Chapter 121: Moving to a New Home (Please Support with Votes)

Good day. January ninth.

Early in the morning, the movers arrived.

Lu Kun noticed that some of the young men seemed like they hadn’t eaten breakfast yet, so he quickly grabbed some money from the counter and sent them out to get something to eat.

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“Why are you here?” Lu Kun stood up and asked the visitors.

“Hearing that you’re moving, Kun, my cousin and I came over to lend a hand,” Liu Shixun said with a sly grin.

“Hey!” Lu Kun pulled out two chairs from under the dining table and said, “Have a seat first. The movers are handling everything; you two don’t need to help.”

“Ha! There are moving companies in Gui’an?” Liu Shixun curiously picked an apple from the fruit plate on the table.

“Haha, well, they call themselves that, but they never actually registered,” Lu Kun casually explained.

The two nodded without further questions.

Liu Shixun scooted his chair closer, a bit disgruntled. “Kun, why the sudden move? If my dad hadn’t told me, I wouldn’t have known.”

“For work convenience. Running back and forth between Nanming and Gui’an is exhausting,” Lu Kun replied.

“Well, it might be easier for you, but then I’d have fewer chances to hang out with Dayar and Er Yar.”

Liu Shixun’s mood sank; he bit into the apple so hard it tasted salty.

“Why worry so much? You’re graduating high school in six months, right? Your dad can buy you a place in Nanming, and you can study there,” Lu Kun said, a little exasperated.

“The problem is I’m not going to get in! I’ve checked; with my usual scores, I won’t get into even the worst school,” Liu Shixun confessed.

“Kun, you’re just like my teacher, thinking I still have a school to go to. I’m nearly worried sick,” Liu Shixun muttered.

Lu Kun’s lips twitched; he wasn’t in the mood to argue.

Given Liu Bapi’s fierce protective nature, it would be strange if Liu Shixun had no school to attend.

This reminded Lu Kun of a widely circulated story from another life online.

Principal Wang’s father gave him 500 million to start a business, and he earned 4 billion, an eightfold increase. The migrant worker’s father gave him two yuan, and the worker bought a pair of gloves, worked a day moving bricks on a construction site, earning 180 yuan, a ninetyfold increase.

Clearly, success hinges on whether you have a powerful, wealthy father.

“Chengze, what about you? Have you decided which university you want to attend?” Lu Kun turned to ask Sun Chengze.

“I’ve decided—Shuimu University. The scenery of the Huaqing Pool there is beautiful,” Sun Chengze answered seriously.

Lu Kun: “......”

Is this the realm of the academic prodigy?

My apologies for the interruption.

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“Remember to visit us in Nanming during the holidays,” Lu Kun reminded them.

Meanwhile, Liu Liping was handing out red envelopes to the two.

Sun Chengze’s lips twitched awkwardly. Since starting high school, he hadn’t received a red envelope, so this was a rare treat.

Liu Shixun was thrilled, slipping the envelope into his pocket, then swaggering over to Lu Kun, holding out his hand. “Kun, where’s yours? Wishing you wealth and prosperity, hand over the red envelope!”

“Slap!”

Lu Kun smacked his hand away, a slight smirk on his lips. “No chance of getting my red envelope.”

It wasn’t even the Lantern Festival yet, but in Gui’an, if relatives or friends visited, it was customary for the host to give red envelopes, symbolizing wishes for a smooth and prosperous new year—a tradition passed down for generations.

Lu Kun didn’t dare let Liu Liping interfere with directing the movers.

She was the head of the household now; she just needed to stay put.

There wasn’t much to pack, just some valuables.

Lu Kun called his mother-in-law, gave her the new address, and told her she could come stay at the current house whenever she wanted.

Although they were moving, Lu Kun and his wife still had strong feelings for this house and hadn’t rented it out or converted it into a shop or warehouse on the second floor.

The moving lasted until the afternoon.

“Let’s go. Enough looking around. I’ll take you to see our new home,” Lu Kun helped Liu Liping into the car.

When they bought the new house, Lu Kun wanted to bring Liu Liping along, but she was heavily pregnant and couldn’t move around easily, so she hadn’t come.

“Xiao Pan, let’s go!” Lu Kun said to the driver after making sure his wife and daughters were seated.

“All right!” The driver started the engine and drove steadily.

The driver’s name was Pan Mao’an. Lu Kun guessed his parents might have named him wishing for a handsome appearance like the ancient beauty Pan An, but looking at him now, Pan Mao’an didn’t quite live up to his name.

Ahem.

Having a flashy name but an ordinary face can be quite a burden.

“That’s it, we’ll be living on the second floor,” Lu Kun pointed to the door, explaining to Liu Liping.

Nowadays, it’s hard to find new apartments with elevators.

The first floor was convenient, but too many mosquitoes and bugs in summer made it unpleasant.

Choosing a high floor posed a problem for Liu Liping, who was pregnant and would find stairs troublesome.

From the outside, the house looked ordinary, but inside it was a different world.

In fact, it was two houses combined.

“This... this house even has a garden?” Liu Liping was surprised.

Lu Kun himself had been quite amazed when he first saw it.

It was actually two separate units, just with the living rooms knocked through to create one large space.

Each unit was 140 square meters, so combined they totaled 280 square meters.

At first, Lu Kun worried about safety issues with the combined structure, but after careful investigation, he felt reassured.

Apparently, the house had been designed for a prominent figure who, encountering trouble, sold the property and fled abroad.

The house was spacious, and Liu Liping liked the new home very much.

It was nothing like the cramped house in Gui’an.

“I plan to set up a sunshade there for you, so you can relax with tea and books... and over there, I want to install a swing, so you can enjoy it in the summer... and there... there...” Liu Liping was excited, eagerly sharing her plans with Lu Kun.

“All right, all right,” Lu Kun nodded repeatedly, answering contentedly.

Since they were moving into the new house today, the first meal would naturally be cooked there—a housewarming feast.

Of course, before that, there was a ritual called “scorching the pot bottom” and “baking the pot cake,” meant to bring the luck and prosperity from the old home into the new one, symbolizing that the family would never lack food or clothing and would live happily for generations to come.