I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

If you could give me more...

Although Chen Shuo was very confident in his son's character and knew that he was very serious and earnest about this relationship, there's always a chance of something going wrong.

What if this kid gets the money, does the math, and finds that after deducting all sorts of expenses, there's still a lot of spare cash left? Then, on a whim, he might think, "Let's go get a room!"

Although the two were childhood sweethearts, they hadn't gotten married yet... He, as their father, only did *that* when they were almost married, so as not to let the kid get too arrogant.

And what if Director Nie finds out about this?

He really couldn't imagine what that guy would do. Anyway, putting himself in his shoes, if it were his daughter, Chen Shuo would definitely break that kid's legs and make him regret ever being born.

Of course, it's also possible that this guy is saving money by living frugally just to save up for a few hotel room expenses.

Of course, it's also possible that Qiuqiu paid for the room herself.

But there's nothing I can do about it, anyway, I've already done my best.

Chapter 363 Extra Five

The siblings talked in the room for a long time before Chen Qi'an came out of his sister's bedroom. He looked at Chen Shuo, then at him again, and then went over to him and said, "Dad, do you think you have a big misunderstanding about me?"

"Oh?" Chen Shuo raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying. "Is there?"

"Anyway, I think you're overthinking it. Qiuqiu and I won't do that so early...so early."

"Okay, I'm relieved to hear that. Otherwise, if your Uncle Nie beats you up, I wouldn't know whether I should help him or not."

"?"

Chen Qi'an was stunned, looking at Chen Shuo with disbelief. So you were planning to not only not stop Uncle Nie from beating me, but also help him beat me up?

He began to doubt whether he was his biological son.

"So, to avoid getting beaten up by your Uncle Nie, you'd better behave yourself."

"I know, and..."

As he spoke, Chen Qi'an scratched his head, "And I feel like Uncle Nie hasn't been very friendly to me lately. Dad, do you think he might not approve of my relationship with Qiuqiu in the future?"

"What if he doesn't agree? What are you going to do? Keep pestering him or find someone else?" Chen Shuo asked rhetorically.

Chen Qi'an opened his mouth, because he really hadn't thought about this issue. After holding it in for a while, he stammered, "If I don't agree, I don't agree. Anyway, I'm not going to change it."

"That settles it. You've already decided on his daughter, so why worry about these things? Besides, he'll agree."

"real?!"

"Ah."

Chen Qi'an was clearly pleasantly surprised, but Chen Shuo only gave a casual reply, staring blankly at his daughter's bedroom door.

He thought that if one day his daughter brought a boy home and said that this was her boyfriend, he would feel heartbroken, upset, and angry at first. He would think about beating that boy up and kicking him out.

But what can I do if my daughter is set on that person? Even if I disagree, it's just a helpless rage. In the end, I still have to be nice to him and hope that he will treat my little darling better in the future.

This is the helplessness of a father.

That's why he's been so vigilant all these years to prevent this from happening. He also gives his daughter a lot of living expenses to prevent her from running out of money after she goes to university and having the idea of ​​finding an ATM.

------------------

I bought high-speed rail tickets, and all three children were on the same train. There wasn't much sadness about parting. These days, transportation is so convenient; I can come back anytime I want, and I can see my children anytime via video on my phone.

But Wu Yulan's eyes still reddened. Over the years, the middle-aged woman of yesteryear has become an old lady. Although she is well-maintained and doesn't look old, she is already over sixty years old.

As people get older, they become more sensitive to separation and their emotions become richer. Chen Jianwen, a grown man, was able to restrain himself.

But as a woman, whether she was thinking too far ahead or simply because she was always talkative and now that she's older, she kept giving advice while holding the hands of the siblings.

Starting with telling them to be careful on the road, then urging them to study hard and eat on time, and then asking about their plans after graduation, such as whether they planned to stay in Beijing.

Although it was just a question, his eyes were full of hope.

"Grandma, I've talked to Dad about this before. I went to study in Beijing to broaden my horizons. I'll come back after graduation and find a job here. I don't plan to stay there."

These were the words of Chen Qinghan, and she thought so too. As a semi-homebody, she never thought about making a name for herself in Beijing. She just wanted to go home, where she had friends, parents, and grandparents. Everything she had was here.

"Okay, okay, where's Xiaobao?"

"Grandma, I'm back too."

"Okay, okay, come back, everyone come back, Qiuqiu is coming back too. It's always good to be at home, but it's always difficult to be away from home. There's no place like home."

“Yes, Grandma Wu is right, I’ll come back too.” Nie Qingqiu nodded obediently beside her.

"Hey, they're all good kids."

These words were spoken by Liu Yuying, Nie Xi's mother. In her heart, any child who could come back was a good child, unlike her own son.

Going to university is like losing contact with someone.

"I heard from Nie Xi that you two are dating?" she said, taking her granddaughter's hand and then Chen Qi'an's hand, as if she was about to put them together.

Chen Qi'an paused for a moment, watching the two hands getting closer and closer, and then subconsciously glanced at his future father-in-law.

Nie Xi turned her head to one side expressionlessly, not wanting to see this scene.

Every time he thought about his daughter being seduced, he couldn't help but feel depressed.

But the old lady was different. Liu Yuying was very happy to see the two children dating. They had grown up together since they were little, knew each other well, and Qi'an was good in every way—good-looking and smart.

If it weren't for the fact that the two of them are still young and have to go to university, I would really like to get things done as soon as possible so that I can hold my great-grandchild sooner.

"Okay, all good...all good..."

Liu Yuying put their hands together, sighing with satisfaction as she looked at them.

Chen Qi'an wore a shy smile, his eyes constantly glancing cautiously at Nie Xi. He felt his heart pounding like a drum, inexplicably flustered, as he held the little hand of someone else's daughter in front of his father-in-law.

In my grandfather's words, this was outrageous.

Just then, the waiting hall's announcement came over the loudspeaker that their train was arriving and passengers could board.

Chen Qi'an breathed a sigh of relief, feeling finally free, when he saw Uncle Nie pick up the suitcase on the ground and say, "Let's go, let's go into the station."

"Uncle Nie, are you also coming into the station?"

"How can I go to the capital to see you off if I don't go into the station?"

"what?"

Chen Qi'an was shocked and couldn't help but gasp.

"What, you don't welcome me?"

Nie Xi pushed up his glasses, and Su Yu leaned over, holding his shoulder and waving her train ticket with a smile. "Xiao Bao, would you like to welcome your Aunt Su? I'm going too."

"..."

Chen Qi'an's expression was indescribable. After a moment of hesitation, he looked at his parents again. He remembered that his parents were also going to see her off, so he still held onto a sliver of hope. "Mom and Dad, are you taking my sister to school for registration, or are you taking me and Qiuqiu?"

Chen Shuo looked surprised. "Of course we'll send your sister. Didn't you already have someone send you? Two people, isn't that enough?"

"That's enough, that's enough."

Chen Qi'an's last shred of hope vanished. Not only would he have to stay with his parents-in-law the whole way, but once they arrived in Beijing, they would also have to take him to school to register.

He suddenly remembered a very, very old movie where a man was crawling on the ground, trying to write a big "misery" character on someone's leg.

He now wants to find someone to write a big "misery" on the other person's leg.

Who can be more miserable than me?

Chen Qi'an really wanted to shout, "This report is better left unreported!" But in the end, he didn't.

We finally got into the same university, so we can't just give up now. Besides, we only have to endure this short period of suffering; there are still four good years ahead.

It was the high-speed rail again. Chen Qi'an was very fortunate. High-speed rail was great because it was fast.

Two couples with three children walked towards the station entrance, while Chen Qi'an dawdled at the very back, his head hunched over like a cunning little chicken.

Chen Shuo kept glancing back, finding it increasingly interesting. Just then, Bai Xiaoqi's voice rang in his ear, "Don't you think Xiao Bao is pitiful?"

"What's so pitiful about it? Being escorted to school by your parents-in-law, what freshman gets that kind of treatment?"

Indeed, no. At least the senior students in charge of welcoming the new students were surprised. They had just seen the couple with two children registering and assumed they were siblings, so they casually asked them.

The woman, who was almost too beautiful, smiled and said, "They're not siblings. One is my daughter, and the other is my son-in-law."

Ah, this...

After completing the enrollment procedures, when it was time to go to the dormitory, although he had to part ways with Qiuqiu, Chen Qi'an was actually a little happy, thinking that he was finally free. As a result, Uncle Nie thoughtfully offered to take him to the dormitory.

Chen Qi'an could only continue to play the role of an emotionless mute, silently following behind Nie Xi as they slowly walked towards the dormitory building. He then began to pray that his roommates had arrived and that he wouldn't have to share a room with his father-in-law.

When he arrived, he found that all four beds in the four-person dormitory were empty; he was the first to arrive.

Everything is going wrong today; the whole world seems to be working against me.

After entering the dormitory, Chen Qi'an looked around and walked straight to the bed in the corner. Under Nie Xi's watchful gaze, he reluctantly began to make the bed.

Before he came, he checked the travel guides and decided that when choosing a bed, he should choose the one that is far away from the light switch, otherwise he would have to take on the job of turning off the lights for four years of college.

Of course, the bed closest to the light switch has its advantages; you get a few "Dad" calls every time you turn off the light.

The dormitory was quiet. The two people were silent. One was usually not talkative, and the other just wanted to make his bed quickly and go downstairs to buy daily necessities. The atmosphere was too oppressive.

"Is this what universities are like now?"

Su Yu stood on the balcony of her daughter's dormitory and looked down. She felt pretty good, and most importantly, there was no sense of divine aura that made her uncomfortable.

Nowadays, schools don't enshrine saints. There might be some, but even if there is incense, no one truly believes in them.

Unlike the Imperial Academy and the Imperial College of the past, which housed statues of sages and whose scholars genuinely believed in them, resulting in the clay statues being imbued with the power of the people's wishes over many years, and even containing contemporary Confucian scholars who had cultivated a noble spirit, I really didn't want to go in.

Nie Qingqiu was making the bed at the time. Hearing this, she turned her head and glanced at her, then casually asked, "Mom, what were universities like back then?"

"The old universities were like... how would I know?"

"Oh..."

Nie Qingqiu said "Oh," and since he was still unwilling to talk about it, she wouldn't ask. He would talk about it someday.

-----------------------

"This is what university is like..."