Chapter 699: Just Don't Want to Go Home

"Hey? Daydreaming again?"

Seeing that Cai Xiaotang seemed to be lost in her own thoughts again, Liu Qingze couldn't help but reach out and wave his hand in front of her.

Cai Xiaotang snapped back to reality and hurriedly covered up, "It's nothing, I probably didn't sleep enough last night... I've been prone to zoning out today..."

She gave a casual excuse, but just as she finished speaking, she saw half of a transparent glass box peeking out from the backpack Liu Qingze had tossed not far away.

Inside, there seemed to be chocolates with very unique shapes.

Cai Xiaotang's eyes lit up, and she reached over and pulled his backpack toward her, only to see that the container was filled with bear-shaped chocolates!

The little bears were crafted so vividly that one could almost see the texture of their fur, and each bear even had a different colored bowtie around its neck; they were so exquisite they looked like handicrafts, making one reluctant to eat them.

"Tsk... I told you you were just a kid, to actually go out of your way to bring something like this back?"

Cai Xiaotang teased him with a laugh.

No sooner had she finished speaking than she received a big eye-roll from him.

"What do you know? This is a very famous handmade chocolate from abroad. You couldn't even buy it if you wanted to; you have to book a week in advance, get a number, and then go wait in line to purchase it!"

As Liu Qingze spoke, he casually took one out: "Want to try it? I guarantee you'll want a second one after the first!"

"That impressive?"

Cai Xiaotang curled her lips, noncommittally took the chocolate, and fiddled with it for a long time, yet she felt reluctant to eat it.

"It looks too cute..."

She muttered softly, but before she could finish the last word, the little bear in her hand was suddenly snatched away by someone!

"Hey!"

She looked at Liu Qingze in surprise.

Immediately after, she saw him break the bear-shaped chocolate into two halves right down the middle without any hesitation!

"Do you want the head or the body?"

He held one half in each hand, palms open, facing Cai Xiaotang.

Cai Xiaotang: "..."

Although chocolate had no life, wasn't this way of eating it a bit too "brutal"?

She gave the person in front of her a helpless look, but still carefully pinched the bear's ears.

"I'll take this half..."

As she spoke, she noticed for the first time that the chocolate in her hand had a white filling, and inside the filling were some dense, golden-yellow granules; she didn't know what they were.

While Cai Xiaotang was still studying it closely, Liu Qingze had already tossed his chocolate into his mouth.

Cai Xiaotang hurriedly followed suit and put the chocolate in her mouth, and after tasting it for a few seconds, her eyes suddenly lit up!

This chocolate was just too delicious!

It was silky upon entering the mouth, sweet but not cloying, with a sweet and sour filling; it made one reluctant to eat it too quickly, wanting to let it melt in the mouth a little slower!

"How is it? I didn't lie to you, did I?" Seeing her expression, Liu Qingze knew she must think it was delicious and asked quite smugly.

Cai Xiaotang nodded repeatedly at once: "The taste is truly amazing! Where did you buy it? Send me the address, I'll see if I can find a purchasing agent!"

"OK."

Liu Qingze agreed readily and took out his phone.

Cai Xiaotang quickly reported her social media account, and the two of them added each other as friends just like that.

After finishing all this, she finally put down her phone and couldn't help but pick up another "little bear."

"Big sister, I only brought back this one box, are you planning to finish it all in one day?"

Liu Qingze asked with amusement.

Cai Xiaotang chuckled and teased him on purpose: "Kids shouldn't eat too much chocolate, you know. I'm just afraid you'll get cavities, so I want to help you share some of the burden..."

"I'll say it again! I am not a kid!"

Liu Qingze was so angry he was practically fuming; he felt uncomfortable all over the moment he heard the word "kid."

He was 23 years old this year, how was he a kid?

Looking at her, she was at most only a few years older than him...

Cai Xiaotang was feeling great, eating chocolate and watching someone look so annoyed; her mood was inexplicably good, and she even felt that she was a bit strange.

Logically speaking... it should be impossible for her to get familiar with a stranger this quickly?

But for some reason, it seemed that from the moment she met Liu Qingze, any interaction between the two of them was very natural, as if... they had already known each other for a long time, and could even joke around casually!

Cai Xiaotang grumbled to herself for a while, then suddenly thought of something and hurriedly grabbed the game controller.

"Didn't you want to battle me? Are we still playing or not?"

"Of course."

Liu Qingze grabbed the controller in a huff.

The two looked at each other and simultaneously turned their attention to the screen.

Not long after, the sound of crackling and clashing from the game filled the room.

It wasn't until evening that the room finally quieted down.

Cai Xiaotang rested for a short while, made dinner with Liu Xin'ai, and then returned to her room to rest.

She closed the door and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings, unable to help but sigh.

Problems that one avoids will have to be faced sooner or later...

She couldn't keep living here and bothering Xinaijie; tomorrow she would find an excuse to leave and go stay at a hotel...

Cai Xiaotang lay on the bed, heavy-hearted, and didn't know how much time had passed before she finally fell into a deep sleep.

The next day—Cai Xiaotang was woken up by an alarm clock early in the morning. Realizing she was still at someone else's house, she hurriedly rolled over, sat up from the bed, washed up briefly, and went to the living room.

Liu Xin'ai also got up very early and was making breakfast in the kitchen.

Cai Xiaotang greeted her and took the initiative to help on the side, but she didn't expect that just as she placed the breakfast on the table, she would see Liu Qingze walking down from upstairs.

"Qing Ze, you're up? I thought you would sleep until noon."

Liu Xin'ai was a bit surprised.

Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but tease him as well: "You're actually not sleeping in? For someone his age, that's really not easy!"

"I'm adjusting to the jet lag, I didn't sleep."

Liu Qingze yawned and sat down at the dining table.

"How can you not sleep?"

Liu Xin'ai felt a bit helpless; she hurriedly placed chopsticks in front of him and urged, "Eat your breakfast quickly, then go back and catch up on sleep..."

"I know..."

Liu Qingze replied, smiling as he teased, "Sister, why do I feel like you've become more and more long-winded since you got married..."

"Being long-winded is only because I care about you!"

Cai Xiaotang answered first, unable to hide a hint of envy in her eyes.

Such a relationship is really nice...

Although her older brother is also very good to her, but...

Cai Xiaotang's gaze flickered for a moment; she didn't continue thinking about it, just silently lowered her head to eat her breakfast, then suddenly thought of something and hurriedly said, "Xinaijie, I troubled you yesterday. I'll head back after I finish breakfast."

"You're going home?"

Liu Qingze frowned as he looked at her.

"Uh... yeah."

Cai Xiaotang hesitated for two seconds and gave a casual excuse.

Anyway, she could go anywhere, she just didn't want to go back to that person's place!

But she couldn't stay here and trouble Xinaijie either!