Su Mu walked to the front of a house, set Ling Wei down, and told her to open her eyes. Seeing Ling Wei look at the bamboo house before her in astonishment, Su Mu’s eyes crinkled with a smile.
“Weiwei, I bought this house with money I earned from the stock market. Every part of its structure was designed by me, though I asked my cousin to help with the construction.” Su Mu took Ling Wei’s hand and led her inside.
“I want to give this bamboo house to you. Let this be our home. In the future, I can take you hiking, catching fish, and having picnics.” Su Mu showed Ling Wei the layout of the rooms, describing their future life as they walked.
“We can hang many wind chimes here and carve things we like on them. That way, if I happen to leave this world before you do, whenever the wind blows, you’ll know it’s me missing you.”
“Mhm, and the upstairs is modeled exactly after our home’s layout. If you aren’t used to living here at first, we can stay upstairs.”
“They say as one grows old, one becomes forgetful, forgetting everything except lovesickness. When we are old, we can settle down here. Later on, we can even adopt two children and have them visit us often.”
“Mhm, and over here, I’ve specially left some empty space. I plan for us to be buried here when we die. From the first break of light to the setting of the sun, we will always be together.”
“So, Weiwei, do you like this gift?” Su Mu turned and stood still, looking at Ling Wei’s reddened eyes. She reached out to pull Ling Wei into her embrace and spoke softly.
“Hmph… give me the property deed.” Ling Wei felt a wave of emotion hearing Su Mu’s words. Stinky Su Mu… why be so sentimental?
“Alright, alright, I’ll give it to you, I’ll give it to you. Is there anything I wouldn’t give you?” Hearing Ling Wei’s words, Su Mu knew her little girl was being tsundere again. She shook her head and spoke dotingly.
On this day, Su Mu took Ling Wei to plant flower seedlings in the courtyard, carved words on the wind chimes, caught fish in the stream, and kissed Ling Wei in the room.
It wasn’t until the afternoon that Ling Wei reluctantly returned home with Su Mu, because they had to be with her parents in the evening.
As soon as Su Mu led Ling Wei through the door, she noticed Nangong Shan sitting on the sofa. The atmosphere seemed a bit off.
“Weiwei, this is a gift for you.” The moment Nangong Shan saw Ling Wei, he stood up and took a box out of his pocket to give to her.
“Thank you.” Out of politeness, Ling Wei didn’t refuse, but just as her hand touched the gift box, Su Mu snatched it away and placed it on the coffee table.
“Weiwei, you just got back, you need to wash your hands. Don’t touch these things yet.” Su Mu was talking absolute nonsense with a straight face, subtly insulting Nangong Shan’s gift as “unclean.”
“Okay,” Ling Wei echoed helplessly. To show the “truthfulness” of Su Mu’s words, she specifically went to wash her hands.
“Su Mu, what do you mean by that!” Nangong Shan frowned, seeing Su Mu pointing at the mulberry to reveal the locust (using metaphors to insult him).
“Hmm? What could I possibly mean? Feel free to interpret it however you like.” Su Mu didn’t want to talk to Nangong Shan at all. Seeing Ling Wei come out, she pulled out a tissue and dried the water off Ling Wei’s hands.
“Ding… System mission issued: Prank Nangong Shan. Reward: Level 1 Photographic Memory.”
“System, you’re becoming more and more to my liking. Open the mall,” Su Mu praised. Truly, she had just been nodding off when the pillow arrived.
“Hmm? What is this ‘Prank Charm’?” Su Mu asked curiously, seeing the item in the mall cost only five points.
“Host, this is professionally used for pranks. The types include:
Covering one’s face, twisting into an S-shape, and saying: ‘I want my own flavor.’
‘Come quick! I’m about to have a sex change!’ saying a sentence in front of everyone that doesn’t fit one’s gender. For a male, it would be: ‘Hmph… you’re such a teasing little goblin, I hate you so much, little fists pounding your chest~’
Walking the catwalk with orchid fingers for twenty meters.”
Looking at the effects of the charms, Su Mu truly felt this system was… insane (did a great job).
“System, use them in the order of 1, 2, and 3. Start when I tell you to activate the effects.” With this, there’s no way the parents-in-law will still want him as a son-in-law.
“Alright, purchase successful. Points -15.” What is this faint sense of anticipation… I’ve definitely been led astray!
Hearing the prompt, Su Mu stepped forward and slapped the charm onto him, then said to Nangong Shan: “Is it really fun to pester Weiwei like this with such thick skin?”
“Start.”
“I of course… I want my own flavor!” Nangong Shan had just intended to give Su Mu a “show of strength,” but suddenly he lost control of himself. He twisted his body into an S-shape and said words he didn’t want to say at all.
“Nangong Shan, are you sick? You want to pursue my sister like this? Dream on.” Seeing Nangong Shan’s reaction, Ling Feng rubbed the goosebumps on his arms, feeling that the “brother-in-law” his sister chose was much more magnificent.
“Hmph… you’re such a teasing little goblin, I hate you so much, little fists pounding your chest~” Nangong Shan said to Ling Feng with orchid fingers, then wiggled his hips and walked out with a catwalk.
Ling Wei: “……” Mu Mu, there’s a pervert!
Father Ling: “……” My eyes must have been bad earlier to think he was a good young man.
Mother Ling: “……” He really is sick.
Ling Feng: “!!!” Holy crap, a psycho.
Su Mu: “……” I didn’t expect the déjà vu to be so strong.
Nangong Shan walked away, wiggling without looking back, leaving the stunned group looking at each other. Nangong Shan could be said to be permanently marked as a “psycho.”
“System, clear that memory from Nangong Shan.” Seeing that her goal was achieved, Su Mu spoke to avoid trouble.
“Ding… Memory swap successful. Points -100.”
When Nangong Shan got outside, he suddenly snapped out of it. He only remembered that the Ling family had just been looking at him without saying anything about Su Mu. He said to Father Ling, “Uncle, please consider it carefully,” and left awkwardly.
After a moment of silence, everyone actively chose to forget the incident and began the family gathering.
“Weiwei, come to Daddy.” Father Ling said with a smile.
Once Ling Wei sat down, he handed her the gift beside him.
Seeing that his parents had given their gifts, Ling Feng handed him over. He winked and whispered secretly: “Sis, I had a hard time getting this gift. Don’t let my Brother-in-law find out.”
Su Mu saw her “brother-in-law” secretly looking at her. She smiled and nodded, only to find him turning his head away guiltily.
“System, what’s going on?” Su Mu raised an eyebrow and asked the system, which was twitching with laughter.
“Hahaha, Host, Ling Feng gave the Female Lead an erotic book about women, wanting her to push you down. He even specifically reminded her not to let you know.” The system detected the contents of the box and gloated.
“Hmm? I don’t know if this thought is naive or just naive.” Good job, brother-in-law. Get your sister to “awaken” sooner, and you’ll have done me a huge favor.
Looking at Su Mu’s smiling face, the system offered a small prayer for Ling Wei…
After eating a birthday cake and playing for a while, Su Mu took Ling Wei upstairs. Before they left, Ling Feng even pumped his fist to encourage Ling Wei.
Su Mu: Rest assured, brother-in-law.
Ling Wei: “???”
Though she thought this, Ling Wei didn’t do anything. After all, Su Mu was leaving tomorrow; it would be inhumane to “consume” someone and then run away the next day.
The next day, after seeing Su Mu off, Ling Wei still felt a bit of maladjustment and loss. Returning to her room, she found her gifts were still unopened. She opened the gifts from her parents and found they were actually 30% of the Ling family shares. Looking at the inheritance document in surprise, she took the file to find Father Ling.
“Dad.” Ling Wei knocked and waited for his answer before entering. She found him sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper.
“Weiwei, you’re here. Sit.” Father Ling put down the paper, looking as if he had been waiting for her.
“Dad, isn’t this gift too precious?” Ling Wei looked at her father seriously.
“No, Weiwei. Your mother and I have considered this carefully. You aren’t small anymore; it’s time to inherit part of the family business. Besides, if you want to go further, you need the Ling family to protect you and be your support.” Father Ling patted her head and sighed. I’m getting old; the child is already so big.
“When I was young and arrogant, I thought I could definitely carve out a world on my own. But the darkness of society taught me that the solidification of social classes isn’t something you can change just by relying on yourself. If I hadn’t met your mother, I probably wouldn’t have had such great success. Because even if you have talent, if you don’t have a platform or a background, you won’t go far…” Thinking of the scene where he met Zhang Qing, it was still vivid in his mind. He wouldn’t force his children to follow his old path; if they liked something, let them follow their hearts.
“Mhm, Dad, I won’t let you down.” Hearing his words, Ling Wei leaned against her father and spoke slowly.
Back in her bedroom, Ling Wei’s heart was still moved. Lying on the bed thinking about her and Su Mu’s future, she dazed off to sleep.
When she woke up, it was already evening. She went down for some food and returned to the bedroom, intending to continue opening gifts. She was surprised by the gift Ling Feng gave her; she thought he would send something improper, but it was actually a book. Looking at the exquisite cover, Ling Wei lamented that her brother had finally grown up.
However, when she flipped to the first page, Ling Wei’s eyes widened. She saw two naked women entwined together, with text and diagrams on the side. Originally, Ling Wei wanted to close the book, but her eyes uncontrollably looked at the contents. Curiosity drove Ling Wei to gradually open the door to a new world.
Meanwhile, Su Mu got off the plane and returned to her room. Worrying that Ling Wei would be lonely, she planned to video call her. Su Mu hadn’t guessed wrong about Ling Wei’s state of mind, but she hadn’t expected that at this moment, Ling Wei was staring at the erotic book from her brother with a face flushed bright red.
“System, could Weiwei be asleep already?” Su Mu asked the system in confusion, looking at the computer screen showing the connection in progress.
“No… the Female Lead is looking at the erotic book her brother sent.” The system glanced at the book the Female Lead was reading and found it was even more explosive than the one sent by the system next door, and spoke haltingly.
Su Mu: “?!?!”
Hearing the system’s words, Su Mu’s hand slipped and she shut off the video call.
By the time Ling Wei snapped out of the book’s contents, half an hour had passed. She discovered Su Mu’s video call record but hesitated and didn’t call back. Because Ling Wei felt that right now… she needed to go take a shower!