Chapter 518: Yogurt Peach-Flavored Ice Cream

That evening, the moonlight was clear and bright.

Moonlight shone in from outside the window, casting rectangular patches of light onto the light-colored wooden floor, bright as frost, revealing the traces of stickers on the window frame and glass. Beneath these patches of light lay a slender, delicate calf and a pink, exquisite foot.

The young girl clearly had a bed but refused to lie in it, insisting on lying on the floor, sprawled out in a star shape, eyes wide open, staring blankly at the ceiling.

On one hand, she had rarely slept in the past half year and had grown used to it, so she couldn't fall asleep for the moment.

On the other hand, she was angry—very angry.

She had no idea where she had offended that woman—all these days, she had been busy with research and still had to find time to take care of that woman's flowers; she had only killed four, five, or six of them in over half a year, which was exhausting, yet that woman was not only ungrateful but, the moment she returned, inexplicably grabbed her and gave her a beating.

Besides, she had already graduated from university and started working; she was even Doctor Ning of a national secret research institute. Why did she still have to endure her sister's beatings when she came home?

And she was a dignified Fifth-tier Practitioner, too...

The young girl couldn't understand it; no matter how she thought about it, she couldn't understand.

This problem was harder than the research at Qingshan Ridge.

In the end, she could only attribute it to one thing—

That woman had a terrible personality.

She felt so sorry for her brother-in-law, having to spend the future with a woman of such a terrible personality; she felt so sorry for Taozi, who treated this woman as the star of her own world.

"Wait!"

The young girl's eyes flickered as she continued to stare at the ceiling, a possibility flashing through her mind—

It must be that her brother-in-law bullied her outside, so she was holding in a fit of anger and took it out on her the moment she got back!

That must be it! It must be that!

Thinking this, the young girl suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if her sister had hit her first, and then her brother-in-law had gone to take revenge for her.

"Hoo..."

The young girl climbed up from the floor and pulled the curtains shut with a *swish*, blocking out the moonlight.

She went to bed to rest.

In the room next door.

Chen Shu and Ning Qing had already washed up, wearing matching cartoon-patterned pajamas, sitting side-by-side leaning against the bed. They said nothing and did nothing, just quietly leaning against each other, enjoying this moment of inner peace—in their own home, their own room, and their own bed, there was naturally a feeling of peace of mind.

"Swish!"

A long-haired white cat jumped up from the foot of the bed, stretched her head to glance at them, and began to crawl toward the head of the bed along the quilt.

Chen Shu's gaze was drawn to her.

For a little cat, the quilt was undoubtedly a place full of traps, because there were two people underneath, and she couldn't see their bodies, so she didn't know where it was solid and where it would sink if she stepped on it; thus, she had to be cautious, walking with extra care.

Every step she took, she had to press and pat with her front paws first.

Until she arrived between the two of them.

"Woof~"

"Has Taozi Daren already mastered the technique of Transformation?" Chen Shu lowered his head to the side, looking at her, "You can change back now?"

"Woof!"

"Can't you talk when you change back?"

"I can!!"

"Then why aren't you talking?"

"I'm used to it~"

"Wow..."

"I am very amazing."

"Your voice is so small when you change back."

"That's right~"

Chen Shu reached out to touch her; she was still just as soft, and it seemed her bones, flesh, skin, and fur were all soft.

Taozi ignored him, letting him touch her, and instead rested a small paw on her owner's shoulder, lifting her head to look at her with a pair of sparkling eyes, looking both pitiful and full of expectation: "Qingqing, can I not do my winter break homework? I want to go out and play with other cats."

"It's not up to me," Ning Qing said indifferently, "Go ask your Uncle Chen."

"Woof?"

Taozi immediately turned 180 degrees on the spot, placed her paw on Chen Shu's shoulder again, and spoke in a light, delicate, soft, and sweet voice, acting spoiled:

"Uncle Chen~~"

"That won't do. If you don't do your winter break homework, when school starts next year, the teacher will criticize you to your face." Chen Shu picked her up and placed her on his chest, deeply feeling that Teacher Xiaoxiao hadn't done a good enough job of coaxing her over the past half year, and continued, "Besides, the purpose of winter break homework is to improve yourself, raise your grades, and make Taozi Daren smarter and more knowledgeable about higher-order biological life. Isn't that what Taozi Daren wants?"

"Woof?"

Taozi widened her eyes, her expression gradually becoming blank.

"Or is it that Taozi Daren wants to be criticized by the teacher in front of many classmates? To be called an unintelligent little cat, a lazy little cat?"

"Woof?"

Taozi's expression became even blanker.

"Oh my..." Chen Shu sighed, "Come to think of it, there's so little winter break homework; with Taozi Daren's intelligence, you'll surely finish it very quickly."

"Woof..."

"Right? Surely?"

"Surely!"

"Then why don't we spend some time finishing it first? Once it's finished, you can go out and bully the other cats in the neighborhood."

"Finish it first!"

"Very good, you have already made your decision."

"I have already made my decision!"

"Come, recite after me..."

"Recite after you..."

"Only by enduring the bitterest of the bitter can one become a cat above others."

"Only by enduring the bitterest of the bitter can one become a cat above others!"

"Very good, go write it down quickly."

"Very good, I'm going to write it!"

Taozi turned her head, stepped over her master's body, walked all the way to the bedside, and jumped down.

She walked toward the doorway without looking back.

Chen Shu leaned out his body to watch her, saw her jump up to twist the door lock, pulled the door open, and when she went out, she didn't forget to use her little paw to pull the door frame, thoughtfully closing the door for them, her footsteps quickly fading away.

"Haha..."

Chen Shu was happy, exchanging a glance with Qingqing.

Ning Qing couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Chen Shu laughed even more happily, then snapped his fingers to turn off the light, shrank his body completely into the quilt, hugged Qingqing's soft body, and prepared to enter dreamland.

The next morning, Chen Banxia arrived.

Previously on Feixin, she had been very dissatisfied with her younger brother disappearing from the world for so long again, being passive-aggressive in private and scolding him directly in public, but facts proved that the elder sister was just an internet keyboard warrior; once in reality, the moment she saw her younger brother, she couldn't help but reveal a face full of smiles.

"Hehe..."

She walked over with light, bouncy steps and raised her hand to slap her younger brother on the shoulder:

"Did you miss me?"

"Barely missed you a little."

"Barely??" The elder sister raised an eyebrow, expressing her dissatisfaction with his attitude, and continued to pull at him, "Do it again! Did you miss me or not?"

"..." Chen Shu said honestly, "I did."

"Sensible, sensible."

The elder sister was grinning, seeing that her younger brother missed her very much, which made her very gratified—it was worth her loving him so much and taking such good care of him—then she reached her hand into her cloth shoulder bag: "I even brought you something to eat."

"What?"

"Sugar-coated Haws... and ice cream!"

Chen Banxia took several skewers of Sugar-coated Haws out of her shoulder bag, then took out several trays of ice cream: "Ta-da! The ice cream was made by your sister herself!"

"..."

Chen Shu looked at that tray of ice cream, speechless for a moment.

This was the capsule ice cream that had been very popular on the internet recently. It was the capsule medicine one eats; after the medicine was finished, the remaining plastic packaging was washed clean, filled with milk or yogurt, a half-toothpick was placed inside, and it was frozen into shape, meaning the capsule packaging was used as a mold to create tiny little ice creams the same size and shape as capsules.

Therefore, the unit was by the tray.

The medicine Chen Banxia used was anti-inflammatory, one tray had twelve capsules, so one tray also had twelve little ice creams.

Chen Shu expressed his strong disdain for this.

Two minutes later, the group sat in the living room.

Chen Shu picked up a toothpick and stuffed the ice cream into his mouth, feeling like he could eat several in one bite; as for the taste, it was just the taste of ordinary frozen yogurt.

Xiaoxiao and the little cat-girl were also eating silently.

"Is it good?"

Chen Banxia looked at them expectantly.

"It's alright, it just feels like taking medicine." Chen Shu said with a blank expression, "Also, wash it cleaner next time, I already tasted the medicine."

"I tasted it too," the little girl said.

"Me too, me too," the little cat-girl hurriedly raised her hand.

"Oh my, don't worry about these details." The elder sister waved her hands repeatedly and looked at Qingqing beside her, "Qingqing, why aren't you eating?"

"Not interested."

"Oh..."

The elder sister had no way to deal with Qingqing, so she had to continue looking at her younger brother: "So where did you guys actually go?"

"Went to tour different universes, traveled through time and space."

"Silly dog!"

"Who are you calling a silly dog?"

"Forget it if you won't say!" Chen Banxia said, her eyeballs rolling twice, "Then do you know where Suannai went?"

"Nanzhou, don't go telling everyone."

"Nanzhou? What Nanzhou?"

"The lost Nanzhou, you'll see it on the news later." Chen Shu said, "It recently reappeared in the world, but due to a series of reasons, countries haven't announced it to the public yet and are still investigating and exploring."

"Then what did Suannai go there to do?"

"To cultivate, there is a sacred land for cultivation there."

"Is that so?"

Chen Banxia blinked her eyes.

"Yeah... otherwise, how do you think our cultivation speed is so fast?" Chen Shu said off the cuff, paused, and stared at her, "Don't tell me you think she went to work hard to save the world?"

"Hehehe..."

"Laughing my ass off."

"Hehehe..."

The little cat-girl, who was eating a small popsicle from the neighbor next door, heard the sound and couldn't help but sneak a look at this person, feeling that this person was a bit silly.

"Then why did you come back early?" Chen Banxia rolled her eyes and suddenly asked.

"Oh, you! Were you waiting for me here?"

"I'm asking you!"

"I missed you! I came back to celebrate the New Year!"

"Hehehe..."

Chen Banxia couldn't help but laugh again.

Although she knew her younger brother was likely just coaxing her, such words sounded really pleasant to her ears. Moreover, through her own cleverness and wit, she had successfully learned from her brother where they went every time they disappeared. It sounded like it involved state secrets, which was perhaps the reason why her brother and his little sister were never willing to tell her, but her ability to keep a secret had always been top-notch.

"Eh? Qingqing, why are you looking at me with that kind of gaze?"

"She is in Surprise at your wisdom."

"You can't blame me for this; it's because you had no defenses, I only used a little trick..."

Chen Banxia shook her head while speaking, picked up the popsicle and stuffed it into her mouth, and when she pulled it back out, only half a toothpick remained.

"Is it good?"

"It's just so-so."

Chen Shu leaned back and said very comfortably, "Make it bigger next time, and add some Taozi to the yogurt."

The little cat-girl whipped her head around, in great Surprise.