Moving to the Golden Courtyard

Moved into the Golden Courtyard

Author: Flash

Synopsis:

Life in a big city always comes with all sorts of pressures, right?

You wouldn't want to be constantly pua'd by all kinds of leaders, only to come home and face a family that doesn't understand you, would you?

Then hurry up and move into the Golden Courtyard!

Here, you'll find the coolest programmers, the most compassionate doctors, the best cooking Kamen Rider, the most understanding nuns, the most artistic elementary school students, the most chuuni middle school students, the most handsome girls, the most grotesque professors, the most surprising magicians, the richest artists, the most connected cats, the most skilled kendo masters, and... the most, most, most charming and adorable pink fairy?

Don't hesitate, moving in is a steal!

Chapter 1: Why Not Move into the Golden Courtyard?

Life in a big city always comes with all sorts of pressures, right?

You wouldn't want to be constantly pua'd by all kinds of leaders, only to come home and face a family that doesn't understand you, would you?

Then hurry up and move into the Golden Courty—bang!

Xu Qi slapped the poster onto his desk, thought about it, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it into the trash can—these days, even people looking for roommates are advertising?

With a long sigh, Xu Qi leaned back lazily in his chair, enjoying the rare peace and quiet of the New Year holiday.

Xu Qi, 23 years old this year, has no great ambitions. After graduating with a bachelor's degree, he found a job in a state-owned enterprise. His assessment is... a lazy life isn't so bad, right?

But his parents obviously don't think so.

They're probably still in the living room, asking that relative who's a manager at a listed company to try and squeeze me in there... without even asking if I want to.

But Xu Qi is also the kind of person who takes things as they come.

He doesn't have a strong desire to maintain the status quo when it comes to changes that are bound to happen in his life. Taking things one step at a time can be said to be his motto.

If I'm going to a private company, then I'm going to a private company, right? Money... earning more isn't shameful.

"Xiao Qi! Xiao Qi?"

The door was pushed open, and his mother started pulling at Xu Qi as soon as she entered the room, saying, "Hurry up! Come out and talk to your uncle. Your uncle is the personnel manager of... TX Corporation! Talk to him more, maybe he'll take a fancy to you and get you in there! Hurry, hurry."

Such rare leisure... disturbed.

Actually, Xu Qi isn't a social phobic patient, although he should be considered a shut-in.

He's also a total shut-in who loves buying figurines... recently, he even bought an Alahator model... which is just kicking him while he's down, and he's already been declared a complete social pariah.

But he's not the kind of guy who can't say a word in front of strangers. On the contrary... this kid is actually pretty damn eloquent.

He participated in many club activities in his freshman year, not anime clubs, but photography clubs, the kind where holding an impart outdoors wouldn't be surprising.

He beat up the president of the student union in his sophomore year.

In his junior year, he started participating in various competitions, such as speech contests, mathematical modeling, and innovation projects... winning awards frequently.

Then he entered a state-owned enterprise in his senior year.

It's like I got up, only to be sniped in one shot, a tragic beauty.

It's the same now. Although he was dragged out by his mother, as soon as he faced strangers, the familiar fake smile appeared on Xu Qi's face, and his magnetic voice was deliberately affected.

He chatted with that uncle about everything under the sun, as if he could say a few words about anything.

Damn it, Xu Qi, this dirty, hypocritical performance is making me want to throw up.

Until a small room suddenly transmitted—a loud "smack!" and the sound of parts scattering all over the floor, as well as the excited cries of children...

At this moment, the living room seemed to freeze. Xu Qi's parents first looked at Xu Qi.

And Xu Qi himself... he was still sitting on the sofa, but the fake smile on his face was peeling off bit by bit, replaced by... a kind of indifference.

The uncle stood up and pretended to be concerned.

"What's going on? I'll go take a look. Oh dear! My two kids are just a little naughty, I'll go teach them a lesson."

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, breaking things brings peace, it's okay to break something."

"Eh? That's not how it works, I still have to say something."

"Indeed, they need to be corrected."

These words didn't come from the adults, although Xu Qi was more or less an adult himself.

The uncle's gaze towards Xu Qi was already a little strange. He seemed to suspect that he had misheard, and was also wondering if the boy in front of him was the same person as before.

Xu Qi ignored their gazes and walked straight towards the small room that was usually used as a storage room.

As soon as he walked in, Mami Tomoe's head rolled to his feet, of course not a real head, but the head of a figurine—what a dark joke.

The thing that got broken was Mami Tomoe's head? For a moment, Xu Qi felt that the plot in the anime had begun to reflect reality.

But then he looked inside.

Two little brats were each holding his Shirou Emiya and his Nero, fighting each other enthusiastically, with a shattered Optimus Prime at their feet.

Now it's become a battle-damaged version of Optimus Prime.

Xu Qi walked forward slowly, the two children ignoring him as they continued to play.

"Little ones, put that down. Didn't your parents teach you that it's impolite to touch other people's things without permission?"

The two children looked up at Xu Qi, ignored him, and continued playing.

Very good.

"Smack!"

Just as the uncle walked in, he saw Xu Qi slap the older of the two little girls across the face.

The little girl was stunned, and her younger brother was also taken aback. He pointed at Xu Qi angrily and said, "Why did you hit her?"

"Smack!"

Just as Xu Qi's parents walked in, they saw him slap the little boy across the face.

The little boy was knocked to the ground, covering his face, tears welling up in his eyes as he wailed, "My dad has never hit me!"

Xu Qi smiled and slapped him again! Evening out the redness on both cheeks.

"Now he has."

The little boy's crying stopped abruptly. After a few seconds, he burst into tears again, yelling, "You're not my dad! You're not my dad!"

The uncle finally came to his senses. He rushed forward furiously, raising his hand and shouting, "You little brat!"

"Smack!"

In Sanshou, this move is called "striking after the opponent."

Xu Qi casually slapped the uncle away, shook his hand, and felt that hitting someone of an adult's weight was probably disadvantageous to himself.

"An adult with such a small mind like you should indeed be corrected."

"Xu Qi!"

Xu Qi's mother stood at the door screaming, and his father was also pointing and scolding, "What are you doing!? Why are you still standing there! Apologize now!"

Xu Qi ignored all of this.

He picked up the fallen figure and put it back in the cabinet.

Beside him were the sounds of two children crying and an adult panting in impotent rage.

Xu Qi didn't care about any of it.

After doing all this, he looked out through the only window in the storage room, and suddenly remembered the poster he had seen earlier.

Golden Courtyard…

He suddenly had an epiphany.

When you have your own independent thoughts, independent values, and an independent way of dealing with the world, it's really not suitable to live with your parents anymore.

This isn't to prove that your wings have hardened and you can fly on your own, it's just simply not suitable.

Your parents gave birth to you and raised you, they are your closest relatives in the world.

But you are ultimately you.

The person who knows you best in this world will only ever be yourself.

Many things are incomprehensible to others, and you can't explain them either.

Xu Qi wasn't the kind of fledgling who had only ever lived under the protection of his father and mother. At 23 years old, he already had a job and a not-so-mature worldview.

Perhaps it was indeed time to start his own life.

The desire to go out into the world was magnified infinitely at that moment.

Just like in his senior year of college, he resolutely gave up on graduate school—he wanted to work, he wanted to get out of that ivory tower.

He wanted to be severely corrected by this society.

"Dad, Mom."

Xu Qi whispered, saying.

"I'm planning to move out. I'll come to see you often in the future."

Chapter 2: The Perfect and Flawless Maiden?

Early morning, sunlight streamed through the French windows into the room, falling on a young man and woman lying on the floor.

In his sleep, Xu Qi frowned. Even when he turned over, he couldn't dispel the feeling of being bathed in sunlight, even with his eyes closed.

So he woke up.

The hardness of the floor made him feel slightly uncomfortable, but that was okay. The main problem was why he was sleeping on the floor. The last thing he remembered was…

Playing games on TM.

Why was he playing games?

Turning around, when he saw the sleeping girl beside him, Xu Qi was visibly stunned.

Pink hair was scattered around her. Even in her sleeping state, one could still feel her flower-like, brilliant beauty.

Curled up on the side like a little kitten, Xu Qi would have been genuinely worried if something had happened last night, if not for the fact that both of them were fully clothed.

The girl was beautiful, but as a roommate of half a year, Xu Qi knew better than to touch a girl like that casually.

The pure and beautiful Elysia was worth protecting by anyone.

"But your unguarded posture is also making me a little troubled... If I couldn't remember that we were playing games together last night, I would have to take responsibility, Elysia."

Joking, Xu Qi drew the curtains and found a blanket to put over Elysia.

She hadn't had any covers all night; it was lucky it was summer.

Moving out of his house and into the Golden Courtyard, all in all... it had already been half a year.

When he was kicked out with his suitcase, he was still wearing heavy winter clothes; now it was already short sleeves.

Time flies like a white horse passing through a crack. At that time, Xu Qi probably couldn't have imagined in his wildest dreams that he would be so familiar with a dozen or so roommates in a big villa.

He quietly opened the door, and the sound of the range hood was as loud as ever.

The kitchen on the first floor was open, so Xu Qi could easily see a tall figure wearing an apron, smoking a cigarette in one hand and stir-frying in the other.

"Morning, Master Kalpas."

"Hmm? Oh..."

His voice had a natural hoarseness and restraint. The man named Kalpas took the freshly cooked pancake out of the pan, and the aroma filled the air