If life is a scriptwriter,

you dogshit scriptwriter, come and take a look.

Dare you write it, would I dare to watch it?

Xia Xinyu, whose whole being had stiffened, also wanted a remake.

/remake.

The busybody aunts and grandmas sitting in the living room, who were chatting away, all perked up at that scene. They lifted their butts off the sofa and, with amazing lower-body strength, maintained a half-sitting posture, craning their necks to observe the spectacle.

When Chen Yuan looked over, those heads didn't flinch at all.

Damn it, if it weren't for the New Year, I'd soak you all!

Okay, time to rewind.

Chen Yuan focused his mind, imagining time going back half a minute...

Wait, Chao-zi, you didn’t refresh it (whimpering tone)?

But it seems like Xinyu is frozen in place.

The hand holding her toothbrush hasn't moved.

Let's see what her expression is like.

Chen Yuan leaned over and saw Xia Xinyu biting her lip, staring at him 'hatefully,' reminding him, "Separate quickly."

Crap.

It wasn't time stopping; I just left Xinyu speechless.

So, is time stop even useful anymore?

Chen Yuan silently commanded, "Time Stop!"

Then Xia Xinyu seemed to truly freeze.

However, at the edge of his vision, a progress bar seemed to be slowly ticking down, and Chen Yuan felt a countdown in his mind.

Finally, after about five seconds, Xia Xinyu blinked.

So, time stop has been nerfed to a five-second time stop.

As Chen Yuan thought this, he let go of Xia Xinyu. He then grabbed a toothbrush, squeezed toothpaste onto it, and prepared to brush his teeth while taking out his phone's stopwatch.

The moment he activated time stop, everyone else froze.

But, the stopwatch was still running!

That means I didn't stop the entire world, but instead froze these people.

Damn it, how am I supposed to play with it nerfed like this?

Give me back Academy of Time Freeze!

And so, Chen Yuan brushed his teeth. Meanwhile, Xia Xinyu, with foam on her lips, puffed out her cheeks and glared at Chen Yuan unhappily.

This guy, this is his home, not Xia Hai. Isn't doing this just letting everyone know how they usually are together...

If it was just Mom and Dad seeing it, that would be fine, but so many relatives have witnessed it. How am I, Xia Xinyu, supposed to greet them later?

Chen Yuan, you big dummy.

Sensing her gaze, Chen Yuan turned his head and saw a blue bar above Xia Xinyu's head when he faced her. The color was faint, and the height was low, like a character's status bar.

Is it HP or MP?

Chen Yuan guessed that this was this week's superpower.

But what does it represent?

Chen Yuan studied Xia Xinyu's expression.

It seems like she's a little unhappy.

So, she's angry?

"Bao, are you unhappy?" Chen Yuan asked softly.

Xia Xinyu frowned even more and whispered, "Don't call me 'Bao,' call me Xinyu."

The light blue bar increased again?

So, it represents emotions.

Don't tell me you're angry with me over this, Xia-zi?

We've been through thick and thin, hand in hand, for half a year. Is it worth getting upset over something like this?

"Got it," Chen Yuan said helplessly while brushing his teeth.

Then, Xia Xinyu's blue bar dropped a lot all at once.

Huh? Wasn't my response too perfunctory?

[Sigh, he didn't realize it. He definitely didn't mean to harm me. Let's think positively, Xinyu.]

Oh, so it was self-resolved.

Indeed, sometimes you care a lot, but then you think it's not a big deal and let it go.

Xia Xinyu's bar seemed to be turning light red.

[After meeting the relatives, I can go out and play with Chen Yuan, hee hee.]

It seems that because of the New Year atmosphere, Xia Xinyu's overall mood is still pretty good.

Does that mean that if I say something to make her happy, her mood will go up?

"Xinyu, I'm sorry, I'll give you a red envelope later." After Chen Yuan finished speaking, he started to observe Xia Xinyu's red bar.

It didn't rise, and the color didn't deepen.

"Thank you, I'll give you one too." After Xia Xinyu finished brushing her teeth, she washed her face with warm water and responded with a smile.

You're so hard to deal with, Yu-zi. Money can't make you happy?

Fine, fine, I'll go get rich (inauspicious words are automatically replaced during the New Year), okay?

Thinking this, Chen Yuan rinsed his mouth after brushing his teeth and casually said, "Then I'll kowtow to you."

Wiping his mouth with a towel, Chen Yuan was about to leave when he noticed Xinyu looking at him with bright eyes, and the red bar on her forehead had increased a lot all at once...

Chen Yuan: "..."

Why?

Just because I'm going to kowtow to you, you're so happy?

Yu-zi, can you not be so abstract!

Please, you're supposed to be an elegant little beauty!

"Just kidding." Chen Yuan would never do such a thing.

Men in Southeast China have their wives kowtow to them at home.

They don't get to eat until they break the basin.

"..." Xia Xinyu sighed visibly in her heart, and her enthusiasm naturally diminished.

After finishing their morning routine, the two went to the living room together.

At this time, Yang Junlian came over, leading the two to meet the relatives.

"This is Third Great-Aunt."

"Third Great-Aunt, Happy New Year." Trying her best not to recall what happened just now, Xia Xinyu greeted her with a smile.

"Happy New Year, Third Great-Aunt." Chen Yuan also said with a smile.

"Happy New Year, Happy New Year." Third Great-Aunt got up with a smile, touching her hand. "What a beautiful little girl. A fairy I only see on TV, how did you descend to our house?"

"You're too kind..." Xia Xinyu replied, blushing. Then she noticed that a red envelope had appeared in her hand somehow, so she quickly said politely, "I can't accept this, Third Great-Aunt, you..."

"Aiya, take it, take it." Third Great-Aunt quickly sat down and pointed to the side. "This is Aunt, wish Aunt a Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year, Aunt."

"Thank you, Xinyu. Take an envelope from Aunt too, come to my house to play tomorrow."

And so, Xia Xinyu went around wishing everyone a Happy New Year.

And successively received red envelopes.

During this time, Chen Yuan also observed everyone.

Then he discovered that everyone had a standard New Year red bar above their heads.

Including Ms. Yang Junlian.

Except for one person, who remained blue whether they were giving New Year's greetings, distributing red envelopes, or after giving them out.

That was Chen Bo's dad, Chen Jianye's older brother, Uncle.

So, Chen Yuan asked his uncle, who was sitting in the middle of the sofa with a somewhat sullen expression, "Uncle, are you in a bad mood?"

Mentioning this, his aunt beside him replied for him, "Aiya, it's a small matter. The car was ticketed yesterday for being parked on the side of the road."

"It's not about the money. I went to move the car at seven in the morning, but I still got a ticket. They're just relying on me for revenue." Uncle said indignantly, "And doing this during the New Year is really unlucky."

So that's how it is.

No wonder it's so blue.

That's pretty unlucky.

Some B-type communities in Hexiang are like that. Parking garages can only be bought, not rented, and there are very few parking spaces on the ground, so you have no choice but to park on the side of the road. Generally, you just need to drive away early in the morning and you'll be fine.

It's unlucky to encounter this during the New Year.

I should console him a little.

But people are all like that. Ordinary consolation is ineffective. What he needs is a sense of empathy.

So, Chen Yuan said, "They are indeed clamping down tightly during the New Year. My dad went out yesterday and also got a ticket."

Hearing this, Uncle's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and the blue above his head instantly disappeared and turned red. He sighed loudly, "Aiya! Your family too? The ticketing is strict during the New Year. Next time, I'd rather spend more time looking for a parking space than park on the side of the road."

That's what you say, but your expression changed too quickly, making me a little uncomfortable, Uncle...

"What's that?" Old Chen heard something and came over, saying directly, "I didn't get a ticket yesterday."

"..." Visibly, Uncle's expression froze little by little.

The red above his head instantly turned blue.

"And we can rent parking spaces in our community, there's no need to park on the side of the road." Old Chen added.

"...Oh."

Then, Uncle turned back into that same face as before.

And the blue above his head seemed to be even deeper...

As expected of you.

The Chen family's comedic effect just comes naturally.

Go to Douhai and do live broadcasts.

"Yuan, do you use your study?" Just then, a slightly chubby aunt, whose hair was permed like instant noodles, suddenly said.

Then, a cousin wearing black-framed glasses and a black down jacket showed an unwilling expression, but he couldn't go against his mother, so he could only sigh.

This aunt is very dog.

Let's put it this way, she's the type who's especially enthusiastic when others are not doing well, but when others start doing well, she secretly rolls her eyes and turns up her nose.

And Yang Junlian is the type with a straightforward personality, and doesn't like to be sarcastic, so she doesn't get along with her very well.

Plus, both of their sons are high school students, so she's always competing, and the comparison is very obvious.

When Yang Junlian used connections and spent money to get Chen Yuan into Xia Hai before, she was uncomfortable because her son was studying at Hexiang High School, which was a normal admission.

But later, Chen Yuan wasn't very good, and Yang Junlian didn't like to talk about it, so she started.

She kept asking how Yuan was doing at school, whether he was doing well, since he was studying at a provincial key school in Xia Hai.

This bitch aunt is subtly evil.

No, not subtly evil, she's consistent, a very classic image of an annoying aunt.

Come, let's hear her inner thoughts.

[That Chen Yuan, even brought a girlfriend back. So young, and already kissing and hugging at home.]

Hey! I didn't kiss her just now!

[I heard his dad say that his grades have improved a lot all of a sudden, and he might even get into Hai Dong University.]

[That's probably bragging. There aren't many people in the whole Hexiang High School who can get into Hai Dong University. Can someone like him, who got into school through the back door, really do it?]

[Maybe he just wants to bring a girl home, but he's afraid of being gossiped about, so he's bragging about his grades.]

[When he doesn't get in, he'll probably make up excuses, saying he wasn't feeling well and didn't perform well.]

"..." Chen Yuan was stunned.

"Why aren't you talking, Yuan?" Aunt asked, puzzled.

You ask me why I'm not talking?

I was only stunned for a moment, and you attacked me five times. Are you top-lane Yone?

"Yes, I have a study." Chen Yuan said, "Does Chao-ge want to use it?"

"..." Chen Chao wanted to speak, but he knew what kind of person his mother was, so he had no choice but to hold back.

"Isn't Chao-chao in his third year of high school? Isn't the college entrance exam coming up soon? His test papers aren't finished yet. I was wondering if he could do them in your room for a while." Aunt said with a smile.

"Aiya, you're going too far." At this time, Uncle couldn't help but complain, "It's the New Year, let the kids have a break for the New Year and have fun."

[She has to go to someone else's house to do it. Showoff.]

Uncle was also righteously complaining like this in his heart.

This coincides with what Chen Yuan wanted to say.

Clearly, Cousin Chao didn't want to be embarrassed, but she insisted on doing this, all to show that she played an important role in Chen Chao's education.

Almost every time she sees someone, she has to show off.

"That's right, it's the New Year, forget it, forget it." This time, Third Great-Aunt also said, "And Chao-chao's grades aren't very good?"

"That's right, he's studying at Hexiang High School, and he seems to be in the experimental class." Aunt said.

And once these two set the stage, it reached Aunt's climax.

She even glanced at Yang Junlian, who was preparing dishes in the kitchen, wanting to taunt her along the way.

"So-so, not very good." Aunt waved her hand, saying with a very resentful tone, "This time, the final exam was a city-wide unified exam. He only got 600-some points. With this score, he can only get into a decent 211 university."

"600 points isn't good enough? If my son got 600, he could ride me to school!" Aunt was still a kind person, exaggerating to cater to her to make her feel better.

And at this time, Uncle, who actually had a college degree in the family, and even just a regular public second-tier university, didn't want to pay attention to her because he knew what kind of person she was.

And, the blue above his head was even deeper blue.

Big Brother, relax. Although Chen Bo's grades are average, he can cosplay Aizen.

Hey, what are you talking about!

"If it were in other provinces, these 600 points would be okay. But in our Hai Dong, there isn't even a single 211 university. If you want to go to college, you have to go to the neighboring Fu Da. That's so far away." Aunt said here, with a face full of worry.

Her worried Korean semi-permanent makeup was wrinkled.

You're smiling in your heart, aren't you?

"If his grades are good, he definitely has to go to college out of the province. This score can't be wasted." Aunt said.

Speaking here, Aunt smiled shyly and said, "If he can, it's best to study in the province."

"In the province? There aren't any good universities in the province." Aunt was confused.

"Yes, study at Hai Dong University."

At this time, Uncle said leisurely.

"Hiss, that would be too good! Hai Dong University sounds scary." Aunt didn't dare to think about it.

"Who would dare to think about that." Aunt waved her hand, then hugged her son's arm, smiled, and looked at Chen Yuan. "But Yuan can, I heard his grades are very good, and he has a chance to go to Shanghai Dong University. Our Chen family is relying on him for a spot at Hai Dong University."

Who are you cursing?

You're going to Shanghai Dong University, your whole family is going to Shanghai Dong University!

"Yes, Yuan's grades are pretty good, he has a chance." Aunt said.

The other relatives also echoed.

And at this time, Yang Junlian happened to come out, just wiping her hands on her apron. Aunt called out to her, "Junlian, your Yuan did very well on the last final exam, right?"

If someone else said it, Yang Junlian would be willing to chat about it.

But if it's this person, Yang Junlian doesn't want to pay attention to her at all.

She probably doesn't believe that Chen Yuan's grades have improved.

She knew before that Chen Yuan's grades in Xia Hai weren't ideal.

Who would believe that from the summer vacation in August, in just five months, he could improve to 700 points?

Of course, Yang Junlian didn't tell anyone that Chen Yuan scored 700 points.

It's all this Old Chen, he's really a big mouth, like a gossip. As soon as someone asks, he gets carried away and can't hide anything.

Causing everyone to know, or 'hear,' that Chen Yuan can get into Hai Dong University.

"Not bad, haha." Yang Junlian said reservedly.

"That's right, I heard Old Chen say that Chen Yuan scored 640-some on the midterm exam last time. That's very impressive!" Aunt also said in surprise.

And after this number came out, Aunt wanted to roll her eyes.

But, she could hold back.

And she knew that the others here also didn't quite believe it.

But so what?

They couldn't make him take out his report card to prove it.

Anyway, my Chao-chao can really score 600-some points.

Even if your Chen Yuan can score 640.

Even if Ms. Yang Junlian answered, it would be fine. But when Aunt said that score, Aunt's mood was like a New Year celebration, pure red.

It seems, she completely doesn't believe it.

Chen Yuan felt that the other relatives also didn't quite believe it.

Because he wasn't the type who could get into a famous university since he was a kid.

Among them, Third Great-Aunt was secretly speculating in her heart.

[He's probably saying he can get into Hai Dong University in order to bring the girl back...]

[Otherwise, wouldn't people gossip?]

[His grades aren't good, and he brought a 'daughter-in-law' home in high school. That's so embarrassing.]

[But, she's really beautiful.]

Thank you, I also know that our Xinyu is beautiful.

[What's the use of being beautiful? You have to be able to marry her to be the Chen family's daughter-in-law.]

[She's only a high school student now, what can she see?]

Chao-zi, your mom is really vicious.

You're not allowed to come to my house next time!

"Chao-ge, then come to my room." Chen Yuan said politely with a smile.

Chao-ge had no choice but to get up.

And at this time, Aunt suddenly said, "Didn't you have a question that you couldn't figure out no matter what? Ask your Yuan younger brother, let him teach you."

After speaking, she had a smiling face.

A hidden and profound move.

It's all to test whether I'm a true academic!

If you're a top student at the Hai Dong University level, how could you not be able to do this kind of question like an ordinary 600-point student?

"Chao-ge is in his third year of high school, I'm only in my second year, how can I teach him." Chen Yuan quickly waved his hand, saying very modestly.

Chao-zi was also very helpless to have such a mom.

"You should have finished learning everything, finished learning the course, then what's the difference between second year and third year? Come, right here, teach your Chao-ge." Aunt used a positive plot very enthusiastically.

Yang Junlian saw it at a glance.

She was testing her son.

So, her face immediately turned ugly, and she pursed her lips.

"Forget it, I'll look at the answer myself..."

Chao-zi waved his hand, not wanting to trouble Chen Yuan, wanting to escape from here quickly.

"What answer are you looking at? You're not allowed to look at the answer, that's taking a shortcut."

Aunt started to show her educational philosophy again, saying very firmly, "Let your younger brother teach you, he can score 640-some points."

Correction, it's 700.

"Aiya, you!" Chao-zi was instantly unhappy, and immediately wanted to retort.

Seeing that they were about to quarrel, in order to maintain the happy atmosphere of the holiday.

And, to prevent Xinyu next to him from seeing the Chen family's jokes.

Chen Yuan patted Chao-zi's shoulder, quickly saying, "Let me take a look."

Chao-zi had no choice but to give him the materials and pen.

And Aunt was watching this scene next to him.

Her mouth curved up in happiness for this brotherly and respectful moment.

Although she didn't understand the questions, she knew that if he couldn't do the questions now, it would be very embarrassing!

And so, she watched Chen Yuan seem to scribble a few strokes on the book and then return the materials to Chen Chao.

Haha, he really can't do it!

The emotions above her head reached full red.

Satisfied, she exposed a fake academic.

However, after Chen Chao, who was holding the teaching materials, understood what the other party had written, his eyes widened. After suffering a headache for a long time, he suddenly saw the light and said, "Holy shit, awesome!"

(End of chapter)