"You should hurry upstairs and take a hot shower, too. Get changed, and don’t study so late tonight. Go to bed early. I’ll have your dad take this soup next door. It’s better to eat something hot after getting drenched in the rain."

"Okay. Oh, right, Mom. It looks like this rain is going to get really heavy. If it keeps up all night, it’ll definitely flood. You and Dad should move upstairs to stay. We can move everything from the first floor that’s vulnerable to water damage up to the second floor later."

Qin Na had married and moved out, so the other room on the second floor was vacant. Qin Jiao remembered that this storm was massive. She figured their first floor would end up getting flooded.

Su Yun had gotten into the habit of listening to everything her eldest daughter said, because everything her Xiao Jiao said was always right!

She nodded. "Alright!"

"Oh, right, when Dad takes the food next door, have him remind Grandpa Du and the others, too. I remember Grandpa Du has always lived on the first floor."

"Okay."

Su Yun turned around and deftly packed up the steaming dough-drop soup, along with the poached egg inside. She had the man of the house, Qin Zhonghui, take it next door, relaying Qin Jiao’s warning as well.

On this matter, Qin Zhonghui was just like his wife. If his daughter said the first floor might flood, then it would *definitely* flood!

He immediately grabbed the dough-drop soup, put on a rain poncho, and headed next door.

Shen Yi had already finished his shower. When he accepted the dough-drop soup, he hurriedly said his thanks.

Qin Zhonghui gave a simple, honest smile. "It’s no trouble. Your aunt always makes an extra portion for you of whatever she’s making for Xiao Jiao at night. By the way, this rain isn’t letting up anytime soon, and it’s coming down really hard. You should have your grandfather move upstairs."

In truth, even if Qin Zhonghui hadn’t mentioned it, Shen Yi already had the same plan. ’In my last life, this storm was huge, and the first floor flooded. My grandfather’s health was already poor, and the flood made it even worse.’

’Besides, if Qin Zhonghui hadn’t come over, I was planning to go next door and warn them myself.’

’But I never expected Qin Zhonghui to be the one to say it first?’

Shen Yi had suspected it before—was Qin Jiao like him? Did she also remember their past life? ’If she really does remember... I hurt her so badly back then. She probably won’t accept me so easily.’

’But getting along with her recently, I’ve started to feel like she probably doesn’t remember. Otherwise, she definitely wouldn’t be willing to be my deskmate and study with me, progressing together, right?’

Shen Yi said, testing the waters, "Uncle, we’ve never had a flood here before. Do we really need to move things upstairs? Who told you it was going to flood?"

"Xiao Jiao said so. She said the rain is too heavy, and if it keeps up all night, it’ll definitely flood by tomorrow. Even though we haven’t had a flood here in decades, it’s better to be safe than sorry. We have a lot of things that could get ruined by the water. Oh, right, you have some heavy stuff at your place. Why don’t I help you move it first?" 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Shen Yi didn’t hear a word of what Qin Zhonghui said after that. His mind was just buzzing.

He only remembered one thing: Qin Jiao also said it was going to flood...

**

On the other side of the wall, Qin Jiao was in the bathroom. In those days, there were no water heaters; you had to boil water, store it in a thermos, and then pour it into a basin to bathe.

Her family had a large washtub big enough to sit in, but for Qin Jiao right now, just rinsing off felt wonderful.

When Qin Jiao came out from her shower, she saw that her younger sister, Xiao Shi, had already put her wet clothes to soak in a washbasin.

Her gaze faltered for a moment when she saw Shen Yi’s clothes tangled with hers in the basin.

Noticing her sister’s stare, Xiao Shi explained, "Sis, I’ve already lathered your clothes with soap and left them to soak. You should go study now that you’re done with your shower. I’ll wash them for you."