I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

"I went out with my mom; she's been preparing to open a shop recently."

After spending a lot of time with Xu Youwei, Chen Junqian also realized where her weaknesses lay. So now he basically pushes his mother to his side whenever something happens. And he really wasn't lying. Apart from decorating the room with Mu Mu, he really spent the rest of his time with his mother choosing a location for their family's card room.

"Oh, is this the card and mahjong parlor you mentioned before?"

"Well, the main thing is to finish it before the Chinese New Year, since the Chinese New Year is the best time for the card and mahjong parlor business."

The two were chatting when they suddenly heard a loud thud from behind. It turned out that Zhong Yu had come in through the back door of the classroom and placed his schoolbag on the desk.

He looked like he had successfully cultivated immortality, with huge dark circles under his eyes that looked like he could cosplay as a panda at the zoo. He looked listless and started yawning uncontrollably as soon as he sat down.

"What time did you stay up late last night?"

"Last night? I think it was this morning."

Lu Cheng, who was sitting next to Zhong Yu, also stopped his morning reading session. As the class monitor, he was more concerned about Zhong Yu's mental state than Chen Junqian, so he offered another word of advice:

"It's fine to play on the weekend, but don't play on the computer so late during school hours. I was dozing off in class yesterday."

"There's nothing I can do, I'm farming chests."

Just three days ago, on December 19th, the game he played, CrossFire, launched a brand new challenge mode level called Giant City Ruins. In terms of both playability and reward richness, it far surpassed the four previous maps that were more experimental. So from that time on, Zhong Yu devoted himself to it, often playing until the early hours of the morning before going to sleep.

Of course, this doesn't mean he's obsessed with games to this extent. It's just that, like when he bought several large boxes of Mountain Dew more than a year ago, Zhong Yu is actually using his online girlfriend's account now. Not only in CrossFire, but he also uses his computer every day to help her level up in the QQ Speed ​​plaza, and sets alarms to help her harvest crops in QQ Farm and Ranch on time. In a sense, he can also be considered to be troubled by love.

At least in Chen Junqian's memory, before he and the other person gradually lost contact in his previous life because they didn't go to the same high school, the two seemed to still be dating.

"It's okay, I'll just drink a couple of sips of this to perk myself up and get through the morning reading session and the first two classes. I'll ask for sick leave during the long break and take a nap in the classroom."

However, despite being incredibly sleepy, Zhong Yu seemed to have already prepared a corresponding strategy. He immediately took out a bottle of Tiger Balm and another bottle of blue, minty Sprite, which Chen Junqian thought tasted similar to Tiger Balm. He applied the former to his temples and philtrum while taking a big gulp of the latter.

What's that smell like here?

It seemed that this was the first time Lu Cheng had seen this flavor, so he casually asked about it.

"It's a bit like swallowing a tube of mint-flavored toothpaste in one go. It's not ice-cold, but it's even more so. I can feel the coolness as soon as I open my mouth. It's definitely made me more awake."

After saying this, Zhong Yu looked at Chen Junqian and said to him:

"Oh right, I remember your birthday is coming up soon, Qian'er."

"Next Monday, what's up? You're treating me to dinner?"

"If I really wanted to invite you, would you be free to come? Your lunch and dinner schedule is even fuller than my dad's."

"Eating at the after-school care center has become a kind of banquet, hasn't it?"

"When it comes to meals, it's not about where you eat, but who you eat with. Don't you have your lunch and dinner completely booked, Qian'er?"

As he said this, Zhong Yu glanced at Xu Youwei sitting in front of him again, then continued with a grin:

"But this time it's not me, it's my dad who wants to invite you to dinner. It's not just on your birthday, just let me know when you're free."

After thinking about the industry the other party's family was in, Chen Junqian had a much clearer understanding of the situation. He gave a simple reply and then turned his head back.

If he remembered correctly, Zhang Xinghuo had also told him that Zhong Yu's father was not actually from Guoning, but from Lin'an in the neighboring province. Therefore, he had many acquaintances and partners in the walnut industry in Lin'an. After the three fierce dogs became popular, the other party seemed to want to try this model, but it was still in the preparation and exploration stage.

Lin'an...

"By the way, Zhong Yu, do you usually go back to your dad's place during the Chinese New Year?"

"My dad's place? You mean Lin'an, Zhejiang? I'm going back, what's wrong?"

"When?"

"Usually it's the 29th, and then I stay there for two days. After all, my mom has a lot of relatives here in Guoning."

"Okay, I see."

Since it was just a sudden idea, Chen Junqian didn't really ask his good friend for anything. He simply patted him on the shoulder and then changed the subject.

In another classroom downstairs from him, a girl whose birthday was only one day apart from his, born on the first day of the twelfth lunar month, which was Christmas Day this year, showed absolutely no joy about her birthday.

At Gu Linguo's home.

You should wish your mother a Happy Chinese New Year.

On Mother's Day, you should tell your mom "Happy Mother's Day".

On your mother's birthday, you should wish her a happy and healthy birthday.

On your own birthday... On your own birthday, you should go to her room as soon as you wake up, and then say to her in the most sincere tone:

"Mom, you've worked so hard."

A daughter's birthday is a mother's day of suffering.

Birthdays have been like this ever since she can remember.

Chapter 43: Questions I Can't Answer (Part 2)

In fact, even after getting to know Gu Linguo, Chen Junqian's daily life did not change much.

After all, the two of them rarely crossed paths in their daily lives. They weren't in the same class or even the same grade. His various spare moments from morning to night had already been tacitly divided up by Lin Mu, Xu Youwei, and Zhu Wenyun. The other person couldn't even easily bypass the three's target-hunting mechanism by claiming the title of "little sister" like Chen Xi could. Occasionally, she would run upstairs to chat with him during breaks.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the system did not officially include her as a female lead with the suitability for romantic comedies. Before both families moved into their new house, Chen Junqian did not think that the two of them could create any experiences or have any stories.

Even compared to Shen Nianqiu, who wasn't even here, Gu Linguo's internet access was strictly controlled. So, although Chen Junqian had added her on QQ, they could only chat briefly on weekends, which was nothing compared to his sister, who could interact with him online intensely almost every night after school.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Chen Junqian and Gu Linguo never saw each other again after their first meeting. After all, they would briefly run into each other at their new home every weekend, like today.

December 24th, Saturday, is also Christmas Eve.

Just like last week, Mu Mu arrived at Chen Junqian's new home early today. If we only consider the number of times she comes here, she has already come more often than Chen Junqian. After all, the latter has never come here. He is still in Tangshan and can only come back to see the new house during the Chinese New Year.

"Hey, it's not working anymore? I bought the most expensive ones before, and the shop owner said the quality was absolutely good. He was lying."

Somewhat disappointed, Lin Mu unfolded the Christmas cards she had given Chen Junqian two years ago into two magnificent castles on his new desk, only to find that she didn't hear the familiar electronic music coming from inside. Lin Mu pouted and complained.

"It's been a year or two, even if the quality is good, it's out of power. But when you put these things together and unfold them, they do look quite impressive."

Chen Junqian, who was organizing his books on the bookshelf, also turned his gaze upon hearing this and made the same remark.

"Of course, every time I buy one, I tell the shopkeeper that it has to be the biggest one. This is only two. This year will be the third, then the fourth next year, the fifth the year after that... By the time we are all in high school, Qianqian's desk will probably be too small to fit them all."

"You know I can't put them away, so I usually fold them up and store them away. If it weren't for this move, I feel like I haven't opened them in a long time."

"Is that so? I wrote each one very carefully. I thought Qianqian would take them out and read them all the time."

“I looked at it very carefully the day I received it, but for Mu Mu to take it out and look at it again from time to time... Don’t I see Mu Mu and talk to her every day? We’re not some ancient people who are thousands of miles apart and can only read letters from home when they miss each other.”

"That makes sense."

After being easily persuaded by Chen Junqian once again, Lin Mu reached out and carefully took back the two castles, folded them into greeting card shapes, and put them into the drawer. After all, these things were not like the trinkets she had given Chen Junqian before, which could be placed directly on the desk or bookshelf.

Although they haven't officially moved in yet, thanks to the couple's hard work over the past two weeks, Chen Junqian's new room is already taking shape.

If Chen Junqian were to give his own assessment, he would say that the amount of "Mumu" (a type of feminine hygiene product) in this new room is indeed a bit excessive. His parents have been married for so many years, and apart from a very old wedding anniversary photo, there are no other special keepsakes in the room. But his room is a gathering of elites.

The main reason was that Chen Junqian himself didn't expect that his old room was filled with so many little trinkets given by Lin Mu. Moreover, this time, in order to decorate his new room, Mu Mu generously contributed a large number of small dolls and decorative items such as journals that were very much in her style, making her presence very prominent.

Of course, if Chen Junqian went to Lin Mu's bedroom, he would also find that the room was now decorated with his own colors. The Ali doll on the table was a gift from him, and the drawer under the table was filled with several thick diaries, almost all of which were about him.

After finishing all her work for the day, Lin Mu naturally began to treat herself. She took out a bag of snacks from the tote bag she had brought with her to her tutoring class in the afternoon and sat down on the sofa in the living room to enjoy them.

As a connoisseur of snacks who is meticulous about the preparation and presentation of food, Mu Mu has never been one to find eating snacks troublesome. After all, she can finish everything she doesn't like, so she is naturally even more devoted to the things she likes. Her patience is truly off the charts.

At least in Chen Junqian's memory, Mu Mu really did do what the Oreo ad slogan said: twist it, lick it, and dunk it, and then conclude that it was better to just eat it in one bite.

Oh, and another advertisement that she also practiced was the Beautiful Time seaweed, the one that used the tune of Lucky Three Treasures to sing "Mom, what's the most fragrant and crispy we love, Beautiful Time seaweed." The song doesn't really matter, the main thing is that the little girl in the ad chose to eat the seaweed by putting it directly in toast to make a sandwich. Then Mu Mu did the same offline, and then never tried it again.

In the words of food blogger Lin Mu, it feels inferior to the two-yuan spicy chicken burger sold at the school gate that is neither spicy nor chicken, and doesn't even resemble a burger.

What she's eating now is Want Want's Shake Shake Jelly.

This thing is actually quite similar to the Want Want Tea Jelly that the other person ate on the bus when they went on an autumn outing to Jing County together when they first met. It's a powder and jelly combination, but this way of eating it is much wilder. You first pour the jelly powder into the cup, and then put the jelly pieces in one by one and shake it vigorously until the entire jelly is completely coated with powder before eating it.

Without Lin Mu even needing to speak, Chen Junqian, who was already used to it, had already leaned over and taken a jelly from her as soon as he sat down next to her. He chewed it while also completing the feeding play achievement again. He felt that this was probably the one he had the best chance of reaching 1,000 times out of all the repeatable achievements, since apart from Shen Nianqiu, the other three people could all help him complete it, and the progress was indeed increasing very quickly.

I wonder if they'll still be as easily fooled as children in a couple of years when they're a few years older. After all, if they're in puberty and playing this kind of mutual feeding game, the level of ambiguity feels much stronger.

As Chen Junqian was thinking, he suddenly heard a knock on the door. He got up and went to open it, only to find his future neighbor standing there.

"Hmm? Does my brother have guests today?"

As soon as the door opened, Gu Lingguo noticed a pair of shoes by the door. She politely inquired about them while glancing into the living room, where she saw Lin Mu sitting on the sofa. She greeted him warmly.

"Hello, I'm Gu Lingguo, who lives next door. You must be Lin Mu, who's in the same class as your brother. I've often heard that you and your brother have a very good relationship."

Seemingly momentarily at a loss for what to call her, Gu Lingguo hesitated slightly after Lin Mu's name, feeling that "senior sister" sounded too strange, and ultimately used "older sister." However, it was the first time Lin Mu herself had been addressed in this way, and she also paused for a moment before remembering to introduce herself:

"Ah, I'm Lin Mu. I've heard Qianqian mention you too."

To be honest, although he had heard about the child from his childhood friend before, Lin Mu was still a little dizzy after actually meeting him.

After all, unlike Chen Xi, who was a little socially awkward and didn't communicate much with her whenever she came over, and seemed to deliberately avoid both her and Xu Youwei's attempts to be friendly, Gu Linguo was the kind of younger sister she liked, judging from her attitude alone.

Even Chen Xi never called her Sister Lin Mu.

Although you can't really tell the difference in height between the two of them just by looking at them standing together.

"Since my brother has guests, I'll head back now. I came mainly to borrow a broom to clean my room, which has been a bit dusty since I last visited."

"Okay, I'll go get it for you."

"Thank you, brother."

After accepting the broom and dustpan from Chen Junqian, Gu Lingguo politely said goodbye to Lin Mu inside before gently closing the door and leaving.

"...What a good child."

Lin Mu originally thought that his performance in front of outsiders was already impeccable, but Gu Lingguo's performance just now gave off a different feeling.

"Rather than saying I have particularly good family upbringing, it feels more like I'm a good kid, and that's the impression I give people."

Chen Junqian nodded in agreement with Lin Mu's opinion. After all, family education is a very mysterious concept. Family education is indeed an important aspect, but it is never the whole story. The child's own initiative is also crucial. He has seen all kinds of children in his past and present lives.

Moreover, judging from the few words Chen Xi revealed to him, the other party's family background was actually far inferior to that of Mu Mu in front of him. As a result, Gu Lingguo's behavior was neither like Zhu Wenyun, nor like Xu Youwei, nor like Shen Nianqiu, which was indeed a very strange thing. However, since he did not know the other party very well, it was not appropriate to make a direct judgment.

After finishing her jelly, Lin Mu had to head to her afternoon tutoring class. Chen Junqian saw her downstairs and originally planned to go back as well, but then he suddenly remembered that Gu Lingguo had borrowed his broom earlier. He thought it wouldn't be good if no one was home when she returned it, so he went back to the new house and waited for a while. He read for about half an hour in his room, and then he heard a knock on the door.

When they opened the door, they found Gu Lingguo, who had come to return the broom and dustpan.

"Thank you for the broom, brother. The room is all clean now."

Compared to half an hour ago, Gu Lingguo, who looked like she had just finished a thorough cleaning, looked a bit disheveled. Her forehead was covered with a fine layer of sweat, and there were traces of dust on her face, which made Chen Junqian a little curious.