"..." Chen Muxue pondered for a moment, "Grandma will help me get revenge."
Chen Lu scoffed dismissively and gave her an innocent smile. "Then guess who beat your aunt back then."
Chen Muxue stopped talking, put down her phone, and ran to the kitchen to complain.
"Mom! My dad is going to break my legs!" she shouted, feeling very wronged.
Liang Zhirou dried her hands with her apron, patted her daughter's head, and asked softly, "Why did your father hit you?"
"I said I wanted to be the first one out of the exam room like my aunt, and then he said he was going to break my legs." Chen Muxue shook Liang Zhirou's arm and pointed at the villain outside, "Mom~ hurry up and headbutt him."
Liang Zhirou looked along the fingertips and saw Chen Lu smiling and raising his eyebrows at her.
She instinctively gave a slight smile, then quickly lowered her head, fidgeting with her fingers and softly comforting her daughter, "Don't worry, Mommy will take good care of you..."
Chen Muxue: "..."
You'll take good care of me when my leg gets broken in the future, right?
And you're telling me not to worry?!
Chen Muxue was furious; she should have realized that the couple were of one mind.
Seeing his daughter sulking back on the sofa, Chen Lu chuckled and said, "It doesn't necessarily have to be Tsinghua or Peking University. It would be great if you could go to the same university as your brother and sister. The three of you have been together since childhood, so you can look after each other. It would also save your mother from worrying about you every day and not wanting to bother you."
He twitched the corner of his mouth, just like every time he went out drinking. Liang Zhirou was worried, but she didn't want to keep calling to ask... Usually, other people's phones would be ringing off the hook, but he would only receive one or two calls.
This simpleton always silently suffers in silence and never causes trouble for others.
Upon hearing this, Chen Muxue opened her droopy eyelids slightly, raised her head, and stared at him intently: "Dad, why do you assume that my older brother and sister will go to the same university?"
"Huh? Did I say that?"
"No?" Chen Muxue tilted her head and asked.
"Don't talk nonsense. Your father doesn't know anything. The siblings are innocent."
The father and daughter were silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled at each other.
"However, what parent tells their child every day that they don't necessarily need to get into a good school..."
Chen Muxue grumbled, "Everyone else would love for their children to get into such a top school and be proud of themselves, but these two are just saying 'as long as they're happy' all the time."
But Chen Lu and Liang Zhirou were both serious.
Chen Lu's expression remained calm. "How good does a school have to be to be considered good? Whether you get in or not, life goes on."
He worries that his daughter still doesn't understand why she gets such good grades, and only sees it as a favor to those around her, since she's a lazy bum.
Chen Muxue couldn't help but smile: "Dad, you're really good at pretending. You remind me of that host who said Peking University is alright."
"This isn't faking it," Chen Lu said dismissively. "Even if you and your brother both get into Tsinghua or Peking University, the combined income of the two of you still won't be as much as your dad's income alone."
"..." Chen Muxue had to admit that the pressure of the college entrance exam had vanished in an instant. No wonder her aunt had said in their WeChat chat: "[If you're under a lot of pressure, just look at your dad a few more times. When I saw him back then, I felt no pressure at all.]"
"Right? In this life, the most important thing is to be content with yourself. As for moving upwards... there will always be places you can never reach, no matter what. Desires can never be satisfied."
Chen Lu rarely instilled his philosophy of life in his children. He said it was good that the two kids were ambitious, but he was also worried that they would be swept up by worldly trends and miss out on the scenery they should have seen.
Ever since he decided that he wanted to spend his life with Liang Zhirou, he has been living a very happy life.
If you want to live a happy life, you must figure out what you really want.
Otherwise, if you spend all your time in the library at school and then work 996 every day after graduation, you might not even know why you're working so hard. You might just be working hard because everyone else is, which would be putting the cart before the horse.
To put it simply, you have to be good at playing and good at studying, right? If you don't get good grades and you can't have fun either, wouldn't that be terrible?
Chen Muxue blinked, seemingly lost in thought.
Night deepened.
Liang Zhirou finally felt relieved after discovering that both children were asleep—she had been worried that Yunqi and Muxue would suffer from insomnia due to stress.
Seeing Liang Zhirou tiptoe back through the door, Chen Lu, who had been lying on the bed the whole time, finally couldn't help but complain: "Don't you get tired of worrying about everything all day long?"
Neither of the two kids seemed particularly nervous; this silly one actually seemed the most like the one in the family who was about to take the college entrance exam.
"I'm not tired at all." Liang Zhirou gently closed the door, turned to him and smiled sweetly, "Anyway, I only need to worry about you guys..."
She clearly felt happy, so why was she tired?
Chen Lu remained noncommittal, staring silently at the ceiling with his eyes open, suddenly feeling a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing feelings, thoughts, and reflections).
In his memory, it was only a short time ago that he and Liang Zhirou picked up and dropped off Chen Mo for the college entrance examination. Now that he thinks about it, it was actually twenty years ago.
They weren't married yet at that time, and they spent all their time being lovey-dovey in their rented apartment.
"What are you thinking about?" Liang Zhirou asked playfully as she finished applying her face mask and leaned down next to him.
Chen Lu smiled and let out a long sigh, "It just feels like time has flown by."
Liang Zhirou misunderstood, thinking that Chen Lu really didn't want to pay his dues today, so she quickly comforted him gently: "There's no need to be so sad. Our child is already at the age of taking the college entrance examination. It's normal for you to feel tired and want to rest sometimes."
"What do you mean?"
"Huh? I, I didn't mean anything..."
Chen Lu was furious and got up to lock the door.
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