Chapter 154: 90: Quan Shui Family Chapter 154 Heading to Shanghai, Where You Are, I Am

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Protagonist:

Lin Xiyu

"Fine, I'll treat, I'll treat, okay?"

Qu Peng sighed in resignation: "I knew you, kid, couldn't squeeze out anything good, deliberately latching onto me just to get me to pay for the treat."

"You know it yourself."

Guben patted his shoulder and gave him a pitying look: "Who told you to go to BJ and stay there so long without even making a phone call? If it weren't for my engagement to Xiyu, were you planning to stay there forever and not come back?"

"How could that be..."

Qu Peng felt a bit guilty: "It's too hard to apply for a Beijing hukou; many Beijing drifters can't last three years, and I'll probably have to come back too."

"You're thinking pretty far ahead."

Wang Fan couldn't resist teasing him again: "You haven't even started university, and you're already thinking about hukou."

"It's indeed not easy for outsiders to apply for a Beijing hukou, unless..."

Guben glanced at Qu Peng, smiling meaningfully: "Find a BJ girl and marry a local."

"Hmph."

Wang Fan laughed and made a sound of sudden realization: "No wonder you have your eye on Gu Hui; turns out you had this idea."

"Liangzi..."

Wu Meng's expression changed: "You won't want to stay in BJ in the future, will you?"

"Where you are, I am."

Li Liang didn't hesitate and gave her a Comfort Pill.

"That's good..."

Wu Meng indeed felt reassured and showed a smile.

"Tsk."

Wang Fan felt sour.

Qu Peng's expression wasn't good either.

"Let's go, to the Internet Cafe."

Guben intimately held Lin Xiyu's hand and dealt another critical hit to the two single dogs: "The CD Sister Yan gave definitely has a surprise; I guess it's a copy of the Quan Shui Family Documentary specially made for us two."

"I think so too..."

Lin Xiyu was in sync with him and gave him a sweet smile.

Wang Fan: "......."

Qu Peng: "......."

This wave of dog food is filling!

I'm already stuffed.

What big meal to eat tonight? Everyone go home, wash up, and sleep; we still have to rush tomorrow.

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The CD Li Yan gave Lin Xiyu on behalf of the Program Group was indeed the complete version of the Quan Shui Family Documentary.

The documentary is 1 hour and 17 minutes long, with beautiful visuals and bloopers.

The scene where Guben improvised by Daming Lake, forcing Grandfather to admit Lin Xiyu was his future granddaughter-in-law, was included.

"Ah, they filmed this part too?"

Even though Lin Xiyu was there at the time, seeing this scene again still made her heart pound.

"The Cameraman is professional..."

Guben didn't care and casually brushed it off.

"Your guts are really quite fat..."

Lin Xiyu smiled and scolded him: "Daring to set a trap for Grandfather; now that I think about it, I'm still nervous. What if Grandfather was ruthless and refused? What would you have done then?"

"He wouldn't."

Guben was confident: "Grandfather wouldn't refuse because he knows me; once he decides on something or someone, unless he gives up himself, others can hardly change his mind."

Lin Xiyu's heartbeat skipped: "When did you start deciding on me?"

"Let me think..."

Guben stroked his chin, thinking seriously.

Lin Xiyu raised her eyebrow, looking at him with interest.

"It should be..."

Guben met her expectant gaze and smiled black-belliedly: "From when a silly girl fell from a tree."

"Fine, you're laughing at me again!"

Lin Xiyu bristled, raised her fist to hit her.

Guben reacted quickly, grabbed her hand, pulled her into his arms, and his warm lips fell.

Lin Xiyu struggled in vain and once again sank into his tenderness and sweetness.

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September 10th.

Old Jinan has a custom: the bun lands on its filling, the dough lands on its face.

Put simply, it means eating dumplings to see off a relative, and eating noodles to welcome a relative home.

On the day the two granddaughters left home, Grandma followed custom and personally made pork and kidney bean dumplings, their favorite, to see them off.

After eating the dumplings, the two sisters set off on a long journey under their relatives' earnest instructions, boarding the train to Shanghai.

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From Jinan to Shanghai, even the express train takes seventeen hours.

Guben had Wang Fan buy sleeper berths in advance; six of them, relying on having berths to rest, joking and chatting, roughhousing, making the trip not so boring.

As the sky gradually darkened, the carriage grew quiet, and the young men and women gave up their roughhousing, each lying down to rest.

Listening to the clatter of the train, they dozed lightly for a night; when they woke the next morning, the three girls were all in low spirits.

Noisy sounds rose in the carriage as someone got up and began washing up.

Lin Xiyu yawned sleepily and forced herself up from the sleeper berth.

"So sleepy."

The female cousin rubbed her eyelids, turned over, and went back to sleep.

"The upper bunk is so shaky; I almost fell off in the middle of the night."

Wu Meng hummed and hawed from the top bunk, reluctant to get up.

"I said I'd take the upper bunk, but you insisted on showing off."

Li Liang was tall with long legs; standing straight, he could just see her listless expression right after waking up in the morning.

"Ah, don't look."

Wu Meng suddenly turned away and covered her face with the quilt.

Li Liang: "......."

He'd even seen her drooling; what was there he couldn't look at?

"Hahaha."

Wang Fan slapped his thigh, laughing unrestrainedly: "You're really tactless; a girl just woke up with sleep in her eyes—is that something you can look at?"

"Bang."

Wu Meng threw a pillow down from above, roaring angrily: "You're the one with sleep in your eyes!"

"Careful."

Li Liang saw she was too agitated, leaned half his body out, nearly falling himself, and with quick reflexes caught her.

"Wang Fan, you bastard, I'm really curious—how did you find a girlfriend?"

The female cousin was roused by their commotion and no longer sleepy: "With that mouth of yours, you can anger someone the moment you speak; how many women can stand you?"

"It's not me finding them; they throw themselves at me."

Wang Fan took pride in what should be shame: "With my looks, money, and face, how many women can resist me?"

"Keep boasting."

The female cousin rolled her eyes and didn't want to deal with him anymore.

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"Passengers, please note: the train will arrive at Shanghai Station at 8:35 AM; passengers getting off, please prepare your luggage in advance and disembark on time."

"Almost there, hurry up, everyone get up, tidy up—it's time to get off."

Guben returned after washing up and patted each sleeper berth a few times, rousing those who lingered in bed.

"Finally arrived."

Wang Fan stopped boasting, ruffled his messy hair with his hand, slung a towel over his shoulder, and went to the washbasin.

His head of yellow hair was especially eye-catching, drawing many strange glances.

The young women and married women queuing at the washbasin, seeing him approach, seemed frightened, avoided him as best they could, and automatically gave up the front spot.

"Tsk."

Wang Fan clicked his tongue, feeling nothing wrong, turned on the tap, and washed his face very comfortably.

Lin Xiyu, having finished washing up and fetching hot water, saw this scene, helplessly glanced away, and pretended not to know him.

"Yo, Study Committee Member, up early."

Heaven seemed determined to go against her; she wanted to slip away quietly, but just as she passed a mirror, Wang Fan looked up and saw her graceful figure.

"Hiss."

Lin Xiyu sensitively noticed that the looks from the people in line changed instantly; various suspicious gazes burned her cheeks painfully.

"Go wash your face; where does all this nonsense come from?"

She didn't want to stay long, dropped her task, and ran off in a flash.

"Hey."

Wang Fan saw she wanted to write "I don't know him" all over her face, and felt both annoyed and amused.

"Am I that unsightly? That you all want to run far away when you see me?"

He clicked his tongue again, suddenly bent down, and teasingly approached the girl nearest to him.

"Ah?"

The girl looked up in surprise, and the moment their eyes met, her cheeks involuntarily reddened.

"That's more like it."

Wang Fan smugly raised his eyebrows, feeling somewhat better: "I said my charm is everywhere; how could I not conquer a naive little girl? If she doesn't like me, it's just her own bad eyesight......."

"What nonsense are you spouting again?"

Li Liang accompanied Wu Meng to wash up, grabbed his collar, and pulled him away.

"Hey hey, what are you doing?"

Wang Fan protested unhappily: "I'm chatting with the little beauty here, are you jealous or what?"

"Who's jealous of you?"

Wu Meng didn't like hearing that, and gave him a big white eye: "My Liangzi is tall and handsome, far better than you."

"Hmph."

Wang Fan laughed in anger: "Your Liangzi? This sour smell of love is almost spraying onto my face."

"Move aside, don't block the way......"

Li Liang disliked him blocking the toilet door, and pushed him to the side.

"Ouch......"

Wang Fan was shoved by his brute force, staggered, and almost fell.

"See that, that's how you find a boyfriend......"

Wu Meng, in front of all the young ladies and married women waiting in line, proudly raised her eyebrows: "My Liangzi is loyal, reliable, and gives a sense of security; that one over there, all slick talk, besides having a few stinky bucks, has not a single quality worth being moved by......."

"Uh."

The girl who had been deliberately approached and teased by Wang Fan earlier, her face red and ears hot, coughed twice in embarrassment and glanced away.

"Wu Meng, you're something....."

Wang Fan pointed at her, speechless with anger.

"Guben is looking for you, hurry back."

Li Liang backed his fiancée, using the excuse to send the person away.

"Nyah nyah nyah......"

Wu Meng made a face at Wang Fan's back, pulling her eyelids.

"Wash your face quickly, we're getting off soon."

Li Liang patted her head, full of pampering.

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Shanghai.

The train arrived on time, passengers rushing on their journey carried large bundles and small bags, scrambling to get off and merging into the crowded flow of people.

Guben and the others moved forward with the crowd and successfully exited the station.

"One flower for two yuan, buy one, very fragrant......"

Outside the station, an old flower-selling woman held up fresh flowers to solicit business.

The local dialect they had never heard reached their ears, the novel feeling hit them, and the group of young men and women truly felt they had really come to a strange city they had never been exposed to before.

"What are they saying?"

Wu Meng was very curious about the old flower-selling woman.

"Can't understand."

Li Liang wasn't interested in the flowers, rubbed his ears, and inexplicably felt a bit annoyed.

Upon suddenly arriving in a strange environment, unable to communicate, if one couldn't adjust their mindset in time, it could really make a person collapse.

"Selling flowers."

Guben couldn't understand Shanghainese, but it didn't hinder his brilliant brain from operating at high speed; by guessing, he could also guess the old woman's intention.

He took out a 10-yuan bill from his wallet and handed it to one of the old women.

The old woman beamed with joy, gave him three fresh flowers, and returned four yuan in change.

"Two yuan each."

He took the fresh flowers and casually handed them to the three ladies.

"How do you wear this thing?"

Wu Meng was a bit confused: "Won't it be pinned behind the ear?"

"Pfft."

Wang Fan couldn't help it and laughed out loud.

"The flower fragrance is pleasant."

Guben smiled and explained: "In old Shanghai, women wrapped fresh flowers in handkerchiefs and placed them in their qipaos, so their bodies would carry a natural fresh fragrance, smelling better than rouge and powder......."

"Wow, the Provincial Top Scholar is impressive......"

Wu Meng sincerely admired: "How do you even know this?"

"Grandpa Liu said so......"

Guben glanced at Lin Xiyu and smiled meaningfully.

"Oh oh, I understand."

Lin Xiyu instantly understood his meaning.

The woman Grandpa Liu was fond of was a young lady from a prominent family.

A young lady naturally had such refined interests, wearing fresh flowers on her person to please her lover.

"What riddles are you two playing?"

Wu Meng was completely confused: "Don't speak half-sentences, what's up with your Grandpa Liu? Continue."

"This......"

Lin Xiyu deliberately sold a secret: "Secret, can't tell you."

"Hmph."

Wu Meng pouted, pretending to be unhappy: "Valuing romance over friendship, am I still your best friend?"

"Yes yes yes, of course you are......"

Lin Xiyu smiled playfully, taking the opportunity to stick the flower into her hair.

"Oh my."

Wu Meng jumped: "Why did you stick it on my head? So ugly."

"Not ugly at all, very handsome."

Lin Xiyu pressed her hand, stopping her from taking it off: "Don't believe me? Ask Li Liang, isn't it handsome?"

"Handsome."

Li Liang strongly backed her up.

"No."

Wu Meng felt happy inside, but still refused to give in: "Unless you wear one too, otherwise I won't believe it."

"Fine, fine, fine, I'll wear one, okay?"

While speaking, Lin Xiyu pinned the fresh flower behind her ear.

The girl's pretty face, set off by the fresh flowers, looked even more bright and charming.

Guben's eyes lit up, a flash of amazement crossing them.

"Hey."

Wu Meng had to believe it now: "Well, you really do look quite pretty wearing it."

"Where to next?"

Seeing her younger sister wearing it nicely, the female cousin also pinned the flower behind her own ear.

"You shouldn't wear it."

Wang Fan, bored and idle, made fun of her: "Trying to imitate a beauty and making a fool of oneself—that's you."

"You're the one trying to imitate a beauty and making a fool of oneself."

The female cousin got angry and kicked at him.

Wang Fan expected this and dodged.

The female cousin was unwilling to let it go and wanted to punch him again.

"Dare to hit the Boss?"

Wang Fan smiled black-belliedly, one sentence pinching her deadlock: "Forget about your commission this month."

The female cousin paused, the fist about to hit his face forcibly pulled back.

"Find a hotel near the Train Station to stay, put the luggage down first."

Guben paid no attention to their bickering, looked around, and made a decision.