Monday, December 24, Christmas Eve, noon.

Xuanguo doesn't care about your Western holidays. You should go to class and go to work. Although it is a holiday, it is actually just an excuse to ask someone out to play - on other ordinary days, it's like a straightforward confession of "yes, I like you", but on holidays, it's full of tsundere feelings of "hey, hey, hey, I just don't want to spend the holiday alone".

"...Okay, then Cheng Ling, you go and get busy."

Ren Xingmei saw her brother put down his phone and droop his head, and her heart skipped a beat - the last time she saw her brother so cold and lost motivation in life was when he was beaten three times in a row by her full-health perfect in the King of Fighters and screamed "Change the game, change the game".

Has Dong Cheng Ling reached this level in my brother's mind? Has it become as important as the game, or even more fun than the game?

"What happened?" Ren Xingmei asked tentatively.

"Cheng Ling has an extra class tonight." Ren Suo supported his cheek and ate the eggplant and beef rice in front of him. His tone was as resentful as a wife who had booked a love hotel and heard that her husband had to work overtime tonight.

"It's Class 5." Ren Xingmei said, "They were supposed to have a training class tomorrow night, but tomorrow is Christmas, so their class monitor and the students jointly applied for an early class. But I heard that the college didn't approve it, and their teacher is not Teacher Dong, but Teacher Liao..."

"Teacher Liao found out yesterday that his wife's due date was moved up, so he asked for leave to go back to his hometown to wait for his wife to give birth." Ren Suo said, "The academy can only find a substitute teacher, but there is no one available, so the class can only be held in advance... But unfortunately, Teacher Liao has three classes tomorrow, and all of them have to be replaced by a substitute teacher. Cheng Ling is also fully booked during the day, so she can only take the evening class, but she has an appointment with me tomorrow night, so tomorrow night's class will be moved to tonight..."

"So Cheng Ling is not available to cook tonight, and the dinner party is naturally cancelled."

Ren Xingmei blinked and asked, "If you don't eat Teacher Dong's food for a day, will you feel uncomfortable?"

"No." Ren Suo waved his hand and said, "It's just that I wanted to invite people over tonight to get together, but now I can't invite them to the cafeteria to eat..."

Ren Xingmei breathed a sigh of relief and said casually, "Then you can cook for yourself."

"Then I'd rather ask them to eat in the cafeteria."

After the two of them finished their meal, Ren Xingmei went to the guest room to lie down for a nap. In the past two days, whenever Dong Chengling had classes in the morning, Ren Xingmei would go to the cafeteria to pack two meals and eat with Ren Suo, who had been practicing until noon.

Ren Xingmei didn't do anything special. Instead, she came to Ren Suo's house for a nap. After lunch, she took a nap in the guest room and continued her classes in the afternoon.

She is Ren Suo's family member, so she should be so open and aboveboard. She can even act coquettishly towards Ren Suo and ask for money and hugs. Anyway, she is the only one who can flirt with Ren Suo, so of course she has to have fun with Ren Suo!

When Ren Xingmei went to the guest room and sat in the bathroom playing with her phone to digest her food, someone knocked on her room three times: "Can I come in? Can I come in? Can I come in?"

"Come in, I'm changing clothes!" Ren Xingmei said casually.

Ren Suo walked in without hesitation and said with a laugh, "Change clothes?"

Ren Xingmei stretched her feet towards him: "Socks are also clothes, you don't allow me to take off my socks? I told you to change clothes and you barged in. Tell me, do you have any bad intentions towards my sister?"

"Yes, yes, I want to tie your hands with tape, stuff your mouth with a ball gag, and then..." Ren Suo sat in the bed, laughing evilly, saying words that would spare him from even going to court and put him directly on the execution list.

"Then what do you want to do to me?" Ren Xingmei hugged Ren Suo's hand, raised her chin and looked at Ren Suo, and said: "Let me fight you with my feet?"

Ren Suo was stunned: "How did you know?"

Ren Xingmei curled her lips. She had known her brother for more than ten years, so she knew that he couldn't even tell dirty jokes properly. She used her smooth feet to kick Ren Suo's butt: "Go, go, go, don't disturb my beauty sleep."

"Okay," Ren Suo took out a brown paper bag and gave it to her: "Here, this is for you."

"Is it a new game?" Ren Xingmei took it very calmly: "You want me to get the platinum achievement again?"

"It's not a game." Ren Suo stood up and said, "By the way, I have to go out now and probably won't be back until the afternoon. Set your alarm and go to class. Don't oversleep."

"I'm not you."

After Ren Suo closed the door, Ren Xingmei opened the brown paper bag, wondering if it was the new hardcore soul-based game "Only a Dog", or the refreshing action game "God May Cry 5"?

However, what she took out of the paper bag was a black scarf.

The base color of the scarf is black cashmere scarf yarn, but it is dotted with countless golden star patterns, some are five-pointed stars, some are six-pointed stars, and some are cross stars.

Ren Xingmei stared at the scarf blankly for dozens of seconds, then took out her mobile phone, opened Taobao, and wrote the three keywords "scarf", "black" and "stars" in the search bar.

But in the end she didn't press the search button. Instead, she wrapped her scarf around her neck, went out and loudly looked for her brother. She searched the whole house and even turned up the toilet lid, but she didn't see Ren Suo. Then she remembered that Ren Suo had just said he was going out and would be back in the evening.

She returned to the guest room helplessly and lay on the bed. She was dazed for a while, then took out her cell phone, hesitated for a moment, and chose to search for the black star scarf.

There are similar products, but they are completely different from the one she has.

"No way!" Ren Xingmei cried out, lying on her side with her legs curled up, wrapping her mouth and nose with a scarf, and took a deep breath, as if she could smell her brother's scent, "Why are you knitting a scarf if you're not playing games! You can buy one, but why knit it yourself? Isn't it a waste of time? How stupid!"

She covered her burning face with her scarf, feeling her heart pounding. She bit her lips and muttered softly, "How could you become like this... Aren't you a fool who can't even be nice to others... How could you become a **..."

"... Never mind. I forgive you."

She covered herself with a quilt and slept with her scarf on, a smile on her face that looked like a weasel that had stolen a chicken. She even forgot to turn on the alarm on her cell phone and fell asleep peacefully and comfortably.

But she will definitely get up because she has to wear it to class later.

…

…

"Actually, I don't need this thing..."

In the office of the deputy director of the Countermeasures Bureau, Li Dan picked up the gray scarf in front of him. There were various snoring patterns on the scarf, such as 'zzzzzz' and '(:3[___]】'.

He looked at Ren Suo who was wearing a scarf and said, "You don't need this thing, do you?"

"It's windy today, and it's quite uncomfortable to have my neck blown."

Ren Suo said seriously, "Maybe it will make it easier for you to sleep if you wear it. Just keep it and don't forget my kindness."

Li Dan thought about it and nodded: "Okay, then I'll accept it, thank you."

He saw Ren Suo was holding a brown paper bag, "Are you going to give it to the deputy director?"

"How is that possible? If he wants a scarf, let him ask his girlfriend for it." Ren Suo said, "How could I give him a scarf? I'm not a pervert."

Li Dan thought so too. He didn't plan to ask Ren Suo who else he was going to give it to, but Ren Suo did ask, "Do you want to sleep?"

It was a rare opportunity for Ren Suo to come, so Li Dan refused and sat on the chair to let him hypnotize her.

However, when Ren Suo started to hypnotize with his fingers, he suddenly asked, "By the way, is Qiao Muyi in the bureau?"

"She went out with Yao Fei this morning for a mission. She will probably be back soon..." Attacked by sleepiness, Li Dan subconsciously told everything he knew.

"Thank you."

etc!

Li Dan, who was too sleepy to open his eyes, suddenly had an idea in his mind - why did he ask Qiao Muyi?

Oh shit!

Let me get up, I don’t want to sleep, I don’t want to forget this gossip, and I also want to say one thing to Ren Suo: You are not a pervert, you are really a brave man!

Taking his hand away from the sleeping Li Dan, Ren Suo hummed the game's BGM "Prelude to the Dead" and left the Countermeasures Bureau.

After Li Dan was promoted to the third rank, he never had the time (too lazy to find the time) to sleep with Li Dan. This time he came to the Countermeasures Bureau to deliver a scarf, and happened to get this three-star key by the way.

He never has too many keys. Four three-star keys can be combined into a four-star key.

It's just that it's a bit troublesome to make such a long trip. If Dong Chengling didn't have to make up for the lessons today and the evening dinner was cancelled, he would not bother to make the trip and would just gather everyone together and hand out scarves.

Knitting a scarf was just a whim of his. When he was in college, he heard that people would give each other gifts during Christmas. However, their dormitory - or their entire major - was full of monks, so this thing was not popular at all. Besides, a group of guys giving each other gifts, would they give each other seeds and resources?

All the bonded people he knew now were people he met this year. He had never celebrated Christmas with them before, and he didn't know if they would send gifts due to the influence of the bond. Anyway, Ren Suo would send some gifts first as a sign of respect - it wasn't a birthday, so he didn't have to consider whether the other party liked it or not. He could just give them a hand-knitted scarf with all his heart. At least it could increase their favorability, right?

He even designed a pattern for each scarf! It must have been so hard to knit, it took him several nights!

Although the dinner was cancelled, the gifts still had to be given. However, Ren Suo's room was booked from 0:00 to 24:00 on Christmas Day, leaving no time to give gifts, so he planned to give away all the scarves on Christmas Eve.

It was easy to deal with things inside the academy, but for things outside the academy, Ren Suo had to go out in person. He didn't expect that Qiao Muyi was not in the Countermeasures Bureau.

After leaving the Countermeasures Bureau, Ren Suo wondered whether he should give Qiao Muyi a call, or wait until tomorrow when they meet to give it to her?

"Come to see me?"

A jade hand hooked around Ren Suo's neck. Ren Suo turned his head and saw Qiao Muyi appear beside him, looking at him with a smile.

During working hours, Qiao Muyi naturally wore a black vest, with her long hair tied up, and seemed to have put on light makeup. The corners of her mouth were slightly raised with a smile, and her slightly narrowed fox eyes always made people feel quirky. Overall, she looked neat and tidy.

The collar of her bottoms was very low today, and Ren Suo looked down and saw her jade-like neck and charming collarbone. Noticing Ren Suo's gaze, Qiao Muyi chuckled, touched the scarf around Ren Suo's neck, and sighed, "It's so good, it's so good, some people wear scarves even when they don't go out of the house, but some poor little girls go out in the wind and rain all day long, but they have nothing..."

"That's good."

Ren Suo took out the scarf from the brown paper bag and put it on Qiao Muyi, saying, "It's quite windy today, isn't it? I also wore a scarf when I went out, not just to keep warm, but mainly to block the wind... I didn't expect that the winter in Lianjiang is so windy. I have to buy a mask in the future. Actually, the mask you gave me is not bad, but it has six big characters on it saying 'Mr. Mu is the best'. It's too embarrassing to wear it..."

Ren Suo nags a lot and finally helps Qiao Muyi wrap it up. He nods with satisfaction: "Well, not bad, it suits you very well, Mr. Mu."

Qiao Muyi looked down at her scarf. It was completely plain white without any pattern on it. It looked very ordinary and could be bought on the street.

But Qiao Muyi has the "detective eyes" and she can tell at a glance that this is a hand-knitted scarf.

She turned her head sharply and said to the beautiful monk who was watching the show in the back: "Fei Fei, you go back first."

Then she pulled Ren Suo, who looked bewildered, outside. They walked for a long distance before stopping. She turned around and asked Ren Suo, "Tell me, why did you knit a scarf for me?"

Ren Suo scratched his head: "No reason..."

"But this is unlike you. You don't seem like someone who would give gifts to others, and you don't seem like someone who would make gifts yourself." Qiao Muyi stared at Ren Suo: "You... remembered?"

"What?"

"Forget it, it's nothing..." Qiao Muyi was a little sad, but then she smiled again: "It took you a long time to knit the scarf, right? Tell me why you want to please me. Tell me your request, and I might be merciful enough to agree to it."

"No request." Ren Suo shook his head.

"Then you must have a reason." Qiao Muyi said calmly, "Did you know from the beginning that you couldn't write the paper this month? Well, the deputy director does have the authority to make concessions..."

Ren Suo waved his hands: "No, it's not about this, and there's no reason... I just suddenly remembered that I should give you a gift on Christmas."

Qiao Muyi blinked: "No reason?"

"No reason."

"Just because you wanted to give it to me?"

"I just wanted to give it to you."

"real?"

"real."

"You didn't lie to me?"

"Lying to you is like a puppy."

Qiao Muyi lowered her head, looked left and right, quietly pulled up her scarf to cover her face, and suddenly felt her tongue was tied. Her usual sharp tongue and venomous tongue were completely useless. She didn't know how to continue talking to Ren Suo, nor did she know what to say to him.

What is this? I was prepared for a long battle, and you suddenly surrendered in 20 minutes?

Has this pig finally learned how to dig up cabbages?

A wave of shame filled her body, and she didn't even dare to look at Ren Suo's face. Compared to Ren Suo's recovery of his previous memories, the fact that Ren Suo was suddenly so self-conscious in treating her well was even more unbearable for her.

"...But it would be great if I could be exempted from writing two papers this month." Ren Suo said seriously.

Phew.

Although she still felt her face burning with shame, Qiao Muyi was no longer nervous. She felt amused and touched. She did not put down her scarf, just looked at Ren Suo and said with a smile: "You wish. If you don't finish writing by the end of the month, I will lock you up in the basement of the small dark room in the Countermeasures Bureau until you finish writing!"

Ren Suo's body trembled: "Is there such a dark place in the Countermeasures Bureau?"

"Of course!" Qiao Muyi snorted, "Don't think you can bribe me with a scarf! Unless you knit one for me every year!"

Ren Suo scratched his head. "Every year...? But you don't like scarves, right? If you don't like them..."

"No matter if I like it or not, since you gave it to me, it's mine!" Qiao Muyi glanced at Ren Suo and said viciously, "If you dare to take it back, I'll chop off your pig's trotter!"

Ren Suo shrugged: "As long as you accept it."

At this moment, Qiao Muyi suddenly remembered something, looked at Ren Suo suspiciously and asked, "Besides this one, do you knit other scarves?"

Ren Suo answered honestly, "Yes."

Qiao Muyi gritted her teeth, but still asked in a gentle voice: "Who did you give it to?"

"Who have I given it to?" Ren Suo blinked, "I've given it to my parents, and my sister..."

Only gave it to family and her?

Qiao Muyi blinked and met Ren Suo's gaze. She subconsciously wanted to dodge, but in the end she forced herself back and bravely looked at Ren Suo.

Really, I am obviously the Demon King, how come now he is the Demon King and I am the hero?

Qiao Muyi secretly complained in her heart that she was much more timid than before, but before, she flirted with Ren Suo with the mentality of "one more day of dating, one more day of profit", but now she had the cautious mentality of "there is still a lifetime of love", so naturally she was not as wild and fierce as before.

She made small talk: "Why is it white?"

“I don’t know…” Ren Suo tilted his head, thought for a moment and said, “But I felt that you would like the snow-white color, so I didn’t make any patterns and knitted a plain scarf.”

Snow-white, Qiao Muyi smiled warmly, she really liked the snow-white color, because Ren Suo liked to play with snow, and she liked to watch Ren Suo playing with snow, that scene looked particularly funny and happy.

"Do you have anything to do this afternoon?" Qiao Muyi took a deep breath. When she said this, she was already prepared to dump all the work on Yao Fei.

"Yes." Ren Suo spread his hands: "I have to hurry back to the academy."

Qiao Muyi was slightly startled, then she said "oh", waved and said, "Then...goodbye."

"goodbye."

Seeing Ren Suo walk away like that and throw the brown paper bag into the trash can, Qiao Muyi was stunned for a moment. She touched her snow-white scarf and suddenly decided to leave work early today and go to Ren Suo's place in the evening.

Qiao Muyi's main purpose was naturally to tease Ren Suo to replenish her energy. Chatting through the phone could not satisfy her today; and her secondary purpose was to see if she could find Dong Chengling and show off this hand-knitted scarf to her.

Alas, it would be better if Rensuo could be added with sugar, warm and milk. Although the current Rensuo tastes good, it can be improved...

While thinking about tonight's countermeasures, she walked briskly back to the countermeasures bureau.

If sweet romance isn't my thing, the original flavor will do.