Chapter 73 p1: Self-Sufficient
After bringing Qingli to play tennis, the original purpose was not to waste the tennis membership card. In the end, not only was the membership card wasted, but she also had to pay some extra money.
Qingli had broken the wall, so naturally, she had to pay for it.
Fortunately, Yu Chujin had nothing else but a solid family background. Otherwise, with this snake’s ability to cause trouble, she really couldn’t afford to keep her.
The owner of the tennis court wanted to pull the tennis ball out of the dented wall. He gritted his teeth and used all his strength, trying several times, but he couldn’t pull the tennis ball out.
The owner could only give up resentfully. It seemed that to get the tennis ball out of the wall, he had to use some tools. It was really impossible to pull it out with his bare hands.
The next second, Qingli reached out her hand, and with a light pull, with a crack, the tennis ball was pulled out of the wall.
“Here you go,” Qingli offered the tennis ball to the owner.
The owner’s eyes widened in shock.
Of course, the thing that shocked the owner was not just this. Countless people had come to the tennis court to play tennis, and the owner had seen a lot.
But he had never seen anyone who could hit a tennis ball into the wall so that it couldn’t even be dug out.
The beautiful young girl in front of him looked gentle and weak, but unexpectedly, her strength was ridiculously great.
Indeed, you can’t judge a book by its cover.
Yu Chujin scanned the payment code, entered the password, and paid the compensation, “I’m sorry, boss. My friend is naturally strong. She didn’t mean to cause damage. I’ve sent you the money. Please check if you’ve received it.”
The owner came back to his senses, checked his phone, and nodded, “Alright, I’ve received it. But your friend’s strength is not ordinary. She’s a legendary strongwoman.”
Qingli just thought she was being praised and immediately patted her arm, “Of course. I’m very strong. I’m the strongest person.”
The owner looked at Qingli with a puzzled expression. Why was she speaking so foolishly, and her actions were also silly? She couldn’t be a fool, could she?
He had heard that fools were generally very strong. Could it be that she was strong because she was a fool?
Yu Chujin pulled down Qingli’s raised arm, “Stop with the stupid actions. Aren’t you embarrassed?”
Qingli: “I’m strong. How is that embarrassing?”
Yu Chujin glared at her, and she immediately became obedient and closed her mouth.
Yu Chujin apologized to the owner again and quickly pulled this snake away. It seemed that tennis was not an option. With her strength, she was obviously not suitable for this sport.
“I made a mistake,” Qingli, who was following behind, suddenly said.
“Hmm?” Yu Chujin looked back.
When she looked back, she saw a snake with its head bowed, looking cautious, “I caused trouble and made you pay. I’m a spendthrift snake.”
Yu Chujin was stunned for a moment, then chuckled.
“It seems you’re quite self-aware. You know you’re a spendthrift snake.”
“I know. I’m a spendthrift snake.”
Yu Chujin shook her head, “You’re not a spendthrift snake. You’re a husky-snake.”
Qingli tilted her head in confusion, “A husky-snake?”
Yu Chujin: “I’m praising you.”
Qingli: “It doesn’t seem like it. You’re lying to a snake.”
Yu Chujin smiled. She was quite clever. She could actually tell that “husky-snake” was not a good word.
The sport of tennis was passed. In order to increase the fun for Qingli, Yu Chujin found a new sport for her.
She happened to have a swimming membership card. She had also not gone many times after getting the card. It couldn’t be wasted. She had to let this snake make use of it and try to let her swim for an hour or two every day.
The plan was good, but just as they arrived at the swimming pool, this snake began to cause trouble.
“I don’t like it, I don’t like it. You’re abusing me. It’s uncomfortable. It’s so uncomfortable.”
She was mumbling and constantly expressing her dissatisfaction.
Anyone who didn’t know would think she was being abused. But in reality, Yu Chujin was just asking her to put on a swimsuit.
She didn’t like swimsuits. They were too tight. She didn’t even understand why she had to wear a swimming cap on her head. It was so tight that her whole body felt uncomfortable.
“Hurry up and put it on. You’ll get used to it after you’ve worn it for a while. You didn’t like to wear clothes before, but you’re wearing them just fine now, right? Habit becomes second nature,” Yu Chujin patiently persuaded.
“I’m not used to it. I don’t like it,” Qingli shook her head and kept refusing, and kept trying to pull off her swimsuit.
Yu Chujin clicked her tongue.
Qingli stopped moving, triggering the keyword, “Tsk.”
Wearing a swimsuit was uncomfortable, but it didn’t stop her from learning to “tsk.”
It took half an hour, half coaxing and half scolding, to barely get her to stop trying to pull off her clothes.
It was hard enough to get her to put on a swimsuit and swimming cap and cooperate obediently. But as soon as she got into the water, she started to cause trouble again.
She hadn’t been in the water for two minutes, and her tail had come out.
Yu Chujin didn’t even have time to stop her. She just saw her tail leisurely sweeping back and forth in the water.
Humans swim with their hands and feet. A snake swims with her tail. As soon as she got into the water, her tail naturally came out.
What was even more unlucky was that, by a coincidence, a passerby saw her tail, and not just one person.
The passerby girl who was closest to her had a surprised expression and stared at the cyan tail behind Qingli.
Yu Chujin secretly thought that it was not good and immediately became nervous, her breath stopping.
Her thoughts were in a turmoil. She even began to think about Qingli’s identity being exposed, being captured, losing her freedom, them being forced to separate, and so on. All kinds of bad situations flashed through her mind one by one.
Yu Chujin began to regret it. She regretted not bringing the snake out to swim. Just as she was in extreme fear.
The passerby girl said with a surprised expression, “The tail on the back of your swimsuit is so realistic.”
Yu Chujin’s thoughts were stunned for a moment. After she came to her senses, she immediately followed up, “Yes, it’s a very realistic fake tail. Hahaha, I specially bought a swimsuit with such a personality.”
As she was speaking, Yu Chujin was swimming in the water, subtly blocking Qingli’s front so that others could not continue to look at her tail in detail.
“Hey? Don’t block it. Let me see again. Such a realistic tail. It’s the first time I’ve seen one. Can you let me touch the tail?” The girl was eager to come over.
Yu Chujin frowned. She was about to refuse, but before she could say anything, she heard a “hiss” from behind her.
The passerby girl was so scared that she retreated, lost her footing, and choked on the pool water, coughing non-stop.
Qingli had bared her fangs at her without any warning, her gaze fierce.
After being fierce with the passerby girl, she didn’t forget to turn her head to look at Yu Chujin. Her fierce expression dissipated and was replaced by a silly smile.
After giving Yu Chujin a silly smile, she turned her head back and bared her fangs at the passerby girl.
One moment fierce, one moment silly. Her expressions switched back and forth.
The passerby girl was stunned, and Yu Chujin was also stunned.
“What are you doing?” Yu Chujin said in a low voice.
“She said she wanted to touch my tail. A pervert. A rude person. I’ll eat her,” as she spoke, Qingli bared her fangs at the girl again.
After being bared at by Qingli several times, the girl no longer had any thoughts of touching her tail. She looked at Qingli strangely.
She mumbled “lunatic” and then quickly swam away, away from Qingli.
Qingli still bared her fangs at the departing back, and at the same time, she didn’t forget to turn her head and smile at her.
The meaning was very obvious. I’m being fierce with her, not you.
Yu Chujin was amused. This snake was always doing such ridiculous things.
But now was not the time to laugh, because Qingli’s tail was still exposed, so bright and eye-catching.
And several people were still poking their heads out to look, but everyone just thought it was a relatively realistic fake tail.
A person with a tail was too bizarre. No one would really think in that direction. At most, they would just think that this tail was really realistic and wanted to look a few more times.
Since the “fake tail” had already been seen by people, she naturally couldn’t just retract it. She could only continue to leave it outside. If she suddenly retracted it and it disappeared, that would be a real case of “no silver here, three hundred taels.”
Therefore, Yu Chujin did not let the snake put her tail back, but it was not very appropriate to continue to swim in the pool with her tail out.
She found a chance, and while others were not paying attention, she pulled her to the shore.
When she got ashore, Yu Chujin tried her best to block her behind so that others could not see the full view of her tail.
“You’re not swimming anymore?” Qingli had no sense of crisis, “I didn’t cause any trouble.”
Yu Chujin gritted her teeth, “You troublemaker. You caused trouble and you don’t even know it.”
She blocked her tail all the way and took her away from the crowded place. After making sure that there was no one around, she urged her to put her tail away.
“Put my tail away?”
“Hurry up. Stop talking nonsense.”
“If you’re going to put it away, then put it away. Don’t be fierce.”
“Hurry up!”
Qingli pulled her tail back.
Yu Chujin circled behind her to check. After confirming that her tail was back, she let out a long sigh of relief, and the stone that had been hanging in her heart finally settled.
“I’ve told you many times that you can’t just show your tail outside,” Yu Chujin said earnestly.
Qingli explained, “I didn’t show it casually. You were the one who said we were going swimming. Without a tail, how can I swim?”
Yu Chujin: “…”
Fine, this time it was her miscalculation. She had not considered it properly and had forgotten that a snake needed to use its tail to swim.
“OK, this time it’s my fault. I won’t take you swimming next time. In short, no matter what the situation is in the future, as long as there are outsiders around, you can’t show your tail,” Yu Chujin’s expression was serious.
Qingli blinked her eyes and looked at her with a teasing expression.
Yu Chujin: “?”
“What? What’s with that expression? Did you hear me? Did you understand? You can’t show your tail when there are outsiders around in the future.”
“I know.”
“Do you really know?” Yu Chujin was very suspicious, especially with her strange expression.
“I really know. You, are possessive,” Qingli said happily, shaking her head.
Yu Chujin was dazed, “What possessive?”
Qingli: “Possessive. I know. My tail is only for you to see, not for others.”
Yu Chujin’s mouth twitched.
This snake could really imagine things. She had even brought up “possessive.” Who was possessive of her? It was purely because she was afraid that her tail would be exposed.
She really lived up to her name of “silly snake.” And she even said “possessive.” What a mess.
Yu Chujin didn’t plan to explain. As long as she didn’t show her tail in front of outsiders, she could understand it as “possessive” if she wanted to.
As long as she could achieve her goal, Qingli could understand it however she wanted. These small details were not important.
“That girl just now said she wanted to touch your tail. Why were you so fierce?” Yu Chujin remembered this and asked casually.
“She’s a rude person. How can my tail be touched by her? To say such a thing is like a pervert! So rude!” Speaking of this, Qingli was still a little angry, her face full of offense.
Yu Chujin raised an eyebrow, “When I touched your tail before, you didn’t have such a big reaction. Why didn’t you think I was rude then?”
Qingli was shy, “You like my tail.”
Yu Chujin: “No, how did it get to me liking your tail? I was asking, when I touched your tail then, why weren’t you angry?”
Qingli continued to be shy, “You like me, so you touched my tail.”
Very good. The final point of the topic was always “liking her tail.”
Who liked her tail? This snake was quite narcissistic.
But just as they were talking about her tail, Yu Chujin remembered the scene of helping Qingli relieve herself that night.
Vaguely, she smelled the faint grassy scent again, pulling her back into a memory she didn’t dare to recall.
Yu Chujin coughed lightly and skipped the topic.
Yu Chujin wanted to skip the topic, but Qingli held on and kept saying, “Qingli’s tail is only for Yu Chujin to touch.”
As soon as she said this, Yu Chujin was choked, “What are you talking about? Who wants to touch your tail?”
Qingli winked ambiguously.
Yu Chujin tapped her on the head, “Put away that expression.”
Qingli covered her head, “So fierce.”
“But speaking of which,” Yu Chujin looked at her and asked the question that had been in her heart, “Why did you choose me as your mate?”
“If you like two-legged creatures, then there are so many two-legged creatures in human society. How come I’ve never seen you take a fancy to anyone else? Like that girl who wanted to touch your tail just now. She’s also quite pretty.”
Qingli’s eyes widened, “You’re talking nonsense. I only like Yu Chujin. Yu Chujin is my mate.”
Yu Chujin did not speak anymore. She had clearly wanted to find a chance to explain it to her clearly, to tell her that she was not her mate, but just a friend.
But hearing her so certain answer, and that she could not be replaced by anyone else, a very secret part of Yu Chujin’s heart quietly became happy.
This happiness, even she herself did not notice.
