System: Master Your Life

Chapter 1003 - 264: Visiting Xia Xiyao’s Home and Returning for National Day

Xia Xiyao is from Xiangnan, and her hometown is in Shaoshan Town.

The famous residence of the great man is in Shaoshan Village within Shaoshan Town.

This place has visitors coming to pay their respects all year round, 365 days a year.

During National Day, there are probably even more people.

Xu Lin thought he’d take the opportunity to visit before leaving.

Xu Lin set off at eight in the morning on National Day.

Generally speaking, traffic jams are expected on National Day, sometimes serious ones.

But Xu Lin had Moon God to plan the route for him.

The traffic lights were even adjusted slightly by Moon God. For Moon God, it was nothing, and it could do so without disrupting traffic order.

So, the originally planned ten-hour drive took Xu Lin eleven hours, including an extra hour for dinner in the city.

Xia Xiyao’s parents are divorced, and now she usually lives with her grandparents, which also makes it easier to take care of her aging grandparents.

As for her dad and stepmother, they live elsewhere in the city. Occasionally, Xia Xiyao would stay with them, but she generally stayed with her grandparents.

Her family has some assets; her dad runs a small business and makes quite a bit of money annually, doing quite well in the city.

Around eight o’clock in the evening, the car arrived at the community where her grandparents lived.

This community is a bit old, about twenty years old.

Twenty years might not seem long, and properties have a supposed seventy-year ownership, but a community can look quite old after fifteen to twenty years, and you never know how many cockroaches and mice are in these buildings.

After Xu Lin parked the car, everyone got out and carried their luggage upstairs.

They didn’t take the elevator, just walked up the stairs to the third floor.

It has to be said, the community is indeed a bit old, but it’s not too bad; the environment looks decent with good greenery.

"At this time, have Grandpa and Grandma gone to bed?"

Rong Xiyi asked Xia Xiyao.

"No, they’re waiting for us!"

"Oh, it’s fine as long as we don’t disturb them."

Soon, everyone arrived at Xia Xiyao’s grandparents’ home.

"Grandpa, Grandma, it’s me, Yaoyao, I’m back!"

"We’re coming!"

The response was from Grandma, in the Xiangnan dialect.

Then, Grandma came to open the door.

"Grandma, I’m back!"

Xia Xiyao quickly introduced, "This is my good friend, Xu Lin, and this is Rong Xiyi!"

"Hello, Grandma, I’m Rong Xiyi, you can just call me Yanyan."

"Grandma, I’m Xu Lin, you can just call me Lin."

"Grandma, how’s your health lately?" Rong Xiyi asked with concern.

"I’m healthy, Yanyan, Lin, come in and sit down!"

Grandma was very enthusiastic, with a face that belonged to those kind grandmas.

In fact, this facial feature concept is quite mystical.

Especially with elderly people, if their appearance makes you uncomfortable, then there’s a high chance they’re not good people.

Xia Xiyao’s grandpa is the same, a kind grandpa.

Additionally, Grandpa walks with a cane, Grandma doesn’t need to, but both of them are a bit hunchbacked. Looking at them, they still seem healthy overall, at least their complexions looked good.

Grandpa said, "Xiyi, Lin, Yaoyao often mentions you two to us. Thank you for taking care of our Yaoyao!"

"Grandpa, it’s nothing. And Yaoyao is my good friend!" said Rong Xiyi.

Grandma poured tea for the two of them at this time.

"Lin, Yanyan, have some tea!"

"Mm, mm, thank you, Grandma!"

"Thank you, Grandma."

"Have you eaten yet?"

"Yes, we had a filling meal outside before coming over!"

"Our place isn’t very nice, sorry for the inconvenience tonight."

"It’s no problem, Grandma. I think the place is lovely."

Rong Xiyi, being the more chatty one, struck up a conversation with the grandparents.

"Lin, how tall are you? You seem really tall!"

Standing up, Xu Lin was asked by Grandpa.

Grandpa is about 1.68 meters tall, but he’s in his seventies, so he was probably over 1.70 meters in his youth. But as people age, they tend to shrink.

"Grandpa, I’m 1.9 meters."

"1.9 meters, really tall!"

Grandpa looked at Xu Lin, "You really look spirited! This is my first time seeing someone so full of spirit!"

"Not too bad. You look pretty spirited yourself. How have you been lately?"

"I’m doing well, eating, drinking, and sleeping well, haha..."

"That’s great health!"

For the elderly, being able to eat, drink, and sleep is a great blessing.

Everyone chatted in the living room for over an hour.

By ten o’clock, Grandpa and Grandma were ready for bed, and Xu Lin and the others were getting ready to shower.

"There’s only one bathroom here, so don’t take too long or I’ll spank you," Xu Lin warned Rong Xiyi.

"Got it."

"Fifteen minutes."

"Fifteen minutes it is!"

Actually, Rong Xiyi took eighteen minutes.

Oh well, it was fine.

Xu Lin finished in less than ten minutes.

There are three rooms here, one for the grandparents, one for Xia Xiyao, and the remaining guest room where Xu Lin and Rong Xiyi are staying tonight.

"Xu Lin, the grandparents seem really nice."

When going to bed, Rong Xiyi scooted over.

"They’re definitely nice. If Grandpa and Grandma weren’t nice, Yaoyao would be a bad girl. Parental teaching and subtle influence are important."

"That’s true!" Rong Xiyi agreed.

They chatted for about ten minutes before Xu Lin fell asleep first. He had driven for eleven hours today and didn’t want to stay up late tonight.

Besides, since it’s not their house, there wouldn’t be any activities at night.

The next morning.

Grandma got up early to prepare breakfast.