The next morning, Yue Jiunian was woken up by her alarm clock. She squinted at the alarm clock on her bedside table. It was 7:05 a.m. Good, it was time to get up and go to school.
Breakfast was already prepared on the dining table downstairs, and everyone who had to go to work or school was already eating breakfast.
"Niannian, come and eat breakfast! What are you standing there for?"
Jiang Hu waved to Yue Jiu Nian, who looked severely sleep-deprived, and said, "Judging from your appearance, you must have stayed up late last night. You young people just don't know how to take care of your bodies. If you continue like this, you'll have problems sooner or later."
Yue Jiu Nian did stay up late last night. She played on her phone and watched videos until almost 4 a.m. before going to sleep, so she didn't dare to say a word when Jiang Hu scolded her.
Huang Qing chimed in, "Which young person these days doesn't stay up late? You're no different. You watched TV until almost 2 a.m. last night. You still have the nerve to criticize Niannian. Don't you realize you're already so old? You're still trying to stay up late watching dramas like others?"
Jiang Hu, having been rebuked by Huang Qing, dared not say anything more. He simply lowered his head awkwardly and drank his millet porridge, while the others at the table secretly chuckled.
Yue Jiu Nian found Jiang Hu and Huang Qing, this elderly couple, quite interesting. She asked while biting into her sandwich, "Aunt Qing, so Dad stays up late watching dramas at night?"
Huang Qing laughed and said, "That's right. Your dad just loves watching those war dramas and stuff. Once he starts watching, he gets completely absorbed and won't stop until the very end. He'll even stay up all night to finish watching them."
"It's not that exaggerated. I only look at it occasionally, not often." Jiang Hu felt he couldn't let Huang Qing continue talking like this, so he quickly retorted.
Watching his father being criticized, Jiang Yi smiled and said, "Well, I can vouch for that. Dad doesn't do that all the time; he just occasionally looks around in the office."
"You brat, what are you saying? I work in an office, I don't watch TV." Jiang Hu blushed at his eldest son's words and quickly interrupted, "Alright, let's eat. No more talking. After you finish eating, hurry up and go to work. Those of you who have to go to school should eat quickly, or you'll be late."
Everyone chuckled secretly after hearing this, but they did eat breakfast much faster.
After watching her brother-in-law Jiang Hu make a fool of himself, Huang Ru said to Liu Zhan, "Xiao Zhan, you should go to school with Brother Xiao Hai and Sister Niannian later."
Liu Zhan was drinking his milk when he nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."
Jiang Hai also said, "Auntie, don't worry, it's not like this is our first time going to school."
Yue Jiu Nian silently ate her breakfast, her mind preoccupied with what to do about the upcoming exam. She hadn't looked at a single page of her book last night, spending all her time on her phone. Of course, even if she had, it wouldn't have mattered, as she couldn't understand the content at all.
Breakfast was quickly finished, and then Yue Jiu Nian got on the bus to school with a doomed mentality.
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On a food street near the school, Ya Zi and Yue Jiuling were ordering snacks at a small eatery.
"Two skewers, please. I don't have that much money on me. I want to eat other things later, so I'm afraid it won't be enough."
Yue Jiuling pointed to a grilled gluten dish in front of her and said.
Ya Zi glanced at the stinky tofu shop next to the grilled gluten, then at the hot and sour noodles shop on the other side, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, then let's eat less and order more different things."
While paying the bill, Yue Jiuling said with a hint of regret, "Okay, you must treat me to a big meal when you get paid. See how good I am to you? I treat you to food every time we go out."
Ya Zi awkwardly touched his nose and said, "Don't worry, there are only two days left. Once I get paid, I'll agree to whatever you want to eat."
"Thank you, boss." After paying, Yue Jiuling took the grilled gluten from the boss and said, "Here you go. You also want some hot and sour noodles and stinky tofu, right?"
Ya Zi took a bite of the grilled gluten, and said with a satisfied look, "Mmm, I want to eat it."
"Alright, eat up, eat up. But seriously, it feels like every time we go out, it's just eating. Are you a gluttonous yazi?"
Yue Jiuling had already placed an order with the stinky tofu stall owner: "Please give me the largest portion of stinky tofu, with lots of scallions and cilantro, and also a lot of pickled radishes."
Ya Zi, munching on grilled gluten, wasn't angry at being called a glutton. He thought for a moment and said, "Maybe so. Back when I was up there, I practiced fasting and didn't need to eat. But after coming down to the human world, I wanted to eat everything. If I really became a glutton, then it's the human world's fault. It's all because their food is too delicious."
Yue Jiuling rolled her eyes at Ya Zi's shameless attempt to shift the blame to the human world's delicacies. She said, "Come on, you're greedy and then you blame others. Can't you have any shame?"
"No, it doesn't matter whether I have this face or not. If being shameless can get me good food, then I still think it's better to be shameless."
"Tsk tsk, how shameless."
The stinky tofu was ready quickly, so Yue Jiuling told Ya Zi to get it himself. Then she ordered him the largest portion of hot and sour noodles, saying, "Okay, this is the last one we'll order. After we finish eating, we should get back to work. We've been slacking off for too long."
The two originally came to investigate a case, but now they've ended up shopping and eating. This is incredibly unprofessional.
Ya Zi's hands were full of food, and he was satisfied. He said, "Well, I didn't forget my mission. I just suddenly got hungry and wanted to eat something."
Yue Jiuling looked at the balance on her phone and said, "I'm almost out of money. Let's go, eat our fill and then get to work. We'll have instant noodles for dinner tonight."
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