Because Xi Qingxu had a fever, Lu Chuqing also stayed at home for the two days of the weekend.
A female friend of Lu Ying's book club had kittens. She thought the kittens were really cute and since her child was older and she had more free time, she asked for one to raise. The kittens were sent by express delivery and arrived the next day.
Xi Qingxu's fever has almost subsided. As long as she is careful to prevent it from recurring, she will be able to go to school on Monday without needing an IV.
Right now, he and Lu Chuqing are busy assembling a cat bed.
"How did this staircase come about? I can't put it up!" The girl looked at the small balcony, puzzled, holding the wooden staircase she had just assembled.
Upon hearing that Lu Ying wanted to get a cat, Xi Jun wholeheartedly agreed and immediately ordered a luxury cat bed.
Lu Chuqing likes cute little animals, but she doesn't particularly want to keep them as pets, nor does she like to get close to them; just looking at them is enough for her.
The main reason is that she feels cats and dogs shed fur, so she doesn't like to get close to them.
Xi Qingxu, on the other hand, was easygoing and would do anything.
Shortly after the cat arrived home, the cat bed also arrived.
Lu Chuqing didn't really want to interact with the kitten, so she took the initiative to build a cat bed. Xi Qingxu saw her busy doing it alone, so he came over to help her.
Although, the main reason was that he saw Lu Chuqing building a cat bed, so he followed her over.
Hearing the girl's question, Xi Qingxu took the item and said, "Let me see."
Lu Chuqing installed it according to the tutorial, but the tutorial video was silent and sped up, so she couldn't see it very clearly. She fumbled her way through the assembled stairs and prepared to install them on the small balcony, but found that she couldn't install them no matter what she did.
Xi Qingxu glanced at it and realized that she had installed the top and bottom layers backwards, so she took it apart.
"These two are installed backwards, just swap them."
Lu Chuqing watched as he deftly disassembled and reassembled the parts. He squatted on the ground for a while before sitting down on a stool nearby.
"It's almost finished, so I'll stop here for now and leave the rest to you."
"good."
Just then, Xi Jun's chestnut cake came out of the pot, and Lu Chuqing ate it while watching the handsome young man work.
Beauty, delicious food—that's what life should be like.
Zhou Guanqi got up early this weekend and tidied herself up. When she went to find Fusheng, she discovered that Qu Fusang was staying at home.
He finally waited until the girl came downstairs to drink water, then he went over and started to get information out of her.
"Little Qu, you didn't go out with your classmates today?"
Qu Fusang glanced at him and said directly, "You want to ask what Chu Qing is doing, right?"
Zhou Guanqi didn't deny it, and laughed generously, "Junior Sister Qu is so perceptive. So, Junior Sister Qu, can you tell me what Sister Chuqing did this weekend? Why didn't she go out to play?"
Qu Fusang looked speechless. This person just couldn't stop talking about "little sister" and couldn't just say her name properly.
"If you want to know, why don't you just ask yourself?"
The boy smiled again, "If I could find out, I wouldn't have bothered Junior Sister Qu, don't you think?"
Qu Fusang got goosebumps from his laughter, but then she thought that he was actually much better than Fu Sheng, so she told him, "Someone in her family is sick, so she didn't come out to play."
She wasn't lying to him. Lu Chuqing had told her that someone in her family was sick, and that it had been raining and the temperature had dropped sharply over the weekend, so she didn't want to go out.
Having received the answer, Zhou Guanqi didn't ask any more questions. He took out his phone and asked her for Lu Chuqing's QQ number.
Qu Fusang didn't want to give it, but then she thought that even if she didn't, this person could just ask Nangong Yu or Qiao Xiangdong for it, so she added him as a friend and sent him her QQ number.
Whether she adds you or not is beyond my control.
After getting the contact information, Zhou Guanqi was in high spirits and flashed his signature smile, "Thank you so much, junior Xiao Qu!"
Qu Fusang ignored him and went back to her room upstairs to tell Lu Chuqing about it immediately.
Lu Chuqing was busy assembling the cat bed at the time and did not find out immediately.
After she finished her work and picked up her phone, she saw a new friend on QQ sending her a greeting emoji.
Because of the order-taking process, her QQ account was set to automatically accept all requests, and this classmate's QQ account was also set to automatically accept all requests out of habit.
I saw that the new friend first sent a greeting emoji, followed by the message: "I'm Zhou Guanqi, the senior who loves to treat others."
Lu Chuqing raised an eyebrow, looked at the message Qu Fusang had sent her, and typed: I understand, it's okay.
Then I exited the chat, changed the new friend's nickname to Zhou Guanqi, and after thinking about it, I sent a message: "Okay, thank you for the treat."
Without waiting for a reply, she exited QQ, casually put her phone aside, and went to watch Xi Qingxu pack cat food for the kittens by the cat's nest.
In my sight, all I could see were those hands, pale from illness, with long, slender joints and pinkish knuckles, busily at work.
Lu Chuqing glanced at her hands again without showing any emotion. Damn it, he's a boy, and his knuckles are pink!
Xi Qingxu assumed she was looking at the cat, so after pouring the cat food, he moved to the side to give her a good view.
The orange-white kitten stared at the boy and girl standing opposite it with its orange-yellow eyes and let out a soft, sweet meow.
“It’s very small,” Xi Qingxu suddenly said.
Lu Chuqing nodded, "Yes, Mom said she just turned one month old. She needs to be taken care of carefully; the little one is very delicate."
She crouched down and, through the glass, touched the kitten's little nose as it approached. It was a tiny, pink dot, so adorable.
"You've owned cats before?" Xi Qingxu asked after hearing her say that.
Lu Chuqing paused for a moment after hearing this before saying, "No, I think cats and dogs shed a lot, so I've never kept one."
"They are indeed cute, and I like them quite a bit. But I don't have much patience. Most of the time, I only have a short attention span. At the beginning, I might take good care of them, but after a while, I get bored and slowly stop caring about them."
Xi Qingxu went over what she had said in her mind and then said, "It's okay, I'll take care of it for you. Your uncle and aunt won't neglect it either. Just come over and play with it when you think of it, and play with it for a while."
Lu Chuqing smiled and said, "Alright, from now on, the important task of being a cat owner will be entrusted to you."
"Yes, I won't let you down," the boy said earnestly.
After a busy morning, it was time for lunch.
Lu Chuqing went to the bathroom first. As Xi Qingxu walked towards the kitchen, several messages popped up on the phone that the girl had casually placed on the water dispenser next to the sofa.
Because it was on silent mode, the phone didn't make any sound; only the screen lit up.
He glanced at the light and saw the bottom message: "I'll treat you to milk tea sometime."
My gaze moved upwards and I saw the person's contact name—Zhou Guanqi.
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