Two days later in Britain, Su Yu returned to China with Lin Yanyu. It was already the evening of the fifth when they reached Shuangqing.
"Love Song King" had concluded, and in August, besides "Time Music King," Su Yu had no other programs to attend.
Su Yu, who always considered himself a workaholic in the entertainment industry, planned to take a well-deserved break.
Coincidentally, it was the summer vacation, and "A Chinese Odyssey" was set to premiere the next day. He planned to go back and spend time with his parents and Su Xiaoling, and take them to see the movie.
Furthermore, Zhang Yang and the others had a premiere for "A Chinese Odyssey," so he could attend for free.
Even though it was his own movie, Su Yu's principle was to get things for free whenever possible. He would even "freeload" off himself if necessary!
Since Gong Juren was driving to the airport to pick them up, Su Yu invited him to his home for dinner before he left.
"Little Yu Gege!!"
As soon as they got home, Su Xiaoling rushed towards Su Yu and jumped onto him, wanting him to carry her.
Su Yu put down the large watermelon he was holding and carried Su Xiaoling towards the living room.
His father, Su Zhengguo, was preparing dinner in the kitchen, with his mother, Zhang Guizhi, assisting him. The couple were overjoyed to hear that Su Yu was returning.
Su Yu had been very busy these past few months and hadn't been home in a long time. Upon hearing Su Yu's arrival, Zhang Guizhi came out of the kitchen, wiping her hands on her apron as she walked. "Yanyu, why did you bring anything when you're coming to your own home? Little Gong is here too."
As she spoke, she quickly took the bags from Lin Yanyu's hands, her face beaming with a smile.
"Hello, Auntie," Gong Juren nodded politely. He was also holding gifts he had bought downstairs.
"They're not very expensive items. They're some British specialties I bought for you and our relatives, as Su Su asked me to," Lin Yanyu said obediently.
Su Yu was stunned for a moment. When did he ask her to buy them?
He quickly realized how thoughtful his girlfriend was and added, "That's right, I asked her to buy them."
"You asked nothing! I know you well. Yanyu, Little Gong, don't just stand there, come and sit down." Zhang Guizhi rolled her eyes at Su Yu. She knew her son, and if it were everyday necessities, she might believe him. But how could he possibly think of buying them foreign specialties? She was quite confident about this.
Su Yu's eyes twitched, and then he looked at Lin Yanyu.
The latter chuckled and followed Zhang Guizhi into the living room.
"You guys watch some TV for a while. The dishes will be ready soon," Zhang Guizhi said after ushering them in, and then returned to the kitchen.
"I'll go help Auntie," Gong Juren quickly put down his things and headed into the kitchen as well.
When Su Yu wasn't around, Gong Juren often brought gifts to visit Su Yu's parents, so he was very familiar with Su Yu's home. Sometimes, Su Zhengguo would jokingly say that Su Yu was less filial than Xiao Gong.
A rerun of "Time Music King" was playing on the television, which Hua Shi had purchased the broadcasting rights for.
It was currently in the drawing session, and Su Yu's performance was about to begin.
Admittedly, Su Yu rarely watched his own shows because he felt a sense of embarrassment watching himself perform on TV.
"Did Little Yu Gege buy me a gift?" Su Xiaoling asked expectantly, looking up at Su Yu after getting down from him.
Su Yu was taken aback. Lin Yanyu quickly said, "Of course, I bought one for Little Ling'er. Do you like this princess dress?"
As she spoke, she took out a dress from a nearby bag.
It was a princess dress with a British style.
"It's so pretty, thank you, sister-in-law!" Su Xiaoling nodded quickly and said in a soft voice.
Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief again. It wasn't that he didn't want to buy one; he just hadn't thought of it for a moment.
My wife is really thoughtful!
However, Lin Yanyu was indeed very thoughtful in this regard. Perhaps due to her excellent upbringing, she always considered etiquette very carefully and was extremely considerate, able to take everyone's feelings into account.
"I'm glad you like it." Su Xiaoling's address of "sister-in-law" made Lin Yanyu's heart flutter with joy.
She really liked this child; she was quirky and very cute.
"Little Ling'er, have you finished your summer homework?" Su Yu tried to make conversation.
Unexpectedly, he received no response for a long time.
He turned his head in confusion to look at Su Xiaoling.
He saw that she was giving him a furious eye roll.
"Little Yu Gege, if you're going to talk like that, you'll kill the conversation," she said, making a turning gesture.
Su Yu was instantly choked by the little girl.
Where did she learn this kind of dialogue?
Why wasn't she following the script?
Shouldn't she feel guilty about not finishing her homework?
...
Su Yu hadn't been home in a long time.
The family dinner had a warm and joyful atmosphere.
"Xiao Yu, we have something to discuss with you," Su Zhengguo said to Su Yu after taking a sip of wine.
Su Yu asked curiously, "What is it?"
"We want to move to a more upscale house," Su Zhengguo said directly.
He was originally a sanitation worker, but because of his identity as Su Yu's father, many people at his unit knew about it, and people would visit them from time to time. Some wanted their children to join Su Yu's company, and some wanted to borrow money. Su Zhengguo felt that his life was being disturbed. Moreover, although the community was quite upscale, its security was poor. Before Su Yu's "Masked Singer" had caused controversy, someone had even placed a wreath at their doorstep.
Of course, the elderly couple had never mentioned these things to Su Yu because they didn't want trivial matters to affect him. In Su Zhengguo's words, Su Yu was bringing honor to the country, and if they couldn't help, they shouldn't be a burden.
The noodle shop was now making a bit of money, and Su Yu also sent them money every month. They had over twenty million yuan. They were considering buying a more private, high-end residence so that they could block unannounced visitors and prevent troublemaking black fans from entering.
"Okay, we'll go look at houses tomorrow after we see the movie," Su Yu agreed without asking further questions.
With his current financial resources, buying a house was a trivial matter.
In fact, even if his parents hadn't mentioned it, he had planned to buy a villa next to them after "Time Music King" ended, so that his parents would be closer to them.
"Uncle, why buy a house? Just move into our community. I have one ready here," Gong Juren said after swallowing the braised pork in his mouth.
"You have a house in our community?" Su Yu looked at him in surprise.
He remembered that after Lin Chaoyang bought Su Yu a house, he had encountered Gong Juren, who also happened to live in the same community. Now Gong Juren was saying he had another house in the community.
"Hehe, before Yu Ge's song 'Legends Never Die' was released overseas, there was an initial offering. I made some money and bought several villas around us." Gong Juren scratched his head somewhat sheepishly.
"Uh... Didn't you just say you only had ten million in liquid assets? Even with the highest odds, it would only be eighty million. You shouldn't have been able to buy them, right?" Su Yu said in surprise.
"I borrowed some money from my dad..."
"How much?"
"Eighty million..."
"Good heavens, so you were the one who drove down the odds, weren't you?"