The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

After finishing her shopping, Xu Nian put down her phone. Her gaze drifted to the window, looking at the dense crowd on the street, and she felt a little empty inside.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone left their homes to visit relatives and friends, but he could only stay at home, as if he were out of place in society.

"Want to go out and play, brother?" Xu Xi noticed the man's unusual emotions.

"No, I was just taking a look." Xu Nian shook her head and looked away.

Seeing this, the girl blinked her cute big eyes and smiled sweetly.

"Brother, I want to go out and play. Can you come with me?"

"Want to go out and have some fun?"

Xu Nian raised an eyebrow.

"Where are we going?"

The girl tilted her head and pondered for a while.

"There seems to be a video game arcade that opened nearby, let's go check it out."

"Okay."

Xu Nian stood up and went to the dressing room to change her clothes.

After changing her clothes, Xu Xi was seen sitting on the sofa, still wearing her cat-themed pajamas, swinging her little feet.

"Aren't you going to change your clothes?" Xu Nian asked, puzzled.

Whether it's Xu Xi or Xu Xi, their standard attire when going out is a fully armed and covered-up outfit.

"No need."

Xu Xi stuck out her little tongue and pulled out a huge cat carrier from behind her.

Then, she tiptoed and carefully slipped inside, leaving only a cute tuft of hair sticking out of the backpack like an antenna.

"No, you want me to carry you out the door?"

Xu Nian's eyelids twitched. She went to the cat carrier and knocked on its glass porthole.

"Yes, yes."

Xu Xi said with a grin.

"Oh dear, Xiaoxi, forget it, you should just come out and walk by yourself."

Xu Nian rubbed her aching lower back.

"My back is still hurting, I can't carry you, you little pig."

Upon hearing this, the tuft of hair that had been swaying from side to side immediately went limp.

Xu Xi poked her little head out of the cat carrier, looking all wronged.

Immediately afterwards, her nose twitched and her eyelids trembled slightly, as if tiny pearls were about to fall out at any moment.

"Waaaaah! No, no, I want my brother to carry me out. He can carry Sister Xi out to play, why can't he carry me? Waaaaah!"

Xu Xi cried fiercely. She lay on the ground, rolling around like a three-year-old child throwing a tantrum and demanding that her parents buy her a toy car.

"Okay, okay, I'll carry you out the door, don't cry."

Xu Nian reluctantly bent down, picked up the girl horizontally, and packed her into the cat carrier.

The girl wiped away non-existent tears from the corners of her eyes and immediately beamed with joy.

"Hehehe, I knew my brother loved me the most."

She hugged the man's neck tightly and left a wet kiss on his cheek.

"Mom, brother is so good."

And so, the person and the cat stepped out of their home in the warm glow of the morning sun.

"The weather is so nice today, even the flowers are smiling at me!"

The little bird said: "Good morning, good morning, why are you carrying a bomb?"

"I'm going to bomb the school, but the teachers won't know!"

"The line was pulled, run! The school vanished with a whoosh!"

Sitting in the cat carrier hanging on the man's chest, Xu Xi was in a very good mood.

She hummed a little tune as she peered through the glass porthole, curiously observing the scenery outside.

I must say, this perspective is truly novel, like sailing in a submarine in the deep sea, with pedestrians rushing by like small fish and shrimp in the ocean.

She picked up her phone and excitedly directed into the other end, "Onii-chan, forward, forward, faster!"

Her sweet, soft voice came from the Bluetooth earphone hanging on the man's ear.

"If you can't walk anymore and think it's too slow, get off and walk yourself."

Xu Nian said irritably.

"And what does 'Onii-chan' mean?"

"Hehe, it just means 'older brother,' that's how younger sisters in anime address their older brothers."

Xu Nian scratched her head, thought it was quite cute, and accepted the nickname.

"Onii-chan, let's go~"

After leaving the residential area, Xu Nian saw a taxi parked in front of the gate. The driver was dozing off in his seat.

"Driver, shall we go to the arcade?" Xu Nian knocked on the car window and asked.

"Alright, alright." The driver rolled down the window, and when he saw Xu Nian, his face lit up with joy. "Brother, it's great to see you again! What a coincidence! Happy New Year!"

"Happy Chinese New Year!" Xu Nian smiled, opened the car door, and sat in the back seat.

This driver was the same one who took Xu Xi out to Dingxiang Lake last time.

"It's only the first day of the Lunar New Year, and you're already driving?"

"Yeah, I guess so." The driver started the vehicle and smiled helplessly. "I have to make money. My two kittens are waiting for me to bring them canned food."

He glanced at the cat carrier hanging around Xu Nian's neck and asked, "Bringing your cat out to play again?"

"Yes." Xu Nian unzipped the cat carrier a crack, reached into the carrier, and scratched the kitten's chin.

"Wow, your cat is so lucky to have you as its owner," the driver exclaimed. "I don't even have time to take my cats out to play."

Xu Nian heard a proud hum and a comfortable snore.

"By the way, has your kitten been spayed/neutered?"

Xu Nian was slightly taken aback: "Not yet."

"This needs to be done as soon as possible. The kitten will recover faster while it's still young."

"Yes. I've been quite busy lately, haven't had much time." Xu Nian chuckled. "I need to get her spayed soon. When she's in heat, I can hardly handle it."

After saying that, the two of them burst into laughter.

However, Xu Nian's smile quickly faded.

"Ouch!" He cried out in pain, pulling his finger out of the cat carrier, where a row of clear teeth marks were visible.

"Haha, your kitten can actually understand what we're saying." The driver stopped the car at a traffic light, took two cat treats from the glove compartment and handed them to Xu Nian. "Here, take these and use them to soothe her."

"Hey, thanks." Xu Nian handed the cat treat into the cat carrier and shook it gently.

Then his finger was bitten again.

"You should get your cat spayed/neutered as soon as possible." The driver handed Xu Nian a business card. "My wife owns a pet hospital, and she'll be working during the Chinese New Year holiday. If you want to get your cat spayed/neutered, you can go to my wife's place."

"Okay, thank you." Xu Nian took the business card and looked at it. It had an address not far from here.

After a while, the taxi came to a steady stop in front of the arcade.

After paying the fare, Xu Nian got off the bus carrying the cat carrier.

"Take care, brother."

"You too, drive slower."

As soon as the driver drove away, Xu Nian heard a sharp, angry shout.

"Brother, who do you want to get sterilized?! ...

Her voice was loud, attracting passersby to stop and watch.

Xu Nian was almost scared deaf. He quickly took off his headphones and rubbed his buzzing ears.

"Just kidding, just kidding," he said with a simple smile, trying to comfort her.

"snort."

Xu Xi put her hands on her hips, her cheeks puffed out like a pufferfish, and looked like an angry little squirrel.

"Brother is mean, I'm ignoring you."

"Little Creek, don't be angry. I was wrong, I apologize."

Xu Nian quickly hid in a corner, unzipped the cat bag, and rubbed the girl's puffed-up cheeks.

"Hmph." Xu Xi arrogantly raised her head, her nostrils flaring upwards.

I'm so angry! I was so gentle with my brother, and he still wants to send me to be sterilized?

That's outrageous! ...

It seems there's no way to appease this little pufferfish.

Xu Nian's eyes darted around, and a plan came to her mind.

He went to a snack stall nearby, bought a bowl of takoyaki, and put it into his cat carrier.

In less than a second, the paper bowl in my hand was snatched away, followed by a smacking sound coming from inside.

Xu Nian smiled and bought a bag of osmanthus cake, roasted chicken leg, roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), rice noodle rolls, and roasted cold noodles.

Under the onslaught of delicious food, the girl in the bag finally hummed contentedly and licked the man's fingers.

Xu Nian gave a wry smile: This girl is quite easy to please; as long as there's food, she'll be happy.

"Hmph, I haven't forgiven you yet, don't be so smug."

The girl pouted and clung tightly to the man's arm, refusing to let go.

"Then what will it take for you to forgive me?"

"I want grilled sausage."

"Okay, I'll go buy it for you."

"Not that grilled sausage."

"Which sausage is that?"

.......

"No, absolutely not."

......

"Waaaah... Waaah."

......

"Uh, okay... just this once."