At 3 a.m., the landmines in front of the station

Now, he seems to have switched states, turning passivity into initiative, and... he no longer has the tendency to procrastinate and make empty promises.

This change gave Yu tide a strange feeling:

"My junior has grown up."

-

……

“My family is like this, there are currently 3 permanent residents: me, An Qing, and... Miya.”

"........."

"Don't get excited, let me finish," Su Che said, pulling her close by her slender waist and interrupting her build-up of strength.

“I’m planning to rent a bigger house. When there’s more space, you can come and experience life in my humble abode anytime. So, my door is always open for you. Doesn’t that mean you’re living with me?”

"?"

In the elevator, Yu tide almost laughed out of exasperation at his logic, and spat at him on the spot, saying:

"You're so cunning. If this counts as cohabitation, then I just registered our relationship as a couple at the mailroom. Does that mean you're going to come with me to the marriage registry tomorrow to get our marriage certificate?"

"Ah, this..."

"Alright, I've already stopped worrying about Miya. I just didn't expect you to take her home like that. After all, we were enemies at the beginning, you know that."

Yu tide generously pinched his crotch as a form of punishment.

Su Che winced in pain, but dared not resist. He simply nodded and praised:

"You're so much more magnanimous, senior. In the past, I really wouldn't know how to explain this to you."

Now that things have come to this, he's stopped acting and just says what he really thinks.

"I originally planned to use Miya's piano skills to improve my own, and have her teach me. But all sorts of things happened, you know, and the little cat couldn't control herself, so she stuck to me."

As a responsible cat owner, I couldn't possibly ignore a poor cat like that, so we ended up living together. But don't worry, senior, I promised you about "moon gazing" as you mentioned before.

He highlighted the key points.

"Oh? It's the Mid-Autumn Festival, right?"

Yu tide finally smiled, "You really reserved that day for me?"

"Ah."

"Come to my house?"

"Yes."

"Not bringing anyone else?"

"No, I won't bring it."

"overnight?"

"Uh, stay the night."

Su Che's heart skipped a beat. He thought to himself, "If I'm tired, I should just sleep. What does staying up all night mean...?" It sounded strange and unsettling.

Yu tide didn't elaborate, but simply nodded in satisfaction, "Alright then. I'll be looking forward to that day. Junior, I won't cause you any trouble tonight."

"Otherwise what? Senior, were you trying to drive me crazy?"

"Yes."

She nodded seriously.

"..."

Ding dong.

The elevator doors opened.

Su Che led Yu tide out the door, turned left, walked to the end of the road, and arrived at the front of his house.

He took out his key, ready to open the door, but heard rustling footsteps inside. Then, with a click, the door was opened by the person inside.

"You're back! Hello, senior."

Like a house cat lying in wait, An Qing, dressed in a sweet nightgown, stood at the door like a lotus emerging from water, smilingly welcoming Yu tide outside.

At first glance, she looks no different from the lady of the house.

Is she asserting her status to me? Interesting.

Yu tide glanced at An Qing, but didn't react much, only giving a faint, fake smile in return, "Good evening."

Immediately, she glanced inside.

Seeing that the shy Miya was huddled in the chair in front of the computer desk, the cat was peeking furtively in their direction through the back of the chair.

"Miya, come out quickly and say hello to Senior Yu tide."

Su Che found it cute, so he brought Yu tide inside and called the kitten over.

The kitten was initially reluctant, but seeing that Yu tide wasn't as aggressive as usual, its little face relaxed. It tentatively turned the chair around, exposing its rear end, before hugging the back of the chair and turning back to greet her.

"Welcome."

(Actually, it's not welcome.)

Yu Xi nodded slightly. "I didn't expect that the most dangerous place would be the safest place. I underestimated you, Miya. Whether it's in your performance skills or your love life, you always manage to be one step ahead of others."

"No, I didn't."

Miya tried to deny it.

But after looking at other cat owners, I realized that I do seem to be ahead of Yu tide.

So she took back what she had just said and nodded: "Hmph, you could say that. I have indeed become one with cat owners."

"Hey."

Su Che felt ashamed, went into the house, picked up the kitten, and covered its little mouth that was prone to saying the wrong thing.

Seeing this, An Qing sensibly walked to the refrigerator to wash the fruit, while Yu tide gave up on communicating with Miya and chose to ignore her provocation, first admiring the layout of the house.

She changed into slippers, put down her bag full of toiletries, and strolled leisurely to Su Che's small apartment, which was only a few dozen square meters.

"Tsk. Just as my junior said, this house can't fit four people."

Seeing that the large bed was covered with An Qing's belongings, and the sofa bed reeked of the cat's scent, even with two windows open for ventilation, the cat smell in the room was still quite strong.

She instantly understood why Su Che was always in a state of being overwhelmed with problems.

[It would be strange if I could even process all this raising of cats.]

"Right? So I'm not lying. I invited you here this time so you could see my true situation. That way you won't complain later that I didn't respond properly to your needs."

"Okay, okay, I understand now. I'll try to help you solve some of these problems."

Yu tide sat down in his seat, crossed her snow-white legs, and extended an olive branch with a smile: "By the way, junior, how long do you plan to take to get this house sorted out?"

"Uh... first we need to figure out how to make money."

Su Che had a headache.

"Have you figured out how to make money?"

"not yet."

"You don't actually think that our band can one day earn enough to rent a large apartment of over 100 square meters in downtown Tianhai, do you?"

"...I really hadn't thought of that."

Su Che said helplessly, "It's common knowledge that playing in a band is unprofitable. If it weren't for the fact that you seniors are all well-off, and Yuan Xiao can provide a large venue... if we had to rehearse at 'Small Garden' every day, we probably would have gone bankrupt long ago."

"As long as you know."

Yu tide scoffed. "So, how do you plan to make money? With your part-time job?"

"...I barely make ends meet with part-time jobs."

Su Che said guiltily.

Actually, if we allowed more orders to be accepted...

Knowing Ningning's personality, she'll definitely give herself a huge salary.

But then the nature of it would change.

She ended up regularly giving herself to Sister Ningning and being sexually assaulted by strangers.

This is not the life I want.

Su Che felt that the best course of action was to earn enough profit through his own abilities to solve his immediate problems; this would be a virtuous cycle.

But the truth is, as the number of cats increases, one's own energy is being endlessly consumed.

I'm not a superman or a perpetual motion machine, so it's impossible for me to be good at everything, making money and managing my emotional life at the same time.

Such beings only exist in fictional works; in real life, where would you find such a human being?

"If you ask me, junior, why don't you just be direct and ask me to help you solve this problem? As long as you ask, I can transfer the small amount of money for renting a place in the neighborhood to your account within 5 minutes."

"That won't work."

Su Che shook his head and politely declined.

"Why?" Yu tide frowned.

He replied, "In that case, what I would owe my senior would be more than just a favor. Our relationship would also change from what it was before, and I don't want our feelings to be tainted."

"is it?"

"Ah."

"But I still don't understand."

Suddenly, Yu tide stood up, walked to him, and slowly brought her exquisitely beautiful face closer—

He asked subtly, word by word:

"Is there anything wrong with a polluted relationship?"

……