The woman's face was full of pride, and Chai Shuhua replied with a smile, "You're too modest. Your Jiabao isn't just not bad, she's just beautiful!"

Hearing the conversation between the two, other women joined in, all praising the woman's son for being good-looking.

The woman's eyes disappeared from her smile, and she cheerfully asked Chai Shuhua, "Don't even mention my Jiabao, your Chengyang is quite good-looking too, hasn't he ever received a love letter from a girl at school?"

Adults usually keep their conversations brief and to the point.

The woman just emphasized that "the school principal's daughter is inside," which is what she really meant to say—

His son is good-looking and capable; he even managed to get involved with the school principal's daughter!

The reason I'm asking about Lu Chengyang again now is really to say—

Look! My son managed to get together with the school principal's daughter, what about your son?

Chai Shuhua respected Lu Chengyang's personal privacy and never asked about these things, but judging from her son's appearance, he was probably still clueless.

So she laughed and replied, "Oh dear! I haven't even graduated from junior high yet, I'm just a kid, how could I possibly accept love letters!"

"Besides, I'm not even forty yet, I don't want to be a housewife so early!"

These words carried multiple meanings. After saying them, the woman's smile faded slightly, and she said in a half-hearted tone, "Not finishing junior high school is indeed a bit too young..."

Upstairs, Lu Chuqing hurriedly finished her instant noodles. Lu Linqi took the box and cleaned it up. Lu Chengyang went to open the door that had been making noise for a long time.

He opened the door to the grand staircase. The moment the door opened, the tall boy with his expressionless face startled the noisy children into silence.

The younger ones stood far away, staring wide-eyed, eagerly peeking at him.

There was a boy and two girls around his age, all of whom looked unfamiliar with him and kept their distance.

The older children were already observing him closely, especially the boy. After seeing Lu Chengyang, his eyes darted back and forth between Lu Chengyang's jacket, trousers, and shoes, and finally he took a second look at Lu Chengyang's face.

Lu Chengyang disliked the scrutinizing gaze and said to the person outside the door, "Don't come into the room or take anything without permission."

His tone was calmer, but definitely not aggressive. His appearance also played a part, so the kids all thought he was fierce and instantly became timid, running away again.

After Lu Chengyang finished speaking, he went to the small staircase on the west side. Several children outside the door were still yelling for him to come out and open the door, and some of them were even kicking the door.

The boy suppressed his temper and opened the door. Several children rushed in like madmen, but Lu Chengyang blocked the doorway, frowning and scoffing softly.

"Get down! Take the main staircase! There are no railings on this staircase, and anyone who's fooling around could fall down!"

After saying that, he didn't care what expressions those people had, so he simply closed the door, tied the door shut, and turned to walk back to the living room.

The boy had already arrived in the living room first. The girl stood at the door, wanting to go in but not daring to. When she saw Lu Chengyang coming over, they pushed each other and ran back to the stairwell.

The children would stick their heads out at the bottom of the stairs and shout, then immediately pull back in after shouting once, repeating this over and over again, which was extremely annoying.

The chairs and stools were all moved downstairs; there weren't many stools upstairs.

After the boy went in, he went straight to the seat where Lu Chengyang was sitting, and started flipping through the remote control as if they were old friends, saying, "What are you little brats watching, Journey to the West? I'll find you something good!"

Lu Chuqing and Lu Linqi were both taken aback for a moment by this person's overly familiar manner. Lu Linqi spoke up as soon as he touched the remote control, "We want to watch Journey to the West. This is our home, and we don't need you to tell us what to watch."

As he spoke, the boy got up to grab the remote control, but the other boy dodged him and raised the remote control high.

"So what if this is your home? I'm still a guest. Is this how you treat your guests?"

The boy's expression was arrogant, showing absolutely no self-restraint as a guest.

Lu Chengyang happened to come over and saw this scene. His face, which was trying to restrain itself, became increasingly ugly. He stepped forward, snatched the remote control, and found the Journey to the West that had been turned off.

Then he put the remote control in his pocket, plopped down next to the boy, raised his right leg and crossed it, and as he stomped his leg, his knee repeatedly bumped into the boy's spread left leg.

The boy noticed his actions, his gaze lingered on his shoes for a moment, then he turned to him and asked, "Are you called Lu Chengyang?"

Lu Chengyang didn't want to talk to him.

The boy then said, "It's not that great! Everyone below has already praised you to the skies!"

The tone was full of disdain, which made the two children on the other side feel uncomfortable.

The boy also crossed his legs, his shoe soles brushing against Lu Chengyang's knees, and then he casually brushed the dust off Lu Chengyang's knees.

"Oh, sorry, my legs are a bit long!"

Lu Chengyang was speechless at this person, rolled his eyes and moved closer to Lu Linqi.

When the TV show "Journey to the West" got to the part about the Women's Kingdom, the boy, watching the scene on TV, didn't stay quiet for more than two seconds before saying, "Sigh, that Tang Sanzang really doesn't know what's good for him. The Queen of the Women's Kingdom is such a beautiful woman! And she has a great figure too!"

"If it were me, I would stay. Why bother going to the Western Paradise to obtain scriptures? The whole country is full of beauties, it's a paradise!"

Lu Chengyang glared at him, "Can't you even shut up while watching TV?"

The boy chuckled, moved closer to him, and winked, saying, "Hey, I heard you go to school in the city. Are there a lot of pretty girls at your school?"

Lu Chengyang kept his eyes straight ahead and remained silent.

The boy didn't seem embarrassed at all, and continued talking to himself, "Tsk, our school is full of ugly girls! Not only are they dressed tacky, but they're all dark-skinned and ugly!"

"I don't know what's going on in their heads. I don't want to talk to them at all. They even secretly slip love letters and snacks into my drawer, all of them junk food!"

As he spoke, he leaned closer to Lu Chengyang, not lowering his voice much, "Hmm? Your school really doesn't have any breasts... umm!"

The boy's expression was greasy and disgusting. Lu Chengyang shoved him away without any politeness, "How can you be so disgusting?"

Lu Linqi had already covered Lu Chuqing's ears when the boy started speaking, his usually taciturn face full of disgust.

Lu Chuqing overheard a bit of what the boy was saying, and with a little imagination, she could guess what he was talking about. She also felt disgusted by him.

Disgusting groping man!

The other children were hesitant to go in through the doorway, wanting to but not daring to. The boy, who had been nudged, looked over and shouted, "What are you all doing standing outside? If you want to come in, just come in! Do you think they won't let you in?"

Some of the bolder girls ran in as soon as the boy finished speaking, crouching down at his feet to watch TV.

Despite his dislike for it, Lu Chengyang couldn't really prevent people from entering.

As more and more people gathered, he randomly picked an animated show and tossed the remote control into an empty space.