Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

at the same time.

Tang Junyao was sitting in the living room, Ji Xinyu was eating sunflower seeds and scrolling through short videos, and Ji Jiale was chatting on his phone, texting someone, with a smile playing on his lips from time to time.

Ji Hang and Yuan Shu went upstairs to bed early. As they get older, they tend to get sleepy earlier and wake up earlier in the morning, officially entering the lifestyle of the elderly.

After reading the information about Fairy Fortress, Tang Junyao replied with a smile: Your not interfering is the best help you can give them in their education, especially you, Guoguo.

Seeing her mother smiling, Ji Xinyu leaned closer to look, propping herself up on the sofa with one hand and tilting her body to the side. After looking at the photos, she smiled and asked, "Did Uncle and Uncle Yu attend the parent-teacher conference together today?"

Tang Junyao replied, "That should be true."

Ji Xinyu glanced at the picture of the reprimand again and sighed, "What an incredible coincidence! Xiao Chen's good days are probably over."

Ji Jiale tapped his fingers on the screen, and Ji Xinyu leaned closer to her brother to look. She found it was completely dark. "Brother, you actually put on a privacy screen protector. Something's up."

After typing the last word, Ji Jiale locked her phone and replied without changing her expression, "My phone is full of client data right now. Don't I need a privacy screen protector?"

Now that you mention it, that makes sense. "Okay."

Ji Xinyu believed her brother's words.

Tang Junyao glanced at her son, who was lying with a straight face, smiled faintly, and continued to read the messages in the group. Su Xue was already laughing uncontrollably, constantly using laughing emojis to express her true feelings.

Su Xue: What a coincidence! We can even be in sync when we're giving each other a lecture. My brother must be furious.

Guoguo: I've already shown my power, and I'm planning to fight tooth and nail for the college entrance exam with Cancan.

Tang Junyao: That's good. It cuts off Cancan's desire for you to give up on him. With his escape route blocked, he can climb higher. Just don't interfere.

Guoguo expressed her helplessness: How was I supposed to know that free-range animals would mutate? My brother and I also raised our animals free-range, and we didn't end up like Cancan, did we?

Su Xue: Sister-in-law, what era were you living in? What era are we living in now? The internet is so advanced now. We played in the mud back then, and now we play on computers. How can it be the same?

Tang Junyao: That makes sense. Just like Xiaoxue, she would never have said this 20 years ago. Look how deep and insightful Xiaoxue's understanding is 20 years later.

Lan Yunxi sent a laughing emoji.

Su Xue: Tang Xiaoyao, you've gone too far! Are you picking a fight?

Guoguo: That's so cultured! That makes so much sense!

Having eaten some sunflower seeds and feeling a bit dry, Ji Xinyu took a sip of her drink and nudged her brother's arm, who was texting again, with her elbow. "Brother, did you find out about the system Uncle installed on my phone the other day? Was there anything extra?"

Ji Jiale put his phone away again. "Location, nothing else."

Ji Xinyu had no doubt about her brother's words. "I see. Dad is probably afraid that something else will happen to us."

"Um."

"Brother, come with us to the US for May Day! Our group is all set: Aunt Feifei, Sister Yueyue, me, and oh, Lu Qingchen too."

Tang Junyao asked, "Are you going on a trip? Isn't Yueyue's studio opening at the end of the month?" How come you still have time to go out and play during the May Day holiday?

Ji Xinyu replied, "It has been changed. Aunt Feifei and I persuaded her to change the date, and Sister Yueyue has already changed it to May 20th. We all think this date is quite meaningful."

Hearing this, Tang Junyao glanced at her son and saw that he tightened his grip on his phone. She quickly looked away and said, "There's no rush. It's good to have some fun before the opening. Lele, you'll be busy later. Take advantage of the fact that you've just started working and go out with Xiaoyu for a trip. Come back and work hard."

Ji Xinyu really wanted to go out and play with her brother, and urged him again, "Brother, let's go together! It's a rare opportunity; we haven't gone out together in ages. Mom, are you coming too?"

Tang Junyao refused, "I'm not going. Your father and I go on vacation several times a year. You young people should go. Aren't Nuonuo and Xiaochen going?"

Ji Xinyu: "Nono originally planned to go, but since Xiaochen was grounded, Nono said she wouldn't go and planned to stay and help her brother with his studies. Uncle set a total score of 550 for Xiaochen, so the arrow can only point up and not down."

"This child is always so considerate. She could have gone herself, but she refused so that Xiao Chen wouldn't feel disappointed. She's like your aunt in that respect, always thinking from other people's perspectives."

Seeing that her brother didn't agree, Ji Xinyu nudged his shoulder again, "Brother, did you hear what I said?"

Ji Jiale glanced at his phone, then put it away and replied, "Okay, I'll listen to Mom."

Then he added with certainty, "Xiao Chen can get 550."

Tang Junyao nodded in agreement with her son's idea. Ji Xinyu's focus was not on whether her younger brother could score 550. Seeing that her older brother had agreed, she was overjoyed. "Yay! I'm going upstairs now. I'm going to buy some travel souvenirs. Bye-bye!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Xinyu ran upstairs, leaving only Ji Jiale and Tang Junyao and her son in the living room.

"I'm chatting with Yueyue." Tang Junyao said it as a statement, not a question, since her son had been glued to his phone all night.

Ji Jiale nodded, not hiding anything, "Mm."

Tang Junyao smiled slightly, "Your injury is almost healed. Let's go to the studio and have Yueyue make you a few more suits."

Just as Ji Jiale was about to answer her mother's question, her phone lit up with a text message. Tang Junyao wisely stood up and went upstairs, instructing her, "Go to sleep early."

Ji Jiale replied to her mother's retreating figure, "Okay, sure."

Lu Yiyue's message came in again: Can you go too? Doesn't your uncle require you to work?

Ji Jiale's finger paused above the screen, as if considering how to reply. After a few seconds, he began typing: "Hmm, okay, no rush."

My mother has always been the one who makes the decisions at home.

Lu Yiyue: Okay, I told my dad, and he agreed. I gave him the list of people who are going.

Ji Jiale asked curiously: Is my name on the list?

Lu Yiyue replied with a single word: Yes.

Ji Jiale smiled after reading the word. He could picture her expression when she typed it, a look of certainty. He smiled and replied, "You knew I would go, didn't you?"

Lu Yiyue: Yeah, aren't you going?

Ji Jiale smiled and typed a simple word on the screen: Go.

Lu Yiyue: Good night.

Ji Jiale: Mmm, sweet dreams.

Just when Ji Jiale thought he would not receive a reply, Lu Yiyue suddenly sent him a message: What do you think is the dream I most want to have?

Ji Jiale stared at the simple line of text and read it over and over again, from front to back and from back to front, before finally replying: It will come true.

When Lu Yiyue saw this message, she laughed: You don't even know what dreams I have, yet you think they can come true?

Ji Jiale replied affirmatively: Yes.

Lu Yiyue acted shamelessly: You said it would happen, but if my dream doesn't come true, I'll hold you accountable.

Ji Jiale readily agreed: Sure, anytime.

Lu Yiyue: Good night, and sweet dreams.

Ji Jiale: Hmm.

As usual, Lu Yiyue cleared the information again, and this time she changed the nickname to "Client".

Sitting alone on the sofa, Ji Jiale reviewed the chat history from the previous night, saved the information in a folder, pressed the lock button with his index finger, the screen went black, and he stood up in a cheerful mood.

With one hand in his pocket, he walked upstairs, looking forward to May Day.

Time flies, and May Day is fast approaching.

The night before May Day, at the Lu family home.

Lu Yiyue was packing her things for tomorrow in her room while her mother helped her check them. A little while later, Su Xue brought over a lot of menstrual warming patches and bent down to put the things into her daughter's white suitcase.

She flipped through the items again to see if she had missed anything. "Yueyue, Mom put the warming patch here. Your period is due tomorrow, so please be careful. I also brought you extra sanitary pads."

As a gynecologist, Su Xue takes her daughter's menstrual cycle very seriously and remembers the dates perfectly. When the time comes, she prepares various things for her daughter.

Lu Yiyue, who was rummaging through clothes in the closet, heard her mother's words and turned to reply, "Oh, Mom, I understand."

Lu's mother said, "Your grandfather said it's colder in the US than in Beijing, Yueyue, bring an extra jacket so you don't get cold."

"Okay, Grandma, I'll take two coats with me."

"Oh, that's right, just be careful not to catch a cold." Mrs. Lu nodded, looking at her granddaughter with satisfaction.

In another room, Lu Qingchen's room, DJ music was playing from the speakers, creating a very lively atmosphere that perfectly reflected Lu Qingchen's mood at that moment.

Lu Jinnan leaned against the door frame of his son's room, listening to the high-energy DJ music, while glancing towards his daughter's room.

Turning her gaze back to her son, who was squatting on the ground unpacking his suitcase and swaying to the music, she said, "Keep an eye on your sister while we're out. Don't just focus on playing."

Lu Qingchen didn't listen to her father's words completely, nodding perfunctorily and shaking her head. Lu Jinnan stepped forward, turned off the stereo, pulled up a stool, sat down, and crossed his legs.

As soon as the music was turned off, the room fell silent. Lu Qingchen looked at his father in bewilderment. Why turn off the music on such a happy day? "Dad, why did you turn off the stereo? I was listening."

Lu Jinnan glanced at his son, "I was afraid you weren't sure if you were at home or in Tiss, so I'm bringing you back to reality."

Lu Qingchen checked her red suitcase and found nothing missing. Hairspray, skincare products... she mentally counted them all to make sure she had everything before she reached out and zipped it up.

Carrying her suitcase to the corner, she sat upright on the edge of the bed, ready to listen to her father's instructions. "I'm done with my work. Now, you can give me your orders. You're looking after my sister, right? I've been watching her all the time. I'm always with her when she goes out. Now, not even a fly can get close to her."

Lu Jinnan shook one leg and said casually, "Ji Jiale isn't a man."