Shi Huaizhao was missing again.

But this time, I'm not in a hurry to find him. He needs some time to think.

"Will Sister live with us in the future?"

Bell exposed its belly, waiting for me to scratch it.

"That depends on Brother's performance."

"By the way, Bell, ask Da Fu what he usually thinks about."

With Bell around, I don't need to spend money on a pet communicator. I'm truly a genius.

After they communicated in the language of dogs for a while, Bell summarized it for me.

"Da Fu says Sister is good, and it also likes Sister. But it feels like Sister doesn't trust it."

"What did it say?"

"It says Sister locks the door when she goes to the bathroom, showing a lack of trust."

...

Well, that's because I'm afraid it will barge in and have a buffet.

The three of us played in the manor for a while, and I decided to go back to my room and take a nap.

Just as I reached the door, Shi Huaizhao's door opened as well.

"Xiao Jin, can you come over for a moment?"

He quickly changed his tone.

Once we entered the bedroom, he pulled me to sit on the soft bed and presented a fully-packed large box, as if offering a treasure.

"You're right. Since we're starting, I should be honest."

"This is the Christmas gift you planned to give me, right? The cleaning aunt noticed it was new and set it aside separately. I checked the surveillance footage to find it, but the sticky note got a little dirty."

"I secretly took the handkerchief. At that time, you changed seats, and I thought you didn't want it, so I picked it up."

"The scarf was for the stray cats downstairs in the company. You made a shelter for them, fearing they wouldn't survive the winter. I really wanted it, so I exchanged it with them for a brand-new cat house."

"This necklace was the one you gave to the HR department. You wore it only once or twice, but later found it always tangled, so you gave it away. I confiscated it from HR."

"And this ballpoint pen was left by you in the meeting room after presenting a proposal. The cactus was killed by you because you forgot to water it. The pendant fell off when you squeezed into the elevator. The milk tea packaging you collected took up too much space, so you gave them all to the cleaning aunt. I bought them back..."

Shi Huaizhao introduced his spoils to me one by one. I had forgotten about many of these things, but he treasured them all.

"You might find this weird, but I just really want to be closer to you."

He lowered his head and carefully observed my expression.

I nodded.

"It's indeed weird."

His head drooped even lower.

"It might be weird for others, but when someone you like does it, it feels cute."

I touched his hair and stood up, straddling him.

"A little closer, do you like it?"

The same temperature as the day he accidentally fell on me.

He blinked his eyelashes, unable to look at me, like a crab tied up in a pressure cooker, completely at a loss.

"I like it. I like whatever Xiao Jin does."

Under my ambiguous attack, Shi Huaizhao couldn't bear it any longer and raised his head, sacrificially revealing his slender neck.

"Xiao Jin can do whatever she wants."

Satisfied, I distanced myself and agilely stood up.

"Then, starting this month, give me a raise!"

Shi Huaizhao broke out in a sweat, biting his lip in disbelief.

"Alright..."