The camera still belonged to the school, which is why she liked participating in volunteer activities. Besides receiving a small amount of money, she could also temporarily gain the right to use the camera.

Shen Yanxi has always enjoyed documenting her life, but she stopped doing so in the past two years due to family matters.

The school's camera is quite good; it's an old-fashioned instant camera that she likes. The photos can be developed immediately, and the images are quite clear.

"I'll return it when I get back from vacation, and I can still take photos for two more days."

But she didn't dare look at the newly developed photos a second time, casually stuffing them into her pocket as if nothing had happened.

"Have you taken the photos yet?"

"Ugh!"

"Qingran! You, what are you doing here?!"

The temperature suddenly turned cold at the corner of the corridor.

Li Qingran squatted on the ground, changing her long skirt into a simpler JK-style black dress. The black stockings that reflected the dim light perfectly outlined the girl's leg curves as she squatted down.

And... the two small buns on her head, deliberately clipped up with hairpins, look like cat ears.

Li Qingran's speed in changing clothes was astonishing, but what surprised Shen Yanxi even more was the behavior that this so-called aloof goddess in others was currently doing...

The girl remained crouched, with a streetlamp shining behind her from below, casting a warm, yellowish light that felt very comfortable.

Her arms were bent and crossed in front of her chest, raised just above her face, resembling hand seals from an anime or some kind of mystical ritual.

With three fingers extended from each hand and two "ears" pinned up by hair on its head, the shadow cast on the ground under the streetlights truly resembles that of a cat.

"Wow!"

Shen Yanxi exclaimed in surprise, immediately struck by Li Qingran's astonishing imagination.

"Shhh."

Li Qingran gestured for her to lower her voice.

“Take a picture of me.”

"Oh~"

After taking this outrageously cute photo, Shen Yanxi herself was overjoyed.

"Qingran, Qingran, how did you come up with this pose?"

"Stealing cat."

"Uh?"

"I came up with this pose because I was there to catch a cat that was stealing fish."

"..."

"Are you?"

"Oh no, Xixi isn't!"

Shen Yanxi quickly waved her hand, just as the photo from the camera was printed out of the exit and fell, it was caught by Li Qingran with quick reflexes.

"The photos are nice."

"Pinch it together..."

Li Qingran removed the hair clip from her hair, and her two small ears scattered in the wind, so soft and smooth that one wanted to hold them to their nose and gently smell them.

"I'm not catching cats anymore."

"The problem with too many cats stealing fish isn't the cats themselves, but rather the owners' negligence in disciplining them."

Li Qingran took out another hair tie, bit it between her lips, and neatly gathered her hair. In the blink of an eye, her long, straight black hair was transformed into a high ponytail.

"In short, he needs to be disciplined."

"Qingran, that doesn't sound very polite..."

“Is that so? Maybe.” Li Qingran pondered. “After all, he probably often says things like, ‘My space has been corrupted.’”

"Really? Xixi remembers he didn't seem to mention it much..."

And what exactly is space...?

“That’s not really him.” Li Qingran shook her head.

"The real Lin Mo is a complete pervert."

Shen Yanxi was stunned. "...Qingran would actually say such things? I thought only Wanfeng would curse like that."

Now that you mention it, I've definitely found the reason.

Li Qingran frowned her beautiful brows, resting her chin on her hand as she pondered intently.

"What's the reason?" Shen Yanxi asked, puzzled.

"The reason why Lin Mo likes to be scolded."

"?"

"It seems that Jiang Wanfeng often scolded him, which is why he developed this bad habit."

"Human habits are terrifying, aren't they?"

As she said this, Li Qingran stared intently at Shen Yanxi.

When Shen Yanxi looked up and met her gaze,

Xi Xi was in a daze for a moment,

Yes, habits can ruin many people, like her.

And even though she knew it all along, she still couldn't stop herself from getting deeper and deeper into it.

"Right..." He lost his strength as soon as he spoke.

"Oh, they'll all be coming tonight. Do you want to come with them, or go to sleep first?"

"Who will come?" Shen Yanxi was startled.

“All…” Li Qingran paused, then added, “the philanderers.”

They're really persistent...

"Are we going to spend New Year's Eve together...? Wanfeng isn't coming too, is he?"

"Come."

"..."

I can't even imagine what to happen tonight. Should I tell Lin Mo, at least to put the kitchen knives away beforehand...?

Won't there be any bloodshed?

"Since they're already here, Xixi probably can't avoid it either..."

"Okay, then I'll go back first."

Li Qingran nodded, then looked towards the distant playground.

"I'm not going to catch the cat that steals fish anymore, so can you keep an eye on him for me?"

"At the very least, we can't let ourselves be lured away by a philandering cat."

"Eh...what, what do you mean?"

Li Qingran didn't reply to her; she simply drifted away like a cloud.

Shen Yanxi sighed.

They probably know.

Lin Mo is really something, lingering on the playground with Yu En for so long that Qing Ran even came looking for them...

Shen Yanxi lives with Li Qingran every day, and she knows very well that Li Qingran is very aware of Lin Mo's every move.

She even knew all along that for the past two months, Lin Mo would secretly wake her up in the middle of the night for extra tutoring...

But it's about hinting at something without explicitly stating it.

"Hate!"

Shen Yanxi stomped her foot.

"Xixi has to clean up my bottom again!"

"Is Xixi a type of tissue...?"

Muttering to herself, Shen Yanxi had no choice but to return the way she came, carrying an even greater resentment than before...

...

Lin Mo is now in a bit of a predicament.

For some unknown reason, Hu Yu'en was holding him tightly as they strolled around the playground, all the while making a phone call to Jiang Wanfeng.

It was a video call.

"Yu'en? What are you doing on the playground so late?"

"Let's relax a bit~"

"Hmm? Who's next to you...?"

With a shift in perspective,

"Well, we ran into some people jogging at night."

"Oh, I thought you were hugging someone."

"It's good for you to clear your head. I'm really worried about you... These past few days, I've been so tongue-tied, I haven't known how to show you any concern..."

"Oh, it's nothing~ I should apologize to Wanfeng, I've yelled at you so many times, you're such a brat~"

"Eh?"

"Haha, that's one of Xixi's favorite sayings. It makes apologizing sound easier~"

"Gou me na se~" On the other end of the phone, Jiang Wanfeng also repeated the phrase. The teacher said it sounded quite good and she learned it well.

“Oh, Hideyoshi Sama~” Jiang Wanfeng added.

"Fengfeng has seen quite a lot..."

"Hey, hey, no, it's just that I happened to see this string of words on a product from an island nation in the supermarket... so I read it out loud."

"Hey, aren't we good friends? It's okay to act a little cute," Jiang Wanfeng said self-reproachfully. "There's no one next to you."

"Um..."

Hu Yu'en couldn't stop smiling, and lowered the angle of her phone.

She looked up at Lin Mo, her lips moving, probably meaning something like "Master".

But Lin Mo's head was spinning, and all he could see were bouncy, pink lips that looked like jelly.

It looked delicious. He couldn't hear what the fox was saying, and he suppressed the urge to hum softly.

Forbearance!

Are you kidding me? He's the kind of guy who resisted being caught in the 360-degree vortex under Ran Bao's feet in the early stages of the game.

This...this little bit of bad temptation is nothing at all...

Hu Yu'en saw his face turn red and covered her mouth with a soft laugh.

Zao held up his phone and said, "Sorry, Wanfeng, the signal was bad just now."

"Poor signal even in this day and age..."

"After all, it's in a school, so there might be signal jammers or something."

"Oh, that's it."

Lin Mo glanced at Hu Yu'en's phone out of the corner of his eye. In the picture, Jiang Wanfeng, holding her phone up in a silly, unflattering angle, looked much rounder.

But she's still very pretty and cute.

However, I can't bear to imagine her going to the supermarket alone. Jiang Wanfeng is not only bad at directions, but also suffers from decision-making indecisiveness.

Every night when I have to choose whether or not to exercise self-discipline, my mind is racing with thoughts, but in the end, it's mostly all for naught; I still have to exercise self-discipline when I need to.

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