I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"And what about the truth?"

"The truth is that I'm not really trying to make you happy most of the time. I'm just saying what's on my mind, but you always think I'm trying to make you happy, and then you just laugh like an idiot."

Bai Xiaoqi pouted, "I think lies sound more like the truth."

"It's not that it's like that; the lie is actually true. You really are all alone. In this world, you only have me, and I'm selfish; I don't want you to go out and make friends."

Oh, it's not that I don't want to, it's more that I'm worried. Society is so chaotic these days; there are all sorts of people, and it's easy to make bad friends.

Rainwater, scattered by the wind, pelted his face, bringing a cool sensation and a slight sting. Chen Shuo lowered his head and continued, "But in the end, you should make a friend. Of course, this friend can only be a woman, not a man."

"I don't want friends..."

As she spoke, Bai Xiaoqi moved the umbrella forward a little to shield him from the oncoming rain before continuing, "I only need you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Shuo suddenly stopped, paused for a moment, then continued walking forward with her on his back.

"You feel satisfied now, but you may not be in the future. A person's life is not only about love, but also about friendship and family. Otherwise, it will never be complete."

“But we started as friends, that’s friendship. Now we’re lovers, that’s love. After we get married, my aunt and uncle will be a family, and we’ll have kinship. So as long as I have you, I have everything.”

Chen Shuo let out a long sigh, looked up at the shopping mall not far ahead, and couldn't quite describe his feelings or how to respond to what was being said.

"Whatever, I can't argue with you."

"Because I'm smart, you can't argue with me."

"Yes, you're very smart now."

"Finally admitting I'm smart?"

"Sometimes smart, but most of the time still silly."

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi ignored him, pretending not to hear him. She wrapped her legs tightly around Chen Shuo's waist, buried her face in his neck, and inhaled deeply, feeling herself growing to like this bad guy more and more.

Although he's very mean and bullies me every day, and last night he even grabbed my foot...

No, I can't think about this. Just thinking about it makes me feel weak.

Her cheeks flushed red with shyness, and she couldn't help but bite Chen Shuo's neck to suppress her embarrassment.

Hmph, you bad thing.

"hiss..."

Caught off guard, Chen Shuo suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck and almost let go of the little kitten, causing it to fall. He quickly stopped and lifted it up before asking, "Why did you bite me for no reason?"

"Because you're a bad thing."

"?"

Chen Shuo was stunned, then asked in a flash, "Do I have something bad inside me?"

"?"

This time it was Bai Xiaoqi's turn to be stunned. After a few seconds, she came to her senses, and Chen Shuo's neck was bitten again.

"You're all bad."

.......

.......

It rained for two days in a row, but the weather cleared up on Qingming Festival, and the temperature rose to a new high, indicating that summer is getting closer.

Chen Shuo got out of bed early in the morning, around six o'clock. Today was Qingming Festival, and he had to go back to his hometown with his parents to pay respects at their graves.

When he was in junior high school, his grandparents passed away one after another. The Chen family had only one son for three generations, and only a few people could go to the graves to sweep the tombs every year. He wanted to bring Bai Xiaoqi along, so that she could be an extra and let them meet their future granddaughter-in-law.

Unfortunately, according to local custom, unmarried women cannot accompany their husbands to the graves. It's unclear who made this rule. The family doesn't seem to care, but there are always gossipy people in the village who will talk behind the scenes about how the family is not having many children and that they are just using a girlfriend to make up the numbers, and so on.

So he had no choice but to leave the cat girl at home, since she couldn't get up in the morning and could continue to sleep in.

After washing up in the bathroom, I returned to the bedroom and was about to change my clothes when I saw that Bai Xiaoqi had somehow pulled the cat-shaped pillow from the bedside table into her arms and was still sleeping soundly with it between her legs. However, the blanket on her body had been kicked aside by her.

Chen Shuo stepped forward and pulled the blanket over her, but then she suddenly opened her eyes. Her eyes shone like stars in the dimly lit bedroom, but they also revealed a sense of languor and confusion.

"...You're back?" Bai Xiaoqi rubbed her eyes, still looking confused.

"I haven't left yet."

Chen Shuo sat down on the edge of the bed, both amused and exasperated, and reached out to pinch her cheek. "Do you want to come with me?"

Bai Xiaoqi was too lazy to move, letting him pinch her face, and asked in return, "But didn't you say that a wife who hasn't married into the family can't go?"

"It's not that you can't go, it's just that the people in the village... Anyway, you can go if you want, just ignore them."

"But I'm so sleepy."

"If you're sleepy, just keep sleeping. I'll be back this afternoon."

As Chen Shuo stood up to leave, she suddenly grabbed his wrist. "I'm going, you're not allowed to leave."

"Then you'd better get up and wash up quickly, my parents are waiting for you."

"Oh..."

Bai Xiaoqi wrinkled her nose and responded. Just as she was about to sit up, she opened her arms to him and said, "I want you to pick me up."

"Okay, I'll pick you up."

Chen Shuo picked her up from the bed; this little kitten is becoming more and more fond of cuddling and being pampered.

Bai Xiaoqi skillfully wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist, then leaned on Chen Shuo's shoulder and murmured as if in a dream, "I originally wanted to sleep until you came back, so that I could see you as soon as I opened my eyes."

"and then?"

"Then you said you wouldn't be able to get home until the afternoon, and I figured I definitely wouldn't be able to sleep until then."

Chen Shuo was gently stroking her long, flowing hair when he heard this and couldn't help but smile, asking, "Are you really that reluctant to part with me?"

"Yes, I'll miss you."

Bai Xiaoqi wrapped her legs around his waist even tighter; she couldn't bear to part with this naughty dog ​​and wanted to be with him every minute of every day.

Chapter 128

Two days ago, Wu Yulan prepared two large bags of paper money, as well as incense, candles, and paper money for grave sweeping, and put all sorts of things into the trunk of her car.

I just received a message from Chen Shuo saying that your daughter-in-law is also going along.

The couple discussed it and decided that they should go, and let the villagers gossip if they wanted.

But it was already past seven o'clock, and the two still hadn't arrived. Wu Yulan glanced towards the direction of the community gate.

"Why haven't those two arrived yet? Why don't you give them a call and ask... Hey, isn't that them riding the electric scooter?"

"You must be mistaken, he doesn't have an electric car."

Chen Jianwen subconsciously turned his head and saw the person riding the electric bike in front of him. He changed his mind and said, "It seems that it really is."

As they were talking, Chen Shuo came to a steady stop on his little tortoise.

"Come down quickly, we've arrived."

"Um..."

Bai Xiaoqi had been dozing off the whole way while clinging to Chen Shuo's back. Hearing his words, she groggily got off the electric scooter, and even swayed a couple of times as soon as she stepped onto the ground.

Chen Shuo helped her steady, greeted the couple, and seeing that she had regained some consciousness, parked the electric scooter downstairs and then helped her sit in the back seat.

Bai Xiaoqi started to feel sleepy again as soon as she got into the car, but considering that Chen Jianwen and his wife were sitting in the front, she felt a little embarrassed to sleep in front of them, so she could only force herself to stay awake.

But as soon as the car drove out of the residential area, she found that Chen Shuo had fallen asleep, leaning back in his seat and sleeping very soundly, even snoring softly. She felt a surge of anger and couldn't help but pinch his wrist.

Chen Shuo was awakened by the pain and subconsciously sat up straight, asking, "Have we arrived?"

Wu Yulan turned her head and stared at him for a moment, then frowned: "Are you alright?"

"what?"

Chen Shuo looked out the window; it seemed they had just left the residential area. He turned to her and asked, "We're not even there yet, why are you pinching me?"

"I..."

Bai Xiaoqi's lips parted slightly, and seeing that Wu Yulan had turned her head back, she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "I want to sleep too."

Hearing this, Chen Shuo was even more puzzled. "If you want to sleep, just sleep. Do you have to wake me up and let me know?"

“…”

Bai Xiaoqi didn't want to pay attention to this guy. He didn't even know to turn his voice down. Now her aunt and uncle could hear that she wanted to sleep. But then she thought about it and realized that it was fine. At least she didn't have to force herself to stay awake.

Just as she was about to go to sleep, she remembered something, took off her coat, used it to cover her face, then hugged Chen Shuo's arm, rested her head on his shoulder, and closed her eyes.

After a short while, his breathing gradually became even.

She was asleep, but Chen Shuo felt he couldn't sleep. Looking out the window, he saw the car had already entered the highway.

Although my hometown is in a village, it's in a small county town nearby. The distance isn't far, but it still takes more than an hour to drive there.

The main problem is that the roads in the county town after exiting the highway are not easy to drive on, and with the Qingming Festival approaching, everyone is going back to their hometowns to pay respects to their ancestors, so traffic jams are inevitable.

When did you two buy the electric car?

When Wu Yulan asked, Chen Shuo turned his gaze back, "I bought it a couple of days ago."

After saying that, he deliberately sighed, "I don't have money to buy a car, so I can only make do with a small electric car for now."

Chen Jianwen knew that this kid was trying to give him a message. He wanted to pretend he didn't hear it, but he also felt that it wasn't right for the kid to keep thinking about it.

"It's not the theft itself that's scary, it's the thief's eye on you." He suddenly had a profound understanding of this saying, and this kid was a thief from within the family, making him even harder to guard against.

"Once you two get married, if you want a car, take the dowry and buy it yourself. Don't keep eyeing my car."

"And a bride price?"

Chen Shuo was stunned for a moment. He had never thought about the bride price. Isn't the bride price for the mother-in-law? He didn't have a mother-in-law.

"You do not want?"

"Yes, why wouldn't I want to?"

Chen Shuo answered decisively, "So, is the bride price given before or after the wedding? And how much?"