Chapter 292 The Well-behaved Daughters-in-law

May 5st, Labor Day, early morning.

Li Luo had a dream.

In the dream, he could not move and could not control his body, but sometimes he rose high into the sky and wandered among the soft clouds, and sometimes he fell into a deep valley and rolled on the grass.

Finally, he fell into a lake, unable to breathe or swim. It was as if his body was being pressed down by something, and he sank straight to the bottom of the lake.

It was not until he could no longer hold his breath and finally opened his mouth to breathe that he suddenly woke up from his sleep.

As a result, when he opened his eyes, he saw Yan Zhusheng sitting on his stomach with his legs crossed and one hand pinching his nose.

Only after seeing him wake up did she let go of his hand.

"I almost thought someone was going to murder me."

"How could that be?" Yan Zhusheng said, "I just came to wake you up."

"Is this how you normally wake someone up?"

"I called you, but you didn't get up." Yan Zhusheng blinked, "So I changed the way."

"Did you really scream?" Li Luo looked suspicious and expressed doubt about the legitimacy of Yan Zhusheng's procedure.

Yan Zhusheng nodded vigorously, then asked, "Usually you wake up when I call you, but not today. Did you stay up late last night?"

"Ahem..." Li Luo looked guilty when asked this question. He avoided Yan Zhusheng's gaze and said in a low voice, "I am mainly writing and preparing the plot for I Am a Singer during the summer vacation."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded, "But why don't you dare look at me?"

"You think too much. I just woke up and my eyes are still a little blurry."

"Then what is this?" Yan Zhusheng reached out and touched his pillow, then lifted up a long hair and squinted his eyes and said, "It belongs to my senior."

"What?" Li Luo looked at the hair in front of him and fell into deep thought. "My bed is covered with your three hairs. What's so strange about this? And how did you know it was my senior's hair?"

"Senior sister's hair is the shortest and its color is not that dark." Yan Zhusheng said seriously.

"Alright, alright, who knows when you've been here." Li Luo patted her slender waist, then said, "You get down first, I'm getting up."

Yan Zhusheng was not like Ying Chanxi who liked to dig into things, so after hearing what Li Luo said, he got off him obediently.

Li Luo threw back the quilt, got out of bed, put on his slippers and walked towards the bathroom, saying, "Go wake Xixi up, wash up and go for a morning run."

"Oh."

Yan Zhusheng nodded obediently. When he saw Li Luo got up, he turned around and walked out of the master bedroom, went to Ying Chanxi's bedroom door and knocked.

Seeing no response from inside, Yan Zhusheng pushed open the door, glanced at Ying Chanxi who was sleeping soundly inside, and then walked to the bed.

At this time, Ying Chanxi was sleeping on his side with one leg on a panda doll, and Pikachu and Doraemon were lying next to the pillow.

Seeing the Pikachu she gave to Ying Chanxi placed next to her pillow, Yan Zhusheng felt quite relieved, thinking that Xixi really liked the doll she gave her.

"Xixi, get up." Yan Zhusheng leaned down and gently shook Ying Chanxi.

"Hmm..." Ying Chanxi was woken up. He covered his head and struggled for a while. He opened his eyes dazedly and then closed them again. "I'm so sleepy... Let me sleep a little longer."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded, covered Ying Chanxi with the quilt, turned around and was about to leave.

But when Ying Chanxi heard Yan Zhusheng's "Oh", it was as if some kind of stress response was triggered, and he sat up from the bed: "I'm up."

This can’t be blamed on Ying Chanxi being too sensitive.

The main reason is that Yan Zhusheng has done this many times.

Obviously Ying Chanxi just told her to sleep a little longer, but Yan Zhusheng really let her continue sleeping, without any intention of calling her to wake up, which made her unable to get up and go for the morning run several times before.

So much so that now whenever Ying Chanxi hears Yan Zhusheng's "Oh", he will be completely awakened as if by a conditioned reflex.

After Ying Chanxi got out of bed, he put Pikachu and Doraemon back on the bedside, and while Yan Zhusheng wasn't paying attention, he secretly punched Pikachu.

Then the two girls went to the bathroom together to wash up.

At around 6:30 in the morning, the three of them went out for a morning run.

After having breakfast at the breakfast shop downstairs, I brought back a portion for Xu Youyu.

However, after coming back, Ying Chanxi went straight back to his room and continued to catch up on his sleep.

I stayed up too late last night. I watched Li Luo's goal highlights, read the novel he wrote, and then clicked on the complete video of the third and fourth quarters of the basketball game, enjoying it with relish.

After I finish reading it, I will continue reading Li Luo's novels.

Then I couldn't help but watch the video.

As a result, when he was flipping through the videos, he accidentally clicked on the photo. When he saw the people and composition in it, Ying Chanxi was so angry that he lost all his sleepiness and couldn't fall asleep again.

By the time she came to her senses, it was already two or three in the morning.

The fact that she could persist until the end of her morning run was a testament to her supreme perseverance.

Ying Chanxi returned to her room, while Yan Zhusheng went into the piano room. She was bored in the morning, so she liked to play the piano and sing.

Li Luo, carrying the breakfast he had bought, knocked on Xu Youyu's room. Seeing no response, he pushed the door open a crack.

Seeing Xu Youyu sleeping on the bed, he pushed the door open and walked in, pulled out the chair under the desk and put it next to the bed, patted Xu Youyu's body and said, "Wake up, it's time for breakfast."

"Hmm..." Xu Youyu slapped his hand away impatiently, turned over and faced away from him, "Don't make noise... I want to sleep."

"Wake up, senior sister. Your dad is here to see you." Li Luo said softly, "He said that this paper also includes content related to "Literary Age"."

"Fuck!"

Xu Youyu was instantly awakened by these words. He sat up from the bed and looked at Li Luo beside the bed.

But after seeing his smiling face, she immediately realized what was going on and hit him angrily: "You want to scare me to death!"

"Who told you to sleep in? Have breakfast first."

"Don't you think about who kept you up so late yesterday?" Xu Youyu rolled his eyes at him, then moved closer to the bed and sniffed the fried dumplings and buns that Li Luo had bought.

"Is that what I thought?" Li Luo's face darkened, and he couldn't hold back when he recalled the scene of Xu Youyu molesting him in bed last night. "I think it's you who is enjoying it."

"To collect ingredients." Xu Youyu picked up the chopsticks, picked up a fried bun, took a bite, and then asked, "Where's the vinegar bun?"

"Here it is." Li Luo took out a bag of vinegar from the bag, tore it open and poured it directly on the fried dumplings. "Eat slowly. I'm going to go out first."

"No, wait." Xu Youyu reached out and grabbed the hem of his clothes, preventing him from leaving.

"What else?"

"Here." Xu Youyu handed him the chopsticks in his hand, then opened his mouth and said, "Feed me."

"…Are you a three-year-old child?"

"Get the material, get the material, hurry up." Xu Youyu urged, "Have you ever fed other girls?"

"Yes."

"Xixi? Or Zhusheng?"

“All of them…right?”

Li Luo was too lazy to use the Memory Palace to search for such things.

"Then one more of me won't be too much."

"Your way of thinking is really different from that of ordinary people..."

Li Luo said with a smile as he picked up the chopsticks and stuffed a fried dumpling into Xu Youyu's mouth.

After feeding them all, Li Luo stuffed his chopsticks into the plastic bag, stood up and said, "Go back to sleep. I'll call you at lunch time."

"Do you really treat me like a pig?" Xu Youyu lay back on the bed and sighed comfortably, "I'll sleep for another two hours and then get up to write."

"So hard?"

"It was just recommended yesterday, so I have to update two more chapters, right?" Xu Youyu snorted, "Some guys with 200,000 manuscripts in reserve should stop talking to me about this kind of thing."

Li Luo smiled and didn't bother her anymore. After leaving the study, he helped her close the door.

Not long after that, Li Luo received a call from his mother.

"Hey?"

"What are you doing?" Lin Xiuhong asked on the other end of the phone.

“Thinking about life.”

"What are you talking about?" Lin Xiuhong said unhappily, "Your father and I are just passing by your place and going to West Street. Do you want to come with us?"

"Okay." Li Luo thought that he had nothing to do in the morning, so he nodded and agreed. "Then I'll go downstairs and wait for you at the gate of the community?"

"Come on down, we'll be there soon."

Li Luo responded, hung up the phone, walked into the piano room and said something to Yan Zhusheng.

When Yan Zhusheng heard that Li Luo was going out, he wanted to go with him, but when he heard that he was going to accompany his uncle and aunt to look at houses, Yan Zhusheng gave up the idea and nodded obediently and said, "Then you go."

Having said that, Yan Zhusheng still walked out of the piano room and accompanied Li Luo to the door. He also took out the pair of sneakers he had given him and placed them in front of Li Luo for him to change into.

Watching him put on the sneakers he had given him, Yan Zhusheng nodded with satisfaction, then opened the door and watched him leave.

……

At the gate of the community, Li Luo waited for Li Guohong's second-hand car. After sitting in the back seat, he followed him all the way to West Street not far away.

Walk all the way through Ningshan Street, pass the south gate of Qianjiang University, and come to the intersection with West Street in front of the Ningshan Tunnel. Turn right and you will reach West Street.

Li Guohong stopped the car on the side of the road, and the three of them got out and walked to West Street. Li Luo took a look at the deserted shops here and couldn't help but sigh.

In later generations, after Qianjiang University and the surrounding supporting residential areas gradually became active, the prosperous scene of West Street is really completely inconsistent with its current appearance.

"This way." As soon as Li Guohong got out of the car, he took them to the west gate of Qianjiang University.

On the south side of the West Gate, the first shop is a milk tea shop, and right next to it is a breakfast shop.

At this time, a middle-aged man was standing at the door of the store. He was short and fat, with a beer belly. When he saw Li Guohong coming, he smiled and handed him a cigarette.

The two men started chatting, and Li Luo listened from the side and soon got a general understanding of the situation.

This middle-aged man is the landlord of this milk tea shop and breakfast shop.

When these two shops were rented out before, although the business was not very good, the landlord was just collecting rent after all. Whether the business was good or not had nothing to do with him. He just had to collect the rent.

But the summer vacation is coming soon, and the owners of the two stores have said that they will not renew their leases when the lease expires at the end of June, because they can't make much money here. This has annoyed the landlords.

At this time, the agent happened to act as a middleman and contacted a buyer for him, who said that he wanted to buy a storefront recently.

Upon hearing this, the landlord immediately became interested.

You know, although business on West Street is not very good, housing prices have not increased much recently.

However, when Qianjiang University first moved here, the surrounding housing prices did rise.

Most of the landlords on West Street bought their shops at that time, with a price of about 7,000 to 8,000 yuan per square meter. Compared with the current price of more than 10,000 yuan, they have made a lot of money.

Therefore, the landlords here are quite willing to sell their shops.

It’s just that some people have money at home and are too lazy to sell, so they plan to keep it and see if the price will continue to appreciate in the future.

For example, the landlords of these two stores needed some funds to turn around their business recently because it was not very good. So the agent came to find a buyer.

The two parties hit it off immediately, and this was the party that Li Guohong had the smoothest negotiations with.

We talked for about half an hour. Since we had talked many times before, this time the conversation went smoothly. Both parties agreed on a time to discuss the contract next time, and the landlord left happily.

Li Guohong then took Li Luo to meet the landlords of two other storefronts.

One is the landlord of a fruit shop. The shop has been closed for several months and he has not found a new tenant to renew the lease.

The landlord would rather find someone to rent the house, and he also has the intention to sell the house, but not as strong as the previous landlord.

The other is the landlord of a hot pot restaurant.

Looking at this Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot restaurant in front of him, Li Luo was a little dazed for a moment.

It seems that the last time they had a rock club dinner, they came here to eat.

In his previous life, Xu Youyu often brought him to this restaurant to eat hotpot, so Li Luo could be said to be very familiar with this place.

But compared with the extremely bustling business in the previous life, the Sichuan and Chongqing Hot Pot Restaurant in this life is still in a state of deficit.

It will take at least until next year or the year after, when the subway opens and Times Tianjie is completed, before this hotpot restaurant can be considered to have made it.

It has a great geographical location, with Exit D of West Street Subway Station just in front of the right side of his store.

Whether coming from Ningshan Street or coming out of the west gate of Qianjiang University, students passing by basically cannot avoid the entrance of his store.

Especially after the road on West Street was widened once, and because it is the first traffic light before the Ningshan Tunnel, the green light time in the east-west direction is very short.

As a result, later students of Qianjiang University no longer liked to wait for the green light when crossing the road. Instead, they went directly down from Exit D of the subway and then exited from Exit C of Times Paradise Street opposite.

This means that every time students walk here, they will pass by this old Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot restaurant.

Some college students who were too lazy to walk further were intercepted and became loyal customers of Sichuan and Chongqing Hotpot.

Especially after being open for a long time, the reputation of Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot has also spread within Qianjiang University.

Many department clubs like to come here for dinner gatherings.

Not only is it close, but the prices are also more affordable than the hotpot restaurants in Times Paradise Walk, so people often come here to grab a seat.

Every weekend, the store is almost always packed, from four in the afternoon to eight in the evening, it is almost always full.

Even for a hotpot restaurant like this, the housing price was at least RMB 31,000 per square meter in the previous life.

Because of its prime location, even though housing prices have fallen since then, the prices of this store have remained strong.

It turned out that Li Guohong even talked to the landlord of this store?

And it looks like it's quite dramatic?

Li Luo stood aside, quietly listening to his father chatting with the landlord across the street, and roughly understood some of the situation.

The business of this store is really not that good. It has been open for a year. It has no customers during the summer and winter vacations, and even when there are students, they basically spend their time on Ningshan Street and never come here at all.

Although the hot pot restaurant spent some money on advertising in schools, the results were minimal.

Only on weekends can three or four tables be occupied at the same time.

The rest of the time there are no people.

After paying rent, utilities and labor costs every month, the hot pot restaurant owner basically doesn't make any money.

Summer vacation is approaching soon. Although the owner of the hot pot restaurant has not said that he wants to cancel the lease, he has talked to the landlord privately, wondering if the rent can be reduced further.

After all, no one had expected that although both were located next to Qianjiang University, the traffic volume on West Street and Ningshan Street would be so different.

Li Luo had no idea how the owner of this hot pot restaurant had managed to survive in his previous life.

Anyway, looking at the current situation, either the landlord finally compromises and chooses to lower the rent for him.

Or maybe the hot pot restaurant was later sold to someone else, causing someone else to fall into this trap.

I just don’t know under whose hands this hotpot restaurant finally became so successful.

But none of this matters anymore.

If Li Guohong can take over this restaurant, the Sichuan and Chongqing hotpot will naturally shine in his hands.

Now, the landlord, with the escape route provided by Li Guohong, can choose to sell the house and secure the profit, so he has become a bit tougher towards the hot pot restaurant owner's request to lower the rent.

However, just as Li Luo was listening with great interest, Lin Xiuhong suddenly said, "It's already past nine o'clock. You two should stay here for a while. I'll go buy some vegetables and cook a meal at Li Luo's place for lunch."

"Okay, you go first." Li Guohong waved his hand, then looked at Li Luo, "Will you go back with your mother?"

Li Luo shook his head. He wanted to know more about the situation.

So Lin Xiuhong left alone, and after giving a few instructions to the father and son, she came to Bi Hai Lan Ting and went upstairs to put her bag down first.

Yan Zhusheng, who was practicing in the piano room, heard the faint sound of the door opening outside, and immediately ran out in slippers.

The word "Li Luo" that was about to come out of her mouth was swallowed back when she saw Lin Xiuhong, and she politely said, "Hello, Auntie."

"Zhu Sheng." Lin Xiuhong saw her, then looked around and asked in confusion, "Where are Xixi and Youyu?"

"They are still sleeping."

"It's already past nine o'clock." Lin Xiuhong shook her head helplessly, "Why is Xixi also sleeping in? Has Li Luo led her astray?"

"No." Yan Zhusheng shook his head, "Li Luo got up this morning to go jogging with me."

"That's good." Lin Xiuhong nodded and patted Yan Zhusheng's shoulder with great satisfaction. "You have a good habit. You must keep it up."

"I'll just put down a bag and see what vegetables are in the fridge."

"Li Luo and his father will be back soon. I'll prepare dinner for you first."

As she spoke, Lin Xiuhong walked into the kitchen, glanced at the remaining ingredients in the refrigerator, and after thinking about it, she walked out and said to Yan Zhusheng, "Then I'll go buy some groceries first."

Seeing this, Yan Zhusheng immediately ran to the door and changed shoes with Lin Xiuhong: "Auntie, I'll go with you."

"Hey, just stay at home, no need."

"It's okay." Yan Zhusheng had already changed his shoes and walked out of the house. He turned his head and looked at Lin Xiuhong obediently, "I'll go press the elevator first."

Watching Yan Zhusheng run to the elevator, Lin Xiuhong showed a helpless yet somewhat relieved expression on her face. After changing her shoes, she followed him out. The elevator had already reached the 15th floor.

The two of them went downstairs together and went to the nearby vegetable market to buy vegetables.

Yan Zhusheng followed Lin Xiuhong obediently and watched her bargaining with the stall owner. He did not feel annoyed but watched with great interest.

After Lin Xiuhong paid the money, she took the initiative to pick up the bag.

After walking around the vegetable market, most of the bags went into Yan Zhusheng's hands, and Lin Xiuhong didn't have to do much.

After buying groceries and returning to Bi Hai Lan Ting, Lin Xiuhong was just admiring how well-behaved Yan Zhusheng was. However, as soon as she entered the door, she saw Ying Chanxi, who had just got up, hanging the washed clothes on the balcony.

Seeing Lin Xiuhong enter the room, Ying Chanxi was surprised at first, then asked happily: "Auntie Lin, why are you here?"

"I'm buying groceries and cooking for you." Lin Xiuhong said with a smile, "Li Luo and his father will be here soon, I'll cook first."

As he said this, Yan Zhusheng came in from behind.

When Ying Chanxi saw this scene, his face suddenly froze: "Zhu Sheng...what are you..."

"I'm going grocery shopping with my aunt." Yan Zhusheng blinked and said, "Xixi, you were sleeping just now, so I didn't call you."

"That's right." Lin Xiuhong remembered this and reminded him, "Xixi, we still have to go to bed early and get up early and develop good habits. If you don't get enough sleep and your biological clock is not adjusted well, I won't be able to explain to your father."

"Yeah, yeah yeah..." Ying Chanxi nodded quickly, scratched his face a little embarrassedly, and quickly walked to Yan Zhusheng, helped her take the bag, and said to Lin Xiuhong, "Auntie Lin, let's cook first, I'll help you."

"Okay." Lin Xiuhong laughed and walked into the kitchen. She and Ying Chanxi each put on an apron and worked together.

Looking at Ying Chanxi, who was very clever and skillful beside her, Lin Xiuhong couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

While the two of them were busy in the kitchen, Xu Youyu had already gotten up and started typing seriously in front of the computer.

After I went out to use the restroom, I found that Lin Xiuhong was there too.

"Hello, Auntie." Xu Youyu poked his head in from the kitchen door and greeted Lin Xiuhong with a smile.

"Youyu, good morning." Lin Xiuhong saw Xu Youyu and said with a smile, "Among the three of you, you are the one who likes to sleep in the most. When will you change this habit?"

"Hmm..." Xu Youyu felt a little embarrassed. He suddenly felt like he was back home in his dream, being nagged by Cui Suling. He almost mistook Lin Xiuhong for his own mother. Such words were really the same as if they were cast in the same mold. "I know, Auntie. I will try to correct it in the future."

"Then you and Zhu Sheng take a rest first, the meal will be ready soon."

"Uh-huh."

Xu Youyu returned to the living room, stretched, and greeted Yan Zhusheng who was watching TV on the sofa.

At this time, Lin Xiuhong walked out of the kitchen and went straight to the bathroom, probably to go to the toilet.

Seeing this, Xu Youyu quickly took a pack of toilet paper from the living room and followed over. When Lin Xiuhong was about to close the door, he said, "Auntie, the paper in the bathroom has just been used up. You can take this in and use it."

"Oh, thank you." Lin Xiuhong took the toilet paper and closed the toilet door, her expression suddenly becoming a little dazed.

After going to the toilet, she washed her hands in front of the sink and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

These three little girls have such great personalities.

And when in front of her, each one is more well-behaved and sensible than the other. Lin Xiuhong really likes everyone she sees.

They are all so handsome and beautiful. Lin Xiuhong was really worried about her son.

How does Li Luo get along with these girls in private when she is not here?
(End of this chapter)