Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

Sleepiness had long since vanished, and you covered your burning ears, glaring at him.

"I didn't dodge! You just like seeing me like this! Humph! You bad guy!" You retorted, your face flushed, but your voice was broken by his sudden approach.

Your chin is lifted by a warm palm, forcing you to look directly into those eyes filled with a thick smile.

He ran his thumb along your lower lip, the calloused tip of his finger gently brushing against your soft lips: "The bad guy again?"

You don't want to continue arguing with this guy, otherwise you'll inevitably fall into the trap he's set for you.

You noticed the lantern on the coffee table out of the corner of your eye, and quickly changed the subject: "Is this the lantern that was broken when we were catching the black hat a few days ago? It's not broken, but it looks like it's having a hard time even being a useless little piece of junk now."

"It's not that bad, it can still be repaired." Qin Che picked up the lantern and played with it in his hand.

"In such a good mood? Are you going to fix this lantern?" You rested your chin on your hand and looked at Qin Che with some curiosity.

"You want to spend the New Year in a dark base?" Qin Che tilted his head and looked into your eyes.

A warm feeling enveloped your heart, and you rubbed your hands together eagerly, saying, "Let me do it, let me do it, hehehe..."

You volunteered to take on the important task of repairing the lantern: "I'll look at the tutorial first and try it out. If I can't handle it, then you can step in, okay?"

You looked at him expectantly, waiting for Qin Che's answer.

"can."

Hehe, you just love the feeling of Qin Che backing you up.

You followed the tutorial step by step, but ended up with a crooked lantern.

The skeleton was crooked to one side, the paper was crumpled and wrinkled, and the style of the painting was so abstract that it was really hard to look at.

You twitch the corner of your mouth and look at him with pitiful, cat-like eyes.

Qin Che smiled and said, "It has great talent. It's not hard to tell that it was a lantern in its past life."

His teasing words made your cheeks flush slightly, and you reached out and gently punched him.

"You made fun of me! Didn't I just ask you to lend me a hand? How could you just stand by and watch me get into this mess?!"

You held that "broken" lantern close to his eyes, all the while reminding him of his earnest teachings and shifting the responsibility onto him.

Qin Che nodded with a mixture of indulgence and helplessness: "Borrow my hand."

Before you could react, he dismantled the crooked lantern, then pulled your hand and made you hold one end of the small wooden stick.

"Are you treating me like your workbench?" you asked, feigning displeasure.

Qin Che raised an eyebrow, his tone slightly teasing: "Yes, if you hadn't come, this lantern wouldn't have been able to be fixed."

He held up the wooden sticks and compared them, then skillfully wrapped them together.

In no time, the support he was holding was quite impressive, with smooth lines and precise angles.

"We're watching the same tutorial, so why is your stand so square and symmetrical, while mine is..."

Miserable.

You couldn't help but complain, your eyes filled with envy.

Qin Che released your hand: "You take the other half."

"Okay... First, align these two sticks, right? Then, pinch this part and wrap it around, and then add this vertical one..."

As you muttered to yourself, you carefully imitated his previous movements.

But the result was still unsatisfactory...