Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 879 I Dare Not Think About It

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, February 18th, Li Luo crawled out of bed early in the morning, got up with Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng, and then struggled to pull Xu Youyu out of bed. The four of them went downstairs for a morning run together.

Xu Youyu was clearly unwilling, but in order to deal with her mother's nagging, she got out of bed under Li Luo's coaxing.

To be fair, after a semester of running in the sunshine, plus Li Luo occasionally dragging her out for morning runs, Xu Youyu's physical fitness did improve slightly.

At least now she can climb stairs without getting out of breath, but she's still quite a handful of Li Luo in bed, and for now she's no match for him.

After their morning run, the four of them returned to the living room on the second floor, slurped down some congee, and Xu Youyu, as usual, went back to his room to catch up on some sleep.

Li Luo was called to the courtyard by his grandfather to play chess, while Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng watched from the side.

Unfortunately, Li Luo's grandfather saw through his deliberate attempt to let him have his way, and as a result, he was waved away with a look of disgust, while Ying Chanxi was invited to sit down instead.

Ying Chanxi can also play chess, but because he doesn't play much, his skill level is only average.

This time it was Grandpa's turn to let the water flow, but the feeling of being in control of the whole situation clearly made the old man quite satisfied.

After most people woke up in the morning, Lin Xiuhong, along with Cui Suling and Yuan Wanqing, started playing mahjong as usual, and also dragged Ying Chanxi along to join in.

So it was Yan Zhusheng's turn to play chess with her grandfather again, but Yan Zhusheng didn't know how to play, so Li Luo taught her from the side.

The chess game in the yard didn't end until Grandpa got a little tired of sitting.

At noon, it was Li Guohong's turn to cook. Li Luo went upstairs to help out, and Yan Zhusheng followed behind him, clumsily washing vegetables and handing bowls to the two of them.

When it was time for lunch, everyone sat in a circle, and Ying Chanxi mentioned that Yan Zhusheng was going to do a live broadcast that evening.

"Are you going to do a live stream during the Chinese New Year?" Yuan Wanqing asked doubtfully. "Although you do a live stream every Sunday, it wouldn't hurt to skip one during the Chinese New Year, would it?"

“My sister is counting on me to make money for the company,” Yan Zhusheng said, glancing at Ying Chanxi.

Ying Chanxi: "...Say it again?"

"Actually, I also want to do a live stream myself." Yan Zhusheng put on a serious expression and said, "Anyway, I don't have anything else to do, and live streaming isn't tiring, but I don't really want to just stay in my room and do a live stream."

"What do you mean?" Ying Chanxi asked again.

"Can I just stroll around and do a live stream?" Yan Zhusheng asked. "Since it's a live stream on my phone, it's fine to just walk around at home, right?"

“That’s acceptable,” Li Luo nodded.

"What can you do?" Ying Chanxi quickly reminded her, "What if you wander around the house and accidentally film someone else?"

"It shouldn't be a problem, right?" Lin Xiuhong reassured her with a smile. "We're not celebrities. Only Wanqing might be a little careful, but it doesn't seem like there's any issue with appearing in her daughter's live stream."

No one else had any objections, and seeing this, Ying Chanxi didn't say anything more. She could only whisper to Yan Zhusheng, "Anyway, you can't do anything reckless, and you can't take the opportunity to say anything inappropriate."

"I'm very obedient," Yan Zhusheng said, nodding earnestly.

Seeing her like this, Ying Chanxi was even more speechless: "I'd be a fool to believe you."

……

In the afternoon, as usual, Li Luo was called by Li Guohong to go fishing, and Ying Zhicheng and Xu Rongsheng went along as well.

Lin Xiuhong and her two mothers still play mahjong.

Of the three girls, Xixi was dragged to the mahjong table to make up the numbers, while Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng, having nothing to do, went fishing by the lake.

As a result, the four men returned empty-handed, while the two girls each caught a grass carp.

The fish soup for dinner is sorted out again.

Back home, Xu Youyu and Yan Zhusheng excitedly pulled Li Luo into the kitchen, determined to cook the two grass carp they had caught themselves.

One fish is used for fish soup, the other for braised fish, and two sections of the fish tail are cut off and steamed – that's just right.

Before making dinner, Yan Zhusheng posted a live stream announcement on Douyin, informing her fans that the live stream would start at 6:30 pm.

After finishing dinner and resting for a while, Yan Zhusheng took her phone to the yard, timed it perfectly, and clicked the start-up button for the live stream at 6:30 pm.

[They actually started streaming?]

[Zhu Sheng is so dedicated! She's even doing a live stream for us during the Chinese New Year!]

Why is it so dark? Are you not home?

[They're not even inside the house, what's going on?]

Yan Zhusheng switched the camera in the live stream to selfie mode, and everyone immediately saw her exquisite yet authoritative face.

The lights from the second floor shone on her face from afar, giving her a hazy, ethereal beauty that was different from her usual live streams.

"Good evening, everyone." Yan Zhusheng said to the viewers and fans in the live broadcast room, "Guess where I am right now? There's a prize for guessing correctly."

It looks like a courtyard.

[Could it be Sister Qing's luxurious villa?]

[The countryside? Did Zhusheng go back to her hometown with Sister Qing for the New Year?]

[By the way, where is Sister Qing from again?]

It's pitch black, can you turn on a light? I can't see anything.

"I'll give you one song's worth of time," Yan Zhusheng said. "I'll sing a song first. What would you like to hear?"

A bunch of song titles scrolled across the screen, and in the end, Yan Zhusheng chose "Misplaced Time and Space," and sang the same song that Yuan Wanqing sang on the Spring Festival Gala.

After the song was finished, Yan Zhusheng said, "You've all guessed so many times but none of you got it right. Now let's reveal the answer."

After saying that, she turned her phone camera around and came to Li Luo and his grandfather, who were playing chess.

A lamp was lit on a small stool next to them. In the courtyard under the evening sky, the grandfather and grandson sat here playing chess, which was quite interesting.

"Look who this is?" Yan Zhusheng pointed the camera at Li Luo, her tone becoming somewhat cheerful.

Holy crap? Why are you everywhere?

【Ahhh! No way, no way? My Zhusheng has really become someone else's?】

Why is Zhusheng at Ranshen's house during the Lunar New Year?

Who is this grandfather next to me?

After Li Luo appeared in the live stream, Yan Zhusheng stopped keeping everyone in suspense and explained to the viewers, "I'm here with my mom to visit Li Luo for the New Year."

"This is Li Luo's hometown in the countryside, and this man next to me is Li Luo's grandfather."

"Grandpa, would you like to say hello to everyone?"

Grandpa Li Luo, who had been frowning as he looked at the chessboard, looked up and quietly shuffled the chessboard as he heard Yan Zhusheng's words: "Happy New Year, everyone. Zhusheng, why don't you sit down for a while and watch us play chess?"

"Sure." Yan Zhusheng sat down next to Li Luo, pointing at the chessboard. "How's your game going?"

"Ahem..." Old Master Li tidied up the chessboard and put the pieces back in their original positions. "We've just started playing."

“Grandpa, it’s not good to lie in front of so many people in the live stream.” Li Luo looked speechless. “I just checked the board.”

"Stop talking so much." Old Master Li glared at him. "Hurry up, I'll let you go first, okay?"

Li Luo: "...Okay, okay."

The old man has a real knack for it.

Does Zhusheng know how to play chess?

[This is hilarious! Burning God's grandpa is such a rascal! Just like my grandpa, he refuses to admit defeat when he loses a game of chess.]

[This is much more interesting than just live-streaming singing before.]

Li Luo played a game of chess with his grandfather, and then gave up his seat to Yan Zhusheng for another game.

The viewers in the live stream were actually quite engrossed, with many offering Yan Zhusheng advice and transforming themselves into chess masters. With the help of her fans, Yan Zhusheng easily lost the game.

"You guys are no good! How come we didn't win using the methods you taught me?" After finishing her game, Yan Zhusheng blamed the audience.

That guy just gave wrong directions; he clearly couldn't jump off the horse.

Others aren't good enough; they have to listen to me.

[I strongly suggest we play another round!]

With limited live stream time, Yan Zhusheng obviously couldn't continue playing chess, so after teasing the viewers in the live stream, she got up and went upstairs.

Li Luo stood beside her and didn't forget to introduce the house to the audience: "This is my old house in the countryside. My grandparents usually live here."

"The second floor is the living room and also the dining area. My mom and the others are probably playing mahjong right now."

As he said this, Li Luo led Yan Zhusheng upstairs to the second floor. After arriving in the living room, the sound of the mahjong machine shuffling the tiles gradually became clearer.

Following the gaze of Yan Zhusheng's phone camera, the audience saw four people sitting around the mahjong table.

The audience didn't recognize anyone else, but they recognized Yuan Wanqing at a glance.

Holy crap! Sister Qing?!

[This is hilarious! Does Sister Qing still play mahjong in private?]

[Go check quickly, has Sister Qing won any money?]

Does Zhusheng not play mahjong?

Wow! Who's that pretty girl next to me?

[Looks familiar, like I've seen him somewhere before]

You've seen all kinds of pretty girls, haven't you?

Besides Yuan Wanqing, Lin Xiuhong and Cui Suling were also playing mahjong, along with Ying Chanxi, who was there as a professional player.

Xu Youyu wasn't here at the moment; after finishing his meal, he went to the next room to write.

Unfortunately, Yan Zhusheng didn't introduce much. She only mentioned that Li Luo's mother was one of them, and then sat down next to Yuan Wanqing to show everyone how Yuan Wanqing was playing mahjong.

Yuan Wanqing glanced at the phone in Yan Zhusheng's hand and said, "Live streaming?"

"Mmm." Yan Zhusheng nodded. "Should Mom say hello to the viewers in the live stream?"

"Well, good evening everyone." Yuan Wanqing smiled at the camera. "I wasn't going to let her do a live stream, but Zhusheng insisted on doing one every Sunday. I already promised you all."

Yes, yes, Zhusheng is an honest and trustworthy child!

Happy Chinese New Year, Sister Qing!

When is Sister Qing going to do a live stream again? It's been so long since the last one.

Yan Zhusheng read the comments to Yuan Wanqing, who responded with a smile while playing mahjong: "Why don't you just let Zhusheng do a live stream? If I'm also on her live stream, you can see me, right?"

While chatting with viewers in the live stream, Yuan Wanqing unsurprisingly lost a game.

At this moment, another comment asked who the pretty girl next to her was, but Yan Zhusheng pretended not to see her and deliberately changed the subject.

After watching Yuan Wanqing play two rounds of mahjong, Yan Zhusheng got up again and said to Li Luo beside her, "Is there a quieter place?"

"Yes, come with me." Li Luo got up and led Yan Zhusheng upstairs.

"Where is up there?" Yan Zhusheng asked Li Luo, feigning ignorance.

"Didn't you want a quiet place?" Li Luo said. "The third floor is all bedrooms, and my room is quite quiet."

【? ? ? 】

What do you mean by that?!

【What? Why did you bring someone to your room?】

[Reignition! What are you up to, kid?]

【No! Zhusheng, don't go! You can't just go into a boy's room!】

Yan Zhusheng glanced at the comments, a slight smile playing on her lips, and then said to Li Luo, "The comments say that you can't just go into a boy's bedroom."

“That’s true.” Li Luo walked to the bedroom door, turned to Yan Zhusheng and said, “So you have to wait at the door for a bit, I need to go in and tidy up.”

After saying that, Li Luo opened the door and went inside, then closed it again. After a while, he reopened the door and invited Yan Zhusheng in.

"Okay, come in."

Yan Zhusheng nodded and walked into Li Luo's bedroom with a curious look on her face.

At this moment, Li Luo had already put away the bedding that had been laid out on the bedroom floor, and the blankets on the bed were neatly folded.

Li Luo tidied up the desktop, making it look neat and clean.

Was it a mess just now? There were probably socks and clothes lying around.

The blankets would never be this neat!

[Zhu Sheng could rummage through his drawers; who knows, she might find some unspeakable secrets.]

Li Luo moved closer to Yan Zhusheng, glanced at the comments on the screen, and then chuckled.

There weren't any clothes or socks lying around in his room. Even if there were, they were just pajamas or something that Ying Chanxi and the others had changed out of.

There was also long hair on the bed.

Besides putting away the bedding on the floor, Li Luo mainly tidied up the girls' long hair.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be good if sharp-eyed viewers noticed.

"May I sit on the edge of the bed?" Yan Zhusheng asked, and after receiving Li Luo's permission, she walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed.

Then, holding her phone, she gave everyone a 360-degree tour of Li Luo's room.

"I'm only going to do a one-hour live stream. There are still about ten minutes left, so I'll sing two more songs."

After saying that, Yan Zhusheng selected two songs from the comments and hummed them in Li Luo's bedroom.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

When Yan Zhusheng announced that she was going to end the broadcast, the comments were all telling her to leave quickly.

[Can I leave before ending the broadcast?]

[No! Don't end the broadcast in that son of a bitch Ran Shen's room! I don't even want to think about what will happen if the broadcast ends like this!]

[Reignition is so mean, he's got a knack for lying to girls]

Are you two really in that kind of relationship? Damn it! Did you actually get involved with the God of Burning?!

[Zhusheng, sweetie, shall we go downstairs and continue playing mahjong?]

Playing chess would be fine too.

Yan Zhusheng glanced at the comments, not really caring, and simply said goodbye politely before clicking to close the live stream.

She then tossed her phone aside and said to Li Luo, "Alright, senior is typing, and sister is playing mahjong, so it's just the two of us here."

Li Luo: "...What do you want to do?"

"Think~"

(End of this chapter)