In the living room.

Bai Xiaoqi was sitting on the sofa eating breakfast, her expression absent-minded, the cat ears on the top of her head twitching slightly, and she listened carefully to the sounds coming from the kitchen.

At first it was the sound of running water, probably washing something, then it was the sound of a kitchen knife cutting something and touching the eucalyptus board, and now it was the sound of gurgling water, which was the sound of boiling water.

She wanted to see what he was doing in the kitchen, but she was troubled in her heart. After being so entangled for a long time, she stuffed the last bun into her mouth and looked down at the oil stains on her little hands.

Seeing this, she suddenly felt that she had found a reason. She got up and walked to the kitchen generously, preparing to wash her hands and take a look at what he was doing.

Chen Shuo was boiling red dates and brown sugar water in the kitchen. He heard the footsteps behind him and looked back. Then he saw Bai Xiaoqi walking in from all directions, her cheeks bulging and moving, obviously chewing something.

.

Noting that it was not convenient for her to talk at the moment, Chen Shuo didn't ask her why she came in. He glanced at her for a few times and then turned away.

"snort..."

Seeing that he ignored her, Bai Xiaoqi wrinkled her nose and snorted, "If you ignore me, I will ignore you."

She craned her neck to take a look at the food cooking on the induction cooker, and curled her lips. It was dark and didn't taste good at first glance.

Then I walked to the sink and started washing my hands. At this time, the water in the pot was boiling, and the kitchen was filled with steam. Waves of sweetness from brown sugar mixed with red dates inevitably poured into my nose.

Her little nose twitched twice, and she couldn't help but turn her head and take another look. This thing looked dark, but why did it smell sweet?

Bai Xiaoqi swallowed the bun in her mouth, hesitated for a long time, and then asked casually, "What are you cooking?"

"Red dates and brown sugar water." Chen Shuo replied casually.

"oh..."

Seeing that she just said "oh" and said nothing, Chen Shuo couldn't help but glance at her. When he saw her looking at the brown sugar water in the pot with a hesitant expression on her face, he couldn't help but feel happy, "Don't look at this.

I just cooked it for you."

"Cook for me?"

The cat ears on Bai Xiaoqi's head moved, and there was a bit of surprise on her face, but then she turned her face away and asked deliberately: "Why are you cooking this for me? If you have nothing to do, just..."

Speaking of this, she couldn't help but get stuck, what to offer.

"If you have nothing to show your courtesy to, you will either commit adultery or steal." Chen Shuo sighed and helped her fill it in.

"I know, you don't need to remind me."

"Okay, you know, you are the smartest."

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi didn't answer, paused for a moment, and asked again, "Why are you making this sugar water for me?"

As she spoke, she looked up at Chen Shuo, with a bit of expectation in her eyes, and made up her mind, as long as this person said that he cooked this thing to apologize.

I reluctantly forgive him.

"Of course it's for drinking, otherwise what else could we do?"

Chen Shuo frowned and looked at her. He always felt that this girl was particularly stupid today. Just hearing people say that she is stupid after being pregnant for three years, will her relatives also become stupid?

"I know it's for drinking." Seeing that this man was not enlightened, Bai Xiaoqi was inexplicably anxious and couldn't help but remind him: "Doesn't it have other effects?"

"Others...do you know the function of this?" Chen Shuo was a little surprised and couldn't help but look her over.

Have you studied secretly?

He even knows the effects of brown sugar water.

"Of course I know."

"It's good that you know. I just don't know how to tell you this yet." Chen Shuo tipped the pot, poured the brown sugar water inside into a bowl, and put a spoon in the bowl, "This needs to be hot.

It’s effective only if you drink it, so go out and drink it quickly.”

"..."

Bai Xiaoqi frowned and stared at him, feeling as if he and she were not on the same channel, making communication very difficult.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Are you afraid it will burn your hands?"

Chen Shuo was stunned for a moment, then he realized what he was doing and reached out to pick up the bowl, "Okay, I'll help you pick it up."

With that said, he turned around and walked out with the bowl in hand.

"...."

Bai Xiaoqi looked at his back, a little confused. After waiting for a moment, she followed him. The two of them walked to the living room one after the other.

Seeing Chen Shuo put the bowl on the coffee table, she looked at the brown sugar water in the bowl, hesitated, stretched out her little hand and poked Chen Shuo's lower back, and asked, "Aren't you going to apologize to me?"

"Apologise? Why should I apologize to you?"

Seeing his confused face, Bai Xiaoqi couldn't help but hold her breath and reminded: "You said you wanted to turn me into a bearded man."

"When did I say I wanted to turn you into a bearded man?"

"You said it this morning."

"I was just asking casually."

Chen Shuo finally came to his senses and asked casually in the morning. Maybe the cat girl just woke up and was confused, or maybe she was stupid and the CPU couldn't keep up. Anyway, she took it seriously.

I thought I was regretting that I didn't turn her into a bearded man when I was banned.

This caused her to be so angry this morning.

So this extends to a new problem.

"Does that mean you're not a relative here?" he asked.

"relative?"

This time it was Bai Xiaoqi's turn to be stunned. Her expression was a little unconfident. Do I have any relatives?

I do not know how.

"The relative I'm talking about is not the relative you think, it's that..."

Seeing her expression, Chen Shuo knew that she had misunderstood. He wanted to explain, but he didn't know how.

After hesitating for a long time, he said: "It's nothing. I just asked casually this morning. I didn't want to turn you into a bearded man. I didn't want to turn you into that. Besides, can you change your gender if you ask for a title?

This kind of thing is not certain yet, so I must be a little curious, right?"

Having said this, Chen Shuo moved his eyes down to the coffee table, considered his words, and then said: "Then, you can use this brown sugar water to apologize."

"Apologise?" Bai Xiaoqi's cat ears moved slightly, she stared at him for a while, and then looked at the brown sugar water on the coffee table.

She did think it was an apology just now, but it's definitely not that simple now.

and……

"What do you mean you're just trying to apologize to me?" She frowned, feeling that it sounded awkward.

"Okay, I'm either cheating or apologizing to you. Stop thinking about it and drink it while it's hot." Seeing her suspicious expression, Chen Shuo couldn't help but urge.

"oh..."

Bai Xiaoqi responded without thinking any more. She sat down and took a sip with a spoon. Then she thought of something and suddenly looked up.

First he stared at Chen Shuo twice, then lowered his head and continued to drink sugar water, muttering in a low voice: "Since you apologized, then I will forgive you."

Hearing this, Chen Shuo couldn't help but feel happy. This girl is really interesting. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that she has always been like this.

I remember that the last time I made her angry, she did the same thing. She asked herself to apologize first, and after she apologized, she also said something like "I'll forgive you."

This is probably what she calls the sense of ritual.

It's actually quite cute.

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