Chapter Twenty-Five

  The next day was Sunday, Yu Cai still got up and dressed after hearing the noise outside. When she came out of her room, she found that Qi Shu Fan had not come out yet, only Auntie was busy in the kitchen. After washing up, she went in to ask, "Auntie, do you need my help?"

  Aunt naturally wouldn't let her help, and Yu Cai didn't really plan to either. Although her family wasn't like the Qi's, they had also never done laundry since she was a child, and after going out to study, it was even less likely. At most, she would wash a few personal clothes, and for slightly more important ones, she would send them to the laundry room.

  She walked into the computer room, turned on the computer, and as usual, Yu Cai first logged onto QQ, then started browsing news and friends' space blogs. Just as she was laughing out loud at a cartoon, Qi Shu Fan poked her head in and asked, "What are you looking at? You seem so happy?"

  "A funny cartoon, uh, did I wake you up?"

  "No, I didn't hear any noise from this side in my room," said Qi Shu Fan, pulling a chair to sit down beside Yu Cai.

  Yu Cai replayed the animation from earlier, and Qi Shu Fan couldn't help but laugh along with Yu Cai.

  After finishing watching, Yu Cai pointed to the last frame of the picture and said to him, "Look, others can make this tongue-out expression so well, but I just can't do it."

  "Let go and teach you."

  "Will he? Uh, I think it's more likely that He Qi will."

  Qishu Fan shrugged and Yu Cai took out an unfinished animation from her mailbox, showing it to Qishu Fan.

  Qishu finished reading and smiled, "I think it's not bad".

  Yu Cai pouted, "One look and I can tell you're just going through the motions. What's not wrong with it? The movements are stiff, the screen is dull, and the content is clichéd."

  "But I think it's great."

  "Alright, considering how hard you've worked to comfort me, I'll accept your kind lie! " Yu Cai was doing animation for the first time, and although she had only done half of it, she still felt a little proud of herself. "How's the sound matching?"

  "It's quite distinctive, although I couldn't help but want to laugh when I heard it."

  Yu Zai got excited, "This is it, I was originally doing this to make people laugh!" After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't resist the urge to show off and added, "Actually, this sound effect was created by myself, I even wanted to make it more exaggerated, but there were too many people in the internet cafe, so I didn't dare."

  Qishu suddenly looked stunned and burst out laughing.

  Yu Cai angrily said, "What are you laughing at? Can't I sing like this?" As she spoke, she pinched her own neck and sang in a choked voice, "I am, a little, small, small, small... bird..."

  Ji Shu laughed even harder, Yu Cai could only glare at him angrily.

  Ban Tian finally coaxed Xue Fan into laughing, and patted Yu Cai's shoulder, saying "You're not you if you don't make me laugh, I've laughed, what are you mad about?"

  Yu Cai thought for a moment and then pouted, "Forget it, I'll just sacrifice myself to entertain the masses".

  "Auntie shouted from the living room, 'Come out, breakfast is ready'."

  Yu Cai and Qi Shu walked into the living room, chatting and laughing.

  "Auntie laughed and said, 'What's so funny this early in the morning, you're so happy'."

  "Sister, didn't you see that girl's weird expression? Ah, it's laughable."

  "What's wrong with you?"

  Yu Cai sang again to entertain the crowd, pinching her neck and singing another verse. This time Auntie laughed too, and of course Qi Shu Fan followed suit and laughed along as well.

  "Has it been resolved?"

  Auntie nodded, "I got up after I saw him get up".

  Qishu went to Xi's room and knocked on the door, "Xi, come out for breakfast."

  Qizhi walked out of the door and several people started eating breakfast. Qishu suddenly spoke up, "Zhi, can you do animation?"

  Ji Shi secretly took a look at Ji Shu Fan's chat records, so he naturally knew what Ji Shu Fan meant. However, he also didn't know, shook his head, thought for a moment and added another sentence, "How come".

  Qishu Fan now treats Qi Xie's distinction towards Yu Cai with indifference, and upon hearing this, says, "Should we call He Qi over?"

  Yu Cai hastily shook her head, "Forget it, that was just me messing around, not a big deal or anything urgent. Why are you in the same class as me? I asked if it's convenient for you."

  Although Qi Shu Fan was very skeptical whether Yu Cai would ask such a question in class, he still nodded.

  "Excuse me, do you usually watch anime?"

  Nod of relief.

  "What do you like to watch?"

  "Inuyasha"

  "Really?! Just what I like, but then again, that's what most people like."

  "What is it?"

  "Some anime in Japan, uncle, I think that to stay young, just eating calcium supplements is not enough, that's only superficial, the key is still to have a youthful mindset, watching anime is one of the best choices."

  Qishu smiled and looked at her, "So you're saying I've made a mistake?"

  Yu Cai nodded solemnly, "Actually, I think it's the most atmospheric to watch animation with a few people together. Of course, if we can scream while watching like we do, that would be even better."

  "Scream?"

  "Yes, I used to watch that with my classmates, six girls in a room eating snacks while watching and screaming, wow, Sesshomaru is so cool! Wow, Inuyasha is so handsome! Wow, Kagome is so pretty!"

  Qibook suddenly saw Yucai shouting exaggeratedly and burst out laughing.

  "At that time, I often quarreled with another girl about whether Sesshomaru or Inuyasha was more handsome. Ah, pray tell, which one do you think is more handsome?"

  "Killing ball, Inuyasha's red clothes are silly".

  This is the longest sentence that Qi Shi has ever said, and Qi Shu looked at him with a forbidden look.

  Yu Cai, however, became even more excited and didn't notice, stomping her foot, "I told you, look at how stylishly Kuroba no Miko wears that fox fur coat, so noble and elegant, paired with his wild and untamed eyes and a face so handsome it's infuriating, God, have mercy on me!"

  Qishu couldn't help but burst out laughing, Yu Cai angrily said, "What, you don't agree?"

  Qishu Fang immediately corrected his expression, "No, no, I just think what you said makes him sound like a real person."

  "Can a real person be so handsome? If someone grew up like that, I'd be fine with staring at him all day without eating!"

  Qī shū fán xiào de gèng lì hài, "yǒu nà me zhāng zhe ma?"

  Translation:

  Qi Shu laughed even harder, "Is it that exaggerated?"

  Yu Cai rolled her eyes at him, "That feeling is just like seeing a stunning beauty".

  Qishu Fanmingzhi remained silent, lowering his head to drink porridge. Who knows what this girl would say next? His son was still listening on the side!

  After having breakfast, Qi Shu Fan was thinking about whether to continue the proposal of watching anime together earlier. The phone rang, and Qi Shu Fan went to answer it. After a while, he said to Cao Yu Zhuo, "Xiao Cai, yours."

  Yu Cai was startled and wondered who would find her here. But it turned out to be He Qi in the past.

  What is it that invites Yu Cai and Qi Shi to his home, because Qi Shi's words are too few, so he chooses also in Qi's family Yu Cai, Yu Cai feels very depressed, he lets himself receive, can he do as he pleases? Even if he can do as he pleases, she doesn't want to go, is it okay?

  So she picked up the microphone and loudly said to Jiexi's way, "Jiexi, why did you ask him to go to his home to play".

  "What's going on? Someone is calling from the other end of the phone, 'Is it you guys?!'"

  The monk nodded and wrote a note saying "I will send you over in a moment".

  Yu Cai looked at him speechlessly, and asked: "Uncle Ji, are you sure you aren't trying to sneak a ride too?"

  "En, Ji Shi has agreed, we just had breakfast, maybe it'll take a while to get there".

  He hung up the phone with great satisfaction, so it makes sense to let Yucai answer it. If it were Jiexi, he would just grunt and hang up.

  Arrived at the He's house, both Xia's mother and daughter were there, and Mo Fei was also present. The layout of the He's house is similar to that of the Qi's, but slightly larger, estimated to be around 250 square meters, with an additional formal study room compared to the Qi's.

  Yu Cai Xian couldn't help but envy the rows of beautifully packaged books in the He family's study, which were obviously untouched. It was indeed a rich man's house. If she could one day do the same, buying and keeping all the books she wanted without worrying about reading them, just looking at them would make her feel comfortable.

  "Want to borrow some books to take back and read?"

  Yu Cai looked around and tiptoed to whisper in Qi Shu Fan's ear, "I just remembered that I couldn't read the book if it wasn't borrowed."

  Qishu suddenly burst out laughing and patted her on the head.

  He suggested playing cards after a while and showed his hospitality by letting the four of them play while he watched from the side.

  Yu Cai was busy pushing, saying that he wouldn't and didn't like to, just watching from the side would be fine. Unexpectedly, He Qi was quite insistent, saying that as the host, how could he let his guest stand aside and watch him play.

  Yu Cai suggested that since there were already many people, they might as well add one more person to play a six-player game of "Doudizhu". This card game that Yu Cai had only learned about eight years later immediately received everyone's enthusiastic response.

  The rules are simple, a few people except Yu Cai are all sharp, and they will get it with a little bit of effort. This kind of card game is won by having an undercover boss hiding behind the scenes, and no one knows who it is except for the undercover boss himself. It relies on everyone's judgment to guess, which has a lot of the flavor of an intellectual game. With six people playing together, they quickly became engrossed in the game with great interest.

  He's mother also came down, half willing and half forced by He Qi. Xia Mu sat beside Xia Yunyun to watch the game, while Qi Shu Fan sat next to Yu Cai.

  It is unknown whether it was due to Qi Shu Fan occasionally speaking out and pointing out that Yu Cai remained undefeated.

  He Qi Ping had a rather unpleasant habit of observing and judging people, this kind of game was right up his alley, and he played it very well. Therefore, when Yu Cai once again relied on Ji Shu Fan to point out that he was the mastermind behind the scenes, he became dissatisfied, "Uncle Ji, don't observe the cards in silence".

  Yu Cai pouted, "Others who play chess are generally gentlemen who don't speak out of turn. We're just a bunch of idle people playing cards, and it's exhausting to pretend to be gentlemen, isn't it?"

  He was speechless, and his face turned pale. He looked at Mo Fei and said, "Mo Fei, don't want it anymore, let me pass one."

  Perhaps with a smile, but actually didn't want to, Yu Cai's delightedly flung out a small card.

  What's more depressing is that he kicked Mo Fei with one foot, and Mo Fei innocently smiled at him lazily.

  He Mu glanced at her son and smiled, "Xiao Cai is a child who has never been spoken to by anyone in the room."

  Yu Cai was originally a bit intimidated by He Mu's overbearing personality, and now she clearly had a motherly complex. As soon as she heard her speak, she was afraid of offending her son, so she immediately said, "Auntie, you're joking, I'm just a bit quick-witted, He Qi is looking at me as a girl and not taking it seriously."

  He Mu smiled and stopped talking, while Yu Cai regretted it again, thinking that she had been half true and half false with He Qi the night before, which made her even more depressed. Gradually, she became distracted and played a few more rounds before excusing herself to go to the restroom, letting Qi Shu Fan take her place.

  Yu Cai went to the bathroom and then picked up an orange from the table, slowly peeling it. After peeling it, she asked Qi Shu Fan if he wanted some. Qi Shu Fan stretched out his hand to take some, but Yu Cai thought his hands were dirty from playing cards, so she broke off a quarter of the orange and stuffed it into his mouth.

  On the other side, He Mu asked everyone if they were hungry and told them to eat something. Several people said they didn't want to eat, but Xia Yunyun seemed to like snacks very much. She had her mother peel a piece of chocolate and put it in her mouth. Yu Cai was instantly envious, looking at the other girl's slender waist and thin legs, no matter how much she ate, she wasn't afraid, unlike herself...

  Whenever he saw Yu Cai's envious and admiring gaze, he thought of her nickname "Little Fatty" and chuckled, "Little Cai, you come instead".

  Yu Cai could only stuff the orange into her mouth and wipe her hands with a paper towel before taking the paper card.

  Qishu Fan reached out to take an orange, Yu Cai glanced at his hand and saw that he was still unaware, so she kicked him with her foot and pointed to his hand with her mouth. Qishu Fan had no choice but to get up and wash his hands.

  He Mu smiled and said, "Xu Fan is now more and more obedient, in the past he didn't even listen to his parents' words, now he's being managed by his niece and is very obedient."

  Whenever he used a paper towel to wipe his hands dry, he picked up the orange and started peeling it. "Nowadays, it's not like that, I'm afraid of my son, your family's He Qi Zhi has an idea, I'll make sure you run like a hundred-meter dash."

  Xia Mu smiled and continued, "That's true, not to mention He Qi being a sensible child who wouldn't ask for something he shouldn't have. Even if he did get something he shouldn't have, Ah Xia would probably be the first to run away, afraid of wronging her son."

  "How dare you say me, isn't your family's Yunyun, I see that your heart has already fallen onto Yunyun's body, and she may not have thought of it yet, but you've helped her think of it."

  Yu Cai listened to the parents joking with each other, glanced at Xia Yunyun, and felt that she seemed a bit taller than when they first met. The little girl's curves were also gradually emerging, and she seemed quieter than before. Indeed, children grow up quickly, unlike herself, who seemed to have stopped changing after the age of 20, including physically and mentally. This time, taking advantage of her youthful body, she seemed to have reverted back a bit. Sometimes when speaking, it was clear that she wasn't thinking things through, like just now, and there were even signs of being coquettish and pretending to be silly. Thinking about it made Yu Cai shiver...