Mei Fang answered without hesitation:
"The one who calls me that... is Sister Yueyue, right?"
"Hmm... bingo!"
Mei Fang pushed the other person's hand away and faced a big sister in jeans and a white cotton-padded jacket. She had fluffy short wavy hair and among her beautiful facial features, the teardrop mole under the corner of her left eye was particularly noticeable.
She was also surprised when she saw Mei Fang.
"Wow, Xiao Fangzi, you've grown so handsome now! I won't be able to recognize you if I see you on the street."
"It's not that exaggerated, is it?" Mei Fang waved her hand and started a round of Mei family business flattery. "Sister Yueyue, you are... becoming more and more beautiful now. By the way, you came here with uncle and aunt, right?"
"Yes, my uncle has been asking us to visit your new home, so I took a few extra days off. I didn't see you during the Chinese New Year last year because I was preparing for the civil service exam, so I made a special trip this year to see you and Xiaoya."
Mei Yue couldn't help but pinch Mei Fang as she spoke: "No, this handsome boy is so good-looking, let Sister Yue Yue rub him more! Let me rub him a few more times, and I'll give you more red envelopes!"
"Huh..."
This enthusiastic and cheerful young lady is Mei Fang’s cousin Mei Yue (yue, pronounced the same as month).
She is seven or eight years older than Mei Fang, but has always lived with her parents in Echeng, a city closer to Jiangcheng, so she has few opportunities to meet Mei Fang.
In her previous life, she and Mei Fang had a good relationship in childhood. In the second, third, and sixth grades, Mei Fang went to his uncle Mei Lixiong's home in Echeng for summer vacations, and it was always Sister Yueyue who took him out to eat, drink, and have fun;
In this life, Mei Fang was obsessed with maintaining a pure friendship with his two childhood sweethearts, so he only went to Echeng for one summer vacation.
However, because Xiang Xiaoxia needed to avoid her acquaintances in the county town when she was pregnant with Mei Ya, she stayed at her uncle's home in Echeng for the entire year to take care of her pregnancy.
Mei Ya was also born in Echeng. During those two years, Mei Yue helped take care of Xiang Xiaoxia and the infant Mei Ya.
This experience has also allowed this generation of cousins to maintain a good relationship. Although they have less contact after growing up, they still seem very affectionate every time they meet.
However, in the past two years, when facing Sister Yueyue, Mei Fang would always ask her about something, and it seemed that this matter had been on his mind for a long time -
"Sister Yueyue, let me ask you, do you have a boyfriend now?"
"Oh... Xiao Fangzi, why are you always interested in my girlfriend recently? Are you so worried that your sister Yueyue won't be able to get married?"
Mei Yue sighed helplessly with her hands on her hips.
"This is about caring about our sister's lifelong event. Sister Yueyue must have had many admirers in college, and she must have even more suitors after she joins the workforce. Sister Yueyue is the eldest princess of our Mei family, and she can't be easily abducted by others."
"Don't worry, not yet..." Mei Yue said and suddenly looked away. Mei Fangke had seen this shy little action from Xia Yuan too many times, and he immediately understood the other party's thoughts.
"That means the relationship has not been confirmed yet..."
Mei Fang continued to ask, "Is there anything that is almost done?"
"If you put it that way—" Mei Yue seemed a little embarrassed when answering this question, "There is one."
"So what does your brother do?"
Mei Yue laughed and punched Mei Fang. "You're here to check my background so soon! Hey, didn't you discuss this with my dad? You're here to gather information! He's been forcing me to go on blind dates lately, and he's been asking me to meet people in the system that my uncle introduced me to. I'm so tired of it."
"No, no, it has nothing to do with uncle, I'm just curious!"
Mei Fang smiled and said, "No one is worthy of our Sister Yueyue."
"Don't say that. I'm nothing special, right? But he did start a business in Jiangcheng, and he's a small boss."
"Is that so... I see! It seems like Sister Yueyue has been favored by a tall, rich and handsome guy?"
"It's not done yet, don't tell my dad nonsense!"
Mei Yue put her arm around Mei Fang's shoulders and joked with him, "Otherwise, I'll let you see the Yue Yue Iron Fist that you were most afraid of when you were a child!"
"Okay, okay, I won't tell you. But I see there are a lot of scammers out there. If you have a chance, take me to meet some of them. I'll help you screen them."
"Okay... Since you're so interested in him, I'll think about it. He's working in Jiangcheng now, and if I have a chance to visit you at your school after the New Year, I'll take you to meet him."
"Okay! But before that, you are not allowed to confirm your relationship with him, otherwise don't blame me for telling my uncle and aunt."
"Okay, Xiao Fangzi, you are quite sensible... Go back to the house quickly, I haven't seen you yet, I'm going to go and make out with Xiaoya."
"I know!"
After Mei Fang and Mei Yue finished chatting, they walked behind her, and the smiles on their faces gradually faded.
In her previous life, Mei Yue had always been an optimistic and cheerful young lady. However, not long after she graduated and started working, she met a scumbag, fell in love with him, and married him.
Since the scumbag got together with Mei Yue, he not only used sweet words to cheat Mei Yue out of her savings from years of work, but also mortgaged her uncle's house to do the project, so that in the end he lost all his money and disappeared quietly.
In order to prevent his house from being taken away, my uncle, who has been retired for many years, dragged his old body out to work for others and set up a stall to pay off his debts.
After that, Mei Yue couldn't find the scumbag for a long time, and she suffered from hysteria due to self-blame and shame, and would be in a crazy state from time to time.
In her previous life, Mei Fang was never able to do anything for her uncle's family. Seeing her once lively cousin reduced to such a state always made Mei Fang feel deeply sad.
Now that he has lived a new life and has been reborn, Mei Fang will naturally not let the tragedy of the Mei family happen again.
He will definitely find a way to prevent Sister Yueyue from falling into the trap of the scumbag again.
When Mei Fang returned to the inner room and saw his uncle Mei Lixiong and his wife, he immediately greeted them warmly:
"Hello, uncle and aunt!"
"Hey... Mei Fang, you've grown so big!"
The old lady was also very happy when she saw Mei Fang, "The boy has grown so big, he really changes every year."
"Auntie, you are getting younger and younger. You have taken good care of yourself."
"Mei Fang is really good at talking. He is worthy of being a graduate of the First Affiliated Normal School of Jiangcheng."
Compared to his younger brother Mei Lijun's liveliness, his elder brother Mei Lixiong seems much more calm. "How is your life at Jiangcheng Normal University? Is the academic pressure still high?"
"Fortunately, everyone is very good... I can just barely keep up."
"That's amazing, work hard. You are the most promising one in our Mei family's generation, so you should take care of your cousin. Although she is much older than you, she only knows how to play and doesn't think about anything."
"You said bad things about me in front of my brother again. I heard it!"
Mei Yue grabbed Mei Ya's hand and shouted in protest at the door.
Mei Fang does not have many relatives on his paternal side. The brothers Mei Lixiong and Mei Lijun, plus a younger sister Mei Lirong who married and moved to Xingcheng, Xiangnan Province, rarely see each other every year.
His grandparents passed away one after another when Mei Fang was 3 years old. The only inheritance they left behind was an old house, which was given to their youngest son, Mei Lijun, the only one who stayed in their hometown.
Of course, Mei Lijun has lived up to everyone's expectations and through hard work, he has become the most successful Director Mei in the Mei family so far.
After Mei Lijun became Director Mei, relatives who had little contact with him before also started to come to him to seek connections, so moving to Baizhou actually reduced some of the troubles with relatives.
Of course, the relationship between the brothers has always been harmonious even before Meilijun achieved success, and it is very natural for them to get along with each other now. Usually, the eldest brother still calls Meilijun the second brother or Lijun, and there is no such title.
Mei Fang and her uncle and his wife chatted for a while after greeting each other. Xiang Xiaoxia was just coming out of the kitchen, wiping her hands. The mother and son often contacted each other by phone or video, so it was not a long time since they met, and there was no small talk. When she saw Mei Fang, she started yelling:
"Come back and take a shower. You've been in the car for so long. Xiaoya, you too."
Xiaoya was reluctant, "Why should I take a shower? I take a shower every day. It's so cold, I don't want to take off all my clothes."
"Stop being a spoiled brat and go wash yourself."
"Little girl, let me help Xiaoya take a bath!"
"Yeah! Sure, I want to take a bath with Sister Yueyue!"
"Aren't you ashamed to still need others to wash you when you're this old?"
“Don’t be ashamed, I’m so happy!”
"You girl..."
Mei Ya immediately becomes lively with her sister Tietie around, and the family is filled with a happy atmosphere.
Mei Fang was chatting with everyone while secretly checking her phone. In the three-person Penguin discussion group, Xia Yuan sent a message saying he had arrived home half an hour ago, and also took a photo of a family dinner.
The photo includes Youxi's family, including Teacher Yu, who has not been seen for a long time and is still beautiful and generous.
[Youxi, have dinner at my house tonight! My mom's cooking skills seem to have improved a bit, what do you think? ]
[Then I will try it when I go back.]
As soon as Mei Fang sent the message, Xia Yuan replied immediately.
[It’s better not to try, that will destroy the good image of my mother in your heart QWQ]
Mei Fang looked at the phone screen, smiled and shook his head, then unconsciously let out a long sigh of relief.
Although the atmosphere at home is very warm now, there is still something missing.
I kind of want to replenish the energy for Yuanyuan and Youxi, woooo...
I went home for the Chinese New Year and lost all my royalties to my gay friend while playing mahjong. I guess I have to work harder to write and earn more royalties.
(End of this chapter)