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Chapter 081 Preparation for Departure

National Day is a rare short holiday in university life. In previous years, Ling Mo would choose to go back home to spend it.

He is quite a homebody, especially now that he is about to enter society; the fewer times he goes home, the more he cherishes each visit.

However, this time is different.

Two nights before National Day, Xia Xinyan asked him a question: “Are you going home for National Day?”

Ling Mo paused for a moment before hesitantly nodding: “Yeah, I’ll go back for two days and then come back.”

“Then I’ll go back with you,” Xia Xinyan smiled.

—That one sentence left Ling Mo sleepless for an entire night.

Honestly, when Xia Xinyan asked him, he had planned to say he wasn’t going back.

But he had just told his family that he had already bought the train ticket, so it didn’t seem right to say he wasn’t going back now.

Well, he could at least shorten the time he would spend back home. He initially planned to go back for four days, but now he could just go back to have fun for two days.

However… he never expected Xia Xinyan would say that.

Going back with him?

Is this… meeting the parents?

—It is indeed meeting the parents.

But in a different sense.

In her last life, Xia Xinyan’s last regret before dying was probably not having the chance to speak to her family one last time.

So now that she has been reborn, she wants to see them… even if they are no longer her family.

Speaking of which, she actually has a family in her current identity, and it’s quite interesting—Xia Family Group is a family business. It’s said that sibling relationships can complicate transactions, which is why many family businesses fail at that hurdle. But the Xia Family Group has actually done it and done it perfectly. So after crossing that hurdle, the old monsters in the Xia family utilized their business tactics to rapidly establish a significant presence in the country.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Xia Xinyan. What’s important to mention is the situation within the Xia family. Her father in this current identity is the youngest authority figure in the Xia family, and Xia Xinyan is also the only girl of her generation…

So although many people call her “Young Lady,” Xia Xinyan is actually the youngest among all her siblings… if you can put it that way.

And then there’s that saying— “Spoil her, spoil her to death.”

Plus, given the current situation of the Xia family, there’s no need for a girl to take over, so they’ve never considered training Xia Xinyan to be the successor. Simply put, they let her live however she wants.

They’ve given her the utmost freedom, and unless she does some ridiculous stuff, the family generally won’t interfere with her.

…Yeah, Xia Xinyan thinks this might also have something to do with Tianji’s part.

In short, while freedom is freedom, she doesn’t feel much kinship with her current family, so she still wants to see her former family.

Even though she already knows in her heart that she can never experience that familial warmth again.

The next day, she saw a Ling Mo who looked like he hadn’t slept at all.

“…Did you not sleep?”

“I wasn’t very sleepy,” Ling Mo cleared his throat, “About what you said yesterday about going back with me… were you serious?”

Xia Xinyan nodded, smiling lightly: “Yeah, after all… after all… I want to get to know you better.”

She initially wanted to use the girlfriend line to persuade him, but after some thought, she changed her wording.

Considering Ling Mo’s previous actions, she felt she needed to gradually tone that down.

If she kept emphasizing it, she might really end up selling herself out.

Ling Mo didn’t notice her pause; instead, he sincerely nodded: “Okay, do you want me to help you grab another ticket for tomorrow?”

After thinking all night, he had come to a conclusion.

If Xia Xinyan approached him for other reasons, then she must have investigated his background, so there was no need for him to hide anything. Hiding it would only make Xia Xinyan feel that he looked down on his family—he definitely didn’t want Xia Xinyan to get the wrong impression, so it was better to openly admit it. He was a country bumpkin, nothing to be ashamed of.

…It seemed like after that terrifying dungeon adventure, he had become a lot more straightforward.

Or maybe it was after that kiss?

Letting him gradually discover Xia Xinyan’s bottom line… perhaps it brought him a bit of confidence.

If even a kiss was acceptable, then other things… should be fine, right?

Tch, it seems like after throwing caution to the wind once, doing so a few more times isn’t that hard.

But then tomorrow is National Day, and the tickets might be hard to snag…

“No need, I have a car, I’ll just drive back. You can refund your ticket,” Xia Xinyan shook her head and responded.

Ling Mo: “…”

Alright, let’s pretend he didn’t say anything.

Time flew by, and National Day arrived, which is a peak travel period. They decided to set their departure time for the morning. Ling Mo got up early to make breakfast and then went to wake Xia Xinyan.

After spending some time together, they seemed to have gotten used to this routine. As long as Ling Mo didn’t have a class during the first period, he would make breakfast and come wake Xia Xinyan. Although he felt a bit awkward the first few times he entered her bedroom, it seemed like Xia Xinyan didn’t care at all.

This made Ling Mo feel… a bit indescribable.

How to put it, Xia Xinyan seemed… a bit foggy? Very carefree? Lacking common sense?

She seemed completely unaware of any wardrobe malfunctions.

Although he was technically her boyfriend now…

Had she never lived with anyone else before, which is why she acted this way?

Was he the first?

Thinking about this, Ling Mo felt inexplicably happy.

Then he stupidly watched as Xia Xinyan put on a rather plain set of sportswear: “Mo Mo, how do I look?”

Ling Mo: “…”

A bit weird.

While Xia Xinyan hadn’t worn anything too cutesy before, her previous outfits were all typical of current girls—of course, he wasn’t saying this outfit looked bad, but it was kind of odd for a girl who usually wore super short shorts to suddenly wear something like this on the day she was meeting the parents.

But he nodded nonetheless: “It looks great.”

It really did look great.

They say people rely on their attire, but clothes also need someone to wear them well. For instance, Xia Xinyan looks good in anything.

She seems to be born that perfect.

“That’s good,” Xia Xinyan nodded. She packed a few more similar outfits into her backpack and then pulled Ling Mo up: “Let’s go, we’re going home.”

She was in a great mood.

Finally going home.

Yes, in her heart, her original home was her true home; it had never changed.

In fact, she even made a point to change her dressing style a bit for this trip.

She had always worn super short shorts because they were cool—sure, skirts were cooler too, but she wasn’t used to it yet. However, this time, she was going home to meet her grandparents, so it was different. For her, this meeting was the first time, and she couldn’t leave any bad impressions.

The older generation is relatively conservative, and she wasn’t sure how they would feel about super short shorts, so it was better to be safe and wear something normal.

Ling Mo naturally thought of this as well.

So he was a bit lost in thought.

She wanted to leave a good impression in front of his grandparents… was it for herself?

Suddenly, he felt a bit touched.

 

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