"Is it sweet?" Mr. Yu asked, watching his youngest daughter eat strawberries with doting eyes.
"Sweet," Yu Yunzhi said after swallowing the strawberry in her mouth.
Seeing that her parents were only watching her and Jiang Jiang eat strawberries, while she wasn't eating any herself, Yu Yunzhi picked up two large strawberries, stuffed one into each of their mouths, and looked at them expectantly, asking, "Is it delicious?"
"Mmm...delicious." Mr. Yu mumbled, his mouth suddenly stuffed with a strawberry by his daughter.
But a smile that couldn't be hidden was on her face. Hmm... her daughter's food was delicious.
"Mom, do you have classes tomorrow?"
As Yu's mother was wiping strawberry juice from Jiang Jiang's lips, she casually said, "Yes, I have a class tomorrow morning, and your father has one class tomorrow morning and one class tomorrow afternoon."
Tomorrow is the last day of school before the New Year's Day holiday, and both of Yu's parents have classes.
“Okay~” Yu Yunzhi pretended to be disappointed.
"What's the matter?"
“That means you’ll have less time to spend with me…” Yu Yunzhi pouted at her mother in a coquettish manner.
Yu's mother chuckled, wondering why she was still so clingy at such a young age, but said, "Then you and Jiang Jiang will come to school with me tomorrow."
"Really? Can we really go together?" Yu Yunzhi's eyes lit up.
"Really," Yu's mother said helplessly.
Yu's parents work at the same high school where Yu Yunzhi went to school. Many of the teachers who taught Yu Yunzhi there are there. It's been a long time since they've been back to the school, so they're taking this opportunity to go back and visit.
"Alright, eat up. We have to get up early tomorrow. If you can't get up, I won't take you." Yu's mother was still scaring Yu Yunzhi like she did when he was a child.
"Okay~"
Yu's mother let Jiang Jiang sit on the sofa and eat strawberries by herself, while she and Yu's father went to unpack the luggage that Yu Yunzhi had brought back.
"How come there are so many!" Yu's mother opened the suitcase and was quite shocked to see that it was packed full of local specialties, leaving no space at all.
With so much food, how long will it take to eat it all?!
"Uh..." Yu Yunzhi was also speechless, it seemed he had indeed bought too much...
"Mom, why don't you go to school tomorrow and share them with your colleagues?"
After thinking for a moment, Yu's mother said, "That's fine. Leave some for your aunts and uncles as well."
Yu's mother first kept some of everything for her own family, and then distributed the rest while calculating who should receive them.
Each household must be given the same amount; otherwise, uneven distribution will cause problems.
Yu Yunzhi had finished eating the strawberries and wanted to come over to help his mother and the others tidy up.
Who knew that Yu's mother wouldn't let her move and instead asked Yu Yunzhi to take Jiang Jiang to take a bath.
"It's almost eleven o'clock, go take a shower."
"It's only a little past ten o'clock!" Yu Yunzhi glanced at the clock on the wall; it was only a little past ten.
"Then you won't finish showering until eleven o'clock."
"Okay~" Yu Yunzhi shrugged helplessly and took Xiao Jiangjiang to take a bath.
When Yu Yunzhi finished showering and came out with Jiang Jiang, Yu's mother had already packed her luggage and was on the phone with Yu Luoyan.
"Oh, speak of the devil, and he appears! The two of them have finished showering and come out." Yu's mother held up her phone to the two of them so that Yu Luoyan in the video could also see them.
Yu Yunzhi and Jiang Jiang were wearing matching fluffy onesie pajamas. Their hair had just been blow-dried, and both of them had their hair down, looking incredibly cute.
"Mommy~" When Jiang Jiang saw Yu Luoyan, she quickly ran towards Yu's mother with her short legs.
"Hmm! Do you miss your mom?"
Sure enough, even strong women have to be gentle in front of their own children, even though they've only been apart for a little over four hours.
"I miss her~ When is Mom coming back?"
"Mom will arrive tomorrow afternoon, Jiang Jiang, be a good girl and listen to Grandma, okay?"
"Jiang Jiang has been a good girl~ Grandma, has Jiang Jiang been a good girl?" Jiang Jiang hugged her mother's arm and swayed it.
"Be good, be good, Jiang Jiang is so obedient." Mother Yu affectionately pinched little Jiang Jiang's nose.
"Go to sleep now, you have to go to school with Grandma tomorrow, right?"
"Mmm!" Jiang Jiang nodded vigorously. "Auntie said there are lots of delicious foods near Grandma's school!"
Yu Luoyan glanced speechlessly at Yu Yunzhi sitting next to her mother. She knew that her younger sister was only going to school for a few bites of food.
When she went to pick up Yu Yunzhi from high school when she was in college, the first thing she did was ask her to take her to buy food, because Yu's parents usually didn't let her eat much.
She only dares to eat to her heart's content when her older sister comes back.
Yu Yunzhi met Yu Luoyan's gaze in the video and chuckled.
"Goodbye, sister. I'm going to put Jiang Jiang to bed now."
Yu Yunzhi quickly picked up Xiao Jiangjiang and ran towards her room, not giving Yu Luoyan a chance to speak.
As Yu's mother watched Yu Yunzhi run away, she smiled helplessly.
"Alright, Mom and Dad, you should go to sleep too. We have to get up early tomorrow," Yu Luoyan said to her mother.
"Okay~ Tell Mom when it's almost time tomorrow, and Mom will pick you up."
"No need for you to pick me up, I'll drive right downstairs, even though it's freezing cold."
"Okay, you should go to sleep too, you have to go to work tomorrow," Yu's mother instructed.
Bye-bye~
Bye-bye~
After hanging up the phone, Yu's mother went into Yu Yunzhi's room and took a look.
Sure enough, the two kids were still awake, and the lights were still on.
Yu Yunzhi and Jiang Jiang lay in the quilt that their mother had aired out during the day; it was warm and cozy, and smelled of happiness.
Yu's parents have lived in this house for over twenty years. It has three bedrooms and one living room, with one room for Yu's parents, one room for Yu Luoyan, and one room for Yu Yunzhi.
Yu Yunzhi and Yu Luoyan had mentioned that they would be given a bigger house, but the two refused to move. They had grown attached to this house, as the two sisters had grown up here and were surrounded by familiar colleagues and friends. They were reluctant to leave.
Yu Yunzhi and Yu Luoyan let them go.
The house is a bit small, so there's nowhere for guests to stay. We have to book a hotel for them each time.
Jiang Jiang doesn't have her own room either. Every time she comes back, she either sleeps with Yu Yunzhi or Yu Luoyan.
The two sisters' rooms were not big either. Apart from their parents' rooms being a bit larger, Yu Yunzhi and Yu Luoyan's rooms each only had a single bed that was 1.2 meters wide.
It's enough for one person to sleep in, but it would be a little crowded for two people to sleep in, but Jiang Jiang is small, so it's okay when Yu Yunzhi holds her in his arms.
On her first day back, Yu Yunzhi lay on her familiar bed, surrounded by things she had seen since childhood. She had arranged and decorated everything in the room herself, and for some reason, she couldn't fall asleep.
She took out her phone and was surprised to find that Shao Wenyan had sent her a message; she only saw it now.
Shao Wenyan: [Are you home yet?]
The WeChat message had been received more than an hour ago. Yu Yunzhi should have been chatting with Aunt Wu at the time and hadn't noticed his phone.
Yu Yunzhi finished editing and was about to reply to Shao Wenyan when he suddenly realized that eleven o'clock was a bit late.
Just as she was hesitating, another message came in from Shao Wenyan.
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