Zhen Yu raised her voice to interrupt her mother, "Are you complaining that the road is not slippery enough?!"
"Hey! You naughty girl! Can’t you speak nicely when you show concern?!" Mrs. Zhen was so annoyed that she wanted to slap Zhen Yu from a distance.
"Don’t move! Don’t stretch your arm!" Zhen Yu immediately spoke up to stop her, and got up to walk towards her mother, "I’ll come and do it for you!"
Mrs. Zhen was stunned, so was Gu’s father, and Zhen Yan and Gu Qing were both stunned at the same time.
"Pfft! Hahaha..." No one knew who laughed first, but everyone except Zhen Yu burst into laughter.
"What are you all laughing at?" At that moment, Zhen Yu suddenly felt that she might be the only normal one left in the family...
As her daughter approached, Mrs. Zhen immediately pulled her into her arms and hugged her! "Hahaha... I never thought my daughter could be so thoughtful, even flattery can’t keep up with you!"
Zhen Yu twitched the corner of her mouth, "I’ll take it as a compliment."
"Haha... I am complimenting you! It’s just that it’s quite a surprise to get your sudden care, and mom is not used to it!"
Zhen Yu looked around and found that everyone’s expressions were similar, all showing an unable-to-accept look concerning what she had just said.
Therefore, Zhen Yu silently made a decision in her heart—forget about being considerate!
"Let’s watch TV! Iron Triangle!" Zhen Yu pointed at the TV, trying to shift everyone’s attention.
As soon as Zhen Yu finished speaking, Gu Qing immediately asked, "What’s this Iron Triangle?"
Zhen Yu glanced at her sideways and asked calmly, "How come I never noticed you were so curious before?"
"Hehe... We weren’t that close before! Of course, I had to act a bit reserved in front of you!" Gu Qing said, somewhat embarrassed.
"Let’s just watch the sketch comedy!" Zhen Yu changed the subject understandingly.
On the first day of the new school term, Aunt Gu and her family came over to celebrate the New Year.
After hearing about Mrs. Zhen’s pregnancy, Aunt Gu was overjoyed! She couldn’t wait to pamper Mrs. Zhen!
"Hey! Sister-in-law, just put that down! Let me do it!"
"Hey! Brother, come over and help! We can’t let sister-in-law do this!"
Mrs. Zhen: "I’m not that frail. Back when I was pregnant with Xiao Yu, I was still unloading coal at five months!"
"That was more than ten years ago! You definitely can’t be reckless like that now! If anything needs to be done, just let my brother do it!"
Mrs. Zhen helplessly found a place to sit down, "Alright then! Then I’ll just sit and watch you all busy yourselves!"
"That’s how it should be!" Aunt Gu laughed heartily: "We are not in our twenties anymore; we can’t joke about with our health!"
"No jokes! No jokes! It’s been less than two days and I’ve already been pampered ! What’s going to happen in the next nine months, am I going to become Empress Dowager Cixi?!"
"So be it!" Aunt Gu, without looking back, dashed into the kitchen to help with lunch.
Gu Qing blinked and nudged Cousin Gu, "Go! Touch auntie’s belly!"
"Why?" Cousin Gu asked with his cute child’s voice.
"Touch it more and next year Aunt Cheng will be able to have a sibling for you. Wait, no! An even prettier brother than you!"
"I don’t want a prettier brother!" Cousin Gu glared fiercely at Gu Qing before running to Mrs. Zhen, placing his little hands on her belly, and saying: "Auntie! I want a little sister prettier than me!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Qing immediately screamed and chased after him, "Ah!! You little rascal! Stop right there!"
During the lively Spring Festival holiday, five people ate together every day but did not stay together. Initially, Zhen Yu was a bit worried that staying together too long might lead to conflicts.
But her worries were unnecessary.
Gu’s father was really a good man! If not extremely attentive, he was at least considerate towards Mrs. Zhen.
Zhen Yu often sighed in private, never expecting her mother to find such bliss after a close brush with death!
This lifestyle continued until the eighth day of the lunar year when both the wonton shop and the game room opened for business at the same time.
During the big holiday, not many people went out to eat, but as soon as the game room opened, it was immediately booming with business!
It seemed that having a long holiday made everyone eager to get out; even the book rental was busier than usual.
Not until the evening of the fifteenth day of the lunar month did Han Mingyue make a phone call.
"Han Mingyue?" Zhen Yu, called down from the second floor by Xiao Gu, tentatively called out.
"Xiao Yu! I’m coming to Qi City tomorrow! With Jiaoyang!"
Zhen Yu didn’t hesitate and said: "I’ll pick you up!"
Han Mingyue immediately refused, "No need! It’s so cold, just wait for me at home!"
"What time is the bus?" Zhen Yu had already made up her mind to go and didn’t argue, just directly asking about the schedule.
Han Mingyue hesitated before saying: "The earliest bus." Then she quickly advised again: "Just wait for me at home!"
Zhen Yu dodged the suggestion, "How long can you stay?"
"Two days! Going tomorrow, coming back the day after! We can only stay for one night." Han Mingyue sighed, fearing that it would be too exhausting for the brothers to make a round trip in one day, Mr. Han didn’t even want them to stay overnight!
"Got it! See you tomorrow!" Xiao Gu was still sitting at the counter, and there were a lot of things she couldn’t say conveniently.
"Okay! See you tomorrow! Hang up now!" Zhen Yu didn’t hide the current situation of the Zhen Family from Han Mingyue at all. He knew this number belonged to the wonton restaurant, and someone else had just picked up the call, so he urged Zhen Yu to hang up the phone.
That night, Zhen Yu tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
Her mind kept revisiting scenes of Han Mingyue’s confession and the subsequent times they were together but mostly apart.
Finally, having no other choice, she opened up the system to take a look.
She had refrained from checking her stats for so long, even Zhen Yu herself was shocked!
On the display screen, many skills that she had been unable to improve before had experienced a qualitative Burst through, in short—they had been upgraded!
Ability Points/Knowledge Points: 337/18
System Mall Available Ability Points: 252
Intelligence - Max score of 100
Appearance - Max score of 100
Physical Strength - Max score of 100
Language - Max score of 100 (Can be improved)
Chinese: Intermediate 80
English: Intermediate 61
Skill - Max score of 100 (Can be improved)
Female Self-defense Skill: Beginner 41
Cooking Skill: Entry-level 31
Computer: Entry-level 21
Vocal: Not started 10
Emotion - Max score of 100
Emotional Quotient: 35
Financial Intelligence: 25
System Mall Level 2 (Can be upgraded)
Storage Space (Can be upgraded)
Trading Platform: Not Opened
She had been holding back from opening it, wanting to save up a lot! When she broke through the bottleneck of skill upgrades through her own efforts, that’s when she would use up the saved ability points!
Zhen Yu forcefully suppressed the excitement in her heart and silently chanted in her mind: "Add 19 points to writing!"
"Add 19 points to Computer!"
"Add 19 points to Female Self-defense Skill!"
"Add 19 points to English!"