After being reborn, my sister insisted on marrying me.

After the holiday.

In a small family, everyone has their own schedule: some are busy, some are free, and some are at leisure.

Yes, we're talking about someone again.

That night.

After dinner, Aunt Zheng tidied up in the kitchen.

The four people were sprawled out in the living room, each doing their own thing.

Chen Xinyi flipped through a home renovation magazine, circling things on the floor plan with a pen, occasionally biting the pen cap and frowning in thought.

Jin Shilin was lying on the sofa scrolling through her phone when she suddenly exclaimed "Huh!"

"Look at this interior design example! Industrial style with natural wood, it's so beautiful!"

She held up her phone; the screen showed a design of an open-plan kitchen connecting to the living room.

Chen Xinyi leaned over for a look and shook her head: "It's too cold. This style isn't suitable once we have kids at home."

"The child is still too young!"

"It's getting late. A house this big will take at least six months to renovate, and possibly more than a year."

"It takes about six months for the formaldehyde to dissipate after the renovation, so we can move in around the Lunar New Year the year after next. After another six months to a year of trying to conceive, we should be able to have a baby the year after that."

Kim Se-rin buried her face in the cushion.

Wei Yi couldn't help but chuckle.

"What are you laughing at?" Jin Shilin lifted her head from the cushion and glared at him. "Your sister is planning your life again."

"Isn't that perfectly natural?" Wei Yi leaned back, crossing his legs. "I've had everything planned out for me since I was little. In elementary school, she arranged my homework; in middle school, she arranged my high school entrance exam; in high school, she arranged for me to apply to Yenching University; in college, she arranged for me to attend the Southwest Associated University. Now she's arranging for me to have a baby. What's the problem with that?"

Chen Xinyi nodded in satisfaction: "Very high level of awareness."

"Of course. My greatest strength is my awareness."

Chen Xinyi laid out the floor plan on the coffee table and began to allocate the multiple bedrooms on the second floor by pointing with a pen.

"This is the master bedroom, where Wei Yi and I live. This room is for Sister Shilin, and this room is for Siyan. These two rooms will be decorated as a nursery and a children's room, one for the girl and one for the boy."

"Wait a minute." Jin Shilin leaned closer and pointed to the floor plan. "There are seven suite bedrooms on the second floor. You and Wei Yi will share one, Siyan and I will each have one, and there are two children's rooms. Where are the other two?"

"One room will be used as a study, and the other will be used as a spare."

"Your study takes up a bedroom? With such a big basement, you could just partition off a room."

"The study on the second floor is for my exclusive use; it's where I store legal documents and contracts. It can't be mixed up with the basement."

"Alright then. I'll stay next to Siyan." Jin Shilin leaned back on the sofa with satisfaction.

Lin Siyan suddenly spoke up: "I want to live in the west-facing unit."

"The west-facing unit is a bit far from the master bedroom, why are you living in the west-facing unit?" Jin Shilin asked her.

"The west-facing unit is away from the elevator and stairs, so it's quiet. I like quiet."

Chen Xinyi looked up at her and said, "Siyan, you'll be staying next to the master bedroom. That way, I can occasionally come over and sleep with you at night."

"...Okay." Lin Siyan was silent for a moment, then smiled, and the resentful expression on her face finally disappeared.

Kim Se-rin was completely unaware, or perhaps she knew but pretended not to.

She was still enthusiastically discussing interior design styles with Chen Xinyi.

"We can turn that wall at the end of the second-floor corridor into a photo wall and hang all our photos up there. For example, the group photo from when we opened last time, and the one from your birthday last year, Sister Shilin... But you closed your eyes and smiled so ugly in that one, so maybe we should forget about it."

"You're the ugly one! That one is clearly very pretty!"

Chen Xinyi turned to another page of the magazine, and suddenly her eyes lit up:

"Look at the design of this children's room. The pink walls are paired with white furniture, and there's a row of low cabinets next to the window, which can be used as a bay window and for storage. It'll be just right for my daughter to live in later."

Jin Shilin leaned closer to look: "You've even decided on the baby's gender?"

"I want a daughter first. Daughters are sweet, and if they look like me, they'll definitely be beautiful."

"What if he looks like Wei Yi?"

"That's still beautiful. My brother is a real heartthrob, and his daughter is pretty just like him. But she can't have his personality; he's too lazy. If my daughter were like him, lounging on the sofa all day, I'd be furious."

Wei Yi raised his hand in protest: "I'm still here. Can we discuss my shortcomings after I get back to my room?"

"Is this a flaw? It's an objective fact." Chen Xinyi didn't even look up.

After laughing, Jin Shilin asked, "And the second one?"

"I want a son second. It's not good for a daughter to have an older brother; a girl needs to be an older sister to learn how to take care of others. I've been an older sister since I was little, so I know this best."

"You're indirectly praising yourself."

"I'm just stating an objective fact," Chen Xinyi said frankly. "Sister Shilin, what names do you plan to give your children?"

Kim Se-rin's face flushed instantly: "Who told you I was going to have a baby!"

"You said it yourself. That day at the dinner table, you said you'd only have one child at most."

"You forced me to do that! And it was just a joke!"

"Even in jest, it was a genuine thought. So, do you really want to have a child?"

Jin Shilin lowered her head, her voice barely audible, "It's not up to me to decide something like this by myself."

She glanced at Wei Yi furtively as she said this.

Wei Yi was watching the show while holding a can of cola when he noticed Jin Shilin's gaze sweeping over him.

Immediately put on an expression that says, "I'm fine with anything."

This made Jin Shilin so angry she wanted to grind her teeth.

Chen Xinyi watched this scene unfold, her lips curling into a wider smile: "So she wants to have a baby. Okay, what should we name Shilin's child, Wei?"

"Stop talking, stop talking! You should think of a name for your own child first!"

The two were arguing noisily when Lin Siyan suddenly put down her book and looked up at Chen Xinyi.

"My bedroom."

Chen Xinyi and Jin Shilin both turned to look at her.

"I don't want anything too flashy. White is fine. And the curtains should be gray blackout curtains."

Lin Siyan's tone was as light as ever, "Could you open a door in the study next door? Not one that faces the hallway, but one that leads directly from your study to my room."

Chen Xinyi tilted her head and looked at her.

Lin Siyan remained calm and continued, "That way, when you're working overtime on contracts at night, I can keep you company in your study. You won't have to walk down the hallway."

The living room fell silent for a moment.

Kim Se-rin opened her mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again.

"Okay." Chen Xinyi's tone was a bit softer than usual. "I'll talk to the designer about it. Two doors, one facing the hallway and one facing your room. You can come in from either side."

"Hmm." Lin Siyan lowered her head to read again. But she turned the pages much slower than usual; she spent at least three minutes looking at that page before turning it.

Wei Yi placed the empty Coke can on the coffee table, stood up, and announced:

"Let me summarize. My sister wants to have four children, Shilin wants to have one, and Siyan wants to have a hidden door in the study. Currently, only my needs haven't been discussed yet."

"What do you need?" Chen Xinyi looked up at him.

"I need a game room in the basement. It needs to be soundproof, have a big TV, and a sofa I can lie on."

"No way. The basement is already planned for a home theater, gym, wine cellar, storage room, and library. It would be a waste for you to have a whole room by yourself."

"Then combine the home theater and game room. As long as the TV is big enough, it'll be fine."

Chen Xinyi thought for a moment and said, "Okay. But there's one thing."

"What?"

"The game room shouldn't only be used at night. When you have children, you should play games with them."

"That depends on the game. Super Mario is okay, but GTA is not. I can't take my kids to Los Santos to race cars."

What is GTA?

"It's just a game. It doesn't matter. Anyway, I play the ones that aren't suitable for children behind closed doors, and I play the ones that are fun for the whole family with them."

Chen Xinyi nodded in satisfaction: "Okay. The game room is approved."

Jin Shilin shook her head with a sigh, "You're discussing your child like it's a matter of where to eat this weekend. This is about life and responsibility! Can't you be a little more serious?"

"Sister Shilin." Chen Xinyi looked at her, her expression unusually serious. "For me, discussing these things with you is the most serious thing I do."

Jin Shilin paused for a moment, then got up from the sofa: "I'll go to the kitchen to see if Aunt Zheng has cut any fruit. You guys continue."

She walked twice as fast as usual, and her ears turned red.

Chen Xinyi turned to look at Lin Siyan, but before she could speak, Lin Siyan had already closed her book.

"I'll go help Sister Shilin."

Only Wei Yi and Chen Xinyi remained in the living room.

Chen Xinyi leaned back on the sofa, spread the floor plan on the coffee table, and let out a long sigh.

"There's still quite a bit to go."

"What's so different?"

"We're still short of people. The house is too big. Right now, it's just you, me, Sister Shilin, and Siyan. It's a bit of a waste for four people to live in such a big house."

"Moreover, with fewer people living in a large space, it feels empty and uncomfortable."

Wei Yi glanced at her warily: "Sis, what are you thinking about now?"

Chen Xinyi looked at him with a smile, her peach blossom eyes flashing with a familiar light under the lamp.

"It's nothing. You'll see later."