Chapter 123: The need to keep warm together in winter

After returning from holiday, Shen Yu and Asaba Li Xiang's relationship has changed somewhat.

He seems to finally recognise and accept this extra girl at his side.

Just like Bai Xiaomeng and Su Zhifu, Asaba Li Xiang has also entered his life and become a part of his daily routine.

Next door to his room is Li Xiang's room, which has taken on the appearance of a girl's room.

In addition to his clothes, there are also Li Xiang's clothes on the balcony, staggered together and swaying gently with the wind.

The kitchen has become her domain, with all sorts of bottles and jars on the stove that Shen Yu doesn't know how to use.

The calendar on the wall also became thinner and thinner each day as she tore one off.

The marigolds and goldfishweed in the yard were already blooming as if spring had arrived, the green leaves against the golden flowers, and every time he was tired after work he would look at the flowers in the yard.

Shen Yu hasn't swept the floor since she arrived because she always manages to get the house clean and tidy before he feels the need to do so.

Since she arrived, Shen Yu has never had a takeaway, she cooks him noodles for the simpler ones and a couple of his favourite dishes for the more complicated ones.

This included the clothes on the balcony, which she would always put away when appropriate, folding his clothes neatly and placing them next to his bed.

She would be the first to say good morning to him every morning as he walked out of his room and would wait for him to cough at the door in the evening as she dutifully turned off the light and went to bed.

The back seat of the electric car became her exclusive place, the weather was getting colder and colder, at first she was hugging his waist in a reserved manner, now she could hug her whole body on it in an arrogant manner.

The pockets of his jumper became her own pockets, which she would stuff with her little hands when riding in the electric car.

Li Xiang already knew the way from school to home and would still wait for him in the library every day after class.

On the way he would chatter and talk to him about school and then ask him to take him to the grocery store afterwards.

Shen Yu didn't know how she could talk so much. Every time she saw him, it was as if she had been holding her tongue for a long time, and she kept talking about things that were obviously not funny, but when she told him, she would laugh, and her eyes would squint into crescents when she laughed. Shen Yu, you think it's funny too, I think it's super funny too'.

Shen Yu is very attentive when he walks, but Li Xiang is not attentive at all. When he smells a very fragrant aroma, he has to drag him to buy it and eat it, when he sees a cute little cat or dog, he pats his arm and tells him to look at it, sometimes when he sees something interesting on his mobile phone, he has to take a screenshot and send it to him.

It's been almost three months since I picked her up from the airport, and Shen Yu often loses sleep wondering if she'll be uncomfortable one day when she's no longer there.

Two months ago, Shen Yu would have felt relieved, but now ......

It must be uncomfortable ......

I'm used to having an idiot hanging around every day, and if she's suddenly gone, there's a sense of emptiness.

Li Xiang can also detect a certain change in attitude when Shen Yu is with her.

Sometimes he becomes very gentle, and sometimes he suddenly becomes cold again, repeatedly becomes his normal state during this period, but this change, is to make the young girl's heart happy, to know that before this, Shen Yu's attitude towards her, is the normal cold, now this situation means what, it means that Shen Yu is close to ripe.

Li Xiang is not in a hurry at all. The more his attitude is erratic, the more you can't rush, the more your mind can definitely overcome Shen Yu's. After all, he lost his knife.

Apart from not holding hands, kissing or sleeping with him, Li Xiang thinks of herself as the mistress of the house, probably because she believes in it so strongly that Shen Yu is in a trance, as if she really is the mistress of the house.

While feelings are slowly heating up, Sunan is also starting to cool down.

......

From late November onwards, with the arrival of several cold fronts, the cold weather gradually enveloped Sunan.

The days are shorter and the nights come earlier, and if it happens to be cloudy, even the days can feel chilly.

In the old days, winter was what people dreaded most, and snow was not something to be admired. For poor people, it was difficult to even get enough clothes for the winter, so they had to stay on the bed all day under a blanket.

Of course, it was not too difficult for people in this day and age to keep out the cold, with heating in the north and the option of air conditioning for those from well-off families in the south, but you just needed to wear two extra pieces of clothing to keep warm when you went out.

On the 6th of December, Shen Yu had an appointment to install a hot water pipe for the kitchen sink.

If Shen Yu lived on his own, he would not have bothered to do it, mainly because Li Xiang had no hot water for cooking and washing dishes, and even with gloves on, his hands were red with cold.

Once the pipes were in place, Li Xiang excitedly went to test the hot water and wrung out a towel to wipe down the dusty stove top.

"Now I don't have to use Shen Yu to get hot water in the bathroom for me every time! It's so inconvenient without hot water, I can't even get the grease off the plates. ......"

She chattered and chattered, and the small fact that Shen Yu had fetched her hot water was enough to keep her happy all winter long.

"Then you didn't tell me earlier, I see you like to make me fetch hot water for you."

"Nowhere! Where!"

Li Xiang is quick to deny it, but it's true that it's great to ask Shen Yu to peel garlic and fetch hot water for her.

"Let's go shopping for vegetables, shall we? We ran out of the dried turnips we made last time, so we'll buy some more, and then I saw the weather forecast and it's all good for the rest of the day, and I want to make some bacon! Auntie taught me how to make it last time and it doesn't seem too difficult."

"It's too much trouble, isn't it? ...... The proofreading of the sound and picture and the program is almost done, so how can I have time to accompany you to buy it."

The game has been in production for almost two and a half months since it started and is now in its final steps and will be released as soon as next week when it is tested with no problems.

The two have been regularly updating their daily routine on the bleep site, and fans are looking forward to the game as it is about to be released.

After all, judging from the cg effects shown, the art style is still very appealing and carries the core of AI interaction, with no fixed text and all relying on free player interaction to advance the plot, which is a very novel way to play in a romance game.

"Oh ...... you have been busy for a whole half month, just take half a day off, let's have a hot pot together tonight, it's so cold now, okay ......"

She looked at him with big eyes and pursed her lips, her hands gripping the corner of his shirt as if she would keep gripping it if Shen Yu didn't say yes to her.

"Let's go."

Shen Yu took a deep breath, there was nothing she could do about it.

......

It is late afternoon and the sun is shining nicely today, warm and pleasant on the body.

Bai Xiaomeng is currently sunbathing on the balcony. Normally, if there is no sun, he will run inside to blow on the heating, and when there is sun, he will come out to sunbathe.

Shen Yu installed a cat climbing frame on his balcony with a 'jerk paw', which he bought and built himself, and Xiaomeng I can control the jerk paw.

Now the jerking cat paws are scratching Bai Xiaomeng's head as he squinted comfortably.

Xiaomeng I: " Xiaomeng Xiaomeng, are you comfortable?"

Bai Xiaomeng: "Meow meow ......"

Xiaomeng I: "Do you want a card?"

Bai Xiaomeng: "Meow woo woo?"

Shen Yu: "......"

What a card! Where did you learn that?

"Xiaomeng No. 1 you keep an eye on the house, we'll go out to buy food, so the air conditioning doesn't have to be turned off."

Xiaomeng I: " Shen Yu, is our family very rich?"

"There's no money."

Xiaomeng I: "Then why didn't you turn off the air conditioning?"

"It'll be back in a minute, and it's more expensive to turn it off and on again."

Xiaomeng I: "Then take care of yourself and Li Xiang, I'll keep an eye on the house and come back early!"

When he heard Shen Yu was going out, Bai Xiaomeng wanted to go with him, but he was just a lazy cat and was so comfortable now that he climbed up to have a look and then turned his head to lie down for a massage.

Shen Yu sleeps with Xiaomeng every night anyway, so he lets Li Xiang have it during the day, and Bai Xiaomeng feels generous.

Li Xiang changed his clothes and went out, thumping down the stairs.

Shen Yu wore three pieces of clothing, a shirt for underpinning, a warm jumper and a sweater jacket.

He took one look at Li Xiang's outfit and asked, "Aren't you cold?"

From Shen Yu's point of view, Li Xiang is underdressed, with a pair of black pantyhose, a knee-length skirt, a turtleneck jumper and a sweatshirt jacket.

With her two little hands tucked into her sleeves, she ran towards Shen Yu like a fat duck with wings spread, Brimbley.

"I'm wearing lots of stuff! I have a thermal vest, thermal underwear, a padded undershirt, and my socks are also thermal, they have three layers! And this fleece is super warm, and the jumper is padded, and look at ...... I've got a pair of little gloves! Isn't that cute?"

Asaba Li Xiang counted the clothes she was wearing one by one, probably because she was petite, she wore quite a lot of clothes, but it didn't look like too much, and Shen Yu didn't see any of the warm vests and underwear she mentioned.

Seeing Shen Yu's eyes rolling, Li Xiang warily covered his collar: "I can't show you!"

"Who cares to look at ......"

Shen Yu can't help but pity the boys, except for a pair of fall trousers that are said to be used to keep warm, the boys to protect themselves from the cold, in addition to wearing a few more pieces of clothing, probably rely on the spirit to fight, in comparison, the girls can choose too many clothes, the more autumn and winter season, the easier it is to match a variety of clothes.

"Look at my gloves ......"

She proudly showed Shen Yu her gloves, pink with a silly looking polar bear on them, in the style of a flip-top, showing five white fingers that could be covered up if it was cold.

"Hee hee, it's only nineteen and nine, isn't it super cute?"

Ever since she got used to shopping online over here, she often buys bits and pieces of gadgets online herself. She doesn't buy expensive ones either, as she only reads positive reviews, and she buys from whoever has more positive reviews and cheaper prices.

Lovely, quite lovely indeed.

It's just that cute is not the word Shen Yu can say, so she said, "Childish!"

"Slightly, slightly, slightly!"

"Then you don't have to put your hands in my pockets anymore if you have gloves, do you?"

"Uh-huh, not when Shen Yu is not around."

With that, she removed her gloves and slipped them into her own pockets, reaching out with her two small, naked hands and slipping them expertly into Shen Yu's coat pockets from behind, before wrapping him in a hug and feeling his abs go from soft to hard with glee.

Even though Shen Yu is used to the process, he still can't get used to the physical reaction.

He gave her a bemused look. Reasoning with Li Xiang didn't work, she could always say things like 'you don't need your coat pocket anyway, so it doesn't matter if I put it in my pocket', which seemed logical but was not.

If it were a month ago, Shen Yu might have argued his case, but now it's getting colder.

Whether he wants to admit it or not, the feeling of having someone to hold behind him ...... is really quite warm.

"Shen Yu, are you cold?"

"Cold."

Then she clung to him harder and her little face went to his back.

"Now what?"

"......"

Dry and hot.