Let's go home on the weekend

"Why did the head teacher call us over so early in the morning? Today is Saturday!" Yu Huiyan was addicted to various online games last night and stayed up all night. Now she is so sleepy that she keeps yawning and can't help complaining.

She looked up. The shadow of the moon in the sky had not yet disappeared. It was just dawn. It was really not a good time to get up.

"Doesn't the textbook clearly state that we have weekends off?"

It would have been fine if he hadn't heard it, but hearing it would have made him even more angry. He Shun said unhappily, "Our high school also has weekends off. We leave at 5pm on Saturday and return to school at 9am on Sunday. You're crazy."

Jing Hong smiled and joked, "Maybe the school is going to notify us to make up for the lessons today?"

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Yu Huiyan's eyes widened. The mermaid, having just entered adulthood, couldn't keep up with the insidious world. "Is this even possible? You're kidding!"

Heshun said quietly, "School is the best at deceiving people."

"Don't worry, how could the teacher let us continue to have classes on Saturday?" Jingyu came out from some corner, perhaps because he couldn't stand the criticism from his classmates anymore.

He raised his hand and clapped his hands, and a complex machine appeared out of thin air on the playground. It had an orange shell, stood three or four meters tall, and had what looked like colorful light strips.

Wow, the designer has such advanced aesthetics.

"Come on, Xi Zhou, tell everyone about it."

Xi Zhou was suddenly called out. He glanced around awkwardly before raising his voice and saying, "Actually, the speed of time varies from world to world. A year in the Milky Way roughly corresponds to a day here. On the Tianhe Continent, the speed is much slower, at a ratio of one to five."

"Before we came here, we didn't know about this. Neither did the people on our side. We've been waiting like this for five years. So, the school asked us to go back to Yinhe."

"Then can we go back too?" Yin Zi'an raised his hand.

"With my ability, a single injection of spiritual energy can only maintain the space-time channel for ten minutes. Even if you five go home, you can only stay for two minutes." Jingyu shrugged. "It's better to wait until we have a month or two of summer or winter break and ask Teacher Yaru or Teacher Zhenlin to take care of you."

"So the five of us only have six days of winter vacation, right?" Jinghong had learned Galaxy language very well and could already communicate with everyone in it. But now, with mixed feelings, he spoke in his native dialect.

"Student Jinghong, you are very smart." Jingyu praised him generously.

Jing Hong couldn't keep his composure anymore. He absorbed a lot of energy and cast two calming spells on himself before calming down. Meanwhile, an excited Yin Zian started yelling, "Wouldn't that be a big loss for us? I want to go to their Galaxy too!"

"You all want to go?" Jingyu narrowed his eyes slightly, his golden eyes reflecting light, and he smiled meaningfully.

"Yes!" the five people said in unison.

"Well, have fun~"

As Jingyu finished speaking, the massive machine blazed brightly, forcing everyone to close their eyes to avoid the glare. Someone muttered something about whether, with 60 days of summer vacation, they could simply take 60 years off. When they opened their eyes again, they were all in the grove near the old high school.

When they thought about how their families hadn't seen them for five years, the five newly-adult children present hurriedly boarded the bus to their homes.

Since only Xu Sui'an and Xi Zhou were available to entertain guests (suspected), they were simply asked to act as guides and take them to see the characteristics of the Milky Way.

Hmm... maybe that's not the right word.

Yu Huiyan discovered that this world didn't support magic, so her magic was completely ineffective. In other words, she was now legless, dragging a fish tail. She couldn't walk on concrete in this state.

Yu Huiyan felt aggrieved. No wonder people said humans were insidious. No wonder the head teacher agreed so readily. It turned out that everything happened for a reason.

Fortunately, there was no one around, so Yu Huiyan and Fu Linyuan’s unique appearance did not cause a sensation.

At least they didn't see anyone around.

As for Fu Linyuan, everyone suggested buying him an extra-long floor-length skirt, which barely solved his dilemma as a ghost and was forced to float in the air in a eerie manner.

As for Fu Linyuan's mood, it was not considered for the time being. Anyway, these five Galaxy people couldn't understand his violent curses, hehe.

Fortunately, this place is a Jiangnan water town. There are not many other things, but there are many rivers and a dense water network that connects in all directions. To exaggerate, there is a small bridge every five steps and a large bridge every ten steps.

Xi Zhou sent her the location using Xinghe's terminal, and then he felt very relieved to let Yu Huiyan swim to her home on her own.

Very reassuring.

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"Xi! Zhuo! I! Hate! You!" Yu Huiyan was still wandering darkly in the water, filled with grief and indignation. She secretly vowed to work hard after returning and learn the spiritual arts that are common to all worlds.

Most importantly, never swim in a river again next time!

You'd never have guessed that in just two hours, Yu Huiyan had over twenty plastic bags thrown at her face, obstructing her vision. While breathing underwater, she choked on oil and strange-smelling liquids. She even got hit on the head by solid waste on the surface of the water.

Yu Huiyan has no words to express her suffering.

It’s two and a half extra days, so it’s better not to come!

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Xi Zhou stood at the door with two friends who could appear normally under everyone's sight. He was not sure whether he had taken the wrong road or whether his family had become rich and moved away.

The door was open, revealing the room. A strange woman was holding a booklet and gently telling a story to a strange child, about three or four years old.

The child had sharp hearing and turned to greet the three people outside the door. He happily emerged from her arms and said, "Mom, three sisters!"

She looked towards the door, was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Are you... Xi Zhou?"

Xi Zhou nodded, also hesitant. Logically, since the homestead wasn't allowed to be bought or sold, it shouldn't have been occupied by a new generation of residents. But the whole house, inside and out, felt unfamiliar and new. Furthermore, it had gone from a two-story cottage to a three-story Western-style building, making it completely different.

Moreover, this person knew her.

Xi Zhou was really afraid that the mother would say something stupid like "I held you in my arms when you were a child!"

She watched the woman move quickly, calling out the people in the kitchen while picking up her cell phone to make a call.

"Dad, Xi Zhou is back! Come out quickly!"

"Hey, Mom, you and A-Ming please come back soon. Xi Zhou is back."

Hearing her brother's name, Xi Zhou finally confirmed that her family still lived in this house.

Dad had already come out of the kitchen. When he saw Xi Zhou, tears welled up in his eyes. He quickly pulled her and her companion to sit on the sofa, his voice choking as he spoke, "You guys are finally back from studying?"

"Not yet." Xi Zhou racked his brains for a euphemism, but couldn't come up with any, so he just gave up. "Dad, have you ever heard of a day in heaven equaling a year on earth? I only went to school for five days."

Dad exclaimed, "Ah!" with a look of disbelief on his face. "Girl, are you really going to become an immortal? I heard that many immortals kill their wives to prove their faith. You better be careful and don't make the mistake of marrying someone like that!"

"Well, that's not the case. I'll still go home to develop after I finish my studies." Xi Zhou marveled at his father's wild imagination and quickly changed the subject. "Two of my friends need to stay here for the next two days. Is that okay, Dad?"

"That's a must." Dad glanced at the two girls sitting obediently on the sofa, wondering why the other one didn't come along. He asked, "Who is the other friend?"

"Ah..." Xi Zhou explained, "There's another one. You have to wait for me to fish her out."

Fish?

It was hard for the father to understand that this word would be used for his daughter's friend. But it didn't matter, as long as he saw the mermaid in the river when he left home.

My father was shocked. He had lived most of his life and had no idea that there was such a species as mermaids in the world.

"Hello, uncle." Although Yu Huiyan, who was wearing a language converter, felt dirty, she still greeted him happily.

Dad was even more shocked that the mermaid could actually speak human language!

He whispered to Xi Zhou, "Are mermaids considered mammals or fish?"

After thinking about it, I felt that it was not polite, so I asked again, "Will she die of thirst if she is really fished out? Where can she sleep? We don't have a bathtub at home."

Finally, the kind father found a big bucket, filled it with water, and used it as a simple mini bedroom for her.

Yu Huiyan didn't dislike it at all. She was so moved that she almost treated Xizhou's father as her own father. God is still kind to her. She finally has clean water!

Soon the family reunited, and her brother formally introduced the new family member to her, "She is my wife, and this is my daughter."

Xi Zhou was shocked. "Brother, didn't you say you planned to be single for the rest of your life? Five years ago, you weren't even in a relationship, and now your child is this big?"

My brother touched his nose and said, "Life is full of surprises. It's impossible to predict for sure."

Yu Huiyan nodded heavily.

The family happily walked back to the house with the little girl. It turned out that the house had been destroyed by a typhoon the year they left, so they had rebuilt a new one. It was a three-story house, with the third floor reserved for Xi Zhou. It had been simply renovated, and all the old mess had been left untouched.

He took her to the yard. Two years ago, Dad had planted plum and orange trees. Now was the time when the oranges were ripe, so Dad naturally picked a pot of them for the three little girls.

Then we had dinner together, which included steamed crab, braised shrimp, stir-fried cauliflower with meat, roast duck, etc., full of the taste of home.

At the dinner table, Xi Zhou asked cheerfully, "I haven't been back long. I have to speak to the country tomorrow afternoon about this protracted five-year period. Do you want to go to Grandma's this morning?"

The expressions of several people became unnatural. The father's big hands embraced the child in his arms, naturally covered her ears, and whispered, "Okay, you go kowtow tomorrow."

Xi Zhou's eyes widened, and he heard himself asking, "Which year?"

"The year you left."

After visiting the graves and paying respects to the deceased, she felt a sense of loss in her heart. She suddenly realized that the question of the speed of time flow pointed to a single word: the theory of lifespan.

365*5=1825.

It would be a miracle if her family could survive until she returned.

Well, it’s not like I haven’t seen ghosts before.