Today it met its match, and was defeated and forced to flee by a cat that looked just like Ao Bai.
It's at the building entrance; it's cut off our escape route.
Just as Qin Xiaoyu was hesitating whether to go over and help, the building door suddenly opened and a figure rushed out.
That was A Lei wielding a broom.
When Ao Bai saw that his opponent had reinforcements, he turned and fled. Cake pretended to chase after him, but was pinned to the ground by A Lei and carried into the house.
Qin Xiaoyu never imagined that A Lei would actually help the cats fight. But thinking about it carefully, it was just his way of doing things; he loved all life, so there was nothing wrong with that.
Not hearing any footsteps coming upstairs, Qin Xiaoyu guessed that A Lei had taken the cake to the kitchen to find a late-night snack.
But how can one person suffer from insomnia when two people are drinking coffee together?
Qin Xiaoyu gave a wry smile, put on a robe over her pajamas, and went downstairs.
"Its ear is injured." A Lei placed the cake on the table and was treating the wound with a cotton swab. He wasn't surprised at all that Qin Xiaoyu had come downstairs.
"Was it a bite or a scratch? Should we get a rabies vaccine?" Qin Xiaoyu asked worriedly.
"You're being too cautious. This little injury is nothing to our cake business." A Lei packed up the first-aid kit.
Qin Xiaoyu took a piece of milk from the refrigerator, put it in a small pot, and started cooking it.
At that time, there was no boxed milk in the underdeveloped areas. In winter, they would go to dairy farmers to buy fresh milk, freeze it into ice blocks, and bring it back.
Just boil it in a pot to sterilize it before drinking.
This milk has a pure and rich flavor, and when it's cooked, a thick layer of milk skin forms on top. By the time Qin Xiaoyu lifted the saucepan with oven mitts, the cake was already practically wriggling up in anticipation.
A Lei has prepared two small bowls and a small plate.
The two people and the cat were all satisfied.
"You're harming others without benefiting yourself, and you're having trouble sleeping too, aren't you?" Qin Xiaoyu glared at him.
"I don't want to sleep. I need to think things through." A Lei's hair was a bit messy, and when he tried to smooth it down, it became even messier.
"I've been thinking about it too. How about we just let things take their course?" Qin Xiaoyu didn't want the two of them to keep going on like this, so she suggested that they each take a step back.
"What a wonderful 'let nature take its course' approach! The Chinese language is truly profound!" Are nodded approvingly.
"But I'm warning you, don't always pounce on me like a wolfhound, keep your distance!" Qin Xiaoyu added as she took the opportunity.
"You're not shit, why would a wolfhound attack you?"
"..." Qin Xiaoyu really wanted to tear his mouth apart.
Cake finished the milk in the plate, walked up to A Lei, tilted his head back and licked the corner of his mouth.
"You little rascal, you're taking my milk again." A Lei said with a doting expression, scooping out milk with his little spoon to feed the cake.
He didn't know how deep the cake was before diving in headfirst, getting white foam around his mouth and choking a bit. He then shook his head and sneezed loudly.
"You naughty guy!" A Lei laughed and scolded as he wiped the milk off his face. Qin Xiaoyu was so captivated by his innocent, boyish smile that she couldn't resist and froze.
"Don't you think we're like a family?" A Lei asked Qin Xiaoyu with a smile.
"Really? I didn't notice." Qin Xiaoyu hurriedly looked away and lowered her head to drink a large gulp of milk.
“My life used to consist of just the two of us, a cat, and a dog. But things are different now; I want to have a few more children.” A Lei’s eyes sparkled with longing.
"How many? You can have them yourself!" Qin Xiaoyu said, turning away in a huff.
Men are all heartless bastards. Do they think having a child is just about laying an egg? Let them do such a simple thing themselves!
Even someone as emotionally intelligent as A Lei was baffled. They were having a perfectly good conversation, so what happened?
Filled with feminist anger, Qin Xiaoyu drifted off to sleep.
In her dream, she actually gave birth to a whole football team of children, one after another, chasing after her and calling her "Mom."
"He's gone mad, he's gone mad!" Qin Xiaoyu muttered a couple of curses before falling asleep again.
In reality, the world isn't that good, nor is it that bad. At least she has peace and stability in this life, and she should be content with that.
The next day, she and A Lei slept in late, and it was already noon when they got up. The atmosphere at the lunch table was strange. Zhou Yue kept throwing her sidelong glances, and Qin Xiaoyu couldn't keep up.
She wanted to shout it out loud: She hadn't slept!
Qi Si came back late because of something, so he parked his car at the door and came straight over for dinner. Qin Xiaoyu craned her neck to watch him walk towards the door, when suddenly she saw her cousin's wife rushing over. She slipped and fell flat on her back if Qi Si hadn't intervened.
"My dear sister-in-law, it's almost New Year's, so don't do anything rash." Qi Si and his cousin's wife were used to bantering, and as he helped her in, he couldn't help but tease her.
"Eat less! Eat less!" The cousin's sister-in-law's words stunned everyone. How could anyone talk like that?
"I'm treating everyone tonight, so please eat light. My son Longlong's girlfriend is coming over for dinner," my cousin-in-law said with a beaming smile.
"That's wonderful, that's great!" Zhou Xing's mother liked Tang Long and was delighted to hear this.
"I'm not eating, I'll wait for dinner tonight." Zhou Yue pushed her rice bowl away; she was the most practical person.
“Eating irregularly, like going hungry, is bad for your blood sugar. Listen to me, eat a few more bites.” Deng Jianyan panicked and picked up a spoon to feed Zhou Yue.
"I'm full, I'm stuffed from eating all this dog food." Qin Xiaoyu finally found a chance to get revenge.
Qi Si's cousin-in-law had already pulled Qi Si aside to talk about borrowing a chef to cook for dinner that night. The location was Building 4, but she was too busy to manage it herself.
"If you ask me, you should just make a menu, and I'll have Little Li pick up the goods from the hotel himself," Qi Si suggested, offering an easier solution.
"That's fine, I'll calculate the cost for you later." My cousin-in-law also wanted to save herself the trouble.
"You want to talk to me about money? Sister-in-law, have you lost your mind? My daughter and I get money from you every day, more generous than if it were our own stuff. Have you ever asked me for money? Now you settle the score with me! Come on, let's sit here and settle this!" Qi Si was still unhappy.
"Alright, sister-in-law, just listen to their arrangements," Zhou Xing's mother said with a smile, trying to smooth things over.
"Sister-in-law, I've taken quite a few things from you, so treating you to a meal is nothing." Little Fourth Sister-in-law lowered her head in embarrassment after hearing the first few words, and Fourth Sister-in-law's mother couldn't lift her head either. Hearing Zhou Xing's mother say this, she also chimed in with a few words.
Originally, the cousin-in-law was resentful about the fact that the fourth sister-in-law and her mother had taken advantage of Hengchang, but now that Qi Si had said this, she felt relieved. She secretly felt guilty for not having Qin Xiaoyu's magnanimity.
"Sister-in-law, isn't it a bit scary for this young lady to be facing thirty or so people on her first day here?" Qin Xiaoyu pulled her cousin-in-law aside.
“No, Longlong has already taken us to the shop to show it off. It’s not like it’s her first time here. This time, she’s just paying a formal visit for a meal.” The cousin-in-law whispered in Qin Xiaoyu’s ear, “Her father is the head of the power bureau. He’s seen the world.”
Qin Xiaoyu then realized that these days, families who have storefronts to rent out must have some connections or influence.
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