Chapter 60p1: Palpitations
After putting the flowers in the vase, Yu Chujin wanted to place the vase on the dining table as a decoration.
Of course, she did not have the chance to realize this idea.
Because Qingli had taken both the flowers and the vase, and in the blink of an eye, she had hidden them somewhere again.
Forget it, let her be. If the snake didn’t hide the flowers, it probably wouldn’t be able to sleep peacefully at night. It was as if someone would steal her flowers.
“You’re willing to come down now,” Yu Chujin looked at the person who had come down from the second floor, “Have you hidden the flowers well?”
“I’ve hidden them,” Qingli lowered her voice cautiously, “Be quiet. It’s very safe.”
“You’re really exaggerating,” Yu Chujin picked up an apple from the coffee table and took a bite. It was crisp and sweet.
The exaggerated snake stood in front of her inexplicably, motionless.
Yu Chujin sat on the sofa, gnawing on the apple, and looked up at her, “What?”
The snake didn’t speak, just stared at her intently.
“You want to eat an apple too? Didn’t you try it before? You don’t like it. Go and eat your lemons.”
Qingli stood there, motionless.
Yu Chujin thought for a moment and asked, “Do you want to watch TV?”
She offered her the remote control, “If you want to watch it, then watch it. I’m not stopping you.”
Anyway, there were only pre-downloaded cartoons on the TV.
Things that only a few-year-old child would watch. She could watch it for as long as she wanted. As long as she didn’t get tired of it, Yu Chujin would not stop her.
Qingli, who was usually very keen on watching TV, only glanced at the remote control today and did not reach out to take it.
She was not very interested.
Yu Chujin looked at the remote control in her hand with a puzzled expression, “You don’t want to watch TV today?”
Qingli: “I have serious business. I’m not watching.”
Yu Chujin took another bite of the apple, her tone casual, “Serious business? What serious business can a snake like you have?”
She followed Qingli’s gaze and noticed the ground by the sofa. The things she had bought while shopping today were piled there.
The shopping bags were lying on the ground, and she hadn’t had time to put them away.
Inside were clothes, shoes, and a children’s watch that belonged to Qingli.
Yu Chujin suddenly realized that her serious business was the children’s watch.
After Qingli had hidden the flowers, she had had some free time and had remembered another gift. She was now asking for it with her eyes.
She wanted it, but she wouldn’t say it directly. She was hinting at it with her eyes…
Although the snake’s hints and explicit requests were no different, they were both very obvious.
“I bought these things for you anyway. Are you afraid I won’t give them to you?” She threw the apple core into the trash can and bent down to pick up the packaging bag containing the children’s watch on the ground.
She opened the box in a flash. In the center of the box was a cyan watch, which she and Qingli had chosen together.
Qingli had participated in the selection, but she couldn’t stand Yu Chujin’s arbitrary decision. She had not chosen the red that the snake liked, but the cyan that Yu Chujin liked.
A little green snake should of course be paired with a little green watch.
“This thing can’t be hidden like a flower. It’s practical. You have to wear it on your hand,” Yu Chujin explained to her.
“I know. I’m smart, not stupid,” Qingli said.
Ever since Qingli had learned to speak from cartoons, she had successfully understood the meaning of many words. Among them, the word “silly snake,” she had understood its true meaning.
It was not a compliment, but a bad word.
For this, the snake was very concerned and would say “I’m not stupid” from time to time.
Yu Chujin grumbled inwardly. The way she said she wasn’t stupid was actually even stupider. A stupid and dazed snake.
“Alright, you’re not stupid. You’re the smartest. Give me your hand. I’ll put it on for you.”
Qingli obediently held out her hand, her eyes full of expectation.
Yu Chujin lowered her head and helped her put it on, teaching her as she did.
“See? This strap can be adjusted. When you put it on, you just have to buckle it like this. When you want to take it off, you just have to twist it in the opposite direction. Have you learned it?”
Qingli: “You’re great, you’re amazing.”
Yu Chujin: “…”
“I’m asking you to learn, not to praise me. I’ve discovered that you’re a little rebellious now. You even praise me from time to time.”
“Don’t be angry, don’t be angry. A good snake doesn’t get angry. You have to be good.”
Yu Chujin facepalmed.
Before, it was Yu Chujin who would coax and praise the snake. But who knows when, ever since Qingli’s speech had become more and more fluent, their roles had been somewhat reversed.
From a person coaxing a snake to a snake coaxing a person, a snake praising a person…
It made her not know whether to laugh or cry.
Qingli didn’t care about that. After thinking that she had coaxed her well, she began to study the watch on her hand.
She looked left and right, and from time to time, she would lower her head to sniff it.
Yu Chujin patted the seat beside her, “A watch is not for smelling. Come and sit. I’ll teach you how to use it.”
Qingli immediately sat down beside her, held out her hand, her face full of a desire to learn.
Yu Chujin gently held her wrist, found the power button, and pressed it, “Press this place to turn it on.”
With the sound of the watch’s system music, the screen lit up.
Qingli’s eyes also lit up, “Wow, so amazing. You’re so great.”
Qingli’s praise was particularly serious and sincere, as if Yu Chujin being able to turn on the watch was such an amazing thing. Her eyes were even filled with admiration.
Yu Chujin couldn’t help but feel a little proud and smug, “Of course I’m amazing. It’s just turning on a watch. That’s a piece of cake.”
As she was speaking, she came to her senses and glared at Qingli, “I was almost led astray by you. You’re really praising me like a child. If we’re talking about who’s a child between you and me, it has to be you. I’m much more mature than you.”
Qingli agreed, “You’re right. You be good.”
Yu Chujin’s head was full of black lines, “Forget it, forget it. I won’t argue with you about this. I’ll teach you how to make a phone call with the watch.”
She first saved the phone number and put it in the speed dial button at the top. As long as she pressed it, she could immediately make a call.
“Ring, ring, ring.”
The phone on the coffee table rang.
Yu Chujin picked it up and answered.
She said “hello” into the watch, and a “hello” immediately came from the phone’s earpiece.
Qingli’s tone was exaggerated, “Wow, so magical. You’re so great.”
Yu Chujin pouted, “It’s not the first time you’ve seen me make a phone call. What are you pretending for?”
Qingli: “So fierce. You’re not gentle.”
Yu Chujin: “You said it wrong. It’s not ‘not gentle you,’ but ‘you’re not gentle.’ Aiya, I’ve been led astray by you again. Stop interrupting. Did you learn how to make a phone call just now?”
Qingli nodded, “I’ve learned it.”
Qingli had a talent for learning electronic products. Just like when she had secretly watched TV before, she had learned it all by herself. She had learned how to turn on the TV and how to change the channel on her own.
The use of the remote control and the use of the watch were similar. Yu Chujin basically had to teach her once, and she could learn it all, and she could even draw inferences.
After learning, Qingli brought her head over, asking for pats.
Yu Chujin patted her on the head, “Not bad, not bad. Quite smart.”
Qingli was not satisfied, “It’s not like that.”
Yu Chujin was helpless and had to give a thumbs-up, “You’re great, you’re amazing.”
Qingli was satisfied and happily buried her head to continue studying the watch.
Then, Yu Chujin’s phone did not have a moment of peace.
She would call every minute, then call again every minute.
“I’m right next to you. Why are you calling? Stop calling.”
Yu Chujin scolded her a couple of times, and only then did she reluctantly end this harassing behavior of constantly calling.
In the evening, Da Huang came to her feet and kept nuzzling her, whimpering, its eyes full of desire.
Qingli narrowed her eyes and looked at it.
Da Huang directly ignored this jealous snake and continued to act coquettishly towards her.
“I know. It’s time to take you out for a walk. Why do you have to go out and play every day? You can’t even be a little late.”
Yu Chujin sighed. Raising a dog was very tiring. She had to be walked every day, not a single day could be missed.
By the same token, raising a snake was even more tiring.
Comparing the two, a dog at least only needed to be walked. A snake’s needs were not just these. She also had to teach this snake how to be a proper person every day.
She took the dog leash that was placed at the entrance. Da Huang was so happy that it spun around and very actively put its head into the collar.
Qingli, who had been studying the watch all afternoon, was not studying it anymore. She immediately followed.
Every time Yu Chujin went out to walk the dog, Qingli had to join in the fun. Her excuse was that a snake also needed to be walked, and she couldn’t be biased.
What could she do? She could only walk her as well.
Before going out, Qingli was particularly self-aware. The first thing she did was to wrap herself in clothes, put on shoes, and wear a hat. She was fully equipped.
Although she didn’t understand why she had to wrap so many things on her body every time she went out, she was always willing to cooperate.
But the more important reason was that if she didn’t cooperate, Yu Chujin wouldn’t let her follow her out.
Da Huang rushed to the front, sniffing here and there, and would even mark its territory from time to time.
Yu Chujin held the dog leash and walked slowly behind. Qingli walked side by side with Yu Chujin and would even come to pull Yu Chujin’s hand from time to time.
Yu Chujin found her hand cold and wouldn’t let her hold it.
Her hand was slapped away again. Qingli pouted, unhappy.
“You’re biased!”
A shout suddenly came from her ear. Yu Chujin was so startled that her heart skipped a beat.
She turned her head to look at this stupid snake, “What are you shouting about? How am I biased again? I’m walking the dog, and I’m also taking you out. I didn’t leave you at home. How am I biased?”
Qingli said angrily, “You are biased! You’re holding the concubine’s hand, not the main wife’s. I want to hold your hand too!”
“A dog needs to be held. You don’t. You’re a person.”
“No, I want to be held. I’ll be a dog. I want to be your dog!”
Qingli’s voice was not low. The sentence “I want to be your dog” immediately attracted the attention of the passersby.
Everyone looked at the two of them with a curious expression, their eyes full of, Be a dog? You’re quite kinky.
Yu Chujin’s mouth twitched. She quickly pulled Qingli and walked away from this street quickly.
This snake often did such inexplicable things. The snake didn’t feel embarrassed, but she had been socially embarrassed by her countless times.
Yu Chujin was very angry, but Qingli was very happy now because she was already holding her hand. Her goal had been achieved, and she was shaking her head happily.