those two hundred yuan for the rest of her life.

"Let's go over there and buy milk tea."

Seeing a milk tea shop not far away, Chen Shuo pulled her over. What can relieve worries? Only dopamine.

Sugar can trigger dopamine, and dopamine can bring happiness. Kittens cannot enjoy this happiness because they cannot taste sweetness.

But Little Meow can.

Chen Shuo felt that the reason she liked sweet things was probably because she couldn't taste sweetness when she was a cat.

However, there is a flaw in this speculation, because when she went to demand justice, she said that she had given her sweet and sour milk.

So perhaps she could taste sweetness when she was a cat, but another possibility cannot be ruled out.

When she was a cat, she drank that carton of yogurt and it only tasted sour and milky. Then she drank half of it and asked herself for a title. After that, she turned into a human and drank it again. Wow, what an amazing taste!

That's not necessarily true.

Two cups of milk tea were made, and each person held one, inserted a straw, and drank slowly. Bai Xiaoqi had long since given up adding too much sugar to her milk tea, because that would make her fat.

"Is that Su Yu?"

She was sucking on a straw when she saw a tall figure in the distance, and after a closer look, she recognized him.

"It seems that's true."

Chen Shuo was scanning the code to pay when he heard this. He turned his head to look at it for a moment, but he wasn't sure. Although his eyesight was fine, it was too far away for him to recognize it.

"Should we go over and say hello?"

"greet..."

Chen Shuo hesitated. Was it necessary? It seemed so. After all, they had met once, and her maternal or paternal grandmother had saved Xiao A Miao's life.

He bought another cup of milk tea before taking Bai Xiaoqi over.

After getting closer, Chen Shuo waved to indicate his presence, but opened his mouth without knowing how to address him.

Su Yu had already spotted the two of them and was somewhat reluctant to acknowledge them, but seeing that they were waving, she hesitated for a moment before frowning and asking, "Is there something you need?"

"It's nothing, I just saw you..."

"It's good that you're alright."

Su Yu's slightly furrowed brows relaxed, and she simply turned sideways to walk past the two of them and left.

Chen Shuo was stunned as he stared at her back. "I haven't finished speaking yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

"She seems unwilling to talk to us."

"I think so too."

Chen Shuo finally understood why Director Nie's progress was so slow; with someone like him, it was difficult to make any progress at all.

Looking at the milk tea still hanging on his finger, he turned his head and said, "Let's keep this milk tea for ourselves."

"Okay, let's drink together tonight."

Bai Xiaoqi readily agreed, then glanced at Su Yu, who had already walked away, and wrinkled her nose almost imperceptibly.

What's so great about that? You don't even talk to people. Does being tall make you superior?

On her way home, Bai Xiaoqi took off her white sneakers and slipped on her slippers, then suddenly asked, "If I wear those high heels, will I become taller?"

"It can make you taller, but I don't recommend you wear it."

Chen Shuo carried the bucket containing the fish to the kitchen, then leaned the portable bag against the corner of the living room before continuing, "High heels are very harmful to the feet, and it's very tiring to walk in them, not to mention that you like to jump around and kick stones all the time."

"If you want, you can buy a pair to try at home, but you can't wear them outside."

Bai Xiaoqi didn't say anything. She took off her coat, turned around and hung it on the hanger. Then, with her back to him, she asked, "Should I put on stockings first and then high heels? Would that make you happier?"

"...I would definitely be happier."

Chen Shuo hesitated for two seconds before admitting it, then paused and asked, "So you're going to wear it at home for me to see?"

"If I wore it for you at home."

At this point, Bai Xiaoqi turned around and looked at him expressionlessly, "Then will you still look at other people on the street?"

"......"

It's over.

Chen Shuo closed his eyes, trying to deny it, "Actually, I haven't seen anyone else's."

"Humph."

A cold snort rang out, revealing her disbelief.

.......

......

As night fell, we had crucian carp stewed with tofu for dinner, along with a large pot of crucian carp soup.

"I will never look at other people again."

Chen Shuo picked up a piece of tofu with his chopsticks, solemnly promising and guaranteeing, then looked at Xiao A Miao, who was currently poking at the rice with her chopsticks, probably mistaking the rice for herself.

"Actually, I just instinctively glance at them when I see them, and then I quickly turn my gaze back. I don't stare at them. My attention is all on you."

"I know."

Bai Xiaoqi poked at the rice in her bowl with her chopsticks. Although she was very jealous, she knew from the internet that this was a man's instinct and hard to control, and that many men would secretly keep watching.

In comparison, his own dog only glanced at it a few times before looking away, which shows that he really only looked at it subconsciously.

If he keeps staring at me, I'll definitely hang that bastard up and give him a good beating.

While hitting him, he kept asking, "What's so interesting? What's so interesting..."

Oh, it really does look quite nice.

Because sometimes when I encounter those women, I can't help but stare at them a few times; long legs wrapped in stockings and high heels are indeed very beautiful.

She poked at the rice for a while, then looked up and instructed, "I can wear it for you to see, but you're not allowed to look at other people's clothes afterward. At most... at most you can only look once."