Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 39 - 38: The Lin Family and the Shen Family (Double - )
So the property services here are considered the best in Sanjiang City. In other residential areas, the property companies basically hold a dominant position, but in Bauhinia Garden, the property company is just like a pushover.
Because the people living here are "True Gods," a single word from them can get the property company removed from Sanjiang City.
Lin Xiamo lives in this community.
She currently lives with her parents, as she is unmarried.
Her family lives in Building 5 of the villa area, Unit 101.
The first floor has a basement and a yard of about sixty to seventy square meters.
The interior of the house covers 146 square meters, but with all the extra bonus areas, the actual usable area exceeds 200 square meters.
And this basement on the first floor isn’t completely underground; it’s a semi-basement, so the lighting is hardly affected, making it seem like the Lin Family lives in an ordinary villa, but in reality, it’s a duplex with two layers.
It’s already past ten in the evening, and Lin Xiamo is sitting in front of the TV watching the evening news on the Sanjiang Education Channel.
[At the Sanjiang City Higher Education Forum, Director Lin Moxuan attended and gave an important speech...]
Click.
Accompanied by the sound of unlocking, the door opened from the outside.
Lin Moxuan, wearing a gray Zhongshan suit, was brought home by the driver.
Lin Xiamo quickly got up and walked to the door. Seeing her father reeking of alcohol, she subconsciously frowned and asked the driver, "Xiaozhang, how much did my dad drink?"
"Director Lin drank about half a liter."
"I’m okay, Xiaozhang, you can go!"
While changing his shoes, Lin Moxuan waved to the driver Xiaozhang.
"Section Chief Lin, then I’ll head off."
The driver greeted Lin Xiamo, then closed the door.
"Dad, the doctor said you should drink less, so why did you drink so much!"
Supporting her father as they walked into the house, Lin Xiamo said helplessly.
"If he listened to the doctor, he wouldn’t have gout!"
At this moment, Chen Qingzhu, Lin’s mother, walked out of the bedroom after hearing the noise. She was nearly sixty but looked like she was just over fifty, full of spirit and energy in her speech.
"It was a reunion with old comrades I hadn’t seen for years; I drank a few more glasses."
Lin Moxuan, accustomed to socializing, has a great capacity for liquor. When he was young, he could drink two liters of baijiu, and even though he’s older now, half a liter of baijiu is nothing to him.
"Momo, has your transfer order come through?"
Sitting on the sofa, Lin Moxuan asked.
"Yes, it’s come through."
Lin Xiamo nodded gently.
"I don’t know why you insist on becoming a vice-principal when transferring to Sanjiang University would be so much better!"
"While I’m still in my position, I could pave the way for your future..."
Lin Moxuan didn’t support his daughter taking a position in a high school because he had many ways to help her secure a higher-ranking official position. Working as a vice-principal at a city-affiliated high school was not the best option.
"It’s all for Xiaoxiao and Yanran!"
"Her becoming a vice-principal would make the teachers take extra care of the two children. You may be in a high position, but as the saying goes, ’The magistrate is less important than the local managers,’ and Momo becoming their direct leader is truly intimidating!"
Chen Qingzhu explained on behalf of her daughter.
"Actually, whether you become that principal or not doesn’t really matter!"
Lin Moxuan waved his large hand, speaking with confidence: "As long as their scores aren’t too bad, I have ways to arrange things. After all, I’m about to retire..."
"If all else fails, we’ll just send them abroad to study!"
"Alright, enough!"
Chen Qingzhu rolled her eyes: "Don’t let a trivial matter ruin your esteemed reputation!"
"I know what I’m doing."
Impatiently waving his hand, Lin Moxuan said, "I know what should and shouldn’t be done; everything is within the limits of the rules."
"Oh, by the way, Momo, one of my old comrades said his son was just transferred to the Sanjiang Evening News as a section editor. Maybe you should meet up with him..."
"I’m tired, heading to bed now!"
"You two should also go to rest early."
Yawning, Lin Xiamo quickly returned to her room.
"Look at that!"
"It’s all because you’ve spoiled her!"
Lin Moxuan grumbled angrily.
"You have the nerve to blame me!"
Chen Qingzhu immediately retorted: "If you hadn’t been so strict, Momo wouldn’t have been so rebellious. She was already in college; she just made a friend, and you put pressure on the school and even sent the young man abroad as an exchange student..."
"Enough!"
With a loud ’bang,’ Lin Moxuan smacked the coffee table heavily, causing the tea set on it to clink and clatter.
"If it weren’t for Chuxue’s previous situation, would I be so on edge?"
"One daughter being deceived wasn’t enough; do both have to be tricked away?"
Seeing him bring up that incident again, Chen Qingzhu fell silent, knowing it was always a sore spot in her husband’s heart.
It couldn’t be touched, or else the wound would only deepen!
In the early hours of the morning.
Shen Qiushan tiptoed back home.
Unexpectedly, there was a beam of light still on in the living room, accompanied by his father’s snoring.
"Brothers, please give me a little heart and vote for me!"
"Don’t let your sister lose too badly, okay..."
Though Old Shen was asleep, his phone was still playing a live stream of a borderline female streamer. She was currently doing a PK battle with a big internet celebrity, and her votes were being crushed.
To gain votes, she was acting cute and swaying her body, with her beautified long legs glowing white. Even knowing it was fake, Shen Qiushan couldn’t help but look twice.
He turned off the live stream and was about to wake his dad to get him to bed.
However, possibly due to the sudden absence of the streamer’s voice, Old Shen unexpectedly woke up.
"Qiushan, you’re back."
Old Shen yawned.
"Dad, why are you still sleeping on the sofa?"
"Go to bed already!"
Sitting down on the sofa, Shen Qiushan pulled his reclining father up.
"Dehua made dumplings, and Yanran said you were out delivering food, so I thought I’d wait for you to come back to cook and eat them together."
As he spoke, Old Shen headed to the kitchen.
"I’ll cook!"
Seeing his father’s hunched back, Shen Qiushan hurriedly called out, then added: "Your Xiangcai Sister is about to lose, and I guess the punishment will be quite a sight..."
"Really!"
"Then I must watch!"
Originally wanting to hold on and show a bit of fatherly love, Old Shen immediately plopped back onto the sofa upon hearing that "Xiangcai Sister" was about to receive a punishment.
When a live streamer loses a PK, the penalties are usually quite entertaining, and Old Shen didn’t want to miss out.
Shen Qiushan chuckled and went to the kitchen to cook the dumplings on his own.
After the dumplings were ready, the father and son sat across from each other at the dining table, focusing on eating.
Old Shen wasn’t watching the stream by then, saying that Xiangcai Sister went offline right after her punishment.
"Qiushan, I’ve found a job as a security guard at the nearby relocation building, earning 2,200 a month."
"I think this job is great, not tiring, and I get paid."
After eating a few dumplings, Old Shen began.
"Dad, if you’re doing this for Xiaoxiao and Yanran’s college expenses, then forget it; we don’t need your money!"
"You’ve worked all your life, and now that you’re retired, it’s time to truly relax!"
Shen Qiushan knew his father wouldn’t wait up this late just because of the dumplings.
Sure enough, this old comrade had something to discuss with him.
Shen Qiushan couldn’t recall when this started, but his father began consulting him whenever he had matters to discuss.
And he took his opinions very seriously; this wasn’t the case before.
This change made Shen Qiushan realize his father was really getting old, and this home had been handed over to him.
He had become the pillar, the real head of the family!
The Shen Family, this little boat struggling amidst a sea of 1.4 billion people, would continue to navigate forward under his helm...
"I just got bored and wanted to find something fun for myself."
Old Shen said as he ate a dumpling.
"Then try it for a few days, and if you don’t like it or aren’t happy, just quit."
"Your son has ways to make money; we really don’t need your 2,200!"
Shen Qiushan said earnestly.
"What money-making ways?"
"You aren’t thinking about investing again, are you?"
Old Shen glared: "I’m telling you, investment is absolutely not an option!"
In Old Shen’s view, all investments are not to be trusted; he has no faith in them whatsoever.
"Invest in what?"
"I’m writing a novel!"
"Zero cost! Just some time!"
Shen Qiushan revealed his plan, though he wasn’t sure if that novel "I Really Didn’t Want to Reincarnate" would make him any money.
But with the System’s rewarded novel, and him thinking it wasn’t bad, he figured it definitely wouldn’t earn zero dollars.
Even if, after uploading, it earned one or two thousand a month for groceries, that would be quite nice!
