Chapter 492: A Surprise

"The weather is getting colder and colder."

Chen Shu couldn't help but hug Qingqing tighter, leaning against her and taking a deep breath.

Ning Qing was long used to his behavior; there wasn't the slightest ripple on her face. She let him hug her, only holding her book and responding in a low voice, "It's exceptionally cold this year."

"Today is..."

"The tenth, Friday."

"It's already the tenth." Chen Shu felt a bit emotional, "I've almost lost track of time."

"When do you plan to return to Yuanzhou?"

"What do you think?"

"Up to you."

"It's 'up to me' again..."

"Give yourself a few days off early." Ning Qing turned a page with her fingertips, "Go home for the New Year and relax."

"Well, you! So you're the stumbling block on my path to self-improvement!" Chen Shu held her tighter and tighter, "Everyone else wishes their boyfriend would strive for success. I finally managed to shake off being a couch potato for a few months, and you're pouring cold water on me..."

"Forget it if you won't take a break..."

"Speak! Do you not want to see me doing well?"

"At it again, are you? Let go of me..."

"I won't."

"Forget it if you won't..."

Ning Qing said this same line again, her gaze following the words on the page as she read down. After reading a paragraph, she asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

Chen Shu happened to be thinking about this very question.

Being a couch potato is certainly nice, but one cannot be a couch potato forever. If any wonderful thing becomes the norm, it will inevitably become mundane; there must always be something to act as a buffer, to set it off.

Even Zhang Suannai next door knows the principle that "one cannot go without working," and Chen Shu naturally knows it too.

Previously, at the Spirit Sect Sect Master succession ceremony, Chen Shu met the Dean of the Ancient Cultivation Academy at Yujing Academy. The two chatted for a while, and the Dean proposed granting him an honorary Doctoral Degree in the future and hoped to invite him back to his alma mater to teach. However, due to various considerations, Chen Shu just exchanged polite pleasantries at the time and brushed it aside.

Thinking about it now, this idea is actually quite good.

Being a teacher is relaxed and regular, and no matter how powerful or high-status a person is, it is not beneath them to give lectures.

Why didn't he agree at the time?

For one, he was uncertain about the future; he didn't know the arrangements of the gods, nor did he know what the future would hold.

Secondly, as the Saint Son of the Spirit Sect, his status was special, and his future status would be even more so. Since both Yujing Academy and Ling'an Academy had the support of the Spirit Sect behind them, if he were to obtain a Doctoral Degree from one of them, it might cause an imbalance between the two in the future.

There were also some other miscellaneous considerations.

But that was a matter for a few years from now. The most important things in recent years were still cultivation, researching Space-Time Energy and Spells, and improving his combat power from multiple aspects.

"I'll think about it later."

Chen Shu rubbed against Qingqing's arm; the material of her cartoon pajamas was quite comfortable to rub against. He then said, "What we should consider now is whether to hire a Demon Race cultivation teacher for Taozi... She is already at the Intermediate Stage and can practice and learn Demon Race divine abilities and Spells. But Demon Race cultivation is different from us humans, and even if she goes to school later, they won't teach cultivation until university."

"No need to rush." Ning Qing said softly, "She is still young, no need to rush into cultivation. Let her learn to read first."

"Secretary Ning's words are reasonable."

"When we come back later, if you have time, you can research Demon Race cultivation methods and teach her yourself."

"Me again? Why not you?"

"I'm not interested." Ning Qing's tone was cold, "You are interested, and you enjoy it."

"Nonsense! Slander!"

"?"

"Fine, I won't argue with you."

"..."

"Do you think we look like an old married couple? In the past, without Mobile Phones, those old couples would often lie in bed like this and talk."

"You are old, I am not."

"How do you manage to read and chat at the same time?"

"I'm smarter than you."

"Pah!"

"?"

Chen Shu buried his face in her arm, not looking at her expression. If he didn't look, he wouldn't be afraid, which was the same as her not being angry. He continued, "Do you think we should clear out the other room for Taozi to live in? Or should we just let her sleep next to Xiaoxiao?"

"You can go ask her."

"Oh..."

Chen Shu hugged Qingqing, staring at the book in her hands, but he wasn't reading it. At this moment, his mind had already started decorating a boudoir for the little cat-girl. This process of fantasy still made him feel Joy, just like when he thought about what clothes to buy for the little cat-girl earlier; he couldn't stop for a while.

The bedroom became quiet.

It wasn't until Qingqing shrugged her shoulders that he was awakened from this state of mind, which was similar to dressing up a virtual character.

"Time to sleep."

Qingqing said to him softly and turned to put the book away.

One lamp after another dimmed. The Spirit Power remaining in the lamps caused them to retain a faint glow after being turned off, which would only disappear completely after a while.

Qingqing lowered her body and lay flat, while also saying to him, "I am going to start a new stage of cultivation."

"What? The Taixin Dao?"

"Mm."

"Cultivate away then."

"There is an accompanying thing that is quite interesting. I will give you a Surprise tomorrow."

"What?"

"You'll know tomorrow."

"What is it?"

"Sleeping."

"What Surprise??"

"Good night."

"You should at least tell me first! Tell me before you sleep!"

"I will be asleep in five seconds; if you disturb me, you will lose it..."

"!!?"

Chen Shu felt terrible.

And he was absolutely certain that this woman was doing it on purpose, knowing his curiosity was strong, deliberately making it so he couldn't sleep well.

The light in the room next door was still on.

The young girl was sitting in front of the computer, still working on the tasks she hadn't finished today.

Behind her, a little cat-girl lay on the bed, leaning against the headboard, her legs spread open, a fluffy tail standing upright in the middle, swaying from side to side; she would occasionally stare at this swaying tail, her eyes following it as it moved, and occasionally stare at Xiaoxiao in front of her.

Taozi's pants had a small opening at the coccyx.

This opening was very small, just enough to let the tail pass through, and because the tail bone was actually a very small stalk, it was the fur that made it look much thicker; these hairs, which were far larger than the tail itself, naturally plugged the opening tightly, so nothing was exposed.

"Ah..."

The young girl let out a long sigh like her brother-in-law, stretched while sitting in her chair, then turned off the computer, washed up, and got into bed.

Taozi lay on the left, and she lay on the right.

The little cat-girl naturally snuggled over, pressed close to her, watching with wide eyes, and even sniffed around her neck; even after the lights were turned off, she still did this, and the young girl had long since grown accustomed to the differences between this little cat-girl and a human child, so she didn't mind.

The winter courtyard was so quiet; hugging the little cat-girl's extremely soft body, which felt as if the bones inside were all loose, the young girl soon fell asleep.

Tonight, she had a dream.

In the dream, she became a god.

That day, potatoes grew in every corner of the world, and they grew very large.

There was even a potato seedling that grew from her headboard, producing a potato weighing several dozen catties; that potato happened to be soft, like cotton candy, wrapping around her entire crown and feeling warm.

This potato seemed to have shocked her sister as well; in the dream, she only heard a loud shout from her sister—

"Holy shit!"

No! It didn't seem to be in the dream!

It seemed she had really heard her sister's shout, coming from next door.

The dream thus intersected with reality.

The young girl opened her eyes, waking up gradually in a daze, unable to tell for a moment whether that shout was in the dream or in reality, but the little cat-girl who had been sleeping in her arms had somehow run to the top of her head, lying horizontally across the pillow with her back against the wall, her little belly pressed against the girl's head.

"Swish..."

The young girl hooked her finger lightly, and the curtains pulled open.

Outside the window, it was already early morning, and the whole world was shrouded in a thick, unmoving fog, faintly revealing the withered trees in the residential compound; just looking at it made one feel cold.

It was so warm and soft under the covers.

The young girl turned over, still burying herself in the blankets, reached out to pull the little cat-girl's tail, and sniffed it lightly at the tip of her nose, reluctant to wake up.

"What's going on?"

Her sister's voice came from next door again.

"Hm?"

Wasn't it a dream?

It sounded like her sister was very shocked; was her brother-in-law going to get beaten again?

The young girl became instantly alert, her sleepiness swept away, and she even grew gradually excited, pricking up her ears to listen carefully.

Unfortunately, no more sounds came from next door.

Her sister must have turned on the Soundproofing Device...

"Damn it!"

She never hid it whenever she got beaten.

This isn't fair.

Chen Shu woke up very early today, and according to habit, his waking process had a sequence.

From deep sleep to light sleep, then consciousness gradually awakened, entering a dazed state, but he would be reluctant to open his eyes, instead wanting to seize the last and only opportunity to savor the beauty of sleep, sometimes even taking a nap, and only then would he open his eyes, followed by lingering in bed for a while; if Qingqing hadn't gotten up yet, he would cuddle and linger with her for a while before getting up.

But today, something was wrong.

This process was exceptionally short.

It seemed as if he had gone from deep sleep to light sleep in an instant, and in the next second, he was completely awake; the beautiful process in between had been completely skipped, and only the warm feeling coming from under the covers gave him a tiny bit of intoxication; otherwise, he felt as if he were lying in bed when he didn't want to sleep at all.

Chen Shu was in a contradictory state of wanting to open his eyes and not wanting to open his eyes.

In the end, he opened his eyes—

Lying beside him was a man with above-average features.

"Holy shit!"

Upon closer inspection, the man's appearance rapidly became handsome, and the moment he opened his eyes, his handsomeness and charm reached their limit.

Is there a second man in the whole world as handsome as this?

Chen Shu immediately sensed something strange about himself—

His Eighth Stage body was completely under his control; with a slight sensing, it was as if he had performed a detailed self-check, with all the detailed data and subtle states of his body appearing in his mind, telling him that this body was not the one he originally had.

Then he propped up his body and looked down...

Cartoon pajamas, soft and heavy breasts, which appeared particularly obvious after he propped up his body.

Snow-white skin on his arms, slender and graceful fingers.

Beside him, his own self was watching him calmly.

"What is going on?"

Chen Shu could not help but ask.

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