Xie Chen, who was being stared at by Bai Li, slowly opened his eyes and woke up.
"Lili, good morning."
Instead of sitting up directly, he picked up the kitten and reflexively petted it.
Bai Li obediently let him pet and play with her, her beautiful amber eyes unable to hide her joy.
Xie Chen quickly regained full consciousness.
He noticed the kitten's happiness and casually asked, "What sweet dream are you having? You're so happy so early in the morning."
Bai Li shook her head: "It's not a dream."
Why is that?
Bai Li reached out to hug him, refusing to tell him directly, and instead planned to tell him later.
He just remembered something else; his father had told him four things.
She descended the mountain to find her fiancé and transformed into human form.
After transforming, there's still one important thing to do.
Bai Li couldn't remember what the fourth thing was, but he had a little note!
The note hasn't been found yet; it's probably fallen under the overpass. He'll look for it later.
Xie Chen didn't press him for details. He and the cat had been on the bed for a while before getting up.
"Sir, I have no clothes to wear."
Bai Li didn't give any advance notice because she was going out, and she changed her personality right in front of Xie Chen.
He sat on the bed, and Xie Chen's expression changed upon seeing his fair and tender skin.
Xie Chen silently adjusted his breathing, looked away, and stopped looking at the boy on the bed.
“Lili”.
Xie Chen's voice sounded a little hoarse for some reason: "If you want to transform into human form in the future, please tell me in advance, okay?"
"good."
Bai Li obediently agreed.
There were no clothes in the house that fit Bai Li's size, so Xie Chen rummaged through the closet and managed to find a white T-shirt. The pants were too big, so after Bai Li put them on, he personally knelt down and rolled up the pant legs for her.
Bai Li was used to being taken care of by him, so when she saw Xie Chen squatting in front of her, she didn't feel that anything was wrong.
"gentlemen."
Bai Li reached out and touched Xie Chen's hair. Xie Chen's eyes crinkled with joy as he proudly announced, "I'm taller than you now!"
When he turned into a cat, he was always held in his husband's arms, and he had never looked down at his husband like this before.
Xie Chen paused for a moment when his head was patted.
It's no exaggeration to say that, in all his life, apart from being touched on the head by his mother when he was a child, no one has ever touched his head before.
The audacious cat not only touched the man's head, but also touched its own hair, comparing the two.
"I want my hair to be softer."
"Um."
Xie Chen's expression returned to normal. He tidied Bai Li's clothes and found him his own slippers to wear.
Uncle Xie had all sorts of wild thoughts yesterday and didn't fall asleep until late at night, so he's still not awake.
After the two finished their meal, Xie Chen took Bai Li directly to buy clothes.
People arrived at the brand's store early in the morning.
Xie Chen took Bai Li's hand and walked through the crowd into the boutique.
Bai Li was still wearing clothes that were loose and looked a bit damp.
He had a small face, and Xie Chen's large sunglasses perched on his nose, covering half of his face.
"gentlemen."
Bai Li scratched Xie Chen's palm, then tilted her head up to let him look at her: "Am I cool or not?"
Xie Chen: "..."
Xie Chen skillfully ignored the facts and focused on coaxing the cat: "Cool, really cool."
With a small face to begin with, wearing sunglasses like these only makes him look cuter; Xie Chen can't see anything cool about them.
A few minutes later.
The two entered the store, and coincidentally, one of the young ladies shopping there immediately recognized Xie Chen.
"Thank you, Brother Xie."
The young woman looked at Xie Chen in shock, then at the boy being led by Xie Chen.
"You, you two..."
Xie Chen put his index finger to his lips, making a "shh" gesture.
"I'm here to buy something, and I don't want to be stared at."
The young woman nodded her head vigorously, saying, "Okay, okay, I won't call you that."
Oh my god.
She was struck by good luck very early in the morning.
Xie Chen actually spoke to her?!
The voice is indeed better than when it's on TV or in the album.
"gentlemen."
Bai Li knew she had no clothes to wear, so she started picking out clothes for herself after coming in.
But when he looked at these clothes, they were all the same color.
"fool."
Xie Chen was amused and helpless by his words: "Your sunglasses are still on, so of course you can only see gray."
As he spoke, he reached out and took off Bai Li's sunglasses, then put them in his pocket.
The clothes in the department store are all pretty good.
Seeing that he still couldn't choose, Xie Chen simply decided to choose for himself.
Without a doubt, Xie Chen's aesthetic sense is impeccable. He has excellent taste in clothing, and each of his personal outfits, taken out of context, would easily outshine those self-proclaimed fashionable male celebrities in the industry.
"This one is yellow and white."
"And this one, and that one, could you please take the one on your right as well?"
Considering that Bai Li had no clothes, Xie Chen bought her a complete set.
This complete package also includes more private details...
“Lili”.
Xie Chen called the person over and asked him to choose: "Take a look and see what size you wear."
Bai Li looked bewildered: "How do I look at this?"
The two of them were picking things out together, and a young woman not far away, watching their interaction, was secretly thrilled.
She opened WeChat and started typing away with her best friend.
"Xie Chen's relationship is confirmed!!!"
"Wow, his boyfriend is absolutely gorgeous! Ah, he's so handsome, I'm going to switch all my allegiance to him!"
"Wow, that kid is so well-behaved, holding Xie Chen's hand and letting Xie Chen pick out clothes for him."
"The kid is still called Mr. Xie Chen, hehehe, Xie Chen's aloof and ascetic persona has completely collapsed in my eyes!"
Xie Chen was putting his shoes on.
"Xie Chen went to swipe his card."
Xie Chen asked him if he wanted anything else.
The girls who ship the couple were so engrossed in it that the entire chat window was flooded with their messages.
And her chat partner was also led to start eating candy.
"Damn, I watched Xie Chen's live stream yesterday. That kid is really good-looking, but he looks a bit young."
"Xie Chen really dotes on him!!!"
The two friends exchanged messages back and forth. After paying, Xie Chen took Bai Li's hand, who had changed her clothes, and they walked out of the mall.
"gentlemen."
Bai Li changed out of Xie Chen's clothes and suddenly felt a little stuffy.
The new clothes no longer smelled of her husband.
He said somewhat unhappily, "I still want to wear your clothes, sir."
Xie Chen didn't respond to that.
Let Lili continue wearing his clothes. Lili herself may not understand, but he is a grown man and knows too much about many things.
"Honey, my clothes are too big for you."
Xie Chen did not explicitly refuse, but instead used other reasons to comfort her.
Bai Li refused to eat it.
"I want to wear yours."
He stubbornly repeated, "I just want to wear your clothes."
Xie Chen: "..."
Xie Chen was worn down? He was defeated in no time.
“It’s fine at home,” he conceded.
Bai Li nodded, finally satisfied.
Instead of going to Starlight Entertainment, the two went to "under the overpass".
Bai Li was going to look for the note under the overpass, while Xie Chen waited for him outside.
It is 10:30 a.m.
Xie Chen's phone has been receiving a lot of messages since last night.
Including, Tan Yi and Bai Liu.
The eldest son of the Bai family is still out of town, so he doesn't know about this yet.
Because of Tan Yi, Bai Liu would occasionally check the trending topics, whether he had something to do or not.
Tan Yi is a professional gossipmonger; he's a real gossipmonger, going wherever there's juicy gossip.
The trending topic broke out in the evening yesterday, and Tan Yi missed out on getting the juicy gossip.
A qualified melon farmer will take advantage of any free time to go looking for melons.
Xie Chen's name is still trending at number one and number three on the hot search list.
#XieChenClarifiesInLivestream#
#Luring the dog in to kill it#
The popularity of these two Weibo posts is in no way inferior to the trending topics from last night.
Tan Yi, wearing a hydrating face mask, lay leisurely in bed, tapping into the trending topics, ready to find out about a super hot watermelon.
I never expected this—
This isn't a melon, it's a human-shaped younger brother!!!
He knew Xie Chen well; if he said no one was home, then there was absolutely no one there!
The boy who suddenly appeared during the live broadcast to clarify things could only mean one thing.
It's his precious little brother!
Wearing a green face mask, Tan Yi knocked on Bai Xiaoliu's door with a menacing air.
The door opened.
Not long after returning from the lab, Bai Xiaoliu, who had just fallen asleep, was so frightened by Tan Yi's green face that his own face turned green.
"Third brother."
Bai Liu snapped out of her daze and said through gritted teeth, "You'd better have something important to say to me right now, or you'll definitely regret knocking on my door at this time!"
Tan Yi was so intimidated by Bai Xiaoliu's threat that she immediately took two steps back.
"Ahem, I have important news."
Tan Yi didn't keep Bai Xiaoliu in suspense and dropped the bombshell before Bai Xiaoliu could erupt in his morning grumpiness.
"Lili has taken human form."
Bai Liu: "?"
Bai Liu's drowsiness vanished instantly. He was stunned for several seconds before he could find his voice again.
"What did you say?"
“I said, Lili has taken human form, she took human form at Xie Shen’s house.”
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Liu rushed straight to the Xie family's house without even changing out of her pajamas.
On the other side.
Bai Li, who was looking for something under the overpass, was also talking to Xie Chen.
"Are you planning to tell Tan Yi and Bai Liu after you get home tonight?"
"Um!"
Bai Li nodded and said, "They are very busy and can't get up in the morning, so I will go later to give them a surprise."
Xie Chen thought for a moment and realized that the trending topic was at the top without even looking. He felt that after yesterday's live stream was exposed, Lili's "surprise" probably wouldn't last too long.
"Cannot be found."
Bai Li was a little disappointed when she didn't see the note: "The note is very important."
If he can't find the note, he won't know what the fourth thing is.
However, he vaguely remembered that during the cat meeting, Meimei and the others had mentioned—
A fiancé is someone you're going to marry.
marry……
Bai Li lowered her head, wondering uncertainly, "Will my husband marry me?"
The gentleman is so kind, yet he knows nothing.
As for him, he was only slightly cute in his original form; it's hard to say whether he'll look good in his transformed form.
He can't do anything except work.
Feeling increasingly down, Bai Li walked out from under the overpass and buried her head in Xie Chen's arms in a sullen voice.
Xie Chen didn't know what was wrong with him, but seeing that he was in a bad mood, he didn't ask any questions and just whispered a few words of comfort.
Not long after.
Bai Li got into the car; she was heading to the recording of the show.
Xie Chen personally saw him off, and the two sat in the car. Bai Li looked down and played with the ring on Xie Chen's hand, unaware that the atmosphere on the production crew had changed because of him.
"Is the person in Brother Xie's live stream Yi Yi?"
"To me, it's not so much that it looks like them, but that they're exactly the same."
"How can we compete like this? Brother Xie is a judge, and the contestants are his people..."
"Damn, I never expected that someone who looks so well-behaved would be so good at climbing into bed."
Among these discussions were expressions of shock, envy, and of course, some were so jealous they were practically red with envy.
Bai Li was oblivious to these discussions; he was carefully considering his words, deciding to take a bold step and test the waters.
"Sir, what do you think of arranged marriages between children?"
When Bai Li asked this question, she was so nervous that she didn't dare to look at anyone. She just kept picking at Xie Chen's ring, making Xie Chen's fingers hurt.
Xie Chen didn't say he was in pain. He lowered his eyes to observe Bai Li's expression and subtly tried to get information out of her.
"A marriage between children? Why would Lili suddenly ask this?"
Bai Li picked at his ring even harder: "I... I was just asking casually."
The idea of a marriage arranged out of childhood seems particularly abrupt to many people.
He didn't want to frighten the gentleman.
Xie Chen's fingers were red from scratching; he didn't think this was a question that could be asked "casually."
"Lili, tell the truth."
Bai Li was so nervous that she stammered as Xie Chen spoke in a rare serious tone.
"Sir, if a person is betrothed to someone they've been married to since childhood, do you think the fiancé would want to marry that person?"
Bai Li mustered her courage and posed the question to Xie Chen.
He wanted to know if his husband had any opinion on the arranged marriage.
When Bai Li asked this question, Xie Chen's entire aura seemed to drop.
"You want to marry your fiancé?"
Xie Chen's eyes were chillingly cold: "Still marrying a fiancé you're only engaged to as children?"
Bai Li didn't look up, so she couldn't see Xie Chen's gloomy expression.
He didn't mention himself in any of the questions he asked, yet the man still caught him.
The cat, who isn't very good at lying, had no choice but to honestly admit that she wanted to marry her fiancé.
At this moment, Xie Chen truly used immense willpower to suppress his emotions, which were on the verge of spiraling out of control.
Don't get angry.
He tried to convince himself with a blank expression.
Lili is still young and doesn't understand anything, which is why she said such things.
Who knows if the fiancé she's betrothed to since childhood is a real person or a ghost?
Such a person... if he really lets Lili get away with it? Given Lili's gentle and innocent nature, wouldn't she be bullied to death?
Xie Chen lowered his eyes, and the instant he looked at Bai Li, he coldly thought to himself—
She wants to marry the kitten he's raising.
Oh.
What fiancé? To hell with him!
"gentlemen."
Bai Li continued to ask him, "Do you think your fiancé will accept a marriage arranged since childhood?"
"good."
Xie Chen said "good boy" but there was no warmth in his eyes when he usually coaxed the cat.
He directly shattered his cat's hopes: "Arranged marriages are feudal dregs, and fiancés don't count. There's no need to mention fiancés anymore."
Bai Li: "..."
Bai Li's hands, which were fiddling with the ring, stopped moving.
He sniffed and said "Oh" with a hint of sadness.
So, it turns out that arranged marriages for children don't happen down in the mountains.
Then he won't have a fiancé.
Xie Chen didn't understand the cat's grievances, but he couldn't bear to see the cat suffer.
“Lili”.
Xie Shen once again broke the rule he had set for himself to maintain a safe distance from Lili.
He pulled the person closer and gently comforted the sad little one.
"With me here, we don't need any fiancés, okay?"
He raised his hand and touched the corner of Bai Li's eye. Bai Li was beautiful, with a delicate face and fair and tender skin. Whenever she felt wronged, the corner of her eye would unconsciously turn into a faint blush.
That blush added a touch of allure to her face.
Bai Li looked up and met his gaze. Despite her sadness, she still stubbornly clung to her beliefs.
The gentleman likes him.
However, the gentleman dislikes feudal arranged marriages, so he can still try harder!
Author's Note: Lili clenched her fist: The final step, marrying my fiancé!
Dad on the mountain: ? ? ?
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