Chapter 8: Was he possessed?
That's right, it was a trap.
This was something Gou Qing had thought about for several days before finally figuring it out.
When he hinted at something, she pretended not to understand; when he gave her a sour look and didn't want to talk to her, she would come up to him again and ask him all sorts of questions.
So we just kept him at a distance, neither too close nor too far.
Isn't that just baiting people?
Yu Zhi exclaimed "Ah!" while still scratching Atlas's chin: "Yue He doesn't seem like that kind of person."
Gou Qing sat up straight, staring at him dangerously: "Who is Yue He?"
Yu Zhizheng paused in stroking Atlas's hair, looked up at Gou Qing's tense face, and belatedly realized: "Brother, Yuehe is Pangbao's mother! What are you talking about? You don't even know her name?"
"Knowing she's the owner of that fat dog is enough for me." Gou Qing scratched her hair in frustration. "What do you think I should do?"
Yu Zhi: "...Why don't you tell me the whole story of how you got hooked? I'll analyze it for you."
In fact, Yu Zhi had never been in a relationship, but even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run. The gossip at the pet hospital was no less than in other places.
"Where shall we begin?" Gou Qing sat up straight, his fingers interlaced on his lap, looking rather serious and earnest.
Yu Zhi: "It was our first meeting."
“I was walking Atlas by the lake when she was pulled down by that fat dog, and I instinctively grabbed the leash to help her.” Gou Qing tried to describe it rationally, but couldn’t help but add a touch of pride at the end, “It was probably this ‘heroic rescue’ at our first meeting that made her fall for me.”
Yu Zhi: "...Brother, I don't know if she has feelings for you, but I feel like you've fallen for her at first sight."
Gou Qing looked up, her eyes full of doubt, her tone tinged with disbelief: "What? You're saying I've fallen for you?"
"Brother, you have such a poor understanding of yourself. You're not the kind of person who would readily help a stranger on the street."
"Didn't you come to my graduation ceremony on the day I graduated? My classmate fell right in front of you, and you just walked right past him without even looking at him!"
Speaking of this, Yu Zhi got angry and added, "Later, my classmate got up and complained to me, saying, 'Is your brother blind?'"
Gou Qing had no recollection of this: "Don't talk nonsense."
"Sigh." Yu Zhi sighed, "Never mind, brother, you can continue."
"...Even though I had already told her my name, she deliberately called me 'dog in-law,' clearly trying to get closer to me."
"By the way, she dressed up specially for the day she wanted to see me, and wore a very pretty yellow dress."
“One morning she deliberately leaned into my arms…didn’t you see that last time? She bought Atlas a gift, and after Atlas finished his checkup, she waited for me at the hospital entrance with her dog…”
After hearing this, Yu Zhi's expression also became very serious.
He asked, "Brother, do you remember what color short-sleeved shirt I was wearing when I came to your house to clean yesterday?"
Gou Qing glanced at him lazily: "White?"
Yu Zhi nodded and continued, "Brother, do you remember the last time you saw Fatty's mother, what color clothes was she wearing?"
"A light pink dress, a bit different from her usual style, very loose, but also quite cute, and it suits her very well."
Yu Zhi smiled and asked, "What was she wearing when you first met?"
That's it?
Gou Qing didn't even look up: "A white short-sleeved shirt and brown cargo pants, and a pair of white running shoes."
"Brother, you're finished, you're head over heels in love!" Yu Zhi lay on the ground, shouting out the conclusion with absolute certainty.
Are you head over heels in love?
Not at all.
Gou Qing cleared his throat: "I just have a naturally good memory, that doesn't mean anything."
"Good memory?" Yu Zhi looked up, her resentful gaze falling on Gou Qing, her smile tinged with unspoken frustration: "Brother, I wasn't wearing white yesterday, I was wearing that classic black waffle shirt! And you bought it for me!"
Gou Qing: "..."
Gou Qing: "How about I buy you another white one?"
"Get to the point. She's trying to hook me up again. She even asked me to walk the dog tomorrow. What do you think, should I say yes?"
...
Yan Yuehe was unsure whether Gou Qing had answered her call or not, and fearing she would miss his message, she pinned his chat to the top and even turned on strong notifications.
After exchanging a few snacks for a brief moment of peace, she began to draw her sketches as quickly as possible.
Never mind all that, let's just use moral blackmail first.
Gou Qing replied instantly as always, but this time Yan Yuehe was hesitant to open the message.
The main concern is that it will affect my already poor sleep quality.
The next day, Yan Yuehe woke up after a good night's sleep.
She was still thinking about walking the dog, and the first thing she did when she opened her eyes was to reach under her pillow for her phone to check for new messages.
It's still just the one from last night.
"Know."
Yan Yuehe: !
Ms. He Yanli is amazing! It turns out that being straightforward really works!
She excitedly jumped out of bed, hugged her chubby baby who had already finished his morning exercise in the yard, and exclaimed, "Mommy got you a chance to go out and play with Atlas!"
The dog couldn't understand what she was saying, but just hearing Atlas's name was enough to excite it: "Woof woof woof!!!"
Yan Yuehe wiped its paws and said to it, "So you can't lie at my door and bark anymore. Mom has already tried her best."
Whether the silly dog son understood or not, he broke free from his mother's restraints and ran to the yard to roll around again.
She stood in the yard, stretched in the sun, and then began to wash up.
She opened the refrigerator and scanned it from top to bottom, but couldn't find anything edible except for two bottles of Coca-Cola.
The food that Ms. He Yanli brought her last time has been completely eaten.
Order takeout?
Or should we go out for a big shopping trip?
Yan Yuehe's first choice was definitely "order takeout", but yesterday Ms. He Yanli informed her: "I have scheduled a physical examination for you. Remember to go the day after tomorrow morning."
As always, her mother understood her and specially scheduled her medical check-up for Monday.
There were few people that day.
Last year, several of Yan Yuehe's health indicators showed red flags during her physical examination. When the results came out, she made a special promise to her mother that she would definitely take good care of her health this year.
Clearly, she failed.
Yan Yuehe would never dare to bring Pangbao with her when she goes to the supermarket.
Fatty's past exploits include, but are not limited to: picking through the fruit at the bottom of the shelf and stealing food, knocking over mountains of promotional items, and verbally arguing with the fish jumping around in the seafood section...
Before Yan Yuehe even started buying what she needed, she had already emptied her pockets for the troublesome chubby boy.
Before leaving, Yan Yuehe deliberately closed her room door, pretending that she was still inside.
There's a small supermarket at the entrance of the residential area, and she figured she'd be back in half an hour at most.
Yan Yuehe had severe hypoglycemia, so to prevent dizziness, she first put a gummy candy in her mouth.
Besides low blood sugar, she also suffers from poor blood circulation, and when she's not walking the dog, she always walks very slowly.
Sigh, she's a typical case of "no major illnesses, but constant minor ailments."
Although she never had a regular job, she still developed all the occupational hazards associated with freelancing.
When Gou Qing drove into the residential area, he saw her pale face, drifting into the supermarket like a lost soul.
Gou Qing felt inexplicably uneasy, so he turned around, drove the car out of the residential area, and parked it in a parking space in front of the supermarket.
Taking advantage of his height, Gou Qing stood directly at the doorway, searching for the white figure he had just seen.
Yan Yuehe was carrying a shopping basket.
She doesn't plan to buy many things; just surviving today is enough.
After her medical check-up ends tomorrow, she can continue to support Green Group and Huang Le Me's businesses.
Yan Yuehe went straight to the fresh meat section upon entering and asked the staff to cut a small piece of beef for her; then she went to the condiment section and bought a box of chopped green onions and garlic.
That concludes today's nutritional supplement purchases.
Having completed her task, Yan Yuehe slowed down again. She moved to the beverage area, torn between the new flavor and the original.
She usually buys the large 900ml bottle, but if she buys both flavors now, her arms might not be able to handle it.
The moment she reached out, a large hand reached past her and grabbed the bottle.
"You'll just drink this?"
Yan Yuehe turned her head away.
Her scoundrel in-laws were standing beside her, holding up the bottle of beverage and looking down at the ingredient list.
"Yes." Yan Yuehe kindly shared, "Juice can replenish Vitamin C."
"If you want to supplement your Vitamin C intake, you might as well eat fruit directly." Gou Qing put the beverage back on the shelf. "This is a drink, it's not even freshly squeezed."
Yan Yuehe hugged the bottle of drink he had put back to her chest and muttered softly, "...I love drinking it."
Gou Qing glanced at her shopping basket: "Aren't you going to buy some fruit?"
Yan Yuehe continued to move forward: "I won't buy it."
What is he doing? Why is he following her?
"Why don't you buy it?" Gou Qing followed behind her, walking slowly.
Yan Yuehe paused, but didn't turn around to look at him. She said in a muffled voice, "It's too much trouble. I don't like washing or cutting."
Gou Qing chuckled upon hearing this, took a few steps in front of her, stepped aside to block her path, and held a bottle of mineral water she had just picked up in her hand: "I'm not afraid of trouble."
Yan Yuehe looked completely bewildered: ?
Before she could react, he took the shopping basket from her arm.
"I'll carry it."
This person is really strange.
Isn't her in-law the best at putting on a sour face and playing dumb? Why is he suddenly being so kind?
Yan Yuehe was holding the bottle of drink, feeling a little lost.
The beef she had carefully selected was still in the basket, so Yan Yuehe had no choice but to follow him around to the fruit section.
She kept in mind Ms. He Yanli's teaching of "being straightforward," and seeing her dog in-laws enthusiastically picking out fruit, she bluntly asked the question that had been bothering her.
"What's wrong with you today? Have you been possessed?"
A note from the author:
Gou Qing: Thanks for the invitation. On my first day of anti-fishing, I was mistaken for someone possessing another person. [Chin resting on hand]
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