Chapter 1 The Eight-School Exchange Concludes

The Eight-School Exchange finally concluded before the Spring Festival.

Although not all planets in the interstellar space celebrated the Spring Festival, every planet had a festival where families reunited.

Although these festivals had different names and weren't on the same day, the entire interstellar space legally set those festivals in the same month.

Therefore, in addition to the legal holidays set by their own planet's regulations, January was also a public holiday for all interstellar workers.

It was for everyone to go home and celebrate the festival.

So, as soon as Mingmei got off the starship, she received the news that her relatives and friends living in the interstellar space had all returned to Hua Lan Star, including Sixth Uncle and the Main Brain... oh, according to today's attire, she should call her "Sixth Aunt."

"Meimei, tell me, what's going on with this picture?"

As soon as she entered the house, Mingmei felt like she was going through a triple interrogation. Her second brother pinned her down on the single sofa in the living room, while her parents sat on the double sofa next to her, and her godfather, who was also her godmother, stared straight at her from across the room.

Mingmei: ...

Terrifying (๑o﹏o๑)!

Her two uncles were in the corner, drinking coffee and teasing the cat raised by her eldest sister-in-law. Noticing her gaze, they even turned around and smiled at her.

Then they didn't do anything else.

The feeling of "good luck to you" made Mingmei afraid of what was about to happen.

Sure enough, the next second, she watched as her Sixth Uncle used his optical brain to project the photo of her and Mu Chen kissing under the moon in the game onto the wall!

"Oh my god!"

Such a high-definition, unpixelated, and detailed picture, even the eldest brother and sister-in-law in the semi-open kitchen next to the living room couldn't help but peek their heads out for a look.

"Aiya~"

Her eldest sister-in-law, Mei Pu, was the least able to hide her thoughts. Mingmei was so embarrassed that her toes were digging into the ground because she was the person in the picture, when she heard her eldest sister-in-law say from the kitchen—

"So romantic~ This picture feels beautiful and romantic no matter how many times you look at it! Husband, let's find such a beautiful place to travel next year, okay?"

"Okay~ And take some kissing pictures like these~"

The whole family: "..."

Mingmei: "..."

Is this the difference between being married and not being married?

But—wait a minute!

Mingmei suddenly realized that something was wrong with what her eldest sister-in-law said.

What do you mean "no matter how many times you look at it"?

"Where did this picture come from?" As Mingmei asked, she turned to look at her second sister-in-law, and seeing that the other party was about to sneak away again, Mingmei stopped her, "Second Sister-in-law?"

"I didn't take this picture! I swear! If I took the screenshot, your second brother won't be able to have children!"

Her colleague took it, so she couldn't be blamed, right?

Suddenly being cued, Mei Qiu: ???

Mei Qiu looked at Cheshire with a bewildered expression, blinked, and asked uncertainly, "Has the Empire legalized male reproduction?"

Cheshire: "..."

Mingmei: "..."

[Guigui, did you do it?]

Mingmei secretly asked Guigui, who had recently returned from advanced studies.

[Don't go around slandering people! I was already at the Main Brain then!] Guigui wouldn't take the blame, [It's obviously because you were caught kissing, why blame others for seeing it?]

[It was in the game! How would I know?]

[The game isn't a lawless place either, Host, you better behave yourself!]

Mingmei: ...

Frustrated, she turned her consciousness back to reality, and glanced at her mother sitting beside her drinking tea and being fed by her father.

Watching the couple, one eating and the other feeding, Mingmei felt sour.

"Meimei."

Just as she was thinking that her mother might let her off the hook, her mother suddenly spoke.

"Ah?"

"Didn't I say, you guys... shouldn't do anything that results in a negative distance?"

After finishing her tea, her mother finally spoke.

"I didn't..." Mingmei blushed halfway through her sentence, "Mom, do you mean that negative distance above the neck isn't allowed either?"

"Of course not!" Before her mother could answer, her godfather jumped out, "You're still young! You can't be fooled by bad men!"

"Godfather, I'm an older youth in my eighties, okay? Dating shouldn't be that bad, right?"

Sixth Uncle was protecting her too much like a child, wasn't he?

"Bullshit! You've been lying in a medical pod for over sixty years, you have no experience, and you're still in school, what kind of older youth are you? Do you need to date now? You need to study hard and not be blinded by the flashy world! Men are even worse!

Besides, isn't it your sixty-year-old grand-nephew who needs to date? That's what you call an older youth!"

Ming Song, the eldest son of Ming Qi, the third generation of the Ming family who had no presence, had been learning from his two grand-uncles and sitting in an inconspicuous corner with a book in his hand, acting as a transparent person since his aunt entered the house.

As a result, his grand-godfather still stabbed him in the back.

He's sixty years old, is that old?

Just because his aunt shouldn't date, he needs to date?

"By the way, didn't Ming Song say he was bringing back a girl he liked this year?"

Seeing that the topic suddenly shifted to Ming Song, Mingmei simply helped everyone change the subject.

Ming the Transparent Person with no human rights who is used as a meat shield: ?????

"No... I was rejected."

Seeing the whole family staring at him with burning eyes, Ming Song felt a little uncomfortable, and stuttered as he talked about his failed pursuit.

"Why? Son, you're not ugly, and your job is very good, how could you be rejected?"

Hearing that her son's pursuit had failed in the kitchen, his mother rushed out wanting to ask in detail, "You child, you didn't say a word when you failed, at least your dad and I could give you some advice!"

"Aren't you two early marriages based on love at first sight? What experience do you have to give me?"

Ming Qi and his wife suddenly had the urge to beat their child.

"Actually, it's nothing, I think this state is pretty good, and I'm not sad at all." Ming Song thought for a while, scratched the back of his head, and said, "Look at my grand-uncles, they're also old and haven't gotten married, and they're still living freely and comfortably, not sad at all."

Ming Song, unwilling to be used as a meat shield by his aunt at home, directly shifted the firepower to Ruan Xun and Yan Hui, who were watching the show on the side.

Ruan Xun: emmm?

This child is a little black-bellied!

Yan Hui: "?"

This brat is bolder than his dad!

"So, when all is said and done, the people who should be dating aren't, and the people who shouldn't be dating are rushing headlong into things and getting tricked by bad men before they've seen the world!?"

Sixth Uncle's concern for Mingmei was outrageous!

Mingmei never expected that the topic could be turned back to her again.

"Godfather, Mu Chen isn't as bad as you think~ Look, my parents know about it, and they agree."

"Your dad isn't a good one either, what's the use of him agreeing?"

Mingmei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Sixth Uncle's hostility towards Mu Chen was indeed great.

But when she thought that her godfather was said to have been just as hostile to her father when he was young, she felt relieved.

Seeing that Mingmei didn't speak, Sixth Uncle continued, "Humph! He's only a little better than your dad, but you can't use your dad's standards to find someone, right? Wouldn't that be purely asking for trouble?"

Suddenly stabbed in the back, Ming Yi suddenly raised his eyes and stared at Sixth Uncle, snorting, "What's wrong with my standards? It's better than you, who like to eat, drink, and read novels, and can be tricked into bed with a few sweet words, right?"

Sixth Uncle: ??!

Main Brain: _(:з」∠)_

The car, just like that, ran over everyone's faces without warning.

The Main Brain, one of the parties involved, sat aside calmly drinking water. Seeing Mingmei's face was red and she suddenly looked over here, the Main Brain finally spoke, "What? Does Meimei want to learn a thing or two?"

Mingmei: ...