I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

Shen Nianqiu, who was tying her hair into a more convenient ponytail in front of the mirror at the bathroom sink, turned around upon hearing this, looked at the book in his hand, and suddenly realized:

"Oh, is that what my brother is talking about? I've watched it on and off. The two female protagonists are based on Mu Mu and You Wei, right? I think anyone who knows them can recognize them at a glance."

"Yes, it's those two. But it's different from my sister's book. I can only say that it uses a portion of their stories and experiences. If my sister and Zhu Nianxia's relationship is 80% overlapping, then this book is only about 30% overlapping."

"Is that so? I don't know much about what happened in Guoning, and I can't really tell which parts are true and which are false. But I can definitely sense that there's more fiction than fiction. After all, if it's really like what I wrote, it means your interpersonal relationships in Guoning are probably about to explode—why don't you just move to Lin'an?"

Hearing the sharp sound of hands clapping together, Chen Junqian smiled.

"And you'll transfer here too, becoming your junior, two grades below you, right?"

"Then forget it."

"Huh? You've already settled it again?"

"Because if that's the case, we'll only be able to see each other for a year at school, and then I'll graduate and we'll be separated for two years. It's better to wait until I get into university next year, when I'll have more free time and can visit you in Guoning whenever I have time. That would be the most cost-effective way."

“That’s true, but in that case, you’ll have to choose a city that’s closer to you. Shanghai, Nanjing, or Hangzhou are all good options, and there are plenty of good universities there.”

"When it's time to fill out college applications after the college entrance exam, I'll definitely call you over for some advice. Actually, I really want to be like the character Wen Yun has in one of her stories, saying to your younger brother, 'Hey—I'll be waiting for you at that university, little junior!' That would feel so good."

"It's really good."

Although most Japanese romantic comedies take place during high school, Chen Junqian has always felt that the university stage in China is the best time to achieve these random accomplishments, or rather, to have a recognized relationship. So, of course, he will start thinking about where to go to university in advance, just like he did a few years ago when he was thinking about things in high school. It's always good to be prepared.

"By the way, how's your relationship with Wenjun lately?"

"Why are you suddenly asking about this?"

"Because you were the one who brought her up first. As for that book you have, doesn't she always discuss it with you or gather material from it when she writes a book? I don't believe this one doesn't."

"There definitely is..."

Chen Junqian himself hesitated a bit about whether to reveal that the two of them were pretending to be a couple, but after thinking about the relationship between Shen Nianqiu and Zhu Wenyun, and the ambiguous scene of the two of them kissing him through a finger, he finally decided to tell them:

"If I had to say, would you say we're dating recently?"

"Oh? You're actually in love? Wen Yun's quick thinking."

I had a feeling that Shen Nianqiu was muttering something to herself with her head down, but she immediately raised her head, put her hands together, and showed a happy smile:

"I see. But my younger brother is indeed at the age where he wants to date. I think Wenyun is a good match for him in every way, and I don't have to worry about it causing a big problem like in this book... So, where are we now?"

"So it's just a kiss?"

To be fair, the level of intimacy between Chen Junqian and Zhu Wenyun was not even as high as that between Chen Junqian and Xu Youwei, which is why no one else has noticed this until now.

"I see."

After finishing tying her hair into a ponytail, Shen Nianqiu walked over and sat down as she spoke. She didn't think Chen Junqian would lie to her, which meant that the level of their interaction hadn't yet surpassed that between her and him. Even though Zhu Wenyun was the one she had chosen, hearing this fact still made her feel at ease.

"Even so, she still asked her younger brother to come and act in the scene with me tomorrow, so Wenyun is indeed a very good girl."

Rather than saying it's good, it's more accurate to say that the literary girl's thinking logic is different from ordinary people. However, compared to those authors who always add a touch of green to their traditional martial arts novels, Chen Junqian felt that it was already quite good that she could avoid being a literary youth in her works and only have a literary youth pursuit in terms of emotions. Otherwise, she wouldn't have become the first real supporter of his romantic comedy project.

"Ah."

Upon hearing Shen Nianqiu mention tomorrow's events, Chen Junqian naturally picked up the conversation:

"This was a strategy that the three of us had already discussed long ago. After all, tomorrow's battle is not only about letting your sister's parents know your attitude, but also about teaching them a lesson so that they won't bother your sister again. And this lesson can't be taught by your sister alone."

Shen Nianqiu simply bit her lip but did not refute it.

Chen Junqian sighed, picked up his phone again, and pulled up a document he had commissioned a private investigator and a lawyer friend to collect before he came. On the screen was a photo that looked like it had been taken secretly. Although the image quality was a bit blurry, it was enough to show what the room that once belonged to her looked like now.

"This was taken last week."

Chen Junqian tried his best to keep his tone objective and didn't want to bring in too much emotion to provoke her, but the facts themselves were already hurtful enough.

“My sister has been hiding in her school dormitory and hasn’t gone home. She probably doesn’t know that since last month, they’ve already hired a renovation team to completely knock down your room, which is less than ten square meters.”

The wall that used to be covered with her certificates of merit was painted a glaring bright blue and hung with colorful cartoon balloons. Her desk was gone, replaced by a huge baby crawling mat and a mountain of toys. The wardrobe that she had used for several years was also nowhere to be seen, replaced by an expensive-looking solid wood crib.

"Your desk was sold to a scrap collector for only fifty yuan. Your old clothes were stuffed into one of those red and blue striped woven bags and thrown into that drafty storage cabinet on the balcony. Since my sister said there was nothing worth keeping there, I didn't have anyone take it back. But we can still figure something out now."

"There's really no need to recycle it, there's nothing to be nostalgic about... but I still feel a little bit of regret."

Shen Nianqiu lowered her head, and the ponytail tied behind her head also hung down listlessly. She stared at the name 'Tianci' wrapped in heart-shaped balloons on the wall in the photo for a long time before she looked away.

"Of course, the most crucial one is your mother, Ms. Yang Suling."

Knowing all too well what happened to the other person in their past life, Chen Junqian's priority before this final moment arrived was to prevent Shen Nianqiu from habitually seeking a glimmer of light in her less bleak childhood and youth because of his presence.

“According to the law and medical common sense, maternity leave and postpartum confinement should have ended long ago, but according to the information I have collected, she has not gone to work for three months and has not done much housework. She claims to be suffering from postpartum depression, but in fact, she spends most of her time playing mahjong with friends.”

Shen Nianqiu suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with astonishment:

"But...isn't this the son she's always wanted?"

"Because it's almost here, and your father doesn't know about these things. If we're really talking about it, her idea is actually closer to wanting to save time and effort. Anyone who has raised children knows that this age is the most troublesome time, and no matter how you take care of him, he won't really remember it. From a cost-effectiveness perspective, it's very low."

Shen Nianqiu felt as if all the blood in her body was flowing backward, and her hands and feet were ice cold.

"So she doesn't want to take care of the child at all, and of course, she doesn't want to work either, or she's been waiting for you, her older sister, to come home for winter break. Just like that time in the hospital, except this time there's one more person to take care of. She's even complaining to relatives that girls don't need to study, and that you're disobedient, so you should come out and help out at home sooner. Let me see... It is indeed 2015 in the 21st century, but some things really can't be changed so quickly."

"At least my name won't be Zhao Di Yin Di anymore, right? Although my name is similar, I really like it. It has nothing to do with the meaning they originally wanted to give me."

Shen Nianqiu calmed down faster than Chen Junqian had expected. Realizing that she was already mentally prepared for this, Chen Junqian didn't want to dwell on this heavy topic any longer. He glanced at the time and then pulled up a movie poster on his phone.

"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. Anyway, no matter what the outcome, you just need to come back to Guoning with me in the end, and then come over when school starts. I'll take you directly to school."

"Just like last year, we went to the cinema together to see Disney's new movie. This year's movie is called 'Big Hero 6.' It has already been released in North America and has received great reviews. I watched the trailer and liked it very much."

Shen Nianqiu took the phone and looked at the poster. On it, a chubby inflatable robot was tilting its head, looking adorable. Behind it were a group of young heroes wearing high-tech equipment.

“I know this.”

As a long-time Disney fan, Shen Nianqiu's eyes lit up instantly, and her previous heavy mood vanished, especially after thinking about the scene of watching "Frozen" with Chen Junqian in the cinema last year.

"It's Baymax! I've seen so many people sharing the trailer on WeChat Moments. Apparently, it's incredibly heartwarming and healing. This robot is indeed quite adorable, even though its design is very simple."

"Yes, I think you'll like it. As for where you'll stay this year, I actually have my own apartment in Guoning. No one lives there usually, so you can choose a room. It's very quiet there, and there's also a music room. Whether you're concentrating on studying or practicing singing, no one will bother you."

"...How come there's suddenly an extra house?"

Although she had known for a long time that her younger brother's wealth even surpassed that of their father, the family's breadwinner, Shen Nianqiu was still somewhat shocked when he casually mentioned that he "owns his own apartment." If it weren't for the fact that they had known each other for a long time and that she was familiar with Chen Junqian's path to wealth, she would have suspected that he was some kind of hidden rich kid.

"Because it would be more convenient this way. After all, my sister will be coming to Guoning every day except when she is in school. It would be inconvenient to stay in a hotel all the time. Also, she can put some of her things there, or decorate a room for herself. Although home is where family is, a familiar environment that can be created entirely according to one's own preferences is also very important. That's my opinion."

"Home...ah."

Shen Nianqiu murmured the word twice to herself, and then finally nodded vigorously.

"Okay, let's go home together and go see a movie together."

Upon hearing this, Chen Junqian was also somewhat taken aback.

In all the years since his rebirth, the only female protagonist he wanted to tell about his rebirth was Shen Nianqiu, the one in front of him. She was the only girl he felt an immediate attraction to because of his past life experiences. However, this concern had become a burden for her in a sense. In fact, most of Shen Nianqiu's psychological pressure came from the fact that their efforts and rewards were not proportional.

The fox who repaid his debt of gratitude could say so, and so could the white snake of West Lake, but he could never bring himself to say it.

The story of "because you saved me in a past life, I want to save you now" does not exist in reality, but Chen Junqian sincerely wants the other person to know this, both to dispel her doubts and to tell her that someone once received comfort and encouragement because of your kindness.

After a long time, Chen Junqian finally spoke:

"I want to sleep with my sister tonight."

P.S.: Thank you for reading and subscribing.

PS2: After thinking about it, I decided not to include it in the main text. Actually, the discrimination against fat people in our area's middle schools was really excessive. I remember people would surround him and say that rhyme, "Big head, fat butt, two breasts like landmines."

Happy Little New Year! Taking a day off.

I'm going back to my hometown for the Lunar New Year, and I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with the next chapter. I need to think about it some more.

I also wish everyone a happy Lunar New Year, good health, and all the best.

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Chapter 50: Here are houses and homes (5k5)

At this point in February 2015, Nisio Isin's Monogatari series had already aired up to the part called Tsukimonogatari. Even if we don't talk about whether new works will be released over time, just looking at the works that have already been animated, Chen Junqian can probably imagine that new anime fans would be completely confused and ask questions like "What is the viewing order of the Monogatari series?" when they search for results.

He, who had followed the series from the very beginning of Bakemonogatari, was fine. However, if any newcomer who had heard of the Monogatari series and wanted to get into it clicked in and saw names like Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari, Nekomonogatari (Black), Nekomonogatari (White), Kabukimonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari, Koimonogatari, Hanamorimonogatari, and Tsukimonogatari, their first reaction would probably be, besides almost not recognizing the word "Monogatari," a twitch of the corner of their mouth, deciding to go home and give up. In the end, they would complain that it would be better to learn from game series like Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Rance and use simple and clear labels like 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

The reason Chen Junqian suddenly thought of the Monogatari series that night in Lin'an was mainly because Shen Nianqiu's situation reminded him of the class president Hanekawa Tsubasa described in the two volumes of "Neko Monogatari (Black and White)". Both had the same perfect excellent student appearance and suppressed a lot of negative emotions in their hearts because of their original families. However, in reality, there was no so-called monster to combine with her and turn her into a white cat-eared girl ghost story, so that she could release her pressure to her heart's content in the city at night.

In this story, Nisio Isin used only the simplest sentence to make the protagonist of the series, Araragi Koyomi, and the readers outside the story understand the source of Hanekawa Tsubasa's pressure: after personally visiting the other party's house, he was shocked to discover that although there were six rooms in the house, not a single one belonged to Hanekawa Tsubasa.

Chen Junqian told Lin Mu a few years ago that having your own secrets is a sign of growing up. Secrets are things kept in your heart that no one can easily know, and privacy is things kept in places where no one can easily see. It is precisely because of this that in youth literature, when family-related plots are involved, there are always disputes between children and parents over the issue of locks and keys.

Some people only lock their diaries, some lock their drawers, and some lock their entire room. They will fly into a rage if they find someone entering or trying to enter. But for Hanekawa Tsubasa in the story and Shen Nianqiu in reality, this most basic premise is actually difficult to achieve, because they no longer even have their own rooms.

In this respect, some of Shen Nianqiu's sources of pressure are actually similar to those of Gu Linguo. That's why Chen Junqian, after Gu Linguo, chose to be the second to tell his sister about the existence of his new house. After all, the former had already proven through personal experience that this measure had a very good effect.

After all, neither the school dormitory nor the hotel room can truly be called a 'home'. Although the saying in the political textbook, "That's just my house, not my home," makes sense, for Gu Linguo and Shen Nianqiu, they must have a house before they can have a home.

More precisely, it is a place where they can truly feel free to devote themselves to it without worrying about being invaded by outsiders. Xu Youwei, who first embodied the persona of a runaway girl, had set up many secret bases herself, but in the end, she shared them all with Chen Junqian.

Although the trait of running away from home is often given to the female protagonist as a cute attribute in many romantic comedies, and can naturally advance the plot to the point of "staying at home" or even "eloping", in reality, if you were to try running away from home, the response would most likely be "If you're so capable, don't come back for dinner or sleep tonight". After all, both parents and children know very well that most children don't have another place that can be called "home" or a place they can go back to.

And this is what Chen Junqian wanted to give them.

In this way, it can effectively prevent the two people's personalities from leading them to the wrong ending of "I have nothing, so I have to desperately try to control you". For girls with this kind of personality, a tangible home is often better than the psychological concept of "home is where my heart is" or "home is where you are".

Thinking of this, Chen Junqian tilted his head again, and could clearly hear the sound of water running in the bathroom.

During the winter break a year ago, he and Shen Nianqiu unlocked the romantic comedy achievement called "Bathtub Sharer" in a similar environment. However, in addition to this achievement, there are also exclusive categories for each character. For example, childhood sweethearts and younger sisters each occupy a niche. In other words, if he could take a bath with Mu Mu or Chen Xi one day, he could trigger another bathing achievement.

However, she does have an older sister, but Chen Junqian has never mentioned it. One reason is that Shen Nianqiu is different from the character type already recognized by the system. She has never received such a suffix recognition in the system's personal panel. Another reason is simply that he feels it is somewhat difficult to achieve.

The reason is simple: in most romantic comedies, the older sister character often plays the role of a mature, older guide, and this guiding role naturally extends to all sorts of strange and unusual aspects.

The visual novel "Grisaia no Kajitsu" (The Fruit of Grisaia), which he and Gu Lingguo once promoted together, officially aired as an anime last October. It reversed the decline of G-game adaptations in recent years, standing out as the best multi-route visual novel adaptation in recent years. At the end of last year, when the series finished airing, it was announced that the next two works in the series, "Grisaia no Labyrinth" and "Grisaia no Eden," would be adapted into anime, which should be available around April this year.

As for why he suddenly thought of this, it was because Chen Junqian had no doubt that the bathing achievement related to the older sister that the system had included, or rather, many other sister-related achievements, were inspired by this work, or rather, completely replicated the actions of the older sister character Kazami Ichihime, adding an even more advanced element on top of the premise of bathing together.

While such situations in games and anime would naturally elicit a barrage of fervent envy from viewers, with comments like "I hate that my sister isn't Kasugano Sora" or "I hate that my older sister isn't Kazami Ichihime," if Chen Junqian were to experience it in real life, he would definitely feel that this wasn't the right thing to do at the moment.

Whether or not this can be achieved... well, that can only be said to be something that someone set an example for him last summer, and conducted an initial internal test.

He just wanted to hold the other person like he had just described, just like in the movie poster.

However, the Japanese word for "hug" seems to have that connotation, which makes the criteria for the so-called list of men/women most wanted to be hugged suddenly become more complicated.

Perhaps knowing that tomorrow would be the highlight of the night, the older sister remained quiet tonight and did nothing out of line. They simply hugged, kissed, and said goodnight. Then, when one of them closed their eyes, the other would quietly open one eye to look at the other's face, and after a while, close them again, repeating this cycle until sleepiness finally came.

After a night of snowfall, the sun rose as usual the next day.