After leaving the two to sleep in the living room, Liu Yue led Yun Xuan on a tour of the house, and then looked for bedding and other necessities for the night. Chen Bing, listening to the deafening snoring from the living room, had a bold idea.
"Xiao Shang, come here, come here."
Upon hearing Chen Bing's call, Shang Yunmiao obediently got up and followed him to his bedroom. Chen Bing released her hand, turned around with a mysterious smile, and then took a camera out of the drawer.
Shang Yunmiao probably guessed what Chen Bing was planning. Although it was a bit naughty, she still blinked her expectant big eyes and smiled as she waited for Chen Bing's next move.
"Let's go." Without saying much, Chen Bing put his arm around Shang Yunmiao's shoulder and led her back to the living room.
While the two mothers were preparing on the second floor, Chen Bing, along with Shang Yunmiao, took many precious video recordings of the two fathers.
What are you two doing?
Hearing the question coming from the second floor, Shang Yunmiao was slightly startled. She first tugged at Chen Bing, who was still diligently recording the video, and then replied to Yun Xuan upstairs with her hands behind her back, "I'm observing Daddy's sleeping posture."
After giving her daughter a gentle smile, Yunxuan didn't say much and followed Liu Yue, who came out of the room, back to the living room.
"Would you like a drink? I'll go get you a glass of milk."
It's almost 11 o'clock now, but instead of being sleepy, everyone is quite energetic.
After drinking the beverages Liu Yue brought, Chen Bing led Shang Yunmiao to one side of the sofa to watch the video they had just recorded, their cheerful laughter echoing in their ears. Meanwhile, Liu Yue and Yunxuan chatted happily about everyday matters on the other side.
Shang Ping's villa has a floor area of over 200 square meters, a total building height of three floors, plus a roof of about 100 square meters on the top floor, making a total building area of nearly 700 to 800 square meters. Usually, it seems a bit lonely when only Liu Yue and her husband live there.
Today, the six people from both families were all crammed onto the sofa in the living room on the first floor. Accompanied by the sounds of snoring and constant conversation, the atmosphere was unusually lively.
Liu Yue enjoyed the atmosphere, and so did Chen Bing.
Although he usually prefers quiet, the liveliness of today inexplicably gives him a sense of joy.
Especially when I see my little friend covering her mouth and laughing on my shoulder, with her parents by her side, an endless sense of security and happiness wells up from my heart.
"We've watched all these videos, shall we scroll through our phones for a bit?"
After putting down the camera, Chen Bing took out her phone from her pocket, placed it between herself and Shang Yunmiao, and started scrolling through videos one after another.
At the beginning of 2018, Douyin was not as well-known or influential as Kuaishou, the then-dominant short video platform. Therefore, Chen Bing chose to browse Bilibili instead.
At this time, Bilibili had not yet broken out of its niche; the mainstream content on the platform was still otaku culture, games, and various parody videos.
Chen Bing remembered that in her previous life, she first came into contact with this platform during the time when Cai Zhiyin became a sensation. It was probably the second semester of her first year of junior high school or the first semester of her second year. At that time, Bilibili was also growing rapidly, expanding from a small circle of otaku culture to a much wider audience.
Although Bilibili is not well-known now, it still has many high-quality content creators and various high-quality anime from Japan.
For example, The Shape of Sound.
Somehow, while scrolling through videos, Chen Bing stumbled upon a related fan-made video. Upon seeing the familiar cover, Chen Bing was suddenly overwhelmed with emotions.
It turns out that it's already 2018 in the blink of an eye, and I'm already thirteen years old. Many movies that I was familiar with from my past life have been released, like "Goodbye Mr. Loser" and "The Mermaid," which I watched with my family in previous years.
With the thought that time flies, Old Chen suddenly felt inspired. He realized that he hadn't watched "A Silent Voice" in a long time, so he took Shang Yunmiao to find the original film and enthusiastically recommended it to her.
A good work of art or entertainment generally brings joy in two ways: once when you discover it by chance, and once when you recommend it to someone else and they also like it.
The source of this happiness probably comes from receiving a "happiness commission" without one's knowledge, something like a brokerage fee.
To be honest, Chen Bing inexplicably felt a unique sensation watching "A Silent Voice" with Shang Yunmiao. After all, the two main characters in "A Silent Voice" could be considered childhood sweethearts, sharing some similarities with herself and Shang Yunmiao.
Sure enough, when the story reached the part where the two reunited, gradually resolved their misunderstandings, and became friends, Xiao Shang thought of herself and Chen Bing, and was immediately moved to tears.
However, it was already past midnight. Coming to her senses from the chat, Yunxuan urged her daughter to go back to sleep.
Forced to interrupt the captivating and nuanced story, Shang Yunmiao reluctantly waved goodbye to Chen Bing and then obediently returned to her room on the second floor.
After the mother and daughter returned to their respective rooms, Liu Yue urged Chen Bing to go back to sleep as if she were herding ducks.
Chen Bing, who was almost sleepy, didn't say anything. After saying goodbye to her mother, she went back to her room.
The two gentlemen left in the living room were left unattended after receiving two blankets as a token of their generosity. The room was warm enough that they wouldn't get cold.
It was late at night, I don't know what time it was, but I drew the curtains, turned off the small light, and... Wuhu!
Chen Bing leaped into her warm, soft bed, then hurriedly pulled the covers over herself, enveloping herself completely in them.
The blanket seals me in! That way, the ghosts can't hurt me!
Ahem, please don't laugh at my cowardice. You know, being afraid of the dark is human nature. Think about it, in complete darkness, even though you know there's no danger, humans are naturally imaginative.
Ghosts, vengeful spirits, zombies, faceless people, humanoid insects, blah blah blah—better safe than sorry!
Moreover, from a scientific point of view, a closed, enclosed environment can make people feel safe, thereby greatly improving sleep quality and allowing people to better replenish their energy, wouldn't you say? Mr. Evil.
After lying on his side for a while, Chen Bing squinted and turned over. When he saw a faint human-shaped shadowy figure that had appeared on the side of his bed near the bedroom door, he was immediately startled.
Holy crap! Something's fishy!
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