I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

With this in mind, Chen Jun started discussing accommodation arrangements for the group while driving.

Actually, he didn't expect Lin Mu to come back with him at first, so he just planned to have his wife and children come and stay in the dormitory with him. After all, he also held the position of deputy factory director here, and was one of the general managers directly transferred from the main factory. There was more than enough room for two more people.

But with Lin Mu following them, this plan definitely wouldn't work, so in the end they still had to find a hotel to stay in.

However, unlike the situation at last year's Shanghai World Expo, it now feels a bit strange for an adult to bring two children to book one or two rooms. And, to my shame, there's a saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Chen Jun and Wang Hongling are both under forty years old. After not seeing each other for half a year, they definitely don't want their wives to have to stay in hotels after coming all this way.

However, Chen Junqian easily understood his father's thoughts, so he spoke first:

"Since Dad, your employee dormitory can accommodate people, then let Mom stay with you, and Mumu and I can find a hotel near the factory and book two single rooms..."

Considering Lin Mu's timid nature, even being a little scared to sleep alone in the top bunk at night, Chen Junqian ultimately changed his mind:

"A large twin room will do."

After all, even if we booked two single rooms, the other person would probably find all sorts of excuses to come to my room, just like last night.

"Where's Mumu? What are you thinking?"

Faced with Chen Jun's question, Lin Mu nodded quite readily, even seeming afraid that Chen Junqian might change his mind:

"I can."

It can only be said that in terms of deceptive appearance, little Mu Mu is truly top-notch, and the two families are indeed quite familiar with each other. If you had switched Zhu Wenjun, who looks like a grown-up girl, this matter probably wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

Outside the window, the July sun was blazing, radiating the warmth of summer, and the summer sky was a clear, bright blue.

As Chen Junqian looked out the window, Lin Mu was watching him, and then suddenly remembered what sentence to write at the end of the diary entry she hadn't finished writing on the train yesterday:

Summer has begun, just the two of them, her and Qianqian.

Chapter Twenty-One: In this world, there are only childhood sweethearts and philandering cats (two-in-one)

Perhaps wanting to demonstrate to Shen Nianqiu during last year's World Expo what true scoring efficiency is, Lin Mu's speed in achieving romantic comedy achievements has gone off the rails in just two days, from yesterday to today. When Chen Jun led the two to the front desk to book the same twin room, the system notification in Chen Junqian's mind rang out again.

Only one room left!

In the world of romantic comedies, when the male and female protagonists go to a hotel for various reasons, they usually only get a curt "Sorry, there's only one room left" from the front desk, and then are forcibly crammed into the same room.

Generally, at this point, one of them would take the initiative to suggest something like, "I'll sleep on the floor, you sleep on the bed." This line is also a classic "flag" in this film, because once night falls, whether it's because the air conditioning is too cold or too hot, a nightmare, or simply sleepwalking, the two of them will inevitably end up sharing a bed and sleeping together one last time.

Conditions for achieving this: Stay in the same hotel room with any female protagonist who is suited for romantic comedy for various reasons.

It has to be said that this is yet another romantic comedy that is more easily achieved by children. If the two of them were a few years older, Chen Junqian would not dare to imagine what kind of situation would force him to stay in the same hotel room with Lin Mu again.

Although it seems like it wouldn't matter to Mu Mu if she were a few years older?

Chen Junqian glanced at Lin Mu, who was playing with the room key as she went upstairs, and felt that those adult-oriented romance topics were indeed far removed from her. After all, even when he held her close in his arms last night, he didn't feel any subtle or romantic feelings.

Two years have passed without leaving any obvious marks on the other person. Especially after observing them closely from the perspective of childhood sweethearts for so long, Chen Junqian can almost understand the inner thoughts of those childhood sweethearts who always end up as the losers in romantic comedies.

In fact, the earliest attraction between opposite sexes begins when you feel that the other person is a little different and that they are special. But childhood sweethearts are different because the position of childhood sweetheart is very special compared to other friends.

So much so that when she experiences feelings similar to being attracted to someone, like other female characters, she often just takes it for granted that he is her childhood sweetheart, and that this is normal, and then ignores her true feelings.

However, I feel that thinking like this is a bit narcissistic. After all, reality is not a romantic comedy. There is no rule that you have to fall in love with your childhood sweetheart. Moreover, how old will Mu Mu be before she truly understands what it means to like someone? At least Chen Junqian can't see it at all right now.

Although Chen Junqian had often read in books that love was a deeper emotion than liking, he felt that Mu Mu herself had experienced love much earlier than the shallow feeling of liking, and then spontaneously projected the love she felt onto everyone and everything around her.

Just like how the other person unhesitatingly chose the dog talisman on their favorite topic of talismans two years ago, Mu Mu naturally loves all those who love her. Or perhaps, having grown up in that kind of family, she herself is quite perceptive of kindness and goodwill, and can easily distinguish who is truly good to her or bad to her.

In fact, the same logic Lin Mu had when she spoke to Chen Junqian about childhood sweethearts before last year's pecan festival could be summarized in just eight simple words: "If you're good to me, I'll be good to you." On the contrary, thoughts like liking or loving her were just conclusions Chen Junqian drew from an outsider's perspective, based on his analysis of her psychological activities and thought processes.

When Chen Junqian was writing in his previous life, he heard a colleague complain that the relationship between parents and children in Chinese families is often characterized by incomplete love and impure hatred, with one side in a limbo and the other in a limbo, which makes all sorts of problems more difficult to solve.

After all, parents' thinking often swings back and forth between "I suffered so much back then, how come you can't even handle this little bit of hardship now?" and "I suffered so much back then so that you would suffer less in the future." It seems that on the one hand, they want their children to experience the same hardships they did, and on the other hand, they genuinely hope that their children can have a better life than their own generation.

But in fact, Lin Mu's family never even discusses this kind of topic.

If a real princess has such delicate skin that even a tiny pea under twenty mattresses and twenty down comforters would feel uncomfortable, then it would be better not to put a single pea there in the first place. She would then feel that having twenty mattresses and twenty down comforters under her body is unnecessary.

In Chen Junqian's view, Lin Mu's family education was undoubtedly quite strict in some aspects, but also unexpectedly naive in others, which is why Mu Mu developed such a personality.

Polite without being pretentious, timid without being spoiled, careless yet always able to grasp the thoughts of those around them, knowing they cannot truly empathize with others but still willing to lend a helping hand.

In fact, the more Chen Junqian spent with Lin Mu, the more he could accept that the system would place him in the first position of childhood sweetheart, because the stable relationship of childhood sweetheart, which is destined to require a long period of time and a lot of contact in daily life, is never suitable for everyone.

At least Chen Junqian didn't think Zhu Wenyun and Xu Youwei could do better than Lin Mu. After all, if it were the two of them, last year's World Expo trip would definitely not have gone so smoothly. Not everyone can accept his behavior of leaving people behind during the day to go to the exhibition with others.

However, Chen Junqian did not realize that although Lin Mu was not the delicate princess in the fairy tale who could feel the slightest foreign object under twenty mattresses and down comforters, he himself was never the little pea that made her uncomfortable. The distance between the two was not separated by so many layers of thick blankets, but was very close.

Like a precious jewel held in someone's hands.

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"Huh? Why is Qianqian staring at me like that? Is there something on my face?"

Noticing Chen Junqian's gaze, Lin Mu tilted her head slightly towards him, her tone a little puzzled.

"It's nothing, I was just thinking that if we were to live together, there are some things we should pay attention to, such as the time for showering and the time for turning off the lights at night. We should book those in advance."

"That's true."

After reaching the guest room floor on the third floor and finding their room, Lin Mu swiped the room card to open the door, and then together with Chen Junqian and his son, they carried all their luggage inside and put it away.

Chen Jun was clearly quite attentive to the accommodation of his two children, booking one of the most expensive suites in the hotel, making the room quite spacious.

In addition to a separate bathroom, there is also a large separate balcony and kitchen. The two beds also look quite soft. If there weren't adults around who needed to maintain their image, judging from Lin Mu's expression, it seems like he would lie down on them and roll around a few times in the next second.

"Then you guys rest for a bit. I'll go back and help your mom put her luggage in my staff dormitory, and then I'll come back to pick you up so we can have something nice to eat."

After giving this instruction, Chen Jun hurriedly turned and left, leaving the room to Chen Junqian and Lin Mu alone.

'Three, two, one.'

Sure enough, the instant Chen Junqian finished his silent countdown in his mind, Lin Mu, quite understandingly, immediately plopped down on one of the beds, rolled around several times, and then sat up again.

"Alright, now Qianqian can sleep in this bed."

"...What are you thinking about? You've been rolling around on it several times already."

"But didn't Qianqian already go to sleep in my bed last night?"

"Isn't it because someone took my bed?"

"Then let's just consider it as if I've taken another chance now."

It's clear that Lin Mu was still preoccupied with what happened last night. While spouting these plausible arguments, he sat down on another clean bed, gestured the distance between the two beds, and then shook his head.

"No, no, it's too far."

"What's too far?"

"Of course it's the distance between the two beds. Is this the downside of a big room? If they're too far apart, I won't be able to see anything when the lights are off at night, and I'll still feel like I'm the only one sleeping here. Or does Qianqian want me to call you every two minutes to make sure you're there?"

It felt like Lin Mu had taken the theory that "Chinese people are always harmonious" to its extreme. As he said this, he began to direct Chen Junqian to move the bedside table between the two beds and then move the beds closer to each other.

After some maneuvering, only a bedside table remained between the two beds to hold the landline phone connected to the telephone line and other small gadgets. The distance between them naturally shrank to an arm's length, meaning that if Chen Junqian, who was lying on one side, stretched out his hand to the other side, the two could stage a scene from the world-famous painting "The Creation of Adam" in mid-air.

"Hmm, that's more like it. I can see it as soon as I open my eyes, and it'll be convenient for us to chat in bed at night."

After nodding contentedly, Lin Mu remembered the question Chen Junqian had asked her when she went upstairs. So, she shuffled over to the bathroom in her hotel disposable slippers and came out a moment later, pouting.

"What? There's not even a bathtub."

"It does feel a bit strange to take a bath in the summer."

As he spoke, Chen Junqian went in and took a look. He could only say that it was fortunate that it did not use the semi-transparent frosted glass often seen in romantic comedies. Moreover, the bathroom itself was divided into two areas, an outer washbasin and a shower facility behind a sliding door. Everything was quite complete.

Or perhaps those things in romantic comedies are only found in love hotels in reality, and decent people don't just come out wearing a towel after taking a shower.

In this familiar place, many classic anime series he had watched over the past few days were brought back to mind. However, combined with the realities of the situation, it made Chen Junqian want to complain even more.

"So what should we do about showering tonight? Should Qianqian shower first or should I shower first?"

"Then I'll wash it first, so that I can blow-dry your hair after Mumu finishes washing it... After all, I didn't blow-dry it well last year at the World Expo because I wasn't skilled enough, so I should have improved this time."

"Blow-dry your hair—"

Lin Mu seemed to be deliberately drawing out the last syllable of her name, and her hand unconsciously began to play with a few strands of hair that hung down beside her face. After a while, she finally agreed with a smile.

"I allow it."

"Then, there's the lights-out time at night. Mu Mu, when you're at home, if you're in school, you usually go to bed before 10 o'clock sharp. On holidays, it's a little later, right?"

"Oh yeah, but even after summer vacation, Qianqian's bedtime is ridiculously late. Sometimes when I see your QQ is online at 11 pm and I send you a message, he still replies instantly."

"I already said that Zhong Yu dragged me to play CF's challenge mode back then... and it's really strange that he suddenly sent a message at 11 pm just asking if it was me. How could it not be me?"

"That's possible. After all, many classmates have their QQ levels linked with Zhong Yu, like the sun, moon, and stars, and they even compare who has more suns and moons."

After saying that, Lin Mu remembered something else:

"By the way, the biggest advantage of Qianqian staying with me this time is that he doesn't have to hide from his parents to play on his phone anymore, right? It's the one Zhu Wenyun gave you."

"Oh, I brought it with me too, it's in my bag."

"So why doesn't Qianqian want to tell his aunt and uncle about the phone? I feel like even if they did find out, they wouldn't confiscate it."

"It's mainly because it's hard to explain. After all, we're all still in elementary school, and exchanging cell phones feels too expensive. Mu Mu probably can't come up with that much money all at once, right?"

"And once they find out, they'll always be thinking about returning the favor. Mu Mu should remember how someone copied down the amount of the gift money at the entrance when she turned ten, right? Those are things that need to be returned. When someone has a happy occasion, your parents will have to take out the gift money book and decide how much to return the favor based on the amount given at that time."

After listening to Chen Junqian's explanation, Lin Mu nodded as if he understood, but in the end, he still seemed a little confused.

"But I think this phone was originally a gift from Zhu Wenyun herself, and Qianqian's help to her makes it perfectly reasonable for her to accept this gift. At least that's what I think."

"Because Mu Mu knows about what happened between me and Wen Jun, but they haven't seen it with their own eyes, so they find it hard to accept. They're prejudiced and think it's a decision made by a child in a moment of impulse. Besides, Mu Mu herself probably has things she wants to hide from her parents, or things she's already hidden, right?"

"...That's true."

Thinking of her old diaries locked in a drawer, Lin Mu nodded in deep agreement. She did feel that as she got older, she had more and more things and thoughts she didn't want her parents to know.

However, having a little secret that belongs only to oneself is indeed an important milestone on the road to growth.

However, the so-called secrets of childhood sweetheart characters often start from the point where only she knows them in the whole world, from the point where only she knows all their experiences, all their strengths, and all their good qualities, until in the end, it is highly likely that only she in the whole world will not know them.

She was the only one unaware that other women had already set their sights on him.

Chapter Twenty-Two: BMW and Bicycle (Two-in-One)

After settling their luggage and resting for a while at the hotel, Chen Jun, having settled his wife, quickly turned around and picked up the two children. The group first went to a nearby restaurant for a sumptuous welcome dinner, and then he led them back to the factory to see his usual working and living environment.

As the deputy director of the factory, Chen Jun now has a large personal office in addition to his single employee dormitory. However, little Lin Mu is more interested in the swivel office chair inside. He sits there and spins around and around, which reminds Chen Junqian of the large variety show "The Voice of China" that will officially premiere next year.