The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

The promised wedding date is drawing ever closer, and Xu Nian has been extremely busy these days.

Although the wedding planning was handed over to the elders, he, as the groom, certainly couldn't just wash his hands of the matter.

He had to personally handle everything from setting up the venue and communicating details to mailing invitations.

This is the most important day in his and Xu Xi's lives, and they absolutely cannot be careless in the slightest.

Xu Xi was not idle either. Although Xu Nian took the initiative to take on all the work so that she could rest and take care of her pregnancy, Xu Xi was still making preparations for the wedding within her own capabilities.

That day, Xu Nian brought back a truck full of packages from the community's delivery station.

"Oh my god, Xiaoxi, which online store did you clear out this time?"

He laboriously unloaded the packages one by one into the center of the living room, and couldn't help but gasp at the mountain of cardboard boxes piled up in front of him.

Hearing the noise, Xu Xi, holding Mai Mai in her arms, slowly walked down the stairs with a smile.

"Brother, these are all our souvenirs."

"Souvenir?" Xu Nian was slightly taken aback, clearly unfamiliar with the term.

"Yes, wedding favors." Xu Xi said, as she used Mai Mai's little paws to open the express box and take out the items one by one.

These cardboard boxes were filled with beautifully packaged gift boxes.

Xu Nian opened one of the gift boxes and found it filled with exquisite little gifts, including delicious snacks, fun toys, and all kinds of candies.

"This so-called wedding favor is just wedding candy, right?" Xu Nian asked, looking at Xu Xi beside her.

Xu Xi nodded, then gently shook her head: "Yes and no. At a normal wedding, the host family gives guests wedding candy, symbolizing the passing on of happiness."

"But I think that not everyone likes to eat candy. For example, Grandpa Deng and Grandpa Liu have almost all their teeth and can't eat candy at all."

"So, in the gift boxes I prepared for them, I put steam eye masks and tea."

"And my brother's friend Xiao Chen, I gave him a limited edition gaming mouse. As for Luo Chen, who likes anime, he will receive a box full of anime figurines."

Upon hearing this, Xu Nian couldn't help but show an expression of appreciation.

As expected of Xiaoxi, she actually came up with the idea of ​​customizing exclusive gifts for the guests based on their preferences, instead of just thinking of buying a big bag of candy and distributing it at the wedding.

In terms of details, this burly old man really can't compare to the meticulous Xiaoxi.

"Hey, what's this?"

As she sighed, Xu Nian's fingers touched a round object inside the gift box.

He took it out and burst out laughing.

Inside the disposable plastic bag was a fuzzy badge.

The badge prominently features a round cat head.

The owner of this cat head is none other than the big fat cat in the girl's arms—MaiMai.

Xu Xi took the badge, her eyes crinkling with a smile: "This is a personal item I smuggled in; there's one in every gift box. Each badge contains a small tuft of cat hair that fell from Mai Mai's body, making it a very meaningful keepsake."

Xu Nian looked closely and sure enough, she found a wisp of soft orange-white hair on Mai Mai's beard on the badge.

"Are you sure this fell from MaiMai? And that you didn't pluck it from her?"

Xu Nian chuckled. To cure the little guy's problem of shedding fur like falling snow, he specially bought the most expensive cat food, along with fish oil and various nutritional supplements.

Now, Mai Mai's fur is shiny and she doesn't shed much naturally anymore.

Xu Xi blushed and quietly turned her head to the side.

"No, that's not true. I'm a very democratic person, and I would never force anyone to do anything like that. You agree, right, Mai Mai?"

As she spoke, she poked the soft belly of the fat cat in her arms.

Mai Mai let out a soft meow, revealing a resentful little expression, and turned around to lick her back.

Xu Nian could clearly see that the fur on its back, which was orange and white, was much sparser than on other parts of the body, and she couldn't help but chuckle.

"But cats don't count as 'the people,' so they're not within the scope of your democratic considerations, right?"

Seeing that her plan had been exposed, Xu Xi chuckled and playfully stuck out her little tongue.

"Hehe, all these years, I've spent so much money raising Mai Mai to be so fat, isn't it all for today?"

Upon hearing this, Mai Mai couldn't help but roll her eyes, jumped off Xu Xi, and returned to her cat room.

Xu Nian chuckled, quickly tidied up the gifts, and said to Xu Xi, "Xiao Xi, the weather's nice outside today, shall we go for a walk?"

"Shopping? Sure, sure!"

Xu Xi's eyes lit up instantly. The mere mention of shopping made her think of the delicious aromas wafting from the various food stalls along the street, and her mouth watered.

"Let's go then." Xu Nian pushed out the wheelchair she had bought last time from the warehouse on the first floor.

Upon seeing the wheelchair, Xu Xi was utterly speechless.

"Brother, I'm only two months pregnant, my belly isn't even that big yet, do I really need a wheelchair?"

Xu Nian scratched her head and smiled sheepishly, "Well... I was just worried you'd fall."

"You don't need to use a wheelchair, it's like I'm a patient."

Xu Xi grumbled unhappily, glancing at the large cat bag hanging to the side, her face turning red.

"However, I'd actually like to sit in that one..."

Xu Nian followed her gaze and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "You want to sit in the cat carrier?"

"Mmm." Xu Xi nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Xu Nian chuckled: "Sure, of course."

As he spoke, he took the cat carrier off the hook on the wall, squatted down, unzipped it, and gently patted the glass porthole on the cat carrier.

Xu Xi waved her little paws, imitated a kitten's tone, meowed cutely twice, and then excitedly crawled inside.

"Let's go, let's go, let's set off!" she said excitedly, directing Xu Nian forward.

Xu Nian smiled gently, hung the cat carrier around her neck, pushed open the door, and went out.