Chapter 62 p2: Fainting
Ever since Qingli had saved Da Huang from the black dog’s mouth last time, Da Huang had been exceptionally friendly to Qingli, even more friendly than to her, its owner.
Although Qingli did not fall for Da Huang’s trick and would even hide from it from time to time, and would even say “I refuse” from time to time.
But this did not affect the fact that the relationship between one dog and one snake was already very good. Since she was not bullying Da Huang, then what was she doing squatting on the doghouse?
She became more and more confused. She lightened her footsteps and quietly approached.
As she slowly approached, Yu Chujin thought she would definitely be discovered, but in reality, Qingli did not notice at all that someone was approaching her from behind.
The snake, which usually had excellent hearing and even better alertness, would actually not discover that someone was approaching her.
It was really strange.
And the reason Qingli had not discovered her seemed to be because Qingli was concentrating on watching something.
Da Huang greeted her enthusiastically. Yu Chujin made a shushing gesture, signaling Da Huang not to make a sound.
Da Huang was also obedient and did not make a sound, but just kept wagging its tail.
Yu Chujin looked at the person squatting on the roof of the doghouse. She was barefoot, wearing thin pajamas, and the cold winter did not affect her at all.
Qingli’s gaze was fixed on the next yard.
Following her gaze, Yu Chujin also looked at the next yard.
It was the neighbor sister’s house. Her main lights were already off, and only a faint silver light was flickering at the window.
This kind of light, it was not difficult to judge, should be the light from a TV screen.
Yu Chujin’s brain was stuck for half a second, and then she reacted.
This snake was peeking at the next door’s TV?!
No way. So ridiculous.
Qingli’s eyesight was who knows how many times better than a human’s. Yu Chujin couldn’t see the TV in the next yard from here, but Qingli could probably see it clearly.
No wonder…
No wonder she didn’t follow her back to her room every night. So she was sneaking out to watch TV.
Yu Chujin wanted to get angry and also wanted to laugh. At the same time, she also felt that this snake was quite pitiful.
She even had to peek at the next door’s TV to watch TV. How could that not be pitiful…
Yu Chujin couldn’t help but reflect. Was she being too strict? Should she let her watch TV for an hour or two every day?
After all, the snake’s life was very boring. Every day, it was either sticking to her or learning to write and speak. She should also have some entertainment, right?
The consequence of being too strict was that she would squat on the roof in the middle of the night and peek at other people’s TV…
It was both funny and pitiful.
“Can you see clearly from so far away?” Yu Chujin said, breaking the silence of the night.
“Yes, I can see very clearly,” Qingli did not react and was still foolishly responding to her.
“But there’s no sound. Don’t you think it’s boring to watch a silent show?”
“I can hear the sound. My ears are amazing.”
“A thousand-mile ear, huh? That’s really amazing.”
“Of course. I’m amazing. I’m so great.”
Yu Chujin did not speak anymore. She crossed her arms and looked at the person squatting on the doghouse, quietly waiting for her to react.
Half a minute passed. Finally, the snake, which was missing a screw, had connected that screw.
Qingli did not dare to turn her head. Her ears were twitching, and her eyes were darting around. She was both guilty and scared.
Yu Chujin: “Is it good? How much longer are you planning to watch?”
Qingli did not move, her whole body stiff.
Yu Chujin: “Don’t pretend you can’t hear me.”
Qingli slowly turned her head back, blinked her eyes, her mind racing.
She suddenly jumped down and pulled Da Huang in front of her.
“It was it. It was the concubine. Sell it. It’s a bad snake. It was peeking at the TV. I wasn’t watching. I’m a good snake.”
As soon as she got into trouble, she would immediately frame Da Huang. Although every time, because the framing was too obvious, it was not successful, it did not stop her from continuing to frame Da Huang the next time she got into trouble.
Da Huang was still out of it and was circling around Qingli, wagging its tail. It liked Qingli very much now.
Perhaps the dog was also a fan of the strong. After being protected once, it immediately submitted and would wag its tail to please Qingli every day.
Yu Chujin couldn’t stand it anymore, “You’re still pleasing her. She frames you every day and even wants to sell you from time to time.”
Da Huang didn’t understand. Da Huang wagged its tail happily.
A cold wind blew. Only then did Yu Chujin feel the cold. She rubbed her frozen arms and shivered as she went back into the house.
The snake followed.
It only followed to the entrance, stood at the entrance, facing the wall, reflecting on its mistakes.
Yu Chujin stood at the warm air vent, warmed her slightly frozen hands. After her body had warmed up, she finally had the time to look at Qingli.
“Alright, can I still scold you for peeking at the TV? Come here.”
Qingli immediately perked up and stopped reflecting on her mistakes. She trotted over, “Then you’re not allowed to be angry.”
Yu Chujin: “What am I angry about? I just think your behavior is pitiful, as if I’m abusing you.”
“I’m not pitiful.”
“You’re not pitiful? In the middle of winter, in the middle of the night, just to peek at a TV.”
“I didn’t peek at the TV. I’m good. I’m a good snake.”
Yu Chujin sighed. She felt a little sorry for her, and also a little helpless.
Qingli came over, “Don’t sigh. Don’t be angry, don’t be angry. A good snake doesn’t get angry.”
Yu Chujin pinched her face, “Alright, I’m really not angry. If you really want to watch TV, you can just tell me. Can I be so hard-hearted that I won’t let you watch it at all?”
Qingli blinked her innocent, large eyes.
Yu Chujin walked to the TV, fiddled with it for a while, reconnected the network, and chose a proper movie for her to watch.
“Watch it,” Yu Chujin said, “Don’t go and peek at other people’s anymore.”
Qingli’s eyes lit up as she stared at the TV. After staring for a while, she seemed to have remembered something. She suddenly came over and licked her cheek.
When the tip of her tongue licked her cheek, Yu Chujin subconsciously felt a palpitation and pressed her hand on the spot that had been licked.
Qingli was happy and shook her head, “You let me watch TV. You’re a good snake. You’re good to me. Yu Chujin super likes Qingli.”
Yu Chujin came back to her senses, lowered her hand that was covering her cheek, and chuckled, “Just because I let you watch TV, it means I super like you?”
Qingli nodded, “Yes.”
Meeting Qingli’s clear and clean gaze, Yu Chujin unnaturally averted her gaze.
“Watch your TV.”
“You’re being fierce again.”
“Are you going to watch it or not!”
“I’ll watch it. I won’t talk. You’re not angry.”
***
Qingli went out alone.
She put on a hat, a coat, and shoes, and went out like a proper person.
At first glance, she was no different from a normal person.
When she reached the community entrance, she even waved and greeted the security guard, “Hello. It’s hard work to be on duty in winter.”
The security guard was a little dazed. Before he could react, Qingli had already left after greeting him.
She couldn’t wait for the community’s automatic sensor gate to open and directly and nimbly climbed over.
The security guard was even more dazed, “This is a trained person. She can climb over just like that.”
The other security guard on duty with him said, “That little girl is so beautiful. She seems to be a friend of the owner of Building 9.”
“Yes, she’s Miss Yu’s friend. They come out to walk the dog together every day. This is the first time I’ve seen her go out alone.”
“Should we stop her?”
“Why stop her?”
“Didn’t Miss Yu say that her brain is not very good and asked me to forgive her? Since her brain is not good, is it safe to let her go out alone?”
The security guard wanted to stop her, but in the blink of an eye, she was long gone.
Qingli walked all the way, looking around, very leisurely.
She would greet anyone she met and even hold out her hand to shake hands, “Hello. Come, shake hands.”
The passerby looked at her strangely and dodged.
Qingli tilted her head and mumbled, “The TV taught me this. Why are they ignoring me?”
Qingli did not struggle for too long, because the purpose of her trip was not to greet people, but to go to the flower shop on East Street.
She was going to buy flowers, to buy flowers for her mate.
Her mate had said that flowers in human society could not be picked randomly. They had to be bought with money.
Qingli was very obedient and did not go to pick other people’s flowers, but went straight to the flower shop.
She had been to the flower shop once and was familiar with the way. It was just that the flower shop clerk was so scared when she saw her come alone.
The clerk still remembered her, and the impression was deep. The last time Qingli had come alone, she had jumped directly onto the counter, which was very scary.
Now, seeing her come again, and alone, she was immediately nervous.
“Why are you here? Where’s your guardian?”
“What guardian? I’m an adult. I don’t need a guardian.”
“Are you mentally normal now? You can’t smash the shop.”
“What are you talking about? I’m a civilized snake. I’m normal, and I won’t smash the shop. Do you really think I’m a silly snake?”
The clerk’s face was full of question marks. A civilized snake? A silly snake? What was that? Sure enough, this person was not normal, and the things she said were also strange.
Qingli no longer paid attention to the clerk. She circled the flower shop and, among all the flowers, chose the most brilliant red rose.
“I want this one. This one is beautiful. Let’s check out,” Qingli said like a proper person.
She skillfully clicked on the children’s watch on her wrist, operated it a couple of times, and brought up the payment code, holding it in front of her.
The clerk pushed her hand away a little and scanned her payment code with a scanner.
“Alright, it’s done. You can go now. Go, go quickly,” the clerk did not dare to keep her for another second.
Perhaps her attitude of shooing her away was too obvious. Qingli was not happy and suddenly bared her fangs at her.
“Hiss!”
The clerk was so scared that she retreated.
Qingli: “Your service attitude is really bad. I’m giving you a bad review!”
The clerk: “…”
Qingli snorted, took the red rose, and skipped away.
In the early morning, Yu Chujin was woken up by the landline phone.
The landline phone in the living room was ringing non-stop. Yu Chujin covered her ears with a pillow, but she still couldn’t block out the noisy sound.
Left with no choice, she rubbed her eyes and got up, feeling sleepy.
She went to the living room and picked up the phone, “Hello. What is it? So early in the morning…”
Before she could finish, the security guard’s anxious voice came from the other end of the phone, “Miss Yu, your friend has fainted at the community entrance!”