Shu Qingqing tried to persuade him for quite a while, but Lu Xun refused to change his mind. Helpless, she had no choice but to call Lu Bochuan over. "Are you still strong enough? Can you carry someone over your shoulder bare-handed?"
Although Lu Xun was only twelve years old, his height had already shot up to 1.72 meters.
"What is it?" Lu Bochuan asked.
Shu Qingqing pointed at Lu Xun. "He insists on following Lu Yu to live in the new house. No matter what I say, he just won't listen."
Lu Bochuan glanced at Lu Xun. "Listen to your mother."
Lu Xun shook his head. "No, I'm going to be with my brother today."
After saying that, seeing that Lu Bochuan was actually coming over to carry him, he immediately hugged the leg of the nearby table. "I'm not leaving! I want to be with my brother."
Meanwhile, Lu Yu and Yan Zhuxi had just returned from seeing their friends off and happened to witness this scene.
After asking, they found out that Lu Xun wanted to live with them.
Lu Yu said, "Mom, it's fine, just let him stay with me."
Yan Zhuxi echoed the sentiment.
Lu Yu and Yan Zhuxi's new home was also a villa. It was spacious enough and had plenty of rooms. Since Shu Qingqing really couldn't persuade Lu Xun, she had no choice but to let him go with Lu Yu.
Before they left, Shu Qingqing pulled him aside and instructed, "Once you go home with your brother, go to your room and sleep immediately. Sleep in the first-floor guest room, and you are not allowed to pester your brother."
Lu Xun was puzzled. "Why? I still want my brother to play games with me."
Shu Qingqing pinched his cheek. "Be a good boy. Your brother has serious business to attend to."
Lu Xun assumed it was company business. "Alright then."
Shu Qingqing originally thought Lu Xun was just going along with a passing novelty, but to her surprise, when she went to pick him up the next day, he still refused to leave.
"It's fun here at my brother's place. I want to play for a couple more days."
Shu Qingqing was speechless. "Your brother and sister-in-law are going on their honeymoon in a couple of days. If you don't leave, you'll be staying here all by yourself."
"Where is my brother going for his honeymoon? Can I go too?" Hearing this, Lu Xun was about to go ask Lu Yu.
Shu Qingqing quickly grabbed him. "Do you even know what a honeymoon is? It means it's just the husband and wife."
Lu Xun was obedient enough. "Not going is fine too, then I'll wait until my brother leaves before I go back."
Shu Qingqing talked until her mouth was dry, finally managing to coax Lu Xun away with the promise of a pair of limited-edition sneakers and an hour of gaming time every day.
However, after Lu Yu and Yan Zhuxi returned from their honeymoon, Lu Xun still ran over to stay with them from time to time.
Shu Qingqing began to fret over how on earth she could stop Lu Xun from disturbing the young couple's life together.
Unexpectedly, one evening, Lu Xun came back on his own initiative.
Shu Qingqing was very curious. "Why did you suddenly come back so late at night?"
Lu Xun was a bit hesitant. "It's just... just that I saw my brother and sister-in-law kissing... so I came back."
Shu Qingqing patted his head in relief; the child was finally growing up and understanding things.
The following spring, Yan Zhuxi got pregnant.
When she was five months along, Yan Zhuxi almost fell while home alone, which gave everyone quite a scare. So, Shu Qingqing made a firm decision and had Lu Yu bring Yan Zhuxi back to live at the family home.
Although she wasn't very good at taking care of people, having an extra person keeping an eye on Yan Zhuxi would ultimately offer more peace of mind.
Ever since Yan Zhuxi moved back in, Lu Xun stopped playing basketball with his classmates after school. Every day, he would rush home to see Yan Zhuxi.
"Sister-in-law, when will my little nephew be born?"
Yan Zhuxi smiled. "Not until winter."
"Why just a nephew? What does a kid like you know?" Shu Qingqing nudged Lu Xun aside and gently touched Yan Zhuxi's belly. "A boy or a girl, both are wonderful."
"I just want a little nephew. When he grows up, I can teach him how to play video games and take him to play soccer." After saying that, Lu Xun muttered, "Girls are so annoying. Boys are much better."
Shu Qingqing looked at him with a smile. "Are you saying that I, your mother, am annoying?"
Lu Xun backpedaled, "No, no, no, I mean, apart from Mom, sister-in-law, Grandma, and Great-grandma, all other girls are annoying."
Shu Qingqing kept smiling. "You little brat, you won't think this way when you grow up."
Lu Xun firmly retorted, "No, I won't."
Six months later, Yan Zhuxi safely gave birth to a baby girl.
Lu Xun was only disappointed for a second before he quickly became overjoyed.
His brother and sister-in-law's child was just so adorable. She was so pretty right from birth, a hundred times prettier than when Pei Jiayin was born.
Lu Bochuan named her Lu Zhaoyan.
Lu Zhaoyan was a beautiful and well-behaved little girl with round, almond-shaped eyes that could melt anyone's heart when she smiled. Although she couldn't speak yet, whenever someone came over, she would stare at them intently, then reach out her little hands to grab at them. When she was happy, she would even offer you her favorite toys.
And in Lu Xun's heart, the list of girls who weren't annoying gained a new member: Lu Zhaoyan.
Every day when he came home from school, he would bring small trinkets for Lu Zhaoyan. Watching her smile made him feel incredibly fulfilled.
However, after Lu Zhaoyan turned one year old, everything changed.
The previously well-behaved little girl suddenly turned into a little monster with super destructive power. Even though she still couldn't walk, she had already wrecked all of Lu Xun's gaming consoles, and of course, this included his completed winter vacation homework.
Looking at his winter vacation homework torn to shreds, Lu Xun wanted to cry but had no tears left.
Lu Zhaoyan waved the scraps of paper in her hand at him with an innocent face: "Uncle, play!"
Lu Xun was furious for a brief moment, then he gently pinched Lu Zhaoyan's cheek. "Uncle is really going to die of anger because of you."
Lu Zhaoyan threw herself into his arms and planted a loud kiss on his cheek. "Uncle, play!"
Lu Xun had no choice but to sit down and accompany her as she continued to tear up his winter vacation homework.
After all, it was already torn to this extent anyway.
Fortunately, as the New Year approached, the family of seven all returned to the Lu family's old residence.
Old Madam Lu completely adored this great-granddaughter, wishing she could give her all the best things in the world.
With new playmates, Lu Zhaoyan quickly abandoned her old playmate, her uncle.
During the few days back at the old residence, he was finally able to get a good night's sleep, no longer needing to wake up at six in the morning every day to play with toys with Lu Zhaoyan.
However, the good times did not last long.
Old Madam Lu was getting on in years, after all. After playing with her great-granddaughter for three days, her energy was depleted.
The main issue was that Lu Zhaoyan was just learning to walk and simply couldn't sit still.
This morning, before six o'clock, Lu Zhaoyan woke up and pestered her mother to take her to play with her great-grandmother.
Yan Zhuxi dropped her off at Old Madam Lu's place and then went back to catch up on her sleep.
Old Madam Lu played with Lu Zhaoyan for over an hour before she finally couldn't handle it anymore.
But Lu Zhaoyan refused to let the nanny take care of her.
Old Madam Lu was in a difficult position.
Her son and daughter-in-law were definitely still sleeping.
Her grandson and granddaughter-in-law were so exhausted from taking care of the child that she didn't want to go over and disturb them either.
Fortunately, there was still one other person.
In the end, Old Madam Lu took Lu Zhaoyan and pushed open the door to Lu Xun's room.
"Let's see what little uncle is doing," Old Madam Lu said as she placed Lu Zhaoyan on the bed.
The little figure quickly crawled over to Lu Xun and smacked him right on the face with a loud slap.
