I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"Now you're not worried about me eating your ice cream?"

"Ah."

She wrapped her arms around Chen Shuo's neck and clamped her legs around his waist, clinging to him like an octopus.

Chen Shuo cupped her little bottom in his hand, and upon hearing that soft moan, he felt a surge of inexplicable joy. He asked, "Because you know I'm not a pervert, right?"

"No, I washed my feet very, very clean today."

A very faint sound came from beside my ear.

Chen Shuo's joy vanished instantly; well, in her heart, she still considered herself a pervert.

Chapter 126 I Need to Reflect

I woke up in the morning.

Chen Shuo leaned against the headboard, frowning in deep thought. He really looked like a philosopher. Looking at the curtains that had turned yellow in the sunlight, he felt that he was like those curtains, also turning yellow.

He needs to reflect on his actions; he couldn't resist the temptation last night.

White-stockinged catgirls and the like are really not suitable for testing cadres.

After a long while, he looked down at the little cat nestled in his arms and asked, "Are you awake?"

Although Bai Xiaoqi's eyes were not open, the cat ears on her head suddenly twitched, and Chen Shuo knew that she was pretending to be asleep.

"I want to pet the bear."

Bai Xiaoqi opened her eyes instantly.

Meeting her gaze, Chen Shuo hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do you remember what happened last night?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi's face flushed red instantly. She pulled the blanket up to cover her face and said in a very soft voice, "You're holding my foot..."

"Ahem, I remember now, you don't need to remind me anymore."

Chen Shuo coughed lightly, stopping her from continuing, "I think we should forget about this and act like it never happened. What do you think?"

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi remained silent under the covers, rummaged around for a while, and then stretched her hand out from under the covers, handing over a pair of wrinkled white over-the-knee socks.

Seeing the mottled surface, Chen Shuo quickly took the bag, crumpled it up, and threw it into the trash can. Then he got out of bed, tied the bag tightly, and took it out to the living room, intending to throw it away later.

"Okay, now it's really nothing that happened."

After a while, Chen Shuo returned to the bedroom and saw that she was still huddled under the covers. He went over, pulled back the covers, and looked at her flushed face, asking, "You don't think I'm a pervert, do you?"

"....I have no idea."

Bai Xiaoqi bit her lip tightly, feeling that what happened last night had made her lose her judgment.

I thought he wanted ice cream, but who knew this guy...

Chen Shuo ignored her "I don't know" and began to explain on his own.

"Actually, no. People are more impulsive at night and their spirits become extremely excited. Plus, I have no resistance to you."

Last night was the same. I was going to just let it go, but then you said you wanted to help me, and I thought about it and realized I couldn't refuse your kindness, so... cough... you understand?"

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi remained silent. Judging from her tone, it seemed as if the responsibility lay with her. After hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke up to retort, "I... I didn't want you to feel bad..."

"I know, that means you like me a lot. If you like me, you can't bear to see me suffer. So this kind of thing comes from liking me and from feeling sorry for me, which means it's normal, right?"

"Um..."

Bai Xiaoqi nodded groggily, then suddenly realized that she had clearly intended to use her hand last night, but this guy had instead been holding her foot...

Isn't this foot fetishism?

Whether it's controllable or not is unimportant. Anyway, Chen Shuo feels perfectly normal now, and besides, the two of them are a couple and will definitely get married in the future.

If feelings are expressed but restrained by propriety, then what's the point of dating or getting married?

Why not just chop off a chicken's head, burn it on yellow paper, then swear an oath of blood and become sworn brothers?

Furthermore, Little Meow has a fear of what she loves to do. I understand her fear and feel sorry for her. I don't want to eat her before she's ready.

But men have a major flaw: they are easily impulsive, so they have to find another way to deal with it.

Therefore, we can conclude that what he did was normal, or even that he was just being considerate of his wife.

At most... the way I feel sorry for someone is rather unique.

"Don't cook breakfast this morning, I'll go downstairs to buy some."

"Life still has a source, but only a destination; I strive to write with composure, and seize the day when life is good..."

Before she could answer, Chen Shuo hummed a song and went out to wash up and take a shower. After showering, he went downstairs to buy breakfast, then took the bag of trash out to throw it away and destroy the evidence.

perfect.

......

For the rest of the day, the two tacitly avoided discussing the events of the previous night. As evening approached, it began to rain outside, with large raindrops pounding against the windowpane.

Bai Xiaoqi leaned against the windowsill, gazing absently at the rain outside. Chen Shuo idly scrolled through the rankings on his phone, while also helping to look after the online store. He was practically the most idle person in the family right now. Since finishing his novel, he hadn't started a new one and was just passing the time.

Actually, I didn't stay online for very long, only about half a month, mainly because I didn't know what to write.

Bai Xiaoqi peered out the window for a while, then turned and asked, "Won't our little turtle get wet in the rain?"

"No, it's parked in the shed."

Chen Shuo had given up on correcting her thinking; a little turtle is a little turtle, it's a turtle anyway.

"But the rain is falling at an angle, and the carport only has a roof, so the rain can only get a little bit down."

Bai Xiaoqi gestured diagonally with her hand, stating the conclusion she had just drawn from her observations, which she had calculated meticulously.

It even uses fourth-grade knowledge—calculating the degree of the included angle—which is ahead of its time.

"It's alright, turtles are amphibians, they're not afraid of getting wet." Chen Shuo felt her worries were unnecessary; even if some water did get in, it would only be a little bit.

Moreover, electric bikes shouldn't be too afraid of getting wet, otherwise how would those delivery guys deliver food on rainy days?

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi looked at him without saying anything. After a while, she ran to the shoe cabinet in the entryway and pulled out an umbrella.

Seeing this, Chen Shuo looked up and asked, "Why are you holding an umbrella? Do you want to go out and take another look?"

"Yeah, you may not care, but I do."

"Actually, there's no need to care. That electric scooter is..."

At this point, Chen Shuo felt that explaining was useless and that it would be better to let the girl go out and take a look so that she could feel at ease.

"Come on, I'll go with you. Go inside first and change your clothes. It's warm and it's raining outside, so it's cold."

After the two changed their clothes and went outside, the rain intensified, and even though they were wearing thick coats, they could still feel a chill.

I walked through the rain to the bike shed, but it was dry inside; no rain had gotten in at all.

It was obvious that Bai Xiaoqi's calculations were wrong. At her current third-grade level, using fourth-grade knowledge was far too advanced.

“I told you it wouldn’t happen, but you didn’t believe me. There are so many cars parked in the shed, and only the two of us idiots braved this heavy rain to come and see.”

As he spoke, Chen Shuo took out a raincoat from under the car seat, covered the little turtle with it, and then pushed the car a little further inside.

"But it's normal to do silly things when you're in a relationship, right? You're the one who told me that."

"Okay, I admit I did say that."

Raindrops formed lines, pattering against the rooftops and the pavement, making a crackling sound.

Looking at the rainwater flowing down the eaves, Chen Shuo turned and asked, "Should we do something stupid again?"

"What foolish thing are you doing?"

"Going to buy groceries in the pouring rain."

"Aren't there still some vegetables at home?"

"I only go out to buy groceries because I already have them at home. Otherwise, what kind of foolish thing would I be doing?"

Bai Xiaoqi looked at the umbrella in her hand and asked, "Wouldn't it be even more foolish of us to go out in the rain without an umbrella?"

"That's not called being stupid, that's called having a mental illness."

Chapter 127 You're All Bad

It was raining heavily, and there were few pedestrians on the street. The raindrops formed streams, and Chen Shuo carried her on his back, walking through the water and splashing up a string of water droplets.

On rainy days, these pedestrian crossings become fraught with danger; some of the paving stones are loose, and you'll sink in if you step on them...

Chen Shuo stepped into a minefield again, and his already soaked shoes suddenly felt cold again.

Did you step on it again?

Bai Xiaoqi, holding an umbrella and clinging to his back, felt a jolt and knew without a doubt that he had stepped into a puddle again.

"Yes, I stepped on it again. The Urban Construction Bureau doesn't even bother to send someone to fix it."

Having already stepped in the water four or five times, Chen Shuo felt his shoes were full of water. Yangcheng, this godforsaken place, is supposed to be under construction every day, but the city construction bureau has never organized any repairs here.

"Is it possible that you're just unlucky?"

"It's not impossible that meeting you used up all my good luck, which is why my luck has turned bad."

Chen Shuo lifted her little bottom up a bit, "But I still feel like I've hit the jackpot by trading all my luck in this life for a little cutie like you."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiaoqi's eyes immediately curved into crescent moons. She kissed him on the cheek, then leaned close to his ear and asked, "Why do you always try to make me happy like this?"

Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?

"Hmm... let's listen to the fake one first."

“Okay, let’s hear the lie first.” Chen Shuo smiled. “The lie is that you are all alone in this world, and there’s only me. If I don’t comfort you, no one else will, so I have to make you happy every day.”