23: Who said you only have two houses?

The next day.

The thin mist of the early morning had not yet fully dispersed.

On the village road, scattered young people could already be seen pulling suitcases.

At this time of day.

Coupled with the unique clear temperament and slightly foolish look in their eyes.

It was obvious they were college students who had just finished their final exams and rushed back to the village for the holiday.

Chen Qiu drove the Xiaomi SU7, carrying his parents, ready to go see the new house.

The car had just pulled onto the main road.

Luo Jinglan, his mother, who was sitting in the back seat, suddenly exclaimed and patted the front seat.

“Hey, son! Look quickly, isn't that Yu Yu?”

Chen Qiu looked in the direction his mother was pointing.

By the side of the road.

A tall girl wearing a beige hoodie and light blue straight-leg pants was pulling a black suitcase.

The cold wind lifted her long hair, revealing a familiar profile.

Chen Qiu focused his gaze.

It was indeed his cousin, Luo Yu!

“It really is her!”

“Her school must have just let out for the holiday!”

Chen Qiu laughed.

Luo Yu was the daughter of his maternal uncle, and she was currently a junior in college in the distant Wudu.

Unlike the stiff, awkward, and even hostile relationship with his Aunt Huang Hui’s side of the family.

His family's relationship with the relatives on his mother Luo Jinglan's side was much closer.

Chen Qiu slowed down, driving the Xiaomi SU7 slowly toward the figure by the side of the road.

Luo Yu, who had just spent a night on a hard-seat train, shivered from the damp, cold “magic attack” of her hometown as soon as she got off.

She muttered, “How is home colder than Wudu...”

She was wondering whether to stop and take out a thicker piece of clothing from her suitcase to put on.

She suddenly noticed.

A brand new red sports coupe pulled up next to her.

As an avid college student who frequently scrolled through short videos, Luo Yu naturally knew about this car that had recently become explosively popular on the internet.

The Xiaomi SU7.

But even in a major internet-famous city like Wudu, she had rarely seen the physical car on the road.

Unexpectedly, she saw one as soon as she returned to this small, run-down hometown.

“There are still plenty of rich people...”

Luo Yu subconsciously pulled her suitcase and stepped closer to the side of the road to avoid it.

Suddenly.

It was as if she remembered something.

Last night on the train, her mother called and seemed to mention that her cousin, Chen Qiu, had struck it rich?

Someone had given him a house and a car upon his return home.

The car given to him seemed to be... the Xiaomi SU7?

Just as this bizarre thought surfaced in her mind.

The window of the Xiaomi SU7 next to her slowly rolled down.

A familiar yet handsome face appeared before her eyes.

It was none other than her cousin, Chen Qiu!

“Yu Yu, just got off for the holiday?”

“Cousin?! Is that really you?!”

Luo Yu's delicate and pretty face instantly filled with surprise and delight.

“Yu Yu, hurry up and get in! We'll give you a ride home!”

Luo Yu turned her head and saw Chen Zhide smiling at her in the passenger seat, and Luo Jinglan, beaming with joy, in the back.

“Aunt! Uncle!”

Luo Yu greeted them obediently.

Chen Qiu got out of the car to help her put the heavy suitcase into the trunk.

She opened the door and sat in the back seat.

“Yu Yu, why did your school start the holiday so early this year?”

Luo Jinglan held her niece's hand and asked warmly.

“Well, I finished my last exam yesterday, and I immediately bought a ticket back.”

Luo Yu answered Luo Jinglan's question.

However, her bright eyes were curiously examining the interior of the SU7.

Finally, her excited gaze landed on Chen Qiu's sharp, defined profile in the front seat.

“Cousin, did you really strike it rich?”

Chen Qiu was slightly surprised and glanced at her through the rearview mirror.

“You heard about it all the way in Wudu?”

“My mom told me when she called last night.”

Luo Yu's tone was full of admiration.

“My mom also said someone gave you a house?”

Luo Jinglan, who was sitting next to her, couldn't hold back her joyful expression when she heard this.

She pretended to be modest and began to speak.

“Oh, it's just a house in Haitang Bay, nothing expensive.”

“Haitang Bay?! I know that place!”

Luo Yu cried out in surprise.

“That community is practically in the city center! My classmate's family bought a place near there before, and now the housing prices are around 10,000 yuan per square meter!”

“That means a single house costs at least one or two million yuan!”

“Aunt, my cousin is seriously amazing!”

Luo Yu's exclamations came one after another.

Luo Jinglan's proud smile next to her simply couldn't be suppressed!

This!

Now this is what you call a good relative!

Praise more, praise hard! Auntie loves to hear it!

Even Chen Qiu felt a surge of satisfaction when he saw Luo Yu's adoring gaze in the rearview mirror.

A feeling of comfort welled up in his heart.

“Aunt, did you just leave home and are heading into the city?”

“Yes,” Luo Jinglan nodded. “We're going to look at the house, take measurements, and buy the furniture while we have a few days off!”

“That's great! I want to see the new house too,” Luo Yu said excitedly.

“Yu Yu, the major you're studying in college, isn't it interior design?”

Chen Qiu suddenly remembered something and glanced at Luo Yu in the rearview mirror.

“That's right, Cousin,” Luo Yu nodded.

Luo Jinglan, hearing this, immediately slapped her thigh.

“That's wonderful!”

“Perfect! Yu Yu, you're the professional, quickly help us figure out how to match the soft furnishings to make it look good!”

“Aunt, I'm only a junior, I haven't mastered it yet,” Luo Yu said, sticking out her tongue shyly.

“You're still better than us! Look at this living room...”

As Luo Jinglan spoke, she took out her phone, opened the album, and showed Luo Yu the photos she had taken yesterday at Haitang Bay.

Chen Qiu drove in the front, listening to the heated discussion between the two women in the back.

They discussed everything from the color of the curtains to the style of the sofa.

Finally, they even got around to discussing how to decorate the marital home and what brand of large red quilt to buy... Chen Qiu reluctantly interrupted them.

“Mom, the marital home is way too early.”

“Besides, I wasn't planning on using that house as the marital home.”

“Dad, Mom, for the Haitang Bay house, just decorate it in the style you like. Once it's done, you two can live there yourselves.”

Luo Jinglan frowned immediately upon hearing this.

“Why should we live there?”

“This house is in such a great and convenient location; wouldn't it be perfect to save it for you and your future wife to live in?”

“Now you have one house in the village and one in the city. Your dad and I can just live in the village; the air is better there.”

“Besides, if we don't live together later, we can avoid a lot of mother-in-law/daughter-in-law conflicts!”

“If you two are busy later and need us to watch the kids or something, it won't be far for us to drive over!”

Hearing this, Luo Yu immediately hugged Luo Jinglan's arm and said in astonishment.

“Wow! Aunt, you really see things clearly! That is so enlightened!”

These days, the mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship is an age-old problem.

Regardless of how reasonable the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are individually.

They are, after all, from different generations, with different living habits and ways of thinking.

If they live together, conflicts are inevitable.

The only solution is to live separately.

Distance makes the heart grow fonder.

As long as they don't live together, they can tolerate each other!

In fact, most people are perfectly clear on this point.

It's just that they are often limited by economic conditions and are forced to live together out of necessity.

Now that her son had his own house, Luo Jinglan naturally didn't need to fight for space with a future daughter-in-law who was still nowhere to be found.

Hearing this, Chen Qiu only chuckled softly.

“Who said we only have two houses?”

Both Luo Jinglan and Luo Yu were stunned when they heard this.

For a moment, they didn't understand what he meant.

Chen Zhide, sitting in the passenger seat, looked outside the window in surprise.

“Son, did you take the wrong turn?”

“This isn't the road to Haitang Bay!”

Chen Qiu blinked and put on the turn signal.

“I didn't say we were looking at the Haitang Bay house today.”

He slowly drove the car into the underground garage of the Binjiang No. 1 community.