Today is New Year’s Eve, and it’s obvious Uncle’s family doesn’t plan to leave.

Chuzheng thinks this family is really something, crashing at someone else’s house during the New Year.

Later, Father Lu knocked and entered.

"Xiao Chu."

Chuzheng glanced at him, but didn’t respond.

Father Lu’s face was full of worry: "Xiao Chu, are you still angry?"

"No." It’s not my relatives, nothing to be angry about, as for whether the original owner is angry, who knows.

Father Lu pulled over a chair to sit down: "How could you say those things today?"

Chuzheng said righteously, "What did I say wrong?"

"..."

"After all, she is your Aunt."

Here it comes, the classic line from Father Lu, appearing before the original owner every now and then, often structured like ’After all, she is your Aunt’ ’After all, she is your Cousin’ ’After all, he is your XX’.

Father Lu is actually very good to the original owner, except for this point...

Perhaps no one is perfect.

Chuzheng didn’t want to discuss philosophy with Father Lu: "Is there anything else? If not, I need to rest."

Father Lu was at a loss for words, his eyes full of hesitation, seemingly unsure of how to start.

After a long pause, Father Lu said: "Isn’t Qianqian going to live with us in the future? Our house is just this big, how about letting Qianqian share a room with you first?"

Chuzheng knew Father Lu came to talk about this.

Chuzheng refused: "I don’t agree."

"Qianqian will transfer to your school next semester. Our place is close to the school. If you go together, you’ll have a companion after school too."

Chuzheng crossed her arms indifferently: "Don’t you know we don’t get along? Can I actually go to and from school with her?"

Father Lu: "..."

Father Lu probably anticipated it wouldn’t be easy to convince her, so he quickly deployed his second tactic: "Xiao Chu, Dad promised to buy you a new computer, could you bear with it for a bit?"

Chuzheng: "No."

The original owner also refused initially, but eventually was persuaded by Father Lu.

Not just because of material things, but maybe due to family genes — all so indecisive.

With Chuzheng here now, there’s no way she’d concede.

"Uncle, I’m so sleepy, can I go to sleep now?"

Lu Qian barged in without knocking, dragging her suitcase.

She scanned the room as if mapping out which parts would belong to her later.

Her gaze lingered on the original owner’s figures, an expression of longing and envy in her eyes.

Father Lu didn’t expect Lu Qian to come in suddenly; he hadn’t finished speaking, anxiously saying, "Qianqian, please go out first..."

"Aren’t I sleeping here later? Why should I go out?" Lu Qian said as if it were only natural, "I want to sleep."

Chuzheng was more straightforward, directly standing up and kicking Lu Qian’s suitcase.

The suitcase slid out of the room.

Lu Qian stared at her kicked suitcase and angrily said, "What are you doing..."

Chuzheng pushed Lu Qian out, along with Father Lu.

Bang—

The door closed, and they heard the sound of it being locked.

"Uncle!"

Father Lu hadn’t expected Chuzheng to act like this, awkwardly saying, "Qianqian, why don’t you sit in the living room for a bit."

Lu Qian: "..."

Lu Qian glared at the door, unhappily went to complain to her parents in the living room.

Then the living room turned into complete chaos.

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Chuzheng lay on the bed, pondering how to deal with that family outside, finally rolling about before deciding direct action would be easiest.

Buzz...

The spot under Chuzheng vibrated.

She lay still, reaching back to feel around.

After not finding it for a while, she reluctantly got up, lifting the blanket to search for her phone.

Chuzheng found the phone; someone had sent her a text message.

Sender: Bai Dongai

Content: Let’s hang out tomorrow, same place.

Chuzheng squinted slightly, pulling out this person’s details from the original owner’s memory.

Bai Dongai, the original owner’s desk-mate and best friend.

Gender: Male.

Bai Dongai lived in the next neighborhood, both had good grades, usually attended school together, were desk-mates, naturally forming a good bond.

Chuzheng, while tapping on her phone, turned over and replied.

Chuzheng: Not going.

Bai Dongai: Why? Are you growing mushrooms at home?

Chuzheng: Raising a dog.

Bai Dongai: Huh? You got a dog?

Bai Dongai: Didn’t you say you hate small animals?

Bai Dongai: Girls are so unpredictable.

Chuzheng: ...

Bai Dongai: Stop wasting words, see you tomorrow.

Chuzheng: ...

I’m not going!

Early the next day, King’s Account gave her a squander task, so she had to go.

Early morning, Bai Dongai sent a message asking if she was awake.

Chuzheng checked the time.

7:30 AM.

Is he crazy?!

Chuzheng changed clothes and went out, Mother Lu was already up, tidying the messy living room.

Last night Uncle and Father Lu slept in the living room, Uncle was still asleep, and Father Lu was nowhere to be seen.

Mother Lu and the mother-daughter pair slept in the master bedroom.

The master bedroom door was still closed; Lu Qian and Aunt mustn’t have woken up yet.

"Xiao Chu is up." Mother Lu called her softly: "Go wash up, breakfast will be ready soon."

"Mm."

Chuzheng went to wash up; as soon as she entered the bathroom, someone pounded on the door.

"Lu Chuzheng, hurry up, I need to use the bathroom!"

Lu Qian’s voice came from outside.

Chuzheng acted as if she didn’t hear and leisurely washed her face.

Shout then!

No matter how you shout, I’m not paying attention.

Bang bang bang!

Lu Qian was outside, pounding on the door out of urgency: "Lu Chuzheng, what are you doing in there!"

Chuzheng opened the bathroom door; Lu Qian was clutching her stomach, looking like she couldn’t hold it.

"You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? What are you doing in there for so long?"

Chuzheng coldly glanced at her: "It’s my house’s toilet; I’ll stay as long as I want. If you’re unhappy, you can go home."

Lu Qian: "..."

Lu Qian couldn’t hold it anymore and stopped arguing with Chuzheng, entering the bathroom.

By the time she came out, Chuzheng had already left the house.

During the Spring Festival, the entire neighborhood looked cheerful.

The ground was covered in light snow, leaving a trail of footprints when stepped on.

Children, who had gotten up early, were building snowmen and having snowball fights in the yard, having fun.

Chuzheng had no intention of meeting Bai Dongai, but as soon as she stepped out of the neighborhood, someone appeared beside her.

A boy rode up on a bicycle, stopping steadily by her side, greeting cheerfully: "Morning."

The boy stood with one foot on the ground supporting the bicycle, one hand holding the handlebar, looking a bit cool.

Immediately a name popped into Chuzheng’s mind — Bai Dongai.

Bai Dongai was attractive, resembling the sunny and handsome big brother next door, smiling as brightly as the young stars on TV.

In school, Bai Dongai always held the top slot as the school heartthrob, with good grades and having many fangirls.

The original owner had passed him quite a few love letters.

"Get on." Bai Dongai gestured to the back seat.

Chuzheng: "..." 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Are you misunderstanding something?!

Who wants to get on your bike!!!

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Bai Dongai: What’s wrong with my bike? Isn’t a bicycle a vehicle?!

Little Fairy: Vote to get you a Lamborghini.

Bai Dongai: ...

Little Fairy: Only with monthly votes~

Bai Dongai: ...