My skill tree increases every day.

Lin Yu took out his phone and started booking a train ticket back home.

My cousin is having his wedding on Saturday. I need to ask for leave tomorrow morning, so I can go back home by noon tomorrow and should be back around Monday next week.

Lin Yu did not adopt Liu Zhiyuan's bad idea.

Nonsense! If a girl would agree to those weird requests, wouldn't it be better to just date her as a girlfriend? Why bother with all this other nonsense?

Is he going to play the "concession girlfriend" game? Lin Yu doesn't know any innocent and beautiful girl named Mizuhara Chizuru.

The next day, Lin Yu went to the counselor's office to ask for leave.

To be honest, their counselor's presence is really not that noticeable. Lin Yu has hardly seen the counselor since he started university.

As far as I remember, she had just graduated with a master's degree not long ago, and her age wasn't much different from Lin Yu's and the others.

Perhaps because he had just started working and still remembered how difficult and troublesome it was to ask for leave back then, this young counselor approved the leave very readily.

There was no scary plot like "I got caught in the rain back then, so now I'm going to tear your umbrellas apart."

Lin Yu simply came over, filled out a form, registered his information, and easily obtained the leave slip.

"Be careful on the road." That was the only thing the counselor reminded him of.

As long as no one dies, the counselor wouldn't care too much even if Lin Yu did.

Returning to his apartment with the leave slip, Lin Yu quickly packed his luggage and gave one last check of the small cabinet he used to contaminate the prize pool.

It was only when he had to go back unexpectedly that Lin Yu suddenly discovered a blind spot.

I left so many things here, but when I'm on holiday and not here, I can't find out what's missing every day.

When he returns to school, all the memories accumulated over the past month or two will be crammed in all at once, filling Lin Yu's mind completely.

No, it will break!

Lin Yu quickly came up with a solution to this problem.

Lin Yu ordered a camera online. He plans to install it directly opposite the cabinet so he can check the contents of the cabinet every day using his phone.

However, the package hasn't arrived yet, so I can only have it installed when I come back this time.

Hopefully, these memories accumulated over the past few days won't have too much of an impact on me.

"Don't miss me too much, I'll be right back."

"Get lost, and remember to bring back some local specialties for your dad when you come back." Liu Zhiyuan, unusually awake during the day, laughed and scolded while playing on his phone.

"When I go back for the banquet this time, I can bring you some 'zhelu' (a type of fried dough) back with me."

"Go away, don't try to fool people with swill."

Lin Yu had mentioned before that he was having a banquet on Saturday night, and given the current weather, by the time he got back, the leftovers would probably already be piled up as fertilizer.

"You're gone."

Lin Yu was only going back for a few days, so he didn't bring much and just dragged this suitcase back.

Actually, there's not much to bring. I have everything I need at home. I just need to bring my phone, charger, and the like.

Lin Yu only brought this suitcase because he wanted to move some things from home; otherwise, he could have just gone back empty-handed.

Boarding the bullet train home was a trip that would be quite a test for Lin Yu's backside.

The train journey took almost five hours, and Lin Yu could only sit alone in this narrow seat.

Next to me was a middle-aged man who kept taking out his phone to make calls, looking very busy.

The signal was bad on the bullet train, and the uncle next to him was talking about a multi-million dollar business deal, which kept Lin Yu from sleeping. Lin Yu could only sit there in a daze.

After enduring a five-hour train journey, Lin Yu, with a sore back and aching waist, walked out of the station alone.

He took out his phone and dialed Lin's mother's number.

"Mom, aren't you going to come pick me up?"

"You're a grown man, you can go home by yourself. Your dad and I have to go to work!"

"If you go back early, you can pick up your younger brother from kindergarten on your way."

"...You guys make me sad."

"It's not worth taking time off for just you. If you brought a girlfriend back with you, your dad and I would definitely take time off to pick you up."

Lin's mother can now easily steer the conversation towards urging Lin Yu to find a girlfriend. It seems her cousin's recent wedding has had a significant impact on her.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yu had no choice but to take a taxi home by himself.

It was already five o'clock when I got back to the neighborhood.

Lin Yu dragged his suitcase and looked up at the several high-rise buildings in front of him.

This apartment complex is much newer than the one Lin Yu rented near the school.

Lin Yu decided to pick up his younger brother first before going upstairs.

There is a kindergarten downstairs from Lin Yu's house.

This kindergarten is located directly inside the residential complex, so it should also be owned by the complex's developer.

Lin Yu also spent some time at this kindergarten. He vaguely remembers that there was sweet red bean soup served every afternoon at the kindergarten.

He dragged his suitcase over, and by then, there were already quite a few parents waiting to pick up their children at the kindergarten gate.

Most of them are grandparents, but there are also a few young and fashionable mothers.

They gathered in small groups to chat, passing the last bit of time before the children were released from kindergarten.

Lin Yu could roughly overhear some of their conversation. It was nothing more than mundane family matters, like what extracurricular classes their children had enrolled in.

Lin Yu didn't know any of these young mothers and had no idea who to talk to, so he could only stand there by himself.

The kindergarten gates opened, but the children didn't rush out; instead, they played inside, waiting for their parents to come in and pick them up.

The parents went inside, told the teacher, and then the teacher led the children out.

"Teacher, I am Lin Yang's older brother."

"you?"

The teacher's judgment was somewhat doubtful.

Although the guy in front of me is quite handsome, I can't just let him lead me around because he's good-looking.

Lin Yu gave out his parents' phone numbers, but the young female kindergarten teacher was still not entirely at ease and called Lin's mother again.

"Yes, yes, that's my eldest son..."

"Sorry about that, after all, it's our side..."

"I understand, being meticulous is the right thing to do."

"Then I'll go and call Lin Yang out."

She took out a walkie-talkie from the front desk, said something into it, and soon another teacher led Lin Yang out.

"Xiaoyang, look, is this your brother?"

With a rigorous work attitude, the kindergarten teacher who brought Lin Yang out asked another question.

"Right?"

Lin Yang was confused.

His little mind couldn't understand why his brother was here now.

Isn't my brother only home from January to March and from July to August?

Why are we here now?

Seeing Lin Yang's puzzled expression, the two young kindergarten teachers became nervous again.