Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1031 Adults and Children

Xia Shou overheard Xia Liang talking on the phone with his classmate in the living room. Judging from the voice on the other end, it seemed to be his best friend from the same dormitory, nicknamed Captain Lao Qian.

Xia Liang said, "Brother hasn't gotten up yet; he's been sleeping since yesterday."

Yesterday we went to the boxing gym, and I was the one training most of the time. He actually slept longer than me, which is really a bit much.

"You're usually pretty athletic, so why are you so weak? Maybe you overexerted yourself with the brain during the college entrance exam, haha."

Immediately afterwards, Xia Shou heard his mother's voice.

"Xiao Liang, go and call your sister Shangguan over. Tell her the food is ready."

"Okay, I'll go right away!"

When Xia Shou finished putting on his pants and came to the living room, Shangguan Yan was also called over.

"Hey, you're finally awake. You can sleep too much, bro," Xia Liang said with a laugh.

As usual, Shangguan Yan patted the two brothers on the shoulder and then said to Xia Shou, "It's very important to rest at night. You haven't entered the workforce yet, but you'll understand the importance of a regular schedule once you start working."

"I slept really well last night. After all, enough exercise makes for better sleep, right, Xiao Liang?"

“Yeah, I slept really well too, but you didn’t even go to the boxing gym much yesterday, yet you still slept for so long,” Xia Liang chimed in.

What seemed like a perfectly fine conversation sounded like blatant guidance to Xia Shou.

"Xiao Yan, sit down, sit down! The last dish will be ready soon." Xia's father rubbed his apron and warmly invited everyone to sit down.

At first, the conversation was quite normal, but as the conversation went on, Xia's parents started urging her to get married.

Of course, it wasn't urging Xia Shou and Xia Liang to get married, but rather urging Shangguan Yan to get married.

If they were just ordinary guests, they would naturally not bring up this topic, since the issue of being pressured to get married is a sensitive topic for many young people.

But their family and the Shangguan family were too familiar with each other. They had watched Shangguan Yan grow up and treated her no differently than their own daughter.

In addition, Shangguan Yan has a good temper and personality, which his elders are well aware of, so they can talk about these things that they consider very important without any restraint.

"Xiao Yan, are you dating anyone?" Xia's mother asked.

"There aren't any suitable ones."

"We need to start searching..."

Xia's mother started nagging, and Xia's father immediately reminded her, "Do you think Xiao Yan doesn't know? Young people these days are much smarter than we are! Xiao Yan has his own plans."

Xia Shou and Xia Liang kept their mouths tightly shut, eating as if they were being tortured. Although they both found their parents' nagging annoying, they dared not utter a sound.

On the contrary, Shangguan Yan naturally took over the topic: "Uncle and Aunt, what do you think is the maximum age difference between couples in a relationship?"

Xia Shou put down his chopsticks.

Xia's mother held up her finger: "At most five years old. Any older is fine, but it's not good."

Xia's father: "Around three years old is best, they are more mature and know how to take care of others."

"Can a woman date someone younger than herself?" Shangguan Yan asked casually.

The couple were immediately stunned, and then gave each other different opinions. Mr. Xia thought that as long as it was true love, it didn't matter, while Mrs. Xia thought that it was not a good idea.

While the two elders were arguing, Shangguan Yan turned to Xia Shou and Xia Liang and said, "You two are the same. You should be careful when you date in the future. The age gap is also very important."

Of course, if you found someone at university, that's fine, because the school has already screened your ages.

Hearing this, Xia Shou silently placed a piece of food on Shangguan Yan's plate: "Sister Yan, you should eat more and talk less. Look, Mom and Dad are arguing endlessly." "Yes, Mom and Dad are arguing endlessly," Shangguan Yan repeated softly, as if parroting, but Xia Shou heard a deeper meaning in her words.

Dinner ended in this seemingly normal, yet extremely subtle atmosphere.

After that, the high school graduates continued their usual indulgent lifestyle, with Xia Shou and Xia Liang playing online games with their dorm friends.

Although everyone was very enthusiastic in the team voice chat, and Xia Shou was very cooperative, Xia Shou's mind was no longer on the game.

During his school days, many people said he had strong self-control and wasn't that addicted to games. However, few people knew that he had long since become addicted to something else entirely.

Compared to the gunfights and violence in the game, the promised rewards were a far more deadly temptation.

In the bathroom, in the bedroom, in the study, at an absolutely safe time, in a relatively safe place, enjoy the reward that could at any moment cause your daily life to collapse.

He's been doing this for a long time.

And now, he has tasted an even more delicious forbidden fruit.

I really want to go find Sister Yan by myself...

But there's no reason to dump Xiao Liang.

From a young age, the two brothers were always together, playing games, going out, and doing almost everything together. So, if one of them were to be alone in secret, it would seem very mysterious and suspicious.

Although he didn't mean to dislike his younger brother, Xia Shou did feel that in some places, having only one child was indeed a good thing.

Like now, only children can simply lie and say they're going to a friend's house to play, but if you have a younger brother around, when you say that, he'll say, "Whose house are you going to? Come on, come on, let's go together!"

Their social networks overlap significantly; they're practically born of the same parents—there's no way to break their alliance!
At that moment, Xia Shou received a text message on his phone.

Shangguan Yan: [Come help me move some things.]

Xia Shou jumped up from his gaming chair and said to his younger brother, "You guys hold on, Sister Yan wants me to go move some things!"

"Tell her to wait! We're about to have a team fight!" Xia Liang yelled, and the other brothers in the team chat were also complaining.

Xia Shou had already rushed out of the study like a whirlwind.

Although the time is short, a blitzkrieg is still possible!
"Mom and Dad, I'm going to help Sister Yan move some things!" Xia Shou announced loudly, then slammed the door and left.

When he knocked on Guan Yan's door and walked into the living room, he was stunned to see a pile of cardboard boxes and express deliveries on the floor.

"Sister Yan, is it really about moving things?" Xia Shou asked.

"It's not even eight o'clock yet, is it appropriate to launch a blitzkrieg against Poland?" Shangguan Yan looked up, his expression one of disbelief.

Xia Shou knew that Shangguan Yan wasn't genuinely surprised; rather, she was deliberately putting on an act to provoke him—it was her unique sense of humor.

Xia Shou shook his head and conceded defeat.

"Okay, can I come over in the middle of the night?"

"So, Xiao Shou and I have different perspectives and ways of looking at things. Sneaking out in the middle of the night is dangerous, once is enough. How many more times do you want to do it?" Shangguan Yan said calmly, and began to deftly unpack the package.

Xia Shou frowned and argued, "It's not that dangerous, is it?"

"You need to start learning to look at things with a workplace mindset. Any project that involves risk must have a risk contingency plan."

I'm asking you, do you have a contingency plan? What if one night your uncle and aunt find you're not there and then contact me?

(End of this chapter)