I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

Chen Xi was still asking Shen Nianqiu when she came over last night and what she did. Shen Nianqiu was also teasing Chen Xi like a child. They both responded to Chen Junqian's departure. The door closed gently, and Xu Youwei followed her out.

"...I actually told my sister to go back to sleep last night, otherwise I thought Xiaoxi would be fussy in the morning, so Youyou came just in time, thanks."

Seeing Chen Junqian's expression as he thanked her, Xu Youwei felt her dissatisfaction lessen slightly, but she still felt she couldn't let it go so easily. So she raised her chin, deliberately leaned closer, stared into his eyes, and said, word by word:

"I ate the chive, egg and pork dumplings you made this morning."

Chen Junqian paused for a moment, clearly not understanding the meaning of this seemingly random remark, before hearing Xu Youwei continue:

"I was worried that my breath would smell when I came to your house to wish you a Happy New Year, so I brushed my teeth twice, used mouthwash, and chewed gum. But when I arrived, I saw two people lying on Qinqin's bed, one on each side."

The more she talked, the more she felt that her grievances were justified. Chen Junqian, however, remained silent, went straight to the sink to brush his teeth, and then turned to look at Xu Youwei. He had just woken up, his hair was still a little messy, but his eyes were much clearer than before. A little of the New Year's morning light shone in and fell on his shoulders, making his expression appear gentler than usual, and Xu Youwei's heart skipped a beat for no reason.

Before she could continue speaking, Chen Junqian lowered his head slightly and moved closer. Xu Youwei subconsciously held her breath, wondering what he wanted to do.

The next second, he kissed her on the lips, then stepped back half a step and smiled:

"Yes, it really has no taste, but it smells nice."

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Chapter 209: She can take good care of her.

It wasn't until the little dog beside her circled around and nuzzled against Xu Youwei's trouser leg, acting all cute, that Xu Youwei suddenly realized what was happening. She clearly hadn't expected Chen Junqian, who usually acted like a herbivore protagonist, to suddenly do something like this. She subconsciously turned around to look, and then remembered that Lin Mu wasn't there at all.

Of course, there was no surveillance footage. In fact, apart from the stray dog ​​named Xiaoguai that was looking up at her with its big, pleading eyes and sticking out its tongue, there were no other witnesses. So, Xu Youwei switched roles in an instant, as if she had transformed back into herself two or three years ago on the morning of the same Lunar New Year's Day, when she breathed on the boy in front of her after washing up and asked him if he smelled good. She quickly closed the distance between them to negative levels.

"It tastes different from before?"

"That can only be because the toothpaste at my grandma's house is a different brand than the one at my house."

"I'm talking about the atmosphere, the atmosphere."

It has to be said that Youyou, who can be coaxed with just one or two kisses, is much better than Chen Junqian, who is still searching for her. Perhaps it's true that Senmu Cat, who has disappeared into the chimney, is much more powerful. Suddenly, she became radiant and ran lightly to the kitchen to greet her grandparents.

Chen Junqian collected Chen Xi and Shen Nianqiu's clothes and carried them back to their respective homes. Then, he made an excuse, saying he was going to help out in the kitchen, and left.

"...It's all your fault."

Watching her brother hurriedly leave after putting down the clothes, Chen Xi subconsciously turned around and complained to Shen Nianqiu.

"Is this my fault?"

"Because my brother always helped me get dressed every year before."

"If you like being a child so much, why don't you go back and dig out your red scarf and elementary school uniform from the closet and wear them? Do you only realize how old you are when you can't fit into them anymore?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi, who had just taken off her pajamas, subconsciously lowered her head, feeling as if the other person's words had a double meaning. After pursing her lips, she quickly put on the cotton coat and sweater next to her, showing no trace of the slow and sluggish manner that Chen Junqian used to half-coax and half-command her to raise her hands and move her legs in previous years.

After washing up and eating, the task on the first day of the Lunar New Year was, of course, to visit relatives. Although Xu Youwei came to Chen Junqian's place by herself, Chen Jun still had to go to wish Xu Zhiling a Happy New Year. However, this year Chen Junqian didn't have to go with her, since he had already brought the dumplings and vinegar himself.

Of course, such a large amount of free labor couldn't just sit at home doing nothing, so soon, Chen Junqian's grandmother packed up New Year's gifts for him and told him to go visit several relatives in the nearby village. Chen Xi was also given two boxes, obviously so that she and her brother could go together.

Compared to her younger sister's natural advantage, Shen Nianqiu and Xu Youwei were clearly in an awkward position. Although they were all relatives, there were bound to be degrees of closeness among relatives. It was fine for Chen Junqian, at his age, to bring a girlfriend home, but if he were to show her off to the relatives, it felt like the news would spread throughout the entire country the next day, which would have completely different implications. As for Xu Youwei, there was no need to say more; she had absolutely no connection to the family. So, the two of them could only stay at home and play with the dog and cat.

After working together to finally capture the kitten that had crawled out of the chimney, Xu Youwei, who was sitting by the fire pit with the kitten in her arms, heard Shen Nianqiu calling out the kitten's nickname, "Sen Sen, Sen Sen," and suddenly remembered that her best friend had recently changed her online name.

"I remember this cat's nickname is Sen Sen, and its full name is Sen Mu, right?"

Just then, Shen Nianqiu, who was standing nearby, asked the same question, and Xu Youwei nodded in response:

"Yes, that was Mumu's old online name. They were the two of them who adopted the cat together, but Mumu recently changed her online name."

"I think I vaguely remember it being changed to [Lin Mumu]? It feels like some kind of reduplicated word, kind of cute."

But if you pay attention to the timing of the name change, you can clearly see that it was definitely not for any cute intention. Shen Nianqiu, who was not in Guoning at the time, may not know, but Xu Youwei, who was a witness, had painful memories of that day flooding back when she thought of it. She inexplicably stood up and walked to the sink next to her, staring at a tube of toothpaste in the toothbrush cup for a while before she came to her senses.

When she was little, Lin Mu had explained the meaning of her real name and online name to her face, so the moment she saw this new online name, she understood what Lin Mu meant.

The tree that Qinqin symbolized was moved from in front of her to behind her.

It's no longer about wanting to unilaterally receive irrigation and sunlight, but about wanting to be in a position to give love and care.

To be honest, Xu Youwei felt that Mu Mu should really like listening to Jeff Chang's songs "Over the Top" or "Love Like a Tide," at least that was her first impression.

Meanwhile, Chen Xi was pleasantly surprised to be able to visit relatives with Chen Junqian. She even had to thank Xu Youwei for coming over this morning, since her brother would usually have gone to Xu Zhiling's place with Chen Junqian at this time.

Unconsciously, she switched the gifts from both hands to one. Although this increased the pressure on her right hand, and even left a red mark on her fair palm from the wrapping rope of the gift bag, Chen Xi still wanted to maintain the posture of holding hands with Chen Junqian.

Of course, Chen Junqian was well aware that his younger sister was physically weak, so after walking for a while, he took one of the two gift boxes she was carrying. He carried three boxes in one hand without feeling any strain. If it weren't for the possibility of collisions and collisions between the four boxes, he could easily carry all four.

Chen Xi really liked this kind of small but real care in everyday life, and she couldn't help but want to move closer to Chen Junqian, almost with her arms crossed, as she watched her brother greet and say New Year's greetings to the other villagers on the road.

No, no, no, wouldn't that just make me immerse myself in the identity of the younger sister again?

But sometimes it's just too useful. As a staunch believer in the "I won't play anything that's not a Tier 0" philosophy, Chen Xi, who had completely forgotten what ambiguous things she had been doing with the other person when she woke up that morning, lowered her face again when she heard the words "You two have such a good relationship." Anyway, that's just her personality and demeanor in front of outsiders.

Around afternoon, Lin Mu and Zhu Wenjun arrived one after the other.

The former was of course due to the agreement between her and Chen Junqian to spend the Lunar New Year in different places every year, while the latter was directly summoned by Chen Junqian. After all, it would be bad to be missing one person, and secondly, as a veteran and staunch fundamentalist romantic wingman, the literary girl had been diligently assisting Chen Junqian's grand plan for the past two years.

Most importantly, she wasn't like the other two unstable female protagonists who might suddenly react to certain scenes; in fact, she was the complete opposite. Chen Junqian often sighed that it was fortunate Zhu Wenyun hadn't written this mysterious literary quirk into her book, otherwise she probably wouldn't have been able to become a bestselling author from the start.

Finally, Gu Lingguo arrived. This was probably her first time spending the New Year in Chen Junqian's hometown, so she seemed quite reserved in many ways.

Three women make a drama, but six women obviously make more than two dramas. After all, if you divide the six women into three groups of three, you can create ten different situations. So theoretically, that's ten dramas. Fortunately, Chen Junqian's house was also packed with people on the first day of the Lunar New Year, especially with a bunch of children running around in the yard attracting a lot of attention. Otherwise, if it were just the six of them sitting together in one room, it felt like they would start arguing over some word at any moment.

Just like how a little boldness can seamlessly blend into a wedding banquet, being mistaken by the groom as a relative of the bride and by the bride as a relative of the groom, after Chen Junqian's family got better, all sorts of distant relatives naturally appeared one after another. So, apart from Chen Xi and Lin Mu, who firmly occupied the ecological niche of the younger sister and childhood sweetheart, everyone else was naturally regarded as someone's relative. The bustling atmosphere made Zhu Wenyun feel a little overwhelmed, so she simply went out of the courtyard to get some fresh air.

When she turned around, she saw that Lin Mu seemed to have chased after her.

"Why is Mumu out? You should be used to it by now, right?"

Just like the treatment Chen Junqian received at Lin Mu's house, Lin Mu was naturally the one who would be teased here. If everyone around her was talking about her and Chen Junqian, Zhu Wenyun felt that she would definitely be willing to stay inside. So when she saw Lin Mu come out as well, her tone naturally carried a bit of doubt.

"It's a habit, it's been like this every year for the past few years. I only came out after I saw Wenyun come out, because I have something to tell you."

"what's up?"

"By the way, is Wen Yun's next book already in preparation? Has the subject matter been decided yet?"

"So it's about the new book? I'm currently planning to write about Xiao Xi and Lin Guo, using them as some of the prototypes. I've discussed it with the editor. The popularity of anime and manga has increased in the last two years, but unlike before when I could write immediately, I'm still researching anime and manga. After all, I can't end up writing a work that people will say is obviously trying to ride on the popularity of anime and manga."

After hearing Zhu Wenyun's explanation, Lin Mu seemed to have gotten the answer he wanted, and quickly raised another finger to suggest:

"So, has Wenjun considered changing the subject matter, such as writing about me again?"

Before Zhu Wenyun could even utter the words, "But the previous book's theme was you and Youwei," she immediately received an additional proposal that she couldn't refuse.

"I'm a little embarrassed, but I really feel that the Xue Ya that Wenyun wrote about before is quite different from me. If Wenyun wants to see it this time, I can give you all my diaries up to this point as reference material!"

First and foremost, it must be acknowledged that Chen Junqian is the most successful of the three generations of the Chen family, and undoubtedly surpasses many of the first and second generations. Even setting aside his career achievements, Chen Junqian is the most useful "model child" in the eyes of his relatives. After all, being ranked first in the city is enough, not to mention all the other bonuses such as acts of bravery and being the head of the school's Youth League Committee.

However, for the children in his relatives' family, that is, his cousins, nephews and nieces, they would naturally like the handsome older brother and uncle in his relatives' family who had a nice voice. After all, no child can resist Chen Junqian, whose family owns a KFC. At least when Chen Xi was watching a group of children surrounding Chen Junqian and squeezing Sen Mu and Xiao Guai out of the way, chattering and calling him "brother, brother," his expression was a rare disaster.

As for why this hadn't happened on previous Lunar New Year's Days, it was because Chen Junqian was either at Lin Mu's house or taking Chen Xi to the city to see a movie. But the year before last, taking three girls to the movies at the same time was already hard to handle. Chen Junqian simply couldn't imagine taking six pretty girls to the movies at the same time, so he stayed home and naturally got pestered by the kids.

Compared to the little girls who would want to touch and rub against him just by looking at his face, and who would jump on his back from time to time, Chen Junqian had not forgotten to take care of his cousins ​​and nephews. The main reason was that time had finally come to this point in 2016, and "Honor of Kings", which would dominate the mobile phones of children of this age group for the next ten years, was finally launched. He could also take his group of children to play in a custom room with ten people.

During the game, Chen Junqian was somewhat surprised that, unlike Xu Youwei, who had a background in League of Legends and could quickly master the early versions of King of Glory without needing to learn, his older sister, who had probably never played mobile games much in her life and was only playing with him, actually displayed an extremely high level of talent. She started her godlike journey as if she had no teacher, and in the end, Chen Junqian had to put her on the opposing team to balance the battle.

Ignoring the other two girls who kept asking "Why is Jing Ke a female hero?" and the ex-girlfriend who said "Isn't this Arthur just Garen?", the ten-player custom game was still quite fun. It's just that Lin Mu and Zhu Wenyun mysteriously disappeared somewhere and didn't return to the courtyard for quite a while.

Lin Mu stood to the side watching his childhood sweetheart playfully interacting with the children while simultaneously operating the game, and couldn't help but smile.

She unconsciously recalled the fairy tale "The Giant's Garden" by Oscar Wilde, which she had mentioned in her diary yesterday and which was included in the elementary school Chinese textbook.

The story is about a giant who owns a beautiful garden, but out of selfishness, he forbids anyone from entering, not even innocent children. The garden, devoid of children's laughter, becomes unsightly; birds no longer sing, flowers no longer bloom, and spring never returns. Ice and snow freeze the entire garden. One day, the children return, and spring's beauty reappears. This touches the giant's heart, softens his selfishness, and teaches the children the meaning of sharing.

But this is just a fairy tale.

Just like the song "I Don't Want to Grow Up" that she often listened to in elementary school, but only recently realized the lyrics "I am willing to continue to sleep quietly until he comes back, but he has already gone to another castle to kiss another pair of lips," realizing that fairy tales are fake may also be a necessary step in growing up.

"Is this really your first time playing, sister? Your combos are so smooth!"

"I just downloaded this game, okay? It's definitely my first time playing it."

Her gaze remained fixed on Chen Junqian, who was chatting and laughing with Shen Nianqiu beside her. The petite childhood sweetheart, who believed in every way that she had no connection with giants, secretly clenched her small fists.

She doesn't want to share it.

Her garden, her trees.

She can take good care of him.

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Chapter 210: There's a Lion in Mu Mu's Eyes

After the annual, lively gathering of relatives ends, what remains at home, besides silence, is a mess in every sense of the word.

Because the cement brick floors in the countryside don't require any special care, sunflower seed shells, peanut shells, orange peels, and the like are simply thrown on the ground. So, after most of the relatives left, Chen Junqian, of course, didn't rest. He quickly switched to cleaning duty mode and began a thorough cleaning. (Preference for romantic everyday life?)

As for why he was on duty, it's mainly because he actually managed to lead a duty team. The six girls, along with him, each had their own rags and brooms. They worked together quite well, wiping the tables and sweeping the floor. With the seven of them working together, they quickly cleaned up the trash in the hall and yard, and the dining tables were polished to a shine again.

But after everything was packed up, apart from Gu Lingguo, who really couldn't stay out overnight and had to pack up and go home, the other five girls showed no intention of leaving at all.

It is precisely because of this that some happy troubles have naturally been passed down from the fathers to the grandfathers. However, compared to the important issue of marriage, which will not be formally considered for at least two more years, there is another problem that needs to be solved tonight.

So, where should these five girls, who could all become their granddaughters-in-law someday, sleep tonight?

In previous years, there was only Chen Xi at the beginning, and she slept with Chen Junqian. Later, Lin Mu and Shen Nianqiu joined, and Chen Xi also had to sleep in her own bed. At that time, it was already a bit of a shortage of beds. But tonight, there are two more people. At least on the first floor, there really can't be any empty rooms with beds.

But it was at this moment that Chen Junqian's grandmother suddenly remembered the second floor.

This house, a classic two-story villa typical of rural areas, was built by Chen Jun and Wang Hongling in the 1990s. They held their wedding ceremony here, and their marital home was on the second floor. However, they later went to the city to work and lived in the dormitory building allocated by the wear-resistant factory for a long time. So, their marital home on the second floor was moved here.

"There are two rooms, and the beds and bedding are all complete. Although no one has lived there for a while, your dad and I will go and air it out and clean it from time to time. It should be fine for someone to live there."

After hearing what Grandma Chen Junqian said, Wang Hongling went upstairs to check herself. It was indeed as Grandma Chen Junqian said. Because of the ventilation and cleaning, there was no problem staying overnight. So she went downstairs to tell the children in the front hall.

To Wang Hongling's surprise, the girls suddenly became interested after hearing that the upstairs room was where she and Chen Jun had once lived. Except for Xu Youwei, who had explored upstairs countless times, everyone else said they wanted to go upstairs to take a look, so Chen Junqian and Xu Youwei had no choice but to follow.

So the group of people went up to the second floor in a grand manner. The second floor was much quieter than the downstairs. The lights at the top of the stairs were on, illuminating the slightly worn luster of the wooden handrail. The door to the room at the end of the corridor was rarely opened, and a faded red "Fu" character was pasted on the door frame.

Wang Hongling took the key and opened the door, and a clean air, carrying the scent of old wood, rushed out.

The room wasn't big, but it was very tidy. Against the wall was a double bed with a headboard made of dark wood, a style popular twenty years ago, with simple carvings. Above the headboard hung a large framed photo of Chen Jun and Wang Hongling when they were young.

In the photo, Chen Jun is wearing a suit, his eyebrows and eyes are sharper than they are now, and he stands very straight. Wang Hongling is wearing a white gauze dress, her hair is up, and she smiles gently and brightly. The two of them stand in front of a red background, looking both youthful and formal. As soon as Lin Mu entered the room, she exclaimed "Wow!" softly and praised him sweetly:

"My godmother was so beautiful when she was young."

Wang Hongling followed behind and, upon hearing this, although she looked a little embarrassed, she was clearly very happy. The others also offered a few words of praise. On the other hand, Xu Youwei, who had seen this place before, was rather bored. After all, she had been here many times with Chen Junqian when they went on adventures before, so she had no sense of novelty at all.

Shen Nianqiu stared at the wedding photo for a while, then looked at Chen Junqian, and finally commented:

"I feel that Junqian does look more like his mother."