In the afternoon.

Li Luo accompanied Xu Youyu and coded in the living room for several hours.

After several days of hard work, his manuscript collection finally reached the 200,000-word mark.

And Xu Youyu, under Li Luo's urging, actually had five chapters saved.

It was enough for her to relax for two more days during the New Year's Eve and Spring Festival without having to ask for leave.

However, when Li Luo recommended that she could use the saved manuscripts on New Year's Eve, Xu Youyu said: "Of course you have to take leave on New Year's Eve."

"Why?"

"If I take leave on New Year's Eve, readers won't scold me." Xu Youyu said confidently, "It's a rare time when I don't get scolded for asking for leave, but you still want to waste my manuscripts? You really don't know how to live! Not at all

Know how to budget carefully.”

Li Luo: "...I have plenty of manuscripts, so there is no need to make such calculations."

"Tsk." Xu Youyu clicked his tongue a little dissatisfied, and strongly condemned, "You are a bourgeois class of coders. You have passed the stage of primitive accumulation of capital, and you can no longer empathize with the real proletarian coders!"

"How can there be any capitalists who are personally involved in the front line of production these days?" Li Luo rolled his eyes at her, "I can only be considered a senior coder."

"Oh~ It turns out that I can't become a capitalist's lackey!" Xu Youyu grabbed Li Luo's neck, pinched him hard, pulled him into his arms and used scissor hands, "Then he deserves to die!"

Li Luo only felt that the back of his head fell into some kind of extremely soft buffer zone, and he almost indulged in the gentle land. He did not feel the threat from the low-level coders at all.

"Okay, okay, it's almost evening." Li Luo broke free from Xu Youyu's arms, stood up, straightened his clothes, and then started to clear the table, "Let's go back to our homes and find our mothers."

"Alas..." When Xu Youyu heard this, his lively expression suddenly turned lonely, "This is about to end."

"Don't make it sound like we're parting for life or death. We'll be back after the Spring Festival."

"But Xixi will be back by then." Xu Youyu sighed, feeling a little sad, "It would be great if there were only two of us."

"I always feel like you still haven't finished the second half of your sentence?"

"Can't you be moved first?"

"I'm afraid of wasting tears."

"Hmph." Xu Youyu rolled his eyes at him, "Don't even think about it. You plan to tell Xixi that you are writing a novel, but I have no intention of telling you."

"When Xixi comes back to live, won't I be able to code with you?"

"Then the coding efficiency will change back again."

"That's true." Li Luo nodded, "Then why don't you tell Xixi too?"

"I'm not a fool." Xu Youyu chuckled, "I was so stupid that so many people knew that I was writing a novel, so I had no choice but to tell Xixi."

"Senior sister." Li Luo narrowed his eyes and said with a smile, "Don't be too arrogant and make me anxious. I don't mind dragging you into trouble. You don't want your classmates to know. Our student union

The president, the president of the literary club, the first in the second grade of high school, can actually write that kind of novel, right?"

"You!" Xu Youyu's face turned red because he was angry, but he had nowhere to vent, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it. He swallowed his last breath of anger and said with a smile on his face, "What are you talking about~ Master, what are your orders?"

, the little girl will just do everything as she is told, and she will definitely not dare to complain at all."

"Well, very good." Li Luo nodded, "Then help me put the notebook back into the bag. Bring the keyboard and mouse with me, as well as the charging cable."

"Okay." Xu Youyu smiled slightly and obediently helped him pack his schoolbag. Then he asked with a smile, "Is there anything else you would like to give me?"

"My shoulders feel a little sore." Li Luo sat on the sofa and twisted his shoulders and neck.

"I'll give you a squeeze." Xu Youyu quickly walked behind the sofa and placed his two delicate, boneless hands on Li Luo's shoulders.

"My legs are a little sore too." Li Luo lifted his feet and placed them on the coffee table.

"Don't push me further!" Xu Youyu pinched Li Luo's neck angrily, gritting his teeth and saying, "It's getting more and more excessive!"

"Look! The true colors are revealed."

"Obviously it's you who keeps pressing on me." Xu Youyu snorted, "If it were true, I would have strangled you to death."

The two of them had a bit of fun in the living room, and soon packed their luggage amidst the fun.

At almost five o'clock in the evening, the two of them dragged their luggage out of the house and really had to go back to their respective homes.

"Hey, Li Luo."

When Li Luo walked to the gate of the community and planned to take a taxi home, he was stopped by Xu Youyu who was about to leave.

"What's wrong?"

"The next time we meet will be after the Chinese New Year, right?"

"yes."

"Then... do you want to collect materials one last time before New Year's Eve?" Xu Youyu tilted her head and looked at him. The moment before leaving, the memories of being alone in the past few days were tumbling in her mind, asking her to say this.

Come on.

"It's time to go home." Li Luo laughed and said, "How else do you want to collect materials?"

"You agree first, then you'll know, right?"

"I don't care, it's just..."

Li Luo had just finished speaking when Xu Youyu over there had already let go of his hand dragging the suitcase and walked forward quickly.

Before Li Luo could react, he hugged Li Luo.

At this moment, Li Luo was stunned.

"Hold me." Xu Youyu buried his head in Li Luo's chest, feeling his heartbeat and temperature, and said softly, "We are collecting materials, hurry up."

Li Luo blinked and his hands froze in mid-air. After a few seconds, he gently placed them on Xu Youyu's shoulders.

But Xu Youyu was not too polite to him. He hugged Li Luo's back tightly with both hands, hugging him tighter and tighter.

Even though both of them were wearing thick down jackets, Li Luo could clearly feel the amazing broad mind that was ever-changing in his chest.

I don’t know how long I held him like this.

Xu Youyu let go of Li Luo, took a few steps back and smiled at him, with a rare blush on his face, and looked at him with a smile: "The inspiration this hug gave me should last until the next time I see you."

Already."

…

After returning home, Li Luo ate the food cooked by his mother for the first time in many days. While eating, Li Luo listened to his mother's instructions about the arrangements for the next few days.

"Xixi and the others will be back in the evening."

"Let's go prepare some New Year's goods together tomorrow, and then return to the countryside the day after tomorrow."

"The day after tomorrow, on New Year's Eve, let's have a nice get-together as a family."

"On the Spring Festival, when you visit relatives, all the relatives and friends on your father's side have to visit."

"Then on the second day of the second grade, we went to my grandparents' house in the next village to have dinner."

"From the third to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, you should stay in the countryside."

"You will start school on March 1st, so we will be back on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. We will stay at home for another two days and then prepare to go to school."

At this point, Lin Xiuhong turned to look at Li Guohong and asked him: "How many children are there this year? Qiqi and Lulu have both graduated and worked, and Jiajia is still in college, so I need to prepare a red envelope."

"There is one more at your second uncle's house, three at your third uncle's house, and three at our house."

"Really? Did I make a mistake in my calculation?"

"I missed one." Li Guohong reminded, "Didn't my second uncle Jia Guoyao's son get married last year? I just gave birth to a baby at the end of the year. It happens to be the 100th day of the New Year, so I have to give birth to a bigger one."

"Yes, I was so busy that I forgot about it." Lin Xiuhong immediately nodded and took note, and then couldn't help but sigh, "Look, all my children have gotten married and started a business. I don't know when this kid Li Luo will be able to help me."

Embrace your grandchildren."

"Mom." Li Luo was speechless upon hearing this, "I'm still in the first year of high school. If I give birth to a baby for you, you won't be scared to death."

"I just said that, do you take it seriously?" Lin Xiuhong glared at him angrily, "Besides, in your current condition, you can make money by writing books. You can't have children in high school, but you can't have children in college.

Yes? I heard from others that in universities now, marriage certificates can still give extra points."

Li Luo twitched the corner of his mouth: "...You are quite smart in your calculations. You can achieve many things with one stone."

"Go and eat your food." Lin Xiuhong rolled her eyes at him, "Study hard and don't let your grades fall behind when you write. Mom will be very grateful."

"Don't just talk about me." Li Luo reminded, "You and dad should also inquire more about the shops at the subway entrance. If it can be done, you two won't have to get up early every day to work in the dark. You can collect the rent and enjoy it."

Isn’t it good to enjoy happiness?”

"You haven't even said your horoscope yet, so you should worry about us first." Lin Xiuhong said this, but she felt very happy in her heart.

Originally, when Li Luo was admitted to the No. 1 Middle School attached to the school, Lin Xiuhong felt that her family was extremely lucky.

Unexpectedly, this blessing is just the beginning, and better things are yet to come.

Now that I think about it, it really feels like a dream.

Lin Xiuhong's face was glowing now, and she could not wait to return to the countryside, bringing her husband and son back home in fine clothes.

…
To be continued...