Since Zhen Yan had already warned his mother in a phone call advance, once he got off the long-distance coach, Zhen Yu took a taxi ho by himself. Standing on the sidewalk under the scorching noon sun, outside the Zhencheng Computer Gaming Hall, Zhen Yu, holding onto the handle of his luggage, laughed heartily from within.
"Mom!" The folding tal door was tightly pressed against the doorposts on each side, with the glass door wide open. While calling out, Zhen Yu stepped into the house.
"Ah! Zhen Yu, you’re on sumr vacation now!" Li Si’er happened to be at the ground floor entrance and turned around upon hearing the call.
"Yep! Brother Li, where’s my mom?" As soon as Zhen Yu asked, her eyes caught sight of Mrs. Zhen coming out of the kitchen.
"Sister Cheng is cooking in the kitchen!"
"Xiao Yu! You’re finally on vacation! Mom’s been looking forward to this day so much, I was about to go blind!" Mrs. Zhen ran over and exaggeratedly embraced her daughter.
"Mom!" Zhen Yu hugged her mother back and honestly snuggled into the apron that slled of cooking fus for a while.
Mrs. Zhen quickly let go of her daughter, "Go, take your suitcase upstairs, let’s eat!"
"Hey, I’ll do it! The suitcase looks pretty heavy!" Hearing this, Li Si’er quickly took over and led the way upstairs.
Mrs. Zhen turned and went back to the kitchen. Seeing this, Zhen Yu followed Li Si’er upstairs without any fuss.
Li Si’er left the suitcase at the top of the second-floor stairs and went downstairs. Zhen Yu then pulled the suitcase back to the small bedroom by herself.
Originally, the small bedroom was reserved for her elder brother’s occasional visits, but now the circumstances had changed, and it naturally beca Zhen Yu’s room.
If her brother ca back to stay over the weekend, Zhen Yu could just spend a night in her mother’s room, since Mrs. Zhen had especially bought a double bed in the past.
Eight computers were positioned opposite each other in the middle of the hall on the ground floor, still leaving the space around very empty! Thus, there was no need to occupy space on the second floor.
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After lunch, with Li Si’er watching downstairs, mother and daughter went upstairs to chat.
"Mom, how’s the transfer going?"
Mrs. Zhen’s expression beca slightly serious, "The Affiliated School says you can only transfer if you pass the test! It’s a good thing we transferred our household registration here; otherwise, they wouldn’t even allow you to take the test!"
Upon hearing this, Zhen Yu was relieved, "As long as I can transfer, it’s fine."
Seeing her daughter not taking the exam seriously, Mrs. Zhen couldn’t help but feel frustrated!
"I’m saying there’s a test! Can’t you take it to heart? Look at you, so nonchalant-like! Can you guarantee that you’ll pass with flying colors? Can you?"
"Sure can." Zhen Yu answered imdiately.
Mrs. Zhen raised her hand but then let it drop. She thought to herself: "Why do I feel like smacking her!"
"Fine, make good use of the sumr vacation to study! Just in case you don’t pass, I’ve also arranged a backup plan with an ordinary middle school for you."
Zhen Yu wanted to say, "Really, there’s no need!" but seeing her mother’s expression, she decisively chose to change the subject.
"When is my brother taking his test? Mom."
"Next week!"
"You guys didn’t let him play on the computer, right?" Although Zhen Yu set screen saver passwords on every computer, she was still a bit worried.
"We haven’t let him play! There are exams coming up, no ti for play!" Mrs. Zhen declared confidently, "Just look, your brother will be starting his Junior Year of high school when the new term begins. I’ve heard those in Senior High School don’t even take a break during sumr vacation! At most, he can relax for one more year!"
As ti went on since the opening, people in the neighborhood ca to know about the computer gaming hall, and eighty percent of the ti, all eight computers were occupied.
Making money, very important! Why would Mrs. Zhen do sothing that not only hampers earning money but is also detrintal to her son?
Of course, Zhen Yu was unaware of all these thoughts in her mother’s mind. All she hoped for was that Mrs. Zhen maintained a firm attitude. After all, she was the little sister and shouldn’t interfere too much in Zhen Yan’s affairs.
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Ring ring——Ring ring——
"Mom! Phone call." Zhen Yu felt that since she just arrived in Qi City, it shouldn’t be anyone looking for her, so she called her mother to answer.
Mrs. Zhen walked over and picked up the receiver, "Hello?"
"Sister-in-law! You don’t need to worry now, she’s ho! ...Well, you have to co over and see! Seeing is believing! Do you know when you might co? ...Okay! Anyti works! I’ll co pick you up! ...No, that won’t do! I must co to pick you up! ...Why stay in a guest house? Stay at my place! ...Both kids are coming too? That seems alright... Okay okay okay! Don’t worry! ...Then we’ll see each other on Saturday! ...Alrighty then! ...I’m hanging up now! ...Bye."
After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Zhen turned and said, "It’s your Aunt Han! She’s also considering buying a house! Discussing back and forth, they suddenly decided the whole family should co and check out the situation."
Zhen Yu found it a bit strange, "...She could have just told directly before I left, why wait until I’ve arrived and then give a call."
"You know nothing!" Mrs. Zhen’s face was full of the superiority adults feel when facing children, "Such a big deal as buying a house! Can they discuss that with you, a half-grown kid? What good would telling you do? Let tell you..."
Zhen Yu: "..."
You are the head of the household! You are the truth! Whatever you say is right!
Please allow your humble daughter to be excused... "Mom! I’m a bit sleepy, I want to take an afternoon nap."
"Go on then! It’s normal to feel sleepy in spring, lazy in autumn, and dozy in sumr. You’re still growing! Go sleep a bit more!"
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Originally seeking an excuse to escape her mother’s nagging, Zhen Yu returned to the small bedroom and lay down on the soft bed, truly feeling sleepy.
If you’re sleepy, then sleep. Sohow, she ended up sleeping until it was ti for dinner, and it was Zhen Yan returning ho from school who woke her.
"Little sis! Little sis! Ti for dinner! Are you a pig? How can you sleep so much?"
"Ugh... What ti is it?" Zhen Yu felt she hadn’t had such a refreshing sleep in a long ti, feeling completely relaxed from the inside out.
"It’s almost six o’clock! Hurry up and get up!" As Zhen Yan said this, he dragged his sister out of bed.
"Hah... Ah..." Zhen Yu stretched a particularly big yawn, standing up from the bed. She was about to go to the restroom to wash up and freshen up when the phone rang.
Zhen Yu kept walking, instructing her brother, "Zhen Yan! Answer the phone!"
"Zhen Yu!" Zhen Yan stamped his feet on the spot! "Call brother! Did you hear that? From now on, you’d better call brother!"
Zhen Yu ignored him and went about her business.
Zhen Yan had no choice but to go to the master bedroom to answer the phone.
"Hello!"
A crisp female voice rang in Zhen Yan’s ear, "Is Zhen Yu there?"
"Hold on a second!" Zhen Yan said into the receiver first, then shouted, "Xiao Yu! It’s for you!"
"Coming..ing..." Zhen Yu walked towards her brother while wiping her face, looking forward to hearing the good news that Qian Duoduo had successfully skipped a grade.
But instead...
"Hello?"
"It’s ! Bai Xue! I have an urgent matter to tell you! There’s no one else around you, is there?"
Zhen Yan handed off the phone to his sister and went straight downstairs; now on the second floor, it was just Zhen Yu alone.
So she replied directly, "It’s just myself, go ahead."
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