112: Cleaning the glass

After Xu Zimo finished chatting with Tang Xinyao, he started dealing with his Relatives.

Once you become capable, you'll find that everyone around you becomes especially friendly.

The same goes for Relatives.

After each has their own family, it becomes difficult to look after former siblings.

After two or three generations, the relationship naturally isn't as close.

In many families, even close uncles and aunts are no longer that close, let alone paternal uncles, who are even more distant.

The same was true for Xu Zimo's Relatives.

Perhaps some people are doing slightly better, but maintaining that slightly better life is actually not easy.

Their families can't just eat plain meals, right?

After having children, the children can't still attend ordinary schools, right? A slightly better private school costs tens of thousands, and that's just for one term.

Middle-class families actually only look good; in reality, if they're not careful with their money, a minor incident can easily send them back into poverty.

So, Xu Zimo felt that as long as Relatives were still visiting each other, there wasn't much to fuss about.

It's normal for families with better financial conditions to be noticed in a large family, and for average families to be marginalized.

Many Relatives, a lively atmosphere, and happy elders at home were enough.

In the living room now, sitting next to Xu Zimo's grandfather and Old Madam, were his grandfather's siblings. He didn't know what the older generation was chatting about, but the old man and Old Madam were beaming, looking energetic.

People live their whole lives to be able to hold their heads high.

They didn't achieve it, but their grandson did, and he was also filial. Wouldn't that make their old siblings envious?

Xu Zimo's paternal aunt, maternal uncle, and second maternal aunt also came and sat with his mother. His paternal uncle and paternal aunt, of course, were being entertained by his father.

As for Xu Zimo himself, he was chatting with his peers.

Some were in their thirties, some in their twenties, and some were still in college or high school.

Since it was the weekend, many people naturally came.

"Brother, you're amazing! You actually bought such a big house. When my mom told me, I didn't believe it!"

The speaker was Fang Ya, Xu Zimo's paternal aunt's daughter.

Their two families interacted the most, so she was naturally the most casual and spoke what everyone else wanted to say.

The luxuriousness of this villa completely shocked them.

If Xu Zimo's mother, Li Helian, hadn't shown the property deed, they would have found it hard to believe it was real.

"This house is so beautiful..."

Fang Ya was still sighing when Xu Zimo happened to put down his phone and replied, "When you're on holiday, you can come and stay here too. There are plenty of rooms anyway."

"Really?"

Fang Ya's eyes immediately lit up.

"It sounds like I could kick you out or something."

Xu Zimo rolled his eyes at her.

"Hehe!"

Fang Ya was extremely excited.

Their exchange, however, made several cousins and younger male cousins very envious.

There was nothing they could do about it.

With a shared grandfather, they naturally visited each other often, while other Relatives only gathered during the New Year.

Even for birthdays, even if they held a big celebration, it was rare for the whole family to come; usually, they'd send a representative.

At ten o'clock in the evening, the Relatives gradually left, with only Xu Zimo's paternal aunt's family staying for the night.

By the time Xu Zimo arrived at Binjiang Bay, it was already almost eleven o'clock.

Jiang Yuwei and the other three were still watching a movie.

The moment the door opened, Jiang Yuwei immediately jumped up and quickly ran towards Xu Zimo.

"Brother!"

She threw herself into Xu Zimo's arms, full of surprise, and clung to him, refusing to get down.

Xu Zimo just walked over, carrying her.

Fortunately, it wasn't the first time the two of them had been so intimate, and Jiang Youqi and the other two were used to it.

"Weiwei, can you be a little more mindful? We're all still here!" Feng Fangfang teased.

Because a movie was playing, she winked at Xu Zimo in the dim light.

Tsk!

The Little Streamer was getting bolder and bolder.

But, don't say... there was a strange thrill to it.

"You're not outsiders."

Jiang Yuwei refused to get out of Xu Zimo's arms, hugging him tightly, unwilling to let go.

Clearly, only spending one or two days a week together, she was a bit worried.

Just as her Best Friend Feng Fangfang said, how could Xu Zimo, being so rich and young, not have other women around him?

In the first week, it was understandable for the three roommates to visit the house.

But every weekend, Jiang Yuwei actively invited them all to come along. Was it really just because she was afraid of the dark?

That was only one aspect.

They didn't watch the movie for long because Jiang Yuwei in his arms wasn't behaving. Xu Zimo greeted them, then carried her directly into the master bedroom.

In the living room, the three of them knew exactly what was happening.

Lin Zhuimiao was a bit uncomfortable, and Jiang Youqi was still a little shy; in the dim light, the back of her ears had turned red.

Feng Fangfang, on the other hand, took out her phone, secretly sent a message, then hugged Jiang Youqi and continued watching the movie.

An hour and a half later.

Jiang Yuwei fell asleep, looking exhausted. Seeing her breathing calm down, Xu Zimo got out of bed.

In the living room, the lights were already off.

Apparently, Jiang Youqi and Lin Zhuimiao had both gone to sleep.

In the darkness, Xu Zimo felt a figure pounce into his arms. He led the person to the floor-to-ceiling window and only saw clearly with the light from outside.

It turned out to be the Little Streamer.

So, the two of them chatted in front of the floor-to-ceiling window for over an hour.

The next day.

Morning.

Jiang Youqi and Lin Zhuimiao were the earliest to wake up, but it was already close to nine o'clock.

After they arrived in the living room, they prepared to do some cleaning.

After all, they came to eat and stay every week, and they felt bad about it. So, even with a sweeping robot, they would find something to do.

Like wiping the floor-to-ceiling window glass.

"Qiqi, you make breakfast, I'll wipe."

They divided the work.

So, Jiang Youqi went to make breakfast, and Lin Zhuimiao started wiping the glass.

Actually, there weren't many marks; a quick wipe would do, and it wasn't tiring, but... "Huh?"

Lin Zhuimiao's movements stopped.

Because she saw many handprints on the glass, it seemed.

Who put them there?

After a moment's thought... since they had been here several times, even when admiring the night view, they wouldn't put their hands on the glass.

Moreover, it seemed no one had stood in that spot last night.

How strange.

Just as she was about to wipe away the handprints, she subconsciously looked down and saw some water stains on the floor.

Did it rain last night?

Lin Zhuimiao didn't think much of it at first and continued wiping the glass, but then suddenly stopped again.

That's not right.

There were no windows here that could open.

"Oh dear!"

A moment later, she was as if struck by lightning, quickly left that spot, and ran to Jiang Youqi's side.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Youqi looked at the red-faced Lin Zhuimiao in confusion.

Wiping a window made her this tired?

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