yournovel Chapter 346 Already planned
Chapter 346 Already planned
Chapter 346 Already planned
Yu Huan stood tall and straight in front of the imposing double doors, and took the key from Lin Yourong.
As he turned the key to unlock the door, he turned his head slightly and introduced the house to his parents, saying, "The interior design drawings for this house were specially designed by Rongrong's uncle from Wuling. He also arranged for his apprentice to do the renovation for us. The whole package only costs 300,000 yuan."
"Really?" Ms. Wu said softly with a gentle smile, "Your father and I don't know much about these things either."
Yu Songnian, who was standing at the back of the group, had been chewing on jujubes the whole way.
He interjected, his voice slightly muffled, "Auntie, this is a large apartment of over 200 square meters, and the entire renovation cost 300,000 yuan. Putting aside the type of materials used, the price alone is incredibly cheap."
Hearing his rather knowledgeable nephew use the word "very" twice, Old Yu watched as Yu Huan fully opened the double doors, revealing the spacious, unfinished interior, and nodded slightly.
"When the three museums and one hall are completed, this place should become very lively."
“Dad, you’re right. It does look a bit remote now, but once the three museums and one hall are completed, the flow of people will increase, and the surrounding facilities will definitely be improved gradually.”
As he spoke, Yu Huan stepped across the threshold first. His every word echoed softly in the empty, unfinished space.
Lin Yourong, who was right behind him, turned around and looked around at the same time as him.
The once luxurious interior has been completely demolished, replaced by its unadorned, original state, with only rough walls and floors remaining.
It was an empty area, with little construction waste and not much dust, and overall it looked fairly clean.
After looking around, Yu Songnian, still eating, exclaimed in a muffled voice, "This living room alone is twice the size of the apartment I rent!"
He paused, swallowed the fruit in his mouth, and jokingly continued, "With such a big living room, we won't be worried no matter how many guests come in the future."
“That’s right, ten Yu Songnian would be just as good.” Yu Huan jokingly replied casually.
He turned around and continued to his parents with a smile: "As for the construction schedule, the renovation will officially begin after the Spring Festival and will be completed by the middle of the year. Then we'll let it air out for a summer, so we won't be able to move in until the end of next year at the earliest."
Old Yu casually stepped into a doorway and chimed in, "New houses these days are decorated quite elaborately, and the concentration of toxic gases like formaldehyde is high. It's better to ventilate for six months before moving in; that way, you'll feel more at ease."
Seeing this, Yu Huan took Lin Yourong's small hand and followed Old Yu into the doorway.
Having already carefully reviewed the blueprints, he confidently explained, "According to my uncle's design, this guest room will be partitioned with a wall to create a study."
Old Yu turned around, glanced at Yu Huan with a slightly teasing look, and said, "You kid, have you read any books since you graduated from university? You're not a leader who needs to handle national affairs, isn't it a bit of a waste of space to set up a study at home?"
Yu Huan coughed lightly and said, "This was designed by my uncle himself. He's a professional who studied architecture abroad, so of course I have to listen to him."
Lin Yourong's gaze lingered on Yu Huan's face for a moment, observing his obviously deceptive expression.
The corners of her mouth turned up under her mask, her eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a gentle smile as she looked around the room, which was only about twenty square meters.
Then she said softly, "Dad, it's really necessary to have a quiet place where people can calm down and think things through."
This daughter-in-law was quiet and spoke very little.
Hearing her say that, Lao Yu chuckled and replied without hesitation, "You Rong is right. After all, this house is so big. Having a study can help people calm down. Such space utilization is indeed quite meaningful."
Yu Huan rolled her eyes speechlessly.
He silently complained to himself that his father had just been teasing him, but his attitude changed immediately as soon as his daughter-in-law spoke.
That's definitely a bit of an opportunist!
Standing at the door, Teacher Wu peeked inside and looked around, then interjected with a smile, "Young people all have their own ideas, so don't offer your opinions so casually."
"I was just chatting casually, I didn't say that you have to do things my way."
As Lao Yu chuckled, he instinctively reached into his pocket, wanting to grab a cigarette.
My fingers were already in my pocket when I suddenly remembered that I had promised not to smoke that afternoon, so I pretended to be nonchalant and put my hand back in my pocket...
Yu Huan held Lin Yourong's hand and slowly led her parents around the house, acting as a guide and introducing the renovation plan.
Back in the living room, Yu Huan's gaze fell on the broad silhouette on the balcony.
Yu Songnian had both hands on the railing, a cigarette between his fingers in his left hand, gazing into the distance.
Yu Huan smiled slightly, took Lin Yourong's hand and turned around, saying, "Dad, Mom, the shop Rongrong bought isn't far from here, it's on Xiangchun Road. How about we go for a look? I haven't been there yet."
Upon hearing this, a hint of curiosity flashed across Lin Yourong's eyes.
This jerk claims she bought it, but she hasn't even looked at it yet.
Upon hearing this, Lao Yu nodded without hesitation: "Then we'll go to Xiangchun Road later."
Seeing the young couple holding hands, so inseparable, made Teacher Wu smile broadly.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind swept in, causing everyone's clothes to flutter.
The gust of wind came quickly and went quickly, soon weakening and disappearing.
Teacher Wu subconsciously shrank her neck and looked up, only to see Yu Songnian reaching out to close the balcony's sliding door.
His voice, tinged with a hint of sigh, echoed like a gentle breeze through an empty valley: "Brother Huan, living here is simply amazing. Standing on the balcony, you can see the river right below, and there's no road in between."
"Really?" Old Yu followed his son around the house, not having been to the balcony yet, and said with a smile, "The balcony in the master bedroom also has a view of the river."
Teacher Wu looked at Lin Yourong with a smile and praised, "Yourong, you have excellent taste."
"It's alright." Lin Yourong pursed her lips under her mask and explained, "I mainly bought it here because my dad heard that the future plans for this area are very good."
Old Yu nodded: "Old Lin definitely has more connections."
The group stood in the empty living room, chatting casually.
The conversation drifted from the house renovation to the surrounding scenery, and then back to the little anecdotes of daily life.
Yu Huan stomped her feet, which were getting a little sore from standing, and took out her phone from her pocket.
His gaze swept across the screen and he saw that it was already 2:30, so he suggested, "How about we head to Xiangchun Road now?"
"Okay." Old Yu replied without hesitation. Seeing that Teacher Wu also nodded in agreement, Yu Huan took Lin Yourong's hand and started walking.
The group walked out of the room one after another. Yu Huan let go of Lin Yourong's hand, closed the double doors, and carefully locked them from the inside.
After finishing, I turned around and saw that they were already waiting in the elevator car, with Yu Songnian's broad hands gripping the door frame.
He quickly stepped into the elevator, taking two steps at a time.
Not a moment.
The BMW, fully loaded with five people, drove smoothly along the road beside the riverside scenic belt.
Old Yu looked out the car window at a dark sky.
Heavy gray clouds piled up, and the distant Yuelu Mountain was gently shrouded in swirling mist, like a hazy ink painting.
His gaze slowly shifted to the scenic belt, where he saw the neatly arranged roadside trees rushing past.
“When I was studying at teachers’ college, the riverside scenic belt had just started construction and was only one or two kilometers long at first. I used to run along the river every day, back and forth. Time really flies. More than 20 years have passed in the blink of an eye, and my son is all grown up now.”
The voice, filled with emotion, echoed softly through the carriage.
Hearing this, Yu Songnian, sitting in the passenger seat, joked in a lighthearted tone, "Uncle, stop being sentimental. Time flies so fast. Before you know it, you'll be holding your grandson!"
"You've got a knack for talking, kid." Old Yu said, then turned around with a chuckle and glanced at his celebrity daughter-in-law.
When Lin Yourong heard them mention this topic, she had already quietly lowered the brim of her hat, pretending to be nonchalant, her eyes quietly staring at the back of the seat in front of her.
Suddenly, she felt her right hand, which was resting on her lap, being gently grasped.
In that instant, Lin Yourong's body tensed up instinctively, and she was about to pull her hand back.
But when she glanced down and saw that it was her mother-in-law who did it, she immediately relaxed.
Teacher Wu gently patted the back of her hand, her face beaming with a bright smile, and said, "Back when your father-in-law and I were still in school, he loved to invite me to the riverbank to run together."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yourong felt a surge of curiosity and asked softly, "Mom, are you and Dad classmates?"
Teacher Wu nodded slightly and said, "He is a year ahead of me. We met while running along the river."
Sitting in the driver's seat, Yu Huan gripped the steering wheel firmly with both hands, a smile playing on his lips, and interjected:
"Mom, I strongly suspect that Dad planned this all along. He probably noticed you at school first, and then found out that you often went running by the river, so he waited there every day, like waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Yourong couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Talking about these things normally wouldn't be a problem, but this time, when the daughter-in-law heard it, she actually burst out laughing...
Old Yu blushed, pretending not to care, and looked at his son's profile, saying, "You little brat, you're making things up about your dad. It's not like that at all. Your mom and I are just destined to be together."
"Dad, don't be in such a hurry. Fate can be won over." Yu Huan had a playful smile on his face.
Teacher Wu held her daughter-in-law's hand, but showed no mercy to her husband, laughing and saying, "Huanhuan is right. We only met a few times by the river back then, and before we could even introduce ourselves, he called out my name."
“Right!” Yu Huan raised her chin slightly, her gaze fixed intently on the wet pavement. “I told you my dad had planned this all along.”
Old Yu coughed lightly and began with his tired excuse: "What do you mean it was premeditated? I only found out your mother's name later."
The voice just fell.
Yu Songnian, who had been holding back his laughter, suddenly nudged Yu Huan's arm, his eyes narrowed into slits, and his mouth stretched wide as he chuckled, "Brother Huan, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep bringing this up? Doesn't my uncle have any face?"
The humorous tone made Lin Yourong chuckle.
She looked at her father-in-law, who seemed a little awkward as everyone teased him, and her right hand was gently held by her mother-in-law. The feeling of restraint in her heart disappeared without her realizing it.
Old Yu turned to look at Lin Yourong and quickly tried to make amends: "Yourong, these kids just like to joke around with adults. But it also shows that our family atmosphere is good and there aren't many restrictions."
Lin Yourong's lips curled up slightly beneath her mask, and she said without hesitation, "It's because Dad is so magnanimous that he doesn't hold it against them."
Upon hearing this, Yu Huan was quite surprised, thinking to herself, "The warrior of pure love can actually say nice things?"
He laughed heartily and quickly chimed in, "My wife always knows how to talk!"
Amidst laughter and cheers, Yu Huan drove his BMW smoothly, speeding forward at breakneck speed.
The road was sparsely populated with vehicles, and we only had to wait at one red light along the way.
Starting from the time we exited the Delta parking garage, amidst the relaxed chatter of the group, we arrived at Xiangchun Road in just ten minutes.
It was a weekend afternoon, and it was windy and rainy outside. Only a few pedestrians were walking slowly.
Despite the impending demolition of this area, few shops on the street have closed down, as the walls have not yet been marked with the prominent character for "demolish".
Yu Huan parked the BMW along the curb, and the five of them got out of the car one by one.
Old Yu was the first to step onto the sidewalk. He looked up and examined the signboard of "Shuntian Gaima Fan" (顺天盖码饭), then glanced at Yu Songnian behind him and asked, "Is this the shop?"
“Yes!” Yu Songnian nodded.
Old Yu saw his good nephew pull out some fine white cigarettes from his pocket and offer them to him—
As he reached out to take the cigarette, he turned back to Teacher Wu, who was getting out of the car, and said, "Songnian gave me a cigarette, I can't refuse!"
Upon hearing this, Teacher Wu immediately looked up and gave him a reproachful glare.
Yu Songnian lowered his head, put a cigarette in his mouth, smiled honestly, and said, "Uncle, you don't have to accept this cigarette. It's really okay. You don't need to give me face."
Even so, the next moment he took out a windproof lighter from his pocket, preparing to light his uncle's cigarette first.
"Songnian, don't offer your fourth uncle any more cigarettes today. He was still coughing a few days ago," Teacher Wu said, tugging at her coat in the cold wind.
Old Yu raised his hand to fan the wind, brought the cigarette butt close to the pale blue flame, and said, "I'll only smoke this one."
(End of this chapter)