Chapter 237: Chapter 337: Don’t randomly add narration, hey!
After her hands were completely covered with Qian Qi’s scent, Sheng Qing, worried it wasn’t enough, rubbed her arm against Qian Qi’s arm seven or eight times. Noticing that Qian Qi didn’t seem to mind, Sheng Qing boldly asked, "Can I give you a hug?"
Afraid Qian Qi might refuse, she quickly added, "A hug from behind will do."
"Um..." Qian Qi was hearing such a request for the first time. Seeing how Sheng Qing loved Ah Tu’s fur, she generously offered her back, "Alright."
Sheng Qing didn’t hesitate; she immediately wrapped her arms around Qian Qi’s waist and pressed herself against Qian Qi’s back.
All of a sudden, the surroundings fell silent.
Ah Tu tilted its head, puzzled and amazed at the sight, while Qian Ba’s gaze was slightly confused, not understanding why someone as big as Sheng Qing was acting like the orphanage kids, wanting a piggyback from Qian Qi.
Clearly, Qian Qi wasn’t going to lift her up either. Qian Ba guessed that Qian Qi was just as weak as he was, unable to carry such a tall girl.
The two of them quietly stayed in that position for a while. Qian Qi thought she heard a click; when she turned towards the source of the sound, she saw nothing unusual.
"Alright." Sheng Qing felt she was now covered in Qian Qi’s scent. Satisfied, she walked towards Ah Tu and tentatively reached out her hand.
Ah Tu looked at the approaching hand with orange-red eyes filled with complex emotions. After deeply glancing at Qian Qi, who was looking over, it struggled for a bit before finally compromising and lowering its head.
Since she was Qian Qi’s partner... It might as well reluctantly let her touch it!
Seeing Ah Tu crouch down, Sheng Qing’s eyes brightened like spring sweeping away the cold of winter, instantly blooming like flowers. She first placed her left hand on Ah Tu’s back, gently stroking it. Realizing Ah Tu wasn’t attacking her, her joyful gaze placed the right hand as well.
Then, Qian Qi saw the rumored High Peak Flower, like a busy little bee, patting Flame Dog’s back to its head and ears, then from its ears back to its tail...
When Sheng Qing touched its tail, Ah Tu finally couldn’t take it anymore and swatted her face with its tail.
Ah Tu: Don’t you have any shame! How are you just like Qian Qi! Both so eager to touch my tail!
Sheng Qing’s beautiful and cool face was slapped red, yet she wasn’t angry at all; instead, she started to comfort it, "Don’t be afraid, I’m not a bad person."
Qian Qi found it amusing and explained, "Ah Tu has a shadow from others touching its tail."
As for who that shadow is, I won’t say.
Not sure what Sheng Qing imagined, she looked at Ah Tu with increasingly sympathetic eyes, gently stroking its fur, her voice softening, "It’s alright, it’s all in the past."
[The pure and kind Sheng Qing didn’t know at that moment, the culprit who caused Ah Tu’s shadow was none other than the perverted Qian Qi next to her.]
Qian Qi: ...Hey, dog narrator, stop adding side comments randomly!
"Sheng Qing," Qian Qi called out, wanting to tell her the dog-walking time was over. But maybe because Sheng Qing had already exposed herself as a fur fanatic in front of Qian Qi, she was deeply immersed in petting the dog, not noticing Qian Qi’s voice.
Seeing Sheng Qing so absorbed in Ah Tu, Qian Qi had no choice but to reach out and pat her. However, before her hand reached Sheng Qing’s shoulder, she suddenly felt her own shoulder gripped tightly from behind.
The person behind seemed to want to turn her body directly and even spoke maliciously, "Hey! Brat! Do you know whose woman you’re touching?"
But embarrassingly, the person couldn’t turn Qian Qi.
Even more embarrassingly, the person realized this, thus exerted all their strength trying to turn Qian Qi’s shoulder.
The most embarrassing part was, they still failed.
After a moment of dead silence, seeing that Qian Qi had no intention to turn around, the malicious person had no choice but to angrily stand in front of her.
"Hey! Brat! Why won’t you turn around!" The young man said angrily, his innocent and bright eyes staring at Qian Qi, his fair cheeks slightly bulging, looking just like an angry small pufferfish.
Because the youngster’s face looked too cute, Qian Qi momentarily thought she was seeing things, rubbed her eyes to confirm whether the young person in front was really in his 20s and not a tender 15-year-old.
Seeing Qian Qi’s expression, Xi Pingzhe immediately flared up, like a little hedgehog, yelling, "What sort of look is that? Are you looking down on me?"
If a tall and robust 185cm guy looked down on him, he could understand, but this guy didn’t even seem to be 170cm tall, looking so sleazy, yet dared to look at him with that gaze?!!!
How infuriating!
How could Sheng Qing fancy such a sleazy guy! What does he have better than me!
Qian Qi rubbed her chin, "I..."
"Don’t say you weren’t looking down on me! Your eyes gave everything away!" Xi Pingzhe said in disgust, finding Qian Qi unsatisfactory in every way!
Qian Qi: "I was indeed looking down on you."
...
Xi Pingzhe: ?
"Sheng Qing, do you know this guy?" Qian Qi turned to ask Sheng Qing. This youthful cutie seemed to claim she was his woman?
Sheng Qing finally noticed the situation. Upon seeing Xi Pingzhe, her joy from petting the dog instantly vanished like changing faces, with a keep away from strangers look covering her icy beautiful face.
"We know each other, but not well." Sheng Qing said plainly, "He’s the grandson of Xi Mingde, the director of the Beast Taming Department, Xi Pingzhe."
"Oh~~~" Qian Qi suddenly realized, drawing the word out, then, under Xi Pingzhe’s proud expression, she said indifferently, "I don’t know him."
Xi Pingzhe: ???
If you don’t know me, why did you drag out the "Oh~~~" as if you knew me!
"Sheng Qing, this guy’s not good!" Xi Pingzhe sounded like a worried old mother, advising Sheng Qing earnestly, "This guy isn’t even taller than me! Even if you don’t like me and want to be with someone else, you shouldn’t choose someone so short, ugly, and..."
Xi Pingzhe pointed at Qian Qi’s slender arms disdainfully, "And so weak, right?"
Qian Qi: ?
System: [Hahaha congratulations to Qian Qi for being officially a skinny dog!]
Qian Qi: ... "If I’m a skinny dog, then you’re a skinny stick!"
System: ?
Hey, hey, hey! That’s money for puns!
"Xi Pingzhe, please apologize to Qian Qi immediately." Hearing Xi Pingzhe’s words, Sheng Qing’s brows furrowed deeply, her gaze turning sharp, "I don’t want you to slander my friend."
"How did I slander him?!" Xi Pingzhe crossed his arms and coldly snorted, "I said the truth! You and he are simply not a match! He doesn’t deserve you! Not deserve!!"
After he finished speaking, Qian Qi on the side mimicked him, pinching a delicate orchid finger, and in an affected eunuch tone echoed, "How did I slander him?! I said the truth! You and he are simply not a match! He doesn’t deserve you! Not deserve!!"
Xi Pingzhe: ???
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Xi Pingzhe sat up in the middle of the night: Wait, is there something wrong with him?